18 JAN 19 28 FEB 19 1 | 18 JAN 19 - 28 FEB 19 49 BELMONT STREET | BELMONTFILMHOUSE.COM What does it mean, ‘to play against type’? Come January/February you may find many examples. Usually it’s motivated by the opportunity to hold aloft a small gold-plated statue, but there are plenty memorable occasions where Hollywood’s elite pulled this trope off fantastically. Think Charlize Theron in Monster. Maybe Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine? Or Heath Ledger as Joker. These performances often come to dominate award season. Directors wrenching a truly transformative rendition out of their leads can be the difference between a potential big winner fading into obscurity, or being written into history. The class of 2019 appears particularly full of these turns. There might well be as much intrigue in figuring out which will be remembered, as in watching the performances themselves. ‘Unrecognisable as’ awards could go out to Margot Robbie as Elizabeth I in Mary Queen Of Scots; Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me?; Nicole Kidman in Destroyer; Christian Bale as Dick Cheney in Vice. Others of course have been down this road before. Steve Carell has come a long, long way since Michael Scott and he looks tremendous in Beautiful Boy. And Matt Dillon, who we’ll see in The House That Jack Built, has always had a penchant for the slightly off-colour. There’s probably no one more off-colour than Lars von Trier. Screening for one night only. At Belmont Filmhouse we try to play against type as much as possible. Well, within reason. We’re not just a cinema, but one that tries to find all those cinematic gems available, even at a time of the year where they can fall between the cracks created by higher profile awards season juggernauts. As well as all of the above, which look fantastic, we’ll also see If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins, Moonlight), the superb Burning (based on a Haruki Murakami short story) and Green Book, where Peter Farrelly appears to go more Coen Brothers than Farrelly Brothers. Don’t write these off for some top awards, either. For Valentine’s Day we show a pair of classics in Casablanca and The Lady Eve, with the terrific Call Me By Your Name showing downstairs. An executive decision deemed Blue Valentine too sad for the day itself, so it will show in Kino Bar the week before, and other KB picks include Highlander for Burns’ Night, Groundhog Day for Groundhog Day and Ghostbusters, just ‘cause. Other special screenings include another chance to see the tremendous 1945 on Holocaust Memorial Day in late January. Then in February, closing out the darkest of months is the great Aberdeen festival Granite Noir, for which we’ll screen three noir classics – Leave Her To Heaven, Laura and Gilda, plus Se7en showing in Kino Bar. A strong start to 2019. Colin Farquhar, Head of Cinema Operations Belmont Filmhouse Explorer BUY A TICKET FOR... Mary Queen of Scots (p 4) and get a half price ticket to Can You Ever Forgive Me? (p 6) Stan & Ollie (p 4) and get a half price ticket to Colette (p 4) The Favourite (p 5) and get a half price ticket to The Passenger (p 9) Green Book (p 6) and get a half price ticket to If Beale Street Could Talk (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. Belmont Filmhouse Explorer ticket deal cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. TICKET PRICES All tickets to Filmhouse Junior and Carer & Baby screenings are £4.50 ELEVENSES (Mon-Fri between 11am and noon) All tickets £6.50. Young people under the age of 16 can get £4.50 tickets to any screening (age restrictions apply) MATINEES (shows starting before 5pm) Mon - Fri: £8.50 full price, £6.50 concessions CONCESSIONS Sat - Sun: £10.00 full price, £8.00 concessions Students (with matriculation card), 16-25 year olds, EVENINGS (shows starting after 5pm) Young Scot card, Senior Citizens (60+), Disability £10.00 full price, £8.00 concessions (carers go free), Claimants (Jobseekers Allowance, Belmont Members get £1.50 off tickets Disability Living Allowance, Housing Benefit), NHS (Some restrictions apply) employees (with proof of employment). I ndex BOX OFFICE 01224 343 500 18 JAN 19 - 28 FEB 19 | 3 ACCESS/CAPTIONED 23 Leave Her to Heaven 15 BABY & CARER SCREENINGS 23 The LEGO Batman Movie 21 ‘RELAXED’ SCREENINGS 23 LUX Scotland Presents: Working in... 10 SCREENING DATES AND TIMES 12-14 LUX Scotland February screening 10 Mary Poppins Returns ‘Relaxed’ show 21 The 12th Man 5 Mary Queen of Scots 4 1945 10 Monsters and Men 7 Beautiful Boy 5 My Life as a Courgette 20 Blue Valentine 18 NT Live: I’m Not Running 11 Burning 8 On Her Shoulders 8 Call Me By Your Name 19 The Passenger 9 Can You Ever Forgive Me? 6 The Raft 7 Capernaum 22 Return of the Hero 5 Casablanca 10 ROH Live: Don Quixote 11 Colette 4 ROH Live: La Traviata 11 Destroyer 8 ROH Live: The Queen of Spades 11 Education & Learning 16-17 Se7en 19 The Favourite 5 Sing 21 Filmhouse Junior 20-21 Song of the Sea 20 The Front Runner 7 Stan & Ollie 4 Ghostbusters 19 Vice 8 Gilda 15 Young Programmers’ Picks 9 Granite Noir 15 Green Book 6 Groundhog Day 18 Highlander 18 The House That Jack Built 6 If Beale Street Could Talk 7 The King and the Mockingbird 20 Kino Bar 18-19 The Lady Eve 10 The Last Movie 9 Laura 15 4 | 18 JAN 19 - 28 FEB 19 49 BELMONT STREET | BELMONTFILMHOUSE.COM eleases R New NEW RELEASE Mary QUEEN OF Scots Fri 18 Jan to Thu 7 Feb Josie Rourke • UK 2018 • 2h4m • Digital • 15 - Contains strong violence, sex, sexual violence. • Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, David Tennant, Jack Lowden, Gemma Chan, Guy Pearce. Queen of France at 16 and widowed at 18, Mary Stuart (Saoirse Ronan) rejects the expectations for her to remarry and returns to Scotland to claim her rightful throne, but Scotland and England fall under the rule of the defiant Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie). Determined to rule as much more than a figurehead, Mary asserts her claim to the English throne, threatening Elizabeth’s sovereignty and throwing the idea of a peaceful kingdom into turmoil. Betrayal, rebellion, and conspiracies within each court imperil both thrones - and change the course of history. “A history lesson with more fire in the belly than most.” «««« - Empire Magazine NEW RELEASE NEW RELEASE Stan & OLLIE Colette Until Thu 24 Jan Until Thu 24 Jan Jon S. Baird • UK/Canada/USA 2018 • 1h38m • Digital • PG • Cast: John Wash Westmoreland • UK/USA 2018 • 1h51m • Digital • 15 - Contains C. Reilly, Steve Coogan, Shirley Henderson, Nina Arianda, Danny sexual scenes, nudity. • Cast: Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Eleanor Huston, Rufus Jones. Tomlinson, Aiysha Hart, Fiona Shaw, Dickie Beau. Starring Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as Laurel and At the turn of the 20th century, unconventional Hardy, Stan & Ollie is the heart-warming true story of country girl Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (Keira Knightley) Hollywood’s greatest comedy double act. With their has married a charismatic publisher 14 years her golden era long behind them, they embarked on a senior, known simply as Willy (Dominic West). She variety hall tour of British seaside towns and music is introduced into the fecund world of artistic halls. Accompanied by their wives Lucille (Shirley Paris where her creative appetite is sparked. The Henderson) and Ida (Nina Arianda), the pair’s love of opportunistic Willy permits Colette to write novels performing, as well as for each other is tested by the only if she does so in his name. The success of her rigours of what would become their farewell tour. Claudine series brings them fame, but no recognition Directed by Peterhead’s own Jon S. Baird, this is a of her talents, and so a wedge is driven between charming biopic picture with great performances. them, as Colette begins to truly discover herself. New BOX OFFICE 01224 343 500 18 JAN 19 - 28 FEB 19 | 5 R eleases NEW RELEASE NEW RELEASE THE FavoURITE BEAUTIFUL Boy Screening until Thu 24 Jan Fri 25 Jan to Thu 7 Feb Yorgos Lanthimos • UK/Ireland/USA 2019 • 1h59m • Digital • 15 - Felix Van Groeningen • USA 2018 • 2h • Digital • 15 - Contains drug Contains very strong language, strong sex. • Cast: Olivia Colman, misuse, frequent drug references, strong language, sex. • Cast: Steve Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Mark Gatiss, Joe Alwyn. Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Amy Ryan. The early 18th century; England is fighting the French Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet star in Felix Van and a frail, capricious Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) Groeningen’s English language debut, based on the sits on the throne; though due to her poor health she best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son relies on her close friend Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) to David and Nic Sheff. When Nic (Chalamet) begins govern on her behalf. But as the politics of war begin experimenting with marijuana, his relaxed father to consume Sarah’s time, a new servant Abigail (Emma David (Carell) isn’t alarmed, but soon becomes so Stone) steps into the breach; beginning a rapidly when Nic’s initially casual interest in drugs spirals into burgeoning friendship with the Queen that gives an urgent addiction to crystal meth. As he transforms Abigail a chance to restore her social status.