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.Holding The Man, GFT Wednesday 6 July, 2016
Holding the Man A sensitive and poignant tale of love and loss Wednesday 6 July (20.10) Running time: 2h7m GFT Timothy, an aspiring actor and John, the captain of the football team, fell in love as teenagers at an all-boys high school in Melbourne in the 1970s. Their 15-year romance endured throughout their lives despite […]
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Friday, July 1, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Elvis & Nixon – film review by Calum Maclean
Elvis & NixonCertificate 15Directed by Liza JohnsonWritten by Joey Sagal, Hanala Sagal and Cary ElwesCast – Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey, Alex Pettyfer, Colin Hanks, Evan Peters, Tate Donovan, Sky Ferreira and Johnny Knoxville One of the strangest meetings of twentieth century cultural figures is the inspiration for this slight yet enjoyable film. On December 21 […]
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Thursday, June 30, 2016 | Filed under: Calum Maclean – poet and aspiring writer, Cinema, Film Reviews by Calum Maclean
Remainder GFT 24 – 30 June, 2016
Remainder A mysterious mind-bender, adapted from Tom McCarthy’s cult novel Friday 24 – Thursday 30 June, 2016 GFT A young, unnamed man (Tom Sturridge) is struck on the head by an object falling from the sky. As he recovers from the accident, the company responsible pay him £8 million to drop all legal charges. Haunted […]
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Thursday, June 23, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Tale of Tales, GFT, 17 – 30 June, 2016
‘Gloriously mad, rigorously imagined, visually wonderful’ – The GuardianFriday 17 – Thursday 30 JuneRunning time: 2h5m Once upon a time there were three neighbouring kingdoms from which ruled kings and queens. Loosely inspired by the Neapolitan fairytales of Giambattista Basile, Matteo Garrone’s (Gomorrah) English language debut is a spectacular gothic fantasy with a unique vision […]
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Nostalgia, GFT, Sunday 26 June, 2016
Tarkovsky’s first film to be made outside Russia. Sunday 26 June (19.20) Running time: 2h Tarkovsky’s first film to be made outside Russia explores the experiences of Andrei Gorchakov, an expatriate Russian poet in Italy. Arriving at a Tuscan village spa accompanied by Eugenia, his beautiful Italian interpreter, Gorchakov is beset by homesickness and […]
Glasgow Comic Festival Batman and Robin Thu 30 June 2016
Glasgow Comic FestivalBatman and RobinThu 30 June 2016 6.30pm, £6 (£4) + £1 booking fee, Cinema12+Book online / 0141 352 4900Related CCA EventsGlasgow Comic FestivalTue 28 June — Sun 3 July 2016 Batman (George Clooney) and Robin (Chris O’Donnell) go up against Mr Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman) as they attempt to […]
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Glasgow Comic Festival Retro Gaming Night: Marvel vs Capcom Tue 28 June 2016
Glasgow Comic FestivalRetro Gaming Night: Marvel vs Capcom | Winner Decides the MovieTue 28 June 2016 CCA 6.30pm, £6 (£4) + £1 booking fee, Cinema12+Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA EventsGlasgow Comic Festival Tue 28 June — Sun 3 July 2016 Glasgow Comic Festival are travelling back to the 90s to revisit one […]
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Refugee Festival Scotland 2016, 14 – 26 June
Refugee Week is an umbrella festival, with events held by a wide range of arts, voluntary, faith and refugee community organisations, schools, student groups and more. Past events have included arts festivals, exhibitions, film screenings, theatre and dance performances, concerts, football tournaments and public talks, as well as creative and educational activities in schools. Through […]
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Edinburgh Film Festival 2016
Edinburgh International Film Festival is delighted to announce that, for the third consecutive year, the festival will play host to a series of outdoor screenings across Edinburgh with Film Fest in the City. Last year we screened a series of classics old and new at St Andrew Square, including Guardians of the Galaxy, Raiders of […]
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Artist Kate Davis Announced as Winner of 2016/17 Margaret Tait Award
Glasgow Film Festival is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2016/17 Margaret Tait Award is Glasgow-based artist Kate Davis. Davis will receive a £10,000 commission to create a new piece of work, and the opportunity to present this work at Glasgow Film Festival in February 2017. ABOUT THE AWARD Supported by Creative Scotland and LUX, […]
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Purple Rain, GFT – 26 June, 2016
Purple Rain A special screening of the 1984 cult classic. Sunday 26 June (13.30) GFT Pay tribute to one of the most important musical icons of all time with this special screening of the 1984 cult classic Purple Rain, which catches a youthful Prince Rogers Nelson at the top of his game. The Kid (Prince) […]
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The Nice Guys film review by Calum Maclean
The Nice GuysWritten by Shane Black and Anthony BagarozziDirected by Shane BlackCast – Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, Margaret Qualley, Keith David and Kim BasingerRunning Time 116 minutes After watching The Nice Guys I’ve come to the conclusion that Shane Black should direct movies more often. As a screenwriter he created the […]
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Monday, June 20, 2016 | Filed under: Calum Maclean – poet and aspiring writer, Cinema, Film Reviews by Calum Maclean
West End Festival 2016: Outdoor Cinema, E.T. at University of Glasgow, Saturday 18 June
Outdoor Cinema University Of Glasgow G12 8QQ Saturday 18 Jun 10:00pm £10 The ever-popular outdoor pop-up cinema screenings return to the dramatic and atmospheric surroundings of the University of Glasgow’s famous Quad. Tonight we feature one of the most famous and popular films of the last 30 years, also by Steven Spielberg. Bring something […]
Friday, June 17, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, West End Festival 2016, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Where You’re Meant To Be review by Calum Maclean
Where You’re Meant To Be Directed by Paul Fegan Cast – Aidan Moffatt, Sheila Stewart Running Time – 76 minutes Due to be released on June 17, Where You’re Meant To Be is a funny and deeply poignant documentary exploring the conflict between tradition and innovation in the arts. Through the efforts of former Arab […]
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Where You’re Meant To Be GFT, 17 – 20 June, 2016
Where You’re Meant To Be GFT Funny and warm documentary about Aidan Moffat’s discovery of folk singer Sheila Stewart. Friday 17 – Monday 20 JuneRunning time: 1h15m Scottish cult pop raconteur Aidan Moffat, best known for his songs about sex, drugs and male anxiety, decides to rewrite his country’s oldest songs. The only thing standing […]
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Digital Desperados When the Road Bends – Tales of a Gypsy Caravan, Thursday 23 June, 2016
Digital Desperados When the Road Bends – Tales of a Gypsy Caravan Thu 23 June 2016 7pm, Free (unticketed), Cinema All ages 0141 352 4900 When the Road Bends – Tales of a Gypsy Caravan Dir. Jasmine Dellal 110 mins UK US & India This celebratory musical documentary follows five Romani bands from four countries […]
UK Jewish Film The Venice Ghetto, 500 Years of Life + The Guitar, CCA Wed 22 June, 2016
UK Jewish Film The Venice Ghetto, 500 Years of Life + The Guitar Wed 22 June 2016 7.30pm, £8 (Tickets available on the door), Cinema 18+ 0141 352 4900 The Venice Ghetto, 500 Years of Life The remarkable story of Venice, the oldest ghetto in Europe, is reconstructed in this fascinating documentary told through the […]
African Hopes, Beats and Dreams: Hope, Saturday 18 June, 2016 CCA
African Hopes, Beats and Dreams: Hope Sat 18 June 2016 7pm, £5 + £1 booking fee, Cinema Ages: 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Boris Lojkine | 2014 | French/English/Arabic with English subtitles | Fiction Feature. Part of the Refugee Festival Scotland and final film in the ‘African Hopes, Beats and Dreams’ series, Hope […]
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The Measure of A Man, GFT, Friday 17 – Monday 20 June 2016
Cannes Best Actor award winner Vincent Lindon gives one of his finest performances as unemployed security guard Thierry. Friday 17 – Monday 20 June Running time: 1h33m Vincent Lindon won the Best Actor Award at Cannes 2015 for his brilliant performance as unemployed security guard Thierry, who endures a series of humiliating ordeals in his […]
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The Untouchables, GFT, 19 June, 2016
The Untouchables This Father’s Day, revisit one of the most thrilling and entertaining gangster films ever made. Sunday 19 June (13.20)Running time: 1h59m This father’s day, revisit one of the most thrilling and entertaining gangster films ever made. The story follows Eliot Ness, a federal agent who sets his sights on reprehensible Chicago crime […]
Africa in Motion Film Festival Glasgow, CCA 8/10 and 19 June, 2016
Africa in Motion Film Festival invites you to the Glasgow edition of the film tour of African Hopes, Beats and Dreams, shedding new light on pertinent and contemporary issues facing Africa. CCA, Glasgow: Wednesday 8th, Friday 10th and Saturday 19th June 2016 Join us on a journey through new African cinema, including award-winning feature films […]
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Bang Gang – A Modern Love Story, GFT, Tues 21 – Thurs 23 June, 2016
Eva Husson’s ironic, sun-kissed salute to teen spirit. Tuesday 21 – Thursday 23 June Running time: 1h38m Eva Husson’s ironic, sun-kissed salute to teen spirit evokes the worlds of Larry Clark and Sofia Coppola as it captures a dreamy summer of sex, seduction and consequences, and sets it to a cool soundtrack of synth pop […]
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Princess Mononoke, GFT, 21 June, 2016
One of Miyazaki’s finest works, Princess Mononoke is brimming with imagination, beauty and tragedy on an epic scale. Tuesday 21 June (20.10) Running time: 2h8m One of Miyazaki’s finest works, Princess Mononoke is brimming with imagination, beauty and tragedy on an epic scale. Afflicted by a deadly curse, a young warrior named Ashitaka sets out […]
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Even Lambs Have Teeth, DVD, Matchbox Cinema release 20 June, 2016
EVEN LAMBS HAVE TEETHReleased on DVD 20 JUNE Two young women terrorized by a group of small town psychos seek revenge on their tormentors. www.matchboxfilms.co.uk/
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West End Festival 2016: Outdoor Cinema, Jurassic Park, University of Glasgow, Fri 17 June
Jurassic Park – outdoor cinema University Of Glasgow, G12 8QQ Friday 17 Jun 10:00pm £10 from Grosvenor Cinema http://www.grosvenorcinema.com The ever-popular outdoor pop-up cinema screenings return to the dramatic and atmospheric surroundings of the University of Glasgow’s famous Quad. We begin with Steven Spielberg’s classic dinosaur fantasy from 1993. Bring something to sit on and […]
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, West End Festival 2016, What's on Glasgow: Students
Lucia Nimcova & Sholto Dobie Tall Tale, CCA , Tuesday 14 June, 2016
Tue 14 June 2016 6pm, Free (unticketed), Cinema 18+ 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Creative Lab Residency Sholto Dobie Mon 6 June — Fri 17 June 2016 Lucia Nimcova and Sholto Dobie have gathered an archive of photography, video and sound recordings, along western Ukraine’s borderlines. As opposed to traditional documentary practices, the artists […]
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Friday, June 10, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Conradh na Gaeilge Glaschú Mise Éire, CCA, Sunday 12 June, 2016
Sun 12 June 2016 CCA 7pm, Free but ticketed, Book online via Eventbrite / 0141 352 4900 As part of ongoing commemorations of the 1916 Rising, the Pádraig Pearse Branch of Conradh na Gaeilge in Glasgow is delighted to screen Mise Éire as part of Féile na Gaeilge Glaschú. Produced by the pioneering Irish language […]
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Blood Orange, GFT, Sunday 12 June, 2016
Blood Orange (15) Iggy Pop’s first leading role in a feature film.Sunday 12 June (12.30 / 17.20)Running time: 1h24m Featuring Iggy Pop’s first leading role in a feature film, Blood Orange is a tale of deceit and destruction as hunter becomes the hunted and nothing is as it seems. The lives of aging rock star […]
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Thursday, June 9, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Embrace Of The Serpent, GFT, Friday 10 – Thursday 16 June, 2015
Embrace of the Serpent Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2016 Oscars.Friday 10 – Thursday 16 JuneRunning time: 2h5m Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2016 Oscars, Embrace of the Serpent is a visually stunning ethnographic journey. Karamakate, the only surviving member of his tribe, leads two European explorers, one […]
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When Marnie Was Here, GFT, 10/12 and 14 June, 2016
Studio Ghibli’s reportedly final film. Japanese with subtitles. Fri 10 (15.15), Sun 12 (12.00) & Tue 14 June, 2016 (20.35)Running time: 1h43m After its sold out Scottish premiere at Glasgow Youth Film Festival, we’re delighted to have Studio Ghibli’s reportedly final film back for a full run. Sara, a young girl sent to live with relatives in the […]
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