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.Sympathy for Mr Vengeance GFT
3 and 4 October, 2018 When deaf-mute factory worker Ryu loses his job, he has to find a way to raise the funds he needs to pay for his fatally ill sister’s kidney transplant. Along with his girlfriend, they hatch a plan to kidnap Ryu’s former boss’ daughter and hold her for enough ransom to […]
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Friday, September 21, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema
Lucky, GFT
14 – 20 September, 2018 The late, great Harry Dean Stanton could not have asked for a greater swan song than Lucky. Actor John Carroll Lynch’s beguiling, award-winning directorial debut offers him a tailor-made last hurrah as a 90-year-old atheist seeking the meaning of his life as he reaches the shadows of death. Lucky is a wartime veteran living […]
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Thursday, September 20, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema
American Animals, GFT
7 – 20 September, 2018 After enrolling at Transylvania University, Spencer (Barry Keoghan) and Warren (Evan Peters) begin to dream of remarkable lives beyond their middle-class suburban existence. Suddenly, it hits them – they have all the ingredients to pull off one of the most audacious art thefts in recent history. Convinced they can get away with it, they recruit two other friends […]
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First Reformed GFT
17 – 20 September, 2018 Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) is a solitary, middle-aged parish pastor at a small Dutch Reform church in upstate New York. The church caters to a dwindling congregation, eclipsed by its nearby parent church, Abundant Life, with its state-of-the-art facilities and 5,000-strong flock. When a pregnant parishioner (Amanda Seyfried) asks […]
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Vagabond GFT
19 – 20 September, 2018 The body of a woman is found in a ditch in the French countryside – but what led to her death? Using a largely non-professional cast, with an unforgettable performance from César award-winning Sandrine Bonnaire as the free-spirited Mona, Varda’s splintered portrait of the enigmatic woman is told through flashbacks […]
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Wednesday, September 19, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema
Glasgow Youth Film Festival – 10th Anniversary
Opening Gala – Anna and the Apocalypse Festival runs from 14 – 16 September, 2018 Glasgow Youth Film Festival celebrates 10th Anniversary with exciting new creative and Scottish production Anna and the Apocalypse at Opening Gala One of the most innovative youth film festivals in Europe, Glasgow Youth Film Festival (GYFF) returns from 14 – […]
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Thursday, September 13, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
Time for Ilhan, Glasgow Screening, CCA
14 September, 2018 CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Ilhan Omar, a hijab-wearing mother of three, was a complete outsider to the political scene. In 2016, she became the first Somali Muslim woman to be elected for state office in America. Frustrated by the increasing disconnect between her Minnesota community and the public officials […]
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Never Goin’ Back, GFT
15 September, 2018 Director Augustine Frizzell makes a sizzling debut with this raunchy teen comedy featuring breakout stars Maia Mitchell and Camila Morrone. Jessie and Angela, high school dropout BFFs, are taking a week off to chill at the beach. Too bad their house got robbed, rent’s due, they’re about to get fired, and they’re […]
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Glasgow Youth Film Festival, School of Rock, Blythswood Hall.
16 September, 2018 Pledge allegiance to the band of Mr. Schneebly at our pop-up screening of Richard Linklater’s classic School of Rock. Dewey Finn (Jack Black) poses as his roommate and secures a gig as a substitute teacher. When he finds out the class are musically talented, Dewey hatches a plan to win $25,000. All tickets £5.50. How does […]
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The Mask of Zorro, Blythswood Hall, Glasgow
Part of Glasgow Youth Film Festival 16 September, 2018 Don Diego de la Vega (Anthony Hopkins) has a hidden identity as the masked crusader Zorro. After de la Vega’s untimely death, Alejandro takes up the mantle from his mentor, fighting for justice, and for the love of Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones). Zorro masks and swords at […]
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The Green Lie, CCA Glasgow
15 September, 2018 CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Environmentally-friendly electric cars, sustainably-produced food products, fair production processes… Can our purchasing power help save the world? In this tongue-in-cheek two-hander, Austrian director Werner Boote and German author Kathrin Hartmann meticulously unpick some of the most prevalent ‘greenwashing’ myths at play today. They take viewers […]
Late Night: Superbad, GFT
14 September, 2018 – 11 p.m. A classic comedy featuring early roles for some of today’s biggest stars, including the film debut of Oscar-winner Emma Stone. Best mates Seth and Evan are about to leave high school and embark on college life. Before they do, they want to initiate their sex lives and mix with […]
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The Lady From Shanghai, GFT
16 – 17 September, 2018 Orson Welles’ 1948 film noir stars his then estranged wife Rita Hayworth in a lurid tale of deception, fraud and murder. When Irish sailor Michael O’Hara saves the beautiful Else Bannister from muggers, he joins her and her criminal attorney husband Arthur Bannister as a seaman aboard their yacht. However, […]
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Skate Kitchen GFT
15 September, 2018 From the award-winning director of The Wolfpack, Crystal Moselle, Skate Kitchen is a fresh take on adolescent life in New York. The film centres around 18 year old aspiring skater Camille. Despite the wishes of her mother, Camille is determined to pursue her love of skateboarding and forms a friendship with an all-female skate crew. […]
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Patrick at GFT, Take 2 Free Family Film
Saturday 8 September, 2018 . 11.30 p.m. Glasgow Young Scot or Kidz Card holders and an accompanying parent / carer get free tickets to this show by showing their Young Scot or Kidz Card at the Box Office. All other tickets are £5.50 (plus £1.50 for 3D screenings). Each £5.50 child’s ticket also admits one […]
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Friday, September 7, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
The Miseducation of Cameron Post, GFT
7 – 13 September, 2018 After Cameron Post (Chloë Grace Moretz) is caught with another girl in the back seat of a car on prom night, she is quickly shipped off to a conversion therapy centre that treats teens “struggling with same-sex attraction.” At the facility, Cameron is subjected to outlandish discipline, dubious “de-gaying” methods, […]
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Le Bonheur, GFT
12 and 13 September, 2018 Deemed provocative and sparking controversy upon release, Varda’s Le Bonheur stars Jean-Claude Drouout as married man François, alongside his off-screen wife and children. François lives a comfortable and fulfilling life, but finds himself drawn to Emilie (Marie-France Boyer), the post office clerk. Varda’s resonant drama explores monogamy and the consequences of the […]
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Working Class Heroes Season, Glasgow Film Theatre
Every film star tells a story – one about the time and place they come from. Working Class Heroes is a collection of films lit up by the charisma of working class stars, a celebration of fine actors and remarkable leading roles. Together they reveal a Britain where for a time at least, big-screen stars came […]
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The Cold War, GFT
1 – 13 September, 2018 Winner of the Best Director award at the Cannes 2018, Paweł Pawlikowski’s Cold War is an epic romance set against the backdrop of Europe after World War II. Sumptuously shot in black and white, and set to a soundtrack of rustic folk songs and sultry jazz, it spans decades and nations to […]
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Forgotten Silver, Scalarama, Glasgow
Wednesday 5 September, 2018 ISO, 65 Virginia Street, Glasgow G1 1TS Forgotten Silver is an epic documentary chronicling the extraordinary, unbelievable life of pioneer Kiwi filmmaker Colin McKenzie. Or is it? The first clue that none of this story is true is that the film begins with Peter Jackson literally leading the viewer down a garden […]
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Wednesday, September 5, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema
C’est La Vie, GFT
1 – 6 September, 2018 Max has run a catering company for 30 years. Today is Pierre and Helena’s big day. As usual, Max recruited his team of waiting staff, cooks, and dishwashers. From the preparations to daybreak, we get a behind-the-scenes look at a wedding party through the eyes of the people working on […]
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Saturday, September 1, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema
BlackKklansman GFT
Until 6 September, 2018 From visionary filmmaker Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American hero. It’s the early 1970s: Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) becomes the first African-American detective on the Colorado Springs Police Department and resolves to make a name for himself and a difference in his community. He bravely sets […]
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Late Night: Superbad, Glasgow Youth Film Festival
14 September, 2018 – 11 p.m. A classic comedy featuring early roles for some of today’s biggest stars, including the film debut of Oscar-winner Emma Stone. Best mates Seth and Evan are about to leave high school and embark on college life. Before they do, they want to initiate their sex lives and mix with […]
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Nation, An Evening With Lesley Riddoch, Drumchapel
Tuesday 4 September, 2018 7 p.m. Olivers Function Suite, 20 Drumchapel Road, Glasgow G15 6QE Do Scots know enough about our independent and successful wee European neighbours? NATION is a series of films by Phantom Power Films and Lesley Riddoch that sets out to highlight just what small nations can achieve with self-belief, a willingness […]
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The Birds, GFT
2 and 4 September, 2018 Wealthy reformed party girl Melanie Daniels enjoys a brief flirtation with lawyer Mitch Brenner in a San Francisco pet shop and decides to follow him to his Bodega Bay home where she quickly strikes up a romance with him. Soon after her arrival a flock of birds attacks in what […]
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Psycho, GFT
26 and 28 August, 2018 Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) steals $40,000 from her employer’s client, in order to run away with her boyfriend. Whilst traveling she stops at the rundown Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) who runs the motel under the domination of his mother. […]
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Saturday, August 25, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema
The Ballymurphy Precedent by satellite at GFT
30 August, 2018 6.10 p.m. Followed by a Q&A with the director Callum Macrae, and hosted by Channel 4’s Jon Snow, broadcast live from Curzon Soho cinema in London. Award-winning director Callum Macrae’s new feature documentary tells the story of the death of eleven innocent people killed by the British Army on a Catholic estate in […]
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Alice in Wonderland, Best Before Bed Screening, Citizen M
Sunday, 26 August, 2018, 6.30 PM – 8.30 PM Best Before Bed silent movie – Alice in Wonderland (1915) Bet you haven’t seen this version of Alice in Wonderland! Made in 1915, it’s a silent gem of an adaptation, directed and written by W W Young and starring Viola Savoy as Alice. Musical accompaniment will […]
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Friday, August 24, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema
Before Stonewall +She Wanted Green Lawns, GFT
29 August, 2018 Screening as part of Independent Cinema Office x Club des Femmes season Revolt, She Said: Women and Film after ’68. So much more than a brilliant documentary about LGBTQ+ life in the USA before the 1969 Stonewall riots, Greta Schiller’s perception-changing film places its audience in the presence of legends in their […]
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Backstreet Boys, Picture and Pizza, The Seamore
Friday 31 August, 2018 7 p.m. Everybody! The Seamore Neighbourhood Cinema presents BACKSTREET BOYS: SHOW ‘EM WHAT YOU’RE MADE OF as part of their Pizza and a Picture screenings. They’re back! Like they always said they would be! Backstreet Boys tells the story of the band at the height of their powers and the change […]
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