TheShop Around Corner - Filmhouse Cinema Edinburgh

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TheShop Around Corner - Filmhouse Cinema Edinburgh
3 DEC 10 6 JAN 11
films worth talking about
HOME OF THE EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
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TheShop
Around
The
Corner
plus
The Way Back
The American
Miral
Of Gods and Men
An Ordinary Execution
On Tour
The Illusionist
The Kids Are All Right
Boudu Saved from Drowning
Peeping Tom
Christmas at Our House
Love Film Love Edinburgh
Patrick Keiller
East Side Stories
3 CINEMAS CAFE BAR
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INDEX
INDEX
SCREENING DATES AND TIMES
TICKET PRICES & INFORMATION
GENERAL INFORMATION
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23
Africa United
6
After Winter Comes Spring
17
Alice
17
The American
4
Berlin: Schönhauser Corner
16
The Bishop’s Wife
9
Born in ‘45
16
Boudu Saved from Drowning
7
Childish Things
17
Christmas at Our House
8-9
Come and See...
18
Coming Out
17
Courses, Workshops and Events
22
A Day in the Life...
15
East Side Stories
16-17
Edinburgh From the Archives
15
Filmhouse Café Bar
22
Filmhouse Membership & Loyalty Cards 24
Filmhouse Quiz
22
Gremlins
8
Hallam Foe
14
I Was Happy Here
15
The Illusionist
6/14
It’s a Wonderful Life
8
Jeremy Hardy vs. The Israeli Army
20
John Krish
15
The Kids Are All Right
6
Laura’s Star
10
The Legend of Paul and Paula
16
Life Cycles + Vast
21
London
10
Look at What the Light Did Now
18
Lost Horizon
18
Love Film Love Edinburgh
14-15
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Megamind
6
Metropolis
7
Miral
Moolaadé
Mr Capra Comes to Filmhouse
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Of Gods and Men
On Tour
An Ordinary Execution
Patrick Keiller
Peeping Tom
Projecting the Archive
Quest for Fire
Raymond Briggs Trilogy
The Red Shoes
Restless Natives
Robinson in Ruins
Robinson in Space
Schools Screenings
Science and Film
Shallow Grave
The Shop Around the Corner
Traces of Stones
Trade
Trainspotting
The Way Back
Weans’ World
White Christmas
The Wizard of Oz
AUDIODESCRIPTION/SUBTITLES
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We have now installed a system in all three
screens which enables us, whenever the necessary
discs are available, to show onscreen subtitles
for customers who are deaf or hard of hearing,
and provide audio description (via our infra-red
headsets) for those who are sight-impaired.
This issue:
Megamind – all screenings will have audio
description, and the 1.00pm screening on Sunday
2 January will also have subtitles.
FORCRYINGOUTLOUD
Screenings for carers and their babies.
This issue:
The Shop Around the Corner
Monday 13 December at 11.30am
Baby changing, bottle warming and buggy parking
facilities are available.Tickets cost £3.50/£2.50
concessions per adult. Screenings limited to babies
under 12 months accompanied by no more than
two adults. For Crying Out Loud is sponsored by
Bepanthen.
See page 10 for details of Weans’ World, our
regular screenings for a younger audience.
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26 December.
On Friday 31 December, Saturday 1 January
and Sunday 2 January the building will open
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wish all of our customers a very happy
Christmas and a wonderful, film-filled 2011!
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Introduction
MIRAL
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER
ON TOUR
THE WAY BACK
Thoughts from the fruit cellar...
It’s sad, when a Head of Programming has to speak the words that condemn his own colleagues. But I couldn’t allow you to believe that I
would programme those Christmas films. (They’ll put me on ushering duties now, as I should have done years ago to them.) They were
always bad, and in the end they intended to tell you I programmed those films... as if I could do anything but put on the most obscure
European arthouse films (like the one last year about stuffed birds...). They know I don’t do the ‘festive’ season, and I won’t. I’ll just
sit here and be quiet, just in case they do... suspect me of secretly loving It’s a Wonderful Life. They’re probably watching me. Well,
let them. Let them see what kind of a person I am. I’m not even going to watch The Shop Around the Corner. Or The Red Shoes. Or
White Christmas. Or The Muppet Christmas Carol. Or The Bishop’s Wife. I hope they are watching... they’ll see. They’ll see and they’ll
know, and they’ll say, “Why, he wouldn’t even sit through The Wizard of Oz...” [Okay Mrs Bates, that’s enough from you. - Ed.]
Sorry, I’m not quite myself today... The Way Back is Peter Weir’s immersive rendition of a gruelling, triumphant odyssey, which
tells the astonishing ‘true‘ story of a group of men (and a woman) fleeing Stalin’s Siberian gulag, through Mongolia and the
Himalayas, in a quest for freedom. Epic. Julian Schnabel’s first film since The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Miral, tells the story of
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the eyes of the titular heroine (played by Slumdog Millionaire’s Freida Pinto). Of Gods and
Men and On Tour are two French films both of which featured in last year’s Cannes Film Festival competition and are, respectively,
Xavier Beauvois’ classy drama about a group of Cistercian monks living in North Africa who refuse to be intimidated by a group of
local Islamist fundamentalists, and actor Mathieu Amalric’s lively tale of the travails of an American New Burlesque troupe on tour
in France.
Jean Renoir’s best known film, Boudu Saved from Drowning, Ernst Lubitsch’s seasonal, Jimmy Stewart-starring The Shop Around the
Corner, and Michael Powell’s seminal chiller, Peeping Tom, all get the classic rerelease/restoration treatment, and we’ve a short
season of films from the former East German State-run DEFA studios. Also, we’ll be celebrating the New Year (in association with our
friends at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay) with a short season of films set in wur marvellous city.
And, of course, our December programme would not be complete (I’m told) without the requisite seasonal offerings... despite my
protesteth-ing perhaps just a little too much!
Rod White, Head of Programming
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New releases
THE AMERICAN
NEWRELEASE
MIRAL
NEWRELEASE
OF GODS AND MEN
NEWRELEASES
The American
Miral
Of Gods and Men
Showing until Thu 16 Dec
Fri 3 to Thu 16 Dec
Des hommes et des dieux
Anton Corbijn • USA 2010 • 1h45m • Digital projection
English and Italian with English subtitles
15 – Contains strong sex and one gory image
Cast: George Clooney, Paolo Bonacelli, Violante Placido, Thekla
Reuten, Irina Bjorklund.
Julian Schnabel • France/Israel/Italy/India 2010 • 1h52m • 35mm
12A – Contains moderate language, violence and injury detail
Cast: Hiam Abbass, Freida Pinto, Omar Metwally, Alexander Siddiq,
Willem Dafoe.
Fri 3 to Thu 9 Dec and
Fri 17 to Thu 30 Dec (not 25 & 26 Dec)
In a marked departure from Control, Anton Corbijn’s
desire to expand his range is fulfilled in The American, a
character-driven thriller realised with assurance and visual
panache.
Jack (George Clooney) is an assassin and arms expert
growing weary of a life spent on the move and always
alone. Following an incident in Sweden, Jack flees to
the Italian countryside, hiding away in a small village in
Abruzzo. There, although he takes on an assignment to
provide a weapon for a mysterious female contact, he also
begins to strike up relationships, and to contemplate a
different kind of life. But at the heart of the film lies Jack’s
fundamental dilemma – can he escape his past, and find a
more peaceful future?
Clooney is perfect as the enigmatic Jack, wrestling with
questions of morality and trust, and is ably supported
by a European cast including veteran Italian actor Paolo
Bonacelli, excellent as the perceptive local priest, and
Violante Placido and Thekla Reuten as the women Jack
encounters. Equally impressive is the film’s magnificent
setting, with the village of Castel del Monte bringing its
own sense of suspense and isolation.
Based on Rula Jebreal’s first-hand account of growing up
in East Jerusalem, Miral is the richly textured and deeply
moving account of an intelligent young woman whose
personal story is inextricably linked with the political history
and social consequences of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Spanning the period from the birth of the State of Israel
in 1948 to the brief hope of the Oslo peace agreement in
1994, Miral begins with the setting up of an orphanage and
school for Palestinian children. The owner of the school,
Hind Husseini (Hiam Abbass), is an inspirational figure who
believes education is the only route to peace. Miral (Freida
Pinto) joins the school in 1978, but eleven years later as the
first Intifada gathers support, she begins to question Hind’s
fundamentally non-violent belief.
As in previous films such as Before Night Falls and
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Julian Schnabel has
unerringly found the humanity and emotional heart in a
story of fragmented or damaged lives.
Xavier Beauvois • France 2010 • 2h2m • Digital projection
Arabic and French with English subtitles
15 – Contains infrequent strong violence
Cast: Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin,
Philippe Laudenbach, Jacques Herlin.
Based on a true story, this sombre, humane and
provocative drama is set in a Cistercian monastery in North
Africa in the 1990s, where eight French monks live in
cordial harmony with the local population. The monastery’s
abbot, Brother Christian, is as much versed in the Koran as
in the Bible, giving him a special insight into, and respect
for, the nation he has chosen to work in. But the country
is increasingly in the grip of fundamentalist violence, and
the brothers must soon decide whether to stay or leave. A
compassionate plea for understanding between cultures,
the film muses on the meaning of religious vocation in a
violent world, and tackles its subject with authoritative,
non-sensationalist forcefulness.
New releases
AN ORDINARY EXECUTION
NEWRELEASE
THE WAY BACK
NEWRELEASE
ON TOUR
NEWRELEASE
An Ordinary Execution
The Way Back
On Tour Tournée
Une exécution ordinaire
Showing from Mon 27 Dec
Fri 31 Dec to Thu 6 Jan
Fri 17 to Thu 23 Dec
Peter Weir • USA 2010 • 2h3m • Digital projection • cert tbc
Cast: Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Saoirse Ronan, Colin Farrell.
Mathieu Amalric • France 2010 • 1h51m • 35mm
French and English with English subtitles • cert tbc
Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Miranda Colclasure, Suzanne Ramsey,
Linda Marraccini, Julie Ann Muz.
Marc Dugain • France 2010 • 1h45m • 35mm
French with English subtitles
12A – Contains moderate sex references and descriptions of torture
Cast: André Dussollier, Marina Hands, Edouard Baer, Denis
Podalydès, Tom Novembre.
Based on his own hugely successful novel of the same
name, Marc Dugain’s debut feature, An Ordinary
Execution, describes an imagined encounter between the
ageing Joseph Stalin and a young doctor with extraordinary
healing abilities, brought in to treat the escalating physical
woes of his old age after his own doctor has been
‘purged’. The apprehension of the young woman, Anna,
as she enters the menacing milieu of the old tyrant is
palpable, and she is forced to put up with his daily ranting
and ramblings, which subtly start to reveal his warped
philosophy of terror.
The film adds further fuel to the fire of speculation about
how Stalin (played here by one of France’s national
treasures, André Dussollier, in a piece of inspired casting)
actually died, but at heart it is a piercing insight into the
mind of a dictator. Brilliantly shot to reflect the grimness
of oppression, and filled with tension and mystery, An
Ordinary Execution is a compelling addition to the canon of
examinations of police states.
Peter Weir is rightly regarded as one of the world’s master
filmmakers, but he has not made a film since 2003’s Master
and Commander: The Far Side of the World. The Way
Back is a harrowing yet powerful epic that finds Weir again
working at the top of his game.
The script is inspired by true stories of several individuals
who escaped from Stalinist labour camps, but Weir
emphasises that the characters in the film are fictional. The
Polish protagonist, Janusz (Jim Sturgess), is introduced
in the opening scene in 1940, when he is interrogated
by a Soviet officer who accuses him of espionage. Janusz
refuses to confess to the false charges, but when his wife
is tortured and informs against him, Janusz is shipped
off to the gulag. There he encounters a number of other
disaffected prisoners, including an American engineer
(Ed Harris), who came to Russia during the 1930s, and a
hardened criminal (Colin Farrell), all bent on escape. The
security system at the gulag is not overwhelmingly efficient
because, as the commandant informs the new arrivals,
the biggest deterrent to escape is the unyielding natural
environment that surrounds the prison.
As a technical achievement, the film – which ranges from
the gulags of Siberia to the Gobi Desert – is astonishing,
but it also showcases powerful themes that make it
unexpectedly moving and resonant.
Mathieu Amalric is best known outside France for starring
in the lauded and successful adaptation of journalist
Jean-Dominique Bauby’s memoir The Diving Bell and
the Butterfly. That meditative and mournful film dealt in
part with the importance of family connections, a theme
that seems to appeal to Amalric. He’s taken it up again by
reviving the backstage drama through a performance form
that is itself a revival of a moribund art – burlesque. The
result is an ambling, entertaining, nostalgic film with a lot
of charm.
Amalric stars as Joachim Zand, a former French TV
producer and personality who has returned from an
extended stay in the United States with a troupe of New
Burlesque artists. He has planned a tour of the port cities of
France from Le Havre to Toulouse, then on to a grand finale
in Paris. When the Paris venue pulls out, he must return to
the capital to find another; while there, he reunites with
his young children, an ex-lover, and various other people
from his past.
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Maybe you missed...
THE ILLUSIONIST
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
MAYBEYOUMISSED
AFRICA UNITED
MAYBEYOUMISSED
MEGAMIND
MAYBEYOUMISSED
The Illusionist L’illusionniste
The Kids Are All Right
Africa United
Fri 17 Dec to Thu 6 Jan (not 25 & 26 Dec)
Mon 27 Dec to Mon 3 Jan
Mon 27 to Fri 31 Dec
Sylvain Chomet • UK/France 2010 • 1h20m • 35mm
English and French with English subtitles
PG – Contains a scene of aborted suicide and images of smoking
Lisa Cholodenko • USA 2010 • 1h46m • 35mm
15 – Contains strong sex, hard drug use and language
Cast: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia
Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson.
Debs Gardner-Paterson • UK 2010 • 1h28m • Digital projection
12A – Contains moderate violence, language and sex references
Cast: Eriya Ndayambaje, Roger Nsengiyumva, Sanyu Joanita Kintu,
Yves Dusenge, Emmanuel Jal.
For lesbian couple Jules (Julianne Moore) and Nic (Annette
Bening), life with their two teenage children in suburban
LA is quiet and a little too comfortable. But when the kids
go behind their back and track down the sperm donor who
made it all possible, things start to get complicated.
A talented Rwandan teenager has hopes of being selected
by FIFA for the 2010 World Cup opening ceremony. But
thanks to his bumbling fast-talking pal, the boys end up
travelling to South Africa under their own steam. An
appealing adventure story blending bumps and scrapes,
comedy and high jinks with the very real issues (including
Aids, poverty and child soldiers) affecting the continent.
As cheeky, boisterous and witty as it is delicately drawn
and beauteous to behold, Sylvain Chomet’s follow-up
to 2003’s Belleville Rendez-Vous is a truly magical piece
of cinema. Our weary hero is an over-the-hill magician,
complete with less-than- friendly white rabbit; their
adventures are based upon an unrealised script by Jacques
Tati, the action of which Chomet transposed to Scotland
after he moved here in 2004. Always in search of a
paying gig, the illusionist treks from Paris to the Western
Isles to Edinburgh – acquiring, along the way, a young
travelling companion who sincerely believes in his magical
abilities. Rich with visual jokes, seductive 1950s period
detail and breathtaking views of city and wilderness alike,
this is the work of a master in his field – and one of the
most gorgeous evocations of Scotland, and especially
Edinburgh, in cinema history.
Back again by popular demand, the runaway hit of 2010!
Filmmaker Lisa Cholodenko (High Art, Laurel Canyon)
mixes family drama and comedy to paint an orthodox
picture of an unorthodox family. Features standout
performances from Moore and Bening, along with Mark
Ruffalo as the hippy man-child Paul, who makes a better
sperm donor than he does a father.
Matinee Special!
If you’re a Senior Citizen you can now go to a matinee
screening and get either soup of the day OR a cup of
tea or coffee and a traycake for only £6!
Offer runs from Mondays to Thursdays inclusive and
only applies to screenings starting before 5.00pm. Buy
your Matinee Special ticket at the box office and you’ll
receive a voucher which can be exchanged in the café
bar between 1.30pm and 5.00pm that day only. Offer is
subject to availability and only available in person.
Megamind (2D)
Sun 2 to Thu 6 Jan
Tom McGrath • USA 2010 • 1h36m • Digital projection
PG – Contains mild language and comic fight scenes
With the voices of Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill,
David Cross.
Having defeated superhero Metro Man (voice of Brad
Pitt), evil genius Megamind (Will Ferrell) finds he’s bored
without an arch-rival. But his plan to create a new enemy
by injecting Metro Man’s DNA into a loser human (Jonah
Hill) goes haywire. Now Megamind must team with TV
reporter Roxanne (Tina Fey) to save the city he had so
much fun trying to destroy.
AUDIODESCRIPTION/SUBTITLES
See page two for details.
Restored classics
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER
RESTOREDCLASSICS
METROPOLIS
RESTOREDCLASSIC
PEEPING TOM
RESTOREDCLASSIC
The Shop Around the Corner
Metropolis
Peeping Tom
Fri 10 to Sun 19 Dec
Reconstructed and Restored version
Tue 4 to Thu 6 Jan
Ernst Lubitsch • USA 1940 • 1h39m • 35mm • U
Cast: James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Frank Morgan, Sara Haden.
Tue 4 to Thu 6 Jan
Michael Powell • UK 1960 • 1h41m • Digital projection
15 – Contains moderate violence and strong psychological threat
Cast: Carl Boehm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer, Maxine Audley,
Brenda Bruce.
A welcome re-release for Ernst Lubitsch’s deliciously
nuanced and graceful romantic comedy from 1940.
Budapest gift-shop clerk Alfred Kralik (James Stewart) and
newly-hired shopgirl Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan) hate
each other almost at first sight. Kralik would prefer the
company of the woman with whom he is corresponding by
mail but has never met. Novak likewise carries a torch for
her male pen pal, whom she also has never laid eyes on.
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that Kralik and Novak
have been writing letters to each other...
Boudu Saved from Drowning
Boudu sauvé des eaux
Fri 17 to Thu 30 Dec (not 25 & 26 Dec)
Jean Renoir • France 1932 • 1h25m • Digital projection
French with English subtitles • PG
Cast: Michel Simon, Marcelle Hainia, Sévérine Lerczinska, Jean Gehret.
Shot in 1932, when sound at the movies was still in its
infancy, and later lamely remade as Down and Out in
Beverly Hills, Boudu Saved from Drowning is one of Jean
Renoir’s most enjoyable films, and its wit, freshness and
spontaneity continue to impress almost eighty years later.
Pioneering in its use of authentic locations, it stars Michel
Simon as the anarchic tramp Boudu, who’s rescued from
drowning by a kindly Parisian bookseller and then installed
in the latter’s household, with chaotic results.
Fritz Lang • Germany 1927/2010 • 2h25m • Digital projection
Silent with music track• PG – Contains mild horror and violence
Cast: Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm, Rudolf KleinRogge, Fritz Rasp.
A ‘holy grail’ among film finds, Fritz Lang’s sci-fi epic is
presented here in a newly reconstructed and restored
version, as visionary and iconic as ever thanks to the
discovery of 25 minutes of footage previously thought lost
to the world. Lang’s “captivating symphony of movement”
(as Spanish director Luis Buñuel described the film) can
finally be seen, for the first time in 83 years, as its director
originally intended.
In the titular futuristic city, a ruling class live in opulence,
while a literal underclass toil in a vast subterranean
workshop. Lured from his Edenic existence by the saintly
Maria (Brigitte Helm), Freder Fredersen (Gustav Fröhlich)
witnesses the misery of the working class and vows to
persuade his despotic father, Joh (Alfred Abel), to change
the system. But Joh has no qualms about the status
quo, and works with a loony scientist to create a robotic
‘Evil Maria’, who they hope will turn the workers from
revolutionary thoughts...
Read more about this remarkable discovery and the
ensuing reconstruction and restoration at the stunning
website, www.metropolis1927.com
Castigated and condemned upon its original release,
Powell’s study of an insane young man, who films women
as he murders them, was pulled swiftly from distribution
and went unseen for over two decades – until it was
championed by Scorsese, Bertolucci and a new generation
of filmmakers. The film rivals Hitchcock’s Psycho in its
depiction of cruelty, desire and aggression, but it was
Powell’s ability to generate sympathy for his psychotic
protagonist which most alienated viewers and critics.
Viewed today, its psychological complexity, and its
acute awareness of the voyeurism inherent in the act of
filmmaking, make it a key work of postwar cinema... as well
as a gripping, terrifying thriller.
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Christmas at Our House
THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
GREMLINS
THE WIZARD OF OZ
Christmas at
Our House
It’s a Wonderful Life
Gremlins
Fri 17 to Fri 24 Dec
Sat 18 Dec at 6.00pm
Frank Capra • USA 1946 • 2h10m • Digital projection
U – Contains mild violence
Cast: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Henry Travers, Lionel
Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell.
Joe Dante • USA 1984 • 1h46m • 35mm • 15
Cast: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Hollida.
Spend the holidays with us and enjoy some
seasonal favourites on the big screen where
they belong!
This heartwarming fantasy is one of the most popular
films ever made. The film begins as angels discuss
George Bailey (James Stewart), a small-town resident
so beset with problems that he contemplates suicide. In
flashback, we review George’s life, learning that he has
always wanted to leave his hometown to see the world,
but that circumstances and his own good heart have kept
him in Bedford Falls, sacrificing his own education for his
brother’s, keeping the family-run savings and loan afloat,
protecting the town from the avarice of banker Potter
(Lionel Barrymore), marrying his childhood sweetheart
(Donna Reed), and raising a family. Back in the present,
George prepares to jump from a bridge, but ends up
rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence Oddbody (Henry
Travers), who has come to earn his wings...
Weans’ World screenings, specifically for a younger
audience and priced at £2.50 per ticket, are marked
‘(WW)’. For all other screenings normal ticket prices
apply. For another Weans’ World film see page 10.
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Sat 11 Dec at 1.00pm, Sun 12 Dec at 1.00pm (WW)
+ 6.15pm & Mon 13 Dec at 11am (WW)
Brian Henson • USA 1992 • 1h26m • 35mm
U – Contains infrequent very mild peril
Cast: Michael Caine and the voices of Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire,
Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson.
A fun but meaningful adaptation of the Dickens story, with
Gonzo taking on the role of Dickens and narrating the tale,
along with the help of Rizzo the Rat. They take us on a
journey through a dank London, filled with all your favourite
Muppets and a lot of talking vegetables too! Scrooge
(Michael Caine) is so miserly he won’t even allow his fuzzy
employees an extra piece of coal for the fire at Christmas.
Such meanness is not tolerated by his deceased business
partners, who appear to him one night and tell him that he
must face up to his misdeeds. And so he is visited by the
ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future...
With a characteristic mix of narrative anarchy, cinephile
allusion, cartoon-style slapstick and black-tinged comedy,
Joe Dante gleefully sinks his teeth into the kind of fluffy,
sugary, sickly small town fantasy beloved of his pal and
sometime producer Spielberg. It starts with a Christmas gift
– a cute, cuddly little ‘mogwai’ – but the time of goodwill
soon turns hellish when, splashed with water, the creature
starts sprouting the titular monsters...
Gremlins won a public vote we held on our website
in late October, publicised via Facebook and Twitter,
narrowly beating Scrooged and Die Hard as the classic 80s
Christmas film you wanted to see!
The Wizard of Oz
Sun 19 Dec at 1.00pm (WW) &
Mon 20 Dec at 11.00am (WW) + 6.00pm
Victor Fleming • USA 1939 • 1h38m • Digital projection
U – Contains mild fantasy horror
Cast: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley.
TICKETDEALS
See any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% off
See any six (or more) films in this season and get 25% off
These packages are available online, in person and on the
phone, on both full price and concession price tickets.
Tickets must all be bought at the same time.
When Dorothy’s neighbour, Miss Gulch, threatens to take
away her precious dog, Toto, Dorothy runs away from
home. Attempting to return, she and her house are caught
in a twister and blown to the garish, colour-saturated Land
of Oz. Dorothy must escape from Oz by following the
Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City, where the great
Wizard of Oz can help her return to Kansas. Along the way,
Dorothy picks up some new friends, each of whom hopes
that the Wizard can offer him what he lacks.
Christmas at Our House
THE RED SHOES
WHITE CHRISTMAS
THE BISHOP’S WIFE
The Red Shoes
The Bishop’s Wife
Sun 19 Dec AT 5.30pm
Thu 23 Dec at 2.30pm + 6.00pm &
Fri 24 Dec at 3.15pm + 7.35pm
Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger • UK 1948 • 2h15m
Digital projection • U – Contains mild threat, injury and smoking
Cast: Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Robert
Helpmann, Léonide Massine.
One of Powell and Pressburger’s best-loved films, The
Red Shoes, released in 1948, is perhaps the definitive
ballet movie, but don’t let that put you off if you’re not
generally a fan of dance – there’s plenty here to keep you
utterly spellbound. Moira Shearer stars as Victoria Page, an
aspiring dancer who gets a chance to work with the great
ballet director Lermontov (Anton Walbrook). Lermontov
is suave, charming and sly, and soon develops a maniacal
obsession to mould Vicky into a truly great dancer...
White Christmas
Tue 21 Dec at 2.30pm & Wed 22 Dec at 5.55pm
Michael Curtiz • USA 1954 • 2h • Digital projection
U – Contains no material likely to offend or harm
Cast: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen.
Two talented song-and-dance men (Bing Crosby and Danny
Kaye) team up after the war to become one of the hottest
acts in show business. One winter, they join forces with
a sister act (Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen) and head
to Vermont for a white Christmas. Of course, there’s the
requisite fun with the ladies, but the real adventure starts
when Crosby and Kaye discover that the resort is run by their
old army general, who’s now in financial trouble, and they
decide to put on a benefit to raise funds. White Christmas is
a treasury of Irving Berlin classics, among them ‘Sisters’, ‘Blue
Skies’, and, of course, ‘White Christmas’ itself.
Henry Koster • USA 1947 • 1h49m • 35mm • U
Cast: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley.
When Episcopalian bishop Henry Brougham (David
Niven) prays for divine guidance in his efforts to raise
the necessary funds for a new cathedral, his prayers are
answered in the form of a handsome guardian angel
named Dudley (Cary Grant). Establishing himself as a
Yuletide guest in the Brougham home, Dudley arouses
the ire of Henry, who, unaware that his visitor is from Up
Above, assumes that Dudley has designs on Julia (Loretta
Young, the bishop’s wife...
Raymond Briggs Trilogy
Fri 24 Dec at 1.00pm
1h21m • U
The Snowman Dianne Jackson • UK • 1982 • 29m • U
A young boy’s snowman comes to life at midnight and
together they set out on a wonderful adventure.
Father Christmas David Unwin • UK • 1991 • 26m • U
This irreverent Santa breaks from tradition in many ways.
He has no Mrs, owns only four reindeer, and decides to
convert his sleigh into an airborne motor home for a preChristmas trip to Vegas...
The Bear Hilary Audus • UK • 1998 • 26m • U
A polar bear returns a teddy bear to a little girl and so
begins a beautiful friendship.
RAYMOND BRIGGS TRILOGY – THE SNOWMAN
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Weans’ World/Patrick Keiller
LAURA’S STAR
ROBINSON IN SPACE
Weans’ World
Patrick Keiller
Films for a younger audience. Tickets cost
£2.50 per person, big or small!
One of the most distinctive voices in
British cinema returns, after a thirteenyear absence, with the third film in
his informal ‘Robinson trilogy’, which
gives us all the excuse we need to
show the other two as well!
Please note: although we normally disapprove of people
talking during screenings, these shows are primarily for
kids, so grown-ups should expect some noise!
Laura’s Star
Sun 5 Dec at 1.00pm & Mon 6 Dec at 11.00am
Piet De Rycker & Thilo Rothkirch • Germany/Bulgaria 2004
1h20m • 35mm • U
7-year-old Laura has just moved to a new city with her
family and she is having a hard time finding new friends.
Then one night she watches a little star fall from the sky.
She rushes to find the star and discovers it’s been hurt in
the fall. With loving care, she mends its broken point – and
it’s the beginning of a fantastic friendship. But Laura soon
realises that, in spite of all the love she feels, she must let
the star go and return to its home in the universe. If the star
stayed on Earth, it would fade away. It’s a hard decision for
Laura to make, but Max, a boy who lives next door, proves
to be a great help – Laura forgets her initial reluctance and
is happy to find a new friend.
First published in 1996, Klaus Baumgart’s children’s
books about Laura and her star have sold more than two
million copies worldwide and have been translated into 25
languages.
See pages 8-9 for more Weans’ World screenings, as
part of Christmas at Our House.
ROBINSON IN RUINS
Robinson in Space
Sun 5 Dec at 3.40pm
Patrick Keiller • UK 1997 • 1h22m • 35mm • PG
Documentary, narrated by Paul Scofield.
An unseen narrator accompanies Robinson on seven
trips to investigate ‘the problem of England’. Again,
documentary and fiction are combined to create a
dazzlingly erudite and satirical meditation on the nation’s
culture and society, touching on everything from the Tories
to the Tolpuddle Martyrs, Defoe to Dracula, The Rolling
Stones to the Cerne Abbas giant. Droll, odd and elegant.
London
Sat 4 Dec at 4.00pm
Patrick Keiller • UK 1994 • 1h25m • 35mm • U
Documentary, narrated by Paul Scofield.
Robinson in Ruins
Patrick Keiller’s widely acclaimed and highly original
first feature chronicles three journeys around London
undertaken by an unnamed narrator and his (also unseen)
friend and former lover Robinson in search of the source of
English romanticism. Meticulously composed shots of the
city mix with a wry, resonant, slyly suggestive commentary
to reflect on the quality of London life and all manner of
things. Funny, insightful and, in its own understated way,
profoundly passionate.
Patrick Keiller • UK 2010 • 1h41m • Digital projection • U
Documentary, narrated by Vanessa Redgrave.
TICKETDEALS
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on both full price and concession price tickets.
Tickets must all be bought at the same time.
Fri 10 to Mon 13 Dec
A decade after his earlier trips around London and
England, newly discovered film cans and notes suggest
Robinson resumed his investigations on leaving prison.
Keen to cure the world of ‘a great malady’ (symptoms
include the banking crisis, global warming, war in
Afghanistan and Iraq, the transfer of UK land to obscure
owners), he sought – or so we’re told by the narrator
(Vanessa Redgrave) – to communicate with ‘non-human
intelligences’ determined to preserve life on Earth…
Keiller’s witty, revealing script weaves together philosophy,
the arts, history, politics, economics, science, agriculture
and much else, while surreal, mysterious and beautiful
images, imbued with love of the natural world, remind us
of what’s at risk. Timely indeed.
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DAY
DATE
3 December 2010 - 6 January 2011
SCREEN NO. &
FILM TITLE
SHOW
TIMES
DAY
DATE
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SCREEN NO. &
FILM TITLE
SHOW
TIMES
Fri 1 The American
3 1 Of Gods and Men
Dec 2 Of Gods and Men
2 The American
3 Miral
1.00/6.00/8.30
3.20
1.00/8.20
3.40
1.15/3.45/6.15/8.45
Fri 1 The American
10 2 Robinson in Ruins (PK)
Dec 2 Miral
3 The Shop Around the Corner
3 Traces of Stones (ES)
Sat 1 Of Gods and Men
4 1 The American
Dec 2 The American
2 London (PK)
2 Look at What the Light Did Now
2 Of Gods and Men
3 Alice
3 Miral
1.00
3.40/6.00/8.30
1.30
4.00
6.15
8.40
1.15 + intro
3.15/5.45/8.45
Sat 1 The Muppet Christmas Carol (C) 1.00
11 1 The American
3.30/6.00/8.30
Dec 2 Robinson in Ruins (PK)
1.45/6.30
2 Miral
4.00/8.45
3 The Shop Around the Corner 1.30/3.45/6.00/8.15
Sun 1 Laura’s Star (WW)
5 1 The American
Dec 2 Of Gods and Men
2 Robinson in Space (PK)
2 Jeremy Hardy vs. The Israeli Army
3 Childish Things
3 Miral
3 Berlin: Schönhauser Corner (ES)
1.00
3.20/6.00/8.30
1.00/5.40
3.40
8.15 + discussion
1.15 + intro
3.15/6.15
8.45
Mon 1 Laura’s Star (WW)
6 1 The American
Dec 1 Quest for Fire
2 Of Gods and Men
2 The American
3 Miral
3 Moolaadé
11.00am
2.30/5.55
8.15 + discussion
3.00/5.50
8.30
3.15/8.45
5.45 + discussion
Tue 1 The American
7 2 Of Gods and Men
Dec 2 Miral
3 Miral
3 Born in ‘45 (ES)
2.30/6.00/8.30
3.00/8.40
6.15
3.15/8.45
6.30
Wed 1 The American
8 2 Of Gods and Men
Dec 2 Lost Horizon
3 Miral
3 Trade
2.30/6.00/8.30
3.00/8.40
6.00
3.15/8.45
5.45 + discussion
Thu 1 The American
9 2 Of Gods and Men
Dec 2 Miral
3 Miral
3 Lost Horizon
2.30/6.00/8.30
3.00/8.40
6.15
3.15/8.45
6.00
1.00/3.30/6.00/8.30
1.45/6.30
4.00/8.45
1.30/3.45/6.00
8.15
Sun 1 The Muppet Xmas Carol (WW)
12 1 The Muppet Christmas Carol (C)
Dec 1 The American
2 Robinson in Ruins (PK)
2 Miral
3 The Shop Around the Corner
3 Life Cycles + Vast
1.00
6.15
3.30/8.30
1.15/5.55
3.30/8.30
1.30/3.45/6.05
8.15
Mon 1 The Muppet Xmas Carol (WW)
13 1 The American
Dec 2 The Shop Around the Corner (B)
2 Miral
2 Robinson in Ruins (PK)
3 The Shop Around the Corner
3 The Legend of Paul & Paula (ES)
11.00am
2.30/6.00/8.30
11.30am (babies only)
3.15/8.45
6.30
3.30/6.00
8.15
Tue 1 The American
14 2 Miral
Dec 2 I Was Happy Here
3 The Shop Around the Corner
3 After Winter Comes Spring (ES)
3.00/6.00/8.30
3.15/8.45
6.30
3.30/6.00
8.15
Wed 1 The American
15 2 Miral
Dec 3 The Shop Around the Corner
3 Coming Out (ES)
2.30/6.00/8.30
3.15/8.55
3.30/8.30
6.00
Thu 1 The American
16 1 M
Dec 2 Miral
2 The American
3 The Shop Around the Corner
2.30/8.30
6.15
3.15/8.45
6.00
3.30/6.15/8.30
Fri 1 The Shop Around the Corner
17 1 It’s a Wonderful Life (C)
Dec 2 Of Gods and Men
2 Boudu Saved from Drowning
3 The Illusionist
3 An Ordinary Execution
1.00/6.00
3.15/8.30
1.30/8.30
4.15/6.30
1.45/6.15
3.45/8.15
DAY
DATE
SCREEN NO. &
FILM TITLE
SHOW
TIMES
Sat 1 The Shop Around the Corner
18 1 It’s a Wonderful Life (C)
Dec 1 Gremlins (C)
2 Of Gods and Men
2 Boudu Saved from Drowning
3 The Illusionist
3 An Ordinary Execution
1.00
3.15/8.30
6.00
1.30/8.30
4.15/6.30
1.45/6.15
3.45/8.15
Sun 1 The Shop Around the Corner
19 1 Boudu Saved from Drowning
Dec 1 The Red Shoes (C)
1 It’s a Wonderful Life (C)
2 The Wizard of Oz (WW)
2 It’s a Wonderful Life (C)
2 Boudu Saved from Drowning
2 Of Gods and Men
3 The Illusionist
3 An Ordinary Execution
1.00
3.30
5.30
8.30
1.00
3.15
6.30
8.30
1.45/6.15
3.45/8.15
Mon 1 The Wizard of Oz (WW)
20 1 The Wizard of Oz (C)
Dec 1 It’s a Wonderful Life (C)
2 Of Gods and Men
2 Boudu Saved from Drowning
3 The Illusionist
3 An Ordinary Execution
11.00am
6.00
2.30/8.30
1.30/8.30
4.15/6.30
1.45/6.15
3.45/8.15
Tue 1 White Christmas (C)
21 1 It’s a Wonderful Life (C)
Dec 2 Of Gods and Men
2 Boudu Saved from Drowning
3 The Illusionist
3 An Ordinary Execution
2.30
5.45/8.30
1.30/8.30
4.15/6.30
1.45/6.15
3.45/8.15
Wed 1 It’s a Wonderful Life (C)
22 1 White Christmas (C)
Dec 2 Of Gods and Men
2 Boudu Saved from Drowning
3 The Illusionist
3 An Ordinary Execution
2.30/8.30
5.55
1.30/8.30
4.15/6.30
1.45/6.15
3.45/8.15
Thu 1 The Bishop’s Wife
23 1 It’s a Wonderful Life (C)
Dec 2 Of Gods and Men
2 Boudu Saved from Drowning
3 The Illusionist
3 An Ordinary Execution
3 The Bishop’s Wife
2.30
5.45/8.30
1.30/8.30
4.15/6.30
1.45
3.45/8.45
6.00
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DAY
DATE
SCREEN NO. &
FILM TITLE
Fri 1 Raymond Briggs Trilogy (C)
24 1 The Illusionist
Dec 1 It’s a Wonderful Life (C)
2 It’s a Wonderful Life (C)
2 Boudu Saved from Drowning
2 Of Gods and Men
3 The Illusionist
3 The Bishop’s Wife
3 December 2010 - 6 January 2011
SHOW
TIMES
1.00
3.00
5.00/7.45
1.00
3.45/5.45
7.55
1.15/5.40
3.15/7.35
Sat 25 & Sun 26 Dec CLOSED – Merry Christmas!
Mon 1 Africa United
27 1 The Way Back
Dec 2 Of Gods and Men
2 Boudu Saved from Drowning
3 The Illusionist
3 The Kids Are All Right
1.00
3.15/6.00/8.45
1.45/8.30
4.30/6.30
2.00/6.15
3.55/8.15
Tue 1 Africa United
28 1 The Way Back
Dec 2 Of Gods and Men
2 Boudu Saved from Drowning
3 The Illusionist
3 The Kids Are All Right
1.00
3.15/6.00/8.45
1.45/8.30
4.30/6.30
2.00/6.15
3.55/8.15
Wed 1 Africa United
29 1 The Way Back
Dec 2 Of Gods and Men
2 Boudu Saved from Drowning
3 The Illusionist
3 The Kids Are All Right
1.00
3.15/6.00/8.45
1.45/8.30
4.30/6.30
2.00/6.15
3.55/8.15
Thu 1 Africa United
30 1 The Way Back
Dec 2 Boudu Saved from Drowning
2 Of Gods and Men
3 The Illusionist
3 Trainspotting (EH)
3 The Kids Are All Right
1.00
3.15/6.00/8.45
4.30/6.30
8.30
2.00
4.00/8.45
6.15
Fri 1 Africa United
31 1 The Way Back
Dec 2 The Kids Are All Right
2 The Illusionist
2 Shallow Grave (EH)
3 Shallow Grave (EH)
3 On Tour
1.00
3.15/6.30
2.30
5.00
7.00
1.45
4.00/6.30
Sat 1 The Way Back
1 2 The Kids Are All Right
Jan 2 The Illusionist
2 Hallam Foe (EH)
3 Hallam Foe (EH)
3 On Tour
1.00/3.45/6.30
2.30
5.00
7.00
1.45
4.00/6.30
DAY
DATE
SCREEN NO. &
FILM TITLE
SHOW
TIMES
Sun 1 Megamind (AD) + (S)
2 1 Edinburgh From the Archives (EH)
Jan 1 The Way Back
2 The Way Back
2 The Illusionist
2 The Kids Are All Right
3 Restless Natives (EH)
3 On Tour
1.00 (subtitled)
4.00
6.00/8.40
1.30
4.30/6.30
8.30
1.45/8.45
3.50/6.15
Mon 1 Megamind (AD)
3 1 The Way Back
Jan 2 A Day in the Life...
2 The Kids Are All Right
3 The Illusionist
3 On Tour
1.00
3.15/6.00/8.40
1.30/6.15
3.45/8.30
2.00/6.30
4.00/8.45
Tue 1 Megamind (AD)
4 1 The Way Back
Jan 2 Metropolis
2 Peeping Tom
3 The Illusionist
3 On Tour
1.00
3.15/6.00/8.40
12.45/8.15
3.45/6.00
2.00/6.30
4.00/8.45
Wed 1 Megamind (AD)
5 1 The Way Back
Jan 2 Metropolis
2 Peeping Tom
3 The Illusionist
3 On Tour
1.00
3.15/6.00/8.40
12.45/8.15
3.45/6.00
2.00/6.30
4.00/8.45
Thu 1 Megamind (AD)
6 1 The Way Back
Jan 2 Metropolis
2 Peeping Tom
3 The Illusionist
3 On Tour
1.00
3.15/6.00/8.40
12.45/8.15
3.45/6.00
2.00/6.30
4.00/8.45
KEY:
(AD) – Audio Description (see page 2)
(B) – Carer & baby screening (see page 2)
(S) – Subtitled (see page 2)
SEASONS:
(C) – Christmas at Our House (pages 8-9)
(EH) – Love Film Love Edinburgh (pages 14-15)
(ES) – East Side Stories (pages 16-17)
(PK) – Patrick Keiller (page 10)
(WW) – Weans’ World (page 10)
Full index of films on page 2
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Mon - Thur £5.40 full price, £3.50 concessions
Friday Bargain Matinees £4.00/£2.50 concessions
Sat - Sun £6.90 full price, £5.20 concessions
EVENING SCREENINGS (Starting 5pm and later)
£6.90 full price, £5.20 concessions
All tickets to Weans’ World screenings (marked
WW on grid) are £2.50. Tickets for children
under 12 are £2.50 for any screening.
Concessions available for: Children (under 15); Students
(with valid matriculation card); School pupils (15-18 years);
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Ivalidity status (Carers go free); Claimants (Jobseekers
Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Housing Benefit);
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are detailed on the same page as the films.
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Love Film Love Edinburgh
THE ILLUSIONIST
Love Film
Love Edinburgh
As part of this year’s Edinburgh’s
Hogmanay celebrations, an homage to
the inspirational city behind some of
cinema’s most loved films.
The Illusionist L’illusionniste
Fri 17 Dec to Thu 6 Jan (not 25 & 26 Dec)
Sylvain Chomet • UK/France 2010 • 1h20m • 35mm
English and French with English subtitles
PG – Contains a scene of aborted suicide and images of smoking
Sylvain Chomet’s follow-up to 2003’s Belleville RendezVous is a truly magical piece of cinema. Our weary hero
is an over-the-hill magician, complete with less-thanfriendly white rabbit; their adventures are based upon
an unrealised script by Jacques Tati, the action of which
Chomet transposed to Scotland after he moved here in
2004. Always in search of a paying gig, the illusionist treks
from Paris to the Western Isles to Edinburgh – acquiring,
along the way, a young travelling companion who sincerely
believes in his magical abilities...
TRAINSPOTTING
SHALLOW GRAVE
Trainspotting
Hallam Foe
Thu 30 Dec at 4.00pm + 8.45pm
Sat 1 Jan at 1.45pm + 7.00pm
Danny Boyle • UK 1996 • 1h33m • 35mm • 18
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee
Miller, Kevin McKidd, Kelly Macdonald.
David Mackenzie • UK 2007 • 1h36m • 35mm
18 – Contains very strong language and strong sex
Cast: Jamie Bell, Sophia Myles, Ciarán Hinds, Claire Forlani, Ewen
Bremner.
A shocking, painfully subjective trawl through the
Edinburgh heroin culture of the 1980s, Irvine Welsh’s
cult novel was hardly an obvious choice for the team who
made Shallow Grave, yet the film’s a triumph. Audaciously
punching up the pitch-black comedy, juggling parallel
character strands and juxtaposing image, music and
voice-over with a virtuosity worthy of Scorsese on peak
form, Trainspotting the movie captures precisely Welsh’s
insolent, amoral intelligence.
Hallam Foe is a boy haunted by his mother’s death. His
belief that his alluring stepmother murdered her soon
turns into an obsession, and his only resort is to flee the
family nest for Edinburgh. Once there, his talent for spying
on people leads him to roam the city’s rooftops, where
he catches a glimpse of Kate, a young woman who looks
uncannily like his mother...
Shallow Grave
Fri 31 Dec at 1.45pm + 7.00pm
Danny Boyle • UK 1994 • 1h32m • 35mm • 18
Cast: Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor, Ken Stott,
Keith Allen.
When their mysterious new flatmate suffers a fatal
overdose, David, Alex and Juliet (Eccleston, McGregor and
Fox) find a fortune in bank notes stashed in his room. They
quickly resolve to keep the money, but nothing comes for
free, and the price here involves not only dismemberment
and burial, but the trio’s trust, sanity and friendship. Danny
Boyle’s impressively assured, highly accomplished debut
feature doesn’t dwell on moral niceties, but goes straight
for the gut.
TICKETDEALS
See any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% off
See any six (or more) films in this season and get 25% off
These packages are available online, in person and on the
phone, on both full price and concession price tickets.
Tickets must all be bought at the same time.
Love Film Love Edinburgh/John Krish/Projecting the Archive
A DAY IN THE LIFE – OUR SCHOOL
HALLAM FOE
Restless Natives
Sun 2 Jan at 1.45pm + 8.45pm
Michael Hoffman • UK 1985 • 1h29m • 35mm • PG
Cast: Vincent Friell, Joe Mullaney, Teri Lally, Ned Beatty, Bernard Hill.
This hugely enjoyable whimsical comedy follows two
youthful Edinburgh losers, unemployed Will and orphaned
joke shop assistant Ronnie, as they strive to improve their
lifestyle by holding up tourist coaches in the Highlands
disguised as the Clown and the Wolfman. The pair soon
gain media notoriety in Scotland and angling-obsessed
local detective Baird and CIA officer Bender are put on
the case to apprehend the terrible twosome. The two
highwaymen elevate themselves to the status of national
heroes when they distribute a share of their proceeds
to the poor, but when Will falls in love with coach guide
Margot and Ronnie gets ideas above his station about
joining a criminal cooperative, the day of the pair’s final
stick-up draws ever near.
Edinburgh From the Archives
Sun 2 Jan at 4.00pm
A programme of short archive films of Edinburgh.
Waverley Steps
Rose Street
Jean L Gray • UK 1937 • 14m
John Eldridge • UK 1948 • 31m
Margaret Tait • UK 1956 • 15m
Sean Connery’s Edinburgh
A key figure in post-war documentary, John Krish
made films notable for their clarity of purpose and
an understated, unsentimental but profoundly
engaged humanism. This selection of four of his
finest achievements finds him dealing with a Britain
in transition. The Elephant Will Never Forget (1953)
bids farewell to a way of life represented by London’s
trams; They Took Us to the Sea (1961) and Our
School (1962) look at the opportunities offered,
respectively, to young children and school-leavers
by a nation slowly emerging from years of austerity;
while I Think They Call Him John (1964) is a deeply
affecting account of the decidedly un-swinging life
of an elderly widower. Poignant, to the point and
still all too relevant. - Geoff Andrew, BFI Southbank
A Day in the Life: Four Portraits of
Post-War Britain by John Krish
Mon 3 Jan at 1.30pm + 6.15pm
1h32m • U
1h29m • U
Northern Capital
John Krish
Murray Grigor • UK 1982 • 29m
The Elephant Will Never Forget
John Krish • UK • 1953 • 10m • Digital
They Took Us To The Sea
John Krish • UK • 1961 • 26m • Digital
Our School
John Krish • UK • 1962 • 28m • Digital
I Think They Call Him John
John Krish • UK • 1964 • 28m • Digital
I WAS HAPPY HERE
Projecting
the Archive
A collaboration with the British Film Institute
aimed at unearthing and reappraising a
wealth of lesser-known British feature films
using the BFI National Archive’s holdings,
and giving audiences the opportunity to see
and celebrate British cinema beyond the
usual titles, on the big screen.
I Was Happy Here
Tue 14 Dec at 6.30pm
Desmond Davis • UK 1966 • 1h31m • 35mm • PG
Cast: Sarah Miles, Cyril Cusack, Julian Glover, Sean Caffrey, Maire
Keane.
Edna O’Brien’s affecting story tells of an Irish girl who flees
her bullying husband and a grubby London to return to
the tiny fishing port where she grew up – and where her
childhood sweetheart still lives. The film, with a resounding
John Addison score, is full of new-wave flourishes
– flashbacks, frozen shots – and takes maximum advantage
of the pictorial contrasts between London and Lahinch, but
it’s the romantic wistfulness that lingers in the mind.
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East Side Stories
BERLIN: SCNONHAUSER CORNER (Image© Holstein, Schneider)
THE LEGEND OF PAUL AND PAULA (Image© Norbert Kuhröber)
AFTER WINTER COMES SPRING (Image© Thomas Plenert)
East Side Stories
Berlin: Schönhauser Corner
Traces of Stones Spur der Steine
Berlin – Ecke Schönhauser
Fri 10 Dec at 8.15pm
20 years after the unification of East
and West Germany, this film season
presents some of the most outstanding
productions by DEFA, East Germany’s
state-owned film company. It includes
films which were banned by the GDR
authorities, the first East German feature
that deals with gay issues, a hugely
popular love story and an outstanding
documentary which captures the Zeitgeist
during the final years of the GDR.
Sun 5 Dec at 8.45pm
Gerhard Klein • East Germany 1957 • 1h20m • Digibeta
German with English subtitles • 12
Cast: Ekkehard Schall, Ilse Pagé, Ernst-Georg Schwill, Harry Engel,
Raimund Schelcher.
Frank Beyer • East Germany 1966 • 2h30m • Digibeta
German with English subtitles • 12
Cast: Manfred Krug, Krystyna Stypulkowska, Jutta Hoffmann,
Eberhard Esche, Johannes Wieke.
With thanks to Marlies Pfeifer at the
Goethe-Institut Glasow.
TICKETDEALS
See any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% off
See all six films in this season and get 25% off
These packages are available online, in person and on the
phone, on both full price and concession price tickets.
Tickets must all be bought at the same time.
In East Berlin’s Prenzlauer Berg, in the heart of the old
working class district, a group of young people meet every
evening to listen to music, dance, flirt and display their
bravado. Berlin: Schönhauser Corner is one of the most
remarkable DEFA films of the 1950s. Following Stalin’s
death in 1953 and the brief ‘thaw’ in cultural policy in
the Soviet Union, filmmakers were able to adopt artistic
positions which would previously have fallen prey to
censorship.
Set on a large building site, Beyer’s masterpiece tells the
story of hard-drinking and hard-working carpenter Balla,
who finds himself confronted by young, idealistic party
secretary Horrath. They become rivals when they both
fall in love with young engineer Kati; they remain allies,
however, in their fight against shoddy work practices and
opportunistic party officials. Banned soon after its premiere
and re-released 23 years later, Traces of Stones became the
most successful German film of 1990.
Born in ‘45 Jahrgang ‘45
The Legend of Paul and Paula
Tue 7 Dec at 6.30pm
Die Legende von Paul und Paula
Jürgen Böttcher • East Germany 1965 • 1h34m • Digibeta
German with English subtitles • 12
Cast: Monika Hildebrand, Rolf Römer, Paul Eichbaum, Holger
Mahlich, Gesine Rosenberg.
Mon 13 Dec at 8.15pm
With his first feature film, internationally renowned
documentary filmmaker and painter Jürgen Böttcher cast
aside conventions of East German filmmaking. He shot
exclusively at actual locations, causing a party official
to wonder “how Böttcher found the time to build these
slums”. Working with a handheld camera and using mostly
non-professional actors, Böttcher developed a style which
could have marked the beginning of an East German
variant of cinema verité. Instead, Born in ‘45 was banned
for its alleged “glorification of the perverse”.
Heiner Carow • East Germany 1973 • 1h45m • Digibeta
German with English subtitles • 15
Cast: Angelica Domröse, Winfried Glatzeder, Heidemarie Wenzel,
Fred Delmare, Rolf Ludwig.
The most popular of all DEFA films, this is the bittersweet
story of a young woman who is determined to fulfill her
love despite all obstacles. The film’s fundamental plea
for individual freedom caused hostile reactions among
dogmatic east German politicians, who banned it for
months. Featuring the music of the East German cult rock
band The Puhdys, the film proved enormously popular,
despite the fact that it was not reviewed by the statecontrolled press.
East Side Stories/Childish Things
COMING OUT (Image© Wolfgang Fritsche)
After Winter Comes Spring
Winter adé
Tue 14 Dec at 8.15pm
Helke Misselwitz • East Germany 1988 • 1h56m • 35mm
German with English subtitles • 12 • Documentary
This fascinating and poetic documentary was filmed
during the last year of the GDR. Director Helke Misselwitz
travelled from the North to the South of East Germany,
talking to women about their life stories. Her intention was
to create a platform for people who don’t usually have a
voice: punk rockers, shift workers, mothers, intellectuals,
young and old women talk openly about their families,
careers, dreams and personal yearnings. The women’s
strong wish for social and political change is tangible but,
despite all criticisms, the hope for a better future remains.
Coming Out
Wed 15 Dec at 6.00pm
Heiner Carow • East Germany 1989 • 1h53m • Digibeta
German with English subtitles • 15
Cast: Matthias Freihof, Dagmar Manzel, Dirk Kummer, Michael
Gwisdek, Werner Dissel.
Philipp, a young teacher in East Berlin, meets Matthias
and falls in love with him, although he has a girlfriend
who is expecting his child. After years of repressing his
homosexuality he finally comes to accept who he truly is.
The first East German feature that deals with gay issues and
openly confronts xenophobia and homophobia, Coming
Out premiered on the same night the Berlin Wall came
down.
ALICE
Childish Things
The Fruitmarket Gallery have teamed up with
Filmhouse to run a short film series over a
weekend to tie in with their exhibition Childish
Things. These films, by Czech surrealist Jan
Svankmajer and his protégés The Brothers
Quay, inhabit a world of nursery nightmares,
gothic tales and sinister toys. The films will be
introduced by Dr Pasquale Iannone from the
University of Edinburgh
Childish Things is The Fruitmarket Gallery’s
second collaboration with David Hopkins,
Professor of Art History at the University of
Glasgow; acknowledged authority on Marcel
Duchamp, dada and surrealism; increasingly
renowned writer on contemporary art; and
curator of the popular 2006 Fruitmarket Gallery
exhibition Dada’s Boys: Identity and Play in
Contemporary Art. The exhibition runs from
19 November 2010 until 23 January 2011.
Go to www.fruitmarket.co.uk for more
information.
CHILDISH THINGS – STREET OF CROCODILES
Alice Neco z Alenky
Sat 4 Dec at 1.15pm + intro
Jan Svankmajer • Czech Republic 1988 • 1h25m • 35mm
Czechoslovakia • PG
Cast: Kristyna Kohoutová.
No other filmmaker is so consistently inventive in his ability
to marry pure, startling nonsense with rigorous logic, black
wit with piercing psychological insights than Svankmajer.
Alice (the only human in a feature debut populated by
a fantastic array of superbly animated puppets) not only
changes size, but actually becomes her own doll. Eggs
crack to reveal skulls. Steaks crawl. A wonderland imbued
with a grotesque, cruel, and menacing dream-logic at once
distinctively Svankmajer’s and true to the spirit of Carroll.
Childish Things
Sun 5 Dec at 1.15pm + intro
1h17m • 15
Punch and Judy
Jan Svankmajer • Czechoslovakia 1966 • 10m • 16mm
Czech with English subtitles
Down to the Cellar
Jan Svankmajer • Czechoslovakia 1983 • 15m • 35mm
Czech with English subtitles
The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer
Keith Griffiths, Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay • UK 1984 • 14m • 16mm
Street of Crocodiles
Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay • UK 1986 • 20m • 35mm • No dialogue
The Comb
Stephen Quay,Timothy Quay • UK 1990 • 18m • 35mm • No dialogue
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M/Lost Horizon/Look at What the Light Did Now
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LOST HORIZON
M
Come and See... Mr Capra Comes
A monthly one-off screening of a great
to Filmhouse
film we simply thought you might like to
see, again or for the first time, on the big
screen.
M
Thu 16 Dec at 6.15pm
Fritz Lang • Germany 1931 • 1h41m • 35mm
German with English subtitles • PG
Cast: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke,
Theodor Loos.
The final film screening in our season of
films from the 1930s directed by Frank
Capra, one of the most popular and
revered of all American filmmakers.
With thanks to Sony Pictures and
BFI Southbank.
Fritz Lang’s first sound film (based on the true story
of a Düsseldorf child-murderer) is a work of stunning
sophistication and mesmerising artistry. A spate of child
killings has stricken a terrified Berlin. Murderer Hans
Beckert (Peter Lorre in an extraordinary performance) soon
finds himself chased by all levels of society.
Lost Horizon
From cinema’s first serial killer hunt, Lang pulls back
to encompass social tapestry, police procedural, and
underworld conspiracies in an astonishingly multi-faceted
and level-headed look at a deeply incendiary topic. One of
the greatest psychological thrillers of all time, M remains as
fresh and startling 80 years on.
Probably the weirdest of Capra’s films, this epic was
adapted from James Hilton’s bestselling novel about a
plane full of passengers stranded in Tibet who are brought
to the imaginary utopia Shangri-la. A strange but haunting
mixture of drama, long expository passages, and romance,
with lavish, Xanadu-like sets set against stock footage of icy
mountains – but it’s the performance of Ronald Colman,
as a Brit who decides he doesn’t mind staying with the
Buddhists, that carries the movie.
This special screening will be from the only English
subtitled 35mm print known to exist anywhere in the
world!
Wed 8 & Thu 9 Dec at 6.00pm
Frank Capra • USA 1937 • 2h10m • 35mm
English and Mandarin with English subtitles • U
Cast: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton, John
Howard, Thomas Mitchell.
For more Capra, see It’s a Wonderful Life (page 8).
LOOK AT WHAT THE LIGHT DID NOW
SPECIALEVENT
Look at What the Light Did Now
Sat 4 Dec at 6.15pm
Anthony Seck • Canada 2010 • 1h17m • Digibeta • 15
Documentary
A kaleidoscopic behind-the-scenes tour of the creation
of Feist’s latest album ‘The Reminder’, Look at What the
Light Did Now imaginatively chronicles the process from
concept to finished record through candid interviews, live
performances, footage of the album’s unique recording,
filming of music videos and the creation of the album
artwork. From beginning to end the film encapsulates the
ethereal dynamism of Feist herself and underlines the
beauty of artistic collaboration married by music.
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Moolaadé/Trade/Jeremy Hardy vs. The Israeli Army
TRADE
MOOLAADE
SPECIALEVENTS
Two screenings plus discussions, part of this year’s
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence
(25 November - 10 December).
Moolaadé
Mon 6 Dec at 5.45pm + discussion
Ousmane Sembene • Senegal/France/Burkina Faso/Cameroon/
Morocco/Tunisia 2004 • 2h5m • 35mm • Bambara and French
with English subtitles • 15 – Contains strong language, sex and
female circumcision theme
Cast: Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Salimata Traoré.
This award-winning 2004 feature film from Senegalese
director Ousmane Sembene centres on the story of Colle,
a local village woman in Burkina Faso who uses ‘moolaadé’
(‘magical protection’) to protect girls from the tradition of
female circumcision, a decision that tears her village apart.
A post-film discussion will be hosted by Shakti Women’s
Aid Information & Education team and joined by Dr Monica
Mhoja from Dignity Alert Research Forum (DARF) and
Mukami McCrum of the Scottish Government Gender
Violence Team.
Shakti Women’s Aid, based in Edinburgh since 1986,
offers support and advocacy for black minority ethnic
women, children and young people affected by domestic
abuse and culturally-connected forms of control and violence
including forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
www.shaktiedinburgh.co.uk
JEREMY HARDY VS. THE ISRAELI ARMY
SPECIALEVENT
Trade
Jeremy Hardy vs. The Israeli Army
Wed 8 Dec at 5.45pm + discussion
Sun 5 Dec at 8.15pm + discussion
Marco Kreutzpaintner • Germany/USA 2007 • 1h59m • 35mm
English, Spanish, Polish and Russian with English subtitles • 15
– Contains a scene of sexual violence, strong language and violence
Cast: Paulina Gaitan, Cesar Ramos, Kevin Kline, Alicja Bachleda.
Leila Sansour • Palestine/UK 2003 • 1h15m • Beta SP • 15
Documentary
As the closing titles of Trade inform us, over a million
people are trafficked illegally each year. This is the story of
one victim – 13-year-old Adriana, who is taken from the
streets of Mexico City to be sold into sex slavery in the US
– and her brother Jorge, who steals across the border to
retrieve her.
PLUS SHORT
Money and Power (7 min)
A short introduction to commercial sexual exploitation in
Scotland including the voices of two women involved in
prostitution. It was produced by the Glasgow-based media
coop for Zero Tolerance and the Women’s Support Project.
After the screening there will be an opportunity to discuss
the issues raised by both films with Laura Tomson of Zero
Tolerance and Linda Thompson of Women’s Support Project.
When comedian Jeremy Hardy is asked to visit Palestine
and do his bit to solve the world’s longest running conflict,
facing the world’s fourth biggest military power is not his
idea of a holiday. On the other hand, neither is travelling to
Florida to spend Easter with his in-laws. What he doesn’t
know , as he arrives in Tel-Aviv a week later, is that he will
become one of the most unlikely witnesses to a horrific yet
seminal moment in the struggle of the Palestinian people.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with
experts on the film and on Palestine, plus a short preview
clip of Leila Sansour’s new film, The Road to Bethlehem.
On the panel: Michael Marten, university lecturer and Chair
of the Scottish Palestinian Forum; Deborah Burton, cofounder of Tipping Point Film Fund; Rev. Clarence Musgrave,
who has worked in Zambia and Scotland as well as spending
several years in Jerusalem; and Maureen Jack, Vice Chair of
the Scottish Palestinian Forum.
Zero Tolerance is an organisation promoting innovative
policy and practice that tackle the root causes of male
violence against women and children.
www.zerotolerance.org.uk
Tipping Point Film Fund is supported by The Co-operative
and is a not-for- profit drawing on public support to
back challenging, truth-telling cinematic documentaries
that combine the popular appeal of film with ambitious
international campaigns. www.tippingpointfilmfund.com
Quest for Fire/Life Cycles + Vast
LIFE CYCLES
QUEST FOR FIRE
Science and Film
Screenings in association with The British Science
Association, a registered charity which exists to
advance the public understanding, accessibility and
accountability of the sciences and engineering.
For further details on The British Science Association,
see www.britishscienceassociation.org
SPECIAL 70MM PRESENTATION
Quest for Fire La guerre du feu
Mon 6 Dec at 8.15pm + discussion
Jean-Jacques Annaud • Canada/France/USA 1981 • 1h40m
70mm • No dialogue • 15
Cast: Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nicholas Kadi, Rae Dawn
Chong, Gary Schwartz.
A glimpse of humankind some 80,000 years ago. Using
diverse locations in Kenya, Scotland, and Canada, JeanJacques Annaud tells the purely visual story of five tribes
(some more advanced than others) who depend on fire
for survival. They ‘steal’ fire from nature, but the actual
creation of fire remains elusive, lending profound mystery
and majesty to the film’s climactic, real-time display of
fire-making ingenuity.
Archaeologist Nikolaos Kourampas will introduce the film
and lead a post-film discussion on human prehistory in the
ice age.
SPECIALEVENT
Life Cycles + Vast
Sun 12 Dec at 8.15pm
1h32m • 12A
A Glasgow International Bike Film Festival On Tour special
presentation in association with www.bikelove.co.uk
Life Cycles
Derek Frankowski & Ryan Gibb • USA 2010 • 45m • Digibeta • 12A
Life Cycles is the first film feature from ace filmmaker
Ryan Gibb and multi-award-winning photographer Derek
Frankowski. Shot on location over a three year period and
combining stunning visuals, a strong narrative structure
revolving around the life of a bike, ground breaking
cinematography and the world’s finest riders and locations,
Life Cycles has taken both the industry and reviewers by
storm.
See the trailer at www.lifecyclesfilm.com
PLUS
Vast
Brian Gottschalk & Fabian Näf • Switzerland 2010 • 47m • Digibeta • 12A
Vast is the latest feature from Ionate Films. Shot entirely on
location in Europe, spanning locations such as the Swiss
Alps, the stunning Ligurian coastline, the broad spaces of
Provence and the streets of Berlin, Vast presents a uniquely
European take on the freeride mountain bike film genre.
While the riders may not yet be household names, their
riding speaks for itself.
See the trailer at www.ionatefilms.com
VAST
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Courses, Workshops & Events/Café Bar
THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL
RAYMOND BRIGGS TRILOGY – THE SNOWMAN
Courses, Workshops and Events Filmhouse Café Bar
Knowledge and Learning
As part of the creation of the Centre For
the Moving Image, the new umbrella
organisation of Filmhouse and Edinburgh
International Film Festival, there is a new
Knowledge and Learning team who will be
arranging screenings for schools, workshops
and learning events for all ages. For further
information please contact Holly Daniel and
Nicola Kettlewood on 0131 228 6382 or at
education@filmhousecinema.com
Schools Screenings
To book tickets please contact the Duty Manager
on 0131 228 6382. Tickets £2.50, teachers free.
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Tue 14 Dec at 10am and 1pm
Raymond Briggs Trilogy
Wed 15 Dec at 10am
Screenwriters Group
16 Dec, 20 Jan, 17 Feb, 17 Mar, 21 Apr
‘Screenwriters, EH’ holds free monthly meetings for
screenwriters and filmmakers. Meetings are from
7pm - 10pm in the Guild Rooms at Filmhouse, free
and open to all. More information can be found at
www.scottishscreenwriters.ning.com
FILMHOUSE CAFE BAR
Filmhouse Festive Lunch Menu
Drop in for a cappuccino, espresso or herbal tea
and enjoy one of our superb cakes. Our full menu
runs from noon to 10pm seven days a week!
£18.25 per person
Available from 6 - 24 December
Call 0131 229 5932 for a reservation
Opening hours:
Today’s Freshly Prepared soup (Vegan)
Sunday – Thursday 10am till 11.30pm
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Roast Red Pepper & Smoked Cheddar Risotto
Smoked Salmon with Dill dressing
Exhibition
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Traditional Roast Turkey and Trimmings
19 December - 16 January
Smoked Haddock Pie
Ian MacKenzie was one of Scotland’s leading
ethnographic photographers. Born in the distillery
village of Tomatin, his early work conveys the
essence of rural Highland life. As head of the
School of Scottish Studies Photographic Archive,
he travelled all over Scotland, capturing scenes
and customs on the edge of extinction.
Mushroom and Chestnut Wellington (Vegan)
A mixture of black & white prints and more recent
digital images will be displayed in memory of his
passing on 20 December last year.
See www.zenbends.com for more information.
Film Quiz
Sunday 12 December from 9pm
Filmhouse’s phenomenally successful
(and rather tricky) monthly quiz.
Teams of up to eight, free to enter.
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Traditional Individual Christmas Pudding
Special Cake Selection
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Coffee, warmed mince pies and mints to finish
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Festive Opening Hours
All hours as normal except:
24 Dec – 10am to 8pm (last food order 7.30pm)
25 & 26 Dec – CLOSED
31 Dec – Noon to 7pm (last food order 6.30pm)
1 Jan – Noon to 7pm (last food order 6.30pm)
2 Jan – Noon to Midnight (last food order 10pm)
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