Film reviews: Night Will Fall | At Berkeley
André Singer’s documentary tracks a film shot by the Allies of Nazi concentration camps in 1945, which was curated by Alfred Hitchcock then abandoned for 70 years. A combination of contemporary interviews and archive footage, the content is harrowing, but also crucial.
• Glasgow Film Theatre, tomorrow until Thursday
At Berkeley (PG)
Star rating: ***
Frederick Wiseman offers a four-hour insight into life on campus in 2010, from tutorials on poetry to garden landscaping. Made at a time when the University of California was contemplating cuts, it is as earnest, informative and punishing as a 9am lecture.
• Glasgow Film Theatre, today and tomorrow
Life After Beth (15)
Star rating: **
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Hide AdDane Dehaan discovers his girlfriend is back from the dead, in a zombie rom-com that runs out of ideas, and brains, long before the end.
• On general release
The Last Impresario (15)
Star rating: ***
Gracie Otto profiles playboy, gambler and prolific stage producer Michael White, who partied with Kate Moss and Johnny Depp and helped bring Rocky Horror and Monty Python to the stage. White has plenty of star friends to pay tribute to him, but remains an evasive subject.
• Glasgow Film Theatre, Saturday
Draft Day (15)
Star rating: ***
Sports movie vet Kevin Costner (right) swaps baseball for American football, as a manager given 12 hours to decide whether an expensive linebacker will turn his chumps into champs.
• On general release
Soul Boys Of The Western World (12A)
Star rating: ***
The rise, fall and reunion of Spandau Ballet. Of interest to fans, and anyone who can get past the fact they released a single called Instinction.
• Glasgow Film Theatre, Tuesday
Dolphin Tale 2 (U)
Star rating: **
More torpid aquatic adventures with the dolphin with a prosthetic tail. It’s not just the fish that swims in circles.
• On general release