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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2019 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2019
80 YEARS OF CINEMA
GLASGOWFILM.ORG | 0141 332 6535 CINEMASTERS: HOWARD HAWKS | FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL | THE IRISHMAN | THE REPORT
12 ROSE STREET, GLASGOW, G3 6RB JOKER – 70MM | FESTIVE FILMS | BFI MUSICALS! | SORRY WE MISSED YOU | KNIVES OUTCONTENTS
2040 24 The Days to Come 10 FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL 19
After the Wedding 24 CHRISTMAS AT GFT 15 Alice and the Mayor + Q&A 19
Brittany Runs a Marathon 23 Anna and the Apocalypse 16 Delphine and Carole 21
Citizen K 26 Carol 16 Farewell to the Night 21
Her Smell 26 Die Hard 15 Gaultier – Freak & Chic 21
Honey Boy 26 Elf 15 I Lost My Body 19
Judy & Punch 25 Gremlins 16 Invisibles 19
Knives Out + short 25 Home Alone 16 Jeanette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc 19
Luce 23 It’s a Wonderful Life 15 Joan of Arc 20
Marriage Story 24 The Bishop’s Wife 15 La Belle epoque 21
Meeting Gorbachev 23 The Muppet Christmas Carol + short 15 Oh Mercy 20
Ordinary Love 25 White Christmas 16 On a Magical Night 20
Pink Wall 26 CINEMASTERS: HOWARD HAWKS 11 Portrait of a Lady on Fire 19
Shooting the Mafia 25 Ball of Fire - 35mm 11 The Mystery of Henri Pick 20
So Long, My Son 26 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 12 The Salamander 21
Sorry We Missed You 23 Monkey Business 11 The Swallows of Kabul 21
The Amazing Johnathan Documentary 24 Only Angels Have Wings - 4K 11 The Wolf’s Call 20
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The Beach Bum 23 Rio Bravo 12 Young Ahmed 20
The Biggest Little Farm 25 Scarface 11 HAVANA GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 14
The Irishman 24 DID YOU MISS? 8 Fatima of Fraternity Park 14
The Kingmaker 26 Bait 8 Strawberry and Chocolate 14
The Report + short 24 Judy 8 INFORMATION 29
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The Two Popes 25 The Souvenir 8 Accessible Screenings + Tuesday Treats +
30
BFI MUSICALS! 18 DISCUSSION GROUP 7 Pay What You Decide screenings
18 22 Ticket Prices & About GFT 29
First a Girl EVENT CINEMA
Sunshine on Leith 18 22
Bolshoi Ballet Encore: Le Corsaire Glasgore!
The Singing Lovebirds 18 Bolshoi Ballet Encore: The Nutcracker 22 Horror/Cult Film Discussion Group
Yentl - Reclaiming Streisand 18 Branagh Theatre: The Winter’s Tale 22 Free, Project Room, 18.30
Tuesdays 5 November and 3 December
CATALAN FILM FESTIVAL 10 NT Live: Hansard 22
This group meets on the first Tuesday of each month to
In Diamond Square 10 NT Live: Present Laughter 22
1 discuss horror and cult cinema.CONTENTS
LONDON KOREAN FILM FESTIVAL 14 UK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
Grass 14 Leona
Scattered Night 14 Solomon and Gaenor FILM TBC
MOVIE MEMORIES 28 The Birdcatcher Sat 16 November (11.30)
Dec - It’s a Wonderful Life 28
28
FILM TBC
Nov - Singin’ in the Rain
Sat 23 November (11.30)
Take 2
SONICA 10
Ibiza: The Silent Movie 10 A Minuscule Adventure (U)
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present 10 Sat 30 November (11.30)
SOUND & VISION 9
Depeche Mode: SPIRITS in the Forest 9 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (PG)
Manic Street Preachers: BE PURE - BE
VIGILANT - BEHAVE + Q&A
9 FAMILY-FRIENDLY FILMS Sat 7 December (11.30)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 9 How the Grinch Stole Christmas…
Mystify: Michael Hutchence 9
Full listings at glasgowfilm.org/take2 (PG)
or pick up a leaflet in the foyer Sat 14 December (11.30)
SPECIAL SCREENINGS 5
Every Saturday at 11.30am - a film for all the family
full listings at glasgowfilm.org/whats-on
Atlantics + Recorded Introduction 5 The Muppet Christmas Carol
5 at GFT. Free entry for Glasgow Young Scot or Kidz + short (U)
Blade Runner: The Final Cut
Card holders and an accompanying adult.
CineCard Preview: The Report 6 Sat 21 December (11.30)
Crossing the Line: each person houses parts
7
Free tickets are only available on the day from the
of others box office, one free adult ticket per child ticket. All AUTISM FRIENDLY
7 other tickets £5.50. Pick up a leaflet for full listings (same ticketing offer applies as Take 2)
Eyes Wide Shut + Never Just a Dream
and details.
Joker - 70mm 6
Dora and the Lost City of Gold (PG)
Late Night: The Room 7 Dora and the Lost City of Gold (PG Sat 2 November (12 noon)
Preview: Meeting Gorbachev + Q&A 5 Sat 2 November (11.30)
Preview: So Long, My Son 6
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (PG)
UK GREEN FILM FESTIVAL 8 Yellowbird (N/C 5+) Sat 7 December (12 noon)
Sat 9 November (11.30)
Earth 8
Welcome to Sodom 8
2NOVEMBER AT A GLANCE
Preview: Meeting Gorbachev Atlantics + Recorded
1 - 7 NOVEMBER
8 - 14 NOVEMBER
15-21 NOVEMBER
22 - 28 NOVEMBER
+ Q&A p5 Introduction p5 Blade Runner: The Final Cut p5 Joker - 70mm p5
Bait p8 CineCard Preview: Late Night: The Room p7 Crossing the Line: each person
The Report p6 houses parts of others p7
Miles Davis: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes p11
Judy p8 Ball of Fire - 35mm p11 Birth of the Cool p9
Mystify: Grass p14
UK Green Film Festival p8 UK Jewish Film Festival p12 Michael Hutchence p9
Sonica p10 Havana Glasgow Film Monkey Business p11 The Singing Lovebirds p18
Festival p14
Scarface p11 Sorry We Missed You p23 Leona p12 NT Live: Present Laughter p22
Only Angels Luce p23 Scattered Night p14 Judy & Punch p25
Have Wings - 4K p11
French Film Festival p19 After the Wedding p24 First a Girl p18 The Report p24
Access Film Club: Brittany Bolshoi Ballet Encore: Marriage Story p24
NT Live: Hansard p22 Runs a Marathon p27 Le Corsaire p22
The Irishman p24 The Amazing Johnathan
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The Beach Bum p23 Meeting Gorbachev p23 Documentary p24
Sorry We Missed You p23 2040 p24
The Amazing Johnathan
SPOTLIGHT
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Sorry We Missed You p23 The Report p24 Documentary p24
The Souvenir p8
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SPOTLIGHT
The Irishman p24
CineMasters:
SPOTLIGHT
Howard Hawks p11
Ken Loach tackles the injustices The copy under The Amazing
of the gig economy in this Johnathan Spotlight is from last
powerful drama. month. Should be: The twists
come thick and fast in a true-
One of the most anticipated life story that is never quite
Thrillers, screwball comedies, films of the year as Scorsese what it seems.
westerns and musicals; Hawks and De Niro return to gangster
cinema.
3 was the master of them all.DECEMBER AT A GLANCE
Eyes Wide Shut
29 NOVEMBER - 5 DECEMBER
6 - 12 DECEMBER
13- 19 DECEMBER
20 - 24 DECEMBER
+ Never Just a Dream p6 Die Hard p15 It’s a Wonderful Life p15 Home Alone p16
Manic Street Preachers: BE PURE. BE
VIGILANT. BEHAVE + Q&A p9 Yentl – Reframing Streisand p18 The Bishop’s Wife p15 Pink Wall p26
Catalan Film Festival p10 Ordinary Love p25 The Muppet Christmas Carol Citizen K p26
+ short p15
Rio Bravo p11 Honey Boy p26 Elf p15 It’s a Wonderful Life p15
Sunshine on Leith p18 So Long, My Son p26 White Christmas p16 The Bishop’s Wife p15
Branagh Theatre: Knives Out p27 Carol p16 The Muppet Christmas Carol
The Winter’s Tale p22 + short p15
Knives Out p25 Access Film Club: Gremlins p27 Anna and the Apocalypse p16 White Christmas p16
The Two Popes p25 Gremlins p16
So Long, My Son p26
SPOTLIGHT
The Biggest Little Farm p25 Bolshoi Ballet Encore:
The Nutcracker p22
full listings at glasgowfilm.org/whats-on
Shooting the Mafia p25 The Kingmaker p26
Judy & Punch p25 Her Smell p26
An achingly poignant Chinese
drama, with a huge heart to
So Long, My Son p6 match its epic running time.
SPOTLIGHT
Christmas at GFT p15 - 16
SPOTLIGHT
Knives Out p25
Our festive programme is back and bigger than ever. Book your
This all-star homage to Agatha tickets now as these shows sell out!
Christie is one of the most
entertaining films of the year.
4SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Preview: Meeting Atlantics + Recorded Introduction Blade Runner: The Final Cut
Gorbachev + Q&A Monday 11 November (18.00) Saturday 16 November (17.15)
Wednesday 6 November (20.15) Director Mati Diop Cast Abdou Balde, Aminata Kane, Ibrahima Director Ridley Scott Cast Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer,
Mbaye, France/Senegal/Belgium 2019, 1h44m, CTBC Sean Young, USA 1982, 1h52m, 15
Directors Werner Herzog, Andre Singer
UK/USA/Germany 2018, 1h30m, subtitles, N/C 8+
After a group of unpaid construction workers The definitive version of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi
disappears at sea in search of a better life masterpiece starring Harrison Ford. Adapted
Mikhail Gorbachev is synonymous with the era abroad, the women they have left behind in from Philip K Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream
of perestroika, glasnost and the hope that Dakar are overwhelmed with a mysterious of Electric Sheep?, Blade Runner has gripped
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democracy might take hold in Russia. fever. audiences and inspired passionate and fierce
Gorbachev, now 87, is interviewed by Werner debate. Harrison Ford is exemplary as the
Herzog who questions him on the Cold War, Ada, 17, secretly grieves for her love world-weary detective hunting down
his feelings about the Putin regime and his Souleiman, one of the departed workers, but intelligent but murderous replicants in a
place in history. Illustrated by rare archive she has been promised to another man. After neon-lit, rain-spattered Los Angeles 2019.
footage and propelled by the care and a fire breaks out on her wedding night, a The age-old question of what it means to be
compassion of Herzog’s questions, this young policeman is sent to investigate the human has rarely been dramatised with such
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touching portrait captures the human side of a crime. Little does he know that the aggrieved insight and contemplation.
world leader as he recalls his relationships with workers have come back as haunting,
Reagan and Thatcher, his beloved wife Raisa possessive spirits. While many of them seek Screening to mark the film’s setting in Los
and his dashed dream of lasting change. vengeance for their unpaid labour, Souleiman Angeles, November 2019, with an
has come back for a different purpose — to introduction by Glasgow Film Festival
Followed by a Q&A with co-director be with his Ada one last time. co-director Allan Hunter.
André Singer.
Winner of the Grand Prix at the 2019 Cannes
Film Festival.
Preceded by a filmed intro from director
Mati Diop. This event is presented by
5 Reclaim The Frame.SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Joker - 70mm CineCard Preview: Preview: So Long, My Son
Friday 22 - Monday 25 November The Report Monday 2 December (19.00)
Sunday 10 November (16.40) Director Wang Xiaoshuai Cast Liya Ai, Jiang Du, Zhao-Yan
Director Todd Phillips Cast Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Guo-Zhang, China 2019, 3h5m, subtitles, 12A
Niro, Zazie Beetz, USA 2019, 2h1m, 15 Director Scott Z Burns Cast Adam Driver, Annette Bening,
Jon Hamm, USA 2019, 1h59m, 15 So Long, My Son traces the lives of two families
In the fractured city of Gotham, failed over three decades of social, political and human
comedian Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) is In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, CIA upheaval in China. Following the loss of a child in
forever alone in a crowd. A clown-for-hire by agents began using extreme interrogation
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a tragic accident, their paths separate. Destinies
day, he aspires to be a stand-up comic at night, tactics on potential suspects. Idealistic FBI ebb and flow, and fortunes are transformed
but finds the joke always seems to be on him. agent Daniel J Jones (Adam Driver) is tasked under the impact of a country's changing face.
Isolated, bullied and disregarded by society, with leading an investigation into the CIA’s
Fleck makes one bad decision that brings Detention and Interrogation Program. Jones' Yet even as their lives diverge, a common search
about a chain reaction of escalating events as relentless pursuit of the truth leads to for truth and reconciliation around the tragedy
he transforms into the criminal mastermind explosive findings that uncover the lengths to remains. But sometimes it can take a lifetime to
known as the Joker. Joaquin Phoenix delivers which the nation's top intelligence agency say farewell.
an unforgettable performance as the iconic went to destroy evidence, subvert the law,
arch nemesis of DC Comics lore in this dark, and hide a brutal secret from the American Wang Xiaoshuai's acclaimed drama chronicles
gritty study of a man on the brink of madness. public. The Report is a riveting thriller based people and a society in full transformation - in
on actual events that follows one man’s which human relationships and the evolution of a
Exclusive 70mm screenings. pursuit of justice. nation are inevitably and inextricably
intertwined.
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6SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Crossing the Line:
each person houses parts
Eyes Wide Shut Late Night: The Room of others
Sunday 24 November (19.30)
+ Never Just a Dream Friday 15 November (23.00)
Directors Various, UK 2014-2019, 1h19m, N/C 15+
Friday 29 (19.30) and Director Tommy Wiseau Cast Tommy Wiseau,
Saturday 30 November (14.20) Juliette Danielle, Greg Sestero, Australia 2003, 1h39m, 18
each person houses parts of others responds
Director Stanley Kubrick Cast Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Infamously labelled the worst film ever made to the UK-wide shortage of social and
Sydney Pollack, UK/USA 1999, 2h39m, 18 but now enjoying cult status, The Room is a affordable housing, documenting alternative
cinematic experience like no other. Prepare to communities and ways of living together.
Set around Christmas in New York, Eyes Wide cringe, laugh and throw spoons as director, Full details at glasgowfilm.org
Shut is the ultimate alternative festive film, producer, writer and star Tommy Wiseau
returning to the big screen for its 20th churns and gurns his way through one of the Curated and introduced by Adam
Anniversary. One night after attending an most diabolical film creations of all time. Benmakhlouf.
eventful Christmas party, Alice Harford tells Johnny (Wiseau) has the good life; a great Image: Ed Webb-Ingall, Community, Land, Trust, 2019.
her husband Bill that she has had fantasies of Courtesy of the artist.
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job, a girlfriend he loves and a best friend he
being with other men. Shaken by this can rely on (Oh hi Mark), but it all starts to
admission, Bill heads into the New York night tear him apart.
on an obsessive journey of self-discovery.
SHORTS in
Stanley Kubrick looked for decades for a way SUPPORT
to tell the story of Eyes Wide Shut before
finally making it. Then, within days of GFT Drop-in Discussion
completing the film, he died suddenly.
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Wednesday 27 November (19.45) Free, Look out for the Shorts in Support
Preceded by Never Just a Dream: Stanley
Kubrick and Eyes Wide Shut, a brand new
Project Room logo for films screening at GFT.
short documentary featuring interviews Glasgow Short Film Festival’s Shorts In
Every month members of the GFT team
with Katharina Kubrick, Jan Harlan and Support scheme revives the tradition of
host an informal chat around one of the
those who know the director best, recalling screening short films before features. Eight
films in the programme. The film for
this final chapter of his career in moving fantastic new shorts will screen at venues
November is The Report, so if you watch
detail. across Scotland this winter. Supported by
it during its run, come along on 27
November for a discussion about it with Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI’s Film
fellow film fans! Audience Network.
7DID YOU MISS?
Bait Friday 1 - Monday 4 November Judy Tuesday 5 - Thursday 7 November The Souvenir
Director Mark Jenkin Cast Edward Rowe, Giles King, Tuesday 5 - Thursday 7 November
Mary Woodvine, UK 2019, 1h29m, 15 Director Rupert Goold Cast Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley,
Michael Gambon, UK 2019, 1h58m, 12A Director Joanna Hogg Cast Honor Swinton Byrne,
Tom Burke, Tilda Swinton, UK/USA 2019, 2h, 15
Cornish fisherman Martin is struggling to buy a
30 years have passed since Judy Garland shot to
boat while coping with family rivalry and the Julie is a film student struggling to find direction
global stardom in The Wizard of Oz. Broke,
influx of Airbnb and stag parties to his village. when she meets the seemingly decisive Anthony.
jobless and struggling with addiction she is
Stunningly shot on a vintage 16mm camera, The two immediately take to one another and a
Bait is a funny yet poignant film that gets to the offered a five-week residency at the Talk of the
Town in London. Judy is a compassionate and romance blossoms that could have devastating
heart of a community facing up to unwelcome consequences. Joanna Hogg presents a deeply
revealing dive into the devastating consequences
change. personal examination of her own experiences in
of her childhood stardom and her desperate
desire to love and be loved. this beautifully crafted portrait of self-discovery.
This Autumn the UK Green
UK GREEN FILM FESTIVAL
Film Festival brings the very
best of environmentally
themed films from around
the world to one of the UK’s
largest cinema networks.
Taking place over two weeks
from 30 October - 9 Earth Saturday 2 November (15.30) Welcome to Sodom
November, the programme of Director Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Austria 2019, 1h55m, subtitles, N/C 12+ Thursday 7 November (18.15)
feature documentaries
highlights the key Director Florian Weigensamer, Christian Krönes,
Several billion tonnes of earth are moved annually by Austria/Ghana 2019, 1h32m, subtitles, N/C 15+
environmental issues of today. humans - with shovels, excavators or dynamite.
At GFT we are offering the Nikolaus Geyrhalter observes people, in mines, Around 6000 women, men and children live and work in the
chance to see Nikolaus quarries and at large construction sites, engaged in a largest electronic waste dump in the world. This film portrays
Geyrhalter’s multiple constant struggle to take possession of the planet. people whose existence is not only formed by modern
award-winning new title Earth, This powerful documentary takes an up close look at technology but threatened by it too. This is the true end of
and we visit one of the most the Earth's crust and the internal and external wounds our modern digital world and will probably be the final
polluted places on earth in inflicted by our relentless drive for progress. destination of the smartphone in your pocket.
Welcome to Sodom.
8SOUND & VISION
Miles Davis:
Birth of the Cool
Friday 15 - Monday 18 November
Director Stanley Nelson, USA 2019, 1h55m, 15
Mystify: Michael Hutchence Manic Street Preachers:
The central theme of Miles Davis's life was his
Monday 18 - Thursday 21 November Be Pure – Be Vigilant – restless determination to break boundaries
Director Richard Lowenstein, Australia 2019, 1h42m, 15 Behave + Q&A and live life on his own terms. Featuring
never-before-seen archival footage, studio
Saturday 30 November (20.50)
This feature-length theatrical documentary, outtakes, and rare photos, Miles Davis: Birth
written and directed by Richard Lowenstein, of the Cool tells the story of a truly singular
Director Kieran Evans, UK 2019, 1h10m, N/C 18+
offers an intimate journey into the heart and talent and unpacks the man behind the horn.
soul of Michael Hutchence, the internationally To mark 20 years since the release of The
renowned lead-singer of INXS. Deftly woven Holy Bible, the Manic Street Preachers hit the
from an extraordinary archive of rich imagery, road in 2014 and 2015 to perform their seminal
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the film delves beneath the public persona of album in full for the first time. Over the course
the charismatic ‘Rock God’ and transports us of 10 dates across the UK, the band wrung
through the looking glass to reveal a every inch of emotion and anger possible
multifaceted, intensely sensitive and complex from their most painful, open and blistered
man. A rare insight into a man whose record to enthrall their fans - for whom the
glittering public facade masked deeply album is everything.
private despair. Depeche Mode:
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Armed with his camera, film-maker and band
collaborator Kieran Evans joined them on the
SPIRITS in the Forest
road. Propelled along by an astonishing live Thursday 21 November (19.30)
mix by longtime Manics collaborator Dave Director Anton Corbijn, UK/Germany 2019, 1h35m, N/C 15+
Eringa, Be Pure-Be Vigilant-Behave. is a
brutal, exhausting and transcendent Depeche Mode’s Global Spirit Tour saw the
testament to, and of, the band, their history, band perform to more than three million fans
the bond they share with their fans, and across the globe. This new film captures the
where they are now. energy and spectacle of the band’s
performance along with a deeper look into
Followed by a Q&A with director Kieran how their music has been woven into the
9 Evans. fabric of their fans’ livesSONICA
Returning for its fifth
edition, Cryptic’s award-
winning festival, Sonica
brings a pioneering
programme of world-class
visual sonic arts across
Glasgow this autumn. Ibiza: The Silent Movie
2019 showcases more Tuesday 5 November (20.30) Tony Conrad:
Scottish talent than ever
before, as well as a host of
Director Julien Temple, UK 2019, 1h31m, 15 Completely in the Present
exceptional international Ibiza: The Silent Movie tells, through soundtrack and Wednesday 6 November (18.00)
artists from Argentina, captions, the extraordinary 2,000 year history of the Director Tyler Hubby, USA 2017, 1h36m, N/C 15+
Belgium, Canada, Catalonia, clubbing capital of the world. This immersive
France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, audio-visual experience is an explosion of music, The little-known story of one of the great American artists of
Norway, Quebec, Slovenia imagery, re-enactments and remarkable archive our time. Since the early 1960s, Conrad's films and
and Sweden. footage. A continuous soundtrack curated and compositions have been the stuff of legend for artists and
composed by Fatboy Slim combines an eclectic mix musicians everywhere. This new documentary uses intimate
Explore the full programme of classic dance anthems with unexpected material footage of Conrad and his collaborators shot over the last 22
at: sonic-a.co.uk from a wide variety of music and eras. years, as well as Conrad’s own archive of recordings and films.
A wave of Mediterranean
CATALAN FILM FESTIVAL
heat hits Scottish screens
as CinemaAttic’s Catalan
Film Festival returns,
providing a multi-
dimensional portrait of
Catalan culture.
Whether you’re looking to
In Diamond Square
Sunday 1 December (17.00)
dive into a filmography The Days to Come
which is new for you, or Director Francesc Betriu Cast Silvia Munt, Lluís Homar, Joaquim Wednesday 4 December (18.00)
eager to revisit Catalan Cardona, Spain 1982, 1h51m, subtitles, N/C 15+
landscapes, CinemaAttic Director Carlos Marques-Marcet Cast Maria Rodríguez Soto, David Verdaguer,
gives you a bunch of Set during the Second Republic and the Spanish Civil Lupe Verdaguer Rodríguez, Spain 2019, 1h35m, subtitles, N/C 15+
reasons to understand why War, In Diamond Square tells the story of a young
Catalonia has become an woman called Colometa in Barcelona before, during Shining a light on a generation for whom financial
international powerhouse and after the war. Adapted from the celebrated 1962 considerations are an obstacle to having kids, The Days to
for filmmaking. novel La Plaça del Diamant by exiled Catalan author Come is an intimate glimpse of young parenthood. Taking
Mercè Rodoreda, the film follows Colometa’s advantage of the actors’ true pregnancy, Goya-winning
progression from almost complete submission to director Carlos Marqués-Marcet reveals the real chemistry
personal maturity and independence. between two lovers who have to review their carefree
existence. 10CINEMASTERS: HOWARD HAWKS
Howard Hawks was a true
master of genre. He could
turn his hand to any style
of cinema, and produce a
classic every time.
So huge is his influence
across golden era Hollywood
cinema that even this series of
Scarface Only Angels Have Wings - 4K
six films can’t claim to include Sunday 3 (17.00) and Monday 4 November (15.35) Tuesday 5 (17.45) and Wednesday 6 November (12.50)
all his best. We couldn’t fit Director Howard Hawks Cast Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Director Howard Hawks Cast Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth,
in The Big Sleep, Bringing USA 1932, 1h33m, 15 USA 1939, 2h1m, U
Up Baby, Red River, To Have
and Have Not, His Girl Highly controversial, and heavily censored on its High in the Peruvian Andes, tough pilot Geoff Carter
Friday… at least not this time. release, Scarface is a hugely significant early manages a ramshackle hotel and airmail service, whose
Nonetheless, this season gangster film. Tony Carmonte is a ruthless mobster pilots fly in the most perilous of conditions. Bonnie Lee
offers an indispensable set intent on building his empire in prohibition-era is a stranded showgirl who falls for Carter, forcing him
of big screen classics. Treat Chicago. Fighting off all opposition, he manages to to finally place value on his own life. One of the finest
yourself and don’t miss them. climb to the top of the heap - but his success may be examples of Hawks’ ability for dramatic storytelling,
short-lived. Only Angels Have Wings is an American cinema classic.
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Monkey Business
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Sun 17 (14.00) & Tues 19 November (20.30)
Ball of Fire - 35mm Director Howard Hawks Cast Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers,
Marilyn Monro, USA 1952, 1h37m, U
Tuesday 12 (15.45) and Wednesday 13 November (17.45)
Director Howard Hawks Cast Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oskar Homolka, USA 1942, 1h51m, U
Chemist Barnaby Fulton is working on a youth
formula for a chemical company by testing it
Ball of Fire is often overlooked in favour of Bringing Up Baby or His Girl Friday (both solid gold on chimps. One of the chimps decides to
classics) when it comes to Hawks’ screwball comedies. But it deserves seeing on the big screen, mess with the formula and inadvertently
featuring an Oscar-nominated Barbra Stanwyck, and a lightning-sharp script by Billy Wilder and creates the fountain of youth. If it sounds a bit
Charles Brackett. When seven professors provide shelter for a glamorous nightclub singer, silly, it’s because it is, and with a stellar cast
on fine form Monkey Business is one of
11 unaware that she’s being hunted by the police, madcap comedy ensues.
Hawks’ most ridiculously fun comedies.UK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
The 23rd UK Jewish Film Festival takes place
from 6 - 21 November 2019, bringing the best
of contemporary Jewish cinema from around
the world to a diverse range of UK audiences.
At GFT, we have selected three titles from
UKJFF’s wide-ranging programme: cinematic
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes stories that provide stimulating, interesting
and unique views of Jewish and Israeli life and
The Birdcatcher
Sun 24 (16.50) & Wed 27 November (18.15) culture. Wednesday 13 November (20.25)
Director Howard Hawks Cast Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Director Ross Clarke Cast Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, August
Charles Coburn, USA 1953, 1h31m, U Diehl, Jakob Cedergren, Norway/UK 2019, 1h40m, 15
Find out more at:
Hawks is known for his explorations of ukjewishfilm.org Esther, a beautiful Jewish-Norwegian
masculinity through westerns, thrillers and teenager, dreams of moving to America with
comedies, but he also happened to direct one her parents and becoming a Hollywood star.
of the most memorable and iconic musicals of But when Esther’s family are rounded up by
all time. With unforgettable songs, glorious the Nazis, she escapes to an occupied farm
technicolor images and a wicked sense of where she pretends to be a Norwegian boy -
humour, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a perhaps her most demanding role yet.
dazzling delight.
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Leona
Rio Bravo Wednesday 20 November (18.00)
Sunday 1 December (13.45) Director Isaac Cherem Cast Naian González Norvind, Solomon and Gaenor
Christian Vazquez, Carolina Politi, Mexico 2018, 1h35m,
subtitles, N/C 15+ Sunday 10 November (17.00)
Director Howard Hawks Cast John Wayne, Dean Martin,
Ricky Nelson, USA 1959, 2h21m, PG Director Paul Morrison Cast Ioan Gruffudd, Nia Roberts,
Ariela, a twenty-something Jewish mural Sue-Jones Davis, UK 1999, 1h45m, 15
With Rio Bravo, Hawks captured the legendary painter from Mexico City, falls for charming
West in a classic stand-off. On one side is an non-Jewish Ivan. Struggling with her family’s A 20th anniversary screening for this classic
army of gunmen dead-set on springing a disapproval, Ariela is torn between the man of British-Jewish cinema. Set amid the
murderous sidekick from jail. On the other is she loves and the community she can’t leave anti-Jewish riots of 1911, this is a sensitive and
Sheriff John T Chance and his two deputies. behind. Leona is a tender and moving debut spellbinding drama about a young Jewish
Throw in a youngster out to prove himself and feature about self-discovery and having the man in South Wales who falls in love with a
a beautiful woman with a past, and you’ve got courage to follow your heart. local girl.
yourself a Western for the ages. 12THE PERFECT MOVIE MIX
26 FEBRUARY – 8 MARCH GFF20 Memberships available now.
For just £10 members access 4 days advance
#GFF20 booking before festival tickets go on general sale.
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LONDON KOREAN
The London Korean Film Festival (LKFF) is
the UK’s leading showcase of Korean cinema,
and with over 60 titles on offer, it’s one of
the largest festivals dedicated to a national
cinema in the world.
The festival has introduced premiere
screenings of major blockbusters to UK
cinema screens, while also incorporating the
Scattered Night Grass
most engaging indie hits, documentaries, Tuesday 19 November (20.15) Sunday 24 November (17.30)
animation, shorts, classics and more Directors Kim Sol, Lee Jihyoung Cast Moon Seunga, Choi Director Hong Sangsoo Cast Kim Minhee, Jung Jinyoung,
within its diverse programme. Now in its Junwoo, Kim Hyeyoung, South Korea 2019, 1h21m, subtitles, Ki Joobong, South Korea 2017, 1h6m, subtitles, N/C 15+
groundbreaking 14th edition, LKFF celebrates N/C 12+
100 years of rich and vibrant national films in In this enigmatic drama from Hong Sangsoo
its special focus: A Century of Korean Cinema. When Su-min’s parents decide to divorce, she different characters drift in and out of a
and her brother are given an impossible back-alley cafe in Seoul speaking of their
All tickets £6 choice. Each can only live with one parent. hopes and regrets, while A-reum eavesdrops
Su-min attempts to convince her parents to on their conversations. All tickets £6
go on a family trip, believing they will see a
future together and call off the divorce.
FILM FESTIVAL
HAVANA GLASGOW
Twinned in 2002, Havana and Glasgow share
a richness of culture and identity that we
invite you to celebrate at GFT as part of the
fifth Havana Glasgow Film Festival.
The festival’s theme this year is ‘Film Can
Change the World,’ focusing on radical Cuban
films which have helped to shift societal
attitudes, spotlighting the work of two iconic
Fatima or Fraternity Park Strawberry and Chocolate
Cuban filmmakers - Tomás Alea and Jorge Tuesday 12 November (18.15) + Q&A
Perugorría. Director Jorge Perugorría Cast Carlos Enrique Almirante, Thursday 14 November (20.15)
Tomás Cao, Mirtha Ibarra, Cuba/Mexico 2015, 1h30m,
subtitles, N/C 18+ Director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Cast Jorge Perugorría, Vladimir
For more info about HGFF, Cruz, Mirtha Ibarra, Cuba/Mexico 1994, 1h30m, subtitles, 18
check out hgfilmfest.com Fatima tells the tale of a young queer Cuban
who moves to Havana, where they meet and This Oscar-nominated film tells the story of
fall in love with ‘Vaselina’, who encourages two very different men and how they come to
them to start a new life as a trans woman and respect each other. A 25th Anniversary
sex worker. The screening will be introduced Screening, followed by a Q&A with actors
by actor Mirtha Ibarra. Presented in Mirtha Ibarra and Vladimir Cruz.
collaboration with Africa in Motion. 14CHRISTMAS AT GFT
It simply wouldn’t be
Christmas without Buddy
the Elf or George Bailey on
the big screen.
We get in the Christmas
spirit at GFT with a feast of
festive films that Saint Nick
would be proud of. Has your
It’s a Wonderful Life Die Hard
favourite made the list? Friday 13-Tuesday 24 December Sunday 8 (19.10) and Friday 13 December (23.00)
Director Frank Capra Cast James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Director John McTiernan Cast Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia,
Barrymore, USA 1946, 2h10m, U USA 1988, 2h12m, 15
Frank Capra’s 1946 Christmas classic follows the One of the greatest action movies ever made opens with
tribulations of small town everyman George Bailey, a festive setting as NYPD officer John McClane takes on
who contemplates suicide one snowy, bleak Christmas archetypal European villain, Hans Gruber. When McClane
Eve. But when George is visited by his guardian angel, goes to the Christmas party at his estranged wife’s office,
he realizes the difference he has made to the people he finds himself embroiled in an action-packed mission to
around him, learning lessons of love, loyalty and what save the hostages being held by Gruber, who is
it means to lead a wonderful life. attempting to steal 600 million dollars. Yippee-ki-yay!
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The Bishop’s Wife The Muppet Christmas Carol Elf
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Friday 13-Monday 23 December + short Friday 13 - Saturday 21 December
Sunday 15 - Monday 23 December
Director Henry Koster Cast Cary Grant, Loretta Young, Director Jon Favreau Cast Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey
David Niven, USA 1947, 1h49m, U Director Brian Henson Cast Michael Caine, The Muppets, Deschanel, USA 2003, 1h37m, PG
USA 1992, 1h25m, U
Raising funds for a new cathedral, Bishop The best way to spread Christmas cheer is
Henry Brougham has his prayers for divine Join the Muppet characters as they tell their singing loud for all to hear! Will Ferrell stars as
guidance answered in the form of a guardian hilarious version of an old, bitter miser’s Buddy, a regular-sized man who was raised as
angel named Dudley. When Dudley assumes redemption on Christmas Eve. With Kermit the an elf in the North Pole by Papa Elf. When
the identity of a guest in their home over Frog playing Bob Cratchit, the put-upon clerk of Buddy finally finds out that he’s not a real elf,
Christmas, Brougham’s life is turned upside miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine). The he decides to go to New York City in search of
down, as he believes the charming angel is other Muppets - Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear his biological family. Cue a highly entertaining
15 developing an interest in his wife Julia. and Sam the Eagle – take up supporting roles. ‘fish out of water’ romp with seasonal bells on!CHRISTMAS AT GFT
White Christmas Carol Home Alone
Friday 13 - Thursday 19 December Monday 16 and Wednesday 18 December Friday 20 - Monday 23 December
Director Michael Curtiz Cast Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Director Todd Haynes Cast Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Director Chris Columbus Cast Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci,
Rosemary Clooney, USA 1954, 2h, U Sarah Paulson, USA/UK/France 2015, 1h58m, 15 Daniel Stern, USA 1990, 1h43m, PG
This true Christmas classic is full of laughter, Todd Haynes directs this lush adaptation of When eight-year-old Kevin (Macaulay Culkin)
dance and of course the beloved holiday the groundbreaking Patricia Highsmith novel is accidentally left home alone by his family
song, ‘White Christmas’. A romantic, dazzling The Price of Salt. Rooney Mara plays Therese, during the Christmas holidays, he has to use
musical starring Bing Crosby, it has delighted a young shop assistant in 1950s New York all his troublemaking skills to protect the
audiences for more than 60 years and never who tumbles into a passionate affair with a family home from a pair of bungling burglars.
fails to entertain. wealthy older woman (Cate Blanchett) on the Slapstick laughs and a heartwarming ending
brink of a divorce. make this a perfect family film.
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GIVE THE GIFT
OF FILM THIS
CHRISTMAS WITH
Anna and the Apocalypse Gremlins A CINECARD
Saturday 14 - Thursday 19 December Friday 13 and Tuesday 17 December You’ll be supporting the work
Director John McPhail Cast Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Director Joe Dante Cast Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt of GFT and the recipient will
Sarah Swire, UK 2017, 1h32m, 15 Axton, USA 1984, 1h46m, 12A receive a host of tickets, offers
High School pupil Anna has big plans to leave her An antidote to the artificial sweetness of the and special benefits
hometown and travel the world. As Christmas traditional Christmas movie, Gremlins tells glasgowfilm.org/cinecard
approaches, something strange lurks in the air, the story of an inventor who inadvertently
and it doesn’t take long for the undead to put a causes chaos when he purchases a cute Or treat them to GFT vouchers:
halt to her plans. Glasgow’s own John McPhail creature for his son. When three vital
brings us a zombie musical mash-up full of blood, instructions are ignored, a pack of
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tinsel and a Christmas like no other. mischievous gremlins are released on the
town, causing mayhem and destruction.
16YOU CAn make
a wonderful
DIFFEREnce
GFT enriches the lives of thousands of children,
young people and audiences
of all ages, abilities and backgrounds
through the power of cinema.
We are a registered charity.
Our self-generated income from cinema ticket sales
and our bars only covers 60% of GFT’s running costs.
We need YOUR support to ensure that
GFT can continue to provide Cinema for All.
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17 Glasgow Film Theatre is a registered charity No SC005932BFI MUSICALS!
This year’s BFI blockbuster season is
Musicals! – the greatest song and dance
season ever to grace UK cinema screens.
Our menu of films will run to January 2020, with
more titles to be announced in the coming
months. These are some of the world’s most
acclaimed and classic musicals as well as
underseen titles ripe for discovery, celebrating
their incredible artistry, spectacle and style. BFI First a Girl The Singing Lovebirds
Musicals! is a celebration of musicals on screen, Tues 19 (18.15) & Wed 20 November (20.35) Tuesday 26 November (18.30)
led by BFI, the Independent Cinema Office and
Film Hub Midlands on behalf of the BFI Film Director Victor Saville Cast Sonnie Hale, Jessie Matthews, Director Masahiro Makino Cast Chiezo Kataoka, Takashi
Anna Lee, UK 1935, 1h34m, U Shimura, Haruyo Ichikawa, Japan 1939, 1h9m, PG
Audience Network, supported by funds from
the National Lottery.
Aspiring actors Victor and Elizabeth both Singing Lovebirds is the most frequently
want a part in a musical show, but the casting revived pre-war musical in Japan. Oharu is in
people are quick to turn Elizabeth away. love with Reisaburo Asai, a much-admired
BFI FILM AUDIENCE NETWORK
However, when Victor loses his voice, he ronin (masterless samurai). But when her
convinces Elizabeth to stand in for him father finds himself in debt to the local lord,
disguised as a man. The original film that he fears he might have to sell her to pay it off.
Book tickets at: glasgowfilm.org/bfimusicals inspired the remake Victor/Victoria, First a All tickets £6.
Girl is a musical delight from start to finish.
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Sunshine on Leith Yentl – Reframing Streisand
Monday 2 December (17.30) Sunday 8 December (16.30)
Director Dexter Fletcher Cast Paul Brannigan, George MacKay, Kevin Guthrie, UK 2013, 1h38m, PG Director Barbra Streisand Cast Barbra Streisand, Amy Irving, Mandy Patinkin, UK/USA
1983, 2h13m, some subtitles, PG
Get with the beat and revisit the feel good factor of Sunshine on Leith. A
jubilant, heartfelt musical about the power of home, family and love, it is As much as musicals put women at the forefront, it’s rare to see one
the tale of one tight-knit family, and the three couples bound to it, as they directed by a woman, but Barbra Streisand’s Yentl is a key exception.
experience the joys and heartache that punctuate all relationships, all Desperate to receive an education in Talmudic Law before her father
while singing to the euphoric music of The Proclaimers. dies, Yentl (Streisand) decides to dress and live like a man to enter a
religious school in Bychawa, falling for a fellow student along the way.
The screening will be introduced by actor Kevin Guthrie.
Followed by a discussion with Birds’ Eye View Director-At-
Large and Oscar winning producer Mia Bays, plus special guests. 18FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL
Welcome to the 27th edition of the French
Film Festival, the UK’s only festival embracing
French and Francophone cinema in all its
diversity.
We are delighted to screen some of the
most exciting new films from across the
Channel, as well as much-loved Swiss classic I Lost My Body Alice and the Mayor
The Salamander and two groundbreaking Friday 1 November (13.00) & (18.00) Friday 1 November (20.00)
documentaries exploring central figures who
have been instrumental in shaping French Director Jérémy Clapin Cast Hakim Faris, Victoire du Bois, Director Nicolas Pariser Cast Fabrice Luchini, Anaïs Demoustier,
culture. Patrick Dassumçao, France 2019, 1h21m, subtitles, N/C 15+ Nora Hamzawi, France 2019, 1h45m, subtitles, N/C 15+
In a Paris hospital, a disembodied hand begins The Mayor of Lyon, Paul Theraneau, remains
Mobile Film Festival shorts
to move, beginning a perilous quest to find its completely devoted to serving his city but his
This year, the French Film
body. Meanwhile, pizza delivery boy Naoufel knack for generating new ideas has evaporated.
Festival UK continues its
grieves for the loss of his parents. One night, He hires brilliant young philosopher, Alice
collaboration with the
he encounters a young woman named Heimann, for a nebulous job conjuring ideas at
Paris-based Mobile Film Festival to present
Gabrielle. Sensing a connection, Naoufel City Hall. A lively, funny and touching
a selection of short films from France and all
embarks on his own mission to track her exploration of the way we live now.
around the world. One title will screen before
down.
select features.
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Invisibles Portrait of a Lady on Fire Jeannette: the Childhood of Joan of Arc
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Saturday 2 November (18.00) Saturday 2 November (20.05) Sunday 3 November (13.45)
Director Louis-Julien Petit Cast Audrey Lamy, Noémie Director Céline Sciamma Cast Noémie Merlant, Adèle Director Bruno Dumont Cast Lise Leplat Prudhomme,
Lvovsky, Corinne Masiero, Pablo Pauly, Déborah Lukumuena, Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino, France 2019, 1h59m, Jeanne Voisin, Lucile Gauthier, France 2017, 1h45m,
France 2018, 1h42mins, subtitles, N/C 15+ subtitles, N/C 18+ subtitles, N/C 15+
Audrey and Manu run a shelter for homeless Brittany, 1760. Artist Marianne is commissioned The story of France’s patron saint is told
women. When officials decide that the centre isn’t to paint the wedding portrait of reluctant through the joyful noise of a heavy-metal
helping get enough people off the streets, they shut bride-to-be Héloïse. Intimacy and attraction musical. In the midst of the Hundred Years’
it down, leaving Audrey and Manu to deal with the grow between the two women as they share War, the film follows the young shepherdess
consequences. Social commentary and feminist Héloïse’s first and last moments of freedom, Jeanette through her childhood and
anthem with a side of rom com, Les Invisibles is a whilst Marianne paints the portrait that will end adolescence
marvellous genre-bending confection. it all.
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Oh Mercy Joan of Arc On a Magical Night
Sunday 3 November (16.15) Sunday 3 November (19.00) Monday 4 November (17.45)
Director Arnaud Desplechin Cast Roschdy Zem, Léa Director Bruno Dumont Cast Lise Leplat Prudhomme, Director Christophe Honoré Cast Chiara Mastroianni,
Seydoux, Sara Forestier, Antoine Reinartz, France 2019, Annick Lavieville, Justine Herbez, France 2019, 2h18m, Vincent Lacoste, Camille Cottin, Benjamin Biolay, Carole
1h59m, subtitles, N/C 15+ subtitles, N/C 15+ Bouquet, Marie-Christine Adam, France 2019, 1h26m,
subtitles, N/C 15+
On Christmas night in Roubaix, local police are Bruno Dumont's second film about the
confronted with the violent murder of an historical heroine is peppered with lip- After 20 years of marriage, college lecturer
elderly woman. The victim’s two young, female synched musical numbers composed by Maria (Chiara Mastroianni) comes clean to
neighbours are arrested. Based on a French French rocker Christophe. The film follows her husband about her many affairs.
documentary, Oh Mercy plunges into the lives the legend of Joan of Arc’s different battles Deliciously and deliberately theatrical,
of the marginalised and the destitute. against the British in 1429 to her capture, trial Christophe Honoré serves up a French farce
and eventual execution only two years later. unfolding over the course of a single snowy
night.
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Young Ahmed The Mystery of Henri Pick The Wolf’s Call
Monday 4 November (20.50) Tuesday 5 November (17.30) Tuesday 5 November (20.15)
Director Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne Cast Idir Ben Addi, Director Rémi Bezançon Cast Fabrice Luchini, Camille Director Antoine Baudry Cast François Civil, Omar Sy,
Olivier Bonnaud, Myriem Akheddiou, Victoria Bluck, France Cottin, Alice Isaaz, France 2018, 1h41m, subtitles, N/C 12+ Mathieu Kassovitz, Red Kateb, France 2019, 1h55m,
2019, 1h24m, subtitles, N/C 15+ subtitles, N/C 15+
A manuscript supposedly written by deceased
Muslim teenager Ahmed has developed a pizza-restaurant owner Henri Pick turns into a As Russia and Europe head towards conflict,
dangerous connection with a militant imam. French literary sensation. When pompous TV a French submarine finds itself in crisis. The
Almost overnight, he transforms from a literary critic Jean-Michel Rouche makes rescue depends on Chanteraide, a young
relatively normal boy to a young man disparaging remarks about Pick, he loses everything. sonar technician with powerful hearing who
obsessed with the ‘purity’ of those around Jean-Michel decides to turn detective and teams up has the ability to recognise any sound. Now
him. with Pick’s daughter, Josephine, to discover the he holds the fate of the crew, his comrades
and the rest of the world in his hands.
truth. False leads and literary fun abound.
20FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL
Gaultier – Freak & Chic Delphine and Carole Farewell to the Night
Wednesday 6 November (20.45) Thursday 7 November (18.30) Friday 8 November (18.15)
Director Yann L’Hénoret, France 2018, 1h30m, subtitles, N/C 15+ Director Callisto Mc Nulty, France/Switzerland 2018, 1h10m, Director Andre Techine Cast Catherine Deneuve, Kacey
subtitles, N/C 15+ Mottet Klein, Oulaya Amamra, Stéphane Bak, France/
Germany 2019, 1h43m, subtitles, N/C 18+
Any fashion designer can stage a runway show.
Only Jean Paul Gaultier could pull off a fashion In the 1970s, legendary actress Delphine
Andre Techine’s latest film is a story of tough
freak show. In this feature documentary, Seyrig and director Carole Roussopoulos
love. When her grandson Alex comes to visit,
director Yann L’Hénoret follows Gaultier and were two of the first video activists in France.
supposedly en route to Canada for work,
Co for six months, providing a rare insight into Callisto McNulty’s documentary chronicles
Muriel discovers a shocking secret.
this crazy world and the hard work, creativity how the two women fought for women’s
Radicalised by his new girlfriend and
and planning that went into shaping Gaultier’s rights, both off the screen and behind the
determined to become a jihadi, Alex’s trip is
most outrageous project yet. camera.
taking him in a different direction entirely.
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Belle Epoque (La) The Salamander The Swallows of Kabul
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Saturday 9 November (17.45) Sunday 10 November (14.00) Monday 11 November (20.30)
Director Nicolas Bedos Cast Daniel Auteuil, Guillaume Director Alain Tanner Cast Bulle Ogier, Jean-Luc Bideau, Director Zabou Breitman, Éléa Gobbé-Mévellec Cast Hiam
Canet, Dora Tillier, Fanny Ardant, Pierre Arditi, Denis Jacques Denis, Véronique Alain, Switzerland/France 1971, Abbass, Simon Abarian, Swann Arlaud, Zita Henrot, France/
Podalydès. France 2019, 1h53 mins, subtitles, 15 2h3m, subtitles, N/C 18+ Luxembourg/Switzerland 2019, 1h21m, subtitles, N/C 15+
La Belle époque turns on a Westworld-like Two writers find themselves drawn to Based on the bestselling novel by Yasmina
dramatic conceit that permits well-heeled Rosemonde, a spirited post-hippie, pre-punk Khadra, The Swallows of Kabul portrays life
customers to revisit old times and play out fan- girl who may or may not have shot her uncle. As under Taliban control in the Afghan capital in
tasies of the past recaptured. Daniel Auteuil they attempt to adapt her story as a screenplay, rich watercolour-style animation. Focusing on
plays a cartoonist who is given the opportunity one writer prefers facts while the other is drawn the stories of two couples whose fates become
to relive the day he met his wife in order to to fantasy. Can either discover the truth? intertwined, the film portrays a regime that
21 save his marriage. relentlessly and sadistically castigates women.EVENT CINEMA
NT Live: Present Laughter Branagh Theatre:
Thursday 28 November (18.45) The Winter’s Tale
As he prepares for an overseas tour, star actor Wednesday 4 December (19.15)
Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of
Due to phenomenal demand, The Winter’s
spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an
escalating identity crisis as his many Tale, Shakespeare's timeless tragicomedy of
relationships compete for his attention, obsession and redemption, returns to cinemas
Garry’s last days at home are a chaotic this festive season. This beautifully
whirlwind of love, sex, panic and soul- reimagined production, co-directed by Rob
searching. Starring Andrew Scott (BBC’s Ashford and Kenneth Branagh, features a
remarkable cast including Dame Judi Dench
Sherlock, Fleabag), Present Laughter is a
as Paulina, alongside Tom Bateman, Jessie
giddy and surprisingly modern reflection on
Buckley and Sir Kenneth Branagh as Leontes.
fame, desire and loneliness.
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NT Live: Hansard Bolshoi Ballet Encore: Bolshoi Ballet Encore:
Thursday 7 November (18.45) Le Corsaire The Nutcracker
It’s a summer’s morning in 1988 and Tory Sunday 17 November (14.45) Sunday 15 December (14.45)
politician Robin Hesketh has returned home
On the bazaar square of Andrinopolis, a rich A Christmas treat for the whole family,
to the idyllic Cotswold house he shares with
sultan is struck by the beauty of captive accompanied by Tchaikovsky’s beloved score.
his wife of 30 years, Diana. But all is not as
maiden Medora and tries to buy her, but she On Christmas Eve, Marie’s mysterious
blissful as it seems. Diana has a stinking
is kidnapped by corsaire Conrad. Bolshoi godfather gives her a Nutcracker doll. At
hangover, a fox is destroying the garden, and
Prima Ballerina Ekaterina Krysanova, and midnight, the doll comes to life and Marie is
secrets are being dug up all over the place.
Leading Soloist Igor Tsvirko, evoke Medora enveloped in a battle between toy soldiers
What starts as gentle ribbing and the familiar
and Conrad’s passion with undeniable and mice. The Nutcracker must defeat the
rhythms of marital scrapping quickly turns to
intensity. With stunning choreography and Mouse King to save her.
blood-sport.
cinematic sets.
22NEW RELEASES
Brittany Runs a Marathon The Beach Bum
Friday 1 - Monday 4 November Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 November
Director Paul Downs Colaizzo Cast Jillian Bell, Jennifer Director Harmony Korine Cast Matthew McConaughey,
Dundas, Patch Darragh, UK 2019, 1h44m, 15 Snoop Dogg, Isla Fisher, Zac Efron, USA 2019, 1h35m, 18
Brittany Forgler is a hot mess. Her constant The Beach Bum follows the outrageous
partying makes her late for work every day. misadventures of Moondog (Matthew
But when a routine check-up at the doctor’s McConaughey) a fun-loving, rebellious
office reveals the dismal state of her health, burnout who lives life on his own terms.
Brittany is suddenly forced to get a grip. She Complete with an all-star cast including
sets herself the ultimate challenge: to Snoop Dogg, Isla Fisher, Zac Efron, Jimmy
compete in the New York City Marathon. Buffett, Martin Lawrence and Jonah Hill.
PROGRAMME NOTES
Sorry We Missed You
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Friday 1 - Thursday 14 November
Director Ken Loach Cast Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood,
Rhys Stone, UK/France/Belgium, 2019, 1h40m, 15
I, Daniel Blake director Ken Loach returns
with another devastatingly powerful portrait
of contemporary Britain. When Ricky, a father Meeting Gorbachev Luce
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of two, loses his job during the 2008 financial
crash, he sets himself up as a self-employed Friday 8 - Thursday 14 November Friday 8 - Thursday 14 November
delivery driver. Under the weight of relentless Directors Werner Herzog, Andre Singer, UK/USA/Germany Director Julius Onah Cast Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer,
schedules and rising debts, his family life is 2018, 1h30m, subtitles, N/C 8+ Tim Roth, Kelvin Harrison Jr, USA 2019, 1h50m, 15
soon pushed to breaking point.
Mikhail Gorbachev is synonymous with the High school athlete Luce is a poster boy for
era of perestroika, glasnost and the hope that the new American Dream. When his teacher
democracy might take hold in Russia. makes a shocking discovery in his locker, his
Gorbachev, now 87, is interviewed by Werner reputation is called into question. But is he
Herzog who questions him on the Cold War, really at fault? Luce is a smart psychological
his feelings about the Putin regime and his thriller that provides a deeply entertaining
place in history. look at identity in America.
23NEW RELEASES
SHORTS in
SUPPORT
After the Wedding The Irishman The Report + short
Friday 8 - Thursday 14 November Friday 15 - Thursday 21 November Friday 15 - Thursday 28 November
Director Bart Freundlich Cast Michelle Williams, Julianne Director Martin Scorsese Cast Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, Director Scott Z Burns Cast Adam Driver, Jon Hamm,
Moore, Billy Crudup, UK 2019, 1h52m, 12A Al Pacino, USA 2019, 3h29m, 15 Maura Tierney, USA 2019, 1h59m, 15
Seeking funds for her orphanage in India, Martin Scorsese’s epic saga of organised FBI agent Daniel J Jones is tasked with leading
Isabel travels to New York to meet with crime in post-war America centres on top an investigation into extreme interrogation
Theresa, a wealthy benefactor. When Theresa hitman Frank ‘The Irishman’ Sheeran (Robert tactics used by the CIA in the aftermath of
invites Isabel to her daughter’s wedding, their DeNiro). Frank recounts the hits that defined 9/11. His relentless pursuit of the truth
seemingly unconnected worlds collide in an his mob career, including the part he claims to uncovers the lengths to which the CIA went to
unexpected and deeply emotional journey. have played in the mysterious disappearance destroy evidence, subvert the law, and hide a
of his lifelong friend Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino). brutal secret from the American public.
CINECARD
DOUBLE
POINTS
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PROGRAMME NOTES
2040 Marriage Story The Amazing Johnathan
Friday 15 - Sunday 17 November Friday 22 - Thursday 28 November Documentary
Director Damon Gameau, Australia 2019, 1h32m, PG Director Noah Baumbach Cast Scarlett Johansson, Adam Friday 22 - Thursday 28 November
Driver, Merritt Wever, USA 2019, 2h16m, CTBC
Concerned about the planet his daughter Director Benjamin Berman, USA 2019, 1h39m, CTBC
would inherit, award-winning director Damon Noah Baumbach’s latest film is an incisive and
compassionate look at a marriage breaking up What begins as a documentary about a
Gameau embarked on a global journey to
and a family staying together. Scarlett magician who built a career out of shock and
meet innovators and changemakers across
Johansson and Adam Driver play an actor and deception in the 1980s becomes a bizarre
multiple fields. 2040 is a story of hope that
her stage director husband going through a story about the unravelling of the
looks at the very real possibility that humanity
gruelling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes documentarian. This debut feature is a wild
could reverse global warming and improve
them to their personal and creative extremes. ride that careens off the rails in highly
the lives of every living thing in the process.
entertaining and unexpected ways.
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