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.Comfort and Joy, GFT Sunday 31 July, 2016
Comfort and Joy (PG) A quirky story of disc jockeys and ice cream wars Sunday 31 July (17.00) Running time: 1h40m Bill Forsyth followed up the classic Local Hero with this quirky story of disc jockeys and ice cream wars. A few days before Christmas, radio host Alan Bird (Bill Paterson) witnesses […]
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Friday, July 29, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema
Closet Monster GFT
Stephen Dunn’s first feature film puts an imaginative twist on the coming-of-age tale Thursday 4 August (20.40) Running time: 1h30m A creative and driven young teen struggles to find his own way in life. Oscar is confused with his sexuality, fearful of his macho father and haunted by a gay-bashing […]
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Traders GFT 29 July – 4 August, 2016
Traders A violent and blackly humorous film about ‘econocide’ Friday 29 July – Thursday 4 August Running time: 1h30m This violent and blackly humorous film deals with ‘econocide’: the act of committing suicide as a result of bad economic conditions. When Vernon (Game of Thrones’ John Bradley) and Harry (Killian Scott) lose their jobs, Vernon […]
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The Commune GFT 29 July – 4 August, 2016
The Commune A touching and funny look at the frailties of togetherness Friday 29 July – Thursday 4 August Running time: 1h52m Academic couple Erik and Anna decide to set up a Danish commune in bohemian 1970s Copenhagen. Erik embarks on a love affair with a young student and eventually asks her to join […]
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Born to be Blue GFT 29 July – 4 August, 2016
A thrillingly reimagined anti-biopic about jazz legend Chet Baker. Friday 29 July – Thursday 4 August Running time: 1h37m Jazz legend Chet Baker’s tumultuous life is thrillingly reimagined in this anti-biopic. In the 1950s, Chet Baker was a famous trumpeter renowned as a pioneer of the West Coast Jazz scene. However, by the 1960s his […]
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Les Saigantes, CCA, 4 August, 2016
Digital Desperados Les Saignantes Thu 4 August 2016 7pm, Free (unticketed), Cinema 15+ 0141 352 4900 Les Saigantes Dir. Jean- Pierre Bekolo, 93 mins, Cameroon/France 2005 Two glamorous young friends and sex workers get stuck with a dead client who is also a high-powered politician. Les Saignantes is the best African sci-fi vampire political satire […]
30th Anniversary re-release of Alex Cox’s SID & NANCY
30th Anniversary re-release of Alex Cox’sSID & NANCYNew restoration supervised by cinematographerRoger Deakins[cid:F35CBC82-5833-4918-B719-2A1367357C9F] In cinemas on 5th August 2016available on EST on 22nd Augustand new special edition DVD/Blu-ray available to buy from 29th August 2016 DIRECTED BY ALEX COXSCREENPLAY BY ALEX COX and ABBE WOOLSTARRINGGARY OLDMAN, ANDREW SCHOFIELD, CHLOE WEBB, DAVID HAYMANand featuring COURTNEY LOVE, […]
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Thursday, July 28, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Cemetery of Splendour GFT Friday 22 – Sunday 24 July, 2016
Cemetery of Splendour A hypnotic wonder that delves into Thailand’s myths and traditions Friday 22 – Sunday 24 July, 2016 Running time: 2h2m Soldiers afflicted by a mysterious sleeping sickness are stationed in a temporary clinic in a former school. A young medium named Keng helps visitors communicate with their comatose loved ones, while a […]
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Friday, July 22, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Wait GFT Friday 22 – Monday 25 July, 2016
The Wait GFT An atmospheric and elegant relationship drama Friday 22 – Monday 25 July Running time: 1h40m Two women from different generations meet unexpectedly at a villa in Sicily, with profound consequences for them both. Jeanne (Lou de Laâge) arrives on the island before her fiancé, Guiseppe (Giorgio Colangeli), whose continued delays and lack […]
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Chevalier, GFT, 22 – 28 July, 2016
Chevalier A richly comic reflection on the male ego Friday 22 – Thursday 28 July Running time: 1h45m The third feature from Attenberg director Athina Rachel Tsangari is a richly comic reflection on the male ego. Six men are on an expensive yachting holiday in the Aegean. They range in age and social status from […]
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Local Hero, GFT Friday 29 & Saturday 30 July, 2016
Local Hero GFT One of the funniest culture-clash comedies in cinema history Friday 29 (15.35) & Saturday 30 July, 2016 (15.30) Running time: 1h51m Writer/director Bill Forsyth’s third feature is one of the funniest culture-clash comedies in cinema history. Described by its maker as Apocalypse Now meets Brigadoon, Local Hero both celebrates and subverts a […]
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Weiner GFT Monday 25 – Wednesday 27 July, 2016
Weiner GFT An incisive and painfully funny behind-the-scenes documentary Monday 25 – Wednesday 27 July Running time: 1h36m New York Congressman Anthony Weiner’s mayoral campaign is the subject of this incisive and painfully funny behind-the-scenes documentary. The disgraced ex-congressman is on the comeback trail, but soon encounters a political storm when he is forced to […]
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The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Tue 26 July, 2016 GFT
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Japan’s most famous folktale is the centre of visionary filmmaker Isao Takahata’s hand-drawn masterwork. Tue 26 July, 2016 (20.00) GFT Running time: 2h17m Family Foreign Language Studio Ghibli Forever July at GFT Director Isao Takahata Cast Aki Asakura, Yukiji Asaoka, Takeo Chii, Japan 2013, 2h17m, subtitles, U Japan’s renowned […]
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Forward! Remembering women peace crusaders, GWL Saturday 23 July 2016
Forward! Remembering women peace crusaders Voices of War and Peace Saturday 23 July 201615:00 – 19:00 Glasgow Women’s Library Exhibition and film On 23rd July 1916 the first Women’s Peace Crusade marched from George Square to Glasgow Green, drawing crowds of thousands. This Crusade grew into a mass international women’s peace movement. Since early 2016 […]
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Film Screening: Lokesh Ghai presents Mirch Masala, The Tramway, 21 July 2016
Thursday 21 July – 7.00pm Location: Tramway £5/£3 Book Online » Or buy tickets from box office on 0845 330 3501 Film Screening: Lokesh Ghai presents Mirch Masala (certificate 15) Thursday 21 July, 7pm India Street artist Lokesh Ghai, an artist and academic working with traditional craft practice, has selected a classic film, Mirch Masala […]
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Monday, July 18, 2016 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Cities | Andreas Dalsgaard – Life Is Sacred CCA Wed 20 July, 2016
Wed 20 July 2016 6.30pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Summer Discussion: Cities Fri 1 July — Wed 31 August 2016 In Andreas Dalsgaard’s 2014 documentary, Life is Sacred, a young woman named Katherine, inspired by the possibility of ushering Colombia out of decades of conflict […]
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Ghostbusters (2016) review by Calum Maclean
Ghostbusters (2016)Directed by Paul FiegWritten by Katie Dippold & Paul FiegCast – Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth, Charles Dance, Michael Kenneth Williams, Cecily Strong, Andy Garcia, Matt Walsh, Neil Casey, Ed Begley Jr, Zach Woods The first trailer for this reboot of the 1984 original was the most disliked in […]
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Saturday, July 16, 2016 | Filed under: Calum Maclean – poet and aspiring writer, Cinema, Film Reviews by Calum Maclean, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Men and Chicken Friday 15 – Thursday 21 July, 2016 GFT
Men and Chicken Blazingly original and uproariously funny. Friday 15 – Thursday 21 July Running time: 1h42m If Franz Kafka had written a film for The Three Stooges, it might have turned out like Men & Chicken. Two misfit brothers set off to find their real father and discover much more than they had bargained […]
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Friday, July 15, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Saturday Night Fever, GFT 17 and 20 July, 2016
Drama July at GFT Summer BlockbustersSaturday Night Fever (18) John Travolta shot to stardom in this iconic disco movie Sunday 17 (14.20) & Wednesday 20 July (18.00) Running time: 1h58m John Travolta graduated from minor celebrity to genuine superstar with Saturday Night Fever. Tony Manero is an uneducated and immature teenager from Brooklyn, working in […]
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The Wind Rises GFT Tuesday 19 July, 2016
The Wind Rises (PG) GFT The Wind Rises is the fictionalised biography of Jiro Horikoshi, a designer of fighter aircraft used by the Empire of Japan in the Second World War. Tuesday 19 July, 2016 (20.10) Running time: 2h6m Hayao Miyazaki’s unique and inspired final feature is a decades-spanning masterpiece. It is 1927, an… More… […]
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Summertime, GFT, Friday 15 – Thursday 21 July, 2016
Drama Foreign Language July at GFT Glasgow Film Festival PresentsSummertime (15) GFT Sweeping social change is reflected in this exuberant drama Friday 15 – Thursday 21 July, 2016 Running time: 1h45m Sweeping social change is reflected in intense personal experiences in this exuberant autobiographical drama from writer/director Catherine Corsini. In 1971 Delphine (Izïa Higelin) leaves […]
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Almeida Theatre, Live Broadcast of Richard III to Cinemas around the World Thursday 21 July, 2016
Thursday 21 July, 2016 Details of Screenings in Glasgow Cinemas THE ALMEIDA THEATRE ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF ALMEIDA THEATRE LIVE WITH A LIVE BROADCAST OF RICHARD III TO CINEMAS AROUND THE WORLD, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PICTUREHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT The first Almeida Theatre Live broadcast will be RICHARD III, in partnership with distributor Picturehouse Entertainment, produced by […]
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Losing Ground, Sunday 17 July, 2016, GFT
One of the first fiction features by an African-American woman Sun 17 July (19.10) Running time: 1h26m Three decades after its release and 25 years after director Kathleen Collins’ death, thanks to a new digital restoration, Losing Ground is in cinemas for the very first time . One of the very first […]
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Summer Discussion Cities | Chantal Akerman – News from Home (16mm print) CCA 12 July, 2016
Cities | Chantal Akerman – News from Home (16mm print) Tue 12 July 2016 6.30pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema All ages Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Summer Discussion: Cities Fri 1 July — Wed 31 August 2016 News from Home – 16mm print Dir. Chantal Akerman; introduction by Ainslie Roddick (CCA […]
Monday, July 11, 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
Rocky Sunday 10 & Wednesday 13 July, 2016 GFT
Rocky A charming crowdpleaser with a career-defining performance from Sylvester Stallone Sunday 10 (14.15) & Wednesday 13 July, 2016 (17.50) Running time: 1h57m Winner of 3 Oscars and one of the biggest hits of 1976, Rocky is a charming crowdpleaser with a career-defining performance from Sylvester Stallone. Rocky Balboa is a down-on-his-luck boxer working as […]
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Friday, July 8, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Maggie’s Plan Friday 8 – Thursday 14 July, 2016 GFT
Maggie’s Plan A delightfully witty and smart offbeat comedy. Friday 8 – Thursday 14 July Running time: 1h39m A young woman longing to start a family becomes involved in a complicated love triangle. Greta Gerwig is Maggie, an independent New Yorker whose plans to have a baby via artificial insemination are derailed when she meets […]
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The Neon Demon, GFT, 8 – 14 July, 2016
The Neon Demon Nicolas Winding Refn’s latest film is sure to divide opinion. Friday 8 – Thursday 14 July Running time: 1h57m Following on from Only God Forgives, Nicolas Winding Refn delivers another film that is sure to divide opinion. Elle Fanning plays Jesse, an innocent teen who moves to Los Angeles to crack the […]
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Ponyo, GFT, Tuesday 12 July, 2016
Hayao Miyazaki’s eighth animated feature with Studio Ghibli is a touching story of love and friendship. Tuesday 12 July (18.00) Running time: 1h41m Ponyo is a goldfish princess with the magic of the sea at her disposal. Director Hayao Miyazaki Cast Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Japan 2008, 1h41m, subtitles, U Japan’s renowned animation […]
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British Film Industry 2022 Consultation
BFI 2022 consultation Have your say If you are a filmmaker, or want to enjoy or learn about a wider range of film, television and the moving image, we want your help shaping our next five-year plan. Public consultation closes on 8 September 2016. ‘The UK is one of the most creative nations on earth. […]
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The Mafia Kills Only In Summer GFT Friday 8 – Sunday 10 July, 2016
The Mafia kills Only In Summer An inspired coming of age comedy with a true crime twist. Friday 8 – Sunday 10 July Running time: 1h30m An inspired coming of age comedy that pays heartwarming tribute to all of those who have fallen in the long struggle against the Mafia. Arturo is born in 1970s […]
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