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Keith James: The Songs of Nick DrakeTuesday 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 twenty-six. 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+

DIARy 3 & 4L’Âge d’Or/Un Chien Andalou 14

The Angels’ Share 5Angel and Tony 7The Bad and the Beautiful 13Beloved 6Dalai Lama Renaissance 28Death Watch 5Dinotasia 26Free Men 6The Genius of Hitchcock: The Lodger 21The Gospel of Us 6Jaws 7 & 12Let the Right One in 11The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 13The Man with the Jazz Guitar 8Moonrise Kingdom 7Polisse 9A Royal Affair 9The Room 12Sing Your Song 8Solidarity Song: The Hanns Eisler Story 8Superbad 14Where Do We Go Now? 10Your Sister’s Sister 10

ALTERNATIVE CONTENTThe Bolshoi Ballet: Raymonda 21Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake 3D 21NT Live: Frankenstein 22NT Live: The Last of the Haussmans 22NT Live: Timon of Athens 22

BRAIN FOOD: GEORGE A ROMEROThe Crazies 11Night of the Living Dead 11

DAVID PEATBig Banana Feet 20Gutted 20

ContentsMAN AND BEAST SEASONAu hasard Balthazar 17Bringing Up Baby 18Grizzly Man 19I Do Not Know What it is I Am Like 19Wendy and Lucy 18

REFUGEE WEEKBlame it on Voltaire 15Colour of the Ocean 16Touki Bouki 16

GFT REGULARSAccess Take 2: Autism-Friendly Screenings 25Cinema City 5Film Discussion Group 27GEEK Film Night 11The GFT Film Quiz 27GFT Learning 23 & 24Glasgore: Horror/Cult Film Discussion Group 27Late Night Classics 12Lock Up Your Daughters 14Silver Screen 27Take 2: Free Saturday Films for Families 25

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FRIDAy 1 JUNEThe Angels’ Share (15) p5 13.45 / 16.00 / 18.15 / 20.30Death Watch (15) p5 15.20 / 20.10Free Men (12A) p6 13.10 / 18.00

SATURDAy 2 JUNEThe Angels’ Share (15) p5 13.20 / 18.15 / 20.30Death Watch (15) p5 15.40 / 18.10Free Men (12A) p6 20.45Dinotasia (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 JUNEThe Angels’ Share (15) p5 12.45 / 20.00Death Watch (15) p5 12.25 / 17.10Free Men (12A) p6 15.00Matthew 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 JUNEThe Angels’ Share (15) p5 16.00 / 18.15 / 20.30Death Watch (15) p5 13.15 / 18.00Free Men (12A) p6 15.50Au hasard Balthazar (PG) p17 20.40Dinotasia (PG) p26 14.00 ☺

TUESDAy 5 JUNEThe Angels’ Share (15) p5 14.45 / 18.15 / 20.30Death Watch (15) p5 15.15 / 20.10Free Men (12A) p6 13.00Night of the Living Dead (18) p11 18.00 Dinotasia (PG) p26 12.45 ☺

WEDNESDAy 6 JUNEThe Angels’ Share (15) p5 13.45 / 16.00 / 18.15 / 20.30Death Watch (15) p5 13.15 / 18.00Free Men (12A) p6 15.50 / 20.40Glasgore: Horror/Cult Film Discussion Group p27 18.30

THURSDAy 7 JUNEThe Angels’ Share (15) p5 15.00 / 18.15 / 20.30 Death Watch (15) p5 14.40 / 20.10Free Men (12A) p6 12.30The Gospel of Us (12A) p6 17.15

FRIDAy 8 JUNEThe Angels’ Share (15) p5 13.45 / 16.00 / 18.15 / 20.30Moonrise Kingdom (12A) p7 13.30 / 15.30 / 20.45Beloved (15) p6 18.00

SATURDAy 9 JUNEThe Angels’ Share (15) p5 13.30 / 18.15 / 20.30Moonrise Kingdom (12A) p7 14.00 / 18.00Beloved (15) p6 20.00Wendy and Lucy (15) p18 16.00The Bad and the Beautiful (PG) p13 15.45Take 2: Johnny English (PG) p25 11.30

SUNDAy 10 JUNEThe Angels’ Share (15) p5 12.20 / 14.45 / 17.00Moonrise Kingdom (12A) p7 15.15 / 19.45Dalai Lama Renaissance (N/C 8+) p28 17.15 The Bad and the Beautiful (PG) p13 19.30Beloved (15) p6 12.30

MONDAy 11 JUNEThe Angels’ Share (15) p5 13.30 / 15.45 / 20.30Moonrise Kingdom (12A) p7 14.45 / 16.45 / 20.45Wendy and Lucy (15) p18 18.45The Bad and the Beautiful (PG) p13 18.00

TUESDAy 12 JUNEThe Angels’ Share (15) p5 15.15 / 18.15 / 20.30Moonrise Kingdom (12A) p7 16.45 / 20.45Angel and Tony (15) p7 14.45Gutted (N/C 15+) p20 18.45The Bad and the Beautiful (PG) p13 12.45

WEDNESDAy 13 JUNEThe Angels’ Share (15) p5 13.30 / 15.45 / 18.00 / 20.30Moonrise Kingdom (12A) p7 14.45 / 18.45Angel and Tony (15) p7 16.45 / 20.45Film Discussion Group p27 18.30

THURSDAy 14 JUNEThe Angels’ Share (15) p5 13.45 / 16.00 / 18.15 / 20.30Moonrise Kingdom (12A) p7 16.45 / 20.45Angel and Tony (15) p7 14.45 / 18.45

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FRIDAy 15 JUNEPolisse (15) p9 15.00 / 17.40 / 20.15A Royal Affair (15) p9 14.30 / 17.15 / 20.00Jaws (12A) p12 23.00

SATURDAy 16 JUNEPolisse (15) p9 14.45 / 17.50 / 20.25A Royal Affair (15) p9 12.00 / 17.20 / 20.05Jaws (12A) p7 13.10Bringing Up Baby (U) p18 15.40Take 2: An American Tail (U) p25 11.30

SUNDAy 17 JUNEPolisse (15) p9 17.00A Royal Affair (15) p9 14.15Jaws (12A) p7 16.40NT Live: Frankenstein (N/C 15+) p22 19.30 LUYD: Superbad (15) p14 19.45

MONDAy 18 JUNEPolisse (15) p9 15.00 / 17.40A Royal Affair (15) p9 14.30 / 20.00Jaws (12A) p7 20.15Bringing Up Baby (U) p18 17.50

TUESDAy 19 JUNEPolisse (15) p9 15.15 / 20.20A Royal Affair (15) p9 14.30 / 20.10Blame it on Voltaire (N/C 15+) p15 17.45The Crazies (18) p11 18.00 Jaws (12A) p7 12.45

WEDNESDAy 20 JUNEPolisse (15) p9 14.45 / 20.20A Royal Affair (15) p9 14.30 / 20.00Jaws (12A) p7 17.30 Colour of the Ocean (N/C 15+) p16 18.00

THURSDAy 21 JUNEPolisse (15) p9 15.00 / 17.40 / 20.15A Royal Affair (15) p9 14.30 / 17.15 / 20.00Jaws (12A) p7 12.30

FRIDAy 22 JUNEPolisse (15) p9 14.15 / 20.15A Royal Affair (15) p9 14.30 / 17.15 / 20.00The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (U) p13 17.00

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SATURDAy 23 JUNEPolisse (15) p9 17.40 / 20.15A Royal Affair (15) p9 17.20 / 20.05The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (U) p13 14.30Grizzly Man (15) p19 13.15Touki Bouki (N/C 15+) p16 15.30Take 2: Alvin and the Chipmunks...(U) p25 11.30

SUNDAy 24 JUNEPolisse (15) p9 13.15 / 19.15A Royal Affair (15) p9 12.45The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (U) p13 16.00The Bolshoi Ballet: Raymonda p21 16.00 L’Âge d’Or / Un Chien Andalou (15) p14 20.25

MONDAy 25 JUNEPolisse (15) p9 12.45 / 15.25A Royal Affair (15) p9 15.00 / 20.00Grizzly Man (15) p19 17.50Go to www.glasgowfilm.org for a special Olympic event

TUESDAy 26 JUNEPolisse (15) p9 15.00 / 17.40 / 20.15A Royal Affair (15) p9 14.00 / 20.00Solidarity Song (N/C 8+) p8 18.10Sing Your Song (12A) p8 12.45 The GFT Film Quiz p27 20.45

WEDNESDAy 27 JUNEPolisse (15) p9 15.00 / 17.50 A Royal Affair (15) p9 14.30 / 20.00Sing Your Song (12A) p8 20.35The Man with the Jazz Guitar (U) p8 17.35

THURSDAy 28 JUNEPolisse (15) p9 15.00 / 20.15A Royal Affair (15) p9 12.30 / 17.40Sing Your Song (12A) p8 18.00The Man with the Jazz Guitar (U) p8 15.15 / 20.25

FRIDAy 29 JUNEYour Sister’s Sister (15) p10 14.45 / 16.45 / 18.45 / 20.45Where Do We Go Now? (CTBC) p10 13.20 / 15.40 / 18.00 / 20.20The Room (N/C 15+) p12 23.00

SATURDAy 30 JUNEYour Sister’s... (15) p10 14.45 / 16.45 / 18.45 / 20.45Where Do We Go... (CTBC) p10 13.20 / 18.00 / 20.20I Do Not Know What it is I Am Like (N/C 12+) p19 15.40Take 2: Azur & Asmar... (U) p25 11.30

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 MaitlandUK 2012, 1h46m, 15

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Death Watch La mort en directFriday 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 TavernierCast Romy Schneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, Max von SydowFrance/West Germany/UK 1980, 2h8m, 15

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Free Men Les hommes libresFriday 25 May – Thursday 7 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.

Director Ismaël FerroukhiCast Tahar Rahim, Michael Lonsdale, Mahmud ShalabyFrance 2011, 1h39m, subtitles, 12A: contains moderate violence

The Gospel of Us Thursday 7 June (17.15)

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 McKeanCast Michael Sheen, David Rees Talbot, Darren LawrenceUK 2012, 2h, 12A: contains moderate violence and bloody crucifixion detail Image courtesy of Rich Hardcastle and National Theatre Wales

BelovedLes bien-aimésFriday 8 – Sunday 10 June

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.

Director Christophe HonoréCast Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Ludivine SagnierFrance/UK/Czech Republic 2011, 2h19m, subtitles, 15

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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 AndersonCast Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Tilda SwintonUSA 2012, 1h34m, 12A: contains moderate sex references

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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 movie-goers 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 ShawUSA 1975, 2h4m, 12A: contains moderate threat and occasional gory moments

Angel and Tony Angèle et TonyTuesday 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 DelaporteCast Clotilde Hesme, Grégory Gadebois, Evelyne DidiFrance 2010, 1h24m, subtitles, 15

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Sing your SongTuesday 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 RostockUSA 2011, 1h44m, 12A: contains real images of violence and one use of strong language

The Man with the Jazz GuitarWed 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

Solidarity Song: The Hanns Eisler StoryTuesday 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 WallnerCanada/Germany 1995, 1h29m, subtitles, N/C 8+


PolisseFriday 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-than-occasional 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 MaïwennCast Karin Viard, Joey Starr, Marina FoïsFrance 2011, 2h7m, subtitles, 15

A Royal Affair En kongelig affæreFriday 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 ArcelCast Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe FølsgaardDenmark/Sweden/Czech Republic/Germany 2012, 2h17m, subtitles, 15

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your Sister’s SisterFrom 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 FestivalProgramme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.glasgowfilm.org

Director Lynn SheltonCast Mark Duplass, Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWittUSA 2011, 1h30m, 15

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 LabakiCast Claude Baz Moussawbaa, Leyla HakimFrance/Lebanon/Italy/Egypt 2011, 1h40m, subtitles, CTBC


Night of the Living DeadTuesday 5 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.

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 HardmanUSA 1968, 1h36m, 18

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Let the Right One inSunday 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 RagnarSweden 2008, 1h55m, subtitles, 15

The CraziesTuesday 19 June (18.00)

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.

Director George A RomeroCast Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan, Harold Wayne JonesUSA 1973, 1h43m, 18

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The RoomFriday 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 WiseauCast Tommy Wiseau, Juliette Danielle, Greg SesteroUSA 2003, 1h39m, N/C 15+

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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 SpielbergCast Roy Scheider, Richard DreyfussUSA 1975, 2h4m, 12A: contains moderate threat and occasional gory moments

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.

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The Bad and the BeautifulSaturday 9 – Tuesday 12 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

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

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The Life and Death of Colonel BlimpFriday 22 – Sunday 24 June

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 Kretschmar-Schuldorff (Anton Walbrook) teach him that little is fair in love and war.

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 PressburgerCast Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton WalbrookUK 1943, 2h43m, U

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L’Âge d’Or / Un Chien AndalouSunday 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

SuperbadSunday 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-PlasseUSA 2007, 1h53m, 15

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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 LochetFrance 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.

In association with Goethe-Institut Glasgow

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

Touki BoukiSaturday 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 Jean-Luc Godard, not for nothing has Touki Bouki has been called the African Easy Rider. With thanks to Maag Daan Crossmedia and the World Cinema Foundation

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


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

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.

A brilliant, desperately sad Steinbeckian fable. Time Out

Director Kelly ReichardtCast Michelle Williams, Walter Dalton, Will PattonUSA 2008, 1h20m, 15

Bringing Up BabySaturday 16 (15.40) & Monday 18 June (17.50)

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, fast-paced, and offbeat story, enlivened by animated performances from his two stars, working at the top of their comedic ranges.

Director Howard HawksCast Katharine Hepburn, Cary GrantUSA 1938, 1h42m, U


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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

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 thought-provoking.

All tickets are £4

Director Bill Viola USA 1986, 1h29m, N/C 12+ Produced in association with The Contemporary Art TelevisionFund, Boston and ZDF, GermanyPhoto: Kira Perov

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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 Sunday 3 June (18.00)

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’.

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

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GuttedTuesday 12 June (18.45)

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 David PeatScotland 2004, 1h, N/C 15+


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Live broadcast

The Bolshoi Ballet: RaymondaSunday 24 June (doors open 15.45, curtain up 16.00)

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

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Pre-recorded screening

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake 3DSunday 3 June (15.15)

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

Live cinecast from London

The Genius of Hitchcock: The LodgerSaturday 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 fog-shrouded 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

Pre-recorded screenings

NT Live: Frankenstein Sunday 17 June (19.30): Benedict Cumberbatch as the CreatureSunday 1 July (19.30): Jonny Lee Miller as the CreatureSunday 15 July (19.30): Benedict Cumberbatch as the CreatureSunday 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

NT Live: The Last of the Haussmans Thursday 11 October (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.


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Live broadcast

NT Live: Timon of Athens Thursday 1 November (doors open 18.45, curtain up 19.00)

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


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Learning at GFTWe 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.

GyFF Seeks New Team MembersWant 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 [email protected] 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!

Learning

BRAIN FOOD: George A RomeroTuesday 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)

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youth and SchoolsPlease 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 previewWednesday 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

This Sucks: The MovieEarlier 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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Please note that this screening is for schools only – members of the public will not be admitted.

Access Take 2: Autism-Friendly ScreeningsAccess 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.

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

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

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.

Next Access Take 2 Screenings:

Puss in Boots USaturday 2 June, 12.30pm (1h30m)

Johnny English Reborn PGSaturday 7 July, 12.30pm (1h41m)

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DinotasiaSaturday 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


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

All tickets are £4

Dinotasia PG Tuesday 5 June (12.45) - see page 26

The Bad and the Beautiful PGTuesday 12 June (12.45) - see page 13

Jaws 12ATuesday 19 June (12.45) - see page 7

Sing your Song 12ATuesday 26 June (12.45) - see page 8

RegularsGlasgore: Horror/Cult Cinema Discussion GroupWednesday 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 GroupWednesday 13 June (18.30), GFT’s Balcony Bar, FreeThis 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 personTest 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 RenaissanceSunday 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+

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.

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

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Café CosmoCafé Cosmo is open:Sunday to Friday from 12noon Saturday from 11amCafé Cosmo closes 15 mins after start of final film.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.

Websitewww.glasgowfilm.org Features further information on the programme and ticket booking along with ‘Extras’ including programme notes, trailers, and footage of GFT events.

CertificationFilms awaiting BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) certification are marked ‘CTBC’ (check the website or call the box office for up-to-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).

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Useful InformationBox Office Opening HoursSunday to Friday from 12 noonSaturday from 11amBox Office closes 15 mins after start of final film.

Ticket Prices Unless otherwise stated:Full: £7Concessions: £5.50CineCard 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)

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.

CineCardFor 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 TicketsSee 5 films for £32.50 / £25Tickets valid for 3 months

Family Ticket DealComes 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 BookingOnline: www.glasgow.film.orgPhone: 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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Access InformationGFT 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 [email protected] with your specific access enquiries.

GFT Accessible ProgrammeGFT 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 hearing-impaired or deaf who rely on subtitling to enable them to follow the film’s dialogue.

Getting HereIt’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 Theatre12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RBGlasgow Film Theatre (known as GFT) is a charity registered in Scotland, No. SCO05932.

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Due to circumstances beyond our control, occasionally we are unable to provide these accessible screenings. You are advised to check with Box Office.

Forthcoming Accessible ScreeningsThe 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)


The Found Footage FestivalSunday 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: £10/£9 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+

GFT June brochure 2012

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