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Testament of Youth Big Eyes The Theory of Everything Enemy A Most Violent Year Trash Interstellar 70mm National Gallery 10 (+2) from 14 Duck Soup and Animal Crackers: The Films of the Marx Brothers Adventure Film Festival Get On Your Bike Filmhouse Junior Introduction to European Cinema

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10 (+2) from 14 8-10 12 Years a Slave 8 ‘71 9 Adventure Film Festival 22 L’Age d’Or plus Sink + Noize Choir 21 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible...

13 Animal Crackers 16 Annie 13 Babel 21 Bande à part 20 Bicycle 19 Big Eyes 5 Big Hero 6 13 The Book of Life 12 Boyhood 8 Charlotte’s Web 13 The Cocoanuts 16 Come and See...

17 A Day at the Races 17 The Dilapidated Dwelling 21 Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder 13 Duck Soup 16 Duck Soup and Animal Crackers: The Films of the Marx Brothers 16-17 Ed Wood 17 Education and Learning 26 Enemy 5 Filmhouse Cafe Bar + Quiz 26 Filmhouse Explorer 4 Filmhouse Junior 12-13 Filmhouse Loyalty Card 4 Filmhouse Player 11 From Scotland With Love 25 Frozen (Sing-Along Screenings) 17 Germany, Year Zero 20 Get On Your Bike 19 The Green Prince 7 Horse Feathers 16 Ida 8 The Illusionist 25 The Informer 24 Interstellar (70mm) 6

Into the Woods 12 Introduction to European Cinema 20-21 J’accuse 10 Jimmy’s Hall 24 The King is Alive 21 Leviathan 8 Lift to the Scaffold 20 The Magdalene Sisters 24 Matilda 13 Monkey Business 16 A Most Violent Year 7 Mr. Turner 10 National Gallery 6 A Night at the Opera 17 A Night in Casablanca 17 Paddington 12 Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist 19 Penguins of Madagascar 12 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 25 Querelle 21 Rome, Open City 20 Schindler’s List 10 Scotland Galore!

25 Secret Histories: Screening Irish History 24 Shaun the Sheep 13 Stranger by the Lake 9 A Sunday in Hell 19 A Terrible Beauty 24 Testament of Youth 6 The Theory of Everything 5 Tinkerbell and the Legend of the NeverBeast 12 Together 21 A Town Called Panic 13 Trash 7 Two Days, One Night 9 Under the Skin 10 Wadjda 19 Wake in Fright 9 What We Did on Our Holiday 25 Where the Trail Ends 19 Whisky Galore!

25 The Wicker Man: The Final Cut 25 Willow and Wind 9 The Wind Rises 12 Winter Sleep 9 The Wrong Move 21

AUDIODESCRIPTIONANDCAPTIONS In all three screens we have a system which enables us, whenever the necessary digital files are available, to show onscreen captions for customers who are deaf or hard of hearing, and provide audio description (via infra-red headsets) for those who are sight-impaired.

This issue, all screenings of The Theory of Everything, Testament of Youth and Trash will have audio description, and the following screenings will have captions:

The Theory of Everything: Sun 11 Jan, 3.00pm Testament of Youth: Tue 20 Jan, 5.45pm A Most Violent Year: Mon 2 Feb, 5.50pm There will be a captioned screening of Trash in next month’s programme.

FORCRYINGOUTLOUD Screenings for carers and their babies! Tickets £4.50/£3.50 concessions per adult. Screenings are limited to babies under 12 months accompanied by no more than two adults. Babychanging, bottlewarming and buggy parking facilities are available.

Big Eyes: Mon 5 Jan, 11am The Theory of Everything: Mon 12 Jan, 11am Testament of Youth: Mon 19 Jan, 11am A Night at the Opera: Mon 2 Feb, 11am There will be no For Crying Out Loud screening on Monday 26 January. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

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Introduction

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

INTERSTELLAR

TRASH

TESTAMENT OF YOUTH

Happy New Year, a’bdy!

This month we’re delighted to be screening Christopher Nolan’s whatever-way-you-look-at-it astonishing Interstellar on 70mm (the non-IMAX 70mm print has played exclusively in London’s West End since the release, so these screenings are the first outside of Leicester Square!), which has made me think of the screening of the film I attended back in November at a local multiplex – which in turn brings me back round to one of my favourite subjects, or perhaps my least favourite subject, that of people behaving badly in cinemas. I must admit, I nearly turned back when I noticed, ahead of me in the queue, that a group of six teenage lads were buying tickets for the same screening as me, but they seemed reasonably polite, so I pulled myself together and forced myself to accept that, unfortunately, I can’t always have the auditorium to myself (particularly as it would have meant trying to convince the friends I was with to go home or see another film). So, the film began, and said lads, sitting near the front, proceeded to talk fairly incessantly. By the time they had decided that moving around the cinema taking up different seats would be a hilarious game, I’d decided I had to deal with it and was considering my options when a deep, sonorous voice rang out with two simple, beautiful, magical words, “Shut Up!” I’d been thinking more of a quiet word in their shell-likes; an appeal to their better nature. But that these two words did the trick was not likely to be disputed by anyone there, for not one peep was heard from them for the next two hours. It’s a thorny issue though, how best to deal with such occurrences. There’s always the worry that complaining might go wrong, like when I walked down to the front row in a screening of, of all things, Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ to politely ask a gentleman there would he mind not talking, and was only saved a pasting by his less aggressive, one assumes, wife. (I still insist I could have taken him, mind…) Asking around, as I have, a consensus seems to be emerging that a short, sharp, as geographically indistinct as you can make it “shh” is the way to go, given that most people don’t actually want to be annoying to their fellow viewers, they’re just not as quiet whisperers as they think they are. On your own head be it, mind you!

Well, well, it’s awards season again, and we kick off the month with a film very likely to be figuring large therein, The Theory of Everything, which features an astonishing central performance by young Eddie Redmayne, playing the world’s most famous theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawking, in a film adapted from the memoir of the great man’s first wife, Jane Wilde Hawking. Vera Brittain’s heart-rending WWI memoir, Testament of Youth, is given the (very timely) full feature film treatment to immensely powerful effect, and fast-rising US director JC Chandor (Margin Call, All is Lost) confirms his early promise with the richly atmospheric, morally complex, slow burn crime/corruption 80s New York-set thriller, A Most Violent Year.

And finishing the month off is Stephen Daldry’s infectiously energetic and lively ‘Brazilian We are currently undergoing some building Slumdog Millionaire’, Trash. works to upgrade our kitchen and bar storage Because we hate you to miss anything great, we’ve put together a top ten [plus two, you cheat - Ed.] from the films released in 2014; there’s also a very short season concerning bicycles and cycling; and we are delighted to be screening a handful of brand new digital versions (and some older 35mm prints) of the best of the Marx Brothers, kicking off with their putative masterpiece, Duck Soup.

“Hail, hail Freedonia…!”

Rod White, Head of Filmhouse

areas. There may be some occasional noise disruption and access issues to Cinemas 2 and 3 during these works; this is also the reason there are no early matinee screenings most days. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience, and be assured we are working with our contractors to keep this to a minimum.

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THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

TRASH

10 (+2) FROM 14 - WINTER SLEEP

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DUCK SOUP AND ANIMAL CRACKERS - A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA

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BIG EYES

NEWRELEASE

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

NEWRELEASE

ENEMY

NEWRELEASE

Big Eyes

The Theory of Everything

Enemy

Showing from Fri 26 Dec

Showing from Thu 1 Jan

Showing from Fri 2 Jan

Tim Burton • USA 2014 • 1h46m • DCP 12A – Contains infrequent strong language, moderate threat Cast: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Jason Schwartzman, Krysten Ritter, Terence Stamp.

James Marsh • UK 2014 • 2h3m • DCP 12A – Contains brief sexualised images, mild bad language Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney.

Denis Villeneuve • Canada/Spain 2013 • 1h31m DCP • 15 – Contains strong sex, strong language Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon, Isabella Rossellini, Joshua Peace.

Director Tim Burton reunites with Ed Wood screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski to tell the extraordinary true story of Margaret Keane (Amy Adams) and her husband Walter (Christoph Waltz), who took credit for his wife’s distinctive artworks and enjoyed fame and fortune while she toiled in anonymity, painting for sixteen hours a day under lock and key. Eventually Margaret decided she couldn’t take any more and left Walter, but how could she prove he had been deceiving the world for years and finally get the recognition she deserved?

The extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, based on Jane Hawking’s memoir, ‘Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen’, and directed by Academy Award winner James Marsh (Man on Wire).

For young Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) the future looks limitless, his brilliant mind ensuring his success as a cosmologist, while his relationship with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde (Felicity Jones) promising a fulfilling personal life. Then tragedy strikes when, at the age of 21, he is diagnosed with motor neuron disease.

“Redmayne towers: this is an astonishing, genuinely visceral performance which bears comparison with Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot.” - The Guardian

Based on the 2002 novel ‘The Double’ by late Nobel Prizewinning author José Saramago, the brilliant new film from Academy Award nominee Denis Villeneuve breathes new life into the doppelgänger tale.

Adam Bell (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a glum Toronto history professor who seems disinterested in everything, even in sex with his beautiful girlfriend (Mélanie Laurent). While watching a movie on the recommendation of a colleague, Adam spots his exact double, an actor named Anthony Clair, in a bit part, and decides to track him down. When the two men meet, they find their lives becoming bizarrely and irrevocably intertwined.

With masterly control, Villeneuve takes us on a gripping journey through a world that is both familiar and strange.

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INTERSTELLAR

MAYBEYOUMISSED SPECIAL 70MM PRESENTATION

Interstellar Fri 9 to Thu 15 Jan Christopher Nolan • USA/UK 2014 • 2h49m • 70mm 12A – Contains infrequent strong language, moderate threat, violence Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, Topher Grace, Wes Bentley.

Christopher (The Dark Knight, Inception) Nolan’s spectacular sci-fi, featuring a star-studded cast led by Matthew McConaughey.

With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history – travelling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars.

Screening from glorious 70mm!

NATIONAL GALLERY

TESTAMENT OF YOUTH

NEWRELEASE

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National Gallery

Testament of Youth

Sun 11 Jan at 1.30pm

Showing from Fri 16 Jan

Frederick Wiseman • France/USA/UK 2014 • 3h1m • DCP 12A – Contains infrequent strong language • Documentary

James Kent • UK 2014 • 2h10m • DCP 12A – Contains scenes of bloody injury Cast: Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Taron Egerton, Colin Morgan, Dominic West, Emily Watson.

Master documentarian Frederick Wiseman’s latest takes us inside one of the world’s greatest art collections, the National Gallery in London, for a privileged look that deepens our appreciation for art and its upkeep. Filming over twelve weeks in 2012, Wiseman takes in visitor tours, staff meetings, restorations, classes, and protests. As usual, he practices a strict observational approach, eschewing voice-over and interviews. His method calls upon viewers to draw their own meaning from the material, just as we do with paintings, and, for art lovers, there are endless riches to enjoy over the film’s three hours – Wiseman concentrates mostly on Old Masters, and his visit coincides with major exhibitions of Titian, Leonardo Da Vinci and Turner.

“A great, great film.” - The Telegraph

Vera Brittain’s beloved WWI memoir is exquisitely realised in this moving and timely adaptation.

Intelligent and free-spirited Vera overcomes the narrowmindedness of her conservative parents, winning a scholarship to Oxford. Entranced by her brother’s dashing friend Roland, who shares her literary aspirations, she plunges into an intoxicating romance. Blooming, in love and on the cusp of fulfilling her ambitions, Vera’s dreams are brutally shattered by the onset of war.

“Traditional, heartfelt and stirring in all the right ways, the film feels as though it is the natural successor to the war romances of Powell and Pressburger.” - The Times

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A MOST VIOLENT YEAR

NEWRELEASE

THE GREEN PRINCE

NEWRELEASE

TRASH

NEWRELEASE

A Most Violent Year

The Green Prince

Trash

Showing from Fri 23 Jan

Sat 24 & Sun 25 Jan

Showing from Fri 30 Jan

JC Chandor • USA 2014 • 2h5m • DCP 15 – Contains very strong language, strong violence Cast: Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Alessandro Nivola, Albert Brooks.

Nadav Schirman • Germany/USA/UK/Israel 2014 • 1h41m DCP • English and Hebrew with English subtitles 15 – Contains images of real dead bodies • Documentary

Stephen Daldry • UK/Brazil 2014 • 1h54m DCP • Portuguese and English with English subtitles 15 – Contains strong violence, bloody detail, strong language Cast: Rickson Tevez, Eduardo Luis, Gabriel Weinstein, Martin Sheen, Rooney Mara.

Set in 1981 during one of the most crime-ridden winters in New York City’s history, the latest from writer and director JC Chandor (Margin Call, All Is Lost) follows Abel and Anna Morales (Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain) as they attempt to capitalise on the American Dream even as the rampant violence, decay and corruption of the day threaten to destroy all they have built.

Just as Abel is on the verge of realising his dream of building a reputable heating oil empire, the long fingers of corruption dig in. To complicate matters, Anna’s family history is mired in institutionalised crime and a history of resolution through bloodshed. Nonetheless, husband and wife press forward, even as the threats inch closer to home.

“A tough, gritty, richly atmospheric thriller.” - Variety

Employing exclusive first-hand testimony, dramatic action sequences and rare archival footage, this extraordinary documentary recounts the true story of the son of a Hamas leader who emerged as one of Israel’s prized informants, and the Shin Bet agent who risked his career to protect him.

As a defiant teenager growing up in Palestine, Mosab Hassan Yousef’s fervour against Israel was unquestionable, ultimately landing him in prison. Shaken by Hamas’s brutality within the prison’s walls and a growing disgust for their methods, particularly suicide bombing, he had an unexpected change of heart and began to see Hamas as more of a problem than a solution. Recruited by the Shin Bet (Israel’s internal security agency) and given the code name Green Prince, he spied on the Hamas elite for over a decade, constantly risking exposure and certain death while grappling with the perception that he had betrayed his own family and people. Along the way, what started as a cautious alliance between Mosab and his Shin Bet handler Gonen Ben Yitzhak grew into an enduring loyalty that no one could have predicted.

Winner of the top prize at the Rome Film Festival in October, Stephen Daldry’s compelling and uplifting drama features wonderful performances from its young Brazilian cast, and has already drawn comparisons to Slumdog Millionaire.

Three young boys live in a garbage dump on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, where they spend their days searching for items they can use or sell. When they come across a wallet containing cash and a key, they soon find themselves fighting for their lives, as the corrupt local police force try to get their hands on it.

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10 (+2) from 14

12 YEARS A SLAVE

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10 (+2) from 14 As much fun as it is picking one’s top ten films of the year, it’s always tempered somewhat by having to leave a few great films out. In fact, it’s almost inconceivable that there’s no room on this list for Norte, the End of History; or Mystery Road; or 20,000 Days on Earth. I have cheated a little by adding a couple of restorations – my personal favourite reissue, the outback classic Wake in Fright, and my discovery of the year, Mohammad Ali Talebi’s Willow & Wind, which headlined our Cinema of Childhood project in 2014. Enjoy!

Rod White, Head of Filmhouse

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LEVIATHAN

BOYHOOD

12 Years a Slave

Leviathan

Mon 5, Sun 11 & Thu 15 Jan

Tue 6, Thu 8, Mon 12 & Sat 17 Jan

Steve McQueen • USA/UK 2013 • 2h14m • DCP 15 – Contains strong violence, injury detail, sex, nudity and racist terms Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad Pitt, Kelsey Scott.

Andrey Zvyagintsev • Russia 2014 • 2h21m DCP • Russian with English subtitles 15 – Contains strong language, moderate sex Cast: Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Aleksey Serebryakov, Roman Madyanov, Anna Ukolova.

Steve McQueen’s adaptation of Solomon Northup’s confronting memoir deserves all the praise and all the prizes awarded it earlier in 2014. Solomon (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is an accomplished violinist living as a free man in New York who is conned into joining a travelling show then brutally abducted and sold as a slave.

I caught Andrey Zvyagintsev’s masterful latest at the Cannes festival back in May, in the midst of the 5- or 6- filma-day madness, and would be the first to say I was not able to give it the required attention. Second viewing confirmed what all the praise was about. A blistering black comedythriller/assault on the state of his homeland, the film has, remarkably, been put forward as Russia’s official entry in the race for the Best Foreign Language Oscar this year.

Ida Tue 6, Fri 9, Sun 11 & Tue 13 Jan Pawel Pawlikowski • Poland/Denmark 2013 • 1h22m • DCP Polish with English subtitles • 12A – Contains suicide scene Cast: Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Dawid Ogrodnik, Jerzy Trela, Adam Szyszkowski.

Two women, a novitiate nun, Anna, and her Communist Party judge aunt, embark on a journey into the wintry Polish countryside to find Anna’s parents’ unmarked graves, and where dark secrets are unearthed. Pawel Pawlikowski’s graceful and haunting drama is luminously (and judiciously) shot in black and white.

Filmhouse Explorer Get a half-price ticket to any of the films in this season with Filmhouse Explorer – see page 4 for details!

Boyhood Wed 7, Thu 15 & Sun 18 Jan Richard Linklater • USA 2014 • 2h45m • DCP 15 – Contains strong language, sex references, drug use Cast: Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater, Tamara Jolaine.

Richard Linklater’s powerful and unique coming-of-age tale, shot in 39 days between 2002 and 2014, literally bears remarkable witness to the growing up of a young boy – through a serious of snapshots from the age of 6 to his freshman college year, and the trials and tribulations of growing up, parenting and family life – achieving a sort of transcendence along the way.

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TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT

‘71

STRANGER BY THE LAKE

WAKE IN FRIGHT

Two Days, One Night Deux jours, une nuit ‘71

Stranger by the Lake L’inconnu du lac

Fri 9, Mon 12 & Thu 15 Jan

Sat 10 & Thu 15 Jan

Mon 12, Sun 18 & Wed 21 Jan

Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne • Belgium/Italy/France 2014 • 1h35m • DCP • French with English subtitles 15 – Contains suicide attempt Cast: Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Pili Groyne, Simon Caudry, Catherine Salée.

Yann Demange • UK 2014 • 1h39m • DCP 15 – Contains very strong language, strong bloody violence, injury detail Cast: Jack O’Connell, Sam Reid, Sean Harris, Charlie Murphy, Paul Anderson.

Alain Guiraudie • France 2013 • 1h40m • DCP French with English subtitles • 18 – Contains strong real sex Cast: Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d’Assumçao, Jérôme Chappatte, Mathieu Vervisch.

Not, in my opinion, the Dardenne brothers’ best film, but even slightly off the top of their form they’re good enough to make most top ten lists. Marion Cotillard stars as Sandra, a young mother who, in order to save the job she desperately needs, must persuade her co-workers to refuse their bonuses so she can be kept on. A compelling blend of social commentary and deeply felt character study, with a brilliant central performance.

TV director Yann Demange makes a mightily assured feature debut, in this tension-wracked tale of a young and disoriented British soldier, accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast in 1971.

A very fine example of how cinema can at times have you sitting on the very edge of your seat for a very long time.

I was familiar with (and didn’t much like) Alain Guiraudie’s work up to the point I saw this brilliant, insightful and very frank meditation on sex and desire, set around a secluded, picturesque lakeside cruising spot. As the Guardian had it: “The tired old trope ‘erotic thriller’ does no justice to how confrontationally and explicitly sexual this movie is – nor how thrilling, nor how menacing and complex.”

Willow and Wind Beed-o Baad

Wake in Fright

Sat 10 & Sun 11 Jan

Tue 13 Jan only

Mohammad Ali Talebi • Iran/Japan 1999 • 1h21m DCP • Persian with English subtitles PG – Contains potentially imitable behaviour Cast: Hadi Alipour, Amir Janfada, Majid Alipour, Mohammad Sharif Ebrahimi.

Ted Kotcheff • Australia/USA 1971 • 1h49m • DCP 18 – Contains strong scenes of kangaroo hunting and slaughter Cast: Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson.

Winter Sleep Kis uykusu Sat 10, Fri 16 & Tue 20 Jan Nuri Bilge Ceylan • Turkey 2014 • 3h16m • DCP Turkish with English subtitles • 15 – Contains strong language Cast: Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Demet Akbag, Ayberk Pekcan, Serhat Mustafa Kiliç.

That Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan was at some point going to win the coveted Cannes Palme d’Or was never really in doubt, and that he won it in 2014 was little surprise to those who had then seen his 3h16min ‘intimate epic’ about an ex-actor now running a hotel with his young wife, in the extraordinary landscape of the Cappadocia region of Anatolia. Another milestone in Ceylan’s ongoing, illuminating exploration of the human condition.

This seemingly slight tale, about a young boy who must repair the classroom window he broke before being allowed back to school, takes on the proportion of an epic quest in the hands of Talebi and screenwriter Abbas Kiarostami.

Gripping, heartbreaking, and one of many wonderful discoveries from our Cinema of Childhood season which toured the country in 2014, all of which will screen again here over the coming weeks.

I saw the restoration of this at a festival back in 2009, and watched on forlornly for almost the next five years whilst the rights issues that had plagued it were resolved.

Thankfully, they ultimately were, and Canadian Ted Kotcheff’s seminal, Aussie outback ‘primal scream’ of a film was at long last back on cinema screens. I had halfremembered this film from TV decades ago. I’d forgotten how great it was.

SEASON CONTINUES OVERLEAF

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UNDER THE SKIN

Mr. Turner Wed 14, Fri 16 & Sat 17 Jan Mike Leigh • UK 2014 • 2h30m • DCP 12A – Contains moderate sex, sex references Cast: Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey, Karl Johnson.

It’s hard to fault Mike Leigh’s hugely impressive biopic which details the last 25 years in the life of iconoclast landscape painter, JMW, and features a surely Oscar-worthy turn from Leigh regular Timothy Spall. It’s a rich depiction of an epoch to boot and, as chance would have it, the third highest attended film in Filmhouse history!

Under the Skin Wed 14, Sat 17, Mon 19 & Wed 21 Jan Jonathan Glazer • UK 2013 • 1h48m • DCP 15 – Contains infrequent strong sex and frequent nudity Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Paul Brannigan, Jessica Mance, Krystof Hádek.

Definitely the love-it-or-hate it film in this year’s top ten… needless to say, I loved it. Jonathan Glazer’s experiential, compelling and aurally enticing sci-fi, based on Michel Faber’s debut novel of the same name, stars Scarlett Johansson as some sort of alien, devouring a series of men in Glasgow and the Scottish Highlands. Completely weird and utterly memorable.

J’ACCUSE

SPECIALEVENT

J’accuse Thu 5 Feb at 8.00pm Abel Gance • France 1919 • 2h46m • DCP • Silent • 12A Cast: Romauld Joubé, Séverin-Mars, Maryse Dauvray, Maxime Desjardins, Angèle Guys.

Stunningly restored to its full 1919 length with its original colour tinting by the EYE Film Institute Netherlands in collaboration with Lobster Films, and with a new score

by Robert Israel, one of the world’s finest silent film composers, J’accuse is a milestone of silent cinema, and one of the most damning antiwar films ever made.

Filmed in the last, brutal year of the Great War, Gance’s technically groundbreaking film chronicles the decimation of a Provençal village as the sons of France go off to fight, either dying on the front or returning as shell-shocked, hollow men. Gance would later recall the unforgettable ‘return of the dead’ sequence that ends the film: “The conditions in which we filmed were profoundly moving….

These men had come straight from the Front – from Verdun – and they were due back eight days later. They played the dead knowing that in all probability they’d be dead themselves before long.”

Screening as part of The First World War in Cinema, a four-year series of films, programmed in association with the University of Edinburgh, that relate to the First World War, some timed to coincide with the real events of 100 years ago and others which are not tied to specific dates. The screening will be introduced by Dr Pasquale Iannone (University of Edinburgh).

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SPECIALEVENT A special screening to mark Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January. HMD provides an opportunity for everyone to learn lessons from the Holocaust and subsequent genocides and apply them to the present day to create a safer, better future. www.hmd.org.uk

Schindler’s List Tue 27 Jan at 7.00pm Steven Spielberg • USA 1993 • 3h15m • 35mm English, Hebrew, German and Polish with English subtitles 15 – Contains strong language, violence and emotional distress Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagall.

Based on a true story, Steven Spielberg’s acclaimed drama stars Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler, a German businessman in pre-WWII Poland who sees an opportunity to make money from the Nazis’ rise to power. He starts a company to make cookware and utensils, using flattery and bribes to win military contracts, and brings in accountant and financier Itzhak Stern (Ben Kingsley) to help run the factory. By staffing his plant with Jews who’ve been herded into Krakow’s ghetto by Nazi troops, Schindler has a dependable unpaid labour force. For Stern, a job in a war-related plant could mean survival for himself and the other Jews working for Schindler.

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Filmhouse Junior

PADDINGTON

THE BOOK OF LIFE

Filmhouse junior Films for a younger audience, weekly on Sundays at 11am. Tickets cost £4.00 (£5.00 for 3D screenings) per person, big or small!

For these shows we choose to screen dubbed versions where these are available, but some films will be in their original language with subtitles – these are marked on individual film descriptions.

Please note: although we normally disapprove of people talking during screenings, these shows are primarily for kids, so grown-ups should expect some noise!

TINKERBELL AND THE LEGEND OF THE NEVERBEAST

The Book of Life

Penguins of Madagascar

Sun 11 Jan at 11.00am

Sun 25 Jan at 11.00am

Jorge R Gutierrez • USA 2014 • 1h35m • DCP PG – Contains mild fantasy violence, brief scary scenes With the voices of Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Channing Tatum, Ron Perlman, Christina Applegate.

Eric Darnell, Simon J Smith • USA 2014 • 1h32m • DCP U – Contains very mild threat, slapstick violence, very mild bad language With the voices of Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights, Conrad Vernon, John Malkovich, Benedict Cumberbatch.

Manolo is a young man torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans three fantastical worlds where he must face his greatest fears. Rich with a fresh take on pop music favourites, this film encourages us to celebrate the past while looking forward to the future.

Tinkerbell and the Legend of the NeverBeast Sun 18 Jan at 11.00am

Paddington Sun 4 Jan at 11.00am Paul King • UK/France 2014 • 1h35m • DCP PG – Contains dangerous behaviour, mild threat, innuendo, infrequent mild bad language Cast: Ben Whishaw (voice), Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Nicole Kidman, Peter Capaldi.

A young Peruvian bear travels to the city in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone, he begins to realise that city life is not at all as he had imagined, but then he meets the kindly Brown family. It looks as though his luck has changed, until this rarest of bears catches the eye of a museum taxidermist...

INTO THE WOODS

Steve Loter • USA 2014 • 1h16m • DCP • U – Contains mild threat With the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Mae Whitman, Rosario Dawson, Lucy Liu, Raven-Symoné.

Tinkerbell and her friends are back in this new animation!

Animal fairy Fawn befriends a huge and mysterious creature known as the NeverBeast, but the elite Scout Fairies set out to capture the monster, fearing he will destroy their home. Fawn must trust her heart and rally the girls to save the NeverBeast.

Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organisation The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr Octavius Brine from destroying the world...

Into the Woods Sun 1 Feb at 11.00am Rob Marshall • USA 2014 • 2h5m • DCP PG – Contains mild violence, threat Cast: Anna Kendrick, Johnny Depp, Chris Pine, Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep.

This spectacular family musical follows the classic tales of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and Rapunzel – all linked by a story involving a baker and his wife, and the witch who has put a curse on them.

The Wind Rises Kaze tachinu Sun 8 Feb at 11.00am Hayao Miyazaki • Japan 2013 • 2h7m • DCP • English language version • PG – Contains brief bloody image, smoking scenes

A decades-spanning epic from master filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. Jiro dreams of flying and designing aeroplanes.

He studies hard and joins a Japanese engineering company in 1927. His bright intelligence and dedication will lead him to create the Zero fighter, a bomber put into service just as Japan is contemplating war with the US.

Filmhouse Junior

BIG HERO 6

A TOWN CALLED PANIC

Annie

DOCTOR PROCTOR’S FART POWDER

Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder

Sun 15 Feb at 11.00am

Doktor Proktors prompepulver

Will Gluck • USA 2014 • 1h58m • DCP PG – Contains mild bad language Cast: Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhané Wallis, Rose Byrne, Cameron Diaz.

Sun 8 Mar at 11.00am

Annie is a young, happy foster kid who’s also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014. Left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they’d be back for her someday, it’s been a hard knock life ever since. But everything’s about to change...

Big Hero 6

Arild Fröhlich • Norway 2014 • 1h27m DCP • English language version • cert tbc Cast: Eilif Hellum Noraker, Emily Glaister, Kristoffer Joner, Marian Saastad Ottesen, Linn Skåber.

A delightfully silly family film based on a series of books by crime writer Jo Nesbø. Lise and her new neighbour Nilly investigate a cloud of smoke coming from the home of reclusive inventor Doctor Proctor...

Sun 22 Feb at 11.00am

Matilda

Don Hall & Chris Williams • USA 2014 • 1h42m • DCP • cert tbc With the voices of Scott Adsit, Ryan Potter, Daniel Henney, TJ Miller.

Sun 15 Mar at 11.00am

In the futuristic city of San Fransokyo, 14-year-old genius Hiro looks up to his older brother Tadashi. Tadashi is a student at the Institute of Technology, where he has developed an inflatable robot named Baymax, with whom Hiro forms a special bond.

A Town Called Panic Panique au village Sun 1 Mar at 11.00am Stéphane Aubier & Vincent Patar • Belgium/Luxembourg/France 2009 • 1h17m • DCP • French with English subtitles PG – Contains mild violence and one use of mild language

A brilliantly inventive stop motion animation. Cowboy and Indian plan to buy a birthday gift for their friend Horse, but accidentally destroy his house. A series of wacky adventures ensues that finds the trio journeying to the centre of the earth, wandering across icy tundra and discovering a strange aquatic world.

Danny DeVito • USA 1996 • 1h38m • DCP • PG Cast: Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz.

Matilda Wormwood is an extremely curious and intelligent little girl who is very different from her parents, who quite cruelly ignore her. As she grows older, she begins to discover that she has telekinetic powers...

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

CHARLOTTE’S WEB

Charlotte’s Web Sun 29 Mar at 11.00am Gary Winick • USA 2006 • 1h37m DCP • U – Contains very mild language Cast: Dakota Fanning, Julia Roberts (voice), Steve Buscemi (voice), John Cleese (voice), Oprah Winfrey (voice).

Plucky farm girl Fern (Dakota Fanning) rescues Wilbur the pig – the runt of his litter – from her father’s axe. But as Wilbur grows up and faces his likely fate of becoming Sunday dinner, another friend steps in to save the day – the spider Charlotte (voiced by Julia Roberts), who spins fancy, slogan-filled webs above Wilbur’s pen to convince his guardians that he is indeed a special pig and worth saving.

Shaun the Sheep Sun 5 Apr at 11.00am Mark Burton & Richard Starzack • UK/France 2015 Running time TBC • DCP • cert tbc

When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix-up with the farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill lead them all to the big city, and it’s up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.

Sun 22 Mar at 11.00am Miguel Arteta • USA 2014 • 1h21m • DCP • PG – Contains mild bad language, sex references Cast: Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner, Ed Oxenbould, Dylan Minnette, Kerris Dorsey.

11-year-old Alexander experiences the most terrible and horrible day of his young life – a day that begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by one calamity after another.

See page 17 for our special sing-along screenings of Frozen!

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FILMHOUSE PROGRAMME

2 January - 5 February 2015

DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

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SCREENING TIMES

DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

SCREENING TIMES

DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

Wed 1 7 2 Jan 3 3

The Theory of Everything (AD) Big Eyes Enemy Boyhood (10)

3.20/6.00/8.40 3.30/6.10/8.30 3.15/9.00 5.45

Thu 8 Jan

1 2 3 3

The Theory of Everything (AD) Big Eyes Enemy Leviathan (10)

3.20/6.00/8.40 3.30/6.10/8.30 3.15/9.00 6.00

Thu 15 Jan

1 1 1 2 2 3

Boyhood (10) ‘71 (10) Interstellar 12 Years a Slave (10) The Theory of Everything (AD) Two Days, One Night (10)

2.30 5.55 8.10 3.10 6.00/8.40 8.45

Fri 9 Jan

1 1 2 2 2

The Theory of Everything (AD) Interstellar Two Days, One Night (10) The Theory of Everything (AD) Ida (10)

2.15/8.30 5.00 3.15 6.00 8.45

Fri 16 Jan

1 1 2 3 3 3

Duck Soup (MB) Testament of Youth (AD) Mr. Turner (10) Mr. Turner (10) Duck Soup (MB) Winter Sleep (10)

1.00 2.45/5.45/8.30 5.50 3.00 6.00 7.40

Sat 10 Jan

1 1 1 2 2 3

Winter Sleep (10) Interstellar The Theory of Everything (AD) ‘71 (10) The Theory of Everything (AD) Willow and Wind (10)

1.10 5.00 8.30 1.00/8.50 3.25/6.05 4.00

Sat 17 Jan

1 1 2 2 3 3 3

Duck Soup (MB) Testament of Youth (AD) Leviathan (10) Duck Soup (MB) Under the Skin (10) Duck Soup (MB) Mr. Turner (10)

1.00 2.45/5.45/8.30 1.10 4.10 3.45 6.20 8.10

Sun 11 Jan

1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3

The Book of Life (FJ) National Gallery Interstellar The Theory of Everything (AD) Ida (10) The Theory of Everything (AD) (C) The Theory of Everything (AD) 12 Years a Slave (10) Willow and Wind (10)

11.00am 1.30 5.05 8.30 1.00 3.00 (captioned) 5.40 8.20 4.00

Sun 18 Jan

1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3

Tinkerbell and... NeverBeast (FJ) Duck Soup (MB) Testament of Youth (AD) Boyhood (10) Duck Soup (MB) Bicycle (YB) Stranger by the Lake (10) Boyhood (10)

11.00am 1.00 2.45/5.45/8.30 1.10 4.30 6.15 + Q&A 2.30 7.45

Thu 1 Jan

1 1 2 2 3

Frozen Sing-a-long The Theory of Everything (AD) Whisky Galore! (SG) ‘I Know Where I’m Going!’ (SG) Big Eyes

1.05 3.30/6.15 1.00 6.00 1.10/3.30/6.05

Fri 2 Jan

1 1 2 2 2 3 3

Frozen Sing-a-long The Theory of Everything (AD) The Prime of Miss J Brodie (SG) What We Did on Our... (SG) Big Eyes Big Eyes Enemy

1.05 3.20/6.00/8.40 1.00 6.00 8.30 1.10/6.10 3.40/8.35

Sat 3 Jan

1 1 2 2 2 3 3

Frozen Sing-a-long The Theory of Everything (AD) The Wicker Man (SG) From Scotland With Love (SG) Big Eyes Big Eyes Enemy

1.05 3.20/6.00/8.40 1.00 6.00 8.30 1.10/6.10 3.40/8.35

Sun 4 Jan

1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3

Paddington (FJ) Frozen Sing-a-long The Theory of Everything (AD) The Illusionist (SG) Whisky Galore! (SG) Big Eyes Big Eyes Enemy

11.00am 1.05 3.20/6.00/8.40 1.00 6.00 8.30 1.10/6.10 3.40/8.35

Mon 1 5 1 Jan 2 3 3

Big Eyes (B) The Theory of Everything (AD) Big Eyes Enemy 12 Years a Slave (10)

11am (babies & carers) 3.20/6.00/8.40 3.30/6.10/8.30 3.15/6.15 8.25

1 2 3 3 3

The Theory of Everything (AD) Big Eyes Ida (10) Enemy Leviathan (10)

3.20/6.00/8.40 3.30/6.10/8.30 3.15 6.15 8.25

Tue 6 Jan

The majority of our screenings are scheduled well in advance, and times published in this monthly brochure and on our website. Most weeks we leave some spaces in the schedule in order to allow us to keep on films that are proving popular for a little longer; these late-scheduled screenings will be added to our website from midday at the latest on the Tuesday preceding the start of the new cinema week on Friday, and listed in our weekly screenings email – sign up at www.filmhousecinema.com/news

Mon 1 12 1 Jan 1 1 2 2 3

The Theory of Everything (AD) (B) 11am (babies & carers) The Theory of Everything (AD) 3.00 Two Days, One Night (10) 6.00 Interstellar 8.10 Leviathan (10) 3.10 The Theory of Everything (AD) 6.00/8.40 Stranger by the Lake (10) 8.45

1 1 2 3

Interstellar Ida (10) The Theory of Everything (AD) Wake in Fright (10)

2.45/8.10 6.10 3.15/6.00/8.40 6.05

Wed 1 14 1 Jan 1 2 3

Mr. Turner (10) Rome, Open City (EC) Interstellar The Theory of Everything (AD) Under the Skin (10)

2.30 5.45 + intro 8.10 3.15/6.00/8.40 6.05

Tue 13 Jan

SCREENING TIMES

KEY (AD) – Audio Description (see page 2) (B) – Carer & baby screening (see page 2) (C) – Captioned for customers who are deaf or hard of hearing (see page 2) All screenings in 2D unless marked [3D] SEASONS: (10) – 10 (+2) from 14 (pages 8-10) (AFF) – Adventure Film Festival (page 22) (EC) – Intro to European Cinema (pages 20-21) (FJ) – Filmhouse Junior (pages 12-13) (IH) – Secret Histories: Screening Irish History (page 24) (MB) – Duck Soup and Animal Crackers: The Best of the Marx Brothers (pages 16-17) (SG) – Scotland Galore! (page 25) (YB) – Get On Your Bike (page 19) Full index of films on page 2

WWW.FILMHOUSECINEMA.COM DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

Mon 1 19 1 Jan 2 2 2 3 Tue 20 Jan

1 1 2 2 3 3

Wed 1 21 2 Jan 2 2 3

2 January - 5 February 2015

TICKET PRICES (FROM 2 JAN) & INFO

Testament of Youth (AD) A Most Violent Year A Most Violent Year Schindler’s List A Most Violent Year Testament of Youth (AD)

2.45/5.45 8.35 3.10 7.00 5.50 8.30

MATINEES (Shows starting prior to 5pm) Mon - Thu: £7.20 full price, £5.70 concessions Friday Matinees: £5.50/£4.00 concessions Sat - Sun: £9.00 full price, £7.20 concessions

Testament of Youth (AD) A Most Violent Year A Most Violent Year Testament of Youth (AD) Bande à part (EC)

2.45/8.30 5.50 3.10/8.35 5.45 6.00 + intro

Testament of Youth (AD) A Most Violent Year A Most Violent Year The Dilapidated Dwelling Testament of Youth (AD)

2.45/8.30 5.50 3.10/8.35 6.00 + Q&A 5.45

DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

Testament of Youth (AD) (B) Testament of Youth (AD) Duck Soup (MB) Adventure Film Fest Prog 1 (AFF) Pantani: The Accidental... (YB) Under the Skin (10)

11am (babies & carers) 2.45/5.45/8.30 3.30 6.00 8.35 8.45

Tue 27 Jan

1 1 2 2 3 3

Testament of Youth (AD) Testament of Youth (AD) (C) Horse Feathers (MB) Wadjda (YB) Horse Feathers (MB) Winter Sleep (10)

2.45/8.30 5.45 (captioned) 3.30 6.00 5.45 7.30

Wed 1 28 1 Jan 2 2 3

Testament of Youth (AD) Under the Skin (10) Germany Year Zero (EC) Where the Trail Ends (YB) Stranger by the Lake (10)

2.45/5.45/8.30 3.30 6.15 + intro 8.25 8.45

Thu 22 Jan

1 2 2 2 3

Testament of Youth (AD) Monkey Business (MB) A Sunday in Hell (YB) Ed Wood + Pink, Plunk, Plink Monkey Business (MB)

2.45/5.45/8.30 3.30 6.00 8.25 6.15

Fri 23 Jan

1 1 2 3

Testament of Youth (AD) L’Age d’Or plus Sink + Noize Choir A Most Violent Year Testament of Youth (AD)

3.00/5.45 9.00 (£12/£9) 3.10/5.50/8.35 8.30

Sat 24 Jan

1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3

Testament of Youth (AD) Monkey Business (MB) A Most Violent Year Horse Feathers (MB) Jimmy’s Hall (IH) A Most Violent Year Testament of Youth A Most Violent Year The Green Prince

1.00/5.45 3.45 8.35 1.05 2.50 + discussion 5.50 8.30 1.10 6.25

Sun 25 Jan

1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3

Penguins of Madagascar (FJ) Horse Feathers (MB) Testament of Youth (AD) A Most Violent Year A Most Violent Year Monkey Business (MB) Testament of Youth (AD) The Green Prince

11.00am 1.00 2.45/5.45 8.35 1.05/5.50 3.45 8.30 1.10/8.45

Testament of Youth (AD) A Most Violent Year A Most Violent Year Adventure Film Fest Prog 2 (AFF) Testament of Youth (AD) A Most Violent Year

2.45/5.45 8.35 3.10 5.45 8.30 5.50

Mon 1 26 1 Jan 2 2 2 3

SCREENING TIMES

SCREENING TIMES

Thu 29 Jan

1 1 2 2 3

Fri 1 Trash (AD) 30 2 A Most Violent Year Jan 3 Animal Crackers (MB)

1.00/3.30/6.00/8.30 3.10/5.50/8.35 6.10

Sat 31 Jan

1 2 2 3 3

Trash (AD) The Cocoanuts (MB) A Most Violent Year Animal Crackers (MB) A Night at the Opera (MB)

1.00/3.30/6.00/8.30 1.05 3.15/5.55/8.35 4.00 6.10

Sun 1 Feb

1 1 1 2 2 3 3

Into the Woods (FJ) A Night at the Opera (MB) Trash (AD) A Most Violent Year The Cocoanuts (MB) Trash (AD) The Cocoanuts (MB)

11.00am 1.30 3.35/6.05/8.40 1.05/5.55/8.35 3.45 1.00 8.55

A Night at the Opera (MB) (B) Trash (AD) A Most Violent Year Adventure Film Fest Prog 3 (AFF) A Most Violent Year (C)

11am (babies & carers) 2.30/6.05/8.40 3.15/8.35 6.00 5.50 (captioned)

Mon 1 2 1 Feb 2 2 3

Tue 1 Trash (AD) 3 2 A Most Violent Year Feb 3 A Night at the Opera (MB)

2.30/6.00/8.30 3.15/5.55/8.35 8.45

Wed 1 Trash (AD) 4 2 A Most Violent Year Feb 3 Lift to the Scaffold (EC)

2.30/6.00/8.30 3.15/5.55/8.35 6.10 + intro

Thu 5 Feb

1 1 2 3

FILMHOUSE PROGRAMME

Trash (AD) J’accuse A Most Violent Year Trash (AD)

2.30/5.30 8.00 + intro 3.15/5.55/8.35 8.45

EVENING SCREENINGS (Starting 5pm and later) £9.00 full price, £7.20 concessions For screenings in 3D add £2 to ticket price.

All tickets to Filmhouse Junior screenings (marked FJ on grid) are £4.00. Tickets for children under 12 are £4.00 for any screening.

Filmhouse Members get £1.50 off every ticket (excludes Friday matinees and Filmhouse Junior) Concessions available for: children (under 15); students (with valid matriculation card); school pupils (15-18 years); Young Scot cardholders; senior citizens; people with disability or invalidity status (carers go free); claimants (Jobseekers Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Housing Benefit); NHS employees (with proof of employment).

We participate in the EE Wednesdays 2 for 1 scheme.

There are usually ticket deals available on film seasons.

All performances are bookable in advance, in person, online at www.filmhousecinema.com or by phone on 0131 228 2688. We do not charge a fee for bookings made by telephone or on the website. Tickets may also be reserved without payment, in which case they must be collected no later than 30 minutes before the performance starts.

Tickets cannot be exchanged nor money refunded except in the event of a cancellation of a performance.

Screenings are subject to change, but only in extraordinary circumstances.

All seats are unreserved. If you require seats together please arrive in plenty of time. Cinemas will be open 15 minutes before the start of each screening. The management reserves the right of admission and will not admit latecomers. Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

Double bills are shown in the same order as indicated on these pages. Intervals in double bills last 10 minutes.

BOX OFFICE: 0131 228 2688 (10am-9pm daily) PROGRAMME INFO: 0131 228 2689 BOOK ONLINE: www.filmhousecinema.com

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Duck Soup and Animal Crackers: The Best of the Marx Brothers

DUCK SOUP

Duck Soup and Animal Crackers: The Best of the Marx Brothers We thought you could do with some silliness to brighten up your January, and who better to provide it than the Marx brothers!

Duck Soup Fri 16 to Mon 19 Jan Leo McCarey • USA 1933 • 1h9m • DCP • U Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont, Louis Calhern.

When the tiny nation of Freedonia goes bankrupt, its wealthy benefactor Mrs Teasdale (Margaret Dumont) insists that the wacky Rufus T Firefly (Groucho Marx) become the country’s president. Sensing a weakness in leadership, the bordering nation of Sylvania sends in a couple of spies to pave the way for a revolution.

MONKEY BUSINESS

THE COCOANUTS

Horse Feathers

Animal Crackers

Tue 20, Sat 24 & Sun 25 Jan

Fri 30 & Sat 31 Jan

Norman Z McLeod • USA 1932 • 1h7m • DCP • U Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Thelma Todd, David Landau.

Victor Heerman • USA 1930 • 1h37m • DCP • U Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Lillian Roth, Margaret Dumont.

Professor Wagstaff (Groucho Marx), the scheming president of Huxley College, plans to make the school’s football team into winners by paying two professional players to join the team during the big game, but accidentally hires the wrong men.

Celebrated explorer Captain Spaulding (Groucho Marx) has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs Rittenhouse (Margaret Dumont) when a valuable painting goes missing. The intrepid Captain Spaulding attempts to solve the crime with the help of his secretary Horatio Jamison, while sparring with the anarchic Signor Emanuel Ravelli and his nutty sidekick.

Monkey Business Thu 22, Sat 24 & Sun 25 Jan Norman Z McLeod • USA 1931 • 1h18m • DCP • U Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Rockliffe Fellowes, Harry Woods.

While stowing away on a ship to America, Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo get involuntarily pressed into service as toughs for a pair of feuding gangsters while trying desperately to evade the ship’s crew.

TICKETDEALS Buy any three (or more) tickets for films in this season and get 15% off Buy any six (or more) tickets for films in this season and get 25% off These offers are available online, in person and on the phone, on both full price and concession price tickets.

Tickets must all be bought at the same time.

The Cocoanuts Sat 31 Jan & Sun 1 Feb Robert Florey & Joseph Santley • USA 1929 • 1h33m • DCP • U Cast: Groucho Marx, Zeppo Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Margaret Dumont, Oscar Shaw.

In an effort to keep his business from going bankrupt, hotel owner Hammer (Groucho Marx) flatters and cajoles the wealthy Mrs Potter (Margaret Dumont), his only paying guest. While Mrs Potter’s daughter has romantic designs on the hotel clerk, Bob, two other guests compete with Hammer for Mrs Potter’s attentions.

Filmhouse Explorer Get a half-price ticket to any of the films in this season with Filmhouse Explorer – see page 4 for details!

Duck Soup and Animal Crackers/Frozen/Come and See...

A DAY AT THE RACES

A Night at the Opera Sat 31 Jan, Sun 1 & Tue 3 Feb (Plus Mon 2 Feb for babies & carers only)

FROZEN

SPECIALSCREENINGS

Sing-Along Screenings!

Sam Wood • USA 1935 • 1h31m • 35mm • U Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones, Walter King.

Frozen

Otis B Driftwood (Groucho Marx) battles arrogant tenor Lassparri in an attempt to help his friend Ricardo, who is determined to take centre stage and win the love of fellow performer Rosa.

Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee • USA 2013 • 1h48m DCP • PG – Contains mild threat With the voices of Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana.

A Night in Casablanca Fri 6 & Sat 7 Feb Archie Mayo • USA 1946 • 1h25m • 35mm • U Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Charles Drake.

Ronald Kornblow (Groucho Marx) is hired to manage a luxurious hotel in Casablanca, just after World War II. He begins to fear for his safety, however, when he discovers both his predecessors were murdered, and has to contend with Count Pfefferman, determined to get his hands on a treasure trove stashed in the hotel by the Nazis.

A Day at the Races Sat 7 & Sun 8 Feb Sam Wood • USA 1937 • 1h49m • 35mm • U Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Allan Jones, Maureen O’Sullivan, Margaret Dumont.

Hugo Z Hackenbush (Groucho Marx) is a veterinarian who passes himself off as a doctor when summoned by wealthy hypochondriac Emily Upjohn (Margaret Dumont) to take over the financially-strapped Standish Sanitarium.

Sun 28 Dec at 3.55pm, Mon 29 Dec at 1.15pm, Tue 30 Dec to Sun 4 Jan at 1.05pm

When the icy powers of Elsa turn the kingdom of Arendelle into a frozen wasteland, it is up to her sister Anna to find her and reverse her spell. She sets off with mountain man Kristoff, his trusty reindeer and a talking snowman named Olaf in a race to save the kingdom.

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ED WOOD

Come and See...

A monthly one-off screening of a great film we simply thought you might like to see, again or for the first time, on the big screen.

Now with added panther!

Ed Wood Thu 22 Jan at 8.25pm Tim Burton • USA 1995 • 2h7m • 35mm • 15 Cast: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Bill Murray.

Notoriously inept filmmaker Ed Wood, known for his hilariously bad 1950s sci-fi flicks, bizarre lifestyle and angora sweater fetish, is paid loving tribute in Tim Burton’s comedic fictionalisation of his life. Written by Burton’s Big Eyes collaborators Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, the film focuses on the ‘peak’ of Wood’s career, especially his close friendship with ageing horror star Bela Lugosi (Martin Landau, who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance).

“A funny, touching tribute to tenacity, energy, ambition and friendship.” - Time Out PLUS SHORT Pink, Plunk, Plink Hawley Pratt • USA 1966 • 7m • DCP • U

The Pink Panther learns to play the violin, and interrupts a performance of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony with the Pink Panther theme played on various instruments.

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Symphonies for Sundays International Orchestras | World-class Soloists Great Music for Sunday Afternoons 2015 St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra Natalie Clein | 15 Feb | 3pm Camerata Salzburg Nicola Benedetti | 15 Mar | 3pm

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Get On Your Bike

BICYCLE

PANTANI: THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF A CYCLIST

WADJDA

WHERE THE TRAIL ENDS

Get On Your Bike

Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist

Where the Trail Ends

A cinematic celebration of cycling and cyclists.

Mon 19 Jan at 8.35pm James Erskine • UK 2013 • 1h32m • DCP 15 – Contains drug use, injury detail • Documentary

Jeremy Grant • Argentina/Canada/Chile/Nepal/USA 2012 1h21m • DCP • 12A • Documentary

Bicycle Sun 18 Jan at 6.15pm Michael B Clifford • UK 2014 • 1h27m • DCP PG – Contains mild bad language • Documentary

This charming documentary asks the question: Why is cycling back in fashion? The film, directed by BAFTAwinning filmmaker and keen cyclist Michael B Clifford, tells the story of cycling in the land that invented the modern bicycle – its birth, decline and rebirth, from Victorian origins to today. The film weaves bicycle design, sport and transport through the retelling of some iconic stories, and features interviews with notable contributors including Sir Dave Brailsford, Gary Fisher, Chris Boardman, Ned Boulting and Sir Chris Hoy, plus great archive, animation and music.

Bicycle is a humorous, lyrical and warm reflection on the bicycle and its place in the British national psyche.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Michael B Clifford.

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In 1998 Marco Pantani, one of the most flamboyant and popular cyclists of his era, won both the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia – a titanic feat of physical and mental endurance that no rider has repeated since. Less than six years later, aged 34, he died alone, in a cheap hotel room.

This compelling documentary explores the startling truth behind one man’s remarkable descent in a sport riven by intrigue.

Wed 21 Jan at 8.25pm

This spectacular film follows professional mountain bikers Darren Berrecloth, Cameron Zink, Kurt Sorge, James Doerfling, Andreu Lacondeguy and more in an extraordinary chronicle of exploration, chaos and culture, set amongst some of the world’s most harrowing and remote natural landscapes, including the Andean foothills, the Gobi Desert and British Columbia’s Fraser River.

A Sunday in Hell

En forårsdag i Helvede

Wadjda Tue 20 Jan at 6.00pm Haifaa Al-Mansour • Saudi Arabia/Germany 2012 • 1h38m • DCP Arabic with English subtitles • PG – Contains mild sex references Cast: Reem Abdullah, Waad Mohammed, Abdullrahman Al Gohani, Ahd, Sultan Al Assaf.

A charming, groundbreaking drama, shot in Saudi Arabia and the first feature by a female Saudi filmmaker. Ten-yearold Wadjda lives in Riyadh with her mother. Her dearest wish is to own a bicycle, but Saudi society isn’t keen on strong-willed young girls who ride bicycles, and Wadjda has to fight for what should be hers by right.

Thu 22 Jan at 6.00pm Jørgen Leth • Denmark 1976 • 1h51m • Format TBC Danish with English subtitles • 12A • Documentary

Danish filmmaker and poet Jørgen Leth is somewhat obsessed with bicycle racing as a ritual expression of human victory and defeat. On April 11, 1976, using twenty cameramen and a helicopter, he filmed the gruelling ParisRoubaix bike race, which takes place over a single day each year on the cobbled farm tracks of northern France. Leth captures the drama as some of the sport’s greats, including Merckx, De Vlaeminck, Maertens and Moser, battle it out through the dirt and dust clouds.

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Introduction to European Cinema

ROME, OPEN CITY

GERMANY YEAR ZERO

Introduction to European Cinema Now in its tenth year at Filmhouse, Introduction to European Cinema provides a great opportunity to see some of the classics of European cinema on the big screen, many of which are very rarely shown.

Curated by specialists in European cinema from the University of Edinburgh¹s Division of European Languages and Cultures, the screenings form part of a University course, but you don¹t need to be a student to come along!

Each screening will be preceded by a short introduction by Dr Leanne Dawson (Lecturer in German and Film Studies at the University of Edinburgh and IEC Course Organiser) or another University of Edinburgh academic working on European Cinema.

To keep up to date with screening dates and times, feel free to ‘like’ IEC’s Facebook page ‘Introduction to European Cinema at Filmhouse’ or follow @Filmhouse on Twitter.

BANDE A PART

LIFT TO THE SCAFFOLD

Rome, Open City Roma, città aperta

Bande à part Band of Outsiders

Wed 14 Jan at 5.45pm

Wed 28 Jan at 6.00pm

Roberto Rossellini • Italy 1945 • 1h43m DCP • Italian and German with English subtitles 12A – Contains moderate violence Cast: Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Marcello Pagliero, Maria Michi.

Jean-Luc Godard • France 1964 • 1h35m • 35mm French and English with English subtitles PG – Contains infrequent mild bad language and violence Cast: Anna Karina, Sami Frey, Claude Brasseur, Louisa Colpeyn.

A landmark of Italian neorealism often cited as one of the greatest films ever made, Rossellini’s portrait of life under the Nazi Occupation remains remarkable for its sheer immediacy, tension and power. Made in extraordinarily straitened circumstances immediately after the liberation of Rome, the film follows engineer Giorgio (Marcello Pagliero) in his attempts to evade the Germans and the collaborating Italian authorities by seeking help from Pina (Anna Magnani), fiancée of a fellow member of the underground resistance, and Don Pietro (Aldo Fabrizi), the priest due to oversee her marriage. Giorgio is confident he’d never betray his comrades even if caught – but not everyone can be so strong…

Godard at his most off-the-cuff spins a fast and loose tale that continues his love affairs with Hollywood and with actress Anna Karina. Karina at her most naive is taken up by two self-conscious toughs, and they try to learn English, do extravagant mimes of the death of Billy the Kid, execute some neat dance steps, run around the Louvre at high speed, and rob Karina’s aunt, with disastrous consequences.

One of Godard’s most open and purely enjoyable films.

Germany Year Zero Germania, anno zero Wed 21 Jan at 6.15pm Roberto Rossellini • Italy 1948 • 1h14m • 35mm German, English and French with English subtitles • PG Cast: Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraud Hinze, FranzOtto Krüger, Erich Gühne.

On the battered streets and inside the crumbling buildings of post-war Berlin, a 12-year-old boy struggles for his and his family’s survival. Arguably the most harrowing and nihilistic instalment of Roberto Rossellini’s Trilogy of War (the first two films being Rome, Open City and Paisá), Germany Year Zero is a caustic portrait of dehumanisation and social disintegration.

Lift to the Scaffold

Ascenseur pour l’échafaud Wed 4 Feb at 6.10pm Louis Malle • France 1958 • 1h29m DCP • French with English subtitles PG – Contains mild language and violence Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Jean Wall.

In one of the seminal French films of the 1950s, a veteran of the Indo-China and Algerian Wars (Maurice Ronet) and his lover (Jeanne Moreau) plan the murder of her armsmanufacturer husband. But on his way from the crime scene he’s trapped in a lift.

Influenced by Hitchcock and Bresson, Malle consciously puts his individual stamp on an adaptation of an ingenious but otherwise conventional roman noir, much influenced

by Double Indemnity. Miles Davis was persuaded to provide a superb score improvised in a single night.

Intro to European Cinema/L’Age d’Or/The Dilapidated Dwelling

TOGETHER

L’AGE D’OR

PLUS

THE DILAPIDATED DWELLING

SPECIALEVENT

Querelle

(Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982)

Wed 11 Feb at 6.00pm

The Wrong Move Falsche Bewegung (Wim Wenders, 1975)

Wed 25 Feb at 6.00pm

The King Is Alive

L’Age d’Or (Kristian Levring, 2000)

Wed 4 Mar at 5.50pm

Together Tillsammans

(Lukas Moodysson, 2000)

Wed 11 Mar at 6.00pm

Babel

A special screening of Luis Buñuel’s surrealist masterpiece L’Age d’Or with live musical accompaniment from Sink and Noize Choir, plus Buñuel’s seminal short Un Chien Andalou.

(Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2006)

Wed 18 Mar at 5.45pm See our website or next month’s programme for more information on these films.

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Fri 23 Jan at 9.00pm Luis Buñuel • France 1930 • 1h3m • 35mm • 15 Cast: Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad de Laberdesque, Max Ernst, Josep Llorens Artigas, Lionel Salem.

Eighty-odd years on, this provocative tale of two lovers and their thwarted attempts to consummate their passion has lost none of its power to upset the Establishment.

PLUS SHORT Un Chien Andalou

Luis Buñuel • France 1929 • 17m • 35mm • 15

In 1930, L’Age d’Or utilised the quite new technology of prerecorded sound, albeit with a relatively conservative music selection. Sink hope to reverse this approach creating new and exciting music using the old technology of a largely improvised, acoustic score in order to animate the film for a contemporary audience.

In conjunction with Sink, Noize Choir, far beyond adding mere foley sound, have the potential to so augment the surreal and the sensual, that the truly shocking nature of the original film may be brought to life. www.theplughole.org noizechoir.tumblr.com Tickets £12/£9

SPECIALEVENT

The Dilapidated Dwelling Thu 29 Jan at 6.00pm Patrick Keiller • UK 2000 • 1h20m • Digibeta • 12A

The Dilapidated Dwelling is an examination of the predicament of domestic space in advanced economies, the UK in particular. A fictional researcher (with the voice of Tilda Swinton) returns from a 20-year absence in the Arctic to find that while the UK is still one of the world’s wealthiest economies, its houses, flats etc. are typically old, small, dilapidated, architecturally impoverished, energy-inefficient and, especially, extraordinarily expensive. The film asks why repeated attempts to modernise house production have not been more successful, and attempts to discover why the UK’s housing economy has become so thoroughly dystopian. It includes archive footage of Buckminster Fuller, Constant, Archigram and Walter Segal, and interviews with Martin Pawley, Saskia Sassen, Doreen Massey and others.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Patrick Keiller.

A special event in association with Rhubaba Gallery and Studios. www.rhubaba.org Supported by Creative Scotland There will be an accompanying lecture by Patrick Keiller at Edinburgh College of Art, Main Lecture Theatre, Friday 29 January, 11.30am, free.

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Adventure Film Festival

AFF PROGRAMME 1 - MISSION ANTARCTICA

Adventure Film Festival The 10th annual Adventure Film Festival features eleven of the world’s most exciting action and adventure documentary films. From free climbing in Yosemite to mountain biking in Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor, and from canyoneering in Austria to surfing under the northern lights in Norway’s Arctic Circle, each of the three film programmes gives filmgoers a diverse and inspiring look at how modern day pioneers of exploration and adventure are pushing the boundaries of what we thought possible. www.adventurefest.co.uk

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AFF PROGRAMME 2 THE BEAUTY OF THE IRRATIONAL

AFF PROGRAMME 3 - VALLEY UPRISING

Adventure Film Fest Programme 1

Adventure Film Fest Programme 2

Mon 19 Jan at 6.00pm

Mon 26 Jan at 5.45pm

1h51m • cert tbc

2h7m • cert tbc

Undo Europe Jay Eisenberg • 4m • DCP Short and sweet, this film from veteran BASE jumper Jay Eisenberg adopts the unusual method of depicting jumps in reverse.

Forgotten Dirt Anthill Films • 10m • DCP This film takes us on a journey to Afghanistan’s remote Wakhan Corridor with legendary mountain biker and filmmaker Matt Hunter as our guide.

Karun Tom Allen & Leon McCarron • 15m • DCP This British film follows seasoned traveller Tom Allen and his friend Leon McCarron on a fascinating journey from the source of Iran’s 450-mile long Karun river to its mouth at the Persian Gulf.

Sufferfest Cedar Wright • 18m • DCP This stylish film follows climbers Cedar Wright and Alex Honnold on an epic three-week mission to bike and climb all fifteen of California’s 14ers (peaks of 14,000ft and over).

The Cradle of Storms Bryce Lowe-White • 26m • DCP Follow pro surfers Alex Gray, Josh Mulcoy and Peter Devries on their journey to the Aleutian Islands, which arch from Alaska towards Russia in some of the most volatile waters in the North Pacific.

Mission Antarctica Guido Perrini • 38m • DCP Xavier de le Rue, arguably the world’s best freeride snowboarder, invites fellow snowboarder Lucas Debari to join him, director Guido Perrini and a select film crew on a journey to Antarctica that proves to be the adventure of a lifetime.

The Beauty of the Irrational Dean Leslie • 5m • DCP South African adventure filmmaker Dean Leslie follows ultrarunner Ryan Sandes as he tries to break the record for running Namibia’s infamous Fish River Canyon Trail.

Higher Todd Jones & Steve Jones • 56m • DCP A spectacular account of an audacious bid to climb and snowboard Shangri La, a 21,400-ft peak in the Himalayas.

Continue Warren Verboom • 18m • DCP Warren Verboom, the leader of Deap Canyoning, features in, films and directs this on-the-edge-of-your-seat account of his team’s exploits in the Swiss Alps.

North of the Sun Inge Wegge & Jørn Ranum • 48m • DCP • Norwegian with English subtitles

Two friends who live for nine months on an uninhabited bay on Norway’s remote north coast.

Adventure Film Fest Programme 3 Mon 2 Feb at 6.00pm 1h40m • cert tbc

Valley Uprising Peter Mortimer & Nick Rosen • USA 2014 • Documentary

This award-winning, feature-length movie about the turbulent history and enduring love affair with rock climbing in Yosemite is also an exploration of America’s counterculture through the past 60 years.

Special Events

BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF: THE NEW MODEL ARMY STORY

WRITE SHOOT CUT: SKELETONS

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Secret Histories: Screening Irish History

JIMMY’S HALL

THE MAGDALENE SISTERS

Secret Histories: Screening Irish History Secret Histories explores the dark and troubling aspects of Irish life. From institutional abuse in Magdalene homes to the forced deportation of the revolutionary Jimmy Gralton in 1933, this series reveals Irish history in imaginative, provocative and controversial ways. The series includes John Ford’s 1935 classic The Informer and the Scottish premiere of A Terrible Beauty, about the 1916 Rising. Each of the four films will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers, critics and experts.

Following the success of our Irish History season last year we are delighted to be working again with University of Edinburgh School of History, Classics and Archaeology.

THE INFORMER

A TERRIBLE BEAUTY

Jimmy’s Hall

The Informer

Sat 24 Jan at 2.50pm

Sat 21 Feb at 3.20pm

Ken Loach • UK/Ireland/France 2014 • 1h49m • DCP 12A – Contains strong language, moderate violence Cast: Barry Ward, Simone Kirby, Andrew Scott, Jim Norton.

John Ford • USA 1935 • 1h31m • 16mm • PG Cast: Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford.

Ken Loach’s period drama tells the true story of political activist Jimmy Gralton, who was deported after building a dance hall on a rural crossroads in Ireland – a place where young people could come to learn, to argue, to dream... but above all to dance and have fun.

Former boxer Victor McLaglen gave the performance of his life as scar-faced Gypo Nolan in John Ford’s 1935 adaptation of Liam O’Flaherty’s novel, about a harddrinking brute who betrays one of his friends in order to collect a reward during the Irish Civil War of 1922.

The Magdalene Sisters Sat 7 Feb at 3.00pm Peter Mullan • Ireland/UK 2002 • 1h59m • 35mm • 15 Cast: Geraldine McEwan, Anne-Marie Duff, Eileen Walsh, Dorothy Duffy, Nora-Jane Noone.

For over 150 years, the Magdalene Laundries existed to punish young women who had fallen foul of Ireland’s strict adherence to Catholic doctrine. Many spent their lives there, to be buried in unmarked graves. Set in the 1960s, Peter Mullan’s powerful film dramatises the lives of three women sent to a Laundry as punishment for their ‘sins’. With exceptional performances throughout, it is an indictment of a system that put religious dogma before the rights of its children.

A Terrible Beauty Sat 7 Mar at 3.20pm Keith Farrell • Ireland 2013 • 1h37m • DCP 12A – Contains moderate violence and one use of strong language Cast: Hugh O’Conor, Owen McDonnell, Rick Burn, Gina Costigan.

Ireland’s bloody 1916 Easter Rising was an early bid for the nation’s independence, but the massive loss of life was a tragedy that still resonates through the Irish diaspora. This meticulously researched docudrama combines archive footage and dramatic re-enactments based on first-hand accounts to vividly recreate the ferocious battles of Dublin’s Mount Street and North King Street, as seen from the perspective of the Irish Volunteers, British soldiers, and innocent civilians.

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Scotland Galore!

THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE

FROM SCOTLAND WITH LOVE

Scotland Galore!

The final screenings in our season of great films set in Scotland, part of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Festival, a packed programme welcoming the arrival of the New Year and saying farewell to the old. For details of all events, go to www. edinburghshogmanay.org

THE WICKER MAN

THE ILLUSIONIST

What We Did on Our Holiday

The Wicker Man: The Final Cut

Fri 2 Jan at 6.00pm

Sat 3 Jan at 1.00pm

Andy Hamilton & Guy Jenkin • UK 2014 • 1h35m • DCP 12A – Contains moderate bad language, discriminatory language, moderate sex references Cast: David Tennant, Rosamund Pike, Billy Connolly, Celia Imrie.

Robin Hardy • UK 1973 • 1h35m • DCP 15 – Contains moderate horror, sex and nudity Cast: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Britt Eckland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt.

Doug (David Tennant) and Abi (Rosamund Pike) travel to the Scottish Highlands with their three children for Doug’s father Gordie’s (Billy Connolly) birthday party. From the creators of the hit BBC comedy series Outnumbered, What We Did on Our Holiday is a heart-warming, uplifting comedy.

Generally regarded as one of the best British horror films ever made, The Wicker Man focuses on a virginal police officer, who is sent to a remote Scottish island to investigate the case of a missing child...

The Illusionist L’illusionniste Sun 4 Jan at 1.00pm

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Fri 2 Jan at 1.00pm Ronald Neame • UK 1969 • 1h56m • DCP • 12A Cast: Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Gordon Jackson, Celia Johnson.

This Oscar-winning classic is set in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh, where Maggie Smith’s headstrong teacher ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable young charges with her over-romanticised world view.

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From Scotland With Love Sat 3 Jan at 6.00pm Virginia Heath • UK 2014 • 1h16m • DCP U – Contains no material likely to offend or harm

Made entirely of Scottish film archive, From Scotland With Love is a feature film by award-winning director Virginia Heath with a transcendent score by Scottish musician and composer King Creosote. A journey into our collective past, the film explores universal themes of love, loss, resistance, migration, work and play. Ordinary people, some long since dead, their names and identities largely forgotten, appear shimmering from the depth of the vaults to take a starring role. Brilliantly edited together, these silent individuals become composite characters, who emerge to tell us their stories, given voice by King Creosote’s poetic music and lyrics.

Sylvain Chomet • UK/France 2010 • 1h20m • DCP PG – Contains a scene of aborted suicide and images of smoking

Sylvain Chomet’s beautifully animated film is a truly magical piece of cinema. Our weary hero is an over-the-hill magician, complete with less-than-friendly white rabbit.

Always in search of a paying gig, the illusionist treks from Paris to the Western Isles to Edinburgh – acquiring, along the way, a young travelling companion who sincerely believes in his magical abilities.

Whisky Galore!

Sun 4 Jan at 6.00pm Alexander Mackendrick • UK 1949 • 1h24m • DCP • U Cast: Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, Jean Cadell, Gordon Jackson, James Robertson.

The story of a ship that runs aground carrying 50,000 cases of whisky, and of the fictional Todday islanders’ attempts to salvage and hang on to the cargo.

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Education and Learning

TESTAMENT OF YOUTH

INSIDE HANA’S SUITCASE

Education and Learning Filmhouse offers schools the opportunity to engage with a variety of film which support moving image literacy and subjects including modern languages and social studies. To book please call 0131 228 6382 or email nicola.kettlewood@cmi-scotland.co.uk. Details at www.filmhousecinema.com/learning

Testament of Youth 20 Jan & 4 Feb • 10am • 2h10m • Tickets £3 per pupil, teachers free Vera Brittain’s beloved First World War memoir is exquisitely realised in this moving and timely adaptation. It tells a powerful coming-of-age story which tackles love, war, loss and remembrance.

Intelligent and free-spirited Vera overcomes the narrow-mindedness of her conservative parents, winning a scholarship to Oxford. She is encouraged and inspired by her brother and his friends, particularly the brilliant Roland Leighton, who shares her dream of being a writer. But Vera’s hopes for the future are brutally shattered as war is declared.

Inside Hana’s Suitcase 27 Jan • 10am • 1h28m • Suitable for P6-S3 • Tickets £3 per pupil, teachers free A special screening for Holocaust Memorial Day. Hana Brady was just a little girl when she and her brother George were singled out as Jews and sent to a concentration camp by the Nazis. 70 years later a class of Japanese children doing a project on bullying received a package from the Holocaust museum in Germany. It contained what appears to be Hana’s suitcase and from this starting point the children and their teacher begin to unravel her story. A moving film which deals with the difficult subject of the holocaust, and a wider theme of tolerance. The film is narrated by children in Japan, Czech Republic and Canada, who have all learnt the story of Hana and her suitcase. Links to teaching resources at www.filmhousecinema.com/learning

Young Programmers @ Edinburgh International Film Festival Are you aged 15-19yrs and passionate about cinema? Would you be interested in viewing and selecting films for Edinburgh International Film Festival? From January until April 2014 the EIFF Young Programmers meet every Wednesday to watch new shorts and feature films and to select the very best for EIFF. You will learn about the curation, promotion and presentation of films for EIFF and have the opportunity to attend the Festival in June.

We are now accepting applications to this programme so to register your interest, or for more information, please contact Nicola Kettlewood on 0131 228 6382 or at education@cmi-scotland.co.uk

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