MACROBERT FILMHOUSE
Mark Cousins Presents…
OCTOBER 2012
MARK COUSINS PRESENTS… DISCOVERY FILM FESTIVAL ANNA KARENINA HOPE SPRINGS AND OTHERS TICKETS WWW.MACROBERT.ORG BOX OFFICE 01786 466666
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NEW AT MACROBERT Each month, macrobert brings you some of the biggest blockbusters to hit the screen along with some outstanding foreign films and even some touching documentaries.
THE THREE STOOGES Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly / USA 2012 / 91 min / (PG) Contains dangerous behaviour, but in a slapstick contex
MON 1 OCT 7.30PM
When the orphanage that Curly, Larry and Moe were brought up in is threatened with closure they jump to the rescue to try and save it in true slapstick fashion.
SHADOW DANCER James Marsh / UK 2012 / 102 min / (15) Contains strong language and violence
TUE 2 OCT 7.30PM WED 3 OCT 2.00PM** WED 3 OCT 7.30PM THU 4 OCT 7.30PM **Midweek Matinee Screening
When Colette McVeigh is snared by MI5 for involvement in terrorism, she is coerced into spying on her brother Gerry, leader of the Belfast IRA, under threat of a lengthy jail sentence that would separate her from her six year old son. Based on Tom Bradby’s novel, Shadow Dancer is the touching story of a woman forced to choose between family and the cause in 1990s Northern Ireland.
THE WEDDING VIDEO Nigel Cole / UK 2012 / 94 min / (15) Contains strong language
FRI 5 OCT 7.30PM MON 8 OCT 7.30PM
Waster Raif takes on the role of his brother’s best man with enthusiasm, deciding his wedding gift will be a video of the build-up to the couple’s happy day. As well as realising his once-cool brother had turned into a selfish social climber, he also uncovers the shameless commercialisation of the wedding industry and uncomfortable class differences that he then presents in their hilarious entirety.
SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN Malik Bendjelloul / USA 2012 / 86 min / (12A) Contains one use of strong language and moderate drug references TUE 9 OCT 7.30PM
Searching for Sugar Man tells the true story of Sixto Rodriguez; a sixties folk rock musician tipped for the top who turned his back on the music industry only to unwittingly become an anti-establishment cult figure in apartheid-era South Africa.
ANNA KARENINA Joe Wright / UK 2012 / 129 min / (12A) Contains moderate sex, language and brief bloody images
FRI 12 OCT 7.30PM SAT 13 OCT 5.00PM SUN 14 OCT 8.00PM WED 17 OCT 2.00PM** ** Midweek Matinee Screening
Adapted from Leo Tolstoy’s 19th century Russian novel, Anna Karenina is an epic tale of love and betrayal. Keira Knightley stars as aristocrat Anna, a woman both captivated and repelled by the high society she is part of. When she embarks on an illicit love affair with Count Vronsky and becomes pregnant, she finds herself trapped by the conventions and hypocrisy of her highbrow world.
PARANORMAN Chris Butler, Sam Fell / USA 2012 / 93 min / (PG) Contains mild comic horror and violence, frightening sequences and innuendo
SAT 13 OCT 2.00PM SUN 14 OCT 2.00PM MON 15 OCT 2.00PM TUE 16 OCT 2.00PM THU 18 OCT 2.00PM FRI 19 OCT 2.00PM SAT 20 OCT 2.00PM SUN 21 OCT 2.00PM
Norman is a little boy with an amazing gift: he can see and communicate with ghosts. When he discovers a witch’s curse that threatens his little New England town, he knows he is the only one with the ghost-whispering skills to protect everything he loves from a plague of zombies and witches.
TOTAL RECALL Len Wiseman / USA 2012 / 118 min / (12A) Contains moderate violence, brief nudity and one use of strong language
SAT 13 OCT 8.00PM SUN 14 OCT 5.00PM MON 15 OCT 7.30PM
A remake of the 1990 sci-fi thriller tells of the transformation of an average guy from a humble factory worker to super spy, courtesy of Rekall, a company that turns dreams into real memories.
THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES Lauren Greenfield / USA 2012 / 101 min / (PG) Contains mild sex references and language WED 17 OCT 7.30PM THU 18 OCT 7.30PM
Jackie and David were triumphantly constructing the biggest house in America, a sprawling, 90,000-square-foot palace inspired by Versailles, when their timeshare empire falters due to the economic crisis. Their rags-to-riches-to-rags story reveals the innate virtues and flaws of the American Dream.
HOPE SPRINGS David Frankel / USA 2012 / 99 min / (12A) Contains frequent moderate sex references
FRI 19 OCT 7.30PM SAT 20 OCT 5.00PM SUN 21 OCT 8.00PM WED 24 OCT 2.00PM**
Kay and Arnold are a couple that have grown complacent with each other after thirty years of marriage. When Kay persuades her reluctant husband to attend a week-long intensive marriage therapy course to try to reignite their relationship, sparks soon start to fly.
**Midweek Matinee Screening
LAWLESS David Frankel / USA 2012 / 99 min / (12A) Contains frequent moderate sex references
SAT 20 OCT 8.00PM SUN 21 OCT 5.00PM MON 22 OCT 7.30PM
Inspired by true-life tales of author Matt Bondurant’s family in his novel The Wettest County in the World, Lawless is story of the infamous bootlegging Bondurant Brothers who made a run for the American Dream in Prohibition-era Virginia.
TO ROME WITH LOVE Woody Allen / USA 2012 / 112 min / (12A) Contains moderate sex references and one use of strong language
TUE 23 OCT 7.30PM THU 25 OCT 7.30PM SAT 27 OCT 2.00PM
To Rome With Love is Woody Allen’s love letter to the Eternal City and the follow-up to his Oscar-winning Midnight In Paris. Four interlocking stories show how intricately woven together the lives of a group of Romans and visitors to their city.
KILLING THEM SOFTLY Andrew Dominik / USA 2012 / 97 min / (18) Contains strong bloody violence
FRI 26 OCT 7.30PM SAT 27 OCT 5.00PM SAT 27 OCT 8.00PM TUE 30 OCT 7.30PM
Mob hit man Jackie Cogan is tasked with making sure justice is seen to be done after a robbery at a high-stakes mafia poker game. Taking on the job with typical professional detachment, his heart soon begins to rule his head as old friend Mickey gets involved and the plan derails spectacularly.
DISCOVERY FILM FESTIVAL SHORTS FOR WEE ONES Various / Various Countries 2010-2012 / 50min / Ages 3+
SUN 28 OCT 11.00AM
The Shorts For Wee Ones package remains, for many people, the highlight of Discovery Film Festival! This collection of colourful stories is a treat for children age 3+ and a fantastic introduction to the cinema experience.
GRUFFALO’S CHILD AND OTHER STORIES Various / Various Countries 2010-2012 / 50min / Ages 3+ SUN 28 OCT 12.30PM SUN 28 OCT 2.00PM
Following in the footsteps of the enormously popular Gruffalo film comes this terrific sequel in which the Gruffalo’s child must now face the other members of the forest community - the fox, the owl, the snake and the mouse.
I AM ELEVEN Genevieve Bailey / Australia 2011 / 90 min / Ages 9+
SUN 28 OCT 5.00PM
Filmmaker Genevieve Bailey spent four years travelling the world talking to 11-year-olds to compose this gentle, funny and often affecting documentary portrait of cross-cultural childhood. From an orphanage in India to a single-parent household in inner-city Melbourne, Encompassing rich and poor, privileged and outcast, I Am Eleven offers a unique insight into both what unites us, and what sets us apart.
SPECIAL EVENTS Each month macrobert brings you a range of special event screenings. This month features The Globe Theatre, the Adventure Film Festival and Africa in Motion.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Jeremy Herrin / 167 min
WED 10 OCT 2.00PM** WED 10 OCT 7.30PM **Midweek Matinee Screening
Direct from the home of Shakespeare, The Globe Theatre, macrobert presents Much Ado About Nothing, a tale which is driven along by a romance that is all the more charming for being unacknowledged and a miracle of comic and dramatic suspense it gives us, in the bantering Beatrice and Benedick, two of Shakespeare’s wittiest pair of lovers.
DR FAUSTUS Mathew Dunster / 147 min
WED 24 OCT 7.30PM
The third and final production from The Globe Theatre, Dr Faustus is considered the greatest tragedy in English before Shakespeare. Marlow places some of the greatest poetry ever written for stage and a great deal of anarchic comedy at the service of this mythical tale, illustrating mankind’s insatiable desire for knowledge.
ADVENTURE FILM FESTIVAL 2012 THU 11 OCT 7.30PM TICKETS £5/£4 CONC
100 min Experience a themed evening of adrenalinepumping action through a selection of films that celebrate pushing mind and body to the limits. Catch High Altitude Adventure at macrobert, which features big mountain action from the likes of snowboarder Xavier de le Rue to extreme BASE jumping from slacklines over Norwegian Fjords.
LES SAIGNANTES (THE BLOODETTES) MON 29 OCT 7.30PM
Jean-Pierre Bekolo / France/Cameroon 2005 / French with English subtitles / 97 min / (15) Two femme fatales Majolie and Chouchou, use their beauty to win favour from powerful men in Cameroon. When one of these men dies, it sets in motion a plot involving a severed head, a secret society of women and the fate of a struggling nation.
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE Frank Capra / USA 1944 / 118 min / (PG) Contains mild threat
SUN 28 OCT 8.00PM
A hugely enjoyable black comedy about two sweet little old ladies who happily spend years luring unsuspecting lonely men to their home and poisoning them - until their nephew’s marriage plans rock the boat. Part of Luminate: Scotland’s creative ageing festival celebrating and profiling our creative lives as we age www.luminatescotland.org
NO ONE BUT ME Brian Ross / UK 2012 / 75 min / (TBC)
WED 31 OCT 7.30PM
An intimate, revealing profile of Scottish jazz musician Annie Ross as she discusses a wide range of topics from tales of Billie Holiday to her lover Lenny Bruce, drug addiction and her deep affection for beloved brother Jimmy Logan. Underscored throughout with the beautiful music often with her own lyrics and always performed in her inimitable style. Part of Luminate: Scotland’s creative ageing festival celebrating and profiling our creative lives as we age www.luminatescotland.org
IRIS Richard Eyre / UK 2002 / 91 min / (15) Contains infrequent strong language and moderate sex
TUE 30 OCT 2.00PM** THU 1 NOV 2.00PM**
True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Part of Luminate: Scotland’s creative ageing festival celebrating and profiling our creative lives as we age www.luminatescotland.org
THE MIDWEEK MATINEE Each week we bring you one of the month’s movie highlights for only £2.50. Not only that but we will throw in a free tea or filter coffee to help you relax that little bit more. We hope you can join us soon and enjoy a nice relaxing afternoon with us. Why not come a little earlier and have a delicious lunch beforehand, check out www.macrobert.org/cafebar for our menus.
SHADOW DANCER (15) WED 3 OCT 2.00PM
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (N/A) WED 10 OCT 2.00PM
ANNA KARENINA (12A) WED 17 OCT 2.00PM
HOPE SPRINGS (12A) WED 24 OCT 2.00PM
IRIS (15) TUE 30 OCT 2.00PM THU 1 NOV 2.00PM
MARK COUSINS PRESENTS… As part of THAT FESTIVAL, director, producer, film critic, 8 12 foundation curator, author and Stirling University graduate, Mark Cousins joins us to guest curate a programme of films that he feels are must-see for film lovers everywhere. Also look out for a special family film at 11am on Sun 7 October to be announced soon. £4 AGES (26 & UNDER) / £6 (OVER 26) BUY A THREE EVENT PASS- £10 AGES (26 & UNDER) / £15 (OVER 26)
WHAT IS THIS FILM CALLED LOVE? Mark Cousins / UK 2012 / 77min / (TBC)
SAT 6 OCT 7.00PM
A passionate, poetic documentary about the nature of happiness. Filmed in Mexico over three days, for just £10, it begins as a film about the soviet director Sergei Eisenstein, and then, using his ideas, opens up to look at memory, landscape and the pleasures of walking The film draws from a range of filmmakers and writers but aims to touch on where joy comes from, the emotions involved with travel and homecoming, and the nature of solitude.
THE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY Mark Cousins / UK 2012 / 62 min / (TBC)
SUN 7 OCT 1.30PM
Originally a 15 hour documentary made over six years, exploring the impulses and innovations that shaped global cinema throughout the decades, this is a chance to see The Story of Film: An Odyssey unique way as it is condensed into a 62 min theatrical piece covering footage from the silent era to the digital age. A treasure chest of more than 1,000 archive clips bearing testimony to the richness of the form.
HYENAS Djibril Diop Mambety / Senegal 1992 / 110min / TBC
SUN 7 OCT 3.30PM
A young woman is jilted by her lover. She leaves home, becomes as rich as the world bank and then returns to the African village where she grew up half made of gold. Yes, half made of gold. Her old friends are amazed to see her. They ask for consumer goods, refrigerators, etc... She agrees, but on one shocking condition. Those who think African films are worthy, pleading, primitive things should see this amazing, angry parable, the sort of film that changes your sense of what movies are.
THE HOLY MOUNTAIN Alejandro Jodorowsky / Mexico / USA 1937 / 114 min / TBC
SUN 7 OCT 6.00PM
A film with a famous past. John Lennon loved it and so his manager bought the rights...and then it got lost and became famous through bootleg copies. It’s certainly the greatest acid trip movie, about a Christ like man who walks naked through life, meets all sorts of creatures, climbs an impossible tower to an oz-like land where s*** turns into gold. If you’ve only seen this film on the small screen, the big screen is a must. If you’ve never seen it, you’ll be talking about it for ages.
KIDS FILM CLUB AND PARENT AND TODDLER SCREENINGS Join macrobert at 11.00am on Saturday and Sunday mornings for the all new Kids Film Club and on Wednesdays for our Parent and Toddler Screenings. With tickets priced at just ÂŁ1.50 for adults and kids alike, it is guaranteed not to break the bank! Kids Film Club is sponsored by:
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THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN Marc Webb / USA 2012 / 136 min / (12A) Contains moderate violence and injury detail SAT 13 OCT 11.00AM SUN 14 OCT 11.00AM WED 17 OCT 10.30AM
Raised by his aunt and uncle, Peter Parker is trying to figure out who he is and what got him to where he is today. As he discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he searches for the answer to why his parents left him which will see him make life changing decisions and shape his destiny of becoming a hero.
THE LORAX Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda / USA 2012 / 86 min / (U) Contains no material likely to offend or harm
SAT 20 OCT 11.00AM SUN 21 OCT 11.00AM WED 24 OCT 10.30AM
12 year-old Ted will do anything to get the attention of the girl of his dreams. When he finds out about her fascination with trees, Ted decides he simply has to get her one. The only thing standing in his way is a grumpy little creature called the Lorax that will do anything to protect the world he has created for himself.
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS David Bowers / USA 2012 / 94 min / (U) Contains mild rude humour and brief scary moments SAT 27 OCT 11.00AM
Greg returns, looking forward to the summer break. That is until his well-planned vacation turns into a holiday from hell when his plans disintegrate. Along with best friend Rowley, he embarks on a series of madcap schemes to try and salvage his summer and make it the best one ever.
KIDS FILM CLUB Join macrobert at 11.00am on Saturday and Sunday mornings for the all new Kids Film Club. Kids and adults alike only have to pay £1.50 or you can select four films in the month for £5. Become a member and you can also pick up a bag full of goodies like popcorn and juice for only £1.50. Sponsored by:
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TICKET PRICES Screenings before 4.00pm: friends £3.80/full price £4.75/concession £4.25 Screenings after 4.00pm: friends £4.60/full price £5.75/concession £5.25 Kids Film Club 11.00am screenings: £1.50 each/£5 (four films from this brochure; tickets must be bought at the same time) Film Four Pack (four films from this brochure; tickets must be bought at same time): full price £17.20/concession £13.20 Concessions apply to full-time students, under 18s, senior citizens, people with a disability (plus carer), Young Scot Card holders and benefit claimants. Proof of eligibility is required.
BOX OFFICE OPENING HOURS Mon - Fri 10.00am to 7.45pm (phones close at 7.00pm) Sat 9.00am to 8.15pm (phones close at 7.00pm) Sun 10.00am to 8.15pm (phones close at 7.00pm) Please note: Lines will close up to half an hour before busy performances.
ACCESS INFORMATION macrobert welcomes all disabled visitors. Our building is fully accessible for wheelchairs, and we offer hearing loops at the box office and bar. Audio description and subtitling are available for selected cinema screenings (see diary). Concession tickets are available for people with a disability plus carer.
For a large print version please email marketing@macrobert.org or call 01786 466666 Tickets cannot be refunded, except in the event of cancellation of a screening by macrobert / (TBC) means that the film is awaiting BBFC or local authority licensing approval / The use of cameras and recording equipment is not permitted / Screen advertisements and trailers are shown before all films / All information is correct at time of print and is subject to change without prior notice / macrobert cannot be held liable for any arrangements made due to changes to the brochure
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OCTOBER 2012
THE THREE STOOGES 7.30PM SHADOW DANCER 7.30PM BRAVE 10.30AM* SHADOW DANCER 2.00PM** SHADOW DANCER 7.30PM SHADOW DANCER 7.30PM THE WEDDING VIDEO 7.30PM THAT FESTIVAL ECSTASIS SHORTS 2.00PM - 5.00PM (FREE) WHAT IS THIS FILM CALLED LOVE? 7.00PM**** TBC 11.00AM**** THE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY 1.30PM**** HYENAS 3.30PM**** THE HOLY MOUNTAIN 6.00PM**** THE WEDDING VIDEO 7.30PM SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN 7.30PM MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING 2.00PM** MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING 7.30PM ADVENTURE FILM FESTIVAL 7.30PM**** ANNA KARENINA 7.30PM THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 11.00AM PARANORMAN 2.00PM ANNA KARENINA 5.00PM TOTAL RECALL 8.00PM THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 11.00AM PARANORMAN 2.00PM TOTAL RECALL 5.00PM ANNA KARENINA 8.00PM PARANORMAN 2.00PM TOTAL RECALL 7.30PM PARANORMAN 2.00PM THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 10.30AM* ANNA KARENINA 2.00PM** THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES 7.30PM PARANORMAN 2.00PM THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES 7.30PM PARANORMAN 2.00PM HOPE SPRINGS 7.30PM THE LORAX 11.00AM PARANORMAN 2.00PM HOPE SPRINGS 5.00PM LAWLESS 8.00PM THE LORAX 11.00AM PARANORMAN 2.00PM LAWLESS 5.00PM HOPE SPRINGS 8.00PM LAWLESS 7.30PM TO ROME WITH LOVE 7.30PM THE LORAX 10.30AM* HOPE SPRINGS 2.00PM** DR FAUSTUS 7.30PM TO ROME WITH LOVE 7.30PM KILLING THEM SOFTLY 7.30PM DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS 11.00AM TO ROME WITH LOVE 2.00PM KILLING THEM SOFTLY 5.00PM KILLING THEM SOFTLY 8.00PM SHORT FOR WEE ONES 11.00AM GRUFFALO’S CHILD AND OTHER STORIES 12.30PM GRUFFALO’S CHILD AND OTHER STORIES 2.00PM I AM ELEVEN 5.00PM ARSENIC AND OLD LACE 8.00PM LES SAIGNANTES 7.30PM IRIS 2.00PM** KILLING THEM SOFTLY 7.30PM NO ONE BUT ME 7.30PM
* PARENT & TODDLER SCREENING ** MIDWEEK MATINEE SCREENING **** SPECIAL PRICE