GFT June brochure 2012

JUNE 2012

FREE MEN Refugee Week Scotland Man and Beast season

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Take 2: Free family films every Saturday 2 for 1 tickets available via the Sunday Herald and Orange Wednesdays GLASGOW FILM THEATRE

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Keith James: The Songs of Nick Drake Tuesday 10 July (20.00) Nick Drake is one of the most revered and loved of all of Britain’s singer/songwriters. He recorded three cherished albums before his tragic death in 1974, aged only twentysix. Although Drake failed to find a large audience during his lifetime, his work has gradually achieved wider recognition and has gone on to influence artists from Robert Smith to Kate Bush. Since his music has been publicly re-evaluated, he is now considered a national treasure.

Singer/guitarist Keith James brings his hugely popular concert The Songs of Nick Drake to GFT. This evening of beautiful acoustic music begins with a documentary about Drake’s life and music.

Some of the most atmospheric and emotive music you will ever hear. The Independent Tickets £10 full price / £9 CineCard holders Approx 2h30m (includes film, concert and a 15min interval), N/C 15+

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Contents Diary

3&4

L’Âge d’Or/Un Chien Andalou

14

The Angels’ Share

5

Angel and Tony

7

The Bad and the Beautiful

13

Beloved

6

Dalai Lama Renaissance

28

Death Watch

5

Dinotasia

26

Free Men

6

The Genius of Hitchcock: The Lodger

21

The Gospel of Us Jaws

6 7 & 12

Let the Right One in

11

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

13

The Man with the Jazz Guitar

8

Moonrise Kingdom

7

Polisse

9

A Royal Affair

9

The Room

12

Sing Your Song

8

Solidarity Song: The Hanns Eisler Story

8

Superbad

14

Where Do We Go Now?

10

Your Sister’s Sister

10

The Bolshoi Ballet: Raymonda

21

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake 3D

21

NT Live: Frankenstein

22

NT Live: The Last of the Haussmans

22

NT Live: Timon of Athens

22

The Crazies

11

Night of the Living Dead

11

Big Banana Feet

20

Gutted

20

ALTERNATIVE CONTENT

BRAIN FOOD: GEORGE A ROMERO DAVID PEAT

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MAN AND BEAST SEASON Au hasard Balthazar

17

Bringing Up Baby

18

Grizzly Man

19

I Do Not Know What it is I Am Like

19

Wendy and Lucy

18

Blame it on Voltaire

15

Colour of the Ocean

16

Touki Bouki

16

Access Take 2: Autism-Friendly Screenings

25

REFUGEE WEEK

GFT REGULARS Cinema City

5

Film Discussion Group

27

GEEK Film Night

11

The GFT Film Quiz

27

GFT Learning

23 & 24

Glasgore: Horror/Cult Film Discussion Group

27

Late Night Classics

12

Lock Up Your Daughters

14

Silver Screen

27

Take 2: Free Saturday Films for Families

USEFUL INFORMATION

25 29 & 30

2 for 1 tickets There are two ways of getting hold of two for one tickets every week at GFT. Buy the Sunday Herald for a voucher for one of our Monday night screenings or use Orange Wednesdays. www.heraldscotland.com www.orange.co.uk/orangewednesdays

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Friday 8 June

Friday 1 June

The Angels’ Share (15) p5

13.45

/ 16.00

/ 18.15 / 20.30

Death Watch (15) p5

15.20

/ 20.10

Free Men (12A) p6

13.10

/ 18.00

Saturday 2 June The Angels’ Share (15) p5

13.20

/ 18.15 / 20.30 15.40 / 18.10

Free Men (12A) p6

20.45

Dinotasia (PG) p26

14.10

Au hasard Balthazar (PG) p17

☺

16.00

Take 2: Puss in Boots (U) p25

11.30

Access Take 2: Puss in Boots (U) p25

12.30

Sunday 3 June Death Watch (15) p5

12.25 / 17.10

Free Men (12A) p6

15.00

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake 3D (PG) p21 15.15 Big Banana Feet (N/C 15+) p20

18.00

GEEK Film Night: Let the Right One in (15) p11 19.45

Monday 4 June

The Angels’ Share (15) p5

16.00 / 18.15 / 20.30

Death Watch (15) p5

13.15 / 18.00

Free Men (12A) p6

15.50

Au hasard Balthazar (PG) p17

20.40

Dinotasia (PG) p26

14.00

Tuesday 5 June

The Angels’ Share (15) p5

☺

14.45 / 18.15 / 20.30

Death Watch (15) p5

15.15 / 20.10

Free Men (12A) p6

13.00

Night of the Living Dead (18) p11 Dinotasia (PG) p26

18.00 12.45

☺

Wednesday 6 June

The Angels’ Share (15) p5

13.45 / 16.00 / 18.15 / 20.30 Death Watch (15) p5

13.15 / 18.00

Free Men (12A) p6

15.50 / 20.40

Glasgore: Horror/Cult Film Discussion Group p27 18.30

Thursday 7 June The Angels’ Share (15) p5

15.00 / 18.15 / 20.30

Death Watch (15) p5

/ 20.45 18.00

The Angels’ Share (15) p5

13.30 / 18.15 / 20.30

Moonrise Kingdom (12A) p7

14.00 / 18.00

Beloved (15) p6

20.00

Wendy and Lucy (15) p18

16.00

The Bad and the Beautiful (PG) p13 Take 2: Johnny English (PG) p25 The Angels’ Share (15) p5

12.45 / 20.00

/ 18.15 / 20.30 / 15.30

Beloved (15) p6

Sunday 10 June

The Angels’ Share (15) p5

15.45 11.30

12.20 / 14.45 / 17.00

Moonrise Kingdom (12A) p7

15.15 / 19.45

Dalai Lama Renaissance (N/C 8+) p28

17.15

The Bad and the Beautiful (PG) p13

19.30

Beloved (15) p6

12.30

Monday 11 June

The Angels’ Share (15) p5

13.30 / 15.45 / 20.30

Moonrise Kingdom (12A) p7

14.45 / 16.45 / 20.45

Wendy and Lucy (15) p18

18.45

The Bad and the Beautiful (PG) p13

18.00

Tuesday 12 June

The Angels’ Share (15) p5

15.15 / 18.15

Moonrise Kingdom (12A) p7

/ 20.30

16.45 / 20.45

Angel and Tony (15) p7

14.45

Gutted (N/C 15+) p20

18.45

The Bad and the Beautiful (PG) p13

12.45

Wednesday 13 June

The Angels’ Share (15) p5

13.30 / 15.45 / 18.00

/ 20.30

Moonrise Kingdom (12A) p7

14.45 / 18.45

Angel and Tony (15) p7

16.45 / 20.45

Film Discussion Group p27

18.30

Thursday 14 June

The Angels’ Share (15) p5

13.45 / 16.00

/ 18.15 / 20.30

Moonrise Kingdom (12A) p7

16.45 / 20.45

Angel and Tony (15) p7

14.45 / 18.45

14.40 / 20.10

Free Men (12A) p6

12.30

The Gospel of Us (12A) p6

3

/ 16.00

Moonrise Kingdom (12A) p7 13.30

Saturday 9 June

Death Watch (15) p5

Special features

The Angels’ Share (15) p5

13.45

£4.00 tickets

17.15 Free events

Special ticket price

Captioned films

3D films

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Friday 15 June Polisse (15) p9

15.00

/ 17.40 / 20.15

A Royal Affair (15) p9

14.30

/ 17.15 / 20.00

Jaws (12A) p12

23.00

Saturday 16 June Polisse (15) p9

14.45 / 17.50 / 20.25

A Royal Affair (15) p9

12.00 / 17.20 / 20.05

Jaws (12A) p7

13.10

Bringing Up Baby (U) p18

15.40

Take 2: An American Tail (U) p25

11.30

Sunday 17 June Polisse (15) p9

17.00

A Royal Affair (15) p9

14.15

Jaws (12A) p7

16.40

NT Live: Frankenstein (N/C 15+) p22

19.30

LUYD: Superbad (15) p14

19.45

Monday 18 June Polisse (15) p9

15.00 / 17.40

A Royal Affair (15) p9

14.30 / 20.00

Jaws (12A) p7

20.15

Bringing Up Baby (U) p18

17.50

Tuesday 19 June Polisse (15) p9

15.15 / 20.20

A Royal Affair (15) p9

14.30 / 20.10

Blame it on Voltaire (N/C 15+) p15

17.45

The Crazies (18) p11

18.00

Jaws (12A) p7

12.45

Wednesday 20 June Polisse (15) p9

14.45 / 20.20

A Royal Affair (15) p9

14.30 / 20.00

Jaws (12A) p7

17.30

Colour of the Ocean (N/C 15+) p16

Thursday 21 June

18.00

Polisse (15) p9

15.00 / 17.40 / 20.15

A Royal Affair (15) p9

14.30 / 17.15 / 20.00

Jaws (12A) p7

12.30

Friday 22 June Polisse (15) p9

A Royal Affair (15) p9

14.15 14.30

/ 20.15

/ 17.15 / 20.00

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (U) p13

17.00

Saturday 23 June Polisse (15) p9

17.40 / 20.15

A Royal Affair (15) p9

17.20 / 20.05

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (U) p13

14.30

Grizzly Man (15) p19

13.15

Touki Bouki (N/C 15+) p16

15.30

Take 2: Alvin and the Chipmunks...(U) p25 11.30

Sunday 24 June Polisse (15) p9

13.15 / 19.15

A Royal Affair (15) p9

12.45

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (U) p13 The Bolshoi Ballet: Raymonda p21 L’Âge d’Or / Un Chien Andalou (15) p14

Monday 25 June

16.00

16.00 20.25

Polisse (15) p9

12.45 / 15.25

A Royal Affair (15) p9

15.00 / 20.00

Grizzly Man (15) p19

17.50

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Tuesday 26 June Polisse (15) p9

15.00 / 17.40 / 20.15

A Royal Affair (15) p9

14.00 / 20.00

Solidarity Song (N/C 8+) p8

18.10

Sing Your Song (12A) p8

12.45

The GFT Film Quiz p27

20.45

Wednesday 27 June Polisse (15) p9

A Royal Affair (15) p9

15.00 / 17.50 14.30 / 20.00

Sing Your Song (12A) p8

20.35

The Man with the Jazz Guitar (U) p8

17.35

Thursday 28 June Polisse (15) p9

15.00 / 20.15

A Royal Affair (15) p9

12.30 / 17.40

Sing Your Song (12A) p8

18.00

The Man with the Jazz Guitar (U) p8

15.15 / 20.25

Friday 29 June

Your Sister’s Sister (15) p10

14.45

/ 16.45

/ 18.45 / 20.45

Where Do We Go Now? (CTBC) p10

13.20 / 15.40

/ 18.00 / 20.20

The Room (N/C 15+) p12

23.00

Saturday 30 June Your Sister’s... (15) p10

14.45 / 16.45 / 18.45 / 20.45

Where Do We Go... (CTBC) p10 13.20 / 18.00 / 20.20 ☺ Family ticket deal

I Do Not Know What it is I Am Like (N/C 12+) p19 15.40 Take 2: Azur & Asmar... (U) p25

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CINEMA CITY We want your memories! This month we’re screening not one but two brilliant films shot in Glasgow: Death Watch (1980) and The Angels’ Share (2012). As part of our Cinema City project, we’d love to hear about your memories of these films. Were you an extra in Death Watch? Did The Angels’ Share shoot on location in your street? Please help us to create an online memory bank by sharing your experiences via www.glasgowfilm.org/cinema_city/cinema_memories or by filling in a postcard in GFT’s foyer.

The Angels’ Share Friday 1 – Thursday 14 June The Angels’ Share follows new father Robbie (played with effortless charm by newcomer Paul Brannigan) who vows to change his ex-offender ways and go straight for the sake of his newborn son Luke. While serving a community service order, he meets Rhino, Albert and Mo who, like him, find it impossible to find work because of their criminal records. But the fates of our four down-and-out heroes are changed forever with the decision to turn to drink…

Palme d’Or-winning British director Ken Loach reunites with screenwriter Paul Laverty for a bitter-sweet Glasgow comedy-drama that may just make Loach a winner at Cannes once again.

The screening on Wednesday 13 June (18.00) will be introduced by Dr Christopher Gow as part of GFT’s Contemporary Cinema Course.

Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.glasgowfilm.org Director Ken Loach Cast Paul Brannigan, Roger Allam, John Henshaw, Siobhan Reilly, Jasmin Riggins, William Ruane, Gary Maitland UK 2012, 1h46m, 15

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New digital print

Death Watch La mort en direct

Friday 1 – Thursday 7 June Before Big Brother gripped the nation or David Cronenberg entered the Videodrome, Bertrand Tavernier came to Glasgow to film this strikingly prescient futuristic drama. Ace reporter Roddy (Harvey Keitel) has a camera implanted in his eye to record everything he sees. His job is to capture the last days of the terminally ill Katherine (Romy Schneider) for the viewing pleasure of voyeuristic millions. Refusal to comply is not an option in a cult classic that earned five Cesar nominations and makes atmospheric use of the decaying industrial heartland of 1970s Glasgow.

Director Bertrand Tavernier Cast Romy Schneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, Max von Sydow France/West Germany/UK 1980, 2h8m, 15

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Free Men

Beloved

Friday 25 May – Thursday 7 June

Friday 8 – Sunday 10 June

Paris, 1942. Younes (Tahar Rahim), a young Algerian immigrant, survives by hawking goods on the black market. When German occupation forces crack down on recent immigrants, Younes is picked up and agrees to become an informant.

As he delves deeper into the hidden dealings of the Great Mosque of Paris, meeting its charismatic rector (Michael Lonsdale) and befriending an alluring Algerian singer (Mahmud Shalaby), Younes discovers a world of devout men and women committed to resistance. Director and co-writer Ismaël Ferroukhi finds inspiration in the little-known histories of the Muslim men and women who joined the French Resistance, and Rahim, so memorable in his starring role in A Prophet, imbues Younes with quiet emotion and a genuine sense of growth.

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 with distinct shades of Jacques Demy. 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.

Honoré is a dab hand at capturing the melancholy and ennui d’amour with which French cinema is often identified, and his song composer, Alex Beaupain, is a perfect collaborator – his sorrowful lowkey numbers illustrate the passion and despair of unrequited, mismatched or unconsummated desire.

Les bien-aimés

Les hommes libres

Director Ismaël Ferroukhi Cast Tahar Rahim, Michael Lonsdale, Mahmud Shalaby France 2011, 1h39m, subtitles, 12A: contains moderate violence

Director Christophe Honoré Cast Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Ludivine Sagnier France/UK/Czech Republic 2011, 2h19m, subtitles, 15

The Gospel of Us Thursday 7 June (17.15)

New British Cinema Quarterly

This is Dave McKean’s film of the extraordinary theatre event that took place in Port Talbot at Easter 2011. Taking inspiration from one of the defining narratives of our times, this contemporary retelling of the Passion story stars Michael Sheen and the people of Port Talbot as its cast, crew and heroes.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with guests from the film.

Director Dave McKean Cast Michael Sheen, David Rees Talbot, Darren Lawrence UK 2012, 2h, 12A: contains moderate violence and bloody crucifixion detail Image courtesy of Rich Hardcastle and National Theatre Wales

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Moonrise Kingdom Friday 8 – Thursday 14 June Bill Murray? Tick. Jason Schwartzman? Tick.

Deadpan humour? A retro palette? Françoise Hardy music? Tick, tick and tick. Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, fresh from opening Cannes Film Festival, looks like a triumphant return to form. Set in New England in the summer of 1965, this is the tale of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness.

As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing – and their peaceful island community is turned upside down. Look out for Bruce Willis as the local sheriff and Edward Norton as Scout Master Ward.

Director Wes Anderson Cast Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Tilda Swinton USA 2012, 1h34m, 12A: contains moderate sex references

Angel and Tony Angèle et Tony

Tuesday 12 – Thursday 14 June Angel and Tony is 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. Angel and Tony are not an obvious romantic couple; theirs will never be one of the great love stories. Yet anchored by two refreshingly naturalistic performances and a cleverly constructed narrative, this gently paced drama leads to a surprisingly heart-warming and strangely satisfying conclusion.

Director Alix Delaporte Cast Clotilde Hesme, Grégory Gadebois, Evelyne Didi France 2010, 1h24m, subtitles, 15

New digital print

Jaws

Friday 15 – Thursday 21 June Steven Spielberg’s 1975 shark saga transformed his career and set the standard for the New Hollywood popcorn blockbuster while frightening millions of moviegoers out of the water. When pieces of human flesh wash upon the shore of a popular tourist resort, Police Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) suspects the worst, but local officials, mindful of the lucrative tourist trade, refuse to put the island on a business-killing shark alert. After more deadly attacks, Chief Brody recruits marine biologist Hopper (Richard Dreyfuss) and veteran fisherman Quint (Robert Shaw) to hunt down the legendary beast, only to realise it is the shark that is hunting them.

Aided by John Williams’ unforgettable score, Jaws is still terrifying all these years later.

See p12 for details of our Late Night Classic screening of Jaws.

Director Steven Spielberg / Cast Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw USA 1975, 2h4m, 12A: contains moderate threat and occasional gory moments

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Sing Your Song Tuesday 26 – Thursday 28 June Audiences around the world know Harry Belafonte as a beautiful singer and talented actor but Sing Your Song salutes his inspirational life as a fighter for civil rights and social justice around the world. The son of a Jamaican immigrant, Belafonte has spent his every waking breath trying to make a difference, from tearing down the walls of segregation in the American entertainment industry to marching alongside Martin Luther King in the civil rights struggles of the 1960s. He has opposed apartheid in South Africa and the war in Iraq. Extraordinary archive footage and an insightful interview with Belafonte transform Sing Your Sing into a humbling record of an astonishing legacy.

Director Susanne Rostock USA 2011, 1h44m, 12A: contains real images of violence and one use of strong language

Solidarity Song: The Hanns Eisler Story Tuesday 26 June (18.10) Hanns Eisler, one of the greatest composers of the 20th century remains also one of the least known.

A devoted communist, he fled Nazi Germany to the US where he composed music for a number of films and renewed his collaboration with Brecht. Deported by the House Committee on Un-American Activities he moved to East Germany where he composed the GDR national anthem, but soon found himself at odds with the authorities. This award-winning documentary features interviews, rare documentary footage and superbly staged performances of his music. It is shown to complement the performance ‘Das Kapital plays Hanns Eisler’ during Glasgow Jazz Festival 2012.

Directors Larry Weinstein, Thomas Wallner Canada/Germany 1995, 1h29m, subtitles, N/C 8+

The Man with the Jazz Guitar Wed 27 (17.35) & Thurs 28 June (15.15/20.25) This is a delightful portrait of Ken Sykora, fascinating 1950s jazz musician and popular radio broadcaster who presented well-loved shows on both Radio Scotland and Radio Clyde. Featuring intimate interviews with his three children, close friends and colleagues, Ken is creatively brought to life through a mixture of animation and his radio voice. With exclusive access to Ken’s extensive archive, his life of music, food and words is beautifully reconstructed using memorabilia and rare sound recordings of his musical career not heard for more than fifty years.

Director Marc Mason / UK 2012, 1h55m, U

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Polisse Friday 15 – Thursday 28 June Winner of the 2011 Cannes Jury Prize, Polisse follows the daily lives of a tight-knit team working in the Child Protection Unit of the Parisian police. Basing her richly textured script on real child investigation cases, writer/ director/actor Maïwenn has gathered an accomplished ensemble cast who convey the emotional strain of the unit’s work with gritty realism. Crimes against minors, often vice-related, are the harrowing day-to-day reality of this motley group of cops, who face their work with a necessary dose of humour and the more-thanoccasional breakdown. A thrilling, compassionate and genuinely complex film.

A powerhouse of emotional jolts, freewheeling comedy and socially-minded storytelling. Like the whole series of The Wire packed into a single film.

The Hollywood Reporter The screening on Wednesday 27 June (17.50) will be introduced by Dr Christopher Gow as part of GFT’s Contemporary Cinema Course.

Director Maïwenn Cast Karin Viard, Joey Starr, Marina Foïs France 2011, 2h7m, subtitles, 15

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A Royal Affair

En kongelig affære Friday 15 – Thursday 28 June A gripping 18th century historical drama and epic romance about the love triangle between a German doctor, the Queen of Denmark, and her deranged king. When doctor Johann Friedrich Struensee accompanies the King of Denmark on a year-long trip around Europe, he gains the trust of the psychologically unstable monarch and is made his personal physician. But Struensee wants more: together with Queen Caroline Mathilde, who falls in love with the handsome and assertive medic, he increasingly takes over state affairs… Based on actual historical events, this drama of a man committed to the grand ideas of European enlightenment, is also an allegory about the conflict of progressive and reactionary forces.

Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.glasgowfilm.org Director Nikolaj Arcel Cast Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard Denmark/Sweden/Czech Republic/Germany 2012, 2h17m, subtitles, 15

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Your Sister’s Sister From Friday 29 June Fresh from its European premiere at GFF 2012, Lynn Shelton follows up the hysterical Hump Day with an emotionally twisted tale of sibling rivalry, broken hearts and best friends. Distraught after his brother’s death, Jack (Mark Duplass) takes his best friend Iris (Emily Blunt) up on her offer for a reflective week of solitude at her family’s island getaway. Upon arrival, Jack discovers Iris’s half-sister Hannah (Rosemarie DeWitt) already in residence. Nursing their respective troubles over a bottle of tequila, Jack and Hannah find themselves sharing a night of passion, only to be rudely awoken by the unexpected arrival of Iris…

Distinguished by its tart dialogue and flawless performances, Your Sister’s Sister fits somewhere between the world of Woody Allen and Eric Rohmer...

American independent filmmaking at its finest.

Allan Hunter, Co-director of Glasgow Film Festival Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.glasgowfilm.org

Where Do We Go Now? Et maintenant, on va où?

From Friday 29 June Winner of audience awards in Toronto, San Sebastian and Oslo, Where Do We Go Now? is the new feature from Caramel director Nadine Labaki. She brings a typical warmth and compassion to the most sobering of subjects – a land torn apart by violence.

A village in the Lebanese countryside is pock-marked with landmines, the legacy of a devastating conflict. As tensions rise once more, women in the village band together to distract their belligerent menfolk by any means necessary – from Ukranian showgirls to hash cookies. A thought-provoking crowd-pleaser that represented Lebanon in the 2012 Oscars.

Director Nadine Labaki Cast Claude Baz Moussawbaa, Leyla Hakim France/Lebanon/Italy/Egypt 2011, 1h40m, subtitles, CTBC

Director Lynn Shelton Cast Mark Duplass, Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt USA 2011, 1h30m, 15

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Night of the Living Dead

The Crazies

Tuesday 5 June (18.00)

Tuesday 19 June (18.00)

Bursting straight out of the Age of Aquarius, George Romero’s groundbreaking zombie gut-muncher changed the fear-film forever and instigated a more allegorical and mature approach towards genre filmmaking. Boasting a gritty documentary-feel and mediating everything from the civil rights struggle to the Vietnam War, Night of the Living Dead remains as harrowing and horrific today as it was forty-five years ago. Far more than just a ‘scary movie’, Night of the Living Dead ranks alongside Psycho as the most chilling and confrontational creeper to come out of the 1960s.

One of George Romero’s most underrated and intelligent outings, The Crazies focuses on a small town that is cornered by heavy-handed militia when a biological agent is accidentally released into the area. Said toxin causes the exposed to turn ‘crazy’ – with the army given a ‘shoot on sight’ policy towards the infected. As armed aggression soon becomes seen as the solution, sensible reactions to the problem at hand crumble and anarchy breaks loose. Powerful and unpredictable, The Crazies certified Romero as a genre force to be reckoned with.

This screening will be introduced by Calum Wadell, who is leading the course Brain Food, see p23 for full details.

This screening will be introduced by Calum Wadell, who is leading the course Brain Food, see p23 for full details.

Director George A Romero Cast Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Karl Hardman USA 1968, 1h36m, 18

Director George A Romero Cast Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan, Harold Wayne Jones USA 1973, 1h43m, 18

GEEK Film Night with Mark Millar

Let the Right One in Sunday 3 June (19.45) This bruised and brilliant horror is based on John Ajvide Lindqvist’s bestseller in which lonesome, whey-faced twelve-year-old Oskar becomes smitten by a young, female vampire named Eli. After initiating an adorable romance in the snow-coated forecourt of their glum housing complex, they soon realise that both of them are baying for blood. He’s privately fantasising about stabbing his schoolyard tormentors with a pocket knife and she needs to sate an appetite for the red stuff that keeps her from dropping dead… again. A fresh and memorable mix of grimy realism and gothic fantasy.

This screening will be preceded by a Q&A with crime writer Denise Mina who has chosen this month's film. Chaired by Mark Millar.

Director Tomas Alfredson / Cast Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar Sweden 2008, 1h55m, subtitles, 15

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LATE NIGHT CLASSICS Come along to our informal late night screenings and enjoy a drink from the bar while you watch.

All tickets cost £5 for students and £7 for everyone else. Plus FREE entry to NICE N SLEAZY on presentation of your ticket after each film.

The Room Friday 29 June (23.00) Oh hi beloved GFT audience. Since we first screened The Room two years ago you’ve been inundating us with requests on Twitter, Facebook and in person for a re-screening. Well, we’ve finally given into your demands – feast your eyes upon the best worst movie ever made!

The plot is straightforward: Johnny (the legendary Tommy Wiseau, who also wrote, directed and produced) is a successful banker with the promise of a big promotion. His future wife, Lisa, has doubts and decides to make things interesting by sleeping with his best friend, Mark. This simple premise, however, is expanded into an epic melodramatic train wreck of a film with gaping plot-holes, hammy acting and monumentally terrible dialogue.

From the Brando-esque, ‘You’re tearing me apart Lisa!’ to the classic, ‘Leave your stupid comments in your pocket’, come and quote along with ‘the Citizen Kane of bad movies’.

Audience participation is downright essential – a viewing guide and plastic spoons will be provided.

Director Tommy Wiseau Cast Tommy Wiseau, Juliette Danielle, Greg Sestero USA 2003, 1h39m, N/C 15+

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New digital print

Jaws

Friday 15 June (23.00) In 1975 Steven Spielberg was an unheralded whipper-snapper up to his neck in insouciant brine, irritable actors and a mechanical fish that just wouldn't play ball. From this nightmare scenario came an astonishingly effective thriller and the launch of the summer blockbuster. Somehow it all fell into place. The actors (Scheider, Dreyfuss, even Shaw as cantankerous quasi-Ahab, Quint) gelled; the script formed a precise three-act chronology; and the shark was sensibly kept hidden until the very close.

Oh and John Williams just happened to write the most impactful score in history. Enjoy this classic screened from a spanking new digital print.

Director Steven Spielberg Cast Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss USA 1975, 2h4m, 12A: contains moderate threat and occasional gory moments

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CLASSICS AT GFT Restored 35mm print

New digital print

Saturday 9 – Tuesday 12 June

Friday 22 – Sunday 24 June

Down on his luck, Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) wants to work once more with the directors, stars and writers whose movie careers he helped foster – but all they can think of is how he betrayed their trust.

Chronicling Shields’ rise to power in three long flashbacks, director Vincente Minnelli brings just the right blend of affectionate satire and scathing drama to an account of movie-capital mores that feels unusually authentic. It helps that many characters are clearly based on real people (think Selznick, Faulkner, Hitchcocks et al) and that Douglas hurls himself so fully into his role – the potent mix of charm, canniness and determination a pinnacle in the actor’s career. Utterly compelling.

Geoff Andrew, BFI

Now painstakingly restored to its full Technicolor glory, Powell and Pressburger’s masterpiece is, among other things, probably the greatest study of ‘Englishness’ in cinema. General Clive Wynne-Candy (Roger Livesey) is first found preparing a mock invasion as captain of the Home Guard in London during the Second World War, before we flash back to his days as a dashing young officer in Berlin in 1902. What follows is a wondrously rich, witty, sympathetic yet surprisingly critical portrait of a man and the subtle changes in his personality and values that occur with the passing of time; crucially, his fateful encounters with Edith Hunter (Deborah Kerr) and Theo KretschmarSchuldorff (Anton Walbrook) teach him that little is fair in love and war.

The Bad and the Beautiful

Director Vincente Minnelli Cast Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon USA 1952, 1h58m, PG

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Though Churchill was famously tempted to suppress the film, it’s now acknowledged as one of the finest British movies ever made, as deep, dark, delicately nuanced and quietly devastating as an Elgar symphony.

Directors Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Cast Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook UK 1943, 2h43m, U

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salvador dali L’Âge d’Or / Un Chien Andalou Sunday 24 June (20.25) To celebrate sixty years since Glasgow’s favourite painting – Salvador Dali’s ‘Christ of Saint John of the Cross’ – was first displayed in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, we’re screening two surrealist classics.

Dali and then-fledgling director Luis Buñuel collaborated in 1929 to create avant-garde classic Un Chien Andalou: essentially a barrage of striking and absurd images designed to shock and provoke. A woman’s eyeball being slashed open with a razor; ants swarming around the hole in a man’s palm; a dead donkey sprawled across a piano – once seen, these images are seared on the brain.

Nonsensical, erotic, scandalous, revolutionary: the surrealist agitators’ follow-up feature L’Âge d’Or is not for those of a nervous disposition. After premiering in Paris in November 1930, the film sparked a riot and was banned by the police. Eighty-odd years on, this provocative tale of two lovers and their thwarted attempts to consummate their passion has lost none of its power to upset the Establishment. Setting his sights on the Church, the State, and the family, Buñuel crafted a visual poem/clammy nightmare of deranged imagery. An exhilarating masterpiece that argues the case for giving our unconscious, irrational desires free reign.

Un Chien Andalou: Director Luis Buñuel / Cast Pierre Batcheff, Simone Mareuil / France 1929, 16m, subtitles, 15 L’Âge d’Or: Director Luis Buñuel / Cast Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad de Laberdesque / France 1930, 1h3m, subtitles, 15

Lock Up Your Daughters presents

Superbad

Sunday 17 June (19.45) This innovative teen comedy follows Seth and Evan during their final weeks together before the start of college forces them to go their separate ways.

Despite the typical teenage-boy tropes (the ultimate party, unrequited love) the film manages to stay fresh. Directed by Greg Mottola and produced by Judd Apatow maybe it’s the film’s pedigree that enables it to raise the bar of an otherwise tired genre. While the classic Apatow flavour means it still has one foot planted firmly in the comedy gutter, it’s the sweet and sensitive ‘bromance’ that makes it far more than the average teen farce.

The screening is preceded by short film The Strange Ones (14m) directed by Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein.

This screening will be introduced by Kat Hughes whose PhD thesis explores queer subtext in contemporary film representations of teenagers.

Director Greg Mottola / Cast Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse USA 2007, 1h53m, 15

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REFUGEE WEEK SCOTLAND: 18–24 JUNE From film screenings to football tournaments, comedy nights to carnivals, exhibitions, concerts, workshops, parties and much more, Refugee Week Scotland (18–24 June) is a week-long festival that recognises the contribution refugees make to Scottish culture. It promotes understanding about the reasons why people seek sanctuary and brings communities together to celebrate.

For more details about Refugee Week Scotland visit www.refugeeweekscotland.com.

Blame it on Voltaire La faute à Voltaire

Tuesday 19 June (17.45) This may just be the best film you’ve never heard of. The debut feature by Abdellatif Kechiche, director of Couscous, it won two awards at Venice but was never distributed in the UK. Jallel is a Tunisian immigrant who illegally enters France to make money to send back to his family. He follows the classic poor-immigrant trajectory, living communally and working at subsistence level. But the film deviates from the blueprint by filling in the contours of his life, focusing on his relationships with his new community – including two turbulent love affairs – and refusing to portray Jallel as either a hapless victim, or angry rebel. Wonderfully acted, its social realism leavened with touches of humour and a vibrant energy, this is a special film.

With thanks to the Institut français du Royaume-Uni, London Director Abdellatif Kechiche / Cast Sami Bouajila, Élodie Bouchez, Bruno Lochet France 2000, 2h10m, subtitles, N/C 15+

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Colour of the Ocean Die Farbe des Ozeans Wednesday 20 June (18.00) No good deed goes unpunished in Maggie Peren’s impressive feature woven around attitudes to the waves of African refugees desperately seeking a better life in Europe.

Zola and his son Mamadou are among the ten survivors of a refugee boat washed ashore in the Canaries. German tourist Nathalie is the first person to reach them and her instinct is to do everything she can to help. Border guard José’s instinct is to start the process that will see them deported. Is he callous or just realistic? Is Nathalie admirable or hopelessly naive? The struggle to do the right thing places issues of responsibility, compassion and moral duty at the heart of an utterly compelling human drama.

We are delighted that director Maggie Peren will introduce the film and participate in a Q&A following the screening with GFF Co-director Allan Hunter.

Touki Bouki Saturday 23 June (15.30) Glasgow cinephiles will not want to miss this special digital presentation of one of the great classics of African cinema, courtesy of Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation, no less. Mory, a cowherd who rides a motorcycle mounted with a cow's skull, and university student Anta meet in Dakar, Senegal's capital.

Alienated and disaffected with Africa, they fantasize about fleeing for France. The film follows them as they try to scavenge and hustle the funds for their escape.

Full of colour and energy, with influences ranging from Nicholas Ray through JeanLuc Godard, not for nothing has Touki Bouki has been called the African Easy Rider.

In association with Goethe-Institut Glasgow

With thanks to Maag Daan Crossmedia and the World Cinema Foundation

Director Maggie Peren Cast Álex González, Sabine Timoteo, Hubert Koundé Germany 2011, 1h35m, subtitles, N/C 15+ Image courtesy of Goethe-Institut

Director Djibril Diop Mambéty Cast Magaye Niang, Mareme Niang, Aminata Fall Senegal 1973, 1h28m, subtitles, N/C 15+

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MAN AND BEAST Two of the most critically and financially successful films of the year thus far – The Artist and War Horse – have featured powerful bonds between people and animals (not to mention a show-stealing performance from Palm Dog-winning Jack Russell, Uggie). Cinema has a rich history of using such inter-species relationships to reveal and reflect upon different aspects of human behaviour and society. In this short season we celebrate the films in which our four-legged friends have brought us a better understanding of ourselves. In these films animals variously offer companionship, love, status, respect; they help in work and play, give meaning to characters’ lives, but sometimes prove their downfall...

For the ultimate man versus beast film see our screenings of Jaws on pages 7 & 12.

Au hasard Balthazar Saturday 2 (16.00) & Monday 4 June (20.40) Animal as saint: in Robert Bresson's celebrated masterpiece a donkey is both witness to and the victim of mankind's cruelty, stupidity – and love. Balthazar’s life begins peacefully and happily in rural France, but his circumstances change dramatically when he becomes the property of a young woman named Marie. As she grows up and encounters tragedy and heartbreak, so does Balthazar; he passes from owner to owner, who treat him in a variety of ways, some with compassion, some with cruelty. A beast of burden suffering the sins of man, Balthazar nevertheless nobly accepts his fate. Through Bresson's unconventional approach to composition, sound and narrative, this seemingly simple story becomes a moving religious parable of purity and transcendence.

Everyone who sees this film will be absolutely astonished, [it] is really the world in an hour and a half.

Jean-Luc Godard Director Robert Bresson / Cast Anne Wiazemsky, Walter Green, François Lafarge / France 1966, 1h35m, subtitles, PG

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Wendy and Lucy

Bringing Up Baby

Saturday 9 (16.00) & Monday 11 June (18.45)

Saturday 16 (15.40) & Monday 18 June (17.50)

Meek’s Cutoff director Kelly Reichardt crafts this intimate tale of Wendy (Michelle Williams), an alienated Indiana woman who packs up her car and sets her sights on Alaska but finds herself stranded in a small Oregon town with no money and only her faithful dog, Lucy, to keep her company. When Lucy goes missing, Wendy begins a desperate search that brings her into contact with characters alternately indifferent, suspicious and sympathetic to her situation. Williams’s beautifully restrained performance embodies Wendy’s frustrations and fears, her loneliness and the fragility of hope, and beneath the film’s deceptively simple narrative surface is a lucid, melancholy inquiry into the current state of American society.

One of the finest screwball comedies ever, with Cary Grant – a dry, nervous, conventional palaeontologist – meeting up with madcap socialite Katharine Hepburn and undergoing the destruction of his career, marriage, sanity and sexual identity. The catalyst in the process is Baby, a leopard that causes chaos wherever he goes, and finally awakens Grant to the attractions of irresponsible insanity. Highlights include our romantic leads serenading the wrong leopard with ‘I Can’t Give You Anything But Love’ and Grant explaining why he is kitted up in a very feminine dressing gown – 'I suddenly went gay!'.

Director Howard Hawks delivers a funny, fastpaced, and offbeat story, enlivened by animated performances from his two stars, working at the top of their comedic ranges.

A brilliant, desperately sad Steinbeckian fable.

Time Out Director Kelly Reichardt Cast Michelle Williams, Walter Dalton, Will Patton USA 2008, 1h20m, 15

Director Howard Hawks Cast Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant USA 1938, 1h42m, U

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MAN AND BEAST cont...

Grizzly Man Saturday 23 (13.15) & Monday 25 June (17.50) A haunting yet frequently humorous exploration of the barriers between man and beast that cannot be breached. Timothy Treadwell spent thirteen summers living with grizzly bears in Alaska as their self-appointed guardian and, he felt, companion – until, in October 2003, one of the bears put hunger before sentiment and he came to a tragic end. Compiled from 100-odd hours of Treadwell’s own DV footage, plus interviews with his loved ones and associates, Grizzly Man is fascinating as both nature documentary – Treadwell captured some extraordinary moments, from a savage brawl between bears to his own playful gambolling with prairie foxes – and as a portrait of an appealing monomaniac, utterly in keeping with Herzogian type.

It is poignant, it is beautiful, and it is absolutely hilarious. Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian Director Werner Herzog USA 2005, 1h43m, 15

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I Do Not Know What it is I Am Like Saturday 30 (15.40) & Monday 2 July (18.00) Come and meditate on your inner animal at this rare screening of internationally acclaimed video artist Bill Viola’s seminal work I Do Not Know What it is I Am Like. An epic journey in five chapters, Viola describes the film as a ‘personal investigation of the inner states and connections to animal consciousness we all carry within’. Over a period of two years the artist spent time filming a free-roaming herd of buffalo in South Dakota, recording a time-lapse sequence beside a glacial lake in the Canadian Rockies, and documenting a firewalking ritual at a Hindu temple on Fiji. The resulting images are of striking clarity, depth and beauty, and, woven within a subtle fabric of natural sound, Viola composes a timeless view of the natural world and our place in it. Visually exciting, moving and thoughtprovoking.

All tickets are £4 Director Bill Viola USA 1986, 1h29m, N/C 12+ Produced in association with The Contemporary Art Television Fund, Boston and ZDF, Germany Photo: Kira Perov

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DAVID PEAT Best known as a filmmaker for his intimate observational documentaries (Gutted, This Mine is Ours, Me and My Face, Life's Too Short, Please Leave the Light On, etc.), photography was the key motivation that took David Peat into his career in television and film. To coincide with a retrospective of his street photography taking place at Street Level Photoworks (including his earliest portfolio of images from 1968 of the street life of children in Glasgow), and as a tribute to him (1947 – April 16, 2012), GFT are hosting screenings of the award-winning Gutted which Peat directed and the legendary and rarely-seen Big Banana Feet, on which he worked as cinematographer.

Big Banana Feet

Gutted

Sunday 3 June (18.00)

Tuesday 12 June (18.45)

Inspired by D A Pennebaker's classic Bob Dylan documentary Don't Look Now, director Murray Grigor and cinematographer David Peat followed Billy Connolly on his 1975 Irish tour from the opening concert in Dublin to the final night in Belfast. Unlike Dylan, Billy Connolly welcomes the presence of the filmmakers and invites the viewer into his world. The result is a fascinating time capsule of the young Connolly at the height of his powers braving a tense political situation with a breezy: ‘Naw, Ah'm no scared’.

What are the consequences for a small community when the white fish industry collapses? This poignant film tells the human tales of fishermen and their families. Fishing is one of Britain's oldest industries, and Fraserburgh is a community significantly dependent on it. This documentary charts the community's reaction to quota cuts and consequent drastic reduction in the industry. The filming at sea is extensive, and includes a trip to a breakers yard in Denmark and to the EC in Brussels. This film was screened in June 2004, and won the BAFTA Scotland Best Documentary in 2004 and the Celtic Film Festival Best Documentary in 2005.

Director Murray Grigor Cinematographer David Peat Scotland 1976, 1h17m, N/C 15+

Director David Peat Scotland 2004, 1h, N/C 15+

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ALTERNATIVE CONTENT Pre-recorded screening

Live broadcast

Sunday 3 June (15.15)

Sunday 24 June (doors open 15.45, curtain up 16.00)

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake 3D

The Bolshoi Ballet: Raymonda

When it premiered in 1995, Matthew Bourne’s triumphant re-interpretation of Swan Lake turned tradition upside down, taking the dance world by storm. An iconic production, perhaps best known for replacing the traditional female corps de ballet with a menacing male ensemble, it was filmed in 3D at Sadler’s Wells in 2011. The stellar cast includes the magnificent Richard Winsor as the lead Swan/Stranger, Dominic North as The Prince and Nina Goldman as The Queen. Breathtaking in its drama and intensity, the use of 3D creates an illusion of space around the dancers, drawing you onto the stage and bringing a dramatic realism to the story.

Tickets: £9.50 full price / £7.50 concession 2h, PG

A ballet in three acts based on medieval knights’ legends. With a lush, exotic score by Alexander Glazunov, Raymonda tells the tale of a French noblewoman betrothed to a knight of the Crusades, and her attempted abduction by a spurned Saracen rival. The ballet ends with the famous celebratory Hungarian dance in honour of the Hungarian king.

Tickets: £15 / £10 to CineCard holders 4h10m approx

Live cinecast from London

The Genius of Hitchcock: The Lodger Saturday 21 July (Pre-show mini documentaries 19.30, feature programme 20.00) GFT and the CAV Network present a live cinecast of Alfred Hitchcock’s early British masterpiece The Lodger, restored to its former glory by the BFI National Archive and presented here with a live score performed by Nitin Sawhney and the London Symphony Orchestra.

The Lodger is a suspenseful thriller shot against the backdrop of fogshrouded London and featuring matinee idol of the day, Ivor Novello in the title role. Multi-award-winning composer and producer Nitin Sawhney composed the film’s new score and will take part in a Q&A via cinecast following the screening.

Tickets: £12.00 full price / £10.00 concession 2h30m, PG

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Pre-recorded screenings

NT Live: Frankenstein Sunday 17 June (19.30): Benedict Cumberbatch as the Creature Sunday 1 July (19.30): Jonny Lee Miller as the Creature Sunday 15 July (19.30): Benedict Cumberbatch as the Creature Sunday 29 July (19.30): Jonny Lee Miller as the Creature Oscar-winner Danny Boyle (127 Hours, Slumdog Millionaire) returned to the theatre last year to direct this visionary multi-award-winning production of Frankenstein. Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller who alternated the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature were joint winners of the Evening Standard Best Actor award for their performances. Frankenstein returns to GFT and cinemas around the world in June/July for a limited season of pre-recorded encore screenings.

Tickets: £12 / £10 to CineCard holders, or see any two performances for £20.

2h approx (no interval), N/C 15+

Live broadcast

Live broadcast

NT Live: The Last of the Haussmans

NT Live: Timon of Athens

Thursday 11 October (doors open 18.45, curtain up 19.00)

Thursday 1 November (doors open 18.45, curtain up 19.00)

Julie Walters plays Judy Haussman with Rory Kinnear and Helen McCrory as her children in this eagerly-anticipated new play by Stephen Beresford: a funny, touching and sometimes savage portrait of a family that’s losing its grip.

Simon Russell Beale takes the title role in Shakespeare’s strange fable of consumption, debt and ruin, written in collaboration with Thomas Middleton.

Tickets: £15 / £10 to CineCard holders 3h

Tickets: £15 / £10 to CineCard holders 3h

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Learning

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.

BRAIN FOOD: George A Romero Tuesday 5 June – Tuesday 24 July (18.00–20.00)

Course Level 2 (Furthering knowledge/Developing critical engagement) With the debut of George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead in 1968 the horror genre changed virtually overnight becoming more pessimistic, mediating a bleak verisimilitude and attributing itself to a sense of ‘here and now’ political relevance. Led by exploitation film specialist Calum Waddell (Minds of Fear, Taboo Breakers), this course will look at four of Romero’s early classics and how they contributed to one of the most exciting and progressive eras ever for horror cinema.

Places limited to sixteen. The course comprises four films and four seminars (18.00–20.00) in the GFT Learning Space. Films will be in early evening slots but exact times may vary.

The course costs £57/£51 Admission to the course films is included in the price of the course; course films are open to the general public at standard ticket prices. All films introduced by course tutor Calum Waddell.

Night of the Living Dead (Tuesday 5 June) / The Crazies (Tuesday 19 June) Dawn of the Dead (Tuesday 3 July) / Day of the Dead (Tuesday 17 July)

GYFF Seeks New Team Members

Want to take part in Europe’s most innovative film festival for young audiences? Over 9,000 people attended Glasgow Youth Film Festival in 2012, enjoying the films, workshops and special events programmed by the Youth Team. The Team’s other Festival tasks included hosting special Q&A discussions, producing a film trailer, decorating The Arches restaurant and even singing at a concert! Many of the group have become close friends and gone on to work within the arts. Joining the Youth Team can lead to all sorts of great opportunities.

We’re looking for new Youth Team members: outgoing Glasgow-based teenagers aged 15–18 who are free on Monday evenings from August onwards. We want to hear from young film fans from diverse backgrounds. All that is required of new members is enthusiasm, regular attendance and most importantly, a passion for film.

If you are interested in taking part, please email paul.macgregor@glasgowfilm.org telling us why you’d be a good addition to the GYFF Youth Team and why you love GFT. Places are limited so don’t delay!

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Schools

Youth and Schools

Please note that this screening is 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.

Fast Girls – schools special preview Wednesday 13 June (10.00–12.15)

When streetwise Shania meets ambitious, middle-class Lisa on the athletics track, their two worlds collide with explosive results. As the girls strive to qualify for a major world athletics championship, they battle adversity and rivalry on their dramatic, heart-warming and inspirational journey.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the cast and members of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games committee.

They'll discuss making the film, how the actors trained for their roles and what Glasgow has got planned in the lead up to 2014.

Thanks to StudioCanal, Film Education and Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Cert 12A: contains infrequent strong language Cast: Noel Clarke, Lily James, Lashana Lynch Recommended for Secondary 1–6 [Expressive Arts / Literacy / Health and Wellbeing] Free to ALL schools

Please note that this screening is for schools only – members of the public will not be admitted.

This Sucks: The Movie

Earlier this year Glasgow Film Theatre, Starcatchers, Platform and Toad’s Caravan joined forces to produce short film This Sucks: The Movie, which stars a talented cast of hundreds of nursery children from the East End of Glasgow. The project was made possible by funding from Glasgow City Council's Area Committee Grants.

Using animation and green screen techniques, the children were able to act out the story of a lonely hoover called Hetty, who falls in love. The film screened in April at two special red carpet ceremonies hosted by GFT Learning for participating schools and the children's family members.

You can watch this imaginative and fun film on YouTube at http://is.gd/thissucks.

This Sucks: The Movie illustrates so clearly the skills and talents that 3–5-year-olds have inside themselves itching to come out. Our actors and their buddies have derived such a ‘feel good' factor from the GFT premiere screening. Participating teacher from Westercraigs Nursery

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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.

Free Family Films Puss in Boots U

Saturday 2 June 11.30am (1h30m) Everyone’s favourite cat from Shrek gets his own swashbuckling adventure in this colourful feline fairy tale.

Johnny English PG

Saturday 9 June 11.30am (1h28m) Who’s stolen the crown jewels? Rowan Atkinson is the enthusiastic but clumsy spy appointed to track down the culprits.

Audio described and captioned at GFT screening only.

An American Tail U

Saturday 16 June 11.30am (1h20m) A family of mice leave 1880s Russia for a better life in the US – where they hear there are no cats, every wall has a mouse-hole, and the streets are paved with cheese.

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked U

Saturday 23 June 11.30am (1h27m) The Chipmunks and Chipettes are stranded on a desert island.

Audio described and captioned at GFT screening only.

Azur & Asmar: The Princes’ Quest U

Saturday 30 June 11.30am (1h39m) Two boys raised as brothers race to discover a legendary fairy.

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 above for details. If you have any queries call Paul at Glasgow Film Learning on 0141 352 8613.

Next Access Take 2 Screenings: Puss in Boots U Saturday 2 June, 12.30pm (1h30m) Johnny English Reborn PG Saturday 7 July, 12.30pm (1h41m)

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Dinotasia Saturday 2 (14.10), Monday 4 (14.00) & Tuesday 5 June (12.45) One of our favourite natural history subjects, the good old dinosaur, gets a make-over and then some in this fantastically ambitious and groundbreaking documentary. Based on cutting-edge palaeontology and the latest fossil records, Dinotasia presents a series of vignettes about dinosaurs – both familiar faces and some we have only found out about in the past ten years. The film uses CGI to bring the stories to life, but draws on the medium’s birth in silent film and early Disney to create proper, traditional visual storytelling. Werner Herzog narrates, reuniting with the team behind Grizzly Man (see p19) and Cave of Forgotten Dreams. ☺

Family ticket deal available, see p29 for full details

Directors David Krentz, Erik Nelson / USA 2012, 1h23m, PG

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Silver Screen

Every Tuesday at 12.45pm GFT programmes films for our more discerning viewers!

All tickets are £4

Dinotasia PG

Jaws 12A

The Bad and the Beautiful PG

Sing Your Song 12A

Tuesday 5 June (12.45) - see page 26 Tuesday 12 June (12.45) - see page 13

Tuesday 19 June (12.45) - see page 7 Tuesday 26 June (12.45) - see page 8

Regulars

Glasgore: Horror/Cult Cinema Discussion Group

Wednesday 6 June (18.30), GFT’s Balcony Bar, 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 13 June (18.30), GFT’s Balcony Bar, Free This group meets on the second Wednesday of each month in the upstairs bar at GFT to discuss both blockbusters and arthouse movies. Come along to chat about recent releases with other film lovers. Led by film writer Eddie Harrison.

The GFT Film Quiz

Tuesday 26 June (20.45), Café Cosmo, tickets are £1.50 per person 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. A maximum of four per team.

Illustration by Jenny Speirs

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Dalai Lama Renaissance Sunday 10 June (17.15) At the turn of the Millennium the 14th Dalai Lama invited forty of the West’s leading, most innovative thinkers to his residence in the Himalayan Mountains to discuss the world’s problems and how we can solve them.

What transpired was unexpected and powerful, and was captured by an eighteen-person five-camera film crew. The film features quantum physicists Fred Alan Wolf and Amit Goswami (What the Bleep Do We Know!?), Michael Beckwith (The Secret), revolutionary social scientist Jean Houston, and others. Narrated

by Harrison Ford.

We’re delighted that producer/director Khashyar Darvich will introduce this screening and take part in Q&A afterwards.

Director Khashyar Darvich / USA 2007, 1h21m, N/C 8+

Seat Dedications

L31: Leo - enjoy with friends & family from Nonna & Pappa Leckie.

L32: Max - enjoy with friends & family from Nonna & Pappa Leckie.

WS-C1: Ray McKenzie Ushers’ Seat: Ben C G McGuigan

Todd Garner Exhibition

Saturday 9 June – Monday 2 July, GFT's Cafe Cosmo Todd Garner is an American artist who has been living and working in Glasgow since 1989. His paintings have a theatrical style with a 1930s flavour and are strongly influenced by the work of Edward Hopper. Todd designed and constucted the mosaic globe in the floor of GFT's foyer and has taught painting at the University of Strathclyde since 1996.

Useful Information Box Office Opening Hours

Sunday to Friday from 12 noon Saturday from 11am Box Office closes 15 mins after start of final film.

Ticket Prices

Unless otherwise stated: Full: £7 Concessions: £5.50 CineCard holders £1 off every screening all tickets £4.00 free but ticketed events non-standard ticket price, listed under event £1.50 on top of ticket prices ☺ Family ticket deal available (see below)

Gift Vouchers

Available from Box Office.

Mailing List

Join our mailing list for £7.00 per year and receive this guide delivered to your home.

Free Enewsletter

Receive regular bulletins of films and activities at GFT, visit www.glasgowfilm.org to subscribe.

Café Cosmo

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.

Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable.

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 Ticket Deal

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.

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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.

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

BOX OFFICE 0141 332 6535

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.

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.

Forthcoming Accessible Screenings The Angels' Share (CTBC) Friday 1 - Thursday 14 June

Saturday 2 (13.20), Thursday 7 (20.30), Tuesday 12 (18.15) & Thursday 14 June (16.00)

Take 2: Johnny English (PG) Saturday 9 June (11.30)

Take 2: Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (U) Saturday 23 June (11.30)

Due to circumstances beyond our control, occasionally we are unable to provide these accessible screenings.

You are advised to check with Box Office.

BUY TICKETS ONLINE WWW.GLASGOWFILM.ORG

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The Found Footage Festival Sunday 8 July (20.00) The Found Footage Festival, the acclaimed showcase of odd and hilarious found videos, will make its Scottish debut at GFT. Founded in New York City in 2004, the FFF is a one-of-a-kind event featuring VHS tapes discovered at thrift shops and garage sales throughout North America. Joe Pickett (The Onion) and Nick Prueher (Late Show with David Letterman) host each screening in person and provide their unique observations and commentary on these found video obscurities.

From the curiously-produced industrial training video to the forsaken home movie left on the street, the Found Footage Festival resurrects these forgotten treasures and serves them up in a lively celebration of all things found.

Tickets: ÂŁ10/ÂŁ9 Cinecard holders Skull-crushingly funny. A.V. Club Carrying the torch for all the odd video gems out there. John C Reilly The arbiters of awesome odd ephemera. Mashable 1h30m, N/C 15+