FILMS WORTH TALKING ABOUT 56 Days That Will Rock Your Cinema World!
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10 JAN 20 5 MAR 20 1 | 10 JAN 20 - 5 MAR 20 88 LOTHIAN ROAD | FILMHOUSECINEMA.COM FILMS WORTH TALKING ABOUT 56 days that will rock your cinema world! Well, here we are again… it’s Awards season! I was reminded of such by a communication that came my way from AMPAS (the Oscar® people) listing nine categories’ shortlists of potential nominees. Now, they’ve been doing that shortlist thing with Foreign Language films for quite some time – there’s a lot of films out there in the world, it would be rather too much for the Academy members to have to watch them all! – but, to my knowledge, they’ve not before done it with any other category. It may be it’s for the same reason of sheer volume as above, but I guess what it also does is allows a greater number of films a reason to mention their Academy Award status in their advertising. I can see it now, “Academy Award Nomination shortlisted…” written on the poster. Where will it all end I wonder, “Academy Award Nomination eligible…”? As luck would have [nothing to do with] it, one of the films on the Foreign Language short list – which at this point in time seems the overwhelming favourite – is Bong Joon Ho’s utterly brilliant Parasite, which takes its place alongside a programme of films that is simplythe best line-up of new cinema I’ve seen in a long time. There’s not just the aforementioned South Korean masterpiece, there’s Sam Mendes’ extraordinary ‘one-take’ wonder 1917 (google ‘1917 behind the scenes featurette’ and prepare to simply have to see this film); Taika (‘Wilderpeople’) Waititi’s WWII, Nazi Germany-set, Jojo Rabbit; Armando Iannucci’s breathless Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield; Robert Egger’s uniquely bonkers, fog-bound The Lighthouse; Kidman, Robbie and Theron taking on the Fox News patriarchy in Bombshell; and to cap it all off, and possibly the best of the lot, Céline Sciamma’sexquisite Portrait of a Lady on Fire. As if all this wasn’t enough, the 56 days contained herein also includes the best part of an entire Federico Fellini retrospective, in this the centenary year of his birth. Happy New Year!!! Rod White, Head of Programming Filmhouse Explorer BUY A TICKET FOR... Jojo Rabbit (p 4) and get a half price ticket for Uncut Gems (p 4) 1917 (p 4) and get a half price ticket for Parasite (p 5) A Hidden Life (p 5) and get a half price ticket for The Lighthouse (p 7) Bombshell (p 5) and get a half price ticket for Portrait of a Lady on Fire (p 7) Half price ticket purchase must be made within the same transaction - at Box Office, by phone or online. Tickets subject to availability. The half price offer only applies to full price tickets. Filmhouse Explorer ticket deal cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. The 50% discount is not valid for Friday matinee screenings. Ticket Prices MATINEES (shows starting prior to 5pm) CONCESSIONS Young person aged under 16 (£5.00 for all Mon - Thu: £9.00 / £7.00 concessions screenings), people aged 16-25, Students Fri: All tickets £5.00 (with matriculation card), Young Scot card, Sat - Sun: £11.00 / £9.00 concessions Senior Citizens (65 and over), Disability (carers EVENING SCREENINGS go free), Claimants (Jobseekers Allowance, (starting 5pm and later) Disability Living Allowance, Housing Benefit), £11.00 / £9.00 concessions NHS employees (with proof of employment). 3D SCREENINGS add £2 to ticket price. Index BOX OFFICE 0131 228 2688 | PROGRAMME INFO 0131 228 2689 10 JAN 20 - 5 MAR 20 | 3 ACCESS/AUDIO DESC./CAPTIONED 30 The Lighthouse 7 BABY & CARER SCREENINGS 30 Lisbon Beat 14 SCREENING DATES AND TIMES 16-19 Little Joe 7 10 From 19 11 Little Women 4 1917 4 Lost Highway 12 8 ½ 22 Midnight Traveler 6 A Hidden Life 5 Mom and Dad 27 A Minuscule Adventure 28 Moving Cinema 13 Abominable 28 Mr. Jones 6 Amarcord 21 My Neighbour Totoro 29 Amélie 13 Nebraska 10 Animation Workshops 26 The NeverEnding Story 29 The Biggest Little Farm 11 Nights of Cabiria 22 Bombshell 5 Ninotchka 9 Border 9 Once Upon A Time… in Hollywood 11 Brave 28 Orchestra Rehearsal 23 Casanova 21 Ordinary Love 6 Chicken Run 28 Parasite 5 City of Women 23 The Personal History of DC 5 The Clowns 23 Portrait of a Lady on Fire 7 Color out of Space 8 Queen of Hearts 6 Coraline 28 Sarah’s Key 9 Disobedience 9 Senior Selections 10 Edinburgh Short Film Festival… 12 Show Me The Picture: The Story… 8 Education and Learning 24-25 Son of Ox 15 EIFF: Countdown to the Big Score 12 Spirited Away 10 Federico Fellini 20-23 Staff Only 15 Fellini’s Roma 21 Stigmata 27 Fight Club 27 Talking about Trees 7 Filmhouse Junior 28-29 The Third Man 10 First Love 8 Tron 12 Fordlandia Malaise + Short 15 Uncanny Valley 27 Ginger & Fred 22 Uncut Gems 4 Hamada 14 The Voice of the Moon 22 Heavy Metal 27 We Need to Talk About Kevin 13 Heimat is a Space in Time 8 The White Sheik 21 Honeyland 11 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate... 28 I Vitelloni 21 IberoDocs 14-15 Il Bidone 23 Interview 23 The Irishman 11 Jojo Rabbit 4 Juliet of the Spirits 22 La Strada 20 Le Havre 10 4 | 10 JAN 20 - 5 MAR 20 88 LOTHIAN ROAD | FILMHOUSECINEMA.COM New Releases NEW RELEASE NEW RELEASE LITTLE WOMEN JOJO RABBIT Fri 27 Dec to Thu 16 Jan Fri 3 to Thu 30 Jan Greta Gerwig • USA 2019 • 2h15m • Digital • U - Contains very Taika Waititi • Czech Republic/New Zealand 2019 • 1h48m • Digital mild threat. • Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, 12A - Contains discrimination, violence, bloody images, sex Timothée Chalamet, Meryl Streep. references, strong language. • Cast: Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Taika Waititi, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson. Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy grow up in an intensely loving household. Their differing experiences of Jojo is a lonely young boy living in Germany in young womanhood reflect upon their wilfully the final months of the war. With his father absent, individual personalities. Themes of family devotion, Jojo is an enthusiastic albeit inept member of the enduring resolve and the ultimate tragedy make this Hitler Youth, with his imaginary friend none other beloved story a timeless classic. Weaving together than Adolf Hitler himself (Taika Waititi). But when the streams of Louisa May Alcott’s nineteenth- he discovers his mother has been hiding a young century novel, director Greta Gerwig (Ladybird) Jewish girl in their house, he is forced to confront the gives this adaptation of Little Women a renewed veracity of his own beliefs. Tackling the ludicrousness sense of emphatic empowerment in an ode to the of racism and nationalism, Taiki Waititi crafts a unwavering bond of sisterhood. riotously funny and surprisingly touching comedy. NEW RELEASE NEW RELEASE 1917 UNCUT GEMS Fri 10 Jan to Thu 6 Feb Fri 17 to Thu 23 Jan Sam Mendes • USA/UK 2019 • 1h59m • Digital • 15 - Contains strong Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie • USA 2019 • 2h14m • Digital • cert tbc injury detail, language. • Cast: George MacKay, Dean-Charles Cast: Adam Sandler, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel. Chapman, Richard Madden, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch. Adam Sandler gives a career-high performance as In a bid of true honour and immense courage, Howard Ratner, a charismatic New York City jeweller two young British soldiers, Schofield (Sunshine on and degenerate gambler always on the lookout for Leith’s George MacKay) and Blake are sent across the next big score. After coming into possession of abandoned enemy territory to deliver a very some rare African stones, Howard makes a series of important message. If they do not make it, hundreds high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a of soldiers will walk straight into a deadly attack - lifetime. But faced with marital problems, business and Blake’s brother is among them. Played in one issues and vicious debt collectors, he soon finds continuous shot, this poignant drama fully immerses himself in serious danger. The Sadfie brothers (Good you within the brutal reality and haunting fears of Time, Heaven Knows What) apply their signature trench warfare in the First World War. Directed and gritty feel to the tale, delivering an edge-of-your-seat, co-written by Sam Mendes and starring a host of electrifying crime comedy. British stars, 1917 is a masterpiece in the making. New Releases BOX OFFICE 0131 228 2688 | PROGRAMME INFO 0131 228 2689 10 JAN 20 - 5 MAR 20 | 5 NEW RELEASE NEW RELEASE A HIDDEN LIFE THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF Fri 17 to Thu 30 Jan DAVID COPPERFIELD Terrence Malick • Germany/USA 2019 • 2h53m • Digital • English, German Fri 24 Jan to Thu 6 Feb and Italian with English subtitles • 12A - Contains moderate violence, threat. • Cast: August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Matthias Schoenaerts. Armando Iannucci • UK/USA 2019 • 1h59m • Digital • PG - Contains mild violence, threat, brief bloody images. • Cast: Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw, Gwendoline Christie, Hugh Laurie. Based on real events, A Hidden Life tells the story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to From master satirist Armando Iannucci (The Death fight for the Nazis in World War II. When his peaceful of Stalin) comes The Personal History of David existence in rural Austria is disrupted by war breaking Copperfield, a hilarious and charming take on one out, Franz finds himself repulsed by the Nazi ideology, of Dickens’ best-loved novels. From adolescence to and refuses to swear allegiance to Hitler.