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.The Eyes Of My Mother, GFT, 24 – 3- March, 2017
In their secluded farmhouse, a mother, formerly a surgeon in Portugal, teaches her daughter, Francisca, to understand anatomy and be unfazed by death. One afternoon, a mysterious visitor horrifyingly shatters the idyll of Francisca’s family life, deeply traumatizing the young girl, but also awakening some unique curiosities. Shot in crisp black and white, The Eyes […]
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Thursday, March 23, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Hugo, GFT, Saturday 25 March, 2017
As Part of GFT’s CineMasters: Martin Scorsese season we’re screening this elegant fantasy for families. Captivating and original, Hugo is a magical cinematic experience, and a masterpiece unlike anything else Scorsese has made. In 1931 a 12-year-old boy lives in the walls of Montparnasse train station, wily and resourceful, his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. […]
Mad To Be Normal, GFT, 24 – 30 March, 2017
Exclusive UK Preview Screenings Panel Discussion on 26 March, 2017 There was no more charismatic or controversial a figure during the swinging ‘60s than Scottish psychiatrist R D Laing. Dubbed “the white Martin Luther King” and the “high priest of anti-psychiatry”, Laing was as famous as Dylan. In 1965, he established Kingsley Hall in London […]
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Deacon Blue Live at The Barrowland, Sound and Vision GFT, 30 March. 2017
On 4 December 2016 Deacon Blue played the Glasgow Barrowlands for the last night of their ‘Believers’ tour. The show marked an emotional return to the venue they had last played in 1994. This concert film captures the band on peak live form and is being released in a year that also marks the 30th anniversary […]
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Joan Mitchell: Portrait of an Abstract Painter, GFT. 26 March, 2017
LUX Scotland are pleased to present a screening of Marion Cajori’s intimate portrait of American abstract painter, Joan Mitchell (1925 – 1992). The film will be accompanied by contributions from artists Max Brand and Joanne Robertson, and writer and curator, Paul Pieroni. This screening is part of GFT’s Crossing the Line strand. Joan Mitchell, La […]
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Southside Film presents: I, Daniel Blake at The Glad Cafe, Wednesday 29th March, 2017
Wednesday 29 March, 2017 Southside Film presents a free screening of the award winning I, Daniel Blake with donations to the Glasgow South East Food Bank encouraged. Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) has worked as a joiner for most of his life in Newcastle. For the first time in his life he needs help from […]
GLITCH Film Festival Daniel Baker – Artist’s Talk in Conjunction with Intermedia Exhibition, CCA, Sat 25 March 2017
Sat 25 March 2017 5pm, Free (unticketed), Cinema 14+ accompanied by an adult 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events GLITCH Film Festival Fri 24 March — Sat 1 April 2017 GLITCH Film Festival Daniel Baker – Intermedia Exhibition Fri 24 March — Sun 2 April 2017 Daniel Baker, STORE, 2011. The artist Daniel Baker will […]
Tuesday, March 21, 2017 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
GLITCH Film Festival Jack Waters Retrospective (16mm Screening), CCA, Sat 25 March 2017
Sat 25 March 2017 1.40pm, Free (unticketed), Theatre 14+ accompanied by an adult 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events GLITCH Film Festival Fri 24 March — Sat 1 April 2017 GLITCH Film Festival Jason and Shirley – with Jack Waters present for Q&A Sat 25 March 2017 Jack Waters, visiting professor at Hampshire College, is […]
Monday, March 20, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, LGBT Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
GLITCH Film Festival Hanky Code: The Movie, CCA, Sat 25 March 2017
Sat 25 March 2017 9.30pm, Free (unticketed), Theatre, 18+ F-Rated 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events GLITCH Film Festival Fri 24 March — Sat 1 April 2017 Before Internet dating and hookup apps, The Handkerchief code was largely used by gay men in the 1970s to distinguish sexual preferences and fetishes in gay clubs and […]
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Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, GFT, 19 and 22 March, 2017
Martin Scorsese’s often-overlooked fourth feature stars Ellen Burstyn in the Oscar-winning titular role of Alice. After her husband dies in a tragic accident, Alice has a garage sale, sells the house, and takes her precocious 11-year-old son (Alfred Lutter) on a road-trip to California, where she plans to restart her singing career. After a number […]
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Friday, March 17, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Glasgow Short Film Festival, Blueprint: B-Roll, CCA Sat 18 March, 2017
Sat 18 March 2017 9.15pm, £6.50 (£5), Cinema Ages 18+ Book online / 0141 332 6535 Related CCA Events Glasgow Short Film Festival 2017 Thu 16 March — Sun 19 March 2017 Award winning filmmaker of last year’s Flamingo (and general weirdo) Bryan M. Ferguson has teamed up with Blueprint and GSFF to curate a […]
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Glasgow Short Film Festival, Matthew & Matthew, CCA, 18 March, 2017
GSFF 2017 Oska Bright Film Festival and SQUIFF present: Matthew & Matthew Sat 18 March 2017 3pm, £6.50 (£5), Cinema Ages 15+ Book online / 0141 332 6535 Related CCA Events Glasgow Short Film Festival 2017 Thu 16 March — Sun 19 March 2017 “Hey Matthew, I hear you’re a gay filmmaker?” “Yes Matthew, I […]
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Elle, GFT, 10 – 23 March, 2017
10 – 23 March, 2017 GFT Isabelle Huppert gives a fearless tour-de-force, Oscar-nominated performance in this typically provocative, suspense-laden drama from Paul Verhoeven. Huppert’s Michele is the iron hand that rules a successful video game company. There is no room for sentiment or weakness in the way she does business. When Michele is raped by […]
Sons and Mothers, GFT, 22nd March, 2017
Sons and Mothers 22nd March, 2017 Filmmaker and director Christopher Houghton and producer Louise Pascale will join us for a Skype Q&A. An all-male theatre troupe set out to create a theatrical love letter to their mothers. As they offer their hearts for the sake of a theatre show complications set in. Not everyone makes […]
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Junun GFT 23 March, 2017
Junun 23 March, 2017 GFT Rarely seen on the cinema screen, do not miss this chance to witness a unique collaboration between celebrated filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson (with his first foray into non-fiction), Radiohead musician Jonny Greenwood, Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur and Indian ensemble Rajasthan Express. Housed up in a 15th-century Mehrangarh Fort, Anderson […]
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Thursday, March 16, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Olive Tree, GFT 19 – 23 March, 2017
The Olive Tree 19 – 23 March, 2017 GFT Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty (I, Daniel Blake) and Madrid-born director Icíar Bollaín follow up their award-winner Even the Rain with this beautifully tender comedy/drama road movie. Alma (Anna Castillo), a spirited Spanish farmer, sets out on a journey to reclaim her grandfather’s favourite olive tree, […]
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The Love Witch GFT 1 and 20 – 23 March, 2017
The Love Witch GFT 1 and 20 – 23 March, 2017 Elaine is a beautiful witch using every spell at her disposal to find true love, however, the potions she concocts never have quite the desired effect and soon she ends up with a string of hapless victims. The multi-talented Anna Biller is not only […]
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Personal Shopper, GFT 17 – 23 March, 2017
Personal Shopper 17 – 23 March, 2017 GFT Director Olivier Assayas makes an unexpected move into Brian De Palma territory with this elegant fusion of supernatural chiller and psychological drama. Kristen Stewart stars as Maureen, a personal shopper for a fashion world celebrity. Maureen is renowned amongst the high end stores of Paris as she […]
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GLITCH Film Festival Weekends Sat 25 March 2017
7pm, Free (unticketed), Theatre 14+ accompanied by an adult 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events GLITCH Film Festival Fri 24 March — Sat 1 April 2017 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 […]
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Italian Film Festival, Glasgow Film Theatre, 10 – 15 March, 2017
Italian Film Festival 10 – 15 March, 2017 GFT The annual celebration of Italian cinema returns with a wide-ranging programme that stretches from promising new talents to established greats. Highlights this year include Paolo Virzi’s hugely successful Like Crazy and the Kafkaesque comedy Ears which was one of the discoveries of the Venice Film Festival. […]
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Friday, March 10, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Dogtown and Z-boys, GFT 13 March, 2017
Dogtown and Z-boys 13 March, 2017 GFT Subtitled “The Birth of Extreme”, this documentary takes a look at the transformation of skateboarding from its former image as a land-bound pastime for surfers to its status today as an extreme and acrobatic sport in its own right. Starting from the California surf community of Dogtown, the […]
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Glasgow Film Festival, Canadian Film Makers, Lauren Howes and Bart Simpson.
Some films I saw at GFF2017 It’s impossible to make it along to every film at Glasgow Film Festival; unfortunately due to other commitments, I didn’t get to see Lauren Howes’67 Was Golden and the Falls Keep Falling – part of the festival strand Crossing The Line Neither am I going to catch Bart Simpson’s […]
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Thursday, March 9, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, Glasgow Film Festival 2017, Glasgow Film Festival 2017, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Glasgow Film Festival 2017, Pawno review by Pat Byrne
The action in Pawno is based around a pawn shop, where the owner Les Underwood, played by John Brumpton, helps people out and sorts them out in equal measure. His assistant Danny, Damian Hill, who also wrote the script, is younger and softer with a romantic, dreamy disposition that contrasts with his boss’s abrasiveness. […]
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Première of the short film “Quel che non ti dirò mai – Words Unsaid”
On 24 February the première of the short film “Quel che non ti dirò mai – Words Unsaid” was held in Pontecagnano Faiano (Salerno – Italy). The evening, organized by The Gladiator Company, has seen cast and crew participants as well as a large crowd of onlookers. The projection has attracted great interest among people: […]
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Wednesday, March 8, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, Valentina Galdi Words Unsaid
Dancer, GFT 10 – 16 March, 2017
10 – 16 March, 2017 GFT Directed by Academy Award nominated Steve Cantor, Dancer offers a uniquely personal portrait of a most singular man and dancer. Blessed with astonishing power and poise, Sergei Polunin took the dance world by storm and became the Royal Ballet’s youngest ever principal. At the peak of his success, aged […]
Handsome Devil, Gala Film Glasgow Film Festival 2017 review by Pat Byrne
Handsome Devil, the Irish comedy-drama was a great choice for kicking off Glasgow Film Festival, 2017 Directed by John Butler, the cast includes Irish actors Fionn O’Shea, Nicolas Galitzine, Andrew Scott (Jim Moriarty in Sherlock) and Moe Dunford. The film tells the story of the unlikely friendship between Ned (played by Fionn O’Shea) and Conor […]
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Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars, GFT, 7 March, 2017
GFT 7 March An immortal document of one of the most enigmatic, striking and excessive periods in music, D A Pennebaker’s concert film is regularly recognised as one of the greatest ever. The unexpected final show of his Ziggy Stardust guise, David Bowie and his backing band, The Spiders From Mars, are on savagely beautiful […]
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Saturday, March 4, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Solaris, GFT 5 March, 2017
5 March, 2017 GFT 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 remaining cosmonauts behaving oddly, he discovers supernatural phenomena that cause repressed memories […]
Muriel’s Wedding, CCA, 10 March, 2017 – Clydebank Women’s Aid, Glasgow Women’s Aid & Southside Film
Women Only Event to Celebrate International Women’s Day Clydebank Women’s Aid, Glasgow Women’s Aid & Southside Film presents MURIEL’S WEDDING (Cert: 12, 105 mins, 1994) CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD Socially awkward Muriel Heslop (Toni Collette) wants nothing more than to get married. Unfortunately, due to her oppressive politician father (Bill Hunter), Muriel has […]
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Trespass Against Us, GFT, 3 – 9 March, 2017
Trespass Agains Us 3 – 9 March, 2017 GFT Brendan Gleeson and Michael Fassbender go head-to-head as father and son in this dynamic first feature from director Adam Smith. Blood ties and conflicting loyalties provide the dramatic stakes in a story set on the criminal edges of a travelling community. Fassbender’s cocky rebel Chad has […]
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