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2INDEXSCREENING DATES AND TIMES 16-17TICKET PRICES & INFORMATION 17GENERAL INFORMATION 31The African Queen 9Alexandra 15Animal Kingdom 8Apnea 25Archipelago 4Attenberg 24Back to the Future: Japanese CinemaSince the Mid-90s 22-23Bad Timing 14Barney’s Version 7The Battle of Algiers 15Benda Bilili! 5The Bird People in China 23Blue Valentine 6City of God 29Come and See... 15Confessions 6Cure 22Les Diaboliques 9Don’t Look Now 13Eleanor’s Secret 19Eleftherios Venizelos 24Eureka 13Exile Island 25The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle... 18The Family Friend 15The Fighter 8The Film of the Book 20Filmhouse Café Bar 30Filmhouse Membership & Loyalty Cards 32Filmhouse Quiz 30Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 10Get Low 7Go 23Greek Film Festival 24-26Gypsy Melody 26Happy Day 25How Much Does Your Building Weigh... 6Howard Hawks 10Howl 9Inside Job 8INDEXInsignificance 14Introduction to European Cinema 15It’s a Long Road 25Josee, the Tiger and the Fish 23King of Thorn 28The Kite Runner 20Laputa: Castle in the Sky 28Linda Linda Linda 22Love Like Poison 18Made in Edinburgh 20The Man Who Fell to Earth 14Monkey Business 10My Perestroika 29Never Let Me Go 7No Woman, No Cry 26Of Gods and Men 8One Million Yen Girl 23Performance 13Plato’s Academy 26Point Blank 18Potiche 19The Princess of Montpensier 18Projecting the Archive 26Quiet Days in August 24Rendez-vous with French Cinema 18-19Rio Bravo 10Roeg’s Gallery 12-14Sawako Decides 23Science and Film 20Soul Deep 24The Space Between 20The Stone Tape 20Stone Years 25Strella 26Summer Wars 28Sword of the Stranger 29Take One Action 26The Tigger Movie 19True Grit 5Walkabout 13Waste Land 5We Love Anime 28-29Weans’ World 19The Witches 14AUDIODESCRIPTION/SUBTITLESWe have now installed a system in all threescreens which enables us, whenever the necessarydiscs are available, to show onscreen subtitlesfor customers who are deaf or hard of hearing,and provide audio description (via our infra-redheadsets) for those who are sight-impaired.This issue:True Grit – all screenings in FH1 will have audiodescription (see pages 16-17 for details).Never Let Me Go – all screenings will have audiodescription (see pages 16-17 for details), and the6.00pm screening on Monday 21 March will alsohave subtitles.The Fighter – all screenings will have audiodescription (see pages 16-17 for details), and the1.15pm screening on Saturday 26 March will alsohave subtitles.FORCRYINGOUTLOUDScreenings for carers and their babies. This issue:Archipelago Mon 7 Mar at 11.00amLes Diaboliques Mon 21 Mar at 11.00amBaby changing, bottle warming and buggy parkingfacilities are available.Tickets cost £3.50/£2.50concessions per adult. Screenings limited to babiesunder 12 months accompanied by no more thantwo adults. Screenings sponsored by Bepanthen.KEEPINTOUCHFilmhouse email list For a weekly emailcontaining screening times, news andcompetitions, join our email list atwww.filmhousecinema.com/email/subscribeFilmhouse mailing list To have this monthlyprogramme sent to you for a year, send £6(cheques payable to Filmhouse Ltd) with yourname and address and the month you wish yoursubscription to start, or subscribe in person at thebox office or by phone on 0131 228 2688.Facebook Join our Facebook page for news,updates and competitions: search for ‘Filmhouse’Twitter Follow @Filmhouse for news and updates

Introduction3THE AFRICAN QUEEN BENDA BILILI!LES DIABOLIQUES ARCHIPELAGOThis year, your guess is probably better than mine...!I usually take ruthless advantage of this column by timing things to perfection so I can write it from a film festival somewhere on the globe, in a patheticattempt to convince you I’m regularly anything other than a sedentary desk-bound drone who sits at a computer for eight hours a day: but the fact is I’mcurrently at home. Yes, Sundance last week, Berlin next: but today, at home. (So whilst I didn’t write it at a festival, I got in the mention of two... clever, eh?)Sundance was great, seeing as you asked. Very cold mind you (early December in Edinburgh was mighty good training), and Park City’s unique Film-Festivalin-a-Ski-Resortvibe took a bit of getting used to, but once I did... Saw some great films too, that with any luck might be coming EIFF’s way this year...And now to matters March...The glut of Oscar®-hopeful releases is well and truly over and Filmhouse-friendly new releases are like the proverbial fowl’s gnashers, so what a greattime to catch up on all those we didn’t have room to show on release – Barney’s Version, Blue Valentine, Inside Job, Never Let Me Go, Animal Kingdom (anawesome Aussie crime/family drama, one of my absolute favourites of last year), Howl, Get Low, The Fighter... There are a few worthy new release inclusionsmind you: Joanna Hogg’s follow up to last year’s brilliant Unrelated, the incisive, quietly devastating, Scilly Isles-set dissection of the upper-middle-classfamily, Archipelago; and Benda Bilili!, the incredible true story of the global success of a Kinshasa band of homeless and/or disabled musicians.There’s some cracking re-releases coming up too: John Huston’s classic The African Queen has been given the full – to its original (and glorious, natch)Technicolor® brilliancemisanthropic invention,” Les Diaboliques; and the 40th anniversary of Nicolas Roeg’s debut as sole director, Walkabout, gave the British Film Institutejust the excuse they needed to restore it to its 1971 magnificence, and gave us the excuse we needed to put together a short season of the man’s bestfilms, including a rare screening of The Man Who Fell to Earth.Following the success of our Scotland Loves Anime weekend back in October, we’ve a few more to keep you going ‘til SLA returns next October, whichwe’ve called We Love Anime; there’s a quick look at contemporary Greek & Japanese cinemas in our Greek Film Festival and Back to the Future: JapaneseCinema since the Mid-90s seasons respectively; and, in collaboration with Unifrance, we’ll be previewing a host of French films (hopefully with guestappearances) long before their UK cinema releases, in Rendez-vous with French Cinema.And, you’ll have been holding your breath for this... my Oscar® predictions for February 27. In a heart/head format, here goes: Film – Winter’s Bone/King’s Speech, Director – David Fincher/Tom Hooper, Actor – Colin Firth/Colin Firth, Actress – Jennifer Lawrence/Natalie Portman, Supporting Actor– Geoffrey Rush/Christian Bale, Supporting Actress – Helena Bonham Carter/Melissa Leo.My, it’s tricky this year...Rod White, Head of Programming

4NEWRELEASEArchipelagoFri 4 to Thu 17 MarJoanna Hogg • UK 2010 • 1h55m • Digital projection15 – Contains strong languageCast: Tom Hiddleston, Kate Fahy, Lydia Leonard, Amy Lloyd,Christopher Baker.With her son Edward (Tom Hiddleston) about toembark on a volunteer trip to Africa, doting motherPatricia (Kate Fahy) wants to give him a good sendoff,and gathers her family together for a getawayto a holiday home on idyllic Tresco, one of the Islesof Scilly. Edward’s father’s attendance is eagerlyanticipated, though sister Cynthia (Lydia Leonard)appears to be there under some duress, going throughdutiful motions. Cook Rose (Amy Lloyd) is happy totend to the family, though her presence causes somediscomfort. The holidaymakers spend their timewalking, cycling, taking picnics and being tutored inoil painting, appreciating the breathless beauty of theirsurroundings. Gradually, deep fractures within thefamily set-up begin to surface.One of the most eagerly anticipated features of theyear, Joanna Hogg’s follow-up to Unrelated servesas a worthy companion piece to her brilliant andacclaimed debut, as she continues to make astuteand authoritative observations on the malaises of themiddle-class, extracting sometimes painful dramafrom incidental events. Archipelago confirms Hogg asone of the most intriguing and vital voices in modernBritish cinema.

6 New releases/Maybe you missed...CONFESSIONSHOW MUCH DOES YOUR BUILDING WEIGH, MR FOSTER?BLUE VALENTINENEWRELEASEConfessions KokuhakuTue 29 to Thu 31 MarTetsuya Nakashima • Japan 2010 • 1h46m • Digital projectionJapanese with English subtitles • 15 – Contains strong bloodyviolence and sustained psychological threatCast: Takako Matsu, Masaki Okada, Yoshino Kimura.On an average day at a middle-school, teacher YokoMoriguchi (Takako Matsu) calmly tells her class about thetragic death of her four-year-old daughter at the handsof two of their classmates. The initial shock and slightdisbelief turns to horror when she further announces thatshe has tainted the two killers’ cartons of milk with HIVinfectedblood. As we learn more about the story, each ofthe characters confesses their sins to the class and newclues are revealed to this tragic tale. Yet as the lives of thetwo boys slowly start to unravel, we find that Moriguchi’splan is a complex one indeed...Dealing with difficult issues, from bullying, teenageviolence and prejudice in the school system to mentalillness and murder, Confessions is also a tightly woventhriller.NEWRELEASEHow Much Does Your BuildingWeigh, Mr Foster?Tue 29 to Thu 31 MarCarlos Carcas & Norberto López AmadoUK/Spain/Germany/USA/Switzerland/France/China/Hong Kong2010 • 1h18m • Digital projection • cert tbc • DocumentaryOne of the world’s most prolific modern architects, SirNorman Foster has designed renowned buildings andlandmarks such as the Great Court of the British Museum,Berlin’s Reichstag building and London’s 30 St Mary Axe(otherwise known as ‘The Gherkin’). Despite havingdesigned works in more than 150 cities throughout morethan 50 countries, Foster maintains that the architect isalways at the mercy of the client.In How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster?Deyan Sudjic, director of the Design Museum in London,narrates a journey through Foster’s life work. Coupledwith sweeping shots and breathtaking views of Foster’smost well-known buildings, this film looks at what makesthe great man tick, and unearths the sources of his manyinspirations.MAYBEYOUMISSEDBlue ValentineFri 11 to Thu 17 MarDerek Cianfrance • USA 2010 • 1h52m • 35mm15 – Contains strong sex and strong language, once very strongCast: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Faith Wladyka, John Doman,Mike Vogel.An intelligent, heartbreaking story of a couple nearingthe end of their marriage. Dean (Ryan Gosling) andCindy (Michelle Williams) are parents of a beloved youngdaughter, but their relationship seems set in a downwardspiral. In flashback we see the pleasure and promise oftheir early relationship, and the film pulls us between pastand present, giving us a subtly drawn, non-judgementalportrait of the ebb and flow of love.Writer-director Derek Cianfrance confidently handles histhemes, skilfully weaving ideas of memory and temporalityinto the couple’s story, and into Dean’s attempt to get theirrelationship back on track. The technical choices reinforcethis, contrasting 16mm and digital stock for past andpresent, and the yearning melodies of Grizzly Bear providea fitting soundtrack to this painful, beautiful film.

Maybe you missed...7NEVER LET ME GOBARNEY’S VERSIONGET LOWMAYBEYOUMISSEDNever Let Me GoFri 18 to Thu 24 MarMark Romanek • UK/USA 2010 • 1h44m • Digital projection12A – Contains moderate sex and nudityCast: Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Keira Knightley, CharlotteRampling, Sally Hawkins.Based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed best-selling novel,Never Let Me Go is a haunting story of love and loss. Kathy(Carey Mulligan), a young woman in her early thirties,recalls her childhood years growing up with her friendsRuth and Tommy at Hailsham, an idyllic-seeming Englishboarding school. The Hailsham regime taught its pupils tobelieve they were special, encouraging creativity, sportingactivity and a healthy lifestyle, reinforced by regularmedical checks. The children were sheltered from theoutside world, and afraid of what lay beyond the schoolgates, though this had little impact on their day-to-dayhappiness. But as they grew older, they learned that adark secret hung over their future. And for Kathy, Ruthand Tommy came the discovery of deep feelings of love,jealousy and betrayal that threatened to pull them apart.After the 6.00pm screening on Tuesday 22 March there willbe an open discussion on the issues raised by the film, ledby a representative of the Humanist Society of Scotland.Humanism is an ethical stance which asserts that wecan lead good lives guided by compassion and reason,rather than religion or superstition. Humanists are vitallyconcerned with issues that affect our world.MAYBEYOUMISSEDBarney’s VersionFri 18 to Sun 20 MarRichard J Lewis • Canada/Italy 2010 • 2h14m • 35mm15 – Contains strong language and infrequent strong sexCast: Paul Giamatti, Rosamund Pike, Dustin Hoffman, MinnieDriver, Rachelle Lefevre.Barney Panofsky (Paul Giamatti, brilliant), a JewishCanadian producer of bad television, is at once passionatebut petty; smart but foolish; generous but jealous; goodheartedbut mean-spirited. In short, he’s a deftly drawnstudy in human contradiction.Adapted from Mordechai Richler’s novel, this hilariousand heartbreaking film jumps artfully through Barney’s life,from his younger, bohemian-ish days in Rome in the 1970s(he hangs out with writers and artists but is the only personwith a real job) to the harsher realities of his mid-60s inhis hometown of Montreal (he’s unhappily divorced,his son will barely speak to him, and a single-mindeddetective has just published a book declaring that Barneywas responsible for his best friend’s murder). In between,Barney engages in the usual sorts of things people do:gets married (three times), haggles with people at work,makes life miserable (and sometimes wonderful) for hisspouses and children and tolerates with unabashed loveand humour the antics of his widowed ex-cop father (awickedly funny Dustin Hoffman).MAYBEYOUMISSEDGet LowMon 21 to Thu 24 MarAaron Schneider • USA/Germany/Poland 2009 • 1h43m • 35mmPG – Contains mild language and violenceCast: Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, Lucas Black.Robert Duvall, Bill Murray and Sissy Spacek anchor thisDepression-era tale of a Tennessee backwoods outcast whodecides to throw his own funeral – while still alive. For overfour decades the wily, much-feared hermit Felix Bush hasbeen living alone in the wilds guarding his privacy with a fewwell-placed ‘No Damn Trespassing’ signs and, when thosedon’t work, a few better-placed shotgun blasts. One day,however, he hops on his mule and heads back into town,looking for a preacher to help him ‘get low’, or down to thebusiness of getting buried. The catch? He’d like to be alive,so he can hear what people have to say... Get Low combinesimpeccable attention to period detail with a witty script andsublime performances from its outstanding cast.Matinee Special!If you’re a Senior Citizen you can now go to a matineescreening and get either soup of the day OR a cup oftea or coffee and a traycake for only £6!Offer runs from Mondays to Thursdays inclusive andonly applies to screenings starting before 5.00pm. Buyyour Matinee Special ticket at the box office and you’llreceive a voucher which can be exchanged in the cafébar between 1.30pm and 5.00pm that day only. Offer issubject to availability and only available in person.

8Maybe you missed...OF GODS AND MENANIMAL KINGDOMTHE FIGHTERMAYBEYOUMISSEDOf Gods and Men Des hommes et des dieuxFri 25 to Mon 28 MarXavier Beauvois • France 2010 • 2h2m • Digital projectionArabic and French with English subtitles15 – Contains infrequent strong violenceCast: Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin,Philippe Laudenbach, Jacques Herlin.Based on a true story, this sombre, humane andprovocative drama is set in a Cistercian monastery in NorthAfrica in the 1990s, where eight French monks live incordial harmony with the local population. The monastery’sabbot, Brother Christian, is as much versed in the Koran asin the Bible, giving him a special insight into, and respectfor, the nation he has chosen to work in. But the country isincreasingly in the grip of fundamentalist violence, and thebrothers must soon decide whether to stay or leave.Animal KingdomFri 25 to Wed 30 MarDavid Michod • Australia 2010 • 1h53m • 35mm15 – Contains very strong language, strong violence and hard drug useCast: Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, Luke Ford.The family-driven crime saga receives fresh new life inAustralian writer-director David Michod’s stunninglyconfident debut. 17-year-old Joshua moves in with hisestranged family after his mother’s death from a heroinoverdose. His doting grandmother and her three criminalsons, ‘the Cody boys’, are on the run from renegadedetectives, and Joshua is about to get caught up in a coldbloodedrevenge plot that turns the family upside down.Suspenseful, moving and with a real psychological depth.MAYBEYOUMISSEDInside JobFri 25 to Mon 28 MarCharles Ferguson • USA 2010 • 1h49m • Digital projection12A – Contains brief sight of implied hard drug use & moderatesex references • Documentary, narrated by Matt Damon.Aptly described by Variety as ‘the definitive screeninvestigation of the global economic crisis’, this secondfeature from Charles Ferguson (No End in Sight) offers aclear-sighted call to action. This meticulous and frequentlyjaw dropping study of greed and amorality chronicles astory of private gain and public loss, showing how theUnited States financial meltdown was far from accidental.Ferguson combines judiciously used archive materialwith helpful graphics for those of us with a less thanA-grade grasp of economics, but the great strength ofthe film lies in the director’s access to a range of insidersand analysts, and the skilful interviews he conducts withthem. Alongside these are beautifully filmed sequencesof New York’s financial district, its glossy towers providingthe backdrop whilst European and Asian politiciansgive their insights on the global consequences of thedecidedly unholy trinity of America’s financial institutions,government and academia. Whilst Ferguson respects theintelligence of his audience, he also provides enough drywit to engage, helped by accessible narration by MattDamon and an energetic soundtrack.A comprehensive look at not only what went wrong,but what is still going wrong, Inside Job is vital, if hardlycomforting, viewing.MAYBEYOUMISSEDThe FighterFri 25 to Wed 30 MarDavid O Russell • USA 2010 • 1h56m • 35mm15 – Contains strong language and hard drug useCast: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo,Mickey O’Keefe.Boxer Dicky Ecklund (Christian Bale) used to be the prideof his home town, having once gone the distance withWorld Champion Sugar Ray Leonard. However, sincelosing that fight, Dicky has fallen on hard times, and his lifehas been shattered by drug abuse. Younger half-brotherMicky (Mark Wahlberg), meanwhile, has followed inDicky’s footsteps, but his career is also failing, and, trainedby Dicky and managed by their hard-as-nails mother(Melissa Leo), he loses fight after punishing fight. WhenMicky’s latest fight nearly kills him, it looks like it couldall be over – until his iron-willed new girlfriend, Charlene(Amy Adams), convinces him to do the unthinkable: splitwith his family, pursue his own interests and train withouthis increasingly volatile and criminal brother.Based on a true story, The Fighter may have a somewhatpredictable plotline, but astute direction and superbperformances from the ensemble cast (all four leads werenominated for Golden Globes, with Bale and Leo winning)more than compensate.

Maybe you missed.../Restored classics9HOWLTHE AFRICAN QUEENLES DIABOLIQUESMAYBEYOUMISSEDHowlFri 25 to Thu 31 MarRob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman • USA 2010 • 1h24m • 35mm15 – Contains strong language, once very strong, and strong sexreferencesCast: James Franco, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeff Daniels,Alessandro Nivola.An insightful and inspiring glimpse into America on thecusp of the 1960s, Howl is a brilliant film portrait of a poem,a poet and his generation.James Franco gives a remarkable performance as poetAllen Ginsberg in the restless, youthful and often sexualfire of his poetic beginnings. Filmmakers Rob Epsteinand Jeffrey Friedman have taken the spirit of Beatexperimentation and produced a brilliantly multi-layeredfilm, where carefully rendered period detail and a greatsoundtrack combine with authentic Ginsberg interviewsconvincingly spoken by Franco. Monochrome footageof smokey poets’ gatherings in San Francisco are setagainst the poem, teasingly spoken in rhythmic fragments,while conjured up by dazzling, colourful animations. Andthe core of the piece is the 1957 obscenity trial whereGinsberg has to defend his right to free expression. Thecourtroom drama feels like its outcome is never certain,and over 50 years later the battle over artistic freedom stillseems relevant.RESTOREDCLASSICThe African QueenFri 4 to Thu 10 MarJohn Huston • UK 1951 • 1h45m • 35mmEnglish, German and Swahili with English subtitlesPG – Contains moderate threat and violenceCast: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley,Peter Bull, Theodore Bikel.Now digitally restored to its former Technicolor glory,John Huston’s blend of World War One adventure andmature romance endures as witty, intelligent and rousingentertainment.Humphrey Bogart won his only Oscar as Charlie Allnut,gin-swigging captain of the African Queen, the steamboatin which he transports British spinster Rose Sayer(Katharine Hepburn) after her brother has died followinga German raid on their Methodist mission in German EastAfrica. Prim Rose may be, but she’s still spirited enoughto insist they take a perilous trip downriver in order tosabotage an enemy gunboat...Deftly adapted (by James Agee, among others) froma novel by CS Forester, the movie benefited greatlyfrom being shot in Uganda and the Congo (as well asIsleworth Studios), and from a supporting cast of characteractors that includes Robert Morley and Peter Bull.Powell-Pressburger regulars Jack Cardiff and Allan Graycontributed the excellent camerawork and score, andHuston keeps it moving along at an exhilaratingly briskpace.RESTOREDCLASSICLes DiaboliquesFri 18 to Thu 24 MarHenri-Georges Clouzot • France 1955 • 1h53m • 35mmFrench with English subtitles • 12ACast: Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel,Jean Brochard.Sadistic cruelty, bitter hatred, murderous betrayal...Clouzot’s razor-sharp thriller remains a dark classic ofmisanthropic invention.In the most Hitchcockian of all the films made by theFrench master of suspense, the wife and the mistress of thetyrannical headmaster of a seedy boys’ boarding schoolconspire to put an end to his callous brutality. Taut as amantrap, the meticulous script provides plenty of tension,surprises and shocks, but what really distinguishes the filmis Clouzot’s beady eye for details both atmospheric andtelling: a swimming pool clogged with debris, rancid schoolmeals, the dismal efforts of the staff to curry favour. Muchimitated but seldom bettered, the film can also lay claim toa clutch of excellent performances; not just Véra Clouzot,Simone Signoret and Paul Meurisse as the misbegottenménage-à-trois, but a young Michel Serrault as a teacherand the inimitable Charles Vanel as a canny detective.

10 Howard HawksMONKEY BUSINESSHoward HawksThe final three films in our season of the workof one of Hollywood’s greatest directors. An IvyLeague-educated born storyteller who workedhis way up from assistant prop man to becomea screenwriter, director and producer (all beforethe movies could even talk), Howard Hawks wenton to become one of the most consistent andcommercially successful independent directorsof the Studio System era, excelling in filmsranging from screwball comedies and musicals towesterns, action-adventures and film noir crimedramas.Monkey BusinessSun 6 Mar at 8.45pmHoward Hawks • USA 1952 • 1h37m • 35mm • UCast: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Marilyn Monroe,Hugh Marlowe.Immaculate screwball comedy by its greatest practitioners,in which Cary Grant plays an absent-minded chemistin search of a youth drug. The chaos starts when amischievous chimp accidentally mixes the magic formulainto the water cooler, whereupon Grant and wife GingerRogers take turns to regress into childhood. The classicinverted-world comedy, where kids and animals bringanarchy into the demure adult world, leaving all inhabitantsmuch refreshed and highly amused.GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDESGentlemen Prefer BlondesTue 8 Mar at 6.15pm & Wed 9 Mar at 6.15pmHoward Hawks • USA 1953 • 1h28m • Digital projection • UCast: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid,Tommy Noonan.Lorelei Lee (Marilyn Monroe) and her friend DorothyShaw (Jane Russell) are a pair of showgirls, Dorothythe sassy one looking for true love, Lorelei the blondehoping to marry a millionaire, with her sights set on GusEsmond, a wealthy nerd stuck under his father’s thumb.When Lorelei and Dorothy take a transatlantic cruiseto Paris, an undercover detective follows to find out ifLorelei is really a gold-digging schemer. Unfortunately, theirrepressible Lorelei is a born flirt, and soon finds herself ina compromising position with Sir Francis Beekman (CharlesCoburn), owner of a diamond mine. The girls have to useall their wits to get out of trouble and still find love andmarriage.RIO BRAVORio BravoMon 14 Mar at 8.15pmHoward Hawks • USA 1959 • 2h21m • 35mm • PGCast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson,Walter Brennan.Annoyed that the acclaimed and popular High Noonportrayed a sheriff so afraid of his adversaries that hespends most of the movie asking the townsfolk for help,Hawks decided to make a filmed response, namely RioBravo. A small Texas border town is under the control ofevil cattle baron Russell and his dim-witted brother, Akins.When Akins commits a murder, the sheriff (John Wayne),throws him in jail to await the arrival of a US Marshall.Russell lays seige to the jailhouse, and Wayne is forcedto rely on the town drunk (Dean Martin), a cranky oldman (Walter Brennan), and an untested young gunslinger(Ricky Nelson) for help. Beautifully acted, wonderfullyobserved, and scripted with enormous wit and generosity.TICKETDEALSSee any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% offThese packages are available online, in person and on thephone, on both full price and concession price tickets.Tickets must all be bought at the same time.

11“Nobody ever saidLady Macbethwas a brunette.”Traverse Theatre CompanyPandasBy Rona MunroA romantic-comedy-thrillerset in Edinburgh and China... maybe.19 April - 7 MayPreviews 15 - 17 Aprilwww.traverse.co.uk 0131 228 1404World PremièreBy Sue GloverA co-production with Citizens Theatre, Glasgow15 March–2 April 2011BOX OFFICE: 0131 248 4848GROUPS 8+: 0131 248 4949www.lyceum.org.uk/marilynSupported by Glasgow Restaurant Association andArts & Business New Arts Sponsorship Investment.Company No. SC062065 Scottish Charity Registered No. SC010509

12THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH

Roeg’s Gallery13WALKABOUTRoeg’s GalleryNicolas Roeg’s visionary spirit hasproduced an endlessly fascinatingseries of works in which taboos areembraced and explored. Challengingpreconceptions about civilisationand the capabilities of the movingimage, Roeg is one of cinema’s mostinfluential mavericks.PERFORMANCEPerformanceTue 15 to Thu 17 MarNicolas Roeg & Donald Cammell • UK 1970 • 1h45m • 35mm18 – Contains strong violence and drugs useCast: James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, Michèle Breton,Ann Sidney.Roeg’s debut as a director is a virtuoso juggling act whichbegins as a straight thriller before deviating into moreprovocative terrain. A 60s gangster (Fox), on the run fromhis gangland colleagues, seemingly finds refuge in theNotting Hill basement of a reclusive rock star (a perfectlycast Jagger). An elliptical, absorbing puzzle exploringnotions of identity and sexuality, it was loathed by itsdistributor.DON’T LOOK NOWDon’t Look NowMon 21 to Wed 23 MarNicolas Roeg • UK/Italy 1973 • 1h50m • 35mm • 18Cast: Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie, Hilary Mason, CleliaMantania, Massimo Serato.An intelligent, sensual and chilling adaptation of Daphnedu Maurier’s supernatural thriller in which a marriedcouple (an electric Christie and Sutherland) use a workingassignment in wintry Venice as an attempt to overcome arecent tragedy in which their young daughter drowned,Don’t Look Now is amongst Roeg’s most admired andinfluential works. Hinting at the horrors that underliedomesticity, the editing and use of colour are astonishing.Walkabout New Digital RestorationFri 11 to Mon 14 MarNicolas Roeg • UK 1971 • 1h40m • Digital projection • 12ACast: Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, David Gulpilil, John Meillon,Robert McDarra.A young sister and brother are abandoned in the harshAustralian outback and must learn to cope in the naturalworld, without their usual comforts, in this hypnoticmasterpiece. Along the way, they meet a young aborigineon his ‘walkabout’, a rite of passage in which adolescentboys are initiated into manhood by journeying intothe wilderness alone. A thrilling adventure as well as aprovocative rumination on time and civilisation.EurekaWed 16 & Thu 17 MarNicolas Roeg • UK/USA 1983 • 2h9m • 35mm • 18Cast: Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell, Rutger Hauer, JaneLapotaire, Mickey Rourke.Eureka unpicks the life of a prospector (Hackman) who,after striking gold, lives out his life in a luxurious exilepolluted by vicious battles with business competitors andmembers of his own family. A violent, uncompromisingwork, the film, scripted by Paul Mayersberg, has parallelswith both Citizen Kane and There Will Be Blood in itsobservations on how wealth often comes at huge personalcost.TICKETDEALSSEASON CONTINUES OVERLEAFSee any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% offSee any six (or more) films in this season and get 25% offThese packages are available online, in person and on thephone, on both full price and concession price tickets.Tickets must all be bought at the same time.

14Roeg’s Gallery (continued)BAD TIMINGTHE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTHTHE WITCHESBad TimingSun 27 to Tue 29 MarNicolas Roeg • UK 1980 • 2h1m • 35mmEnglish, German, Czech and French with English subtitles • 18Cast: Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel, DenholmElliott, Daniel Massey.Vienna is used to similar effect as Venice was in Don’t LookNow in the masterful and much maligned Bad Timing,one of the director’s most elusive and complex pictures.Examining in flashback the consuming relationshipbetween two Americans in the city of Klimt, Roeg hasdescribed Bad Timing as an apt summation of his career,believing himself to have often been ahead of time, insteadof simply being of it. The film was poorly distributed andled to the diminution of Roeg as a commercial force.The Man Who Fell To EarthThu 31 Mar at 2.30pm + 8.35pmNicolas Roeg • UK 1976 • 2h18m • HD-Cam-SR • 18Cast: David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry, BernieCasey.Casting the otherworldly Bowie as an alien in Americaseeking the resources to save his dying planet, Roegadapted Walter Tevis’ novel ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’into a telling and intricate fable about the deadeningeffects of contemporary society. Largely rejecting linearityin favour of thematic juxtapositions, the English directoroffered a singular take on the expansive Americanlandscape, both fetishising and undermining its mythicalqualities.InsignificanceWed 30 & Thu 31 MarNicolas Roeg • UK 1985 • 1h49m • 35mm • 15Cast: Michael Emil, Theresa Russell, Tony Curtis, Gary Busey,Will Sampson.Adapted from Terry Johnson’s play, Insignificancegathers together Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein, JoeDiMaggio and Senator McCarthy (Tony Curtis, in one ofhis greatest later roles) for a series of intense discussions inanonymous hotel rooms. The publicity brochure claimed“Insignificance is about everything”, and it’s hard to findfault with this statement as Roeg riffs on love, hate, fame,jealousy and everything in between.The WitchesSat 2 Apr at 1.00pmNicolas Roeg • UK/USA 1990 • 1h31m • 35mm • PGCast: Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher, RowanAtkinson, Bill Paterson.One of Roeg’s rare commercial successes (allegedly madeto appease his family), this tale of a young boy confrontinga coven of witches who have plans to turn all children intomice weaves a deliciously dark spell. Featuring splendideffects by Jim Henson and a marvellously malevolent turnfrom Anjelica Huston, it failed to gain the seal of approvalfrom author Roald Dahl, but charmed and delightedaudiences of all ages.

Introduction to European Cinema/Come and See...15ALEXANDRATHE FAMILY FRIENDTHE BATTLE OF ALGIERSIntroduction toEuropean CinemaThe final two films in this popular season, whichprovides an invaluable opportunity to discoveror to learn more about great classics as well asless known films that are representative of keyperiods and movements in European cinema.Organised in parallel with the Film Studiesdepartment at the University of Edinburgh,the screenings are part of undergraduate andgraduate students’ syllabuses, but are equallyopen to regular members of the Filmhousepublic.All IEC screenings will be introduced bycourse organiser Dr Pasquale Iannone from theUniversity of Edinburgh.Alexandra AleksandraWed 9 Mar at 6.00pmAleksandr Sokurov • Russia/France 2007 • 1h35m • 35mmRussian and Chechen with English subtitlesPG – Contains mild languageCast: Galina Vishnevskaya, Vasily Shevtsov, Raisa Gichaeva.Into the Russian army field headquarters in the civil-warzone near Grozny, Chechnya, comes an ailing old woman,Alexandra, searching for her soldier grandson. Alexandracuts an absurd but also a poignant figure – and directorAleksandr Sokurov observes her with an ex-documentarist’ssense of realism. But, as a director long concerned withthe subject of human, spiritual and political oppression, hisaims are deeper and his careful depiction of Alexandra’shumanising effect on those she meets is symbolic.The Family Friend L’Amico di famigliaWed 16 Mar at 6.00pmPaolo Sorrentino • Italy 2006 • 1h43m • 35mmItalian with English subtitles15 – Contains strong language and moderate sexCast: Giacomo Rizzo, Laura Chiatti, Clara Bindi, Luigi Angelillo.Paolo Sorrentino’s follow-up to his captivating 2004 filmThe Consequences of Love is a subtle, intriguing study offear and desire, attraction and repulsion, power and need.Living alone with his invalid mother in a leaking apartment,the physically unattractive Geremia is, in his own words,“a pathetic and disgusting person.” He presents himself tohis clients as a generous benefactor, helping only the poorand needy, and relying on his assistant, the cowboy-hattedGino, to ensure payments are maintained. But, after he fallsfor stunning bride-to-be Rosalba, Geremia discovers thatthose he trusted are more than capable of betrayal...Come and See...A monthly one-off screening of a greatfilm we simply thought you might like tosee, again or for the first time, on the bigscreen.The Battle of AlgiersLa Battaglia di AlgeriThu 31 Mar at 6.00pmGillo Pontecorvo • Italy/Algeria 1965 • 2h1m • 35mmFrench, Arabic, English and Italian with English subtitles15 – Contains strong torture violenceCast: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Ugo Paletti,Fusia El Kader.Gillo Pontecorvo’s stirring anatomy of an urban uprising– the violent nationalist revolt in Algiers in 1956 and1957 – feels strikingly relevant today, showing the realconsequences of defying popular will with institutionalaggression and military force. The tone is mournful butthe approach journalistic, and Pontecorvo refuses tocaricature the French or glamorise the Algerians: insteadhe sketches the way a guerilla movement is organised andthe way a colonial force sets about decimating it. There’s aminimum of verbal rhetoric: the urgent images and EnnioMorricone’s thunderous score spell out the underlyingpolitical sympathies. Dazzling and unforgettable.

16FILMHOUSE PROGRAMME 4 - 31 March 2011 BOX OFFICE 0131 228 2688DAYDATESCREEN NO. &FILM TITLESHOWTIMESDAYDATESCREEN NO. &FILM TITLESHOWTIMESDAYDATESCREEN NO. &FILM TITLESHOWTIMESFri 1 Archipelago 1.004 1 True Grit (AD) 3.30/6.00/8.30Mar 2 Waste Land 1.20/6.102 Archipelago 3.35/8.203 The African Queen 1.15/3.45/6.153 Cure (J) 8.40Sat 1 Archipelago 1.005 1 True Grit (AD) 3.30/6.00/8.30Mar 2 Waste Land 1.20/6.102 Archipelago 3.35/8.203 The African Queen 1.15/3.45/6.153 Linda Linda Linda (J) 8.40Sun 1 Archipelago 1.006 1 True Grit (AD) 3.30/6.00Mar 1 Monkey Business (HH) 8.452 Waste Land 1.20/8.502 Archipelago 3.35/6.103 The African Queen 1.15/3.45/6.153 Go (J) 8.40Mon 1 Archipelago 1.007 1 True Grit (AD) 3.30/6.00Mar 1 The Stone Tape8.30 + discussion2 Archipelago (B) 11am (babies only)2 Archipelago 3.35/8.202 Waste Land 1.30/6.103 The African Queen 3.45/6.153 Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (J) 8.40Tue 1 Archipelago 1.008 1 True Grit (AD) 3.30/8.30Mar 1 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (HH) 6.152 Waste Land 1.20/8.502 Archipelago 3.35/6.103 The African Queen 3.45/8.553 City of God 6.00 + introWed 1 Archipelago 1.009 1 True Grit (AD) 3.30/8.30Mar 1 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (HH) 6.152 Waste Land 1.20/8.502 Archipelago 3.35/6.103 The African Queen 3.45/8.153 Alexandra (EC) 6.00 + introThu 1 Archipelago 1.0010 1 True Grit (AD) 3.30/8.45Mar 1 The Space Between (£6/£4.50) 6.00 + Q&A2 Waste Land 1.20/6.102 Archipelago 3.35/8.203 The African Queen 3.45/6.153 One Million Yen Girl (J) 8.40Fri 1 True Grit (AD) 1.00/8.3011 1 Walkabout (NR) 3.30/6.00Mar 2 Archipelago 1.15/3.45/8.402 Attenberg (G) 6.153 Blue Valentine 1.00/3.30/6.003 The Bird People in China (J) 8.45Sat 1 Walkabout (NR) 1.30/6.0012 1 True Grit (AD) 8.30Mar 2 True Grit 1.002 Archipelago 3.30/6.10/8.403 Eleftherios Venizelos (G) 2.003 Blue Valentine 6.003 Sawako Decides (J) 8.45Sun 1 Eleanor’s Secret (WW) 1.0013 1 Walkabout (NR) 3.30/8.30Mar 1 True Grit (AD) 6.002 Archipelago 1.00/3.30/8.152 No Woman, No Cry 6.00 + discussion3 Quiet Days in August (G) 2.00 + Q&A3 Blue Valentine 5.303 Soul Deep (G) 8.00 + Q&AMon 1 Eleanor’s Secret (WW) 11.00am14 1 Walkabout (NR) 2.30/8.30Mar 1 True Grit (AD) 6.002 Archipelago 3.00/5.452 Rio Bravo (HH) 8.153 Blue Valentine 3.15/6.003 Happy Day (G) 8.30 + Q&ATue 1 True Grit (AD) 2.30/6.00/8.3015 2 Archipelago 3.30/6.10Mar 2 Performance (NR) 8.453 Blue Valentine 3.00/5.453 Stone Years (G) 8.15 + Q&AWed 1 True Grit (AD) 2.30/6.00/8.3016 2 Archipelago 3.30/8.40Mar 2 Performance (NR) 6.103 Eureka (NR) 3.003 The Family Friend (EC) 6.00 + intro3 Blue Valentine 8.20Thu 1 Performance (NR) 2.3017 1 True Grit (AD) 6.00/8.30Mar 2 Archipelago 3.30/6.002 Eureka (NR) 8.303 Blue Valentine 6.103 It’s a Long Road (G) 8.40Fri 1 Never Let Me Go (AD) 1.00/3.30/9.1518 1 The Princess of Montpensier (RV) 6.00 + Q&AMar 2 Benda Bilili! 1.45/6.152 Les Diaboliques 3.45/8.153 Barney’s Version 6.003 Exile Island (G) 8.45Sat 1 Les Diaboliques 1.0019 1 Never Let Me Go (AD) 3.30Mar 1 Love Like Poison (RV)6.00 + Q&A1 Point Blank (RV) 8.452 Benda Bilili! 1.45/6.152 Les Diaboliques 3.452 Never Let Me Go (AD) 8.153 Barney’s Version 3.00/6.003 Apnea (G) 8.45Sun 1 Never Let Me Go (AD) 1.00/8.4520 1 The Extraordinary... Adèle B-S (RV) 3.30Mar 1 Potiche (RV) 6.002 Benda Bilili! 1.45/6.152 Les Diaboliques 3.45/8.153 Barney’s Version 3.00/6.003 Plato’s Academy (G) 8.45Mon 1 Les Diaboliques (B)11am (babies only)21 1 Les Diaboliques 8.30Mar 1 Never Let Me Go (AD) 2.301 Never Let Me Go (AD) + (S) 6.00 (subtitled)2 Benda Bilili! 3.30/8.452 The Kite Runner 6.003 Don’t Look Now (NR) 3.003 Get Low 6.153 Strella (G) 8.30

WWW.FILMHOUSECINEMA.COM 4 - 31 March 2011 FILMHOUSE PROGRAMME17DAYDATESCREEN NO. &FILM TITLESHOWTIMESTue 1 Les Diaboliques 2.3022 1 Never Let Me Go (AD) 6.00 + discussionMar 1 Never Let Me Go (AD) 8.452 Benda Bilili! 3.30/6.002 Les Diaboliques 8.153 Don’t Look Now (NR) 3.00/8.303 Get Low 6.15Wed 1 Never Let Me Go (AD) 2.30/8.3023 1 Les Diaboliques 6.00Mar 2 Benda Bilili! 3.30/8.452 My Perestroika 6.153 Get Low 3.00/8.303 Don’t Look Now (NR) 6.00Thu 1 Les Diaboliques 2.3024 1 Never Let Me Go (AD) 6.00/8.30Mar 2 Benda Bilili! 3.30/6.002 Les Diaboliques 8.153 Get Low 3.00/8.303 Gypsy Melody 6.15Fri 1 Inside Job 1.3025 1 Animal Kingdom 3.45/6.10/8.35Mar 2 Of Gods and Men 1.00/6.002 Inside Job 3.35/8.403 The Fighter (AD) 1.15/6.153 Howl 3.45/8.45Sat 1 Laputa: Castle in the Sky (WLA) 1.0026 1 Animal Kingdom 3.40/8.35Mar 1 King of Thorn (WLA) 6.102 Of Gods and Men 1.00/6.002 Inside Job 3.35/8.403 The Fighter (AD) + (S) 1.15 (subtitled)3 The Fighter (AD) 6.153 Howl 3.45/8.45Sun 1 The Tigger Movie (WW) 1.0027 1 Summer Wars (WLA) 3.30Mar 1 Sword of the Stranger (WLA) 6.001 Animal Kingdom 8.352 Of Gods and Men 1.00/6.002 Inside Job 3.35/8.403 The Fighter (AD) 1.153 Howl 3.45/6.153 Bad Timing (NR) 8.15DAYDATEKEY:SCREEN NO. &FILM TITLE(AD) – Audio Description (see page 2)(B) – Carer & baby screening (see page 2)(S) – Subtitled (see page 2)SEASONS:(EC) – Introduction to European Cinema (page15)(G) – Greek Film Festival (pages 24-26)(HH) – Howard Hawks (page 10)(J) – Back to the Future: Japanese Cinema Sincethe Mid-90s (pages 22-23)(NR) – Roeg’s Gallery (pages 12-14)(RV) – Rendez-vous with French Cinema (pages18-19)(WLA) – We Love Anime (pages 28-29)(WW) – Weans’ World (page 19)Full index of films on page 2SHOWTIMESMon 1 The Tigger Movie (WW) 11.00am28 1 Animal Kingdom 2.30/6.05Mar 1 The Fighter (AD) 8.352 Inside Job 3.35/8.402 Of Gods and Men 6.003 Howl 3.45/8.453 Bad Timing (NR) 6.10Tue 1 Animal Kingdom 2.30/6.0029 1 The Fighter (AD) 8.45Mar 2 Confessions 2.40/8.552 How Much... Mr Foster? 5.00/7.003 Bad Timing (NR) 3.153 Howl 6.15/8.15Wed 1 Animal Kingdom 2.30/8.3030 1 The Fighter (AD) 6.00Mar 2 Confessions 2.40/8.552 How Much... Mr Foster? 5.00/7.003 Howl 3.45/8.453 Insignificance (NR) 6.00Thu 1 The Man Who Fell To Earth (NR) 2.30/8.3531 1 The Battle of Algiers (CS) 6.00Mar 2 Confessions 2.40/8.552 How Much... Mr Foster? 5.00/7.003 Insignificance (NR) 3.15/8.003 Howl 6.00TICKET PRICES & INFORMATIONMATINEES (Shows starting prior to 5pm)Mon - Thur £5.60 full price, £3.60 concessionsFriday Bargain Matinees £4.20/£2.60 concessionsSat - Sun £7.50 full price, £5.50 concessionsEVENING SCREENINGS (Starting 5pm and later)£7.50 full price, £5.50 concessionsAll tickets to Weans’ World screenings (markedWW on grid) are £2.50. Tickets for childrenunder 12 are £2.50 for any screening.Concessions available for: Children (under 15); Students(with valid matriculation card); School pupils (15-18 years);Young Scot card holders; Senior Citizens; Disability orIvalidity status (Carers go free); Claimants (JobseekersAllowance, Disability Living Allowance, Housing Benefit);NHS employees (with proof of employment).There are ticket deals available on film seasons, theseare detailed on the same page as the films.All performances are bookable in advance. Tickets may bereserved for performances and must be collected no laterthan 30 minutes before the performance starts. Ticketsmay be booked by credit card on the number below oronline at www.filmhousecinema.com. We no longercharge a fee for bookings made by telephone or on thewebsite.Tickets cannot be exchanged nor money refundedexcept in the event of a cancellation of a performance.Programmes are subject to change, but only inextraordinary circumstances.All seats are unreserved. If you require seats togetherplease arrive in plenty of time. Cinemas will be open15 minutes before the start of each screening. Themanagement reserves the right of admission and willnot admit latecomers.Children under the age of 12 must be accompaniedby an adult.Double Bills are shown in the same order as indicatedon these pages. Intervals in Double Bills last 10minutes.BOX OFFICE: 0131 228 2688Open from 10.00am - 9.00pm dailyPROGRAMME INFO: 0131 228 2689BOOK ONLINE: www.filmhousecinema.com

18Rendez-vous with French CinemaTHE PRINCESS OF MONTPENSIERLOVE LIKE POISONPOINT BLANKTHE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADELE BLANC-SECRendez-vous withFrench CinemaUniFrance Films is very pleased to come toEdinburgh with a selection of five avantpremieres.Work by some of the mostprominent directors of French cinema willbe heading this Rendez-vous: BertrandTavernier, François Ozon and Luc Besson.The programme includes also debut orsecond feature films directed by newFrench talents: Katell Quillévéré and FredCavayé.We are delighted that Bertrand Tavernierand Katell Quillévéré will be attending totake part in Q&A sessions following thescreenings of their films.TICKETDEALSSee any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% offThese packages are available online, in person and on thephone, on both full price and concession price tickets.Tickets must all be bought at the same time.The Princess of MontpensierLa princesse de MontpensierFri 18 Mar at 6.00pm + Q&ABertrand Tavernier • France/Germany 2010 • 2h19m • 35mmFrench with English subtitles • 15Cast: Mélanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet.The ultra-versatile Bertrand Tavernier returns to afavourite terrain, the French historical drama, in a superblymounted 16th-century drama of politics, passion andoccasional swordplay. Noblewoman Marie is in love withher swashbuckling cousin Henri de Guise, but must yieldto her father’s political ambitions and marry Philippe deMontpensier. When war calls him away, her husbandleaves her in the benevolent charge of tutor Chabannes, anobleman outlawed after he turns his back on war. But Marieis soon exposed to the sexual and political intrigues of court.Love Like Poison Un poison violentSat 19 Mar at 6.00pm + Q&AKatell Quillévéré • France 2010 • 1h32m • 35mmFrench with English subtitles • 15Cast: Clara Augarde, Lio, Michel Galabru, Stefano Cassetti.Screened last May at Cannes in the Directors Fortnight,Katell Quillévéré’s debut feature, following an adolescent’sstruggles with the competing demands of faith and theflesh, won critical acclaim and a best screenplay prize.Newcomer Clara Augarde impresses as 14-year-old Anna,who returns home from boarding school prepared to beconfirmed into the Catholic faith, but feeling the first pangsof desire for her friend Pierre. Quillévéré handles the teensexual awakening with sensitivity and poses some thoughtprovokingquestions about the nature of religion fromnumerous perspectives without ever appearing judgmental.Point Blank À bout portantSat 19 Mar at 8.45pmFred Cavayé • France 2010 • 1h24m • 35mmFrench with English subtitles • 15Cast: Gilles Lellouche, Roschdy Zem, Gérard Lanvin, Elena Anaya.Things couldn’t be better for Samuel and Nadia: he will soonqualify as a nurse and she is expecting their first child. Buttheir world is tipped upside down when Nadia is kidnappedin front of Samuel’s eyes and he’s incapable of doinganything about it. When he comes to, his cellphone rings:he has three hours to get a man, under police surveillance,out of the hospital where he works. Director Fred Cavayé’sfollow-up to his debut Anything For Her is another taut andvisceral account of dubious morals and criminal activity.The Extraordinary Adventures ofAdèle Blanc-SecLes aventures extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-SecSun 20 Mar at 3.30pmLuc Besson • France 2010 • 1h47m • 35mmFrench with English subtitles • 12ACast: Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-PaulRouve, Jacky Nercessian.A wonderfully silly family adventure tale. Adèle Blanc-Secis a bestselling travel writer whose tales of strange landsand derring-do have made her a minor celebrity. Settingout to save her sister from a mystery ailment, Adèle setsout to recover the mummy of an Egyptian Doctor, believinghe has the knowledge required to restore her ailing sibling.Of course, the mummy in turn needs someone to resurrecthim, and a supernatural comedy of errors ensues as Adèleraces against the clock to break an ageing scientist fromprison before her sister shuffles off this mortal coil...

Rendez-vous with French Cinema/Weans’ World19POTICHEPoticheSun 20 Mar at 6.00pmFrançois Ozon • France 2010 • 1h43m • 35mmFrench with English subtitles • 15Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini,Karin Viard, Judith Godrèche.Catherine Deneuve commands the screen with a regal winkas Suzanne Pujol, a trophy wife (‘potiche’) whose mettle istested when catastrophe strikes in her husband Robert’sumbrella factory. The smug, philandering Robert, whosecured the factory through her dowry, is taken hostage byhis employees, and it is Suzanne who negotiates his release,with the help of union leader Babin (Gérard Depardieu).Under the assured direction of prolific French filmmakerFrançois Ozon, this stylish farce is an irresistible rompthrough 1970s kitsch, politics and female emancipation.Filmhouse email list For a weekly emailcontaining screening times, news andcompetitions, join our email list atwww.filmhousecinema.com/email/subscribeFilmhouse mailing list To have this monthlyprogramme sent to you for a year, send £6(cheques payable to Filmhouse Ltd) with yourname and address and the month you wish yoursubscription to start, or subscribe in person at thebox office or by phone on 0131 228 2688.Facebook Join our Facebook group for news,updates and competitions: search for ‘Filmhouse’Twitter Follow us for regular news and updates:@FilmhouseELEANOR’S SECRETWeans’ WorldFilms for a younger audience. Tickets cost£2.50 per person, big or small!Please note: although we normally disapprove of peopletalking during screenings, these shows are primarily forkids, so grown-ups should expect some noise!Eleanor’s SecretSun 13 Mar at 1.00pm & Mon 14 Mar at 11.00amDominique Monfery • France/Italy 2009 • 1h16m • DigibetaEnglish language version • cert tbcSeven-year-old Nat can’t read, making his inheritanceof his Aunt Eleanor’s collection of books immenselydisappointing. Despite his love of having Eleanor readto him, his disinterest encourages his parents to sell thebooks to a greedy collector. But then Nat discovers that,if the books leave the library, the characters will fade intooblivion and leave the world without stories forever...The Tigger MovieSun 27 Mar at 1.00pm & Mon 28 Mar at 11.00amJun Falkenstein • USA 2000 • 1h17m • 35mm • UWith the voices of Jim Cummings, Nikita Hopkins, Ken Samson.Tigger is sad because no one in the Hundred Acre Woodswill bounce with him. He starts to wonder if there couldbe other Tiggers out in the woods. After observing Owl’sfamily tree, Tigger sets out to look for members of his ownfamily...THE TIGGER MOVIEFancy a piece of France?We offer a large range of coursesin a friendly, authentic francophileatmosphere!Spring term: 21 March - 11 June 201110 weeks (2 hours/week)Open day: 5 March 2011 (10am-3pm)Courses on a “first come, first served” basisWant to save a fiver?Sign up by 12 March 2011!For more information:0131 225 53 66 / courses@ifecosse.org.ukInstitutFrançaisd’Écossewww.ifecosse.org.uk

20 Made in Edinburgh/Science and Film/The Film of the BookTHE SPACE BETWEEN THE STONE TAPE THE KITE RUNNERMade inEdinburghMade In Edinburgh invites you to enjoyEdinburgh’s finest moments on the bigscreen, showcasing work from local movingimage industry talent alongside productionsshot on location in and around the city.World PremiereThe Space BetweenThu 10 Mar at 6.00pm - TICKETS £6/£4.50Tim Barrow • UK 2010 • 1h25m • HDV • 15Cast: Vivien Reid, Tim Barrow, David Whitney, Nicola Jo Cully,Colin Scott Moncrieff.Lisa spends her days numb, isolated, alone in a comfortlessshow-flat, her only respite being work at an observatorybringing her close to the stars. In London Steven loseseverything and heads for sanctuary in the city he grew upin. At dead of night, at their lowest points, Lisa and Stevenfind one another, discovering kindred spirits and a chanceof redemption.Filmed for £15,000 over 17 days in Edinburgh and London,The Space Between was written and directed by TimBarrow, producer of award-winning debut feature TheInheritance.Tim Barrow will take part in a Q&A following the screening.Science and FilmScreenings in association with The British ScienceAssociation, a registered charity which exists toadvance the public understanding, accessibility andaccountability of the sciences and engineering.For further details on The BritishScience Association, seewww.britishscienceassociation.orgThe Stone TapeMon 7 Mar at 8.30pm + discussionPeter Sasdy • UK 1972 • 1h29m • Beta SP • PGCast: Michael Bryant, Jane Asher, Iain Cuthbertson, Michael Bates.A cult 1970s ghost story depicting a scientific investigationof a haunted mansion, featuring a sophisticated soundtrackcreated by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop using atonalelectronic sounds. The Stone Tape was one of the first filmsto propose the notion that ghosts may be recordings ofpast events made by the physical environment, and sinceits broadcast this hypothesis has come to be referred to asthe ‘Stone Tape Theory’ within parapsychology.Part experiment, part film showing, The Edinburgh SecretSociety and the British Science Association investigateour fear of the unknown. After having their powers ofimagination measured, the audience will watch The StoneTape. The audience’s fear levels will be measured as wediscover whether this classic of terror has stood the testof time, and whether those with vivid imaginations find itespecially terrifying.The Film ofthe BookA special screening as part of The Film of theBook, an eight week course organised byEdinburgh City Libraries and the Workers’Educational Association. Liz Hare leads the courseand will be introducing this screening. For furtherinformation on the full course please contact 0131225 2580 or email k.turner@weascotland.govThe Kite RunnerMon 21 Mar at 6.00pmMarc Forster • USA 2007 • 2h8m • 35mmEnglish, Dari, Pashtu, Urdu and Russian with English subtitles12A – Contains strong language and infrequent strong violenceCast: Khalid Abdalla, Ehsan Aman, Vsevolod Bardashev, IsmailBashey, Larry Brown, Laurie Burke.The Kite Runner, based on the 2003 bestseller by KhaledHosseini, is a moving and beautifully acted morality tale offathers and sons, friendship and betrayal, set against thebackdrop of Afghanistan’s tumultuous politics, past andpresent.Life is good before the Soviet invasion in 1979, especiallyfor young Amir, whose father is a wealthy merchant. Amir’sbest friend is their servant’s son Hassan, a minority Sh’iaMuslim, but Amir fails to stand by his friend when he isattacked. The episode haunts him for years, even afteremigrating to America.

21Recommended 15+ contains violence and strong languageCast includesAlex FernsNicky ElliottIain RobertsonPaul MorrowAlisonO’DonnellStewart PorterCara KellyScottish Theatres Consortium presents a startling new production ofThu March 31 – Sat April 9, 2011Box Office 0131 529 6000 www.kingstheatre.org.ukFor news and info visit www.thehardman.co.ukBooking fee applies and all prices include a contribution to the Theatres Development Fund. Registered Charity SCO 18605

22 Back to the Future: Japanese Cinema Since the Mid-90sLINDA LINDA LINDAGOJOSEE, THE TIGER AND THE FISHBack to the Future Japanese Cinema Since the Mid-90sFollowing last year’s successful Girls on Film: Females in Contemporary Japanese Cinema season, this year’sJapan Foundation touring film programme looks at the marked resurgence of Japanese cinema from the 1990sonwards, with a series of works from seven key directors who set a new path for the future and success ofJapanese cinema and whose works best illustrate the development of contemporary Japanese cinema duringthe three periods of the late-1990s, the first half of the millennium, and onwards into the future.By 1989, Japanese cinema had suffered its bleakest period, the international fame of Kurosawa was very much in thepast and audience figures in Japanese cinemas fell as the industry failed to produce new and interesting talents; thiswas compounded by the loss of mentoring opportunities for new talent following the collapse of the studio system.However, by the 1990s there was some light at the end of the tunnel with the release of more works byindependent directors such as Takeshi Kitano and Takashi Miike, amongst others, who wished to exploretheir individuality. These new directors can be seen as having inspired the world by leading a revived interestin Japanese cinema in the West. This renewed interest fuelled the emergence of directors from subsequentgenerations who have pushed the industry to even greater success in the 21st century.The seven films included in the 2011 line-up have been selected to reflect the changing tastes, styles, andcircumstances of the period they were produced. They are the finest examples from key Japanese directorspopular both at home and abroad, such as Takashi Miike and Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and directors such asIsao Yukisada who have been highly successful with the domestic market in Japan but are less recognisedoverseas. Also included are representatives from a younger generation who are ones to watch in the future.As well as inspiring the beginnings of a new era of Japanese cinema, these directors all continue to work and arevery much a part of the present as well as the future of Japanese cinema. Though the selected works may beless well-known in the UK, they help to exhibit the breadth of creativity in Japanese contemporary cinema andhave contributed greatly to the course of Japanese cinema and to the development of these directors’ careers.This season will provide UK audiences with an insight into the landscape of Japanese cinema during theseimportant periods of its development, which saw its revival through some of the most engaging and versatileexamples of contemporary Japanese cinema from the mid-1990s to the present.This season is produced and organised by the Japan Foundationwith advice from Jasper Sharp.Supported by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.CureFri 4 Mar at 8.40pmKiyoshi Kurosawa • Japan 1997 • 1h51m • 35mmJapanese with English subtitles • 18Cast: Koji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa.The bodies of a number of prostitutes who have beenbrutally murdered are found in Tokyo. All the murdershave one thing in common – each victim has been slashedwith a large ‘X’ across their body. Detective Takabeand psychologist Sakuma are called in to figure out theconnection, but their investigation goes nowhere. Takabe’sirritation at the investigation’s slow progress is intensifiedby his problems in his personal life, including his wife’sgrowing mental illness. Meanwhile the police hold a youngdrifter in custody, not knowing his connection to the crime.Cure is a landmark film in the career of Kiyoshi Kurosawa,bringing him wide international acclaim.Linda Linda LindaSat 5 Mar at 8.40pmNobuhiro Yamashita • Japan 2005 • 1h54m • 35mmJapanese with English subtitles • 12ACast: Doona Bae, Aki Maeda, Yu Kashii, Shiori Sekine.Linda Linda Linda, one of Nobuhiro Yamashita’s mostpopular works, is set in a modern-day high school justoutside Tokyo. In the run-up to the school’s culture festival,a girl’s music group is facing a dilemma. They planned onplaying an original piece of music but, three days beforethe festival, due to injuries and arguments, they need tofind a new guitarist and vocalist. The girls each face theirown different teenage struggles while trying to master theiract for the school festival. Can they make their moment inthe spotlight a success?

Back to the Future: Japanese Cinema Since the Mid-90s23ONE MILLION YEN GIRLTHE BIRD PEOPLE IN CHINASAWAKO DECIDESGoSun 6 Mar at 8.40pmIsao Yukisada • Japan 2001 • 2h2m • 35mmJapanese and Korean with English subtitles • 15Cast: Yosuke Kubozuka, Kou Shibasaki, Shinobu Otake, Hirofumi Arai.Sugihara is a Korean who was born and raised in Japanbut who has so far attended a Korean school. At the endof junior high, he decides to move onto a Japanese highschool to expand his horizons. Sugihara meets a Japanesegirl, Sakurai, at a party and falls in love. But Sugihara hadnot told her that he was not Japanese, and is in agonywhether to tell her or not, for his confession might ruin theirrelationship. A breakthrough film for director Isao Yukisada,Go took his career to a new level whilst provoking somecompelling and thought-provoking questions.Josee, the Tiger and the FishJoze to tora to sakana tachiMon 7 Mar at 8.40pmIsshin Inudo • Japan 2003 • 1h56m • 35mmJapanese with English subtitles • 15Cast: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Chizuru Ikewaki, Juri Ueno, Hirofumi Arai.Tsuneo is a university student working part-time in a mahjong parlour. Lately customers have been talking about anold lady who pushes a baby carriage through the streets.They say she is carrying something for a crime syndicate,and they wonder what it is she has in the carriage...money? Drugs? One day Tsuneo encounters the old lady,who asks him to look into the carriage, where he finds agirl clutching a knife. This is how Tsuneo first meets the girlwho calls herself ‘Josee’... Isshin Inudo’s mini masterpieceis an original take on modern day love.One Million Yen GirlHyakuyman-en to nigamushi onnaThu 10 Mar at 8.40pmYuki Tanada • Japan 2008 • 2h1m • 35mmJapanese with English subtitles • 15Cast: Yu Aoi, Mirai Moriyama, Pierre Taki, Terunosuke Takezai.Written and directed by Yuki Tanada, one of Japan’s mostpromising young directors, One Million Yen Girl tells thestory of 21 year old Suzuko, who gets into trouble and endsup in jail. When she comes out, living with her parents nolonger seems like an option, and she moves to a seasideresort. Suzuko takes on various jobs: cleaning offices,delivering newspapers, working in a guest house. A localboy falls for her, but she has made a promise to herself thatshe will leave for another town once she saves up a millionThe Bird People in ChinaChugoku no chojinFri 11 Mar at 8.45pmTakashi Miike • Japan 1998 • 1h58m • 35mmJapanese with English subtitles • 15Cast: Masahiro Motoki, Renji Ishibashi, Mako, Wang Li Li.Workaholic Tokyo salaryman Wada ventures into deepest,darkest China to investigate a massive deposit of highqualityjade. Tailing him is Ujiie, a snarling yakuza hell-benton getting Wada’s company to repay its debts. Led bytheir unflappable guide, Shun, the two travel through ruralvillages and striking landscapes, quickly leaving behind allsigns of the 20th century. And when they encounter a hilltribe whose children are adorned with wings made frombamboo and paper, their lives change forever. A changeof pace for the legendary Takashi Miike, proving his greatversatility and poetic talent as a filmmaker.Sawako DecidesKawano sokokara konnichiwaSat 12 Mar at 8.45pmYuya Ishii • Japan 2009 • 1h52m • 35mmJapanese with English subtitles • 12ACast: Hikari Mitsushima, Kotaro Shiga, Ryo Iwamatsu, Kira Aihara,Masashi Endo.Sawako has lived in Tokyo for five years, is in her fifth officejob, and is dating her fifth boyfriend, who is also her boss.Her life with Kenichi, her boyfriend, and his daughterfrom a previous marriage feels like a compromise, and sheworries about her career and love life. One day, Sawakoreceives word that her father, who runs a freshwaterclam processing business in her hometown, has fallenill, and she reluctantly returns home with Kenichi and hisdaughter in tow. Featuring the comic charms of acclaimedactor Hikari Mitsushima as Sawako, Sawako Decides is aperfectly paced gem of a filmTICKETDEALSSee any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% offSee any six (or more) films in this season and get 25% offThese packages are available online, in person and on thephone, on both full price and concession price tickets.Tickets must all be bought at the same time.

24 Greek Film FestivalATTENBERGGreek Film FestivalThe focus for this year’s Greek Film Festival is on PantelisVoulgaris, a hugely influential figure in the Greek newwave of the late sixties and early seventies, a movementthat included past festival favourites Theo Angelopoulos,Nikos Panayotopolous and Nikos Nicolaides. His films areoften deeply political and humanistic, bringing togethercomplex characterisations and tumultuous events to createa sensitive and insightful look at Greece’s recent turbulenthistory. We are delighted to welcome Mr Voulgaris to thefestival to introduce and take part in post-film discussionsfor the screenings of Quiet Days in August, Soul Deep,Happy Day and Stone Years.Another film looking at Greece’s recent past is ExileIsland, a documentary about the internment of left wingintellectuals, including celebrated filmmaker NikosKoundouros, between 1947 and 1952 on the island ofMakronissos.The festival also looks to Greece’s ‘next generation’, withAris Bafaloukas’ much anticipated debut feature Apnea andAthina Rachel Tsangari’s highly acclaimed Attenberg.Rounding the festival off are Filippos Tsitos’ lauded comedyon Greek xenophobia, Plato’s Academy and Panos Koutras’impressive Strella, a sensitively-told and lyrical tale of a loveaffair between an ex-con and pre-op transsexual.Special thanks, as always, go to the Greek Film Centre andto Katy Logotheti and Kevin Anderson for their continuedand tireless support of the festival.James McKenzie, FilmhouseELEFTHERIOS VENIZELOSAttenbergFri 11 Mar at 6.15pmAthina Rachel Tsangari • Greece 2010 • 1h35m • DigibetaGreek with English subtitles • 18Cast: Ariane Labed, Giorgos Lanthimos, Vangelis Mouridis,Evangelia Randou.Attenberg opens with two women French kissing – or atleast trying to. Marina (23) is not experienced in the art oflove and wants to know from her friend Bella how it works.In scenes that are occasionally hilarious, occasionallypainful, sometimes moving, we see how Marina slowlylearns more about love and sexuality. And about othergirls, whom she studies the way David Attenborough looksat animals. In the meantime, she has to come to terms withthe approaching death of her terminally ill father.Eleftherios VenizelosSat 12 Mar at 2.00pmPantelis Voulgaris • Greece 1980 • 2h37m • 35mmGreek with English subtitles • 15Cast: Minas Christidis, Giannis Voglis, Dimitris Myrat, ManosKatrakis, Olga Karlatos.Pantelis Voulgaris’ excellent historical epic chronicles oneof the most important and eminent figures in 20th-centuryGreek history: the progressive yet expansionist politicianEleftherios Venizelos, one of the fathers of modern Greece.A Cretan who came to prominence in the struggle to uniteCrete with Greece, Venizelos was several times electedGreece’s Prime Minister, presided over the expansion ofthe country’s national borders, and ultimately had a majorschism with Greece’s pro-German monarchy over the issueof Greece’s entry into World War I.SOUL DEEPQuiet Days in AugustIsyhes Meres tou AvgoustouSun 13 Mar at 2.00pm + Q&APantelis Voulgaris • Greece 1991 • 1h48m • 35mmGreek and French with English subtitles • 15Cast: Aleka Paizi, Themis Bazaka, Thanasis Vengos, Alekos Oudinotis.The figure of a woman at a lighted window, an exchange ofglances in a near-empty subway compartment, the voiceof an unknown man on the telephone – each of thesetriggers off a relationship. Three stories about life in Athensin August (a month when most inhabitants desert the city)that are linked by loneliness, the need for human contactand the full moon.Soul Deep Psyhi VathiaSun 13 Mar at 8.00pm + Q&APantalis Voulgaris • Greece/Cyprus 2009 • 2h4m • DigibetaGreek with English subtitles • 15Cast: Vangelis Mourikis, Giorgos Symeonidis, Victoria Haralabidou,Kostas Kleftogiannis, Vasilis Nanakis.Pantelis Voulgaris’s latest film tackles the still-divisive topicof Greece’s 1946-49 Civil War, when the ‘National’ army ofGreece’s Western-backed government fought an insurgent‘Democratic’ army of Greek leftists and communists. Thestruggle was one of the first armed conflicts of the new ColdWar. Voulgaris dramatises these events through the tale oftwo young brothers – 14-year-old Vlassis and 17-year-oldAnestis – who find themselves enlisted in opposing campsafter their father is killed and they are separated fromtheir mother. Voulgaris has stated that his intention withthis beautifully-shot and very moving film was “to finallyreconcile the bloodiest pages of our modern history.”

Greek Film Festival25STONE YEARSIT’S A LONG ROADAPNEAHappy DayMon 14 Mar at 8.30pm + Q&APantelis Voulgaris • Greece 1976 • 1h45m • 35mmGreek with English subtitles • 15Cast: Zorz Sarri, Giorgos Moshidis, Stavros Kalaroglou, NikosBousdoukos, Costas Fyssoun.On a sun-scorched, windswept island a concentration campof political prisoners awaits the visit of the ‘great mother’,in honour of whom they have prepared a celebration.One of the prisoners, who steadfastly refuses to renouncehis beliefs, disappears and is proclaimed dead by theauthorities, but on the day of the official visit the ‘deadman’ mysteriously reappears. Based on a novel by AndreasFranghias, Voulgaris’ film is a brutal and thinly disguisedallegory on the period of the military junta (1967-74).Stone Years Petrina HroniaTue 15 Mar at 8.15pm + Q&APantelis Voulgaris • Greece 1985 • 2h16m • 35mmGreek with English subtitles • 15Cast: Themis Bazaka, Dimitris Katalifos, Maria Martika, Eirini Inglesi.An engaging story of love and persecution. Eleni andBabis meet and fall in love in 1954 – he is 22 and an activemember of the Communist Party, she is 18 and shares hispolitical sympathies. When Babis is caught distributing Partyleaflets he is sent to prison, while Eleni escapes by hiding outwith friends. Twelve years later, Babis is released from prisonduring an amnesty, and the couple spend an idyllic, thoughlimited, time together. Eleni is finally caught and arrestedand, while she is in prison, Babis remains faithful to her onthe outside. The couple’s fortunes continue to vacillate untilthe downfall of the military dictatorship in 1974.It’s a Long Road Ola Einai DromosThu 17 Mar at 8.40pmPantelis Voulgaris • Greece 1998 • 1h58m • 35mmGreek with English subtitles • 15Cast: Thanasis Vengos, Giorgos Armenis, Dimitris Katalifos, KostasKazanas, Stella Kazazi.Pantelis Voulgaris’ It’s a Long Road is an elegant, affectingthree-part film, rendered in the director’s assured,authoritative style, and dealing with three people at crucialturning points in their lives. Part one, ‘A Silver Coin onthe Lips’, is the moving tale of an archaeologist whosediscovery of ancient Macedonian remains forces him toconfront a painful personal tragedy. In part two, ‘The Lastof the Lesser Whites’, a group of ornithologists follows arare species of goose to a bird sanctuary in Thrace, wherethe game warden must make a momentous decision. Inpart three, ‘Vietnam’, a factory owner goes on a wild,destructive bender after he is abandoned by his wife andchildren.TICKETDEALSSee any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% offSee any six (or more) films in this season and get 25% offSee any nine (or more) films in this season and get 35% offThese packages are available online, in person and on thephone, on both full price and concession price tickets.Tickets must all be bought at the same time.Exile Island MakronisosFri 18 Mar at 8.45pmElias Giannakakis & Evi Karabatsou • Greece 2008 • 1h30mDigibeta • Greek with English subtitles • 15 • DocumentaryDuring the period 1947-52, an experiment took place just afew miles outside Athens. Its subject: to rehabilitate leftists.Its location: the desert island of Makronisos. More than100,000 people suffered in this ‘National Reformatory’.Many of the survivors are still alive, as are many of theirtorturers. Now, in their 80s and 90s, they are willing toconfront each other and share their experience.Apnea ApnoiaSat 19 Mar at 8.45pmAris Bafaloukas • Greece 2010 • 1h27m • 35mmGreek with English subtitles • 15Cast: Youlika Skafida, Sotiris Pastras, Andrianna Babali, GiorgosKaramihos, Akilas Karazisis.23-year-old swimmer Dmitris is a brooding type whocan hold his breath for more than four minutes. As hedaydreams underwater, he recalls his relationship with thevivacious activist Elsa, who disappeared whilst on a missionto protect dolphins from marine waste. This visuallyaccomplished first feature from Ari Bafalouka (himself aformer national swimming champion) smoothly weavestogether past and present.SEASON CONTINUES OVERLEAF

26 Greek Film Fest (contd.)/Take One Action/Projecting the ArchiveSTRELLAPlato’s Academy Akadimia PlatonosSun 20 Mar at 8.45pmFilippos Tsitos • Germany/Greece 2009 • 1h43m • DigibetaGreek and Albanian with English subtitles • 15Cast: Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Anastasis Kozdine, Titika Sarigouli,Yorgos Souxes, Kostas Koronaios.In the quiet Plato’s Academy neighbourhood of Athens,four ethnocentric Greek slackers spend their dayswatching industrious immigrants working all around them.When one of the four discovers his Albanian heritage, theirsmug outlook, not to mention their friendship, is severelychallenged.StrellaMon 21 Mar at 8.30pmPanos H Koutras • Greece 2009 • 1h53m • 35mmGreek with English subtitles • 18Cast: Mina Orfanou, Yannis Kokiasmenos, Minos Theoharis, AkisIoannou, Betty Vakalidou.A post-modern Greek tragedy unfurling against theglowing nights of Athens, Strella follows a man, Yiorgos,who meets and falls in love with a young pre-optranssexual prostitute, Strella, the day he is released fromprison. Portraying people who live on the fringes of society,questioning preconceived ideas, feelings and the collectiveimagination, this touching film presents a parallel world,generally considered as immoral and suspect by the largermasses. But this is a world that doesn’t for a moment doubtits own core values: humanity and compassion.NO WOMAN, NO CRYTake One ActionNo Woman, No CrySun 13 Mar at 6.00pm + discussionChristy Turlington Burns • USA 2010 • 1h • DigibetaEnglish and Swahili with English subtitles • 15 • DocumentaryFor hundreds of thousands of women each year, pregnancyis a death sentence: every minute another woman diesas a result. But shockingly nearly all maternal deaths anddisabilities could be prevented. In her gripping directorialdebut, Christy Turlington Burns shares the powerful storiesof at-risk pregnant women in four parts of the world. The filmputs audiences in the footsteps of a Maasai woman in laborwho must walk five miles to a clinic with no electricity, a youngpregnant woman in the slums of Bangladesh too ashamed toseek out care, a pregnant OB in Guatemala who helps womenwho have suffered from botched illegal abortions, and amidwife in central Florida who treats uninsured women whoare denied appointments elsewhere. It presents the powerfulmessage that every mother counts, and a challenge to raiseawareness of these forgotten women.This screening will be followed by a Q&A with leadingexperts and campaigners on maternal health asking thequestion “What can we do to make a difference?”Screening in association with Oxfam Scotland.Presented by Take One Action, Scotland’s global actioncinema project, to mark 100 years of InternationalWomen’s Day (8 March).For more world-changing film and actionideas, visit www.takeoneaction.org.ukGYPSY MELODYProjectingthe ArchiveA collaboration with the British Film Instituteaimed at unearthing and reappraising a wealthof lesser-known British feature films using theBFI National Archive’s holdings, and givingaudiences the opportunity to see and celebrateBritish cinema beyond the usual titles, on thebig screen.Gypsy MelodyThu 24 Mar at 6.15pmEdmond T Greville • UK 1936 • 1h13m • 35mm • PGCast: Lupe Velez, Alfred Rode, Jerry Verno, Fred Duprez.This (somewhat topical) tale of oppressed Romaniesfeatures some rousing gypsy numbers performed by thehugely popular Alfred Rode and his Tzigane Orchestra.Mexican firebrand Lupe Velez provides the gypsy passionwhile Jerry Verno and Fred Duprez furnish some nicecomedy moments. Considered lost for many years, the filmwas donated to the BFI by the French national archive.

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28 We Love AnimeLAPUTA: CASTLE IN THE SKYWe Love AnimeEvery year there are a slew of animefilms released onto DVD or Blu-Ray thatnever get a chance to be shown on thebig screen. So here at Scotland LovesAnimation, we’ve partnered up withour friends at Manga Entertainment,Kazé, Optimum Releasing and BeezEntertainment to bring you the aselection of the biggest films coming outin the next 12 months to the big screenacross the UK and Ireland. So catchthem in cinemas while you can!We Love Anime is proudly sponsoredby Uniqlo – anyone who buys ticketsto all four films will get a goodie bagcontaining a Uniqlo Naruto t-shirtamong other things...KING OF THORNLaputa: Castle in the SkyTenku no Shiro LaputaSat 26 Mar at 1.00pmHayao Miyazaki • Japan 1986 • 2h4m • 35mmJapanese with English subtitlesPG – Contains mild violence and perilWith the voices of Mayumi Tanaka, Keiko Yokozawa, Kotoe Hatsui,Minori Terada, Fujio Tokita.An aerial shoot-out and a girl floating from the sky formthe starting point for this rollercoaster adventure in a 19thcentury fantasy world. Two children set off on a hazardoustreasure hunt for the legendary flying castle Laputa. Alsochasing the treasure are a gang of airborne pirates and asinister government agent. The spectacular aerial battlesand warrior robots never obscure the film’s essentialinnocence.King of ThornIbara no OSat 26 Mar at 6.10pmKazuyoshi Katayama • Japan 2009 • 1h50m • DigibetaJapanese with English subtitles • 12AWith the voices of Sendai Eri, Kana Hanazawa, Toshiyuki Morikawa,Sayaka Ohara, Akiko Yajima.A mysterious virus, nicknamed Medusa, is spreadingaround Japan, turning its victims into stone. Given theimpossibility of finding an immediate cure, the governmentopts for cryopreserving a select group of patients until theycome up with a solution. Based on Yuji Iwahara’s manga bythe same name, King of Thorn sets animated images in asensational cross between Aliens and Lost. Enigmatic andhighly explosive.SUMMER WARSSummer WarsSama wozuSun 27 Mar at 3.30pmMamoru Hosoda • Japan 2009 • 1h54m • Digital projectionJapanese with English subtitles • 12AWith the voices of Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, SumikoFuji, Ayumu Saito, Yoji Tanaka.When timid eleventh-grader and math genius Kenji Koisois asked by older student and secret crush Natsuki to comewith her to her family’s Nagano home for a summer job, heagrees without hesitation. Natsuki’s family, the Jinnouchiclan, dates back to the Muromachi era, and they’ve allcome together to celebrate the 90th birthday of the spunkymatriarch of the family, Sakae. That’s when Kenji discovershis ‘summer job’ is to pretend to be Natsuki’s fiancéand dance with her at the birthday celebration. As Kenjiattempts to keep up with Natsuki’s act around her family,he receives a strange math problem on his cell phonewhich, being a math genius, he can’t resist solving. As itturns out, the solution to the mysterious equation causes ahijacking of the social networking site through which mostof the world’s social and business traffic flows. It’s up toKenji and his new fake family to put reality back in order.

We Love Anime/My Perestroika/Youth Gangs on Film29SWORD OF THE STRANGERSword of the StrangerSutorenjia: Muko hadanSun 27 Mar at 6.00pmMasahiro Ando • Japan 2007 • 1h43m • 35mmJapanese with English subtitles • 15With the voices of Tomoya Nagase, Koichi Yamadera, Akio Otsuka,Yuki Chinen, Naoto Takenaka.This thrilling action anime is a hair-raising adventure lacedwith stunningly animated fight scenes and a high bodycount. Kotarou is a young boy pursued by the royal armyof China’s Ming dynasty. When his trusty dog Tobimaruis injured in an ambush he reluctantly hires a namelesssamurai for protection however, No-Name has a guilty pastto deal with along with some of China’s fiercest warriors.TICKETDEALSSee any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% offSee all four films in this season and get a Uniqlo goodie bagThese packages are available online, in person and on thephone, on both full price and concession price tickets.Tickets must all be bought at the same time.MY PERESTROIKASPECIALEVENTIn celebration of the 20th anniversary of the endof the USSR, Filmhouse, in association with theScotland Russia Forum, have chosen to screen thisinsightful document of the last generation of Sovietchildren brought up behind the Iron Curtain.My PerestroikaWed 23 Mar at 6.15pmRobin Hessman • USA/UK/Russia 2010 • 1h28m • DigibetaRussian with English subtitles • 15 • DocumentaryFive childhood classmates living in extraordinary times– from their sheltered Soviet childhood, to the collapseof the Soviet Union during their teenage years, to theconstantly shifting political landscape of post-Soviet Russia.Interweaving their contemporary world with rare homefootage from the 70s and 80s in the USSR, and officialSoviet propaganda films that surrounded them at thetime, director Robin Hessman depicts their memories andopinions that both complement and contradict each other,but together paint a complex picture of the challenges,dreams, and disillusionment of this generation in Moscowtoday.CITY OF GODYouth Gangs on Film:Representations and RealitiesThe final film screening in this short season whichformed the basis of a four-week course. Thescreening will be introduced and contextualised tyan academic expert on the social issues raised bythe film.City of God Cidade de DeusTue 8 Mar at 6.00pm + introFernando Meirelles • Brazil/France 2002 • 2h10m35mm • Portuguese with English subtitles18 – Contains strong language, drug use, and violenceCast: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen,Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen.A stunningly realised exploration of organised crime inthe sprawling shantytowns of Rio de Janeiro. Movingfrom the 60s to the 80s to chart the transformation of thetitular slum into a constant battleground between rivalgangs and the alternately corrupt/ineffectual cops, it’snarrated by young African-Brazilian Rocket, who looksback on the kids he grew up with and their journeys intodrug dealing and racketeering. Visually, it’s a triumph, andanchored by remarkable performances, developed over ayear’s improvision, with many performers resident in theneighbourhood and acting for the first time.

30 Courses, Workshops & Events/Café BarFILMHOUSE CAFE BARCourses, Workshops and EventsKnowledge and LearningAs part of the creation of the Centre For the Moving Image, the new umbrella organisation ofFilmhouse and Edinburgh International Film Festival, there is a new Knowledge and Learning teamwho will be arranging screenings for schools, workshops and learning events for all ages. For furtherinformation please contact Holly Daniel or Nicola Kettlewood on 0131 228 6382 or at education@filmhousecinema.comSchools ScreeningsPlease check our website for details of upcoming schools screenings(www.filmhousecinema.com/learning/schools-and-teachers)Screenwriters Group17 Mar, 21 Apr‘Screenwriters, EH’ holds free monthly meetings for screenwriters and filmmakers. Meetings are from7- 10pm in the Guild Rooms at Filmhouse, free and open to all. More information can be found atwww.scottishscreenwriters.ning.comExhibition: 24 Click!27 February - 13 MarchAn exhibition of film posters-classic contemporary and cult.Redesigned and hand printed by staff and students ofEdinburgh College of Art School of Design.Filmhouse Café BarDrop in for a cappuccino, espresso or herbal teaand enjoy one of our superb cakes.Our full menu runs from noon to 10pm sevendays a week!All our dishes are prepared on the premisesusing fresh ingredients.We’ve an extensive vegetarian range with avariety of daily specials.A glass of wine? Choose from nine! The bar hasreal choice in ales, beers and bottles.A special event? Just ask, we can probably help.Or just come and relax in the ambience!Opening hours:Sunday – Thursday 10am till 11.30pmFriday – Saturday 10am till 12.30am0131 229 5932 cafebar@filmhousecinema.comFilm QuizSunday 13 MarchFilmhouse’s phenomenally successful(and rather tricky) monthly quiz.Teams of up to eight people tobe seated in the café bar by 9pm.

New Bollocks CinemaMAILINGLISTSACCESSINFORMATIONTo have this monthly brochure sent toyou for a year, send £6 (cheques payableto Filmhouse Ltd) with your name andaddress and the month you wish yoursubscription to start.This brochure is also available todownload as a PDF from our website,www.filmhousecinema.comAlternatively, sign up to our emailing list tofind out what’s on when, and hear aboutspecial offers and competitions, by goingto www.filmhousecinema.comThere is a large printversion of the brochureavailable which can beposted to you free ofcharge.FUNDINGFILMHOUSECORPORATEMEMBERSThe Leith AgencyEQSNVast BlueNewhavenLine Digital LtdINFORMATION FOR PATRONS WITHDISABILITIESFilmhouse foyer and box office arereached via a ramped surface fromLothian Road. Our café-bar andaccessible toilet are also at this level. Themajority of seats in the café-bar are notfixed and can be moved.There is wheelchair access to all threescreens. Cinema one has space for twowheelchair users and these places arereached via the passenger lift; cinemastwo and three have one space eachand to get to these you need to use ourplatform lifts. Staff are always on hand tooperate them – please ask at the boxoffice when you purchase your tickets.Advance booking for wheelchair spacesis recommended. A second accessibletoilet is situated at the lower level closeto cinemas two and three. If you needto bring along a helper to assist youin any way, then they will receive acomplimentary ticket.There are induction loops and infra-redin all three screens for those with hearingimpairments. Our brochure carriesinformation on which films havesubtitles.We regularly have screenings with AudioDescription and subtitles for those withhearing difficulties – see page two fordetails of these.Email admin@filmhousecinema.com orcall the Box Office on 0131 228 2688 ifyou require further information.Filmhouse88 Lothian RoadEdinburghEH3 9BZwww.filmhousecinema.comBox Office: 0131 228 2688 (10am - 9pm)Recorded Programme Info: 0131 228 2689Gavin MillerChief Executive OfficerRod WhiteHead of ProgrammingRobert HowieCustomer Experience ManagerHolly Daniel & Nicola KettlewoodKnowledge & LearningAdministration: 0131 228 6382Fax: 0131 229 6482email: admin@filmhousecinema.comFilmhouse is a trading name of Centrefor the Moving Image (CMI), a companylimited by guarantee, registered inScotland No. 67087.Scottish Charity No. SC006793CMI also incorporates EdinburghInternational Film Festival and theEdinburgh Film Guild.Edinburgh International Film Festivalwww.edfilmfest.org.ukTel: 0131 228 4051 Fax: 0131 229 5501Edinburgh Film Guildwww.edinburghfilmguild.comTel: 0131 623 8027

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