Cinema Guide Fri 28 Feb - Thu 2 Apr 2020
ALL FILMS, EVERY DAY, FROM £4.50
EMMA. Jane Austen’s beloved comedy about finding your equal and earning your happy ending, is reimagined in this delicious new film adaptation. Handsome, clever and rich, Emma Woodhouse is a restless queen bee without rivals in her sleepy little town. In this glittering satire of social class, she adventures through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find the love that has been there all along.
Autumn de Wilde / UK 2020 / 125 min
Fri 28 Feb to Thu 5 Mar, Times Vary
AWARD WINS: 7 BAFTAs, 3 Critics Choice, 2 Golden Globes & 3 Oscars
1917 At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers - Blake’s own brother among them.
Sam Mendes / UK, USA 2019 / 118 min
Sun 1 to Thu 5 Mar, Times Vary
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PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE France, 1760. Marianne is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Because she is a reluctant bride-to-be, Marianne arrives under the guise of companionship, observing Héloïse by day and secretly painting her at night. As the two women orbit one another, intimacy and attraction grow and Héloïse’s portrait soon becomes a testament to their love.
Céline Sciamma / France 2020 / 122 min
Fri 6 to Thu 12 Mar, Times Vary
DARK WATERS A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world’s largest corporations. While trying to expose the truth, he soon finds himself risking his future, his family and his own life. Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway and Tim Robbins star in this legal thriller, based on a true story.
Todd Haynes / USA 2020 / 127 min
Fri 6 to Thu 12 Mar, Times Vary
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DOLITTLE Dr. John Dolittle (Robert Downey Jnr) lives in solitude behind the high walls of his lush manor in 19th-century England. His only companionship comes from an array of exotic animals that he speaks to on a daily basis. But when young Queen Victoria becomes gravely ill, the eccentric doctor and his furry friends embark on an epic adventure to a mythical island to find the cure.
Stephen Gaghan / USA 2019 / 101 min
Sat 7, Sun 8, Sat 14 & Sun 15 Mar, 11am
CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2020
SHEXTREME FILM FESTIVAL ON TOUR There is no shortage of amazing women in adventure. However, there IS a shortage of filmmakers sharing their empowering stories on screen, and Shextreme addresses this through this action-packed selection of inspirational stories from their latest festival. It encompasses mountaineering, biking, surfing, skiing, slacklining and so much more - prepare to be inspired!
Various / Various / 87 min
Sun 8 Mar, 8pm
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MR. JONES Set on the eve of world WWII this thriller sees Hitler’s rise to power and Stalin’s Soviet propaganda machine pushing their ‘utopia’ to the Western world. Meanwhile Gareth Jones, an ambitious young journalist, travels to Moscow to uncover the truth behind the propaganda, but then gets a tip that could expose an international conspiracy, one that could cost him and his informant their lives.
Agnieszka Holland / Poland, UK, Ukraine 2020 / 119 min
Fri 13, Sun 15, Mon 16 & Wed 18 Mar, Times Vary
GREED Sir Richard McCreadie is a self-made British billionaire whose retail empire is in crisis. For 30 years he has ruled the world of retail fashion, bringing the high street to the catwalk and the catwalk to the high street. But after a damaging public inquiry, his image is tarnished. To save his reputation, he decides to bounce back with a highly publicised and extravagant party celebrating his 60th birthday.
Michael Winterbottom / UK 2020 / 104 min
Fri 13 to Thu 19 Mar, Times Vary (not Tue 17 Mar)
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A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE In the sticky heat of New Orleans’ French Quarter, Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh), a small-town beauty who feels her best years are behind her, arrives at the modest apartment of her sister Stella and her husband Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando). ‘Two of the greatest performances ever put on film’ THE NEW YORKER
Elia Kazan / USA 1951 / 120 min
Sat 14 Mar, 2pm; Sun 15 Mar, 8pm & Mon 16 Mar, 7.45pm
PUSH
From award-winning director Fredrik Gertten comes a film that investigates why we can’t afford to live in our own cities anymore. Housing is a fundamental human right, a precondition to a safe and healthy life. But in cities all around the world, having a place to live is becoming more and more difficult. Who are the players and what are the factors that make housing one of today’s most pressing world issues? Fredrik Gertten / Sweden, Canada, UK 2019 / 92 min
Sun 15 Mar, 7.45pm & Tue 17 Mar, 5pm
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MILITARY WIVES The inspirational story of friendship, love, and support on the home front. A group of women come together as their partners serve in Afghanistan. Together they form the very first military wives choir, helping each other through some of life’s most difficult moments and also becoming a media sensation and global movement in the process.
Peter Cattaneo / UK 2020 / 113 min
Fri 20 to Thu 26 Mar, Times Vary
CALM WITH HORSES In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas ‘Arm’ Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, Arm’s loyalties are truly tested when he is asked to kill for the first time.
Nick Rowland / UK 2020 / 100 min
Fri 20 to Thu 26 Mar, Times Vary
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THE CALL OF THE WILD Buck is a big-hearted dog whose life gets turned upside down when he is uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Alaskan Yukon in the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail-delivery dog sled team, Buck sets out on the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his place in the world.
Chris Sanders / USA 2020 / 132 min
Sat 21 Mar, 11am & Sun 22 Mar, 10.45am Sat 28 & Sun 29 Mar, 11am
MISBEHAVIOUR In 1970, the Miss World competition took place in London, hosted by US comedy legend, Bob Hope. At the time, Miss World was the most-watched TV show on the planet with over 100 million viewers. Claiming that beauty competitions demeaned women, the newly formed Women’s Liberation Movement achieved overnight fame by invading the stage and disrupting the live broadcast of the competition.
Philippa Lowthorpe / UK 2020 / 106 min
Fri 27 Mar to Wed 1 Apr , Times Vary
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ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA Daniel Radcliffe stars as Tim Jenkins – a real life ANC activist who was imprisoned in Africa’s maximum security prison Pretoria in the 1970’s during Apartheid. Along with two imprisoned fellow freedom fighters Tim escaped on 11th December 1970 using hand-made wooden keys which he crafted whilst incarcerated.
Francis Annan / UK, Australia 2020 / 101 min
Fri 27 Mar, 7.45pm; Sun 29 Mar, 8pm; Mon 30 Mar, 5.15pm
PAY WHAT YOU CAN applies to all of the films in our regular film programme* and on every day of the week. There are three price options available and YOU CHOOSE the one that’s right for you.
£4.50 I £6.50 I £8.50 *This excludes event cinema screenings
TOURING FILM PROGRAMME 2020
BENTO HARASSMENT 今日も嫌がらせ弁当
© 2019 “Bento Harassment” film partners
KYO MO IYAGARASE BENTO
Wishing to open up another line of communication with her rebellious teenage daughter, in the name of light-hearted revenge, single mother Kaori (Shinohara Ryoko) begins creating embarrassingly sweet messages in her child’s lunchbox meals. Will it work? Tsukamoto Renpei / Japan 2019 / 106 min
Sun 1 Mar, 8pm I You Choose: £4.50, £6.50 or £8.50
MY DAD IS A HEEL WRESTLER パパはわるものチャンピオン PAPAP WA WARUMONO CHAMPION
Little Shota (Terada Kokoro) gets the shock of his life when he discovers that the father he looks up to plays the despicable heel wrestler, Cockroach. Once a star champion, Takashi (Tanahashi Hiroshi) decides to overcome his injuries and re-join the wrestling big league to win back his son’s heart. Fujimura Kyohei / Japan 2018 / 111 min
Mon 9 Mar, 7.45pm I You Choose: £4.50, £6.50 or £8.50
RIDE YOUR WAVE きみと、波にのれたら
© Ride Your Wave Film Partners
KIMI TO, NAMI NI NORETARA
After young firefighter Minato (Katayose Ryota) rescues avid surfer Hinako (Kawaei Rina), the two fall in love. But Minato’s life is cut short in an accident at sea causing the distraught Hinako to stay away from the ocean; until the day she hums their song and he appears in the water… Masaaki Yuasa / Japan 2019 / 96 min
Mon 23 Mar, 8pm I You Choose: £4.50, £6.50 or £8.50
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EVENT CINEMA THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: AGRIPPINA Met’s first-ever performances of Agrippina: ‘Bold, snicker-out-loud funny, magnetic and unsettling through its power-struggle convolutions, this production musically and dramatically fills the company’s looming proscenium. It’s begging to be enjoyed with a bag of popcorn...’ NY TIMES Sat 29 Feb, 5.55pm Tickets: £20 / £18 Conc & Friends
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA:
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER For the first time at the Met, Sir Bryn Terfel sings the role of the mysterious Dutchman, condemned to roam the seas for eternity, with Anja Kampe as the devoted Senta, whose love can set him free. Sat 14 Mar, 5.55pm Tickets: £20 / £18 Conc & Friends
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE LIVE: FIDELIO Jonas Kaufmann is Florestan I Conducted by Antonio Pappano
Tue 17 Mar, 7.15pm
Tickets: £17 / £15 Conc & Friends
EVENT CINEMA IN SEARCH OF CHOPIN For four years, Phil Grabsky travelled the globe in his quest to lay bare the life and music of Chopin. Some of the world’s best musicians provide the music, including Leif Ove Andsnes, Daniel Barenboim, Ronald Brautigam and the Orchestra of the 18th Century. Funny, heart-breaking, inspirational – this film has been called the first to really illustrate the true nature of this remarkable and still widely-loved composer. Sun 22 Mar, 8pm
JUST ADDED
Tickets: £12 / £10 Conc & Friends
RIVERDANCE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW
Thu 26 Mar, 8pm & Sat 28 Mar, 1.30pm
Tickets: £17 / £15 Conc & Friends
MICHAEL BALL & ALFIE BOE: BACK TOGETHER
Sat 28 Mar, 7.30pm & Sun 29 Mar, 2pm
Tickets: £17 / £15 Conc & Friends
EVENT CINEMA IN SEARCH OF HAYDN Phil Grabsky’s biographical account of Haydn’s life is a visual and aural extravaganza, including breath-taking performances by some of the world’s most celebrated musicians. By speaking to some of the greatest exponents of Haydn’s music, this film redresses the balance and sheds light on the master and his work. Tue 31 Mar, 8pm Tickets: £12 / £10 Conc & Friends
JUST ADDED ROYAL OPERA HOUSE LIVE: SWAN LAKE Liam Scarlett’s glorious production of Swan Lake (new in 2018) returns for its first revival. While remaining faithful to the Marius Petipa/Lev Ivanov text, Scarlett’s additional choreography and John Macfarlane’s magnificent designs breathe new life into what is arguably the best-known and most-loved classical ballet. Wed 1 Apr, 7.15pm Sun 5 Apr, 2pm Tickets: £17 / £15 Conc & Friends
EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: EASTER IN ART Shot on location in Israel, the United States and throughout Europe, this film explores the different ways artists – including Caravaggio, Raphael, Leonardo, El Greco, Bosch, Rembrandt, Munch, Michelangelo and more – have portrayed the Easter story through the ages. Whether you are religious or not, this extraordinary film narrates not only the greatest story ever told, but arguably the greatest story ever painted. Tue 7 Apr, 7.45pm
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Tickets: £12 / £10 Conc & Friends
EVENT CINEMA THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: TOSCA Sir David McVicar’s bold staging of Puccini’s operatic thriller returns with star soprano Anna Netrebko as the passionate title diva, opposite Brian Jagde as her lover, the idealistic painter Mario Cavaradossi. Sat 11 Apr, 5.55pm Sun 12 Apr, 5.55pm Tickets: £20 / £18 Conc & Friends
EXTRA DATES ADDED
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: A LIFE ON OUR PLANET & Live Q&A from the Royal Albert Hall
Thu 16 Apr, 7.25pm Sat 18 & Sun 19 Apr, 2pm
Tickets: £15 / £13 Conc & Friends
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE LIVE:
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI Two opera classics are drawn together in this wonderfully observed re-creation of life in a south Italian village as a travelling theatre visits and emotions erupt. The award-winning production by Damiano Michieletto presents vividly the fast-moving, shocking events brought about by secret love and uncontrollable jealousy. Tue 21 Apr, 7pm Tickets: £17 / £15 Conc & Friends
SUBTITLED, BF SUBTITLED SCREENINGS DARK WATERS Sun 8 Mar, 2pm MILITARY WIVES Sun 22 Mar, 7.45pm These films have subtitles along the bottom of the screen and may show sound effects. Look out for foreign language films too marked
BABY FRIENDLY SCREENING MILITARY WIVES Sun 22 Mar, 11am You can expect: - A really relaxed attitude to noise & movement - Mats in front of the screen for parents/guardians and babies to relax on - Friendly staff on hand to make your visit easy & enjoyable - The lights to be on low - The volume to be turned down
JOIN THE CONVERSATION This season you’re invited to contribute to Yer Ain Voice and join a converation about the language we use - the different sayings, slang words and dialects - and the part they play in our individual and collective identities. As part of that programme we’re giving you another chance to experience these Scottish films...
Sat 29 Feb & Sun 1 Mar, 11am ‘Let’s be off, before we see a dancing tattie-bogle.’ Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell, Enrico Casarosa / USA, UK 2012 / 93 min
Tue 3 Mar, 7.45pm ‘Now every year about 2% of the spirit is actually lost. It just disappears and evaporates into thin air. Gone forever.’ Ken Loach / UK 2012 / 97 min
Visit our website to find out more about the other events in the Yer Ain Voice programme including Oor Wullie and an evening with Liz Lochhead: macrobertartscentre.org
DIARY: 28 FEB - 2 APR 2020 28 FRI EMMA. 5PM F 28 FRI EMMA. 8PM F 29 SAT BRAVE 11AM F 29 SAT EMMA. 2PM F 29 SAT MET: AGRIPPINA 5.55PM F 1 SUN BRAVE 11AM F 1 SUN EMMA. 2PM F 1 SUN EMMA. 5PM F 1 SUN 1917 7.45PM P 1 SUN BENTO HARASSMENT 8PM F 2 MON EMMA. 5.15PM F 2 MON EMMA. 7.45PM P 2 MON 1917 8PM F 3 TUE 1917 5.15PM F 3 TUE THE ANGELS’ SHARE 7.45PM P 3 TUE EMMA. 8PM F 4 WED EMMA. 5.15PM F 4 WED 1917 7.45PM P 4 WED EMMA. 8PM F 5 THU EMMA. 5.15PM F 5 THU 1917 8PM F 6 FRI PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE 5PM F 6 FRI DARK WATERS 8PM F 7 SAT DOLITTLE 11AM F 7 SAT PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE 2PM F 7 SAT DARK WATERS 5PM F 7 SAT DARK WATERS 8PM F 8 SUN DOLITTLE 11AM F 8 SUN DARK WATERS 2PM F 8 SUN PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE 5PM F 8 SUN DARK WATERS 7.45PM P 8 SUN SHEXTREME FILM FESTIVAL 8PM F 9 MON DARK WATERS 5.15PM F 9 MON MY DAD THE HEEL WRESTLER 7.45PM P 9 MON PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE 8PM F 10 TUE PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE 5.15PM F 10 TUE DARK WATERS 8PM F 11 WED DARK WATERS 5.15PM F 11 WED PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE 8PM F 12 THU PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE 5.15PM F 12 THU DARK WATERS 8PM F 13 FRI MR. JONES 5PM F 13 FRI GREED 8PM F 14 SAT DOLITTLE 11AM F 14 SAT A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 2PM F 14 SAT MET: DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER 5.55PM F 14 SAT GREED 7.45PM P 15 SUN DOLITTLE 11AM F 15 SUN MR. JONES 2PM F 15 SUN GREED 5PM F
F: FILMHOUSE P: PLAYHOUSE
F 15 SUN PUSH 7.45PM P 15 SUN A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 8PM F 16 MON GREED 5.15PM F 16 MON A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 7.45PM P 16 MON MR. JONES 8PM F 17 TUE PUSH 5PM F 17 TUE ROH: FIDELIO 7.15PM F 18 WED MR. JONES 5.15PM F 18 WED GREED 8PM F 19 THU GREED 5.15PM F 19 THU GREED 8PM F 20 FRI MILITARY WIVES 5PM F 20 FRI CALM WITH HORSES 8PM F 21 SAT THE CALL OF THE WILD 11AM F 21 SAT MILITARY WIVES 2PM F 21 SAT MILITARY WIVES 5PM F 21 SAT CALM WITH HORSES 8PM F 22 SUN THE CALL OF THE WILD 10.45AM P 22 SUN MILITARY WIVES 11AM F 22 SUN MILITARY WIVES 2PM F 22 SUN CALM WITH HORSES 5PM F 22 SUN MILITARY WIVES 7.45PM P 22 SUN IN SEACH OF CHOPIN 8PM F 23 MON MILITARY WIVES 5.15PM F 23 MON CALM WITH HORSES 7.45PM P 23 MON RIDE YOUR WAVE 8PM F 24 TUE CALM WITH HORSES 5PM P 24 TUE MILITARY WIVES 7.45PM P 25 WED CALM WITH HORSES 5PM P 25 WED MILITARY WIVES 7.45PM P 26 THU MILITARY WIVES 5.15PM F 26 THU CALM WITH HORSES 7.45PM P 26 THU RIVERDANCE 25TH ANNIVERSARY 8PM F 27 FRI MISBEHAVIOUR 5PM F 27 FRI ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA 7.45PM P 27 FRI MISBEHAVIOUR 8PM F 28 SAT TBC 11AM F 28 SAT RIVERDANCE 25TH ANNIVERSARY 1.30PM F 28 SAT MISBEHAVIOUR 4.30PM F 28 SAT MICHAEL BALL & ALFIE BOE 7.30PM F 28 SAT MISBEHAVIOUR 7.45PM P 29 SUN TBC 11AM F 29 SUN MICHAEL BALL & ALFIE BOE 2PM F 29 SUN MISBEHAVIOUR 5PM F 29 SUN ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA 8PM F 30 MON ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA 5.15PM F 30 MON MISBEHAVIOUR 8PM F 31 TUE MISBEHAVIOUR 5.15PM F 31 TUE IN SEARCH OF HAYDN 8PM F 1 WED MISBEHAVIOUR 5.15PM F 1 WED ROH: SWAN LAKE 7.15PM F 2 THU NO TIME TO DIE 5.15PM F 2 THU NO TIME TO DIE 8PM F
Cinema Guide Fri 28 Feb - Thu 2 Apr 2020