november/december 2011
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE French Film Festival UK Mad Love
A season of cinema’s greatest obsessive love affairs
Wuthering Heights
Andrea Arnold’s bold and sensual adaptation GLASGOW FILM THEATRE
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Contents Diary
3–6
Las Acacias
15
Angel Heart
26
The Awakening
18
Blood for Dracula/Ilsa: Tigress of Siberia
27
Boys Don’t Cry
28
Comfort and Joy
36
Contagion
18
The Deep Blue Sea Les Enfants du Paradis The Future
9 17 7
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
16
The Great Canadian Songbook
28
Home Alone
25
Inside Out
35
Jack Goes Boating
7
Labyrinth
25
Lawrence of Belgravia/Take Three Girls
26
The Light Bulb Conspiracy
17
Miss Bala
7
Mother India
29
My Week with Marilyn
18
Oslo, August 31st
8
Polyester
25
Red Road
36
Restless
18
Romantics Anonymous
15
Serious Drugs
27
Some Like it Hot
17
Snowtown
16
Tabloid Take Shelter
9 8
They Live
26
Thief
27
Warren Miller’s… Like There’s No Tomorrow
35
Weekend
8
We Have a Pope
15
The Well Digger’s Daughter
16
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
28
Withnail and I
25
Wuthering Heights
9
ALTERNATIVE CONTENT
MAD LOVE
The Bolshoi Ballet: The Nutcracker
30
Black Narcissus
11
The Bolshoi Ballet: Sleeping Beauty
30
A Blonde in Love
11
Leonardo Live from the National Gallery
30
Gun Crazy
11
NT Live: Collaborators
30
Head-On
10
Mala Noche
10
Mulholland Drive
11
Access Take 2: Autism-Friendly Screenings
34
Cinema City
36
Film Discussion Group
35
Geek Film Night
26
CHRISTMAS AT GFT It’s a Wonderful Life
13
Meet Me in St Louis
13
The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D
13
Scotland Celebrates Christmas
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL UK
13
2 Frogs in the West
20
All the Suns
21
Angele and Tony
21
Beirut Hotel
24
Beloved
22
A Cat in Paris
22
The Conquest
24
The Fairy
23
Hands Up
23
The Giants
24
The Look
22
Love Eternal
21
The Names of Love
22
No and Me
21
Oceans
23
Pater
20
Robert Mitchum is Dead
23
Romantics Anonymous
19
Route 132
22
Service Entrance
20
Short Cuts
19
Special Flight
21
Think Global, Act Rural
20
Titeuf 3D
24
Top Floor, Left Wing
24
Unforgivable
23
The Well Digger’s Daughter
20
GFT REGULARS
The GFT Film Quiz GFT Learning
35 31–32
Horror/Cult Film Discussion Group
35
Late Night Classics
25
Lock Up Your Daughters
28
Monorail Film Club
26
Psychotronic Cinema
27
Silver Screen
36
Take 2: Free Saturday Films for Families
33
USEFUL INFORMATION
37–38
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Friday 4 November
Thursday 10 November
The Future (12A) p7
16.45
/ 20.45
Jack Goes Boating (15) p7
14.45
/ 18.45
Weekend (18) p8
15.45
/ 20.30
Miss Bala (15) p7
18.10
Saturday 5 November The Future (12A) p7
14.45 / 18.45
Jack Goes Boating (15) p7
16.45 / 20.45
Weekend (18) p8
15.15 / 20.30
Miss Bala (15) p7
18.10
Take 2: Labyrinth (U) p33
11.30
Access T2: Labyrinth (U) p34
12.30
Sunday 6 November The Future (12A) p7
15.45 / 19.45
Jack Goes Boating (15) p7
13.45 / 17.45
Weekend (18) p8
13.00 / 17.25
Miss Bala (15) p7
15.05
Geek Film Night: They Live (18) p26
Monday 7 November
19.30
The Future (12A) p7
14.45 / 18.45
Jack Goes Boating (15) p7
16.45 / 20.45
Weekend (18) p8
14.00 / 18.15
Miss Bala (15) p7
16.00
Restless (CTBC) p18
20.20
Tuesday 8 November The Future (12A) p7
14.45 / 20.45
Jack Goes Boating (15) p7
16.45
Weekend (18) p8
17.00
Miss Bala (15) p7
14.35
Restless (CTBC) p18
12.45
Leonardo Live from the National Gallery p30 19.00 Blood for Dracula/Ilsa: Tigress of Siberia (18) p27 19.10
Wednesday 9 November The Future (12A) p7
Jack Goes Boating (15) p7
14.15 / 18.15 16.15
Weekend (18) p8
14.00 / 16.05
Miss Bala (15) p7
20.20
Restless (18) p18
18.20
Film Discussion Group p35
Special features
3
£4.00 tickets
The Future (12A) p7
16.45 / 20.45
Jack Goes Boating (15) p7
14.45 / 18.45
Weekend (18) p8
14.00 / 16.05 / 20.30
Miss Bala (15) p7
18.10
Friday 11 November
Wuthering Heights (15) p9 12.30 Tabloid (CTBC) p9
/ 15.05 13.30
/ 18.10 / 20.15 / 15.30
FFF: Romantics Anonymous (12A) p19
/ 20.45 18.00
Polyester (15) p25
23.00
Saturday 12 November Wuthering Heights (15) p9
15.05 / 17.35 / 20.15
Tabloid (CTBC) p9
13.30 / 18.30
FFF: Short Cuts (N/C 15+) p19
15.30
FFF: Service Entrance (N/C 12+) p20
20.30
Take 2: Raining Cats and Frogs (N/C 5+) p33 11.30
Sunday 13 November Wuthering Heights (15) p9
14.05 / 16.40 / 19.15
Tabloid (CTBC) p9
13.00
FFF: 2 Frogs in the West (N/C 15+) p20
/ 17.30 15.15
FFF: The Well Digger’s Daughter (PG) p20
19.30
Monday 14 November Wuthering Heights (15) p9
12.30 / 15.05 / 20.15
Tabloid (CTBC) p9
15.30 / 20.45
Contagion (12A) p18
18.00
FFF: Pater (N/C 15+) p20
18.30
Tuesday 15 November Wuthering Heights (15) p9
15.05 / 17.40 / 20.15
Tabloid (CTBC) p9
15.30 / 20.50
Contagion (12A) p18
12.45
FFF: Think Global, Act Rural (N/C 8+) p20
18.30
Wednesday 16 November Wuthering Heights (15) p9
12.30 / 15.05 / 17.40
Tabloid (CTBC) p9
15.30
Contagion (12A) p18
20.30
Red Road (18) p36
20.20
FFF: All the Suns (N/C 12+) p21
18.00
18.30
Free events
Special ticket price
Captioned films
3D films
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Thursday 17 November Wuthering Heights (15) p9
12.30 / 15.05 / 20.15
Tabloid (CTBC) p9
15.30 / 18.15
FFF: Love Eternal (N/C 15+) p21
17.45
FFF: Angele and Tony (N/C 15+) p21
Friday 18 November Oslo, August 31st (CTBC) p8 Wuthering Heights (15) p9
20.30 15.30
15.05
/ 17.40 / 20.15
FFF: No and Me (N/C 15+) p21
18.00
Saturday 19 November Oslo, August 31st (CTBC) p8 Wuthering Heights (15) p9
/ 20.30
15.15 / 20.30
13.15 / 17.35 / 20.15
FFF: Special Flight (N/C 15+) p21
13.00
FFF: A Cat in Paris (N/C 5+) p22
16.00
FFF: The Names of Love (N/C 15+) p22
17.50
Take 2: A Cat in Paris (N/C 5+) p33
11.30
Sunday 20 November Oslo, August 31st (CTBC) p8
12.20
Wuthering Heights (15) p9
13.00
Mother India (U) p29
15.45
The Bolshoi Ballet: Sleeping Beauty p30
15.00
FFF: Beloved (N/C 15+) p22
19.00
Lock Up Your Daughters: Boys Don’t Cry (18) p28 19.30
Monday 21 November Oslo, August 31st (CTBC) p8 Wuthering Heights (15) p9
15.15 / 18.00
12.30 / 15.05 / 20.15
FFF: Route 132 (N/C 15+) p22
17.45
FFF: The Look (N/C 12+) p22
20.30
Tuesday 22 November Oslo, August 31st (CTBC) p8
15.15 / 20.30
Wuthering Heights (15) p9
15.05 / 17.40
FFF: Oceans (N/C 8+) p23
12.45
FFF: Robert Mitchum is Dead (N/C 15+) p23
18.00
FFF: Unforgivable (N/C 15+) p23
20.20
Wednesday 23 November
13.00 / 15.15 / 18.00
Wuthering Heights (15) p9
12.45 / 15.30 / 20.15 17.45
FFF: The Fairy (N/C 12+) p23
20.00
Thursday 24 November Oslo, August 31st (CTBC) p8
13.00 / 15.15 / 20.30
Wuthering Heights (15) p9
15.05 / 17.40 / 20.15
FFF: Top Floor, Left Wing (N/C 15+) p24
Take Shelter (15) p8
15.20
The Deep Blue Sea (12A) p9 14.00
/ 17.50 / 20.20 / 16.15
/ 20.45
FFF: The Conquest (N/C 15+) p24
18.30
Withnail and I (15) p25
23.00
Saturday 26 November Take Shelter (15) p8
15.20 / 17.50 / 20.20
The Deep Blue Sea (12A) p9 14.00 / 16.15 / 18.30 / 20.40 Take 2: Jason and the Argonauts (U) p33
Sunday 27 November
11.30
Take Shelter (15) p8
14.30 / 19.15
The Deep Blue Sea (12A) p9
12.20 / 17.00
Some Like it Hot (U) p17
14.00
FFF: Titeuf 3D (N/C 8+) p24
16.45
The Great Canadian... (N/C 12+) p28
19.30
Monday 28 November Take Shelter (15) p8
15.20 / 17.50 / 20.30
The Deep Blue Sea (12A) p9
13.45 / 15.50
FFF: Beirut Hotel (N/C 18+) p24
18.00
Warren Miller’s… Like There’s No Tomorrow (N/C 8+) p35
20.30
Tuesday 29 November Take Shelter (15) p8
15.20 / 17.50 / 20.30
The Deep Blue Sea (12A) p9
14.00 / 16.15 / 18.20
Some Like it Hot (U) p17
12.45
Inside Out (N/C 12+) p35
20.30
The GFT Film Quiz p35
20.45
Wednesday 30 November Take Shelter (15) p8
15.20 / 17.50 / 20.30
The Deep Blue Sea (12A) p9
13.45 / 15.50 / 20.40
The Light Bulb Conspiracy (N/C 12+) p17
18.15
Thursday 1 December Take Shelter (15) p8
13.00 / 15.30 / 20.30
The Deep Blue Sea (12A) p9
14.00 / 16.15 / 18.20
NT Live: The Collaborators p30
Oslo, August 31st (CTBC) p8
FFF: Hands Up (N/C 12+) p23
Friday 25 November
Friday 2 December
18.45
We Have a Pope (CTBC) p15
15.45
/ 20.30
Las Acacias (12A) p15
16.40
/ 20.45
Take Shelter (15) p8
13.15
/ 18.00
The Deep Blue Sea (12A) p9
14.30
/ 18.40
18.15
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Saturday 3 December We Have a Pope (CTBC) p15
13.20 / 18.10
Las Acacias (12A) p15
20.45
Take Shelter (15) p8
15.30 / 20.20
The Deep Blue Sea (12A) p9
15.45
FFF: The Giants (N/C 15+) p24
18.00
Take 2: Winnie the Pooh (U) p33
11.30
Access Take 2: Winnie the Pooh (U) p34
12.30
Sunday 4 December
13.30 13.00 / 17.00
Take Shelter (15) p8
15.45
The Deep Blue Sea (12A) p9
14.55
Monorail Film Club: Lawrence of Belgravia / Take Three Girls (N/C 15+) p26 18.30 Geek Film Night: Angel Heart (18) p26
19.00
Monday 5 December We Have a Pope (CTBC) p15
13.20
Las Acacias (12A) p15
16.40 / 20.45
Take Shelter (15) p8
15.30 / 20.20
The Deep Blue Sea (12A) p9
14.30 / 18.40
The Awakening (15) p18
Tuesday 6 December We Have a Pope (CTBC) p15
18.00 15.45 / 20.30
Las Acacias (12A) p15
20.45
Take Shelter (15) p8
18.00
The Deep Blue Sea (12A) p9
14.00
The Awakening (15) p18
12.45
Head-On (18) p10
18.10
Wednesday 7 December We Have a Pope (CTBC) p15 Las Acacias (12A) p15
13.30 / 18.10 14.15 / 18.30
Take Shelter (15) p8
15.40
The Deep Blue Sea (12A) p9
16.15 / 20.30
The Awakening (15) p18
20.20
Horror/Cult Cinema Discussion Group p35
Thursday 8 December We Have a Pope (CTBC) p15
18.30
13.15 / 18.10
Las Acacias (12A) p15
16.30 / 20.45
Take Shelter (15) p8
15.30 / 20.20
The Deep Blue Sea (12A) p9
14.15
Mala Noche (15) p10
18.30
Special features
5
ÂŁ4.00 tickets
It's a Wonderful Life (U) p13
Romantics... (12A) p15 15.00
12.40
Free events
/ 17.30
/ 17.00 / 19.00 / 21.00
We Have a Pope (CTBC) p15
15.20
Labyrinth (U) p25
/ 20.30 23.00
Saturday 10 December It's a Wonderful Life (U) p13 Romantics... (12A) p15
17.30
13.00 / 17.00 / 19.00 / 21.00
We Have a Pope (CTBC) p15
We Have a Pope (CTBC) p15 Las Acacias (12A) p15
Friday 9 December
13.10 / 15.15 / 20.30
Scotland Celebrates Christmas (N/C 5+) p13 15.00 Take 2: The Nightmare Before... (PG) p33 11.30
Sunday 11 December It's a Wonderful Life (U) p913
12.30 / 18.00
Romantics Anonymous (12A) p15
15.15 / 17.15
We Have a Pope (CTBC) p15
12.15
The Nightmare Before Christmas... (PG) p13 20.40 Serious Drugs (N/C 15+) p27
14.30
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (12A) p28 19.30
Monday 12 December It's a Wonderful Life (U) p13 Romantics... (12A) p15
15.15 / 20.20
15.00 / 17.00 / 19.00 / 21.00
We Have a Pope (CTBC) p15
13.00
The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D (PG) p13 18.30
Tuesday 13 December It's a Wonderful Life (U) p13
12.30 / 17.30
Romantics Anonymous (12A) p15
15.00 / 21.00
We Have a Pope (CTBC) p15
15.15 / 20.20
Scotland Celebrates Christmas (N/C 5+) p13 12.45 Black Narcissus (PG) p11
18.15
Wednesday 14 December It's a Wonderful Life (U) p13
15.15 / 20.20
Romantics Anonymous (12A) p15 14.15 / 16.15 / 18.15 We Have a Pope (CTBC) p15
13.00 / 18.10
Thief (18) p27
20.15
Film Discussion Group p35
Thursday 15 December It's a Wonderful Life (U) p13
18.30 12.40
/ 17.30
Romantics Anonymous (12A) p15 14.00 / 16.00 / 21.00 We Have a Pope (CTBC) p15 Mulholland Drive (15) p11
Special ticket price
Captioned films
15.15 / 20.20 18.00
3D films
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Friday 16 December It's a Wonderful Life (U) p13 Romantics... (12A) p15
14.30
/ 17.30 / 20.20
15.00 / 17.00 / 19.00 / 21.00
Home Alone (PG) p25
23.00
Saturday 17 December It's a Wonderful Life (U) p13
14.30 / 17.30 / 20.20
Romantics Anonymous (12A) p15 13.00 / 19.00 / 21.00 Les Enfants du Paradis (PG) p17
15.00
Take 2: Home Alone (PG) p33
11.30
Sunday 18 December It's a Wonderful Life (U) p13
12.30 / 17.30 / 20.20
Romantics Anonymous (12A) p15
12.45 / 15.30
Les Enfants du Paradis (PG) p17
18.00
The Bolshoi Ballet: The Nutcracker p30
Monday 19 December It's a Wonderful Life (U) p13
15.00
14.30 / 17.30 / 20.20
Romantics Anonymous (12A) p15
13.45 / 21.00
Meet Me in St Louis (U) p13
15.45
Comfort and Joy (PG) p36
18.45
Tuesday 20 December It's a Wonderful Life (U) p13
14.30 / 17.30
/ 20.20
Romantics Anonymous (12A) p15 15.10 / 17.00 / 21.00 Meet Me in St Louis (U) p13
12.45
Gun Crazy (PG) p11
19.00
Wednesday 21 December It's a Wonderful Life (U) p13
14.30 / 17.30 / 20.20
Romantics Anonymous (12A) p15
16.30 / 21.00
Meet Me in St Louis (U) p13
14.00 / 18.30
Thursday 22 December It's a Wonderful Life (U) p13
14.30 / 17.30 / 20.20
Romantics Anonymous (12A) p15 15.00 / 17.00 / 21.00 A Blonde in Love (N/C 12+) p11
Friday 23 December
19.00
It's a Wonderful Life (U) p13
14.30
/ 17.30 / 20.20
The Well... (PG) p16 13.45
/ 16.00
/ 18.15 / 20.30
Saturday 24 December
It's a Wonderful Life (U) p13 13.30 / 16.00 / 16.30 / 19.00 / 19.30 The Well Digger’s Daughter (PG) p16 Take 2: Elf (PG) p33
Sunday 25 December
CLOSED – MERRY CHRISTMAS
13.00 11.30
Monday 26 December CLOSED – MERRY CHRISTMAS
Tuesday 27 December
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (CTBC) p16 15.15 / 18.30 The Well Digger’s Daughter (PG) p16 12.45 / 15.00 / 17.15 / 19.30
Wednesday 28 December The Girl with the... (CTBC) p16
13.00 / 16.15 / 19.30
The Well Digger’s Daughter (PG) p16
15.45 / 20.30
Snowtown (18) p16
13.15 / 18.00
Thursday 29 December The Girl with the... (CTBC) p16
13.00 / 16.15 / 19.30
The Well Digger’s Daughter (PG) p16
13.15 / 18.00
Snowtown (18) p16
15.30 / 20.15
Friday 30 December The Girl with the... (CTBC) p16
13.00 / 16.15 / 19.30
The Well Digger’s Daughter (PG) p16
13.30 / 18.15
Snowtown (18) p16
15.45
My Week with Marilyn (CTBC) p18
20.30
Saturday 31 December
The Girl with the Dragon... (CTBC) p16
13.45 / 17.00
The Well Digger’s Daughter (PG) p16
13.30
Snowtown (18) p16
18.00
My Week with Marilyn (CTBC) p18 Take 2: Bugsy Malone (U) p33
15.45 11.30
Sunday 1 January
CLOSED – HAPPY NEW YEAR
Monday 2 January
CLOSED – HAPPY NEW YEAR
Tuesday 3 January
The Girl with the... (CTBC) p16
13.00 / 16.15 / 19.30
The Well Digger’s Daughter (PG) p16 My Week with Marilyn (CTBC) p18
15.00 / 20.30 12.45
/ 18.15
Wednesday 4 January The Girl with the... (CTBC) p16
13.00 / 16.15 / 19.30
The Well Digger’s Daughter (PG) p16
13.45 / 18.15
My Week with Marilyn (CTBC) p18
16.00 / 20.30
Thursday 5 January The Girl with the... (CTBC) p16
13.00 / 16.15 / 19.30
The Well Digger’s Daughter (PG) p16
16.00 / 20.30
My Week with Marilyn (CTBC) p18
13.45 / 18.15
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Jack Goes Boating
The Future
Friday 4 – Thursday 10 November
Friday 4 – Thursday 10 November
In this directorial debut from actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, he plays Jack, a New York limo driver who makes a big show of his love for reggae music. Clyde is his co-worker and only friend but Clyde and his wife Lucy have a marriage plagued by a deep wound of infidelity. Since Jack seems painfully awkward around women, Lucy sets him up with Connie. Their first date is sweet, timid and good enough to get Jack’s hopes up. He invites Connie over to his modest apartment for a second date. The film finds its heart in a scene where Jack prepares for and then carries out his grand plan for the most perfect date possible. Of course, it’s anything but. Drawing on a play by Bob Glaudini, Hoffman’s debut is modest and insightful and imbued with warmth and deep feeling for its characters.
The Future will likely be the only film you’ll see this year with a narration from an injured stray cat, a clear indication that we are entering the delightfully idiosyncratic world view of Miranda July. July herself plays Sophie, a children’s dance teacher with modest aspirations toward self-expression, living with Jason, her boyfriend of five years. They’re a flaky, geeky and low-achieving pair, and theirs is a modern romance: they share a sofa but talk via their laptops, and have so far avoided any responsibilities or commitments. As they approach their forties, nagging anxiety and insecurity about the future prompts some decidedly odd behaviour. With a plot that consistently confounds expectations, this bittersweet tale shows July’s ability to create a distinctive, off-kilter milieu, and to deliver consistently surprising and amusing dialogue. London Film Festival
Director Philip Seymour Hoffman Cast Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan, John Ortiz USA 2010, 1h31m, 15
The screening on Wednesday 9 November (18.15) will be introduced by Dr Christopher Gow. Director Miranda July Cast Miranda July, Hamish Linklater USA/Germany 2011, 1h30m, 12A: Contains infrequent strong language and moderate sex
Miss Bala Friday 28 October – Thursday 10 November Winning rave reviews at Cannes earlier this year, Miss Bala explores the many extremes of modern Mexican society when the world of pageants and the ongoing drug war collide. With the dream of being crowned Miss Baja California, teenager Laura skips school to attend a local beauty contest. But her day takes a horrifying turn when she becomes the only living witness to a massacre committed by a gang of narcos. Laura soon realises the extent of the gang’s reach when she speaks about the incident to a policeman, who delivers her straight to the gang leader, Lino. What follows is a tense and brutal tale of impossible dreams versus the grim reality of everyday Mexico, skilfully handled by the director of festival hit I’m Gonna Explode. Mexico’s submission for Foreign Language Film category for the 84th Academy Awards. Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.glasgowfilm.org Director Gerardo Naranjo / Cast Stephanie Sigman, Noe Hernandez / Mexico 2011, 1h48, subtitles, 15
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Weekend
Oslo, August 31st
Friday 4 – Thursday 10 November
Friday 18 – Thursday 24 November
On a Friday night after hanging out with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a club, alone and on the pull. Just before closing time he picks up Glen. And so begins a weekend – in bars and bedrooms, getting drunk and taking drugs, telling stories and having sex – that will resonate throughout their lives. From the director of the underground doc hit Greek Pete, Andrew Haigh’s tender unpeeling of the emotional and psychological layers of two young men coming into their own was the talk of the SXSW Film Festival.
Recovering drug addict Anders has almost completed his rehabilitation programme. As part of his treatment he’s given a day’s leave from the countryside rehab centre to attend a job interview in his native Oslo. Smart, handsome and witty, Anders has great promise but also an almost inevitable melancholy and world-weariness about him. Poignantly setting the tone for the piece, Anders begins his day with an aborted suicide attempt, and it is no surprise that he later deliberately flunks the job interview. Anders, it seems, is more interested in using his day to revisit, reassess and try to reconnect with the city and people he loves. His journey through the sights and sounds of Oslo is at once tense and compelling, but is handled with a great warmth and deceptive lightness of touch by director Joachim Trier. London Film Festival
Director Andrew Haigh Cast Tom Cullen, Chris New UK 2011, 1h36m, 18
Director Joachim Trier Cast Anders Borchgrevink, Andreas Braaten Norway 2011, 1h35m, subtitles, CTBC
Take Shelter Friday 25 November – Thursday 8 December Curtis is a working stiff in a small Ohio town, a crew chief for a sand-mining company. Money is tight, though Curtis finds solace in his supportive family, and devotion to his loving wife Samantha and their young daughter Hannah, who is deaf. There seems little remarkable about the man, yet he is in the shadow of a dark cloud and becomes increasingly plagued by apocalyptic apparitions. Haunted by his fears, his behaviour becomes erratic, and Curtis risks alienating the local community and stretching relationships with those closest to him beyond breaking point. Following Shotgun Stories from 2007, Jeff Nichols returns with an extraordinary tale of ordinary madness that took two awards at Cannes this year, a deeply resonant vision that audaciously probes the psyche of modern America. London Film Festival Director Jeff Nichols / Cast Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain / USA 2011, 2h, 15
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Wuthering Heights
Tabloid
Friday 11 – Thursday 24 November
Friday 11 – Thursday 17 November
Building on the success of Red Road (see page 36) and Fish Tank, Andrea Arnold cements her reputation as one of Britain’s leading filmmakers with this bold and sensual adaptation of the famous windblown romance. Arnold was keen to honour the spirit of Brontë’s ‘strange, dark’ book, and show how the characters are ‘defined by nature and by this very wild, rugged landscape where they live’. Accordingly, the usual period fills and sweeping score are out; in are a salty script, fresh young unknowns in the lead roles, and a visual style that captures as never before the bleak beauty of Yorkshire’s wild and windy moors. One of the most talked-about films at Venice this year, this is a must-see on the big screen.
He’s tackled miscarriages of justice, pet cemeteries and more. Now Errol Morris brings us the stranger-than-fiction adventures of Joyce McKinney, a former beauty queen whose single-minded devotion to the man of her dreams led her across the globe and directly onto the front pages of the British tabloids. Back in 1977 Miss Wyoming set the British media on fire when she allegedly abducted a Mormon missionary, shackled him to a bed in a Devon cottage and forced him to have sex against his will. Morris has a chatty, charismatic interviewee in McKinney, and the film is visually jazzier, and funnier, than his earlier work (we guarantee, you won’t find another film this year that will raise your eyebrows so frequently). But though light-hearted, Tabloid is not light-weight: underneath its lurid surface, Morris’ true subject, as ever, is the slipperiness of the truth.
Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.glasgowfilm.org Director Andrea Arnold Cast Kaya Scodelario, James Howson UK 2011, 2h8m, 15
The screening on Sunday 13 November (13.00) is a GFT Screen Salon event, see p31 for full details. Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.glasgowfilm.org Director Errol Morris USA 2010, 1h27m, CTBC
The Deep Blue Sea Friday 25 November – Thursday 8 December After an eleven year hiatus from fiction filmmaking, one of Britain’s most iconic directors returns with this adaptation of Terence Rattigan’s most famous play, a film that is also a return to the period and themes of the director’s most celebrated work – Distant Voices, Still Lives. Hester (Rachel Weisz) leads a privileged life in 1950s London as the beautiful wife of a prominent judge, though theirs is a companionable rather than a passionate marriage. To the shock of those around her, she walks out on her husband to move in with her lover, an ex-RAF pilot. But as time passes, Hester comes to realise that the dashing but damaged Freddie is unable to return her all-consuming passion, just as she is unable to return her husband’s love… Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.glasgowfilm.org Director Terence Davies / Cast Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale USA/UK 2011, 1h38m, 12A: Contains one use of strong language and suicide theme
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MAD LOVE With wind-blown Victorian romance Wuthering Heights, Errol Morris’ mind-boggling study of erotomaniacal obsession, Tabloid, and Terrence Davies’ big screen adaptation of The Deep Blue Sea (see opposite) in cinemas this month, it’s fair to say that love – of the twisted, obsessive variety – is in the air at GFT. Accordingly, we’re throwing caution to the wind and celebrating cinema’s greatest heedless, self-destructive affairs. These are films where lurve ignites a spark of insanity – from the wild, substance-fuelled passions of Head-On, to the runaway lovers of Gun Crazy, and Kathleen Byron’s Sister Ruth, who is mad for David Farrar’s bare-legged, ruggedly handsome Dean in Black Narcissus (no matter his mode of transport, throughout the film, is by donkey!) Murderous, passionate, warped – these are affairs to remember. Ticket deal: see 4 films for £24/£18
Head-On Tuesday 6 December (18.10) With this throbbing tale of amour fou, German-Turkish director Fatih Akin announced himself as the filmmaker of choice for those liquored-up souls with a kamikaze attitude to existence. The lovers here are a soused, forty-something roustabout and a prim younger woman looking to rebel against her strict religious parents; he’s a little bit rock’n’roll, she’s a little bit mental – a combustible combination. This is max-strength filmmaking and the perfect date movie for anyone who’s ever pondered the Buzzcocks’ immortal question: ever fallen in love with someone you shouldn’t have? When we fall in love, why do our faculties of reason – and decency, self-respect and even right and wrong – not come along? To open our season on crazy love, we’ll get the lowdown on lovesickness from Prof Patrick O’Donnell from the School of Psychology at Glasgow University. Director Fatih Akin / Cast Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli Germany/Turkey 2004, 2h1m, subtitles, 18
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Mala Noche Thursday 8 December (18.30) Gus Van Sant’s micro-budget debut feature tells the story of a down-on-his-luck shop assistant with a wayward crush on a handsome Mexican immigrant. Shot in rawly beautiful black-andwhite in the dead-end bars and seedy apartments of the director’s hometown of Portland, Oregon, this is a beautiful early primer on Van Sant’s off-centre, sharp-edged romanticism and aching sympathy for lost and vulnerable characters. Director Gus Van Sant Cast Tim Streeter, Doug Cooeyate USA 1986, 1h17m, 15
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Black Narcissus
Mulholland Drive
Tuesday 13 December (18.15)
Thursday 15 December (18.00)
In all of cinema history is there another film, on the big screen especially, that delivers such a pure sugar-rush of pleasure as this simmering 1947 melodrama of repressed love? Deborah Kerr is the sister superior at a newly established convent in the Himalayas, manly David Farrar the English agent whose visit (in a memorable pair of safari shorts) triggers an outbreak of hysteria among the brides of Christ.
Back in 2001, the Sultan of Strange outdid himself with this triple-strength masterpiece of mad love, voted the second best arthouse film of all time by The Guardian. A glorious mind-frag of a movie, it’s pointless really to attempt a plot synopsis: this is a film to absorb, not understand. Rest assured, though, it serves up plenty of truly transcendental weirdness – and all the dwarves, camp retro pop songs and symbolic imagery you could want.
Directors Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Cast Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Kathleen Byron UK 1947, 1h41m, PG
Director David Lynch Cast Naomi Watts, Laura Harring France/USA 2001, 2h27m, 15
Gun Crazy
A Blonde in Love
Tuesday 20 December (19.00)
Thursday 22 December (19.00)
This electrifying love-on-the-run classic concerns a misfit couple drawn to each other by a mutual – and arguably Freudian – passion for guns. When Annie, temptation personified, threatens to abandon Bart to his humdrum ambitions, he reluctantly embarks on a life of robbing banks…
In a factory town with a 16:1 female-to-male imbalance, the odds are against Andula in her search for love. Vulnerably romantic, she gets picked up by a visiting jazz musician. To her the night they spend together is the start of something precious so when she doesn’t hear from him, she packs a case and follows up with a surprise visit to his folks in Prague… A tender, gently humorous film about the impossible odds of a youthful romance in Communist Czechoslovakia, from the director of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
**** A masterpiece of flash and trash, unwholesome obsession and criminal daring… worryingly addictive. The Guardian Director Joseph H Lewis Cast John Dall, Peggy Cummins USA 1950, 1h27m, PG
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Director Milos Forman / Cast Hana Brejchová, Vladimír Pucholt Czechoslovakia 1965, 1h20m, subtitles, N/C 12+
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One man’s quest to find a fallen legend...
Like many who grew up in the 1980s, John Tavish enjoyed the music of Roxy La Che. After two platinum albums, Roxy suddenly disappeared in 1994 and his whereabouts remain unknown to this day. Now fifteen years after his disappearance, John Tavish tries to solve the mystery of what happened to Roxy La Che. Directors Mark D Ferguson, Andy S McEwan Cast Duncan Airlie James, Paul Massie UK 2011, 1h11m, N/C 18+
In Search of La Che screens at GFT on Wednesday 9 November (20.30). Tickets are on sale at GFT Box Office and online at www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre.
CHRISTMAS AT GFT Treats galore at GFT! We love Christmas and we hope our selection of firm favourites will warm the cockles of your heart.
It’s a Wonderful Life
Meet Me in St Louis
Friday 9 – Saturday 24 December
Monday 19 – Wednesday 21 December
Unbelievably, war-weary James Stewart almost turned down the lead role in this, GFT’s Christmas-time favourite. Hard now to imagine anyone else as gangling, good-hearted George, the smalltown banker at the end of his tether whose suicide attempt is interrupted by ‘secondclass’ angel Clarence.
A family in St Louis at the turn of the 20th century have to decide whether or not to move to New York when Dad gets a promotion. This modest premise was developed by director Vincente Minnelli into one of the greatest musicals in Hollywood history, full of fantastic sets, fantastic costumes and fantastic tunes – who can forget Judy Garland swaying with a pack of colourful passengers as she belts out ‘The Trolley Song’ (‘Zing zing zing went my heartstrings…’)?
Director Frank Capra Cast James Stewart, Donna Reed USA 1946, 2h10m, U
Director Vincente Minnelli / Cast Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien USA 1944, 1h53m, U
Scotland Celebrates Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D
Sat 10 (15.00) & Tue 13 December (12.45)
Sun 11 (20.40) & Mon 12 December (18.30)
This selection of charming amateur films made between the 1930s and 1960s are from the Scottish Screen Archive and feature a number of children who just can’t wait for Christmas! As they knock down Christmas trees and unwrap their presents before Christmas day, it seems that these little tykes should really have been on Santa’s ‘naughty list’!
Based on a poem Tim Burton wrote in the 1980s, Disney studio executives feared that The Nightmare Before Christmas would be too dark for family audiences. They needn’t have worried as the film went to become a box office and critical success, lauded for its visually gorgeous stop-animation and memorable score. When Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, stumbles across Christmas Town he decides to supplant Santa for the upcoming festivities.
The screening on Saturday 10 December (15.00) will be introduced by Professor Karen Lury. UK 1930–60, 1h30m, N/C 5+
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£1.50 on top of ticket prices Director Henry Selick / Cast Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon USA 1993, 1h16m, PG
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Sunday 18 December, 3.00pm, City Halls, Glasgow Featuring music from The Lion King, Wallace and Gromit, The Pink Panther, Dances with Wolves and many more
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Las Acacias
We Have a Pope
Friday 2 – Thursday 8 December
Friday 2 – Thursday 15 December
Middle-aged truck driver Ruben seems suited to his lonely day-to-day life transporting lumber from Paraguay to Argentina. On one of his regular trips he agrees to pick up Jacinta, a young mother carrying her eight-month-old baby, in exchange for a little extra cash. He’s a man of few words, and his dour, unsmiling expression remains fixed on the road. And yet gradually, the strained atmosphere gives way to conversation, and somehow we become aware that Ruben has become profoundly attached to his two passengers, so much so that the prospect of his imminent separation from them is overwhelming… A film of immense charm, with a scene-stealing turn from baby Anahí, Las Acacias has been an audience favourite at festivals across the world, winning a total of three independent jury awards (plus the Camera d’Or) at Cannes this year.
A new Pope is being elected in Rome and, after a few false starts, the conclave of Catholic Cardinals makes its decision and white smoke issues, to symbolically announce the news. The problem is that the French Pope-elect (wonderfully personified by the legendary Michel Piccoli) then suffers an immediate crisis of confidence and the frustrated, sequestered Cardinals seek secret assistance from a sceptical psychotherapist (played by, you guessed it, Nanni Moretti!)... Moretti’s first film since his Berlusconi-bashing The Cayman is a wry, subtle and moving story of one man’s faltering faith and fear of ultimate authority, that also reflects powerfully on the institutional face of the Catholic religion. London Film Festival
The screening on Wednesday 7 December (18.30) is a GFT Screen Salon event, see p31 for full details. Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.glasgowfilm.org Director Pablo Giorgelli Cast Germán de Silva, Hebe Duarte Argentina/Spain 2011, 1h26m, subtitles, 12A: Contains one use of strong language
Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.glasgowfilm.org Director Nanni Moretti Cast Michel Piccoli, Jerzy Stuhr, Nanni Moretti Italy/France 2011, 1h42m, subtitles, CTBC
Romantics Anonymous Friday 9 – Thursday 22 December Angélique suffers from a lifelong case of uncontrollable shyness, preventing her from sharing her gift as an extraordinary chocolatière; Jean-René, equally bashful, runs a failing chocolate company in desperate need of a new direction. When Jean-René hires Angélique as a new sales associate, and with the chocolate business hanging in the balance, both shy retiring flowers must face their deepest fears and fess up to the sweet affection they feel for each other. A modern-day fairy-tale with a deliciously witty script and warm, nuanced performances from two of French cinema’s biggest rising stars Isabelle Carré and Benoît Poelvoorde. Director Jean-Pierre Améris / Cast Isabelle Carré, Benoît Poelvoorde France/Belgium 2010, 1h18m, subtitles, 12A: Contains one scene of moderate sex
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The Well Digger’s Daughter Friday 23 December – Thursday 5 January Daniel Auteuil’s directorial debut arrives just in time to bring some South-of-France warmth to our bleak mid-winter. Twenty-five years after his breakthrough role in Jean de Florette, the film reunites Auteuil with the universe of Provençal novelist Marcel Pagnol and finds him again in the lead, this time as the titular well digger, father to six young girls who he is raising alone after the death of his wife. When his beautiful eldest daughter, Patricia, returns home from Paris to help out, she catches the eye of dashing young pilot Jacques. But Auteuil has already considered giving Patricia away in marriage to his decidedly older employee, Felipe. The outbreak of war sends both suitors to the front, though not before Jacques makes his move on Patricia and she reveals to Felipe why they can’t be married: she’s pregnant. Director Daniel Auteuil Cast Daniel Auteuil, Kad Merad, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey France 2011, 1h49m, subtitles, PG
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Tuesday 27 December – Thursday 12 January All eyes will be on David Fincher: can he deliver the film Larsson’s engagingly offbeat creation deserves? The dismay that usually greets reports of a Hollywood remake of a European film has been notably absent from the debate over Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – the feeling being that the director of Seven, Fight Club, Zodiac and The Social Network is better placed than any other to deliver the right combination of brooding menace and ballsy attitude. Fincher shot in Stockholm, using many of the same locations as the original film, though teasers and trailers hint at a more bracing adaptation, heavier on the menace and intrigue (oh and the stylists have done a fantastic job on Rooney Mara). It’s a Wonderful Life not your thing? Then in this ‘feel-bad movie of Christmas’ you might just have found your alternative. Director David Fincher Cast Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer USA/Sweden/UK/Germany 2011, running time TBC, CTBC
Snowtown Wednesday 28 – Saturday 31 December Sixteen-year-old James is a kid from Adelaide’s northern suburbs in desperate need of a father figure. What he gets instead is John Bunting, his mum’s alpha male boyfriend, a charismatic charmer and a controlling, inscrutable monster. One of Australia’s most horrific crimes was discovered in May 1999, when police found rotting and dismembered bodies in barrels in the country town of Snowtown, north of Adelaide. Targeting alleged paedophiles, gays and other ‘scum’ about whom ‘noone gives a shit’, Bunting and his followers committed eleven gruesome murders – to which, in a mix of misdirected hero worship and terror, James became an accomplice. No cheap slasher movie, this is a brilliant and sincere examination of violence and a stark journey into the feral subculture in which it thrives. Director Justin Kurzel / Cast Lucas Pittaway, Louise Harris / Australia 2011, running time TBC, 18
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CLASSICS AT GFT Some Like it Hot Sunday 27 (14.00) & Tuesday 29 November (12.45) The most popular of all classic screen comedies, and arguably the greatest, has Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis as two downon-their-luck jazz musicians who witness a gangland massacre. In order to escape the Mob, the pair disguise themselves as women and join an all-girl orchestra. Both are taken with the voluptuous ukulele-playing Sugar Cane (Marilyn Munroe); Curtis’ attempts to win her, and Lemmon’s attempts to lose the attentions of the lecherous playboy Osgood Fielding III, create some hilariously awkward situations. This is a sensationally funny film, fizzing from start to finish with great set-ups, gags and comic timing.
New digital print
Les Enfants du Paradis Saturday 17 (15.00) & Sunday 18 December (18.00) Widely acknowledged as the crowning glory of classical French cinema, Carné’s sumptuous, quietly subversive melodrama defied the Occupation stringencies under which it was made. In the Parisian theatre world of the early 19th century, the fates of four men – a brilliant mime artist, a great romantic actor, an aristocrat and a ruthless master criminal – are intertwined. All four love and are loved (at least for a time) by the beautiful, devilmay-care Garance – a personification of the indomitable spirit of Free France, who resists all attempts to possess her. A breathtaking achievement on every front: acting, direction, sets and cinematography are all enhanced in this glittering new digital restoration.
Happy 16th Birthday to Alice Freeman.
An epic cinematic romance that will probably never be equalled for both substance and style. Derek Malcolm, The Guardian
Director Billy Wilder Cast Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Marilyn Munroe USA 1959, 2h1m, U
Director Marcel Carné Cast Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur France 1945, 3h10m, subtitles, PG
The Light Bulb Conspiracy Wednesday 30 November (18.15) ‘The article that refuses to wear out is a tragedy of business’, so said the early purveyors of Planned Obsolescence. From the deliberate shortening of the light bulb lifespan in the 1920s to contemporary stories of prematurely defunct ipods, this probing film looks at the history of Western throwaway culture and its effects on the African lands where waste continues to amass. This screening will be introduced by a member of Friends of the Earth Scotland. Friends of the Earth campaigns to reduce the environmental impact of the stuff we buy. Find out about how you can get involved at foe.co.uk/greenproducts. Director Cosima Dannoritzer / Norway 2010, 1h15m, N/C 12+
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DID YOU MISS? Restless
Contagion
Monday 7 – Wednesday 9 November
Monday 14 – Wednesday 16 November
This latest from Gus Van Sant is a delicate love story about two outsiders drawn to each other by a fascination with death. After a car crash claimed the lives of his parents, Enoch has dropped out of the business of living. He crashes other people’s funerals and plays games with an imaginary friend, a Japanese kamikaze pilot from the Second World War. One day he meets another funeral crasher, the wayward but beautiful Annabel, and as their tentative relationship progresses, she draws him out of his shell.
A lethal airborne virus decimates an A-list cast in this terrifyingly realistic thriller from Steven Soderbergh. Two days after Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) returns from a business trip in Hong Kong, she’s dead – and the medics can’t tell her husband Thomas (Matt Damon) how or why. But before long, the virus that killed Beth is out of control. As panic spreads, scientists battle to control the global pandemic....
Director Gus Van Sant / Cast Henry Hopper, Mia Wasikowska USA 2011, 1h31m, CTBC
Director Steven Soderbergh Cast Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law USA 2011, 1h46m, 12A: Contains moderate physical and psychological threat and brief medical gore
The Awakening
My Week with Marilyn
Monday 5 – Wednesday 7 December
Friday 30 December – Thursday 5 January
It’s 1921 and England is overwhelmed by loss and grief following the First World War. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart (Rebecca Hall) visits a boarding school to investigate sightings of a child ghost. Soon everything she holds true unravels as the ‘missing’ begin to show themselves. This is a startling and genuinely creepy thriller with a few twists in its tale.
Michelle Williams delivers an Oscar-worthy performance as Marilyn Monroe in this thoughtful adaptation of Colin Clark’s memoirs about his time spent on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl. Set in England in 1956, the film is based upon Clark’s experiences with the cast and crew, but namely the one glorious week he spent alone with Monroe. The fabulous cast also includes Kenneth Branagh as Laurence Olivier and Judi Dench as Dame Sybil Thorndike.
Director Nick Murphy Cast Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton UK 2011, 1h46m, 15
Director Simon Curtis / Cast Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh UK 2011, 1h41m, CTBC
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FRENCH Film Festival UK Bienvenue and welcome to the 19th edition of the French Film Festival UK which screens the crème de la crème of contemporary and classic Francophone cinema from 11 November until 3 December at GFT, one of the founding partners of FFFUK. Glasgow’s twinning with Marseille is celebrated with a screening of Pagnol’s The Well Digger’s Daughter, directed by and starring Daniel Auteil, and Christophe Honoré is a guest of honour with his latest film Beloved, which stars Catherine Deneuve and her daughter Chiara Mastroianni. There are many more guests and events on the menu including a special focus on Brittany. Ticket deal: see 5 films for £25 or 10 films for £45, no further discounts apply FFFUK gratefully acknowledges support from many funders and sponsors, including: Total, Novotel, Renault, Wallonie, Glasgow’s Alliance française and Institut français (London and Scotland).
Romantics Anonymous Les émotifs anonymes Friday 11 November (18.00) A modest but absolutely delicious confection, packed with bittersweet humour and genuine charm. This is the sprightly tale of two exceptionally shy individuals with a shared professional interest in chocolate – Angelique (the sublime Isabelle Carré) and chocolate company owner Jean-René (Benôit Poelvoorde). This screening will be introduced by director Jean-Pierre Améris and followed by a Q&A. Director Jean-Pierre Améris Cast Benôit Poelvoorde, Isabelle Carré, Lorella Cravotta France/Belgium 2010, 1h18m, subtitles, 12A: Contains one scene of moderate sex
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Short Cuts Saturday 12 November (15.30) This exciting programme of six shorts from Brittany has something for everyone. Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival Grand Prix-winner Tremblay-en-France stars Jamie Sives as a stubborn Scotsman with a limited knowledge of French who sets off on a mission in Paris. While Enez Eusa is a poignant drama about a six-year-old girl who tries to console her family after the death of her little brother. We hope that actor Jamie Sives will introduce this screening. Directors Various France 2010–11, 1h50m, subtitles, N/C 15+
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Service Entrance Les femmes du 6ème étage Saturday 12 November (20.30)
Stock-broker Jean-Louis Joubert (Fabrice Luchini) lives a peaceful yet boring bourgeois existence with his socialite wife (Sandrine Kiberlain) in 1960s Paris. But when a flock of exuberant Spanish maids moves into the sixth floor, Jean-Louis’s world is turned upside down. A big-hearted delight. Director Philippe Le Guay / Cast Fabrice Luchini / France/Spain 2010, 1h44m, subtitles, N/C 12+
2 Frogs in the West 2 Frogs dans l’Ouest Sunday 13 November (15.15)
Marie, a strong willed but naive French Canadian girl, decides to ditch college and hitchhike to the west coast to hang out, ski, and ‘make it’ in Whistler. The journey is a bit bumpy but all seems well until her stuff is stolen at her hostel. A friendly orderly, Jean-François, another Francophone expat from the east, lets her stay with him. As Marie quickly realises, life in Whistler is all feast or famine. Director Dany Papineau / Cast Mirianne Brulé, Dany Papineau / Canada 2010, 1h45m, subtitles, N/C 15+
The Well Digger’s Daughter La fille du puisatier Sunday 13 November (19.30)
Twenty-five years after he made his name acting in Jean de Florette and Manon des sources, Daniel Auteuil returns to Pagnol’s world for his first feature as a director. An unmarried girl, Patricia, the daughter of the well digger, becomes pregnant at eighteen. But the father-to-be and his parents don’t want to associate themselves with the pregnant daughter of a humble well digger... This screening will be introduced by Daniel Armogathe, the president of the Marseille Cinematheque, who will talk about adapting Marcel Pagnol’s work for the cinema. Director Daniel Auteuil / Cast Daniel Auteuil, Kad Merad / France 2011, 1h49m, subtitles, PG
Pater
Monday 14 November (18.30) Witty, urbane and quintessentially French, Pater is an off-beat film which is closer to documentary than fiction. Veteran Alain Cavalier and his friend, actor Vincent Lindon, film themselves as they pretend to be businessmen-politicians campaigning for office. With tongue-in-cheek politics and articulate and funny protagonists, this is a real treat. Director Alain Cavalier / Cast Vincent Lindon, Alain Cavalier / France 2011, 1h45m, subtitles, N/C 15+
Think Global, Act Rural Tuesday 15 November (18.30)
In this radical and exhilarating documentary director Coline Serreau explores the problem of industrialised agriculture, quizzing farmers and philosophers alike, across the globe. She paints a series of grim pictures: an abandoned French countryside; 150,000 farmers committing suicide in India; and jobless generations in Morocco. Director Coline Serreau / France 2010, 1h53m, subtitles, N/C 8+
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All the Suns (Tous les soleils) Wednesday 16 November (18.00)
Philippe ‘I’ve Loved You So Long’ Claudel tries his hand at a comedy centred on Italian widower Alessandro who lives in Strasbourg with his fifteen-year-old daughter. As his daughter discovers the first flutters of love, Alessandro too strikes up a romantic relationship and finds his world turned upside down. Director Philippe Claudel / Cast Stefano Accorsi / France 2011, 1h45m, subtitles, N/C 12+
Love Eternal (L’Éternel retour) Thursday 17 November (17.45)
Director Jean Delannoy’s updating of the Tristan and Isolde legend was filmed during the German Occupation. Jean Marais and Madeleine Sologne (actors at the height of their powers) are Patrice and Nathalie, modern lovers who are repeating the age-old tragic love story. This screening will be introduced by James Steel, chair of the French Film Festival UK. Director Jean Delannoy / Cast Madeleine Sologne / France 1943, 1h47m, subtitles, N/C 15+
Angele and Tony (Angèle et Tony) Thursday 17 November (20.30)
A touching portrayal of love against the odds. First-time director Alix Delaporte displays real skill in this depiction of unconventional love set against the backdrop of a small fishing village in Normandy. A sleeper hit at the French box office earlier this year. Director Alix Delaporte / Cast Clotilde Hesme / France 2010, 1h28m, subtitles, N/C 15+
No and Me (No et moi) Friday 18 November (18.00)
While preparing a school report on the homeless, thirteen-year-old Lou meets Nora, a feisty street urchin who spends her days in and around a Paris station. Nora reluctantly agrees to be interviewed by the serious-minded child, marking the start of their oddball relationship. Zabou Breitman approaches her subject with delicacy, extracting credible performances from her young cast. Director Zabou Breitman / Cast Julie-Marie Parmentier / France 2010, 1h45m, subtitles, N/C 15+
Special Flight (Vol spécial) Saturday 19 November (13.00)
With its reputation for economic stability and neutrality, it is not surprising that Switzerland remains a tempting haven for refugees from Africa and Eastern Europe. Fernand Melgar explores issues surrounding his country’s undocumented immigrants and what happens to them. This is a moving account of a human problem. Director Fernand Melgar / Switzerland 2011, 1h43m, subtitles, N/C 15+
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A Cat in Paris (Une vie de chat) Saturday 19 November (16.00)
How often have cat owners pondered the inscrutable night-time antics of their feline companions? A Cat in Paris parts the curtains on one such mystery, illuminating the nocturnal escapades of a black cat named Dino, who shares his life between two houses. A beautifully hand-painted piece of animation which will delight all ages. Directors Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli / Cast Dominique Blanc / France 2010, 1h10m, subtitles, N/C 5+
The Names of Love (Le Nom des gens) Saturday 19 November (17.50)
Sara Forestier plays a free spirit who is confident in her ability to convert any conservative man to her liberal views through sex. She goes from one conquest to the next until she meets the uptight, neurotic Arthur Martin, played by Jacques Gamblin. A bubbly comedy that appropriately turns more serious toward the end. Director Michel Leclerc / Cast Jacques Gamblin, Sara Forestier / France 2010, 1h40m, subtitles, N/C 15+
Beloved (Les bien-aimés) Sunday 20 November (19.00)
In a stroke of inspiration, director Christophe Honoré cast real-life mother and daughter Catherine Deneuve and Chiara Mastroianni in this globe-trotting musical extravaganza. Based on several love stories, it spans different cities over more than four decades, from Paris and Prague in the 1960s to contemporary London and Montreal. This screening will be introduced by director Christophe Honoré and followed by a Q&A. Director Christophe Honoré / Cast Catherine Deneuve / France 2011, 2h18, subtitles, N/C 15+
Route 132
Monday 21 November (17.45) Louis Bélanger’s tale of a father devastated by his five-year-old son’s death never hits a wrong note thanks to its well-rounded characters and standout performances. Route 132 feels like a French-Canadian Five Easy Pieces, blending comic road movie encounters with emotionally resonant prodigal son reunions. This screening will be introduced by Bill Marshall, Professor of Comparative Literary & Cultural Studies at the University of Stirling. Director Louis Bélanger / Cast François Papineau, Alexis Martin / Quebec 2010, 1h53m, subtitles, N/C 15+
The Look
Monday 21 November (20.30) Throughout her nearly half-century career, actress Charlotte Rampling has rarely shied away from exposing herself onscreen. In this engaging documentary she bares all yet again, but this time in a series of compelling discussions with artists, writers, photographers and filmmakers. Director Angelina Maccarone / France 2011, 1h30m, some subtitles, N/C 12+
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Oceans
Tuesday 22 November (12.45) After Winged Migration, Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud lead us, thanks to new and ingenious filming techniques, to the heart of the ocean on the path of discovery of unknown or neglected marine creatures. Stunning. Directors Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud / France 2009, 1h44m, subtitles, N/C 8+
Robert Mitchum is Dead (Robert Mitchum est mort) Tuesday 22 November (18.00)
Dealing with the nature of filmmaking, this quirky and charming road movie may well develop a cult following. The story hinges on a depressive Z-list actor called Franky (Pablo Nicomedes) and his manager Arsène (Olivier Gourmet) who, in a last-ditch bid for fame and fortune, set off in a stolen car… Preceded by short film Le plein d’aventure (22m). Directors Olivier Babinet, Fred Kihn / Belgium/France 2010, 1h31m, subtitles, N/C 15+
Unforgivable (Impardonnables) Tuesday 22 November (20.20)
A successful novelist comes to Venice for peace and quiet to write his next book – but tranquility is the last thing director André Téchiné has on his mind. André Dussollier is extraordinary as Francis, a famous, womanising, ageing novelist who gets writer’s block whenever he falls in love. This has the pitchperfect pace of a thriller, while packing an emotional punch. Director André Téchiné / Cast André Dussollier / France 2011, 1h51m, subtitles, N/C 15+
Hands Up (Les mains en l’air) Wednesday 23 November (17.45)
A group of Parisian youngsters band together to protect a Chechen classmate from being deported. Among the protagonists in this charmingly observed film is a free-spirited left-wing mother, played by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi. The mood is by turns tender, engaging and bracingly militant. Director Romain Goupil / Cast Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi / France 2010, 1h31m, subtitles, N/C 12+
The Fairy (La Fée)
Wednesday 23 November (20.00) The Fairy is an idiosyncratic flight of fancy, a hugely enjoyable blend of slapstick, circus, dance and trompe l’oeil illusionism. Among the highlights are an underwater ballet with plastic-bag jellyfish, and a hair-raising race to save a baby in peril. Utterly sophisticated yet somehow winningly innocent. This screening will be introduced by directors and stars Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon and followed by a Q&A. Directors D Abel, B Romy, F Gordon / Belgium/France 2011, 1h33m, subtitles, N/C 12+
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Top Floor, Left Wing (Dernier étage, gauche, gauche) Thursday 24 November (18.15)
When a planned hostage-taking turns into a botched job, sparks start to fly in this compelling comedy drama. Director Angelo Cianci’s first feature has an ingenious script that bends genres in its pursuit of laughs and tension in more or less the same measure. Director Angelo Cianci / Cast Hippolyte Girardot, Mohamed Fellag / France 2010, 1h40m, subtitles, N/C 15+
The Conquest (La conquête) Friday 25 November (18.30)
This chronicle of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s rise to power caused a media storm in France. An amusing political farce, it offers up for lampoon many of France’s most famous contemporary political figures. The talented Denis Podalydès provides a pitchperfect imitation of the man himself. Director Xavier Durringer / Cast Denis Podalydès, Florence Pernel / France 2011, 1h45m, subtitles, N/C 15+
Titeuf 3D
Sunday 27 November (16.45),
£1.50 on top of ticket prices
Titeuf is regarded as a national treasure in Europe, where his comic books have topped the charts for years. His childlike view of the adult world is both innocent and knowing (this animation is best suited to adults). Now Titeuf hits the big screen in 3D, with original comicbook artist Zep (pseudonym of Philippe Chappuis) as director. This screening will be introduced by director Zep and followed by a Q&A. Director Zep / Cast Donald Reignoux, Maria Pacôme / France/Switzerland 2010, 1h27m, subtitles, N/C 8+
Beirut Hotel
Monday 28 November (18.00) She’s a young Lebanese singer trying to break free from her ex-husband’s influence. He’s a French lawyer on business, who is tracked down and suspected of spying. Over ten days they experience an affair made up of fear and desire, intrigue and violence. Beirut Hotel is a romance on the edge, mirroring a country wavering between war and peace. This screening will be introduced by director Danielle Arbid and followed by a Q&A. Director Danielle Arbid / Cast Darine Hamze, Charles Berling / France/Lebanon 2011, 1h39m, subtitles, N/C 18+
The Giants (Les géants) Saturday 3 December (18.00)
A trio of young actors bring unforced charm, buoyancy and vulnerability to this coming of age story, written and directed by Belgian Bouli Lanners. Two brothers in their mid-teens, Zak and Seth, are left to their own devices by an absentee mother working abroad. Is it any wonder they run riot? This screening will be introduced by director Bouli Lanners and followed by a Q&A. Director Bouli Lanners / Cast Zacharie Chasseriaud / Belgium/France 2011, 1h24m, subtitles, N/C 15+
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LATE NIGHT CLASSICS All tickets cost £5 for students and £7 for everyone else, except for the special screening of Polyester which is £7 concession and £10 full price. Plus FREE entry to NICE N SLEAZY on presentation of your ticket after each film. 30th Anniversary Screening
Polyester
Friday 11 November (23.00) Midnight Movies and Little Joe magazine present a 30th anniversary late night screening of John Waters’ cult classic Polyester, with a special scratch ‘n’ sniff card for everyone in attendance. This bad taste comedy stars trash icon Divine as put-upon housewife Francine, whose world falls apart when her husband admits his infidelity, her daughter gets pregnant and her son is accused of being the neighbourhood sex pest. Tickets: £10 full price / £7 concessions Director John Waters / Cast Divine, Tab Hunter USA 1981, 1h26m, 15
25th Anniversary Screening
Labyrinth
Friday 9 December (23.00) A box office flop twenty-five years ago, gothic fantasy Labyrinth has slowly became a cult favourite with grown ups and children alike. In one of her earliest roles Jennifer Connelly plays the spoiled Sarah who must navigate her way through the Goblin King’s mythical labyrinth to rescue her baby brother. David Bowie’s outlandish performance and the comical Muppet monsters make this a hugely enjoyable ride. Director Jim Henson / Cast Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie USA/UK 1986, 1h37m, U
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Withnail and I Friday 25 November (23.00) Bruce Robinson’s snapshot of the grimy end of the 1960s became one of the most iconic films in British cinema. Richard E Grant and Paul McGann are perfect as two unemployed actors drinking themselves to a stupor in the Lake District, while Richard Griffiths is hilarious as lecherous Uncle Monty (reportedly based on Robinson’s own experiences with director Franco Zeffirelli). Endlessly quotable, Withnail and I has lost none of its charm. Dedicated to our friends at NICE N SLEAZY who are celebrating their 20th birthday! Director Bruce Robinson Cast Richard E Grant, Paul McGann UK 1987, 1h48m, 15
Home Alone Friday 16 December (23.00) Culkin shot to fame as young Kevin who is mistakenly left behind by his family when they go abroad for Christmas. Kevin relishes the quality time to himself until two burglars try to break into his home and he is forced to fend them off. With script duties by The Breakfast Club director John Hughes, Home Alone features some wonderful turns by Catherine O’Hara as Kevin’s stressed out mother and Goodfellas’ Joe Pesci as the inept criminal outwitted by an eight-year-old. Director Chris Columbus / Cast Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci USA 1990, 1h43m, PG
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GEEK FILM NIGHT: Mark Millar talks to Robert Florence
GEEK FILM NIGHT: Mark Millar talks to Sanjeev Kohli
They Live
Angel Heart
Sunday 6 November (19.30)
Sunday 4 December (19.00)
John Nada (Roddy Piper), a drifter looking for work, happens across a hidden stash of special sunglasses. Donning a pair, his vision is literally reduced to black-andwhite, revealing a terrible plot being perpetrated on the underclass. Skeletal aliens have invaded earth, taking on human guise, hogging the best jobs, and placing subliminal messages on hoardings and magazines which instruct the man on the street to ‘Obey’, ‘Submit’, ‘Marry and Reproduce’. It’s sunglasses for all as Nada and his pal Frank (Keith David) attempt to infiltrate the media and expose the conspiracy. John Carpenter’s homage to the 1950s sci-fi B-movie is fantastically subversive and features one of most impressive fight scenes in cinema history.
The time is the 1950s: seedy Brooklyn private eye Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) is hired by shady Louis Cyphre (Robert De Niro) to locate a singer who has reneged on a debt. Harry ventures into Harlem, the first step of a Heart of Darkness-inspired odyssey. Each time Harry makes contact with someone who might know the singer’s whereabouts, he or she is killed in a horrible, ritualistic fashion; a Satanic cult seems to be at the bottom of all the carnage... The ultimate descent into hell, Alan Parker’s sensuous and depraved cult thriller is an 80s classic.
This screening will be preceded by a Q&A with Robert Florence from Burnistoun who has chosen this month’s film. Chaired by Mark Millar.
This screening will be preceded by a Q&A with Sanjeev Kohli who has chosen this month’s film. Chaired by Mark Millar.
Director John Carpenter / Cast Roddy Piper / USA 1988, 1h33m, 18
Director Alan Parker / USA 1987, 1h58m, 18
Glasgow Music and Film Festival & Monorail Film Club
Lawrence of Belgravia & Take Three Girls: The Dolly Mixture Story Sunday 4 December (18.30) Birmingham-born ‘almost’ pop star, Lawrence, leader of the revered Felt, and subsequently Denim and Go-Kart Mozart, always seemed like someone who had invented himself. Extremely image conscious and touched by genius, he created precious, careful music that has become more influential through time. Paul Kelly’s intimate portrait finds Lawrence slightly frayed but optimistic that his desired world of limousines and supermodels is still within grasp. The screening will be preceded by Kelly’s earlier documentary on the fabulous, pioneering Dolly Mixture (40m). It tells the story of the 1970s/80s female pop group whose music can be seen as the missing link between 1960s girl group pop, Orange Juice and the 1990s riot grrrl scene. The screening will be introduced by director Paul Kelly. After the films, Stuart Murdoch of Belle & Sebastian will host a Q&A with Lawrence and Paul Kelly. All tickets £9 Director Paul Kelly / UK 2011, 1h30m, N/C 15+
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Psychotronic Cinema presents
Trash Classic Double Bill – Blood for Dracula & Ilsa: Tigress of Siberia Tuesday 8 November (19.10) Psychotronic Cinema continues with an amazing trash classic double bill of Blood for Dracula followed by Ilsa: Tigress of Siberia. Blood for Dracula is without doubt the kinkiest, goriest and weirdest screen version of Bram Stoker’s tale ever committed to celluloid, while Ilsa: Tigress of Siberia is a mind-bendingly skewed brew of violence, political incorrectness and outright filth. Don’t miss this very rare chance to see both movies in glorious 35mm! Tickets £10 full price / £8 concessions Blood for Dracula: Director Paul Morrissey Cast Udo Kier, Joe Dallesandro, Vittorio De Sica Italy/France 1974, 1h43m, 18 Isla: Tigress of Siberia: Director Jean LaFleur Cast Dyanne Thorne, Ray Landry, Gilbert Beaumont Canada 1977, 1h28m, 18
Psychotronic Cinema presents
Thief
Wednesday 14 December (20.15) Cited as the primary influence on Nicholas Wending Rehn’s recent classic Drive, Michael (Heat, Miami Vice) Mann’s first movie is also his best. James Caan plays an uber-cool, hard-as-nails jewel thief struggling to maintain his independence on the neon-drenched streets of Chicago. Style, substance and violently felt emotion collide in this masterpiece of action cinema. A stunning Tangerine Dream score completes the package. Get ready to be sucked right into the screen. Director Michael Mann / Cast James Caan USA 1981, 2h2m, 18
Glasgow Music and Film Festival & Glasgow Popfest present
Serious Drugs
Sunday 11 December (14.30) When first-time filmmaker Jim Burns was deeply depressed he found hope in the playful, tender and joyous music of melodic Scottish indie band BMX Bandits. Shot and produced over a period of four years, Burns’ debut documentary Serious Drugs frames an affectionate portrait of BMX Bandits founder Duglas Stewart and his musical mission to quietly save the world – and himself – one song at a time. Preceded by a Popfest edition of The Beat Room (45m) featuring The Pastels, Pink Kross, Suckle, The Starlets, Looper, The Vaselines and many more. This screening will be introduced and followed by a Q&A with director Jim Burns. Director Jim Burns / UK 2011, 1h30m, N/C 15+
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Lock Up Your Daughters presents
Boys Don’t Cry Sunday 20 November (19.30) Brandon Teena is the popular new guy in a tiny Nebraska town. He hangs out with the guys, drinking, cussing, and bumper surfing, and he charms the young women, who’ve never met a more sensitive and considerate young man. However, he’s forgotten to mention one important detail. Brandon Teena was actually born a woman named Teena Brandon and when his friends make this discovery, Brandon’s life is ripped apart. Based on actual events. This screening takes place on International Transgender Day of Remembrance and will be introduced by a representative from the Scottish Transgender Alliance. Director Kimberly Peirce Cast Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny USA 1999, 1h58m, 18
Lock Up Your Daughters presents
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Sunday 11 December (19.30) The divine feud between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford reached its artistic height in this flamboyant slice of grand guignol which earned Davis her eleventh and final Best Actress Oscar nomination. A former child star, Baby Jane now plays caretaker to younger sister Blanche who is confined to a wheelchair. Years of resentment and sibling rivalry lead to a vicious campaign of recrimination as Jane decides it’s payback time. This is a creepy, unsettling chiller with a fearless Davis performance that blends heartrending pathos with high camp grotesque. This screening will be introduced by a special LUYD guest. Director Robert Aldrich / Cast Bette Davis, Joan Crawford USA 1962, 2h12m, 12A: Contains psychological menace
Keith James presents
The Great Canadian Songbook Sunday 27 November (19.30) A special evening of live music as Keith James performs his personal interpretations of the music of Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Leonard Cohen. Also included in the set are some rare and never-before transcribed poems by Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen, sung to music. The event begins with a bio-documentary on the life and music of Joni Mitchell. All tickets £10 2h, N/C 12+
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Mother India
Café Cosmo Exhibition
Sunday 20 November (15.45) Mother India is a remake of Mehboob Khan’s earlier film Aurat (1940) and was the first Indian film to be nominated for an Oscar (Best Foreign Film) in 1958. In the canon of Indian cinema, it’s a true classic. About to inaugurate a new water pump for her village, Radha (Nargis) – now an old woman – remembers her past. She works hard alongside her husband (Kumar) to pay off debts owed to money-lender Sukhilala. However, when an accident robs her husband of both his arms, he abandons his family, leaving Radha to raise her children alone and fight off debts, starvation and the lecherous Sukhilala. Mother India is probably the best Indian film I have seen, the titanic struggle of a mother bringing up her children under constant pressure from a ruthless moneylender. It ends with her making the ultimate sacrifice. Monir Mohammed, Proprietor of Mother India restaurant and GFT Sponsor Director Mehboob Khan / Cast Sunil Dutt,15:52 Rajendra Kumar BYOB Advert2:Layout 1 Nargis, 14/10/11 Page 1 India 1957, 2h54m, subtitles, U
BRING YOUR OWN BOTTLE
AT MOTHER INDIA
Throughout November During November Café Cosmo will feature a collaborative exhibition by acclaimed photographer Martin Gray and Monir Mohammed of Mother India. The work explores Scotland’s ever evolving physical and cultural landscape. Mother India has long since become a Scottish institution and we are very proud of our continuing association with this great restaurant.
Although we are fully licenced we still offer a Bring Your Own Bottle policy, so feel free to bring along your favourite wine or beer. We’ll even keep them chilled if you wish. Minimum corkage £1.95
28 Westminster Terrace, Glasgow G3 7RU Tel: 0141 221 1663 www.motherindia.co.uk
ALTERNATIVE CONTENT Live broadcast
Live broadcast
Tuesday 8 November (19.00), 1h20m
Thursday 1 December (doors open 18.45, curtain up 19.00), 3h
Leonardo Live from the National Gallery The opening of ‘Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan’ at the National Gallery in London will be beamed live to cinemas across the UK on Tuesday 8 November. In a broadcasting first, Leonardo Live will give art lovers the opportunity to share in the excitement of viewing the exhibition before it opens to the general public. The transmission, presented by Tim Marlow and Mariella Frostrup, will feature detailed examinations of the paintings and interviews with special guests and experts.
NT Live: Collaborators Collaborators is a new play by John Hodge (screenwriter of Trainspotting, Shallow Grave and The Beach), directed by National Theatre Artistic Director Nicholas Hytner. The play centres on an imaginary encounter between Joseph Stalin and the playwright Mikhail Bulgakov. Alex Jennings will play Bulgakov and Simon Russell Beale will play Stalin. Tickets: £15 / £10 to CineCard holders
Tickets: £8, £7 Concessions, £6 CineCard holders
Live broadcast
Pre-recorded screening
Sunday 20 November (doors open 14.45, curtain up 15.00), 3h
Sunday 18 December (doors open 14.45, curtain up 15.00), 2h4m
Based on the well-known fairy tale and with a magical score by Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty is one of the world’s best-loved ballets. At the christening of princess Aurora, the evil fairy Carabosse throws a terrible curse upon her and predicts that she will prick her finger and die on her sixteenth birthday. Fortunately, the Lilac Fairy lessens the curse: Aurora will be plunged into a deep sleep for 100 years but will be awakened by a prince’s kiss.
A perennial Christmas favourite with enchanting music by Tchaikovsky. On Christmas Eve, Marie’s godfather offers her a nutcracker in the shape of a soldier. At midnight, after the celebrations are over, Marie watches a miracle: the Christmas tree begins to grow, the toys come to life and all the lead soldiers are under the Nutcracker’s command.
The Bolshoi Ballet: Sleeping Beauty
Tickets: £15 / £10 to CineCard holders
The Bolshoi Ballet: The Nutcracker
Tickets: £15 / £10 to CineCard holders
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Learning at GFT
We offer regular courses and events at GFT for people who want to discover more about film. If you’d like to be kept up to date, register online at www.glasgowfilm.org to receive the GFT enewsletter. For more information about courses visit www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/courses.
GFT Screen Salons
Pure American Crazy: Tabloid & Errol Morris – Sunday 13 November (13.00) (see p9) Las Acacias & New Latin American Cinema – Wednesday 7 December (18.30) (see p15) Named by The Guardian as ‘the world’s best investigative filmmaker’, Errol Morris has always been a curious case: part epistemologist – a clear-eyed, if somewhat bemused, analytical philosopher, concerned with the nature of truth – part ethnologist of vernacular American craziness. There’s been The Thin Blue Line, The Fog of War, but also Vernon, Florida, Gates of Heaven and Fast, Cheap and Out of Control. At our November Screen Salon, we’ll look back over his career and consider his latest film, the mind-boggling (and hugely entertaining) Tabloid. Then on Wednesday 7 December, we’ll use the new Argentine film Las Acacias as a springboard for discussion of New Latin American Cinema. While perhaps not as ‘new’ as it once was, it’s still – on the evidence of this and other films this year – going strong. GFT Screen Salons are a new informal learning initiative, designed to give you the chance to engage with films that have shaped cinema and our relation to it. At each Salon, a 15-minute illustrated introduction sets the scene; our speaker then stays on to lead a discussion after the screening. GFT Screen Salons are included in the standard film ticket price.
Muvizu presents
Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2012 Teachers’ Launch Tuesday 6 December (17.00–18.00), GFT, Cinema 2
Glasgow Youth Film Festival (GYFF) for schools returns next February with an inspiring curriculum-responsive line-up of film screenings for Nursery, Primary and Secondary pupils. GYFF is developed in accordance with the outcomes and experiences for the Curriculum for Excellence, and offers free learning resources written by local teachers. Come along to our Teachers’ Launch on Tuesday 6 December to hear about the Festival programme and how your school can get involved. Programme highlights include outdoor filmmaking, Second World War archive events, interactive GLOW workshops, special 3D screenings and much more. If you’re interested in attending our Teachers’ Launch, please RSVP to youth@glasgowfilm.org by Monday 28 November. Please note that all GYFF events are free to Glasgow Local Authority schools and cost £3 per pupil for all other schools, accompanying teachers go free. The Festival will again provide free (and subsidised) transport for attending schools. Buses are available on a first-come, first-served basis (see www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/ schools for full terms and conditions). Our bus allocation in 2011 was over-subscribed, so make sure you don’t miss out!
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Youth and Schools
For regular updates on forthcoming schools events, moving image education news and special offers, sign up to our Schools Enewsletter at www.glasgowfilm.org. Please note that these screenings are for schools only – members of the public will not be admitted. For more details and to book places, please visit www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/schools. Glasgow Film Learning’s programme for children and young people is supported by The Robertson Trust and Glasgow City Council.
Discovery Film Festival: Shorts for Wee Ones
Tuesday 8 & Wednesday 9 November (10.15–11.15) This collection of colourful stories is a great treat for children age 3+ and a fantastic introduction to the GFT experience. Free to Glasgow Local Authority schools, £3 per pupil for all other schools – accompanying teachers go free. Recommended for Nursery [Expressive Arts/Literacy] / N/C 3+
Remembrance Day with Poppyscotland
All Quiet on the Western Front
Friday 11 November (10.15–12.30)
Eighty years after its release, All Quiet on the Western Front remains a moving tale of young German soldiers’ extreme physical and mental stress during the First World War. Poppyscotland will introduce the film and give away copies of Remarque’s classic novel to commemorate Remembrance Day 2011. Free to Glasgow Local Authority schools, £3 per pupil for all other schools – accompanying teachers go free. Recommended for Secondary 1–6 / [Expressive Arts/Literacy/History] / PG
French Film Festival UK 2011
A Cat in Paris and Hands Up Monday 21 – Wednesday 23 November
FFFUK returns with two acclaimed French films: A Cat in Paris for Primary pupils and Hands Up for Secondary ones. Each film will come with a specially designed Teachers’ Resource based on the outcomes and experiences for the Curriculum for Excellence. £3 per pupil for all schools, accompanying teachers go free. Visit www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre for more details.
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Free Family Films
The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D PG
Saturday 5 November 11.30am (1h37m) The Goblin King has stolen Sarah’s little brother!
Saturday 10 December 11.00am (1h16m) Donate your unwanted toys to charity and you could win a special prize in our Christmas raffle. Toys in good condition only, please. Followed by Tim Burton’s famous Christmas musical in spooky 3D at 11.30am.
Raining Cats and Frogs N/C 5+
Home Alone PG
Special thanks to Institut Français de Royaume-Uni.
Elf PG
Labyrinth U
Saturday 12 November 11.30am (1h30m) A flood has covered the planet and only a few humans and animals are left behind.
A Cat in Paris N/C 5+
Saturday 19 November 11.30am (1h10m) A thrilling mystery set in Paris, starring Dino the cat burglar!
Saturday 17 December 11.30am (1h43m) Kevin is left behind during the Christmas holidays but is he safe on his own? Saturday 24 December 11.30am (1h37m) Buddy the elf leaves Santo’s Grotto and moves to New York!
Bugsy Malone U
Saturday 31 December 11.30am (1h33m) The all-singing, all-dancing family classic!
Jason and the Argonauts U
Saturday 26 November 11.30am (1h44m) The legendary Greek hero leads a team of adventurers in a perilous quest for the Golden Fleece.
Winnie the Pooh U
Saturday 3 December 11.30am (1h13m) Winnie and his friends return for more heartwarming stories. Audio described and captioned at 11.30am GFT screening only.
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Glasgow Young Scot or Kidz Card holders and an accompanying adult get in FREE! All other tickets at GFT are £4.00. Each child’s ticket admits one adult free of charge. Take 2 screenings are held at both GFT and Cineworld Parkhead. Children under the age of 8 must be accompanied. For full film details, please pick up a leaflet in the foyer. Take 2 screenings start promptly at 11.30am. Free tickets are only issued on the day of the screening.
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Access Take 2: Autism-Friendly Screenings
Access Take 2 screenings are for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their families, and are also suitable for any child with any disability who would enjoy seeing a film in a ‘low sensory environment’. The films have no subtitles, the volume is turned down, the house lights left on low, and children can make noise and move around. The screenings will take place on the first Saturday of each month at 12.30pm. Take 2 terms and conditions apply, see the opposite page for details. If you have any queries call Paul at GFT Learning on 0141 352 8613.
Next Access Take 2 Screenings:
Labyrinth U
Saturday 5 November 12.30 (1h37m)
Winnie the Pooh U
Saturday 3 December 12.30 (1h13m)
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John Brown Inksters Solicitors In Loving Memory of Andrew, Nan and Anne Crawford Willie & Isabel Morrison “Tokyo Olympiad” 1965 In Memory Of Miriam Gerber, film enthusiast at GFT Vera Livinstone A Film Lover In loving memory of Patsy Leishman. She loved Glasgow. Jacqueline Hilley, our ever shining star Robert G Tedford Ronni Richards In memory of Nancy Dangerfield, film enthusiast. Helen and Laura Antebi
Our Access Take 2 Autism-Friendly screenings are sponsored by The Wee Curry Shop in association with a New Arts Sponsorship Grant supported by the Scottish Government in conjunction with Arts & Business Scotland. As well as being the proud Sponsor of GFT’s Access Take 2 screenings, The Wee Curry Shop also supports the National Autistic Society Scotland. On the last Sunday of every month The Wee Curry Shop in Byres Road (0141 339 1339) offers an exquisite two-course lunch for £10, the full amount going to the National Autistic Society Scotland. Enjoy traditional Indian home cooking, using the freshest of Scottish ingredients, in a cosy and relaxing family friendly atmosphere.
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Jean Morton, nee Singleton. From her family to Kathryn Mary Singleton Kerr John Gerrard and Margaret Mackay, GFT fans Leo - enjoy with friends & family from Nonna & Pappa Leckie. Max - enjoy with friends & family from Nonna & Pappa Leckie. Stuart Wilson In loving memory of Mary Spence In loving memory of Stewart Maclean, filmgoer at the Cosmo Kenny Macleod For my father, Matthew Harvie National Pop League Marguerite and Desmond Morrow Drew Scott
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Elsie Freer Robert Innes James McCluskey - chic Derek Fletcher Yours Always, C John McDonald Miller John McDonald Miller Park Film Society Park Film Society In memory of Alice Atkinson, founding member of the Glasgow Group of the Humanist Society of Scotland. For Willy Slavin a.k.a Barry Norman From the McCormick Family and Mary In loving memory of Dan Buglass “We’ll always have Paris” June xxx Ray McKenzie Ben C G McGuigan
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Warren Miller’s… Like There’s No Tomorrow Monday 28 November (20.30) For its 15th year the Warren Miller ski and snowboard film tour will hit GFT with its special blend of the world’s best skiers, highest mountains, deepest powder and most visually exciting big-screen ski and snowboard action. Every ticket includes a goodie bag and entry into the interval prize draw, with prizes worth hundreds of pounds given away on the night. So get together with your skiing buddies and book tickets at www.warrenmiller.co.uk or on GFT’s website www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre.
UK premiere
Inside Out Tuesday 29 November (20.30) Inside Out is the highly-anticipated latest release from Anthill Films, the company behind Follow Me and The Collective series of mountain bike films. Combining stunning cinematography, a cracking soundtrack and the world’s best freeriders, Inside Out perfectly captures the thrills of mountain biking. Followed by Follow Me From British Colombia to New Zealand, Anthill Films travelled the globe to capture the world’s best freeriders pushing each other to their limits and sometimes beyond. Tickets are £8.50 full price, £6.50 concessions
Tickets are £8 full price, £5 for under-16s 1h30m, N/C 8+
In association with BikeLove.co.uk 1h25m, N/C 12+
Image: Nicolas Teichrob/SecondBase Films
Horror/Cult Cinema Discussion Group
Wednesday 2 November & Wednesday 7 December (18.30), Free Meet on the first Wednesday of each month to discuss horror and cult cinema. Meet other genre fans in a friendly atmosphere to exchange thoughts and opinions about your favourite flicks. Discuss anything from giallo to exploitation to modern independent films!
Film Discussion Group
Wednesday 9 November & Wednesday 14 December (18.30), Free This group meets on the second Wednesday of each month in the Balcony Bar at GFT to discuss both blockbusters and arthouse movies. Led by film writer Eddie Harrison. Come along to chat about recent releases with other film lovers.
The GFT Film Quiz
Tuesday 29 November (20.45), Café Cosmo, £1.50 Test your knowledge of film trivia against our ‘experts’ during a great evening of movie facts and fun. Paul Gallagher is a freelance film critic in print, radio and online and is far too interested in useless film trivia. Paul Greenwood is the film critic for the Evening Times and he’s even worse. Keir Hind is the other guy. Maximum of four in a team. Illustration: Pete Sansom
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Illustration: Helen Macdonald
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CINEMA CITY SCREENINGS Red Road
Comfort and Joy
Monday 16 November (20.20)
Monday 19 December (18.45)
Jackie is a Glaswegian CCTV operator with the police who, when not glued to her screens, leads a joyless single life of TV dinners and empty, adulterous sex. She is one day electrified to see a certain ex-convict, Clyde, appear on her screen: a man who belongs to her past. Slowly, Jackie neglects her other surveillance duties to track Clyde obsessively and leaves her hi-tech watchtower to follow him, with a terrible plan in mind… The release of Andrea Arnold’s new film, Wuthering Heights (see page 9) is the occasion to revisit her stunning debut feature, one of the very best films to come out of Glasgow in recent times.
For our Cinema City Christmas special, we’ve plumped for Bill Forsyth’s much-loved comedy – an urban fairytale with plenty of quirky surprises. The film chronicles the attempts of a radio DJ (Bill Paterson) to piece his life back together after his partner unexpectedly deserts him over Christmas. By a quirk of fate, he finds himself mediating in an icecream war between two branches of the local Mafia – the ‘Scotia Nostra’ – and unexpectedly reclaiming some self-esteem in the process.
This screening will be introduced by illustrator, writer and editor Mitch Miller. Hear from him about his part in the Red Road Project, commemorating and marking the demolition of the Red Road flats and the end of an era.
Director Bill Forsyth / Cast Bill Paterson UK 1984, 1h46m, PG
Director Andrea Arnold / Cast Kate Dickie, Tony Curran UK/Denmark 2006, 1h54m, 18
Silver Screen
Every Tuesday at 12.45 GFT programmes films for our more discerning viewers! All tickets are £4
Restless CTBC
Scotland Celebrates Christmas N/C 5+
Contagion 12A
Meet Me in St Louis U
Oceans N/C 8+
The Well Digger’s Daughter PG
Some Like it Hot U
My Week with Marilyn CTBC
Tuesday 8 November (12.45) - see page 18 Tuesday 15 November (12.45) - see page 18 Tuesday 22 November (12.45) - see page 23 Tuesday 29 November (12.45) - see page 17
Tuesday 13 December (12.45) - see page 13 Tuesday 20 December (12.45) - see page 13 Tuesday 27 December (12.45) - see page 16 Tuesday 3 January (12.45) - see page 18
The Awakening 15
Tuesday 6 December (12.45) - see page 18
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Café Cosmo
Unless otherwise stated: Full: £7 Concessions: £5.50 CineCard holders £1 off every screening all tickets £4.00 free but ticketed events £1.50 on top of ticket prices
Café Cosmo is open: Sunday to Friday from 12noon Saturday from 11am Café Cosmo closes 15 mins after start of final film.
Concessions apply to children (under 16), full-time students, over-60s, Jobseekers Allowance or Income Support recipients, and registered disabled people. Please produce proof of eligibility when purchasing or collecting tickets.
GFT’s licensed bar serves excellent home made soup, sandwiches and snacks until 5pm. Drinks may be taken into the cinema – just ask for a ‘take-in’ container.
Tickets are non-refundable. Please note that late entry to the cinema for ticket holders is at the discretion of the manager. Cinema management reserve the right of admission and their decision is final. Programme may be subject to change.
CineCard
For a single annual payment of £30, receive 4 free tickets and £1 off every screening. Join at Box Office or visit www.glasgowfilm.org.
Saver Tickets
See 5 films for £32.50 / £25 Tickets valid for 3 months
Family Tickets
Comes in combinations of 4 tickets, which should include at least 1 adult and 2 children with the fourth ticket being of either type. Gives you a discount of £1 per ticket on the total price. Full details found online.
Advance Booking Online: www.glasgow.film.org Phone: during Box Office hours call (0141) 332 6535 (at busy times you will be asked to leave a contact number). A £1.50 booking charge is made for each transaction online or by phone.
Gift Vouchers
Available from Box Office.
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Website
www.glasgowfilm.org Features further information on the programme and ticket booking along with ‘Extras’ including programme notes, trailers, and footage of GFT events.
Certification
Films awaiting BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) certification are marked ‘CTBC’ (check the website or call the box office for upto-date information). Films not being certified by the BBFC are marked N/C and accompanied by an age recommendation i.e. N/C 15 + (suitable for ages 15 and older, no-one under 15 will be admitted).
Events, Conferences & Private Hires
A unique venue for a large variety of events. Contact our Manager on (0141) 352 8603 or email dutymanager@ glasgowfilm.org
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Access Information
GFT accepts the CEA Card (www.ceacard.co.uk). With the exception of the Balcony Bar and Education Room all public areas of the GFT are fully accessible to people using wheelchairs. Toilet facilities for wheelchair users are available on the ground floor. We have a lift to Cinema 1 for customer use. We can offer an infrared sound facility for the hearing-impaired (please ask at Box Office for a head set). There is disabled badge holders’ parking to the rear of the building in Cambridge Street. If you are a wheelchair user, please inform Box Office when booking. Guide dogs are welcome at GFT. Please contact our Manager (0141) 352 8603 or email dutymanager@glasgowfilm.org with your specific access enquiries.
GFT Accessible Programme
GFT offers both Audio Description and captioning on selected titles and selected screenings in Cinema 1 only. Audio Description is a service for partially sighted or blind people (AD headphones are available to collect from Box Office when you pick up your tickets prior to the film screening). Captioning is a service for the hearingimpaired or deaf who rely on subtitling to enable them to follow the film’s dialogue.
Forthcoming Accessible Screenings Restless (CTBC)
Mon 7 – Wed 9 November, all screenings Tue 8 November (12.45)
Contagion (12A)
Mon 14 – Wed 16 November, all screenings Mon 14 November (18.00)
Getting Here
It’s easy to find us. We’re right in the city centre just off Sauchiehall Street. By Subway: Nearest subway is Cowcaddens. Leave the station and turn right, then right again turning left onto Rose Street. The GFT is a short walk from here. www.spt.co.uk/subway By Bus: Local bus services stop close to the cinema. www.spt.co.uk By Train: Glasgow city centre is served by both Central and Queen Street Stations. www.nationalrail.co.uk Car Parking: Closest public parking is the supervised 24 hour multi-storey car park in Cambridge Street. Parking after 6pm costs £1.50. There is limited on street metered parking. Glasgow Film Theatre 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Glasgow Film Theatre (known as GFT) is a charity registered in Scotland, No. SCO05932.
Take 2: Winnie the Pooh (U) Sat 3 December (11.30)
It’s a Wonderful Life (U)
Fri 9 – Sat 24 December, all screenings Thur 15 (12.40) & Tue 20 December (17.30)
Due to circumstances beyond our control, occasionally we are unable to provide these accessible FSC PURE POR Green Whiteout screenings. You are advised to check with Box Office.
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Christmas is almost upon us which can only mean one thing – it’s time to start planning your 2012 Glasgow Film Festival! The main Festival runs from 16–26 February 2012. Allison and Allan have been rushing around to make sure there are plenty of gifts for everyone. They have gathered tasty treats from around the world; something vintage for the retrospective, something sparkling for the opening gala, premieres and prize-winners galore. Did you know that every time they find a great film an angel gets it wings? A team of rosy-cheeked helpers are getting everything ready, wrapping up venues and preparing the guest rooms. You never know who might drop by on a starry night. There is only one rule – no turkeys! The full Festival programme is launched in January but you can start the party now by circling the dates in your diary and signing up to the enewsletter. Everyone is welcome to come and join us at what promises to be a wonderful year. We look forward to seeing you all in February. Happy Holidays from Allison, Allan and the whole GFF team.
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