Glasgow loves cinema and offers a wide selection of entertainment to film goers and movie buffs alike. You can see all the latest big releases or catch an art house movie, participate in film quiz nights and enjoy special screenings.Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny, GFT, 4 – 7 November, 2016
Highlighting one of the most innovative American directors, this documentary explores the path travelled by the auteur, from his Texas roots to his warm reception on the awards circuit. Richard Linklater’s desire to create fuelled his work outside the Hollywood system, and his ability to showcase realistic characters and tell honest stories soon had others […]
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Thursday, November 3, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
You’ve Been Trumped Too, GFT, 4 – 8 November, 2016
Anthony Baxter’s explosive and timely follow up to You’ve Been Trumped explores the continuing confrontation between a feisty 92-year-old Scottish widow, Molly Forbes, and a billionaire seeking to become the most powerful man in the world. Molly and her family are living in the shadow of the Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen. When […]
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Sonita, GFT, 4 – 7 November, 2016
Sonita, an 18-year-old Afghan refugee and the subject of this unique and inspiring documentary, harbours dreams of being a rapper. But her family has a very different future in mind: as a bride she is worth $9,000. In a culture where women are forbidden to sing, Sonita hopes to find a way to make […]
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Daniel Blake, GFT, 25 October – 3 November 2016
GFT 25 October – 3 November, 2016 Daniel Blake (comedian Dave Johns in his feature debut) is a middle-aged carpenter from Newcastle, who after suffering a heart attack and deemed unfit to work, must rely on the state for help for the first time. As he comes up against the absurdities of the British welfare […]
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Lo and Behold Reveries of the Connected World GFT 28 October – 5 November, 2016
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World (12A) 28 October – 3 November Oscar-nominated filmmaker Werner Herzog chronicles the virtual world in this fascinating documentary. From the origins to the outermost reaches, Herzog explores the digital landscape with the same curiosity and imagination he viewed earthly destinations as disparate as the Amazon, the Sahara, […]
Africa in Motion Action Commandant (Action Kommandant) – UK Premiere CCA Sat 5 November 2016
Sat 5 November 2016 8pm, £5 + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Africa in Motion Film Festival Fri 4 November — Sun 6 November 2016 Dir. Nadine Angel Cloete | South Africa 2016 | 1h30m | Afrikaans/English with English subtitles | 15 Action Kommandant is the […]
The Exorcist, Director’s Cut, 28 October, 2016 (11 p.m.) GFT
The Exorcist – The Director’s Cut (18) 28 October GFT This Halloween weekend we’re bringing back one of the most iconic horror films of all time. When an actress suspects an evil spirit has possessed her daughter, two priests risk their lives to perform the rites of demonic exorcism. Join us for a rare chance […]
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Friday, October 28, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, Hallowe'en in Glasgow, Halloween in Glasgow 2016, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Drive In Scary Movies Riverside Museum, Fundraiser Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice 30 October, 2016
Hocus Pocus – 6pm The hilarious Hocus Pocus, starring Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker Friday the 13th 9pm (18 + only) Directed by Sean S Cunningham. Riverside Museum, 100 Pointhouse Rd, Glasgow G3 8RS Tickets cost £25 per car, per screening. Buy your tickets online. Fundraiser for Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice www.princeandprincessofwaleshospice.org.uk/event-article/social-events/drive-in-movie
The Shining, GFT 30 October – 1 November, 2016
30 October – 1 November, 2016 GFT Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece of modern horror is widely considered to be one of the most terrifying movies of all time. Based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel, this tale of a family man and would-be writer going mad as winter caretaker of the cursed Overlook Hotel is a seminal […]
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The Clan, CCA, Wednesday 2 November, 2016
Curzon Home Cinema & The List present: The Clan Wed 2 November 2016 CCA 7.30pm, £6 (£5) + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Curzon Home Cinema, in association with The List, bring you The Clan. Directed by Pablo Trapero and produced by Pedro Almodóvar, this shocking thriller is based […]
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The Man Who Laughs, Hallowe’en Silent Movie, Britannica Panopticon, 29 October, 2016
Hallowe’en Silent Movie The Man Who Laughs October 29th 7pm As is tradition Britannica Panopticon will be screening a silent horror movie for halloween with live musical accompaniment and sound effects! This year showing the expressionist classic ‘The Man Who Laughs’. Gwynplaine is the son of a nobleman who angered King James II. With his […]
Charles Rennie Mackintosh – films at The Lighthouse – Mackintosh Month, 1 – 30 October, 2016
Part of Mackintosh Month at The Lighthouse Come along to The Lighthouse and see the new films they have sourced for their permanent exhibition on Charles Rennie Mackintosh. These films provide more insight into Mackintosh’s deisgns and offer rare glimpses into restricted or lost parts of Mackintosh buildings. The films play throughout the day – […]
The Battle of Algiers, 30 October, 2016 GFT
The Battle of Algiers 30 October, 2016 GFT This highly political film about the Algerian struggle for independence from France is quite possibly one of the greatest war films ever made. Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to 1950s Algeria to reinforce efforts to quash the […]
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See Me Mental Health Shorts GFT 30 October, 2016
See Me Mental Health Shorts (N/C 15+) 30 October, 2016 GFT Four short documentaries challenging perceptions of mental health in Scotland. Featuring a dancer expressing her experience of BPD, the relationship between a sufferer of hoarding disorder and his counsellor; a young artist exploring her PTSD through art; and a sports reporter tackling his social […]
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Train to Busan GFT 28 October – 3 November, 2016
Train to Busan 28 October – 3 November, 2016 GFT Workaholic Seok-wu takes his estranged daughter on the KTX high-speed bullet train to Busan to visit his ex-wife. Just as the train leaves the station a vividly unwell passenger lurches onto the train, and before long the passengers find themselves enclosed with a deadly bio-hazardous […]
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Luminate Films at GFT 16 – 23 October, 2016.
Luminate Festival Films at GFT 16 – 23 October, 2016 Luminate is an annual festival that takes place across the length and breadth of Scotland each October, offering the chance to celebrate creativity and share stories about what ageing means to all of us. This year’s selection of films at GFT all explore growing older, […]
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Saturday, October 15, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Courted GFT 15 – 20 October, 2016
15 – 20 October, 2016 Michel Racine (Fabrice Luchini) is notorious as a strict judge at Assize Court but behind this façade, Michel hides a divorce and strained personal relationships. One day, a female juror in a murder trial reveals a connection to Michel’s past and everything changes, as he begins to find it increasingly […]
Scotland Loves Anime GFT October, 2016 GFT 14 – 16 October, 2016
Scotland Loves Anime returns for a seventh year! Order SLA Weekend Pass Belladonna of Sadness (N/C 18+) Innovative, rarely seen Japanese animation. Friday 14 October (23.00) Order tickets Momotaro, Sacred Sailors (N/C 8+) The UK Premiere of infamous Japanese propaganda film. Saturday 15 October (13.40) Order ticket Pigtails (N/C 15+) A delicate story of hope […]
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The First Monday in May, GFT 15 – 20 October, 2016
15 – 20 October, 2016 Andrew Rossi’s insightful documentary follows the creation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s most attended fashion exhibition in history, the 2015 show China: Through The Looking Glass. With unprecedented access, Rossi captures the collision of high fashion and celebrity, as Vogue editor Anna Wintour orchestrates the glitzy fundraiser. Featuring renowned […]
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Baden Baden GFT 25 – 27 October, 2016
Baden Baden 25 – 27 October, 2016 Abandoning a miserable job on a foreign film shoot, 26 year-old Ana (Salomé Richard) spends a hot summer attempting to get her life together. But an ambitious DIY project to replace her grandmother’s bath with a walk-in shower gets derailed by ill-advised affairs with lovers old and new, […]
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Friday, October 14, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Document Libya In Motion CCA Fri 21 October 2016
3.30pm, £4 (£3) + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Document Film Festival Thu 20 October — Sun 23 October 2016 A series of short stories from post-revolution Libya, filmed over three years by local emergent filmmakers. In documenting different facets of life in Libya during this turbulent period the […]
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Document Behemoth (Bei xi mo shou) CCA Sat 22 October 2016
Sat 22 October 2016 8pm, £4 (£3) + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 A poetic protest against the destructive social and environmental effects of industrialisation in China. Zhao Liang’s visually arresting and meditative film takes us to the heart of the Chinese mining industry, highlighting its toxic impact. Sheep […]
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Document Opening Gala Kings of Nowhere (Los Reyes Del Pueblo Que No Existe) CCA Thu 20 October 2016
Thu 20 October 2016 8pm, £4 (£3) + £1 booking fee, Theatre 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Document Film Festival Thu 20 October — Sun 23 October 2016 Document Tempestad Fri 21 October 2016 Document Friday Shorts Programme Fri 21 October 2016 Document Closing Gala Plaza de la Soledad Sun […]
Pio Abad – Notes on Decomposition Tony Manero CCA 18 October, 2016
Tue 18 October 2016 CCA 6.30pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema 18+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Cities Fri 1 July — Mon 31 October 2016 Pio Abad Notes on Decomposition Fri 16 September — Sun 30 October 2016 The film, with its juxtaposition of disco-infused delusions and the violence of daily life in Pinochet’s […]
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SMHAFF Mind/Game: The Unquiet Journey of Chamique Holdsclaw CCA Sunday 16 October, 2016
Sun 16 October 2016 CCA 5pm, £5 (£3) + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival Mon 10 October — Sun 16 October 2016 UK Premiere Dir. Rick Goldsmith | USA | 2015 | 56m with HULA Dir. Robin Haig […]
SMHAFF A Family Affair CCA 15 October, 2016
CCA Sat 15 October 2016 7pm, £5 (£3) + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival Mon 10 October — Sun 16 October 2016 Scottish Premiere Dir. Tom Fassaert | Netherlands, Denmark | 2015 | 110m | Dutch & English with […]
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Glasgow’s Radical Independent Bookfair Project not by the book CCA Fri 7 October – Sun 23 October 2016
Fri 7 October – Sun 23 October 2016 Tue-Sat: 11am-6pm, Sun: 12noon-6pm (Closed Mondays) Free An exhibition celebrating ten years of the RIB project – supporting small press publishers and independent producers, circulating radical reading materials and information. Includes a bookstall with titles from AK Press, back issues from Variant magazine and t-shirts by Angry […]
The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years – Sunday 30 October, 2016
The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years February 9th, 1964, 8:12pm EST – after a brief commercial break, four young men from Liverpool step onto the Ed Sullivan stage, changing culture forever. Thursday 15 September, 2016 (Doors open 18.00, Film starts 19.00) Running time: 2h tbc Seventy-three million people watched The Beatles […]
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Arika Episode 8: Refuse Powers’ Grasp, Tramway 21 – 23 October, 2016
Film, Performance, Participation Friday 21 October – Sunday 23 October Tramway Pay what you can, no booking required Is there a link between how we’re divided into populations that can be caged and exiled by the prison-industrial complex, and the ways people’s bodies are violently categorised and segregated by race, class, gender or ability? Episode 8 celebrates […]
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Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 2016
‘Time’ is the theme for the 2016 Festival, the very special 10th year, which will take place in venues across Scotland from 10th – 31st October. The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival (SMHAFF) today announced its celebratory 10th annual programme, its most ambitious to date, featuring new theatre, film, music, comedy, visual art […]
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