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.Where To Invade Next by Michael Moore, GFT, 10 – 16 June, 2016
Academy award-winning documentarian Michael Moore’s latest film Friday 10 – Thursday 16 June Running time: 2h Academy award-winning documentarian Michael Moore’s latest film is as insightful as it is funny. Moore plays the role of the invader as he visits a host of nations to find answers to issues confronting America today. From France’s nutritional […]
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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
West End Festival 2016, Intangible Legacies, Japan Desk, University of Glasgow
Intangible Legacies – 14 – 16 June, 2016 Part of West End Festival 2016 Film Tuesday 14 June 2016: Christian values ‘Action for Peace – Sally Beaumont‘ (22 mins) ‘Christianity is about relationship, hope…Rev Bruce Keeble‘ (26 mins) ‘The bird, the tree, the bell and the fish of Glasgow‘ (33 mins) Wednesday 15 June 2016: […]
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Digital Desperados Purple Rain CCA Thu 9 June 2016
7pm, Free (unticketed), Cinema 15+ 0141 352 4900 Purple Rain Dir. Albert Magnoli 1984 111 mins US “Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called Life…” This screening is in honour to Prince on what would have been his 58th birthday on June 7th. Based on aspects of Prince’s real […]
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Friday, June 3, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, What's on Glasgow: Students
African Hopes, Beats and Dreams: The Dream of Shahrazad, CCA, Wed 8 June, 2016
Wed 8 June 2016 7pm, £5 + £1 booking fee, Cinema Ages: 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Francois Verster | 2014 | English/Arabic/Turkish with English subtitles | Documentary. Opening the ‘African Hopes, Beats and Dreams’ series shedding new light on pertinent and contemporary issues facing Africa, this unique music-led film looks at recent […]
Versus: The Life And Films Of Ken Loach – Pay What You Can Screening, Sunday 5 June, 2016
A special ‘pay what you can’ show of this career-spanning documentary on Ken Loach. GFT Tickets available on the day only. Sunday 5 June (15.30)Running time: 1h30m To celebrate the release of Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach, on Sunday 5 May, cinema-goers are invited to pay-what-they-can for this matinee screening. Audiences coming […]
Only Yesterday, GFT, 7 June, 2016
Only Yesterday masterfully examines the worries of childhood and struggles of adulthood. Tuesday 7 June (20.25) Taeko is 27 years of old, unmarried and lives and works in Tokyo. She decides to take a trip to her relatives’ countryside farm and while travelling through the night aboard a sleeper train begins to recall memories of […]
Hamish, 3 – 5 June, 2016. GFT
Hamish 3 – 5 June (18.40) Hamish Henderson (1919-2002) was a colossal figure in Scottish culture, a man of boundless passion and curiosity whose poems continue to elevate and inspire a nation. Robbie Fraser’s highly anticipated documentary pays tribute to the many contrary forces and diverse facets of Henderson’s life as a poet, soldier, intellectual, […]
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Solaris, GFT, Sunday 5 June, 2016
Solaris transcends science fiction to portray an unsettling vision of humanity. Sunday 5 June (18.40) Solaris transcends science fiction to portray an unsettling vision of humanity. Widowed psychologist Chris Kelvin is sent to a space station orbiting the ocean-covered planet of Solaris, to investigate a series of mysterious incidents among the crew. Finding the […]
Everybody Wants One!! GFT, 3 – 9 June, 2016
Everybody Wants One!! Richard Linklater’s ‘spiritual sequel’ to Dazed & Confused. GFT 3 – 9 June, 2016 Applying the same deftness of touch and lightness of tone that he used with 1993’s Dazed and Confused, Richard Linklater transports us to a small Texan college for this 1980s set ‘spiritual sequel’. Following the lives of a […]
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Greece: Days of Change Sat 4 June 2016, CCA
7.30pm, £8 (£6) + £1 booking fee, Cinema All ages Book online / 0141 352 4900 CCA Greece: Days of Change follows three Greeks trying to take their destiny in their own hands as the recession continues, asking: Could this crisis be our chance to re-invent ourselves and our society? The film follows Glorgos,who became […]
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Love and Friendship, GFT, Friday 27 May – Thursday 9 June 2016
Love and Friendship Whit Stillman’s new wickedly hysterical and biting adaptation of a Jane Austen novella. Friday 27 May – Thursday 9 June Running time: 1h32m Whit Stillman, who has built a career on chronicling the lives of aimless youths within privileged circles, brings his hilarious and sardonic view to the world of Jane Austen […]
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Andrei Rublev, GFT, Sunday 29 May, 2016
Andrei Rublev Widely regarded as Tarkovsky’s finest film, this ambitious historical drama focuses on the life of the great icon painter Andrei Rublev. Sunday 29 May (18.15) Widely regarded as Tarkovsky’s finest film, this ambitious historical drama focuses on the life of the great icon painter Andrei Rublev. During a tumultuous period in 15th century […]
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Friday, May 27, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema
Digital Desperadoes: Weekends 2 June, 2016 at CCA
Thu 2 June 2016 7pm, Free (unticketed), Cinema 12+ 0141 352 4900 Weekends Dir. Lee Dong-ha 98 mins South Korea 2016 This uplifting documentary tells the story of G-Voice, Korea’s first gay chorus. Charting the up and downs of members lives, loves and back stage dramas, director Lee Dong-ha succeeds in giving an insight into […]
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GFT, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Tuesday 31 May, 2016
Kiki’s Delivery Service (U) Kiki is a trainee witch who moves to the big city with her chatty black cat to learn more about magic. Tue 31 May,2016 (18.20) Running time: 1h43m Kiki is a trainee witch who moves to the big city with her chatty black cat to learn more about magic. They move […]
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Johnny Guitar GFT Sunday 29 May, 2016
Joan crawford stars as vienna, a savvy saloon owner who teams up with semi-retired gunslinger johnny guitar in order to face off against some angry locals. Sunday 29 May (15.50) Joan Crawford stars as Vienna, a savvy saloon owner who teams up with semi-retired gunslinger Johnny Guitar in order to face off against some angry […]
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Sing Street, GFT 20 May – 2 June, 2016
One of the resounding hits of Glasgow Film Festival returns in all its crowd-pleasing glory. Friday 20 May – Thursday 2 June Running time: 1h48mSing Street is set in Dublin during the 1980s, where 14 year-old Cosmo (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) faces a sea of troubles – unhappy home life, a ne’er-do-well older brother and a new […]
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Love & Mercy GFT Saturday 28 May, 2016
Another chance to see the brilliant Brian Wilson biopic. Saturday 28 May, 2016 (15.55) Running time: 2h1m In 1966, The Beach Boys released Pet Sounds – an avant-garde pop masterpiece that forever changed the sound of popular music. The album was predominately created by Brian Wilson and in 2016 he will be celebrating the album’s 50th […]
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Glasgow Film Annual Review 2015-2016
Published as submissions open for Glasgow Film Festival 2017 Submissions for Glasgow Film Festival 2017 Glasgow Film, comprising Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow Film Festival, Glasgow Short Film Festival, and the Learning and Engagement programme, celebrates a hugely successful year as the call for film submissions for the 2017 festival opens. The last twelve months have […]
Fail Better: if you close the door, McChuills, 9 June, 2016
McChuills, 40 High Street, G1 1NL the night could last forever. Keep the sunshine out and say hello to never. All the people are dancing and they’re having such fun, I wish it could happen to YOU Come away from the sunshine and join us in the arched neverland of McChuills to hear some of […]
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Sing Street – review by Calum Maclean
Sing StreetWritten and Directed by John CarneyCast – Ferdia Walsh–Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Aiden Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Don Wycherley, Ben Carolan, Mark McKenna, Percy Chamburuka, Conor Hamilton, Kelly Thornton, Karl Rice, Ian Kenny and Lydia McGuinessRunning time 105 minutes There is a moment in John Carney’s Sing Street where one character tells another […]
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SWOU: What do sex workers want? Short movies CCA, 3 June, 2016
> Fri 3 June 2016 7pm, £7(£3) + £1 booking fee, Cinema Ages: 14+ accompanied by an adult Book online / 0141 352 4900 For International Sex Workers’ Day, Sex Worker Open University is inviting to a projection of three short movies exploring the diverse realities of sex workers around the world, followed by a […]
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Monday, May 23, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Jungle Book – review by Calum Maclean
The Jungle BookDirected by Jon FavreauScreenplay by Justin MarksCast – Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Christopher Walken, Giancarlo EspositoRunning Time – 105 minutes I went into this one with a bit of scepticism. The 1967 Disney animation has always been one of my favourite musicals, with its iconic […]
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Friday, May 20, 2016 | Filed under: Calum Maclean – poet and aspiring writer, Cinema, Film Reviews by Calum Maclean, Pat's Home Page Blog
La Giubba (The Coat) Fri 20 May 2016, CCA
6.30pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema All ages Book online / 0141 352 4900 La Giubba is a loose adaptation of Aristophanes’ The Birds which follows the intersections of five drifters as they set out for something better in the Italian south. A young Albanian man and his daughter search for a swimming coach who fled […]
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Thursday, May 19, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Visible Cinema: Iona, GFT, Monday 23 May, 2016
Visible Cinema: Iona (15) Scott Graham returns with his second independent film following critical acclaim with debut, Shell. Monday 23 May (18.20) Running time: 1h23m Visible Cinema is for Deaf and Hard of Hearing audiences, featuring captioned, subtitled or BSL interpreted screenings, followed by a post-film discussion. Iona is a place of escape for director […]
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Departure, GFT, 24 – 26 May, 2016
A sensitively-handled coming-of-age tale. Tuesday 24 – Thursday 26 May, 2016 Andrew Steggall’s assured first feature is a sensitively-handled coming-of-age tale set in the Languedoc region of France. English teenager Elliot (Alex Lawther, The Imitation Game) and his mother Beatrice (Juliet Stevenson) arrive to clear their summerhouse in preparation for its sale. An aspiring writer, […]
Truman, GFT, 20 – 22 May, 2016
A wise and witty buddy movie. Friday 20 – Sunday 22 May, 2016 The brilliant Ricardo Darin (The Secret in Their Eyes) and Almodovar regular Javier Camara are perfectly cast in this bittersweet study of a friendship that endures through all the hardships and heartaches that life provides. Tomas (Câmara) flies from Canada to Madrid […]
Grave Of The Fireflies, GFT, Tuesday 24 March, 2016
A powerfully moving tale of two children living during the conflict of World War II. Tuesday 24 May (18.20) Running time: 1h29mJapan’s renowned animation house Studio Ghibli has been delighting audiences since 1985 with beautiful hand-drawn feature films. Following the enthusiastic response to our short season of Miyazaki films last summer, GFT is excited to […]
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Ivan’s Childhood, Sunday 22 May, 2016 GFT
Andrei Tarkovsky’s debut feature is a poignant and powerful story of war and revenge. Sunday 22 May (19.30) Running time: 1h 35m Andrei Tarkovsky’s debut feature is a poignant and powerful story of war and revenge. In World War II, twelve-year-old Ivan loses his parents after Nazis attack his village. Seeking revenge the young […]
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Southside Film Festival, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 21 May, 2016
Southside Film Festival, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Autism Friendly Screening with Chocolate Workshop Chocolate! Roald Dahl! May 21st, 2016 at 12.30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Loks Bar, 16 Newlandsfield Road, G43 2 XU Join Southside Film for an autism friendly screening of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) with a spectacular chocolate making workshop […]
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Mustang, GFT, 13 – 22 May, 2016
Mustang – Winner of the Audience Award at Glasgow Film Festival 2016 Friday 13 – Sunday 22 May Running time: 1h37m Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s extraordinary debut depicts the way female sexuality becomes a challenge in a … More… Specially commissioned programme notes will be available. Director Deniz Gamze ErgüvenCast Günes Nezihe Sensoy, Dogba Zeynep Doguslu, […]
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