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.Italian Cultural Institute The Lark Farm / La masseria delle allodole Sun 19 October 2014 CCA
Italian Cultural InstituteThe Lark Farm / La masseria delle allodole Sun 19 October 2014 CCA 6.30pm, FreeAges 15+Book online / 0141 352 4900 Award-winning Italian filmmakers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (Padre Padrone, Caesar Must Die) boldly explore one of the most harrowing events in 20th century history – the 1915 Armenian genocide – through the […]
Thursday, October 16, 2014 | Filed under: Cinema
Alive Inside, GFT Sunday 19 Octobe
Alive InsideN/C 12+ GFT Sunday 19 October 3.15 p.m. Buy tickets online This moving documentary accompanies social worker Dan Cohen to nursing homes, where individuals experiencing memory loss are revitalised through the simple experience of listening to music. The camera reveals the uniquely human connection we find in music and how its healing power can […]
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Cathedrals of Culture FT Sunday 19 October, Tuesday 21 October
Cathedrals of Culture 3D12A GFT Sunday 19 October, Tuesday 21 October hBuy tickets online Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire, Paris, Texas) follows up his pioneering documentary Pina 3D by overseeing another documentary project exploring the possibilities of stereoscopic cinema. Cathedrals of Culture features six short films from six acclaimed directors – including Robert Redford and […]
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Gone Girl GFT Friday 3–Thursday 23 October
Gone Girl18 GFT Friday 3–Thursday 23 October Buy tickets online Acclaimed director David Fincher’s adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s global best seller features an all-star cast in a tangled tale of love, lies and deceit in recession-era New York. When Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports his wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) missing on the day of their […]
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Bicycle GFT Friday 17–Saturday 18 October
BicyclePG GFT Friday 17–Saturday 18 October Buy tickets online Directed by BAFTA winning director and keen cyclist Michael B Clifford, this film tells the story of cycling in the land that invented the modern bicycle: its birth, decline and rebirth from Victorian origins to today. Weaving bicycle design, sport and transport through the retelling of […]
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Maps to the Stars, GFT Friday 17–Thursday 23 October
Maps to the Stars18 GFT Friday 17–Thursday 23 October http://www.glasgowfilm.org/buy_tickets/6622_maps_to_the_stars ‘Hollywood dreams turn queasy in David Cronenberg’s brilliant nightmare…’ – Peter Bradshaw Canadian maestro Cronenberg returns with his latest look at the dark undersides of humanity, this time focusing on the grotesque caricatures that populate Hollywood, Babylon. An all-star ensemble cast portray the vacuous, the […]
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Palo Alto, GFT Friday 17–Thursday 23 October
Palo Alto15 GFT Friday 17–Thursday 23 October Buy tickets online The hopes and hang-ups of drifting American teens are evocatively examined by Gia Coppola (granddaughter of Francis) in this atmospheric adaptation of a short story collection by James Franco. Featuring a handful of brilliant performances from rising stars Emma Roberts, Nat Wolff and Jack Kilmer, […]
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Escape from New York Treasure Hunt Screening GFT Sunday 26 October
Escape from New York Treasure Hunt Screening18 GFT Sunday 26 October Buy online In the future of 1997, the US President crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, and is taken hostage by the inmates. The only hope for America, and the world, is the gruff one-eyed loner warrior Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell […]
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014 | Filed under: Cinema
Mr Turner Friday 31 October – Sunday 2 November GFT
Mr Turner Friday 31 October – Sunday 2 November, 2014 GFT Buy tickets online ‘What a glorious film this is, richly and immediately enjoyable, hitting its satisfying stride right away’ – Peter Bradshaw Mike Leigh’s latest, a historical biopic exploring the last quarter century in the life of the legendary painter J.M.W Turner, is an […]
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’71 GFT, Friday 10–Thursday 23 October
’71 GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Friday 10–Thursday 23 October, 2014 Buy tickets online New talent Jack O’Connell follows up his star-making role in this year’s Starred Up with this harrowing drama from first-time feature director Yann Demange, scripted by Black Watch writer Gregory Burke. O’Connell is quiet yet captivating as young English squaddie […]
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We Are The Best! 4 November, 2014 The Glad Cafe
We Are The Best! 4 November, 2014 The Glad Cafe 8pm- doors 7.30pm£6/£5 concessionBuy tickets online Directed by Swedish auteur Lukas Moodysson, We Are the Best! revolves around three girls in 1980’s Stockholm who decide to form a punk band despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead. “A […]
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Document International Human Rights Documentary Festival Thu 9 October — Sun 12 October 2014 CCA
DocumentInternational Human Rights Documentary Festival Thu 9 October — Sun 12 October 2014 CCA Times vary, Suggested donations: £25 (£20 concessions) Festival Pass, £20 (£15) Weekend Pass, £12 (£8) Day Pass, £4 (£3) Single Screening, + 60p booking fee, Free for refugees, asylum seekers and OAPs.Book online / 0141 352 4900 The Document Film Festival […]
Thursday, October 9, 2014 | Filed under: Cinema
Night on Earth GFT Friday 10–Saturday 11 October, 2014
Night on Earth GFT Friday 10–Saturday 11 October, 2014 Buy tickets online Although Night on Earth features a huge international cast, Jarmusch uses a variety of uniquely limiting shots and compositions to depict five stories, all set in taxis across the world, all reflecting on one another in some way. Focusing on the temporary bond […]
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Gabrielle Tuesday 14 October GFT
Gabrielle Tuesday 14 October, 2014 GFT Buy tickets online Gabrielle is a young woman with Williams syndrome who has a contagious joie de vie and an exceptional musical gift. She falls for Martin, a choir member in their recreation centre. However, they must overcome concerned relatives and other people’s prejudices in the hope of experiencing […]
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The Devil’s Backbone Tuesday 14 October, 2014 GFT
The Devil’s Backbone Tuesday 14 October, 2014 GFT Buy tickets online A subtle early classic from Guillermo del Toro, director of the acclaimed Pan’s Labyrinth, this Spanish thriller portrays the horrors of Civil War through the eyes of a terrified child. 10-year-old Carlos has been left in a remote orphanage while the war rages on […]
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The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz Thursday 16 October
The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz12A GFT Thursday 16 October Buy tickets online In January 2013, 26-year-old Aaron Swartz took his own life while facing 35 years in prison for trying to make academic journal articles free to the general public. Director Brian Knappenberger’s documentary depicts Swartz’s life as a young Internet […]
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Iboga Nights GFT Sunday 12 October, 2014
Iboga Nights GFT Sunday 12 October, 2014 Buy tickets online In 2003, drug addict David Graham Scott filmed his final withdrawal, eased through by capsules of Ibogaine, an extract from a Central African shrub called iboga. David has been clean since. But what turns out to be a magical potion for some is less successful […]
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Peaches Christ’s BEAR-BARELLA starring Lady Bear & Peaches Christ GFT, Friday 10 October, 2014
Peaches Christ’s BEAR-BARELLA starring Lady Bear & Peaches Christ GFT, 12 Rose Street Friday 10 October, 2014 Buy tickets online San Francisco drag superstar, filmmaker, and cult (movie) leader Peaches Christ returns to the UK with an out-of-this world event celebrating the 1968 sci-fi masterpiece Barbarella, directed by Roger Vadim. Jane Fonda got her first […]
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Southside Film Festival, Pulp: a film about Life, Death and Supermarkets, 14 October
Southside Film Festival: Pulp: a film about Life, Death and Supermarkets Tuesday, October 14 at 8:00pm (Doors 7.30 p.m.) The Glad Cafe Tickets Availablewww.brownpapertickets.com £6/£5 conc Buy tickets in advanceThe second in our Autumn 2014 film club season of music related films. Pulp: a Film about Life, Death and Supermarkets is a […]
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 | Filed under: Cinema, Southside Film Festival
Coming up at GFT: Scotland Loves Anime GFT Friday 10 – Sunday 12 October
Coming up at GFT: Scotland Loves Anime GFT Friday 10 – Sunday 12 October Renowned as the UK’s top festival for Japanese animation, Scotland Loves Anime returns for its fifth year at GFT with a brilliant line-up including Scottish, UK and European premieres. This year pays particular attention to science fiction, video games and a focus on […]
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Love Is Strange Thursday 23 October GFT
Love Is Strange15 Thursday 23 October GFT Buy tickets online Veteran screen actors Alfred Molina and John Lithgow star in this beautifully observed tale of true love in the Big Apple. After nearly four decades together, Ben and George are finally able to tie the knot. However, when George loses his job, the couple are […]
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Italian Cultural Institute Hotel Meina Sun 5 October 2014 CCA
Italian Cultural InstituteHotel Meina Sun 5 October 2014 CCA 6.30pm, Free, CinemaAges 15+Boo: 0141 352 4900 Based on true events, the final feature from acclaimed Italian filmmaker and historian Carlo Lizzani is a moving drama about the fate of Greek-Italian holidaymakers imprisoned by the Nazi occupiers at a luxury hotel toward the end of the […]
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Friday, October 3, 2014 | Filed under: Cinema
Magic in the Moonlight GFT Friday 3–Thursday 9 October
Magic in the Moonlight12A GFT Friday 3–Thursday 9 October Buy tickets online Woody Allen’s latest film signals the director’s return to lighter-hearted territory, with a sharp script, outstanding acting and a luscious period setting. In 1928, sceptical and tired stage magician Stanley (Colin Firth) finds himself enlisted by an old friend to sojourn to the […]
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Richard Attenborough Double Bill: Brighton Rock & 10 Rillington Place15 Sunday 5 October GFT
Richard Attenborough Double Bill: Brighton Rock & 10 Rillington Place15 Sunday 5 October GFT Buy tickets online Richard Attenborough will forever be remembered as one of the most important British actors, producers and directors ever. In tribute to the great screen presence, GFT screens two of his most interesting works – first as the baby-faced […]
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The Last Impresario Saturday 4–Monday 6 October GFT
The Last Impresario15 Saturday 4–Monday 6 October GFT Buy tickets online Glasgow-born producer Michael White appears to know everyone. A legendary social butterfly who impacted upon countless iconic figures in popular culture within his sixty-year career – from partying with The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, to helping form Monty Python and bringing revolutionary performers […]
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Beneath the Blindfold Thursday 9 October GFT
Beneath the BlindfoldN/C 15+ Thursday 9 October GFT Buy tickets online Four torture survivors from around the globe courageously tell the stories of their mistreatment and subsequent attempts to move beyond these horrifying experiences. The film follows them as they build new lives and, despite the continued psychological and physical fallout from their experience, become […]
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Lux Scotland presents selections from Anne Charlotte Robertson’s Five Year DiaryN/C Sunday 5 October GFT
Lux Scotland presents selections from Anne Charlotte Robertson’s Five Year DiaryN/C 15+ Sunday 5 October GFT Buy tickets online Anne Charlotte Robertson’s Five Year Diary stands as one of the major works of diary filmmaking. An intimate chronicle of her life, they describe Robertson’s battles with depression, paranoia, and borderline schizophrenia. The diaries document Robertson’s […]
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Sexy Beast with Ray Winstone in Conversation Thursday 9 October GFT
Sexy Beast with Ray Winstone in Conversation18 Thursday 9 October GFT Buy tickets online Famous for his uncompromising roles in Scum, Sexy Beast and Nil By Mouth, Ray Winstone is the nation’s favourite ‘hard man’. In this exclusive event to launch his autobiography, Young Winstone, he reveals how growing up in the East End of […]
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Gone Girl18 Friday 3–Thursday 23 October GFT
Gone Girl18 Friday 3–Thursday 23 October GFT Buy tickets online Acclaimed director David Fincher’s adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s global best seller features an all-star cast in a tangled tale of love, lies and deceit in recession-era New York. When Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports his wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) missing on the day of their […]
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Peaches Christ’s BEAR-BARELLA starring Lady Bear & Peaches ChristN/C 18+ GFT Friday 10 October
Peaches Christ’s BEAR-BARELLA starring Lady Bear & Peaches ChristN/C 18+ GFT Friday 10 October Buy tickets online San Francisco drag superstar, filmmaker, and cult (movie) leader Peaches Christ returns to the UK with an out-of-this world event celebrating the 1968 sci-fi masterpiece Barbarella, directed by Roger Vadim. Jane Fonda got her first workout (sans spacesuit!) […]
Thursday, October 2, 2014 | Filed under: Cinema
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