Filmhouse March 2014

7 MAR 14 3 APR 14

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THE PAST A film by Asghar Farhadi

Her Stranger by the Lake Plot for Peace Dallas Buyers Club Yves Saint Laurent The Rocket Unforgiven Salvo The Robber Twenty Feet from Stardom The Godfather: Part II Wake in Fright Rome, Open City Italian Film Festival Derek Jarman: Presented by Drambuie Filmosophy (Re)Constructed Pasts

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2 INDEX SCREENING DATES AND TIMES TICKET PRICES & INFORMATION GENERAL INFORMATION

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Ali Blue Eyes 18 Alps 22 Arrietty 11 Beau travail 23 The Best Offer 20 Blue 14 The Bridge on the River Kwai 25 Colorful 26 Come and See...

25 The Consequences of Love 23 Dallas Buyers Club 7 Dead by Dawn 26 Derek Jarman: Presented by Drambuie 12-14 The East 22 East Side Stories 26 Easter Workshops 30 Education and Learning 30 Edward II 13 Elena 23 The Entire History of You 24 Eufrosina’s Revolution 25 Fellini’s Roma 19 The Fifth Wheel 20 Filmhouse Cafe Bar & Quiz 26 Filmhouse Explorer 4 Filmhouse Membership 32 Filmhouse Player 29 Filmosophy 22-23 A Five Star Life 19 Funny Face 6 The Garden 13 Glitterbug 14 The Godfather: Part II 5 The Great War 19 Her 5 How Strange to Be Named Federico...

19 The Ideal City 20 Introduction to European Cinema 23 Italian Film Festival 18-20 The Last of England 12 Laura’s Star 11

Long Live Liberty 18 The Lunchbox 28 Moon 22 Mr Peabody & Sherman 11 Mystery Road 28 Omer Fast 24 The Past 10 A Perfect Family 19 Pinocchio 11 Plot for Peace 6 (Re)Constructed Pasts 24 The Robber 9 The Rocket 7 Rome, Open City 9 Salvo 9 Sandra 20 Stories We Tell 24 A Story of Children and Film 28 Stranger by the Lake 5 A Street in Palermo 18 Teenage 10 The Tempest 12 Those Happy Years 19 Tim’s Vermeer 9 Twenty Feet from Stardom 10 Unforgiven (1992) 25 Unforgiven (Yurusarezaru mono) 7 Wake in Fright 6 War Requiem 13 Weans’ World 11 Wittgenstein 13 Yves Saint Laurent 8

We are currently undergoing some essential remedial works to upgrade our boilers, water supply, heating control systems and back room facilities. These works will result in significant improvements in energy and operational efficiency for Filmhouse. There may be some occasional noise disruption and access issues to Cinemas 2 and 3 during these works. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience, and be assured we are working with our contractors to keep this to a minimum.

AUDIODESCRIPTIONANDSUBTITLES In all three screens we have a system which enables us, whenever the necessary digital files are available, to show onscreen subtitles 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 Her and Dallas Buyers Club will have audio description, and the following screenings will also have subtitles: Her: Sun 9 Mar, 1.10pm Dallas Buyers Club: Sun 16 Mar, 1.00pm

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, bottle-warming and buggy parking facilities are available.

Funny Face: Mon 10 Mar, 11am The Rocket: Mon 17 Mar, 11am Tim’s Vermeer: Mon 24 Mar, 11am Twenty Feet from Stardom: Mon 31 Mar, 11am

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Introduction

STRANGER BY THE LAKE

THE GODFATHER: PART II

YVES SAINT LAURENT

Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together…

There’s a phenomenon that seems to be on the increase in our screens over recent years. That is, that our audiences are prone, on occasion, to burst into spontaneous applause at the end of a film. It’s been happening for years for the kind of film that might appear an obvious candidate – December screenings of It’s a Wonderful Life for example; and I remember a spate of it during our run of The King’s Speech back in 2011 – but two fairly recent examples that spring to mind were a little harder to predict. During a short Jean Gabin retrospective we did in 2012 one of his later films, La Horse, drew applause, as did, only last month, the surreal, Czech sexual awakening/fantasy masterpiece, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, screening as part of our Dark Visions season. These are great films and worthy of applause to be sure, but what, in particular, drove those men and women in the audience to clap? Applause in cinemas is, in my experience, mostly reserved for when there is a filmmaker or acting personage in attendance, when to not do so would be impolite. It has crossed my mind that we may have one individual who comes to the cinema a lot, is an inveterate clapper, and has simply started the applause and triggered a response from their fellow viewers – as can happen in crowds – though I prefer to think the films have simply created an atmosphere in which it just seems the right thing to do. Whatever the reason, the staff here get a kick out of reading the projectionist’s report that tells us all when it has happened. After all, we aim to please!

Obviously I love all our programmes equally… but looking at this month’s films, this might be the best one we’ve had for a while. Stranger by the Lake is absolutely one of my favourite films of the last twelve months. It tells the story of Franck, a young frequenter of a gay cruising spot, who gets involved with a man he knows to be violent… Also from France, Yves Saint Laurent details the early working years (from 1957) of the great designer – if you liked Coco Before Chanel, you’ll love this! Asghar (A Separation) Farhadi’s The Past graced 2013’s Cannes competition, and is a grown-up drama of the very highest order. There are so many great new films I’ve no room to mention them other than to say if you go and see The Rocket, or The Robber (Filmhouse’s 3rd cinema release!), or riveting documentary Plot for Peace (especially at its preview screening with Q&A – we have questions and you will too!), or Twenty Feet from Stardom, or the samurai remake of Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven, or Italian crime thriller Salvo, you are very unlikely to be disappointed!

Aussie Outback classic 70s chiller Wake in Fright screens in a beautiful digital restoration, as do Roberto Rossellini’s Italian neo-realist masterpiece, Rome, Open City, and Coppola’s The Godfather: Part II, all three finally available in cinemas again for the first time in many, many years. There’s also a new restoration of The Bridge on the River Kwai, which screens on 2 April to mark the centenary of the birth of the peerless Alec Guinness (who will feature to a greater extent in next month’s programme when his back catalogue gets the ‘Presented by Drambuie’ treatment!).

All this AND the 21st edition of our Italian Film Festival! Magnifico!

Rod White, Head of Filmhouse

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Filmhouse Explorer

YVES SAINT LAURENT

THE PAST

THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI

THE ROCKET

Filmhouse Explorer We’re really keen to encourage your deeper engagement with the great cinema we screen. We know going to the cinema a lot can be quite expensive, so we’ve devised a ticket deal to make it cheaper to see films beyond the big new releases.

Here’s how it works: buy a ticket for a film in the left hand column below, and you will receive a voucher that will entitle you, on handing it in at the Box Office, to 50% off a full price ticket to any film (or any film in any season) listed in the right hand column.

At the risk of merely stating the obvious, here’s an example: you buy your ticket for Dallas Buyers Club and with that ticket comes a voucher telling you about the deal. You scour our programme and decide to take a chance on The Robber – after all, Filmhouse is distributing it, so we must think it’s pretty good! You hand your voucher in at the Box Office, and get to see the film for £4.10, half the cost of a full price ticket. Voilà!

We’ve marked the films and seasons involved with a wee logo to make them easier to spot, and you can also find them on our website at www.filmhousecinema.com/tickets Happy Exploring!

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GET A HALF PRICE TICKET TO ONE OF THESE

Her (page 5) Dallas Buyers Club (page 7) Yves Saint Laurent (page 8) The Past (page 10)

Derek Jarman: Presented by Drambuie (pages 12-14)

Wake in Fright (page 6) Rome, Open City (page 9) The Robber (page 9) The Rocket (page 7) The Bridge on the River Kwai (page 25)

All tickets subject to availability. The half price voucher only applies to full price tickets. The Filmhouse Explorer ticket deal cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

The 50% discount is not valid for Friday matinee screenings.

Main features

HER

STRANGER BY THE LAKE

NEWRELEASE

NEWRELEASE

THE GODFATHER: PART II

RESTOREDCLASSIC

Her

Stranger by the Lake L’inconnu du lac

The Godfather: Part II

Showing until Thu 13 Mar

Fri 7 to Sun 16 Mar

Fri 7 to Thu 13 Mar

Spike Jonze • USA 2013 • 2h6m DCP • 15 – Contains strong language and sex references Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Rooney Mara, Chris Pratt.

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.

Francis Ford Coppola • USA 1974 • 3h22m • DCP English, Italian, Spanish, Latin and Sicilian with English subtitles 15 – Contains strong violence Cast: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, John Cazale, Talia Shire.

A brilliantly observed, sharply insightful and refreshingly frank meditation on sex and desire.

A beautiful new digital restoration of Francis Ford Coppola’s masterful follow-up to 1972’s The Godfather, breathtaking in its scope, scale, and tragic grandeur.

Written and directed by Spike Jonze, Her is an original love story that explores the evolving nature – and the risks – of intimacy in the modern world. Set in Los Angeles in the near future, it follows Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix), a complex, soulful man, heartbroken after the end of a relationship, who becomes intrigued with a new, advanced computer operating system promising to be an intuitive and unique entity in its own right. Upon initiating it, he meets ‘Samantha’, a bright voice who is insightful, sensitive, and surprisingly funny. As their relationship grows, it becomes complicated, as relationships do.

Director Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation., Where the Wild Things Are) has always excelled at fashioning poetically idiosyncratic worlds that are just slightly removed from our own, but with the audacious, funny and sweetly haunting Her, he breaks new ground, aided by terrific performances from Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson (who won the best actress prize at the Rome Film Festival even though we never see her!).

“Jonze is a visionary whose lyrical, soulful meditation on relationships of the future cuts to the heart of the way we live now.” - Rolling Stone

In a secluded cruising spot tucked away on a picturesque lake, Franck notices the muscular Michel and quickly falls for him. Franck’s desire continues to grow even as he witnesses Michel commit a terrible, violent act. Aware of the potential danger, possibly even excited by it, Franck ignores the advice of his wary friend Henri and indulges his passion.

“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.” - The Guardian

From Friday 7 March this film will also be available to watch on Filmhouse Player – see page 29 for details or go to www.filmhousecinema.com/player

Fleeing Sicily to build a new life in New York, young Vito Corleone (played with few words by a magnetic Robert De Niro, who won his first Academy Award for his performance) quickly learns the best route to the top is to be even more ruthless than the next guy. Meanwhile, half a century later, Vito’s son Michael (Al Pacino, chilling) seeks to consolidate his empire by making dodgy business deals in Cuba, only to find betrayal in the hearts of those he trusts the most.

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Main features

WAKE IN FRIGHT

RESTOREDCLASSIC

FUNNY FACE

RESTOREDCLASSIC

PLOT FOR PEACE

NEWRELEASE

Wake in Fright

Funny Face

Plot for Peace

Fri 7 to Thu 13 Mar

Fri 7 to Mon 10 Mar

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.

Stanley Donen • USA 1957 • 1h43m DCP • U – Contains infrequent mild comic violence Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair, Robert Flemyng.

Wed 12 Mar (plus Q&A) and Fri 14 to Thu 20 Mar

This legendary Australian cult classic, considered a ‘lost’ film for almost 40 years, tells the story of a young school teacher stranded in a brutal outback town.

Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire team up and bring their luminous star power to this exquisitely stylish musical featuring songs by George and Ira Gershwin. Dowdy bookshop assistant Jo Stockton becomes an accidental model when fashion photographer Dick Avery captures her unique visage in the background of one of his fashion shoots. Captivated by her look, he and his editor persuade her to accept a modelling contract by promising her a trip to Paris.

John Grant arrives in the mining town of Bundanyabba, planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney. But, as his one night stretches to five, he plunges headlong toward his own destruction. When the alcohol-induced mist lifts, the educated John Grant is no more. Instead there is a self-loathing man in a desolate wasteland, dirty, red-eyed, sitting against a tree and looking at a rifle with one bullet left...

“A deeply – and I mean deeply – unsettling movie. It left me speechless.” - Martin Scorsese “The best and most terrifying film about Australia.” - Nick Cave

“Knocks most other musicals off the screen for its visual beauty, its witty panache, and its totally uncalculating charm.” - Time Out

Matinee Special!

If you’re a Senior Citizen you can go to a matinee screening and get either soup of the day OR a cup of tea or coffee and a traycake for only £7!

Offer runs from Mondays to Thursdays inclusive and only applies to screenings starting before 5.00pm. Ask for the Matinee Special deal at the box office and you’ll receive a voucher which can be exchanged in the café bar between 1.30pm and 5.00pm that day only. Offer is subject to availability and only available in person.

Carlos Agulló & Mandy Jacobson • South Africa 2013 1h24m • DCP • English, French, Portuguese, Afrikaans and Spanish with English subtitles 12A – Contains real images of violence and gore • Documentary

An utterly compelling documentary thriller, Plot for Peace traces the behind-the-scenes diplomatic manoeuvres that led to the release of Nelson Mandela from jail in 1990. For the first time, heads of state, generals, diplomats, master spies and anti-apartheid fighters reveal how Africa’s front line states helped end apartheid. One man stood at the centre of the whirlwind, a mysterious French businessman dubbed ‘Monsieur Jacques’. Jean-Ives Ollivier, a native of Algeria, gained the trust of the diplomats and leaders in the region as well as abroad, and directors Carlos Agullo and Mandy Jacobson give us exclusive insight to this fascinating, determined and enigmatic man.

We are delighted to welcome the film’s charismatic star, Jean-Ives Ollivier, who will take part in a Q&A following the special preview screening on 12 March.

Main features

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

MAYBEYOUMISSED

THE ROCKET

NEWRELEASE

UNFORGIVEN

NEWRELEASE

Dallas Buyers Club

The Rocket

Unforgiven Yurusarezaru mono

Fri 14 to Thu 20 Mar

Fri 14 to Thu 20 Mar

Fri 14 to Thu 20 Mar

Jean-Marc Vallée • USA 2013 • 1h57m • DCP 15 – Contains strong language, sex, sex references and drug use Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Steve Zahn, Denis O’Hare.

Kim Mordaunt • Australia/Thailand/Laos 2013 • 1h36m DCP • Lao with English subtitles • 12A – Contains moderate sex references and a scene of accidental death Cast: Sitthiphon Disamoe, Loungnam Kaosainam, Suthep Pongam, Bunsri Yindi, Sumrit Warin.

Lee Sang-il • Japan 2013 • 2h15m DCP • Japanese with English subtitles 15 – Contains strong bloody violence and injury detail Cast: Ken Watanabe, Jun Kunimura, Shiori Kutsuna, Yuya Yagira, Koichi Sato.

Considered cursed due to Laotian superstition, 10-year-old Ahlo (Sitthiphon Disamoe) has been blamed for every calamity that’s befallen his hard-luck family, including being forced off their ancestral lands. Befriending an orphaned firecracker of a girl (Loungnam Kaosainam) and her alcoholic uncle (legendary Thai comedian Thep Phongam), Ahlo experiences unconditional acceptance for the first time. And when he catches wind of a rocketbuilding contest – and its considerable cash prize – the young pariah senses a chance to earn redemption and reverse his family’s fortunes.

Ken Watanabe stars in director Lee Sang-il’s visionary remake of Clint Eastwood’s iconic Academy Award winner (screening on 25 March, see page 25). Continuing a rich tradition of cross-cultural adaptations, Lee swaps six-shooters for samurai swords, transposing the classic western to Meiji-period Japan.

Sometimes the right part comes along at the right time for the right actor, and the film that results from it forever changes his or her career. That’s exactly the case with Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club as he takes on the role of AIDS activist Ron Woodroof, and in the process proves himself to be that rare combination of movie star and serious actor that he’s always threatened to become.

Ron is a good-old-boy Texan who, in 1986, is diagnosed with AIDS, and is told that he has only thirty days to live.

He pleads with a doctor (Jennifer Garner) for what was then an experimental drug, AZT. But he refuses to submit to a clinical trial, so he steals the drug — taking his first dose with a beer chaser and a snort of cocaine. When the AZT makes him sick, he seeks out alternative medicine.

Never one to heed rules, Woodroof smuggles unapproved treatments over the border from Mexico. Along the way, he strikes up an unlikely alliance with Rayon, a sleek but troubled drag queen, played with stunning conviction

by Jared Leto. The pair team up to sell treatments to the growing numbers of HIV and AIDS patients unwilling to wait for the medical establishment to save them.

Writer-director Kim Mordaunt makes exemplary use of his lush and stunningly beautiful Laos setting, and displays a wonderful rapport with his young leads, commanding a phenomenal performance from one-time street kid Disamoe.

Jubei Kamata is a widowed father and infamous former swordsman who spends his days tending a struggling farm. His commitment to pastoral tranquility is tested when Kingo Baba, an old comrade in arms, brings news of a bounty substantial enough to secure his children’s future: the prostitutes of a neighbouring village have pledged 1,000 yen for the lives of the bandits who mutilated one of their own. Rustily and somewhat reluctantly, Jubei joins Kingo in the saddle, along with a brash young braggart named Goro. Together, they fancy themselves more than a match for the wanted men. But they are also destined to encounter a far more formidable faction, led by a sadistic lawman with a distaste for soldiers of fortune.

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NEWRELEASE

Yves Saint Laurent Fri 21 Mar to Thu 3 Apr Jalil Lespert • France 2014 • 1h41m DCP • French with English subtitles 15 – Contains strong sex and drug use Cast: Pierre Niney, Guillaume Gallienne, Charlotte Le Bon, Laura Smet, Marie de Villepin.

Yves Saint Laurent’s innovative creations revolutionised haute couture, fusing art and contemporanity with wearable elegance, and are still regarded as the epitome of French lifestyle. Director Jalil Lespert’s fittingly stylish portrait of an extraordinary personality caught between his meteoric career and his self-destructive inner struggles also reflects the spirit of an era.

Paris, 1957. Barely 21 years old, Yves Saint Laurent is handed the reins of the prestigious fashion house founded by Christian Dior, who has recently died. During his first fashion show, which is a triumph, he meets Pierre Bergé. This encounter will change his life. Lovers and business partners, three years later the two men become partners and form the Yves Saint Laurent label. Despite his obsessions and his inner demons, Yves Saint Laurent gets ready to revolutionise the world of fashion with his modern and iconoclastic approach.

Main features

THE ROBBER

SALVO

NEWRELEASE

TIM’S VERMEER

NEWRELEASES

ROME, OPEN CITY

RESTOREDCLASSIC

The Robber Der Räuber

Salvo

Rome, Open City Roma, città aperta

Fri 21 to Wed 26 Mar

Fri 21 to Thu 27 Mar

Fri 21 to Thu 27 Mar

Benjamin Heisenberg • Germany/Austria 2010 • 1h41m DCP • German with English subtitles 15 – Contains strong sex and violence Cast: Andreas Lust, Franziska Weisz, Florian Wotruba, Johann Bednar, Markus Schleinzer.

Fabio Grassadonia & Antonio Piazza • Italy/France 2013 • 1h44m DCP • Italian with English subtitles • cert tbc Cast: Saleh Bakri, Sara Serraiocco, Luigi Lo Cascio, Mario Pupella.

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, Vito Annichiarico.

Filmhouse’s third release as distributor is a tense, kinetic thriller based on Martin Prinz’s novel about real-life 80s Austrian criminal sensation ‘Pump-gun Ronnie’ (named after his weapon of choice and his Reagan mask).

Doing a ‘bank job’ immediately on his release from prison, it’s clear Johann Rettenberger’s stint in jail hasn’t had the effect the authorities had hoped for. A chance encounter with Erika, an old family friend who works at the job centre he is forced to attend as a condition of his parole, hints at possible redemption…

Heisenberg (and Prinz) resists the temptation to offer much in the way of psychological explanation or background for Johann’s chosen way of life, as if sensing that to put too much of a personality into a character who really had existed would be pointless conjecture in any case. Rather, it’s the sheer movement and restless energy captured here that really sets the film apart – the prolonged sequence inserting our man into the Vienna Marathon is little short of remarkable, and the closing reel is a masterclass in sustained tension. And Andreas Lust’s committed performance, in terms of pure physical preparation, would give De Niro a run for his money.

An intelligent, distinctive spin on the gangster thriller, Salvo begins explosively, albeit traditionally, when a Mafia hitman (the eponymous ‘hero’ Salvo himself ) is ambushed and decides to seek murderous revenge on the Sicilian boss who has ordered his assassination. In the process of executing his enemy, Salvo is confronted by Rita, a young, apparently blind, woman whom he cannot face killing so instead takes hostage. From then on, Salvo’s story becomes increasingly more complex and emotionally rich.

Tim’s Vermeer Fri 21 to Sun 23 Mar Teller • USA 2013 • 1h20m • DCP English and Dutch with English subtitles 12A – Contains one use of strong language • Documentary

A fascinating and hugely enjoyable documentary by magician team Penn (who produces and talks) and Teller (who directs and stays mum). Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically, 150 years before the invention of photography? Might he in fact have used an optical contraption that projected images onto a wall? The epic research project Jenison embarks on to test his theory is as extraordinary as what he discovers.

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…

Basing their story partly on real people and events, Rossellini and co-writers Sergio Amidei and Federico Fellini brought a vivid authenticity to their depiction of daily lives dominated by poverty, desperation and constant fear of betrayal and violence. Shot both on the ravaged streets and in the studio, the film seamlessly blends sequences reminiscent of documentary with more conventional dramatic scenes notable for their pace, precise staging and affectingly naturalistic performances. Its emotional punch remains undiminished. (Geoff Andrew, BFI)

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Main features

THE PAST

TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM

NEWRELEASE

NEWRELEASE

TEENAGE

NEWRELEASE

The Past Le passé

Twenty Feet from Stardom

Teenage

Showing from Fri 28 Mar

Showing from Fri 28 Mar

Tue 1 to Thu 3 Apr

Asghar Farhadi • France/Italy 2013 • 2h10m DCP • French and Persian with English subtitles 12A – Contains infrequent strong language and references to suicide Cast: Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa, Pauline Burlet, Elyes Aguis.

Morgan Neville • USA 2013 • 1h31m • DCP 12A – Contains infrequent strong language • Documentary

Matt Wolf • USA/Germany 2013 • 1h18m DCP • 12A – Contains soft drug use and infrequent nudity Documentary

Academy award-winning Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi (A Separation) returns with another expertly constructed dissection of the fraying lines of love, commitment and detachment between a couple on the verge of divorce – this time set in Paris.

Returning from Tehran after several years apart, Ahmad (Ali Mosaffa) arrives in France to finalise divorce proceedings from his wife, Marie (The Artist’s Bérénice Bejo). Despite his resolve to remain detached, he’s soon drawn back into fresh emotional turbulence with the revelations that Marie is on the point of marrying again, to another immigrant, Samir (Tahar Rahim, A Prophet), and her teenage daughter from a previous liaison is adamantly opposed to the union.

For all the new film’s obvious similarities to A Separation (not least in the way it reveals how conversation and communication are two entirely different things), The Past pulls us inexorably deeper into the lives of half-a-dozen individuals tied to each other by blood or marriage, struggling to break free but caught up in their own neuroses and conflicted emotions. For all the pain and anguish on display here, this is multifaceted, compassionate, humanist filmmaking of the highest order.

Millions know their voices, but hardly anyone knows their names. In this compelling Oscar-nominated documentary, award-winning director Morgan Neville shines a spotlight on the untold true story of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century.

Triumphant and heartbreaking in equal measure, the film is both a tribute to the unsung voices who brought shape and style to popular music and a reflection on the conflicts, sacrifices and rewards of a career spent harmonising with others.

Along with rare archival footage and a peerless soundtrack, Twenty Feet from Stardom includes intimate interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder and Mick Jagger, among many others. However, these world-famous figures take a back seat to the backup singers whose lives and stories take centre stage for once.

Before the ‘Teenager’ was invented, you were either a child or you went to work as an adult. But at the turn of the twentieth century child labour was ending, ‘adolescence’ was emerging, and a struggle erupted between adults and youth. Would the young be controlled and regimented, or could they be free?

Inspired by punk author Jon Savage’s book, Teenage gives voice to young people from the first half of the 20th century in America, England, and Germany – from party-crazed Flappers and hip Swing Kids to zealous Nazi Youth and frenzied Sub-Debs. Director Matt Wolf employs an engaging blend of archival artefacts with invented elements to create an intimate, personal history of the emerging demographic.

Weans’ World

PINOCCHIO

LAURA’S STAR

Weans’ World Films for a younger audience, now weekly on Sundays at 11am. Tickets cost £3.50 (£4.50 for 3D screenings) per person, big or small!

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

Pinocchio Sun 9 Mar at 11.00am Hamilton Luske & Ben Sharpsteen • USA 1940 • 1h28m DCP • U – Contains smoking scenes

When gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio, is not yet a human boy, however – he must earn the right to be real by proving that he is brave, truthful, and unselfish. But, even with the help of Jiminy, a cricket who the fairy assigns to be Pinocchio’s conscience, the marionette goes astray...

MR PEABODY & SHERMAN

ARRIETTY

Laura’s Star Lauras Stern

Arrietty

Sun 16 Mar at 11.00am

Sun 30 Mar at 11.00am

Piet De Rycker & Thilo Rothkirch • Germany/Bulgaria 2004 1h20m • 35mm • U – Contains very mild peril

Hiromasa Yonebayashi • Japan 2010 • 1h34m DCP • U – Contains no material likely to offend or harm With the voices of Saoirse Ronan, Mark Strong, Tom Holland, Geraldine McEwan, Phyllida Law.

7-year-old Laura has just moved to a new city with her family and she is having a hard time finding new friends.

Then one night she watches a little star fall from the sky.

She rushes to find the star and discovers it’s been hurt in the fall. With loving care, she mends its broken point – and it’s the beginning of a fantastic friendship. But Laura soon realises that, in spite of all the love she feels, she must let the star go and return to its home in the universe.

Mr Peabody & Sherman Sun 23 Mar at 11.00am Rob Minkoff • USA 2014 • 1h32m • DCP U – Contains mild comic violence and threat and very mild language With the voices of Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Stephen Colbert, Alison Janney, Ariel Winter.

Mr Peabody, the most accomplished dog in the world, and his mischievous boy Sherman, use their time machine – the WABAC – to go on the most outrageous adventures known to man or dog. But when Sherman takes the WABAC out for a joyride to impress his friend Penny, they accidentally rip a hole in the universe, wreaking havoc on the most important events in world history. Before they forever alter the past, present and future, Mr Peabody must come to their rescue.

Beneath the floorboards of a sprawling mansion set in a magical, overgrown garden in the suburbs of Tokyo, tiny 14-year-old Arrietty lives with her equally tiny parents.

Arrietty’s parents have always warned her: “Never let humans see you.” Once seen, little people always have to move on. But the adventurous Arrietty doesn’t listen, and is spotted by Sho, a 12-year-old boy. The two begin to confide in each other and, before long, a friendship begins to blossom.

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Derek Jarman: Presented by Drambuie

THE TEMPEST

THE LAST OF ENGLAND

WAR REQUIEM

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The Tempest

Derek Jarman

Derek Jarman • UK 1979 • 1h35m • 35mm • 15 Cast: Peter Bull, David Meyer, Neil Cunningham, Heathcote Williams, Toyah Willcox.

Filmmaker and artist Derek Jarman died in 1994, aged just 52, but his legacy lives on. In the twenty years since his death his films have lost none of their relevance and remain massively influential, with public interest increasing substantially in recent years. For those that hunger for something distinctive and different, his eclectic work is inspirational in its fearlessness yet remains touchingly personal.

This retrospective includes features such as Caravaggio and The Tempest, alongside more experimental films and rarely seen shorts. Many thanks to the British Film Institute for their help in putting together this season.

This is the eighth special season of films showcased in partnership with Drambuie, whose ongoing financial support allows Filmhouse to screen unique cinematic programmes that showcase extraordinary filmmakers, actors and actresses that have made a lasting impact on cultural society as well as film history. Alongside these extraordinary films, audiences can experience Drambuie’s unique blend of Scotch whisky, spices and heather honey in an array of bespoke cocktails at our Café Bar, created to celebrate each season. And over the cold winter months, look out for the special Drambuie Hot Apple Toddy!

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Mon 10 Mar at 6.00pm

Brooding and laden with symbolism, Jarman’s third feature is considered by some to be the most evocative Shakespeare adaptation ever to reach the screen. Rich images of shining gold and dark water dominate as furtive magus Prospero converses with – and attempts to manipulate – Ariel, a spirit from the beyond. Stunning performances are delivered by a fine ensemble cast, but Elisabeth Welch and her delicious rendition of ‘Stormy Weather’ steals the show.

The Last of England Thu 13 Mar at 6.00pm Derek Jarman • UK/West Germany 1987 • 1h31m • 35mm • 15 Cast: Tilda Swinton, Spencer Leigh, Spring, Gay Gaynor, Matthew Hawkins.

Jarman reimagines London’s yuppie Docklands as a ruined wasteland of desperation and terror, where prisoners are executed in cold blood and soldiers engage in brutal sex.

Made shortly after he was diagnosed with HIV, Jarman’s passionate fusion of Super8 material, riot footage and home movies is jagged and elegiac; an angry, powerful, Blake-like vision of England in turmoil.

Derek Jarman: Presented by Drambuie

WITTGENSTEIN

THE GARDEN

EDWARD II

War Requiem

The Garden

Edward II

Mon 17 Mar at 6.00pm

Mon 24 Mar at 6.00pm

Thu 27 Mar at 6.00pm

Derek Jarman • UK 1989 • 1h33m • 35mm • 12A Cast: Nathaniel Parker, Tilda Swinton, Laurence Olivier, Patricia Hayes, Rohan McCullough.

Derek Jarman • UK/Germany/Japan 1990 • 1h32m • 35mm • 15 Cast: Tilda Swinton, Johnny Mills, Philip MacDonald, Pete LeeWilson, Spencer Leigh.

Derek Jarman • UK 1991 • 1h30m • 35mm • 15 Cast: Steven Waddington, Kevin Collins, Andrew Tiernan, John Lynch, Tilda Swinton.

An extraordinary visual evocation of Benjamin Britten’s choral and orchestral masterpiece, composed to commemorate those who lost their lives in the First World War. Jarman draws together powerful, poetic images, and coaxes strong performances from Laurence Olivier (in his last ever role), Tilda Swinton and other familiar faces, which he intersperses with harrowing archival footage illustrating the true horrors of war.

Inside his modest, sparsely-furnished home on the barren, windswept Dungeness coastline, Derek Jarman dreams. This intimate insight into Jarman’s inner world was beautifully shot on fragile Super8 with the help of friends and collaborators. Shifting from the personal to the political, it culminates in a near-mythic exploration of sexual repression at the end of twentieth century, movingly utilising a cast of iconic, religious figures that include Jesus, Judas and the Madonna. Increasingly ill by this point, Jarman faces his mortality with poetry and dignity.

Characters – adrift in a world of intrigue – live, love and bloodily pursue their shadowy vendettas in this adaptation of the Christopher Marlowe play. To tell the story of the persecuted gay English king, Jarman mixes modern and medieval props and costumes; directly evoking contemporary homophobia in a bold and finely-crafted production.

Wittgenstein

PLUS SHORT

Thu 20 Mar at 6.00pm

Gardener’s World

Derek Jarman • UK/Japan 1992 • 1h12m • DCP • 12A Cast: Clancy Chassay, Jill Balcon, Sally Dexter, Gina Marsh, Vanya Del Borgo.

UK 1998 • 9m • Digital

Originally conceived as a television production, this biopic of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein was drastically revised by Jarman to introduce new striking aesthetics and playful absurdist elements – such as a furry alien character from outer space played with relish by Nabil Shaban. The delightful end result is a smart but good-natured film that works through the great Austrian thinker’s questions regarding illusionism, reality and sex.

SEASON CONTINUES OVERLEAF

An item from the TV show Gardener’s World in which the artist’s unusual garden at Dungeness, plus his lifelong interest in horticulture, are discussed.

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Derek Jarman: Presented by Drambuie (continued)

GLITTERBUG

IN THE SHADOW OF THE SUN

Glitterbug

Blue

Mon 31 Mar at 6.00pm

Wed 9 Apr at 6.00pm

Derek Jarman • UK 1994 • 1h • 35mm • 15

Derek Jarman • UK 1993 • 1h19m • DCP • 15

Derek Jarman’s powerfully diverse creative life passes before our eyes in ghostly fast-forward via this moving collage of over 20 years’ worth of Super8 film. Intimate moments from the 1970s underground gay art scene and on-set footage from Jarman’s features unexpectedly collide with appearances from Genesis P-Orridge, William Burroughs, Michael Clark, Tilda Swinton and many others. Compiled for the BBC’s Arena, the film was completed shortly before Jarman died and released after his death. Although very ill, he still participated in the preparation for the film which he had wanted to make as a companion piece to Blue (a film with no images – Glitterbug being a film with no words) for some time.

Removing the use of images completely, a luminous blue glow is the backdrop for this evocative and emotionally resonant collage of sound, music and speech, during which Jarman contemplates his encroaching blindness and threatened mortality. As images disappear from his own vision, he considers how his life and work will disappear from public consciousness after his death.

PLUS SHORT In the Shadow of the Sun Derek Jarman • UK 1972/1980 • 50m • 16mm

Pulsing fire, stunning landscapes and enigmatic stone circles are ritualistically interwoven in this intense, mythic, semi-psychedelic evocation of pre-Christian spirituality.

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FILMHOUSE PROGRAMME

7 March - 3 April 2014

DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

SCREENING TIMES

DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

Fri 7 Mar

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The Godfather: Part II Her (AD) Stranger by the Lake Stranger by the Lake Long Live Liberty (IFF) Wake in Fright Wake in Fright Colorful Funny Face

2.15 6.20 9.00 3.15 6.15 + Q&A 8.55 3.00 5.50 8.30

Wed 1 12 1 Mar 1 2 2 2 3 3 3

Sat 8 Mar

1 1 2 2 2 3 3

Her (AD) Stranger by the Lake Wake in Fright Eufrosina’s Revolution A Street in Palermo (IFF) Funny Face The Godfather: Part II

1.00/6.00 3.40/8.45 1.15/8.55 3.45 + discussion 6.30 2.30/5.00 7.20

Sun 9 Mar

1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3

Her (AD) + (S) Stranger by the Lake Her (AD) Pinocchio (WW) The Godfather: Part II Wake in Fright Ali Blue Eyes (IFF) Funny Face The Godfather: Part II

1.10 (subtitled) 3.50/8.50 6.10 11.00am 2.00 6.15 8.45 2.30/5.00 7.20

Thu 13 Mar

Funny Face (B) Stranger by the Lake Wake in Fright The Godfather: Part II Wake in Fright Those Happy Years (IFF) Stranger by the Lake Funny Face The Tempest (DJ) Her (AD)

11am (babies/carers) 2.55 5.10 7.35 3.00 6.00 8.55 3.15 6.00 8.15

The Godfather: Part II Stranger by the Lake Her (AD) Her (AD) Alps (F) The Great War (IFF) Stranger by the Lake The Godfather: Part II Wake in Fright

2.15 6.15 8.35 3.10 6.00 + discussion 8.30 3.00 5.15 9.10

Mon 1 10 1 Mar 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 Tue 11 Mar

1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3

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DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

Her (AD) Plot for Peace Wake in Fright Stranger by the Lake Elena (EC) Her (AD) Wake in Fright The Godfather: Part II Stranger by the Lake

3.00 6.00 + Q&A 8.50 2.55 6.00 + intro 8.30 2.50 5.10 9.10

Mon 1 17 1 Mar 1 2 2 3 3

The Rocket (B) Dallas Buyers Club (AD) Unforgiven The Rocket War Requiem (DJ) Plot for Peace The Ideal City (IFF)

11am (babies/carers) 3.00/8.40 5.50 3.10/8.25 6.00 3.15/8.35 6.10

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The Godfather: Part II Her (AD) Stranger by the Lake Her (AD) The Last of England (DJ) Wake in Fright Stranger by the Lake The Godfather: Part II A Five Star Life (IFF)

2.15 6.15 8.55 3.10 6.00 8.15 3.00 5.15 9.15

1 1 2 2 3 3

Unforgiven Dallas Buyers Club (AD) The Rocket Dallas Buyers Club (AD) Plot for Peace Sandra (IFF)

3.00/5.50 8.40 3.10/8.30 6.00 3.15/8.35 6.10 + intro

Fri 14 Mar

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Dallas Buyers Club (AD) Unforgiven The Rocket A Perfect Family (IFF) Plot for Peace Stranger by the Lake

3.00/6.00 8.30 3.10/6.20 8.40 3.15/8.35 6.15

Wed 1 19 1 Mar 2 2 3 3

Unforgiven Dallas Buyers Club (AD) The Rocket The Fifth Wheel (IFF) Plot for Peace Beau travail (EC)

2.55/8.20 5.45 3.10/6.00 8.40 3.15/8.35 6.15 + intro

Sat 15 Mar

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Unforgiven 1.00/6.00 The Rocket 3.50 Dallas Buyers Club (AD) 8.50 The Rocket 1.10/6.20 Dallas Buyers Club (AD) 3.30 How Strange to Be Named... (IFF) 8.40 Stranger by the Lake 1.15/6.15 Plot for Peace 3.40/8.35

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Dallas Buyers Club (AD) Unforgiven The Rocket Wittgenstein (DJ) Plot for Peace The Best Offer (IFF)

3.00/5.45 8.20 3.10/8.15 6.00 3.15/6.10 8.30 + intro

Sun 16 Mar

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Laura’s Star (WW) Dallas Buyers Club (AD) + (S) The Rocket Unforgiven Dallas Buyers Club (AD) Stranger by the Lake Unforgiven The Rocket Fellini’s Roma (IFF) Plot for Peace Stranger by the Lake

11.00am 1.00 (subtitled) 3.30 5.50 8.40 1.10 3.25 6.20 8.30 1.15/8.35 3.15/6.15

Tue 18 Mar

Thu 20 Mar

SCREENING TIMES

KEY (AD) – Audio Description (see page 2) (B) – Carer & baby screening (see page 2) (S) – Subtitled (see page 2) All screenings in 2D unless marked [3D] SEASONS: (DJ) – Derek Jarman: Presented by Drambuie (pages 12-14) (EC) – Introduction to European Cinema (page 23) (F) – Filmosophy (pages 22-23) (IFF) – Italian Film Festival (pages 18-20) (RCP) – (Re)Constructed Pasts (page 24) (WW) – Weans’ World (page 11) Full index of films on page 2

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7 March - 3 April 2014

FILMHOUSE PROGRAMME

DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

SCREENING TIMES

DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

SCREENING TIMES

DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

Fri 21 Mar

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Yves Saint Laurent Salvo Rome, Open City The Robber Tim’s Vermeer

3.00/6.15/8.45 3.35/8.35 6.05 3.40/8.25 6.00

Fri 28 Mar

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The Past Yves Saint Laurent Twenty Feet from Stardom Yves Saint Laurent Stories We Tell (RCP) Twenty Feet from Stardom

3.00/8.30 6.15 3.35/6.05 8.40 6.00 + intro 8.50

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Sat 22 Mar

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Salvo Yves Saint Laurent Rome, Open City Salvo Tim’s Vermeer The Robber

1.30 3.55/6.15/8.45 1.20/6.05 3.45/8.35 1.10/6.00 3.40/8.25

Sat 29 Mar

1 1 2 2 3 3

Yves Saint Laurent The Past The Past Yves Saint Laurent Twenty Feet from Stardom The Entire History of You (RCP)

12.50/6.15 3.15/8.30 12.40/5.50 3.25/8.40 1.00/6.20/8.50 4.00 + Q&A

Sun 23 Mar

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Mr Peabody & Sherman (WW) Yves Saint Laurent The Robber Rome, Open City Salvo The Robber Tim’s Vermeer

11.00am 1.10/6.15/8.45 3.55 1.20/6.05 3.45/8.35 1.10/8.25 3.40/6.00

Sun 30 Mar

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Arrietty (WW) Yves Saint Laurent The Past The Past Yves Saint Laurent Twenty Feet from Stardom

11.00am 1.00/6.15 3.15/8.30 12.40/5.50 3.25/8.40 1.15/3.45/6.00/8.50

Mon 1 24 1 Mar 2 2 3 3

Tim’s Vermeer (B) Yves Saint Laurent Salvo The Garden + Gardener’s... (DJ) Rome, Open City The Robber

11am (babies/carers) 3.00/6.15/8.45 3.35/8.55 6.00 3.45/6.05 8.25

Mon 1 31 1 Mar 1 2 2 3 3

Twenty Feet from Stardom (B) The Past Yves Saint Laurent Yves Saint Laurent Glitterbug + In the Shadow... (DJ) Twenty Feet from Stardom The Past

11am (babies/carers) 3.00/8.30 6.15 3.35/8.40 6.00 3.45/8.50 5.50

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Yves Saint Laurent Unforgiven (1992) Rome, Open City Salvo The Robber Yves Saint Laurent

3.00/6.00 8.15 3.35/8.35 6.05 3.45/6.10 8.25

Wed 1 26 2 Mar 2 3 3

Yves Saint Laurent Salvo The Robber The Robber Rome, Open City

3.00/6.15/8.45 3.35/6.05 8.35 3.45/6.10 8.25

Yves Saint Laurent The Past Teenage The Past Yves Saint Laurent Twenty Feet from Stardom Teenage

3.00/6.15 8.30 3.35 5.55 8.40 3.45/8.50 6.00

1 2 2 3 3

Yves Saint Laurent Salvo Edward II (DJ) Omer Fast (RCP) Rome, Open City

3.00/8.45 3.35/8.55 6.00 6.05 + intro 8.25

The Past Yves Saint Laurent The Bridge on the River Kwai Yves Saint Laurent The Past Twenty Feet from Stardom Teenage

3.00 5.45 8.00 3.35/8.40 5.55 3.45/6.00 8.50

Yves Saint Laurent The Past Teenage Yves Saint Laurent Twenty Feet from Stardom Teenage

3.00 5.45/8.30 3.35 6.05/8.40 3.45/8.50 6.00

Tue 25 Mar

Thu 27 Mar

Tue 1 Apr

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Wed 1 2 1 Apr 1 2 2 3 3 Thu 3 Apr

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SCREENING TIMES

MATINEES (Shows starting prior to 5pm) Mon - Thu: £6.50 full price, £4.50 concessions Friday Matinees: £5.00/£3.50 concessions Sat - Sun: £8.20 full price, £6.00 concessions EVENING SCREENINGS (Starting 5pm and later) £8.20 full price, £6.00 concessions All tickets to Weans’ World screenings (marked WW on grid) are £3.50. Tickets for children under 12 are £3.50 for any screening.

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Italian Film Festival

LONG LIVE LIBERTY

Benvenuti to the 21st edition of the Italian Film Festival, curated by Allan Hunter and Richard Mowe and funded by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Edimburgo, as well as supporters Missoni Hotel, Edinburgh; Valvona & Crolla VinCaffè and Fratelli Sarti, Glasgow. For the first time this year the event joins forces with Istituto Luce Cinecittà’s promotional department in Rome and their London showcase, Cinema Made in Italy.

The 2014 edition highlights an exciting and diverse line-up of contemporary and classic Italian cinema, including hilarious comedies, engaging dramas, nail-biting thrillers, a special focus on Federico Fellini and landmark classics from awardwinning directors and actors, many of whom, such as Giueseppe Tornatore, Paolo Genovese, Roberto Ando, Daniele Luchetti and Paolo Genovese, may be familiar from previous editions.

A STREET IN PALERMO

ALI BLUE EYES

Long Live Liberty Viva la libertà

A Street in Palermo Via Castellana Bandiera

Fri 7 Mar at 6.15pm

Sat 8 Mar at 6.30pm

Roberto Andò • Italy 2013 • 1h34m • DCP Italian and French with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Toni Servillo, Valerio Mastandrea, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Michela Cescon, Gianrico Tedeschi.

Emma Dante • Italy/Switzerland/France 2013 • 1h32m DCP • Italian and Albanian with English subtitles • 12A Cast: Emma Dante, Alba Rohrwacher, Elena Cotta, Renato Malfatti, Dario Casarolo.

Nominated for 12 David di Donatello awards, including Best Film and Best Actor, Long Live Liberty is a tasty political farce with another delicious performance from The Great Beauty’s Toni Servillo.

Stand by for a tense showdown on the streets of Sicily...

It is a blistering hot day as Rosa and Clara bicker and bitch while driving through the back streets of Palermo.

Meanwhile, Samira is chauffeuring her family home after a fractious day at the beach. Both drivers enter Via Castellana Bandiera. Both believe they have right of way. Neither one is willing to budge an inch. And so the stage is set for a petty dispute to escalate into a major confrontation involving fellow drivers, innocent bystanders and two women who shall not be moved.

To be accurate, it is two performances: Servillo plays Enrico Olivieri, the stern, uninspiring leader of Italy’s main opposition party. One day he flees the country, and his chief aide turns to his mercurial twin brother Giovanni, also played by Servillo. Could Giovanni step into the breach temporarily? The fact that he is bi-polar and just released from a treatment centre is a petty detail when appearances must be maintained at all costs...

This screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Roberto Andò.

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Ali Blue Eyes Alì ha gli occhi azzurri Sun 9 Mar at 8.45pm Claudio Giovannesi • Italy 2012 • 1h34m DCP • Italian with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Nader Sarhan, Stefano Rabatti, Brigitte Apruzzesi, Marian Valenti Adrian, Cesare Hosny Sarhan.

Nader, a teenager of Egyptian ethnicity and Italian nationality, grapples with issues of identity when his parents disapprove of his friendship with Stefano and his relationship with girlfriend Brigitte, which they see as being as at the expense of his heritage. While the subject of social pressures faced by second generation kids is hardly new, director Giovannesi’s documentary roots give the observational Ali Blue Eyes a gentle veracity, as does non-professional Nader Sarhan’s stellar performance as a young man in a state of flux.

Italian Film Festival

THOSE HAPPY YEARS

THE GREAT WAR

A FIVE STAR LIFE

Those Happy Years Anni felici

A Five Star Life Viaggio sola

Mon 10 Mar at 6.00pm

Thu 13 Mar at 9.15pm

Daniele Luchetti • Italy/France 2013 • 1h46m DCP • Italian, French and English with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Kim Rossi Stuart, Micaela Ramazzotti, Martina Gedeck.

Maria Sole Tognazzi • Italy 2013 • 1h25m DCP • Italian with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Margherita Buy, Stefano Acorsi, Fabrizia Sacchi, Lesley Manville, Henry Arnold.

Daniele Luchetti (My Brother Is An Only Child) returns to his childhood in the 1970s for this boisterous, beguiling portrait of a family in crisis. Guido is a sculptor who is rather too fond of the beautiful life models deemed essential to his art. His long-suffering wife Serena leaves for the summer with their sons, but her decision to assert her independence offends Guido’s old-fashioned chauvinism. The tension in their relationship and wider changes in Italian society are seen through the eyes of their son, aspiring filmmaker Dario, and his younger brother Paolo, in this warm and witty autobiographical remembrance of times past.

The Great War La grande guerra Tue 11 Mar at 8.30pm Mario Monicelli • Italy/France 1959 • 2h17m 35mm • Italian and German with English subtitles • 12A Cast: Alberto Sordi, Vittorio Gassman, Silvana Mangano.

Mario Monicelli’s masterpiece remains one of Italy’s most celebrated films on the First World War, and is screened to mark this year’s centenary of the beginning of the conflict.

In1916, Giovanni and Oreste are called up to join the army and serve their country. They are united in their desire to stay out of the firing line and live to see peace. At first they are dispatched to the quiet village of Tigliano where Giovanni falls in love with prostitute Costantina. Gradually, the heat of war inches towards them in a film that deftly walks the fine line between tragedy and comedy.

FELLINI’S ROMA

How Strange to Be Named Federico: Scola Narrates Fellini Sat 15 Mar at 8.40pm Ettore Scola • Italy 2013 • 1h33m • DCP Italian with English subtitles • 15 • Documentary

Margherita Buy won the David di Donatello Best Actress prize for her terrific performance in this breezy, polished drama from Maria Sole Tognazzi. Fortysomething Irene has an enviable life as a hotel inspector, travelling incognito to some of the most luxurious destinations in Europe. Surprise news from her longtime friend Andrea and problems in her sister’s marriage are just two of the events that provoke an existential crisis in which Irene is forced to question what she might have sacrificed to attain her carefree life of luxury.

Ettore Scola offers a warm tribute to his close friend and fellow director Federico Fellini in this acclaimed documentary. Scola fondly recalls reading articles written

by Fellini for the political review Marc’Aurelio to his blind grandfather. A few years later, Scola joined the same publication and a friendship began that endured as they both matured from aspiring filmmakers and dreamers in post-WWII Rome to internationally admired cinema greats.

This is a magical tribute to one of the giants of world cinema.

A Perfect Family Una famiglia perfetta

Fellini’s Roma

Fri 14 Mar at 8.40pm

Sun 16 Mar at 8.30pm

Paolo Genovese • Italy 2012 • 2h DCP • Italian with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Sergio Castellitto, Marco Giallini, Claudia Gerini, Carolina Crescentini, Ilaria Occhini.

Federico Fellini • Italy/France 1972 • 1h58m DCP • Italian with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Peter Gonzales, Fiona Florence, Pa De Doses, Renato Giovannoli, Elisa Mainardi, Galliano Sbarra.

Paolo Genovese returns with another stellar ensemble cast and a quirky, amusing look at one man’s desire to create the ideal family. Leone (Sergio Castellitto) is a very wealthy, very lonely man. He makes the decision to create a family Christmas by writing a script and hiring professional actors to play different family members. Comedian Fortunato, his wife Carmen and various others, old and young, make up the ramshackle company who dutifully play their parts when Leone is around, but, when alone, become themselves again, expressing their thoughts and feelings about their own lives and this absurd project.

Federico Fellini is an incomparable guide to the Eternal City in an autobiographical film that mixes fond memories of his childhood visits to Rome during the era of Mussolini in the 1930s with vivid fantasies and striking impressions of the city in the 1970s. Peter Gonzales plays the teenage Fellini as he moves into a Rome tenement and meets a succession of wild characters who populate the neighbourhood. This digital restoration ensures that this Fellini classic is looking better than ever.

SEASON CONTINUES OVERLEAF

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Italian Film Festival (continued)

THE IDEAL CITY

SANDRA

THE FIFTH WHEEL

THE BEST OFFER

The Ideal City La città ideale

Sandra Vaghe stelle dell’orsa

The Best Offer La migliore offerta

Mon 17 Mar at 6.10pm

Tue 18 Mar at 6.10pm

Thu 20 Mar at 8.30pm

Luigi Lo Cascio • Italy 2012 • 1h45m DCP • Italian with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Luigi Lo Cascio, Catrinel Marlon, Aida Burruano, Luigi Maria Burruano, Barbara Enrichi.

Luchino Visconti • Italy 1965 • 1h45m • DCP Italian, Hebrew, French and English with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Claudia Cardinale, Jean Sorel, Michael Craig, Renzo Ricci.

Giuseppe Tornatore • Italy 2013 • 2h11m • DCP • 15 Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks, Donald Sutherland, Philip Jackson.

Made immediately after his masterpiece The Leopard (Il Gattopardo), Luchino Visconti’s rarely seen Sandra won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and has now been restored to its sparkling monochrome best. Claudia Cardinale’s steely, neurotic Sandra returns to her home town of Volterra in Tuscany, accompanied by her new husband Andrew, to participate in a ceremony honouring her father, a scientist who died in Auschwitz. The homecoming finds her confronted by a distraught mother, a former lover and her dashingly handsome,deeply devoted brother Gianni.

Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush is on commanding form in this elegantly intriguing mystery from Cinema Paradiso director Giuseppe Tornatore. Rush plays Virgil Oldman, an imperious art historian and auctioneer who lives in solitary splendour, keeping the world at arm’s length. When he is asked to value the contents of a vast mansion, he becomes curious about the reclusive owner, who suffers acutely from agoraphobia. A growing infatuation tips over into obsession in a film that carries echoes of Vertigo and Sorrentino’s The Consequences of Love.

This screening will be introduced by Dr Pasquale Iannone of the University of Edinburgh.

A lush score by Ennio Morricone only adds to the appeal of Tornatore’s first English language venture.

The Fifth Wheel L’ultima ruota del carro

This screening will be introduced by Professor Joe Farrell, who worked with Giuseppe Tornatore on the English script for the film.

A stylish thriller from director Luigi Lo Cascio, who also stars as talented architect and fervent environmentalist Michele, who has moved from Palermo to his ideal city, Siena. He holds a good job and is living out his dream of functioning for one year without running water or electricity. Not surprisingly, he also displays a passionate opposition to cars and driving. One evening, after being forced to borrow his boss’ car in order to collect a colleague for a work function, Michele’s life takes an unexpected turn. In the blinding rain Michele hits something he cannot identify...

Portraits of Italian Cinema 2 - 23 March, Filmhouse Cafe Bar Edinburgh College of Art are proud to present Portraits of Italian Cinema, a collection of original portraits of some of the most famous figures in the history of Italian film to accompany the 2014 Italian Film Festival in Scotland. The portraits are the work of both students in Illustration at ECA and a selection of Italian artists living in Edinburgh.

The exhibition was curated by Jonathan Gibbs (Programme Director in Illustration at Edinburgh College of Art), Dr Pasquale Iannone (University of Edinburgh) and Dr Carlo Pirozzi (University of St Andrews).

Wed 19 Mar at 8.40pm Giovanni Veronesi • Italy 2013 • 1h53m DCP • Italian with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Elio Germano, Alessandra Mastronardi, Ricky Memphis.

A bittersweet tale of extraordinary moments in ordinary lives, The Fifth Wheel covers 40 years in the life of a hardworking average man for whom family, friends and football are more significant than any of the political and social changes that buffet the country. Elio Germano gives a heartfelt performance as the honest, dependable Ernesto, investing him with the generous heart of Forrest Gump and the physical grace of Charlie Chaplin.

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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

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THE COMEDY OF ERRORS

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Filmosophy

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ALPS

THE EAST

Filmosophy Filmosophy is where film meets philosophy. Some films, like philosophy itself, can challenge our preconceived views of ourselves and the world around us. They may provide more questions than answers; yet, in doing so, they will expand our ideas and allow us to view familiar things in an unfamiliar way. They are films that demand to be discussed.

Following on from the success of the inaugural Filmosophy season last year, our second season features four more original and thought-provoking works. Join us as we explore philosophical issues such as: reality and self-deception (Alps), political resistance (The East), memory and identity (Moon), and authenticity (The Consequences of Love). Each screening will be preceded by a short introduction and followed by an opportunity to discuss the philosophical issues raised in an informal and accessible manner.

Alps Alpeis

The East

Tue 11 Mar at 6.00pm

Tue 8 Apr at 5.50pm

Giorgos Lanthimos • Greece 2011 • 1h34m DCP • Greek and English with English subtitles 15 – Contains strong sex, threat and a scene of attempted hanging Cast: Stavros Psyllakis, Aris Servetalis, Johnny Vekris, Ariane Labed, Aggeliki Papoulia.

Zal Batmanglij • UK/USA 2013 • 1h55m DCP • 15 – Contains infrequent strong sex and gory images Cast: Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, Ellen Page, Toby Kebbell.

Director Yorgos Lanthimos, who put the Greek ‘Weird Wave’ on the map with the biting black comedy Dogtooth, returns with another warped vision of lives on the periphery of a society in decay. Alps follows a secret club whose members are paid to act as replacements for the recently deceased – going into their homes, impersonating them, getting uncomfortably intimate with the bereaved. It’s part therapy, part theatre, with more than a hint of prostitution.

Though the morbid transgressions at the film’s heart are presented with characteristic icy clinical detachment, and acted in a deadpan way that’s both amusing and creepy, Lanthimos finds a strange kind of beauty and haunting undercurrents of grief amidst the absurd.

The screenings will be introduced and discussion sessions hosted by James Mooney (Open Studies lecturer and course organiser at The University of Edinburgh).

A suspenseful and provocative espionage thriller starring Brit Marling as former FBI agent Sarah Moss. Handpicked for a plum assignment, Sarah goes deep undercover to infiltrate The East, an elusive anarchist collective seeking revenge against major corporations guilty of covering up criminal activity. Determined, highly-trained and resourceful, Sarah soon ingratiates herself with the group.

But living closely with the intensely committed members of The East, Sarah finds herself torn between her two worlds as she starts to connect with them, and awakens to the moral contradictions of her personal life.

Moon Tue 13 May at 5.50pm Duncan Jones • UK 2009 • 1h37m • 35mm 15 – Contains strong language Cast: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey (voice).

Duncan Jones’ marvellous debut is a creepy, poignant and funny sci-fi, with a killer lead turn from Sam Rockwell.

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Post-screening discussions will be held in the Guild Rooms. Please pick up your ticket for the discussion at the time of booking or on the evening.

MOON

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Tickets must all be bought at the same time.

Sam has almost reached the end of his three year solo posting mining fuel from the moon for use on Earth.

Connected to his wife and daughter only via videophone conversations, he’s had ample time to reflect on his past – but there’s no denying that his mind has begun to play tricks on him. And as his return date approaches, things in Sam’s contained world take a very startling turn...

Filmosophy/Introduction to European Cinema

THE CONSEQUENCES OF LOVE

The Consequences of Love Le conseguenze dell’amore Tue 10 Jun at 5.50pm Paolo Sorrentino • Italy 2004 • 1h44m 35mm • Italian with English subtitles 15 – Contains strong language and hard drug use Cast: Toni Servillo, Olivia Magnani, Adriano Giannini, Raffaele Pisu, Angela Goodwin.

An ice-cool existential thriller from Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty). Titta (Toni Servillo, brilliant as always), an aloof former stockbroker, lives anonymously in an anonymous hotel. His days are spent in the hotel lobby, playing cards, observing the bartender, and taking delivery of suitcases containing millions of dollars.

The plot unfolds itself with such elegance that it would be a crime to give anything more away. Even the genre remains a mystery for almost an hour – and then plays out with a brilliant flair for the unexpected.

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ELENA

BEAU TRAVAIL

Introduction to European Cinema

Elena

Now in its ninth year at Filmhouse, Introduction to European Cinema returns for 2013/14 with a completely new programme of films. The only season of its kind in the UK, IEC provides a great opportunity to see some of the classics of European cinema on the big screen, many of which are very rarely shown.

A gripping, modern twist on a Dostoevsky-style exploration of human nature. Middle-aged spouses Vladimir and Elena uneasily share his large Moscow apartment – he’s a still-virile, wealthy businessman; she’s his former nurse and recent wife. Estranged from his own wild-child daughter, Vladimir despises Elena’s freeloading son and family. When Vladimir becomes ill and draws up a hotly contested will, the likeable Elena is pushed beyond her limits.

Curated in collaboration with specialists in European cinema from the University of Edinburgh’s Division of European Languages and Cultures, the screenings form part of study programmes in cinema at the University of Edinburgh, but you don’t need to be a student to come along – we are very keen to invite all members of the Filmhouse public to see these masterful and often thought-provoking films! Each screening will be preceded by a short introduction

by Dr Leanne Dawson (Lecturer in German and Film, and IEC Course Organiser for Spring 2014) or Dr Pasquale Iannone (Film Studies).

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Wed 12 Mar at 6.00pm Andrey Zvyagintsev • Russia 2011 • 1h49m DCP • Russian with English subtitles 12A – Contains infrequent strong language and moderate violence Cast: Nadezhda Markina, Andrey Smirnov, Elena Lyadova.

Beau travail Wed 19 Mar at 6.15pm Claire Denis • France 1999 • 1h33m • 35mm French, Italian and Russian with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Richard Courcet.

Claire Denis and screenwriter Jean-Pol Fargeau reimagine Herman Melville’s ‘Billy Budd’ as a tale of jealousy and homoerotic desire amongst a company of French Legionnaires. Exercising their muscular torsos under the blaring sun, they engage in a hypnotically choreographed daily routine of military drills, chores, and mock battles.

Sergeant Galoup (Denis Lavant) runs the troupe like a well-oiled machine, until jealousy gets in the way. With the haunting suspense of a Greek tragedy, Galoup’s uncontrollable urge to destroy young recruit Sentain ultimately leads to his own downfall.

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(Re)Constructed Pasts

OMER FAST - CONTINUITY

(Re)Constructed Pasts To coincide with A.R. Hopwood’s False Memory Archive exhibition at Talbot Rice Gallery, Filmhouse and Talbot Rice present three screenings exploring the theme of false and reconstructed memory. The selection includes artist video, feature documentary and TV drama, which cast an alternative look at how memories are retold, manipulated and (re) constructed within our contemporary world.

Based upon fascinating scientific research, The False Memory Archive exhibition features contemporary artworks and a unique collection of vivid personal accounts of things that never really happened. Hopwood’s work provides insight into the often humorous, obscure and uncomfortable things people have misremembered.

A.R. Hopwood’s False Memory Archive is at Talbot Rice Gallery from 15 March – 19 April.

Admission free. www.trg.ed.ac.uk

STORIES WE TELL

THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF YOU

Omer Fast

The Entire History of You

Thu 27 Mar at 6.05pm

Sat 29 Mar at 4.00pm

1h11m • English and German with English subtitles • 15

Brian Welsh • UK 2011 • 49m • Digital • 15 Cast: Toby Kebbell, Tom Cullen, Jodie Whittaker, Amy Beth Hayes, Rebekah Staton.

Taking key historic and contemporary events as his subject matter, Berlin-based artist Omer Fast explores the ways memory is recounted, narratives retold and events reconstructed. Fast’s highly dramatised and beautifully produced films 5,000 Feet is the Best and Continuity explore the trauma and geopolitics of modern warfare through intimate personal narratives. Events and accounts are disjointed, conflicting and blurred, designed to disorient the audience. Fast expertly uses deploy elliptical narrative structure to instil a sense of unease in the viewer, leaving them unable to clearly differentiate between reality and truth, fiction and fantasy.

5,000 Feet is the Best Omer Fast • Israel/Germany 2011 • 30m Continuity Omer Fast • Germany 2012 • 41m

Stories We Tell Fri 28 Mar at 6.00pm Sarah Polley • Canada 2012 • 1h49m • DCP 12A – Contains one use of strong language and infrequent moderate sex references • Documentary

Actor and director Sarah Polley’s first feature documentary is a beautifully-structured investigation into the history of her own family – in particular her mother, who died when Polley was eleven. Layering interviews with family members and friends with archive footage and a recording of her father’s witty and revealing memoir, Polley builds up an enthralling collage of fact, hearsay and memory as she strives to find out the truth about her mother, and, by extension, herself.

Imagine a world where you could rewind your memories at will, where every moment of your life, everything that you have seen or heard can be called up and replayed at the touch of the button. The Entire History of You depicts a world where this has become a reality. But is this new technology a force for good, or is the ability to forget and move on from the past essential to being able to live in the present?

The Entire History of You was the third in the series of Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker’s highly acclaimed television series.

Tapping into a collective unease about our modern world, where ever-advancing technology results in increased paranoia and anxiety, Black Mirror cast a satirical glance over the way we live now, “and the way we might be living in 10 minutes time if we’re clumsy.”

The screening will be followed by an extended Q&A with artist Alasdair Hopwood and James Clegg, Assistant Curator, Talbot Rice Gallery.

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Special Events/Come and See... Unforgiven

EUFROSINA’S REVOLUTION

UNFORGIVEN

SPECIALEVENT A special screening celebrating International Women’s Day, presented by Take One Action Film Festivals in association with Oxfam Scotland.

Eufrosina’s Revolution

Come and See...

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

Sat 8 Mar at 3.45pm Luciana Kaplan • Mexico 2013 • 1h36m • DCP Spanish and Zapotec with English subtitles • 12A • Documentary

Unforgiven (1992) Tue 25 Mar at 8.15pm

As a woman growing up in a poor indigenous community in the remote mountains of southwestern Mexico, Eufrosina Mendoza had odds stacked sky-high against her ever choosing her own path, let alone reaching a position of power. Instead of accepting a life of early marriage, endless pregnancies and guaranteed poverty, she has fought all the obstacles in her way. Eufrosina ruffles many feathers, challenging local traditions as well as federal agendas, but hers is not a story of personal achievement: it is a shared struggle for gender equality, fairer representation, better education and economic prospects for entire communities, and she knows there are no quick fixes.

Clint Eastwood • USA 1992 • 2h11m • Format TBC 15 – Contains strong language, violence and sex Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Frances Fisher.

The film allows a rare glimpse into the lives of indigenous people in the Oaxaca state of Mexico and, in documenting Eufrosina’s cautious steps into the political arena, delivers a fascinating journey of defiance and optimism.

While Eastwood’s muscular direction shows he’s fully aware of genre traditions, he and writer David Webb Peoples have created something fresh, profound and complex. It’s not only a question of the excellent characterisations, but of situations given a new spin: the prostitutes and the spirit of Munny’s dead wife introduce a feminist angle; there are insights into the thin line dividing law from justice; and the accent on ageing, fear and death establishes a dark tone perfectly complemented by Jack Green’s sombre images.

Join us after the film for a discussion on gender equality in Scotland’s political sphere and Scotland’s own role in supporting greater equality internationally.

A magnificent movie that transcends its familiar tale of a reformed gunman forced by circumstance to resume his violent ways.

When a cowhand cuts up a prostitute and a bounty is placed on his head, killer-turned-farmer Will Munny (Eastwood) joins his old partner (Freeman) in the hunt. But in Big Whiskey, they must face the rough justice of Sheriff Daggett (Hackman)...

THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI

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The Bridge on the River Kwai Wed 2 Apr at 8.00pm David Lean • UK/USA 1957 • 2h41m DCP • PG – Contains mild violence Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald.

An outstanding, psychologically complex adaptation of Pierre Boulle’s 1952 novel, a classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. The film is remarkable, among other reasons, for the tour de force performance of Alec Guinness as the stoical British officer whose self-discipline inspires his men during their ordeal but whose judgement becomes flawed as his mind begins to unravel.

The film garnered seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Guinness.

A special screening to mark the centenary of the birth of Alec Guinness. See our April programme for Alec Guinness: Presented by Drambuie, a season celebrating the career of this brilliant actor.

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East Side Stories/Dead by Dawn/Filmhouse Cafe Bar & Quiz

COLORFUL

East Side Stories Japanese Cinema Depicting the Lives of Youth The final screening in this year’s Japan Foundation UK annual touring film programme, which offers an enlightening and expansive introduction to Japanese cinema through the framework of ‘youth’.

The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme is produced and organised by the Japan Foundation.

Supported by The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation and Japan Airlines.

Colorful Karafuru Fri 7 Mar at 5.50pm Keiichi Hara • Japan 2010 • 2h7m Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • 12A

A dejected spirit is given a second chance at life when he is placed in the body of Makoto, a 14-year-old boy who has been experiencing a difficult time at home and at school.

Keiichi Hara’s aptly-named anime is a sincere exploration into the lives and minds of early teens in contemporary Japan.

DEAD BY DAWN - WILLIAM CASTLE

COMINGSOON

Dead by Dawn Scotland’s international horror festival is back!

This year’s Dead by Dawn takes place from Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 April, and will include a full programme of the finest features that independent cinema has to offer, a stupendous selection of classics and rare treats, short film programmes to make you laugh, cry, squeal and hurl, our (almost) legendary Shit Film Amnesty, special guests left, right and centre and a fantastically random selection of free stuff distributed in an increasingly random manner!

24 April also happens to be the centenary of the birth of the one and only William Castle. Here at Dead by Dawn we’re huge fans of Mr Castle and those of you who were with us last year will remember just how much fun our screening of The Tingler was. Well, this year we’re planning to celebrate his centenary in style and are busy cooking up all sorts of fun stuff to honour this truly unique director, producer, screenwriter, actor and showman!

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A glass of wine? Choose from nine! The bar has real choice in ales, beers and bottles.

A special event? Just ask, we can probably help.

Or just come and relax in the ambience!

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Sunday 9 March Filmhouse’s phenomenally successful (and rather tricky) monthly quiz. Free to enter, teams of up to eight, to be seated in the cafe bar by 9pm.

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Coming Soon

A STORY OF CHILDREN AND FILM

COMINGSOON

THE LUNCHBOX

COMINGSOON

MYSTERY ROAD

COMINGSOON

A Story of Children and Film

The Lunchbox Dabba

Mystery Road

Opens Fri 4 Apr

Opens Fri 11 Apr

Dates TBC

Mark Cousins • UK 2013 • 1h46m • English, Japanese, Russian, Swedish, Polish, Czech and Persian with English subtitles PG – Contains mild language and scenes of emotional upset Documentary

Ritesh Batra • India/France/Germany/USA 2013 • 1h45m Hindi and English with English subtitles • PG – Contains infrequent references to suicide and one use of mild language Cast: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Denzil Smith, Bharati Achrekar.

Ivan Sen • Australia 2013 • 1h52m • cert tbc Cast: Aaron Pedersen, Hugo Weaving, Ryan Kwanten, Jack Thompson, Tony Barry.

A rich and delightful examination of the way films have viewed children. Filmmaker Mark Cousins draws on 53 films from around the world and from throughout the history of cinema to demonstrate the affinity between film and childhood. It’s a passionate, poetic portrait of the adventure of childhood: its surrealism, loneliness, fun, destructiveness and stroppiness, and his reflections are anchored in a reallife situation: his own niece and nephew at play.

“Entirely distinctive, sometimes eccentric, always brilliant: a mosaic of clips, images and moments chosen with flair and grace, both from familiar sources and from the neglected riches of cinema around the world. Without condescension or cynicism, Cousins offers us his own humanist idealism, as refreshing as a glass of iced water.” The Guardian Filmhouse is delighted to announce a UK-wide film season, curated by Mark Cousins and inspired

by A Story of Children and Film. The Cinema Of Childhood will launch on 11 April at Filmhouse, BFI Southbank and other venues across the UK. The season, which will tour the UK for a year, includes 17 brilliant films from 12 countries, spanning 7 decades. Most have rarely been seen in the UK – some are totally new to UK audiences.

Irrfan Khan (Life of Pi, Slumdog Millionaire) stars alongside the radiant Nimrat Kaur in Ritesh Batra’s delightful feature debut, in which a mistaken lunchbox delivery paves the way for an unlikely romance.

In Mumbai, home to over 18 million people, more than 5,000 famously efficient dabbawallas – lunchbox couriers – navigate chaotic streets to deliver lunches, lovingly prepared by housewives, to working men across the city. Ila (Kaur) is a housewife living in a middle-class neighbourhood with a husband who ignores her. Saajan (Khan) is a beaten down widower about to retire from his number-crunching job. After Ila realises that Saajan is receiving the meals meant for her husband, the two begin sending each other letters through the lunchbox.

What starts as an innocent exchange about Ila’s cooking gently develops into something more, and, outside the space of their daily lives, Ila and Saajan feel free to express themselves in new ways, leading them both to question how they might find happiness.

The Lunchbox paints a nuanced portrait of life in contemporary Mumbai, effortlessly weaving themes of gender values, social class, and generational differences into its core love story.

The latest work from internationally lauded Australian director Ivan Sen showcases the filmmaker’s multiple talents; as its writer, director, editor, director of photography, and composer, he is responsible for the singular vision of the film, one of the most compelling and purely cinematic offerings of the year.

Set in the arid outback of Queensland, Mystery Road centres on Jay Swan (Aaron Pedersen), an Aboriginal police detective recently returned to his small home town after a stint in the big city. When the body of a teenage girl is discovered, Jay is tasked with solving her murder. Both the violent crime and Jay’s arrival unsettle the community, and Sen is unsentimental about revealing the harsh contrasts – white versus Aboriginal, past versus present, urban versus rural, poverty versus opportunity – that simmer within the town, isolated by mile after dusty mile of flat, red earth.

Filmhouse Player

THE SELFISH GIANT

¡VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS

¡Vivan las Antipodas!

Fri 22 to Thu 28 Nov Victor Kossakovsky • Germany/Argentina/Netherlands/ Chile 2011 • 1h48m • Spanish, English, Aboriginal, Russian, Shanghainese and Tswana with English subtitles • U – Contains sight of dead beached whale being cut up and buried • Documentary

Our online viewing platform allows you to enjoy a selection of Filmhouse-curated films whenever suits you and wherever you are.

New films are being added all the time, but here’s a small selection of what’s currently available, with prices starting from only £2.99! www.filmhousecinema.com/player The Filmhouse Player is a pilot project, in collaboration with GFT and video-on-demand providers Distrify, supported by NESTA’s Digital R&D Fund, Scotland.

The Selfish Giant

Clio Barnard • UK 2013 • 1h31m 15 – Contains strong language, once very strong Cast: Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas, Sean Gilder, Lorraine Ashbourne, Ian Burfield.

This contemporary fable, partially based on Oscar Wilde’s story of the same name, is about the friendship of two troubled 13-year-old boys of strikingly different temperaments, who fall under the influence of a shady scrap metal dealer. Exciting, tough and superbly acted by a mix of non-professional and recognisable character actors, this is a bracing addition to the British cinema tradition of heightened realism.

Filmhouse’s second release as distributor is an audacious, contemplative and visually stunning documentary.

Antipodes are places diametrically opposite one another on the earth’s surface, but, because most of the planet is covered by oceans, antipodes with dry land on both sides are fairly rare. Master documentarist Victor Kossakovsky takes us to four antipodal pairs, and, in doing so, changes the way we see our world.

In rural Entre Rios, Argentina, two brothers man a toll bridge; on the other side of the world from them is Shanghai, with its traffic, noise and crowds. In Patagonia, Chile, a sheep farmer lives a solitary existence; near Lake Baikal in Russia a woman and her daughter seem also to live miles from anywhere, surrounded by spectacular mountains. On Hawaii’s Big Island, a man loses his dog in the black, shimmering, volcanic landscape; in Botswana, a woman complains she has to clean up elephant dung from in front of her shop. In Miraflores, Spain, there are rock pools and butterflies; in Castle Point, New Zealand, a whale has washed up onto the beach.

Kossakovsky’s extraordinarily fluid camerawork glides, swoops, somersaults, spins and flips between these locations, and we begin to notice the things that join the places and people, rather than what separates them.

A LATE QUARTET

A Late Quartet

Yaron Zilberman • USA 2012 • 1h46m 15 – Contains strong language and sex Cast: Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Mark Ivanir, Wallace Shawn.

A powerhouse cast brings vivid life to Yaron Zilberman’s engrossing drama about an illustrious string quartet, whose quarter-century anniversary precipitates a tempestuous release of repressed feelings, long-held resentments and painful betrayals.

Older than his colleagues, Peter (Christopher Walken), the group’s founding member, is diagnosed with a degenerative illness that forces him to confront the troubling question of who will succeed him – and what his legacy will be. The marriage between second violinist Robert (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and violist Juliette (Catherine Keener) goes suddenly south when infidelity rears its head; while brilliant, headstrong and steel-willed first violinist Daniel (Mark Ivanir), brings tensions to a boil when he falls into the arms of Robert and Juliette’s beautiful young daughter Alexandra (Imogen Poots), who is a talented violinist in her own right.

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Education and Learning

CRACKING 2D EASTER ANIMATION

CRACKING 3D EASTER ANIMATION

Education and Learning

CMI Education and Learning offers a range of screenings, workshops and events for all ages, year-round at Filmhouse and during the Edinburgh International Film Festival. We arrange schools screenings, supporting a variety of curriculum areas for Primary and Secondary schools. Details of current events can be found at www.filmhousecinema.com/learning, or for further information please email education@cmi-scotland.co.uk

Easter Workshops Cracking 2D Easter Animation - Beginners 7-12yrs • Sunday 6 April, 10am-12pm • £16 Its Easter time, chocolate, rabbits and crazy animated dinosaurs are destroying the planet! Come to Red Kite Animation’s 2D animation workshop to make your own paper creatures and bring them to life in a cartoon! All your films are put online too. You could make a two headed bunny, chocolate egg monsters or Easter chicken spies or pies; your imagination is the only limit!

Cracking 3D Easter Animation - Beginners 7-12yrs • Sunday 6 April, 12.45 to 2.45pm OR 3.30pm to 5.30pm • £16 Red Kite Animation studios present a fun packed introduction to the world of 3D animation. Make your own plasticine cartoon characters and bring them to life in your own film. Team up with other creatures to see what funny stories come up, and watch your creations online. With your own squashy, bendable 3D creatures, it might turn into a happy Easter rabbit tale or a complete chocapocalypse!!!

Awesome Animated Puppets 12-17yrs • Mon 7 April, 10.30-4.30pm • £40 Design and bring to life an animatable puppet with a wire skeleton inside, just like the professionals! Master ways to keep your characters light-weight and flexible using a variety of materials and techniques. Then try animating in the afternoon to test how they work in front of the camera. All animations are put online and you can take your eggs-pert models home with you to make more films.

McLaren 2014 19 April • 10am (Families: 7 & 8 yr old with adult), 11.30am (9-12 yrs), 1.30pm (13-17yrs), 3pm (18+) Free ticketed events – tickets can be reserved in advance • 60mins

An official Culture 2014 event and part of the Year of Homecoming Scotland 2014 celebrations.

Learn about the filmmaking techniques of pioneering Scottish born animator Norman McLaren in this free fun workshop open to all aged 7+. Using the McLaren Workshop app created by the National Film Board of Canada and led by a professional animator you will create your own animated film.

All films will be uploaded to the website www.mclaren2014.com

This project is part of McLaren 2014 Programme, produced by the Centre for the Moving Image, in partnership with the National Film Board of Canada. www.mclaren2014.com

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We regularly have screenings with audio description for customers with visual impairments and subtitles for those with hearing difficulties – see page 2 for details of these.

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Filmhouse is a trading name of Centre for the Moving Image, a company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland No. SC067087 Registered Office: 88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9BZ Scottish Charity No.: SC006793 VAT Reg. No.: 328 6585 24 CMI also incorporates Edinburgh International Film Festival and the Edinburgh Film Guild.

Edinburgh International Film Festival www.edfilmfest.org.uk 0131 228 4051 Edinburgh Film Guild www.edinburghfilmguild.com 0131 623 8027

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88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9BZ www.filmhousecinema.com Nearest car parks: Semple Street, Castle Terrace, Edinburgh Quay Lothian Buses: 1, 2, 10, 11, 15, 16, 22, 24, 34, 35 (www.lothianbuses.com)