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3 NOV 17 30 NOV 17 1 | 3 NOV 17 - 30 NOV 17 88 LOTHIAN ROAD | FILMHOUSECinema.COM FILMS WORTH TALKING ABOUT HOME OF THE EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL One man’s remake; another man’s reimagining… When I first heard that Sir Kenny Branagh was remaking Sydney Lumet’s 1973 apogee of the All-Star Cast film vehicle (or, perhaps, as he might prefer, reimagining of the 1934 Agatha Christie novel) Murder on the Orient Express, I confess I did pause to consider the wisdom of doing so, from the point of view of potential audience member, given that much of the enjoyment of a whodunnit is finding out who indeed did do it, and if you know that already, well… Which got me thinking about films I’ve watched more than once for which it could be said the destination is at least as important as the journey, and of the number of times I have been heard to say: “I know I’ve seen this, but I can’t remember for the life of me what happens at the end!” (With a memory like mine, whodunnits are the gift that keeps on giving...) Then I remembered how much I enjoyed watching TV’s And Then There Were None from a couple of years back, even though I had not forgotten that it was - SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! - the old Judge wot done it. And whatever happened to the All-Star ensemble film that once seemed so prevalent? Could it be that with how much these big names get paid these days – however unfairly split across the sexes – few can afford to make them!? Beyond MOTOE, from 3 Novmeber we have a very special engagement with David Lean’s classic/epic Lawrence of Arabia screening in a brand new and glorious 70mm print; Call Me By Your Name, which you really should not miss, continues; and I’d heartily recommend you catch Annette Bening as Gloria Grahame in Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool, Armando Iannucci’s often supremely funny The Death of Stalin and Yorgos (The Lobster) Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer; and our annual French Film Festival returns, marking, wait for it, its first quarter century… Zut alors! Rod White, Head of Filmhouse Filmhouse Explorer BUY A TICKET FOR... GET A HALF PRICE TICKET FOR Murder on the Orient Express (p 4) Call Me By Your Name (p 4) Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool (p 5) The Killing of a Sacred Deer (p 6) The Death of Stalin (p 6) French Film Festival UK (p 26-31) Gloria Grahame films (December) All tickets subject to availability. The half price voucher only applies to full price tickets. The 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) FILMHOUSE JUNIOR SCREENINGS Mon - Thu: £8.00 / £6.00 concessions Under 12s are £4.50 for any screening. Fri: £6.00 / £4.50 concessions CONCESSIONS Sat - Sun: £10.00 / £8.00 concessions Children (under 15s), Students (with matriculation eveninG SCREENINGS card), Young Scot card, Senior Citizens, Disability (carers go free), Claimants (Jobseekers Allowance, (starting 5pm and later) Disability Living Allowance, Housing Benefit), NHS £10.00 / £8.00 concessions employees (with proof of employment). 3D SCREENINGS add £2 to ticket price. Index BOX OFFICE 0131 228 2688 | PROGRAMME INFO 0131 228 2689 3 NOV 17 - 30 NOV 17 | 3 ACCESS/AUDIO DESC./CAPTIONED 38 Indochine 27 BABY & CARER SCREENINGS 38 Ismäel’s Ghosts 31 SCREENING DATES AND TIMES 20-22 Jean de Florette 30 The Jungle Bunch 24 78/52 4 Just to Be Sure 27 150 Milligrams 31 Keyla 12 Adaptation. 11 A Kid 28 Africa in Motion Film Festival 12-13 The Killing of a Sacred Deer 6 American Psycho 15 Lawrence of Arabia 70mm 6 Aurora 26 The LEGO Ninjago Movie 25 A Bag of Marbles 26 Liyana 13 Barbara 28 London Symphony 8 Batman Returns 15 Lost in Paris 31 Bay of Angels 27 Manon des Sources 30 Beauty and the Beast 25 Marathon Man 9 Before Summer Ends 29 Marija 32 Belle 18 Mossane 13 Biomedical Ethics Film Festival 35 Murder on the Orient Express 4 Bound 15 October 8 Brother Jakob 32 Phoenix 33 By the Law + live music from RM Hubbert 9 Privilege 16 Call Me By Your Name 4 Psycho 4 Corporate 27 Redoubtable 26 The Culpable 33 The Road to Mandalay 5 Cutting It? Behind the Scenes... BBFC 9 Sanctuary 34 Delicatessen 15 School of Life 29 De Voortrekkers 12 The Secret of Kells 24 The Death of Stalin 6 Senior Selections 18 The Double Lover 28 Short Cuts 30 Edinburgh Greek Film Festival 36-37 Short Docs Curated by Scottish Doc... 10 Edinburgh Short Film Festival 10 Shorts for Wee Ones 24 Education and Learning 23 Signs of Life + Short 7 Electro-Pythagorus: A Portrait of... 8 The Son of Bigfoot 25 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 11 Sorcerer 7 ESFF International & Award-Winning... 10 Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe 32 Faaji Agba 17 Step by Step 30 Farinelli 17 Submarine 8 Filmhouse Junior 24-25 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 14 Filmosophy: Being Charlie Kaufman 11 Tey 17 Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool 5 The Thing 14 Fitzcarraldo 7 This is Our Land 29 Fokus: Films from Germany 32-34 Uncanny Valley 15-16 French Film Festival UK 26-31 Wajdja 18 Frontiéres 13 The Wages of Fear 7 Fukushima Mon Amour 34 Who’s Your Dandy? 9 Future Baby 35 Winnie 12 Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami 5 Wolf Children 17 The Handmaid’s Tale 35 A Woman’s Life 28 Home Alone 25 The Workshop 29 Hördur 33 House Guest: Young Fathers 16-17 House Without Roof 33 I Am Not Your Negro 16 4 | 3 NOV 17 - 30 NOV 17 88 LOTHIAN ROAD | FILMHOUSECinema.COM New Releases NEW RELEASE NEW RELEASE Call ME BY YOUR Name MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Fri 27 Oct to Thu 16 Nov Fri 3 to Thu 30 Nov Luca Guadagnino • Italy/France/Brazil/USA 2017 • 2h12m • Digital Kenneth Branagh • Malta/Italy 2017 • 1h54m Digital • cert tbc • Cast: English, Italian, French and German with English subtitles Kenneth Branagh, Johnny Depp, Daisy Ridley, Judi Dench, Michelle 15 - Contains strong sex. • Cast: Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Pfeiffer, Willem Dafoe, Josh Gad, Olivia Colman, Penélope Cruz. Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel. This classic Agatha Christie tale is truly given the It’s northern Italy in the summer of 1983, and Hollywood treatment here in Kenneth Branagh’s precocious Italian-American teenager Elio (Timothée star-studded adaptation, featuring the likes of Judi Chalamet) spends his days in the family villa - Dench, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Olivia Colman engorged on classical music and scholarly pursuits. and more. What begins as a lavish railway journey Intellectually, Elio is a fully-fledged adult, but when a through Europe becomes a tantalising mystery charming American (Armie Hammer) arrives in their when - while the train is at a standstill - a passenger is midst - awakening desires beyond his immediate found murdered. Everyone aboard is now a suspect understanding - it will change both of their lives and, as chance would have it, Belgian super-sleuth forever. Sun-dappled, erudite and sensual, Luca Hercule Poirot (Branagh, sporting a quite spectacular Guadagnino’s film is based on André Aciman’s 2007 moustache) is on the scene - but he must be quick to novel, adapted here by James Ivory. solve the puzzle before the killer strikes again... NEW RELEASE 78/52 PSYCHO Fri 10 to Thu 16 Nov Fri 10 to Thu 16 Nov (select dates only) Alexandre O. Philippe • USA 2017 • 1h32m • Digital • 15 - Contains Alfred Hitchcock • USA 1960 • 1h49m • Digital • 15 - Contains strong images of sexual violence, bloody images. • Documentary featuring violence. • Cast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin. Guillermo del Toro, Jamie Lee Curtis, Danny Elfman, Bret Easton Ellis. A milestone in cinema history, 57 years on from Psycho reshaped what horror cinema was conceived Psycho’s release its brilliance remains undimmed. to be - a combination of pulp dread and high art Most of us will know what befalls Marion Crane that made it very clear that even spaces of domestic (Janet Leigh) at the Bates Motel, but it still boasts intimacy were fair game for brutality. This entertaining more than enough richly nuanced details to keep and fascinating documentary takes the famous us constantly amused, intrigued and pleasingly shower sequence and examines society in 1959, ill-at-ease. Bernard Herrmann’s unsettling score and Alfred Hitchcock’s meticulous process, the film’s vast Joseph Stefano’s darkly witty script work wonders, influence and how, with 78 camera set-ups and 52 too. In the end, however, through his mastery of cuts, one of the most enduring and iconic scenes in mischievous audience manipulation, this masterpiece cinema was wrought. Definitely see Psycho before is Hitchcock’s through and through. you watch. Book for Psycho and 78/52, get 15% off. Book for Psycho and 78/52, get 15% off. New Releases BOX OFFICE 0131 228 2688 | PROGRAMME INFO 0131 228 2689 3 NOV 17 - 30 NOV 17 | 5 NEW RELEASE FILM Stars DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL Fri 17 to Thu 30 Nov Paul McGuigan • UK 2017 • 1h45m • Digital • 15 - Contains strong language. • Cast: Jamie Bell, Annette Bening, Vanessa Redgrave, Stephen Graham, Julie Walters. Sultry Hollywood star Gloria Grahame (Annette Bening) - an Oscar® winner in 1952 for Vincente Minnelli’s The Bad and the Beautiful - finds herself far from home in the 1970s, treading the boards of the provincial UK theatre scene.