Macrobert Cinema Guide Sep/Oct 2019

ALL FILMS, EVERY DAY, FROM ÂŁ4.50

DOWNTON ABBEY For six series we followed the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who worked for them and now the long-awaited film has finally arrived.

A Royal visit, the return of Carson and the future of Mary Crawley are all on the agenda for the big-screen look into the lives of everyone at Downton Abbey.

Michael Engler / UK 2019 / 122 min

Fri 13 to Thu 26 Sep, Times Vary

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HAIL SATAN? When media-savvy members of the Satanic Temple organise a series of public actions designed to advocate for religious freedom, they prove that with little more than a clever idea and a few rebellious friends, you can speak truth to power in some truly profound ways. Charming, funny and thought-provoking, this film offers a timely look at a group of often misunderstood outsiders.

Penny Lane / USA 2019 / 95 min

Fri 13 to Sun 15 Sep, 7.45pm

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ASTERIX: THE SECRET OF THE MAGIC POTION Asterix, Obelix and Miraculix set out to find a druid that is worthy enough for Miraculix to pass the mystery of the potion onto. While the three seek out the right person for the job, the evil Heretix works out a dark plan to get hold of the recipe.

Louis Clichy,Alexandre Astier / France 2018 / 87 min

Sat 14 & Sun 15 Sep, 11am

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BAIT Martin Ward is a cove fisherman, without a boat. His brother has re-purposed their father’s vessel as a tourist tripper. With their childhood home now a get-away for London money, Martin is displaced to the estate above the picturesque harbour. His struggle to restore the family to their traditional place creates increasing friction with tourists and locals while a family tragedy changes his world forever.

Mark Jenkin / UK 2019 / 89 min

Fri 20 to Sun 22 Sep, 7.45pm

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DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD Accompanied by a ragtag group of teens and Boots the monkey, Dora embarks on a quest to save her parents while trying to solve the seemingly impossible mystery behind a lost Incan civilisation.

James Bobin / Australia, USA 2019 / 102 min

Sat 21, Sun 22, Sat 28 & Sun 29 Sep, 11am Sat 5 & Sun 6 Oct, 11am

THE FAREWELL A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Billi struggles with her family’s decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.

Lulu Wang / USA 2019 / 100 min

Fri 27 Sep to Thu 3 Oct, Times Vary

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IT: CHAPTER 2 Every 27 years Evil, in the form of Pennywise the Clown, returns to the town of Derry in Maine.

Nearly three decades after the events of It the Losers Club, now grown up and living separate lives, are drawn back to the town.

Andy Muschietti / Canada, USA 2019 / 169 min

Fri 27 Sep to Thu 3 Oct, Times Vary

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AD ASTRA Astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of Earth. His journey will uncover secrets that challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos.

James Gray / Brazil, USA, China 2019 / 124 min

Fri 4 to Wed 9 Oct, Times Vary Tue 15 to Thu 17 Oct, Times Vary

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THE KITCHEN Between 8th Ave. and the Hudson River, the Irish mafia runs 20 blocks of a tough New York City neighborhood known as Hell’s Kitchen. But for mob wives Kathy, Ruby and Claire, things are about to take a dramatic and radical turn. When the FBI sends their husbands to prison, the three women take business into their own hands by running the rackets and taking out the competition.

Andrea Berloff / USA 2019 / 103 min

Fri 4 to Wed 9 Oct, Times Vary

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PYJAMA SCREENING

Wed 18 Sep, 7.15pm Are you a Plastic, a Desperate Wannabe or a Sexually Active Band Geek? Grab your clique and join us as we Quote-Along to one the top teen movies of all time.

We’ll have our very own ‘Burn Book’ primed and ready for you to write down your friends’ biggest secrets, a few of the best (and weirdest) will be read out to the rest of the audience so make them good!

And don’t forget to wear your pyjamas.

Mark S Waters / USA 2004 / 97 min

10 - 14 OCT Curated and presented by Macrobert Arts Centre

OPENING EVENT: DON’T BE A DICK ABOUT IT Benjamin Mullinkosson / USA 2018 / 69 mins Peter and Matthew are growing up at home together with their parents - crazy about each other, but also constantly at each other’s throats. Peter is obsessed with the TV show Survivor, and re-enacts the elimination rounds every day in an uncompromising ritual. His younger brother Matthew is scared of dogs and trying to get over it. Peter supports Matthew’s anxiety and Matthew supports Peter’s autism, while the camera follows their everyday lives.

Thu 10 Oct, 7.30pm I Filmhouse

Tickets: £2.50, £5.50 or £8.50 (you choose) Full programme details available online:

centscotdocufest.org I 01786 466 666

10 - 14 OCT Curated and presented by Macrobert Arts Centre

ELLA FITZGERALD: JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS + LIVE MUSIC Leslie Woodhead / USA 2019 / 89 Mins Ella Fitzgerald was a 15 year-old street kid when she won a talent contest in 1934 at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem.

Within months she was a star. This film uses never-before-seen images and unheard interviews to bring Ella to life and to tell the story of her music; a black woman who makes her career in the face of horrifying racism.

It includes interviews with Tony Bennett, Jamie Cullum, Laura Mvula, Johnny Mathis, Smokey Robinson and a rare interview with Ella’s son, Ray Brown Jr. + THE BRILL BAND Enjoy a selection of jazz and blues numbers straight from the American songbook.

Sat 12 Oct, 7.30pm I The Albert Halls (Lesser Hall), Dumbarton Rd. Stirling, FK8 2QL

10 - 14 OCT Curated and presented by Macrobert Arts Centre

CLOSING EVENT: EMINENT MONSTERS Stephen Bennett / UK 2019 / 89 Mins This film traces the roots of western governments’ love affair with torture. In 1950s Montreal psychiatrist Dr. Ewen Cameron, born in Bridge of Allan, Scotland, experimented on his patients, using sensory deprivation, forced comas and LSD injections. Covertly funded by the Canadian government and the CIA, his techniques have been used in Northern Ireland, Guantånamo and 27 countries around the world. Including extraordinary first hand testimony from Guantanamo survivors, Hooded Men from Northern Ireland and senior American psychologists and military personnel this documentary shows how the collusion of doctors to aid and abet torture began in the 1950s and continues to this day.

Q&A: Join us for a post-screening conversation with Stephen Bennett (Director) Mon 14 Oct, 7.30pm I Filmhouse

EVENT CINEMA

See the hilarious, award-winning, one-woman show that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, broadcast live from London’s West End. Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve) and directed by Vicky Jones, Fleabag is a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life. It may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig café struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing to lose.

Sat 28 & Sun 29 Sep, 7.30pm Sat 5 & Sun 6 Oct, 7.30pm Tickets: £17 / £15 Conc & Friends

EXTRA DATES ADDED

EVENT CINEMA NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE:

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS Featuring a Tony Award-winning performance from James Corden, this hilarious West End and Broadway returns to cinemas to mark National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday. Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East End hood. But Roscoe is really his sister Rachel posing as her own dead brother, who’s been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers.

Thu 26 Sep, 7pm Tickets: £17 / £15 Conc & Friends

ROYAL OPERA HOUSE LIVE: DON GIOVANNI Sexual intrigue, jealousy, wit, anger… and retribution! The new Royal Opera Season begins with Mozart’s engaging masterpiece, which follows Don Giovanni, the women he serially seduces, and the vengeance that finally catches up with him. The opera is renowned for its ever-shifting portrayals of complex characters, fast-moving action and mix of the comic and the heartfelt.

Tue 8 Oct, 6.45pm Tickets: £17 / £15 Conc & Friends

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: TURANDOT Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Franco Zeffirelli’s celebrated production of Turandot, which stars Christine Goerke in the title role of the icy Chinese princess who has renounced all men.

Sat 12 Oct, 5.55pm Thu 17 Oct, 7.30pm Tickets: £20 / £18 Conc & Friends

EVENT CINEMA BILLY CONNOLLY: THE SEX LIFE OF BANDAGES Hailed as the UK’s most influential comedian of all time, legendary Scot Billy Connolly is coming to cinemas with this brilliant show from his final stand-up tour. Recorded in 2015, during the Australian leg, this whip smart routine is a riotous journey filled with outrageous tales and blistering observations of everyday absurdities.

Wed 16 Oct, 7.30pm Tickets: £17 / £15 Conc & Friends

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE:

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM A feuding fairy King and Queen of the forest cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors trying to rehearse a play.

As their dispute grows, the magical royal couple meddle with mortal lives leading to love triangles, mistaken identities and transformations… with hilarious, but dark consequences.

Tue 22 Oct, 7.30pm Tickets: £17 / £15 Conc & Friends

ROYAL OPERA HOUSE LIVE: DON PASQUALE Royal Opera favourite Bryn Terfel heads the cast for this new production of Donizetti’s comedy of domestic drama across two generations. The witty story of a middle-aged man whose supposed young wife runs rings around him – with her own ulterior romantic purpose in mind – has long delighted and surprised audiences, not least as presented with the sparkle of its music and the virtuoso skill of its performers.

Thu 24 Oct, 7.30pm Tickets: £17 / £15 Conc & Friends

EVENT CINEMA THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: MANON Lisette Oropesa stars as the irresistible title character, the tragic beauty who yearns for the finer things in life, in Laurent Pelly’s revealing production. Michael Fabiano is the besotted Chevalier des Grieux, whose desperate love for Manon proves their undoing.

Sat 26 Oct, 5.55pm Tickets: £20 / £18 Conc & Friends

ROYAL OPERA HOUSE LIVE: CONCERTO / ENIGMA

VARIATIONS / RAYMONDA ACT III From The Royal Ballet’s classical origins in the works of Marius Petipa, to the home-grown choreographers who put British ballet on the world stage, this mixed programme highlights the versatility of the Company.

Tue 5 Nov, 7.15pm Tickets: £17 / £15 Conc & Friends

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE:

HANSARD

Hansard; noun The official report of all parliamentary debates. See two-time Olivier Award winners, Lindsay Duncan (Birdman, About Time) and Alex Jennings (The Lady in the Van, The Queen), in this brand-new play by Simon Wood, broadcast live from the National Theatre in London.

Thu 7 Nov, 7pm Tickets: £17 / £15 Conc & Friends

EVENT CINEMA THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: MADAMA BUTTERFLY Hui He stars as the devoted geisha who gives everything for the American naval officer, sung by Andrea Carè. Plácido Domingo adds another role to his remarkable repertoire, singing Sharpless for the first time.

Sat 9 & Sun 10 Nov, 5.55pm Tickets: £20 / £18 Conc & Friends

42ND STREET: THE MUSICAL Telling the story of Peggy Sawyer, a talented young performer with stars in her eyes who gets her big break on Broadway, this is the largest ever staging of the Tony ® Award winning musical. It was filmed live at the magnificent Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in the heart of London’s West End. Sun 10 Nov, 1.30pm Tue 12 Nov, 7.30pm Tickets: £17 / £15 Conc & Friends

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: AKHNATEN Phelim McDermott returns to the Met with a new staging of Glass’s Akhnaten, originally created by LA Opera, Improbable, and English National Opera, where it premiered, winning the 2017 Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production.

Sat 23 Nov, 5.55pm Tickets: £20 / £18 Conc & Friends

EVENT CINEMA NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: PRESENT LAUGHTER Matthew Warchus directs Andrew Scott (BBC’s Sherlock, Fleabag) in Noël Coward’s provocative comedy. As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as his many and various relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic and soulsearching.

Thu 28 Nov, 7.30pm Tickets: £17 / £15 Conc & Friends

ROYAL OPERA HOUSE LIVE: COPPELIA A classic returns to The Royal Ballet repertory with Ninette de Valois’ charming and funny Coppélia – a story of love, mischief and mechanical dolls. The intricate choreography is set to Delibes’ delightful score and shows off the technical precision and comedic timing of the whole Company. Osbert Lancaster’s designs bring a colourful storybook world to life in this Christmas treat for the whole family.

Tue 10 Dec, 7.15pm Tickets: £17 / £15 Conc & Friends

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: WOZZECK Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts William Kentridge’s new production of Alban Berg’s expressionistic masterpiece Wozzeck, regarded for its intense emotional power and brilliant score as one of the most significant operas of the 20th century.

Sat 11 Jan, 5.55pm Tickets: £20 / £18 Conc & Friends

SUBTITLED, RELAXED, BF SUBTITLED SCREENINGS DOWNTON ABBEY Sun 22 Sep, 5pm Thu 26 Sep, 7.15pm AD ASTRA Tue 8 Oct, 7.15pm These films have subtitles along the bottom of the screen and may show sound effects. Look out for foreign language films too marked FL

RELAXED SCREENING DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD Sun 29 Sep, 11am

Designed to welcome people who benefit from a more relaxed environment - those with an Autistic Spectrum condition, sensory and communication disorders and people living with dementia.

You can expect: - A relaxed attitude to noise and movement - Friendly staff on hand to help out - The lights to be on low - The volume to be turned down - No adverts or trailers before the film

BABY FRIENDLY SCREENING DOWNTON ABBEY Sun 22 Sep, 11.15am You can expect: - A really relaxed attitude to noise and 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

CHANGES ON CAMPUS & AT MACROBERT ARTS CENTRE Preparation work is ongoing as plans for the Campus redevelopment continue and if you’ve visited us recently you’ll have noticed there are already quite a few changes.

Our front doors have now relocated so you’ll be coming into our building from a new double door on the loch side instead - there are purple signs to point you in the right direction.

Our Blue Badge spaces and drop off point have also moved to the end of the East Link Road (there is a map on our website).

Look out for all the latest info on our website, social media channels and if you book in advance you’ll also receive a pre-event email.

OUR SUPPORTERS Thanks go to all the organisations, individuals, trusts and foundations who support us. With their help we’re able to offer an engaging programme of live events, cinema and opportunities to get involved in the arts for people of all ages.

Our core funders are:

Macrobert Arts Centre limited is a Scottish charity, no SC039546.

Full details of all of our supporters can be found on the website.

PROGRAMME DISCLAIMER: All information in this Cinema Guide is correct at time of print, but is subject to change without prior notice. Macrobert Arts Centre cannot be held liable for any arrangements made due to changes to the programmes listed. You can find full tems and conditions on our website.

DIARY: 13 SEP - 17 OCT 2019 13 FRI DOWNTON ABBEY 5PM 13 FRI HAIL SATAN? 7.45PM 13 FRI DOWNTON ABBEY 8PM 14 SAT ASTERIX 11AM 14 SAT DOWNTON ABBEY 2PM 14 SAT DOWNTON ABBEY 5PM 14 SAT HAIL SATAN? 7.45PM 14 SAT DOWNTON ABBEY 8PM 15 SUN ASTERIX 11AM 15 SUN DOWNTON ABBEY 2PM 15 SUN DOWNTON ABBEY 5PM 15 SUN HAIL SATAN? 7.45PM 15 SUN DOWNTON ABBEY 8PM 16 MON DOWNTON ABBEY 4.45PM 16 MON DOWNTON ABBEY 7.30PM 17 TUE DOWNTON ABBEY 4.45PM 17 TUE DOWNTON ABBEY 7.30PM 18 WED DOWNTON ABBEY 4.45PM 18 WED MEAN GIRLS 7.15PM 18 WED DOWNTON ABBEY 7.30PM 19 THU DOWNTON ABBEY 4.45PM 19 THU DOWNTON ABBEY 7.30PM 20 FRI DOWNTON ABBEY 5PM 20 FRI BAIT 7.45PM 20 FRI DOWNTON ABBEY 8PM 21 SAT DORA 11AM 21 SAT DOWNTON ABBEY 2PM 21 SAT DOWNTON ABBEY 5PM 21 SAT BAIT 7.45PM 21 SAT DOWNTON ABBEY 8PM 22 SUN DORA 11AM 22 SUN DOWNTON ABBEY 11.15AM 22 SUN DOWNTON ABBEY 2PM 22 SUN DOWNTON ABBEY 5PM 22 SUN BAIT 7.45PM 22 SUN DOWNTON ABBEY 8PM 23 MON DOWNTON ABBEY 4.45PM 23 MON DOWNTON ABBEY 7.30PM 24 TUE DOWNTON ABBEY 4.45PM 24 TUE DOWNTON ABBEY 7.30PM 25 WED DOWNTON ABBEY 4.45PM 25 WED DOWNTON ABBEY 7.30PM 26 THU NT LIVE: ONE MAN...

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Cinema Guide

Fri 13 Sep - Thu 17 Oct 2019