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.NT Live: No Man’s Land Thursday 15 December, 2016
Following their hit run on Broadway, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart return to the West End stage in Harold Pinter’s iconic play. Thursday 15 December (18.45) Running time: approx. 3h GFT Following their hit run on Broadway, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart return to the West End stage in Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land, broadcast […]
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Thursday, September 15, 2016 | Filed under: Aye Write! Glasgow's Book Festival 2014, Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take One Action Film Festival 2016, 14 – 25 September, 2016
Twelve days of inspiring films and captivating conversations. This year’s programme features more than 40 films from 20 countries, over 50% of which have been directed or co-directed by women. It shines a light on a diversity of experiences that are testament to the role we can all play in shaping our world for the […]
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All About Almodóvar, GFT 28 August 6 September, 2016
All About Almodóvar 28 August – 6 September, 2016 Dark Habits (15) Almodóvar’s delightfully dark and kitschy melodrama. Sunday 28 August (14.30) Running time: 1h54m Next event Sun, Aug 28 14:30 GFT 2 Order tickets What Have I Done to Deserve This? (18) Almodóvar’a homage to Italian neorealism. Tuesday 30 August (20.15) Running time: 1h37m […]
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Monday, September 12, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Matchbox Cineclub Pura Sangre Thu 15 September 2016 CCA
7pm, £5 + £1 booking fee, Cinema 18+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Analogue Film Scotland Out of Print (35mm) + Director Q&A Wed 14 September 2016 Matchbox Cineclub’s monthly residency continues with Luis Ospina’s rarely screened cult Tropical Gothic horror from 1980. An old, bedridden sugar tycoon who communicates with […]
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Thursday, September 8, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Man Who Fell To Earth, GFT 9 September, 2016
David Bowie stars in Nicolas Roeg’s classic film. Friday 9 (23.00), Sat 10 (14.30) & Sun 11 Sep (16.20) Running time: 2h19m Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie) is a humanoid alien that crash lands on earth seeking water for his dying planet. He uses his superior intelligence to acquire the wealth needed to save his […]
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Gary Numan: Android in La la Land GFT Sunday 11 September, 2016
Following Gary Numan’s career as one of the biggest-selling artists in the 1970s. Sunday 11 September (19.30) Running time: 1h25m In the 1970s Gary Numan was one of the world’s biggest-selling artists with a sound that had never been heard before. However, the same thing that fuelled his ambition, informed his music and dictated his […]
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CinemaAttic: Spanish and Latin American Short Film Night CCA 9 September, 2016
Fri 9 September 2016 7.30pm, £5 (£4 students) + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Spanish and Latin American Short Film Nights offer a powerful curated selection of short films, all with English subtitles, as well as networking breaks for the enjoyment of both the Ibero-American community and cinema lovers […]
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Bobby Sands: 66 Days GFT
Bobby Sands: 66 Days (15) A rare insight into the iconic Irish political figure, Bobby Sands. Monday 29 August – Saturday 3 September (Mon 29 and Sat 3 both sold out) Running time: 1h45m In the Spring of 1981 the relentless cycle of violence in Northern Ireland took a profound turn inside the infamous Maze […]
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Friday, September 2, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
CinemaAttic: Spanish and Latin American Short Film Night, CCA Fri 9 September 2016
7.30pm, £5 (£4 students) + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Spanish and Latin American Short Film Nights offer a powerful curated selection of short films, all with English subtitles, as well as networking breaks for the enjoyment of both the Ibero-American community and cinema lovers alike. This September CinemaAttic […]
LUX Scotland Presents: Audre Lorde – The Berlin Years, plus shorts 4 September GFT
This programme of experimental films celebrates subversive action. Sunday 4 September (19.15) Running time: 2h15m Dagmar Schulz’s feature- length portrait of Audre Lorde shows the African-American poet galvanising the Afro-German movement and anti-racist feminism. The documentary shows an alternate history of 1980s West German and North Atlantic social movements, rearranging the legacy of feminist filmmaker […]
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Joan Grossman Drop City Film Screening, CCA Wed 7 September, 2016 2016
Wed 7 September 2016 6pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema All ages Book online / 0141 352 4900 Intentions in Action: Second Stop Thu 1 September — Mon 31 October 2016 In 1962, Gene Bernofsky, Jo Ann Bernofsky and Clark Richert developed a concept they called Drop Art, making art a spontaneous part of everyday life […]
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Julieta GFT 26 August – 8 September, 2016
Julieta GFT Pedro Almodóvar returns to his great subject, the emotional terrain and interior lives of women. Friday 26 August – Thursday 8 September Running time: 1h39m Pedro Almodóvar forgoes the energetic bravura of his last release; I’m So Excited! and returns to his great subject, the emotional terrain and interior lives of women. Based […]
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Sunder Cinema presents Valley Girl. CCA Saturday 3 September, 2016
Sunder Cinema Presents Valley Girl Sat 3 September 2016 7pm, £5 + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Rotten Kiwis Sleeping Dogs with Smash Palace Mon 5 September 2016 Analogue Film Scotland Out of Print (35mm) Wed 14 September 2016 Matchbox Cineclub Pura Sangre Thu 15 September […]
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Rotten Kiwis Sleeping Dogs with Smash Palace CCA Mon 5 September 2016
6.45pm, £4 + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Sunder Cinema Presents Valley Girl Sat 3 September 2016 Analogue Film Scotland Out of Print (35mm) Wed 14 September 2016 Matchbox Cineclub Pura Sangre Thu 15 September 2016 In the late 1970s, New Zealand filmmaking entered the international […]
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Mary Irvine’s Blog: The Most Dramatic Shot In The History Of Cinema
Mary Barton – Brief Encounter Many older people will remember the film’ Brief Encounter’ starring Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson. But do you remember the young girl who served them tea in the station waiting room? Beryl. In real life the actress Margaret Barton, 90 this year and the last surviving member of the cast. […]
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Law of Desire, GFT 4 September, 2016
A complex love triangle in the Spanish film industry. Sunday 4 September (17.15) Running time: 1h42m Considered to be Almodóvar’s first gay film, Law of Desire focuses on a complex love triangle between three men involved in the Spanish film industry, and a parallel story of a struggling transsexual actor who finds herself caring for […]
Things To Come GFT 2 – 8 September, 2016
Isabelle Huppert stars alongside Eden’s Roman Kolinka in this touching film. Friday 2 – Thursday 8 September Running time: 1h42m Mia Hansen-Løve’s follow up to the critically acclaimed Eden is a stunning portrait of a woman searching through doubt, insecurity and grief to find herself in an ever-changing world. Isabelle Huppert (White Material, Amour) stars […]
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Women On The Edge Of A Nervous Breakdown, GFT, 6 September, 2016
The film that launched Almodóvar onto a global platform Tuesday 6 September (20.25) Running time: 1h28m The film that launched Almodóvar onto a global platform and earned the director multiple awards including BAFTA and Oscar nominations for Best Foreign Language Film. Primarily set inside middle-aged voice actor Pepas’ penthouse apartment, the film details her attempts […]
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Thursday, September 1, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Captain Fantastic, GFT, Friday 9 – Sunday 18 September 2016
Viggo Mortensen stars as a father confronting the battle of what it means to be a parent. Friday 9 – Sunday 18 September Running time: 1h59m Devoted father Ben (Viggo Mortensen) lives a sustainable existence with his six children in the remote forests of the Pacific Northwest, teaching them literature, music and advanced survival skills. […]
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Hell Or High Water, GFT, Friday 9 – Thursday 15 September
A gripping, action packed Neo-Western. Friday 9 – Thursday 15 September, 2016 Running time: 1h42m Two brothers, Toby (Chris Pine) and Tanner (Ben Foster) face the foreclosure of their family’s farm and decide to team up for a string of adrenaline filled heists. They soon find themselves on the radar of seasoned Texas Ranger, Marcus […]
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My Scientology Movie, GFT, 14 October, 2016
Louis Theroux’s first theatrical documentary sees him delve into the secretive world of Scientology. Friday 14 October (19.15) Running time: 1h39m + Q&A With a lifetime of experience dealing with eccentric and unexpected human behaviour, the unassuming Theroux won’t take no for an answer when his request to enter the Church of Scientology is turned […]
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Adapting Miss Highsmith Season at GFT, until 31 August, 2016
Adapting Miss Highsmith 21 – 31 August, 2016 GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Patricia Highsmith was an American novelist and short story writer known for her psychological thrillers. More than two dozen film adaptations resulted from her writing and Glasgow Film Theatre have selected four of the best movies for […]
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Friday, August 26, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Digital Desperados Mommy is Coming Sat 27 August 2016 CCA
Satuday 27 August 2016 7pm, Free (unticketed), Cinema 18+ 0141 352 4900 Mommy is Coming Dir. Cheryl Dunye, 64 mins, USA 2012 Another classic from groundbreaking director Cheryl Dunye – this time revelling in a camp B-Movie aesthetic reminiscent of Bruce la Bruce – touches on taboos and offers up lots of dyke/transboi/queer sexual shananigans. […]
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Baltic Film Society, The Summer of Sangaile CCA Sunday 28 August, 2016
Baltic Film Society The Summer of Sangaile Sun 28 August 2016 CCA 4pm, £6 (£4) + £1 booking fee, Cinema 18+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Seventeen-year- old Sangaile is fascinated by stunt planes. She meets a girl at a summer aeronautical show who discovers her most intimate secret and becomes the only person […]
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The Adventures of Prince Achmed, GFT 29 August, 2016
The Adventures of Prince Achmed With Live score The first full-length animated feature in the history of cinema, screened alongside a live score from Sink. Monday 29 August, 2016 Running time: 1h5m Widely considered to be the first full-length animated feature in the history of cinema, The Adventures of Prince Achmed is a beautifully crafted […]
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Tickled, GFT, 26 – 28 August, 2016
A thrilling stranger-than-fiction documentary. Friday 26 – Sunday 28 August Running time: 1h32m Journalist David Farrier stumbles upon a “competitive endurance tickling” video online, wherein young men are paid to be tied up and tickled. Farrier reaches out to request an interview with the production company, but receives an abusive response threatening extreme legal action […]
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Thursday, August 25, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
A Poem Is A Naked Person, GFT, Sunday 21 August, 2016
A singular documentary about the beloved Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell Sunday 21 August, 2016 (17.30) Running time: 1h30m An ineffable mix of unbridled joy and vérité realism, this film presents the beloved Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell as filmed by documentarian Les Blank. Letting us into […]
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Friday, August 19, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words, GFT Friday 19 – Monday 22 August, 2016
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words Glasgow Film Theatre An intimate portrait of one of the silver screen’s brightest stars Friday 19 – Monday 22 August, 2016 Running time: 1h54m Ingrid Bergman was a star of Hollywood’s Golden Era and a universally celebrated actor of American and World cinema. Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words […]
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The Childhood of A Leader, GFT, Friday 19 – Thursday 25 August 2016
The Childhood of a Leader Glasgow Film Theatre A chilling tale about the rise of fascism Friday 19 – Thursday 25 August Running time: 1h55m Brady Corbet’s debut feature is a chilling tale about the rise of fascism in the early 20th century. A young boy moves to the French countryside at the end of […]
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The Haystack featuring a Q&A with Joanna Cherry CCA 17 August, 2015
Scottish PEN presents The Haystack A FREE screening of the documentary, The Haystack Featuring a Q&A with Joanna Cherry QC MP, Olivia Cappuccini and David Irvine The CCA, 17th August, 6.15pm Did Orwell get it right, or is Big Brother bigger and more invasive now than ever envisaged? The Snowden revelations in 2013 demonstrated the […]
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Monday, August 15, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
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