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INDEX INDEX AUDIODESCRIPTIONANDSUBTITLES 

SCREENING DATES AND TIMES 14-15 

TICKET PRICES & INFORMATION 15 

GENERAL INFORMATION 27 

7 Days in Havana 4 

The 39 Steps 18 

360 5 

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry 8 

All About Eve 11 

The Asphalt Jungle 11 

The Assassination of Jesse James... 23 

Atonement 22 

Beyond Borders: Small Nations in Cinema 24 

Big Screen TV 12-13 

Blackmail 20 

Brave 4 

The Cement Garden 23 

Come and See... 23 

Doctor Who 13 

Dr Seuss’ The Lorax 21 

Eames: The Architect And The Painter 7 

Enduring Love 22 

Festival of Spirituality and Peace 25 

Filmhouse Cafe Bar 26 

Filmhouse Membership & Loyalty Cards 28 

Filmhouse Quiz 26 

The Forgiveness of Blood 8 

Frenzy 20 

Friday Night Dinner 12 

Funeral Season 25 

The Genius of Hitchcock 16-20 

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 10 

The Giants 5 

God Bless America 4 

Guelwaar 25 

Hansel of Film 13 

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 23 

How to Train Your Dragon 22 

Hunted 13 

I Came to Testify 24 

I Confess 19 

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift 21 

Inside Job 22 

KinoKlub 20 

Kosmos 6 

Kulajo: My Heart is Darkened 24 

The Lodger 17 

The Lost Art of the Film Explainer 20 

Loving Miss Hatto 13 

Lying and Liars on film 26 

The Misfits 10 

Monkey Business 11 

My Week With Marilyn 11 

Niagara 10 

No Time to Die 25 

North by Northwest 18 

Nostalgia for the Light 5 

Notorious 17 

Our Week With Marilyn 10-11 

The Paradine Case 19 

Pray the Devil Back to Hell 24 

The Prince and the Showgirl 11 

The Princess and the Frog 21 

Restrepo 24 

Sabotage 17 

Saboteur 19 

Samsara 7 

SciScreen 23 

Searching for Sugar Man 8 

Second Light Storytelling Lab Shorts 26 

Secret Agent 17 

Shadow Dancer 6 

Silent Souls 7 

A Simple Life 6 

Some Like It Hot 10 

Sound of My Voice 9 

Spy 20 

Stage Fright 18 

Stalker 22 

To Kill a Mockingbird 9 

Topaz 19 

Torn Curtain 19 

Weans’ World 21 

Woman in a Dressing Gown 9 

Words & Pictures 22-23 

The Wrong Man 19 

Young and Innocent 18 

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us, whenever the necessary digital files are 

available, to show onscreen subtitles for 

customers who are deaf or hard of hearing, 

and provide audio description (via infra-red 

headsets) for those who are sight-impaired. 

This issue, all screenings of Brave and Shadow 

Dancer will have audio description, and the 

following screenings will also have subtitles: 

Brave – Sun 12 Aug at 1.00pm 

Shadow Dancer – Tue 4 Sep at 6.00pm 

FORCRYINGOUTLOUD 

Screenings for carers and their babies! 

Brave – Mon 6 Aug at 11am 

The Lodger – Mon 13 Aug at 11am 

Searching for Sugar Man – Mon 20 Aug at 11am 

To Kill a Mockingbird – Mon 27 Aug at 11am 

Samsara – Mon 3 Sep at 11am 

Screenings are limited to babies under 12 

months accompanied by no more than two 

adults. Baby changing, bottle warming and 

buggy parking facilities are available. 

Tickets £3.40/£2.50 concessions per adult. 

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BRAVE SHADOW DANCER SAMSARA 

“Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.” – Alfred Hitchcock 

Introduction 

I know politicians always struggle with U-turns, or rather they used to – the lady was not for turning, though the present incumbent seems to 

have less of a problem with it – but with admittedly less to lose, I’ve never been too proud to change my mind about anything, at least when 

the cold hard incontrovertible facts to the contrary are literally staring me in the face. I’m speaking of the 3rd Dimension, as applied to cinema 

exhibition. Avid readers of this column (ahem) may recall my scant dismissal of the technology back in June of last year – they may not – but what 

has happened in the interim to change my opinion? I saw Pixar’s Brave, that’s what, and I have to say I thought it was marvellous. So much so 

we’ve booked it in here for a run and are having 3D installed! I’m not a confirmed fan of 3D per se, but I can see the worth of it when used well 

– and Brave uses it exceptionally well. It’s great in 2D too, mind! The all-Scots voice cast, particularly a film-stealing Billy Connolly, are ace, and any 

coming-of-age tale about a 16-year-old girl [in an ancient and beautifully rendered Scotland] that easily holds this old cynic’s attention has just 

got to be good. As the old board game cliché would have it, it’s very much “For Children of All Ages!” 

Other new films in August deserving of special mention... James (Project Nim, Man on Wire) Marsh’s superb Shadow Dancer, a sort of ‘Tinker 

Tailor for the Troubles’ starring Andrea Riseborough and Clive Owen as IRA member-turned-MI5-informant and her handler, respectively; the 

astonishingly beautiful Samsara is Ron Fricke’s 20-years-later follow up to his stunning ‘documentary’ Baraka and is well worth the wait; and Hong 

Kong filmmaker (and subject of a short retrospective here in 2010) Ann Hui’s A Simple Life is as tender and moving a family drama as you’ll find 

anywhere. 

August sees the launch of our most ambitious retrospective ever (it’s so big we have to spread it over 3 months!) a pretty-close-to-entire 

Hitchcock retrospective, which includes a host of restorations and rare, imported prints. This is a massive undertaking for us and didn’t come 

cheap, so any support you can give us, by simply coming to see the films, would be hugely appreciated. I’d personally like to thank our friends 

at BFI Southbank without whose help we would never be able mount such a season. We mark the 50th anniversary of the untimely death of 

movie icon Marilyn Monroe with every film she’s in that we could find a print of in the UK, and we are delighted to be showing the Universal 

Studios centenary (of the company, not the film!) restoration of the American Classic To Kill A Mockingbird. And our continued partnerships with 

Edinburgh International Book Festival and the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival this year sees us welcoming, among 

others, Cressida Cowell, Ian McEwan, Victoria Wood and Steven Moffat to take part in Q&As. 

And with as much hubris as I can muster: “Always give the audience what they want, as often as possible.” – Rod White 

Rod White, Head of Filmhouse 

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4 New releases 

BRAVE 7 DAYS IN HAVANA GOD BLESS AMERICA 

NEWRELEASE 

Brave 

Fri 3 to Thu 23 Aug 

Mark Andrews & Brenda Chapman • USA 2012 • 1h40m 

Digital projection • PG – Contains some scary scenes 

With the voices of Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma 

Thompson, Julie Walters, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin McKidd. 

A grand adventure full of heart, memorable characters 

and signature Pixar humour. Headstrong Merida (voice of 

Kelly Macdonald) a skilled archer and impetuous daughter 

of King Fergus (Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (Emma 

Thompson), defies an age-old custom and inadvertently 

unleashes chaos, forcing her to discover the meaning of 

true bravery before it’s too late. 

A success on every level, and stunningly realised in both 

2D and 3D, Brave is a treat from start to finish. 

Selected screenings will be in 3D – see grid on pages 

14 - 15 for details. For 3D screenings there will be an 

extra charge of £2 per ticket. 

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NEWRELEASE NEWRELEASE 

7 Days in Havana 7 días en La Habana 

Fri 3 to Tue 7 Aug 

Laurent Cantet, Benicio Del Toro, Julio Medem, Gaspar Noé, Elia 

Suleiman, Juan Carlos Tabío, Pablo Trapero • France/Spain 2012 

2h9m • Digital projection • Spanish with English subtitles 

15 – Contains strong language and sex 

Cast: Josh Hutcherson, Daniel Brühl, Emir Kusturica, Melissa 

Rivera, Elia Suleiman. 

Seven directors each take on a single day within one week 

in Havana, to tell the city’s stories. 

A young American is offered an unconventional tour 

of the city by cab driver; a beautiful Cuban singer must 

decide between a career in Spain and her boyfriend; 

a Palestinian writer assigned to interview a prominent 

Cuban figure wanders the streets of Havana as he waits for 

his appointment. 

Featuring an eclectic cast that includes Josh Hutcherson, 

Daniel Brühl and Emir Kusturica, 7 Days in Havana is a 

slice of Cuban life that uncovers the diverse strata of this 

fascinating city. 

God Bless America 

Fri 3 to Sun 5 Aug 

Bobcat Goldthwait • USA 2011 • 1h45m • Digital projection 

15 – Contains strong violence and language, once very strong 

Cast: Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr, Mackenzie Brooke Smith, 

Melinda Page Hamilton, Rich McDonald. 

The perfect black comedy for those who long for a swift 

and violent antidote to the idiocy of contemporary media 

culture. Divorced, diagnosed with terminal cancer, and 

fired from his job, middle-aged Frank (Joel Murray) figures 

he has nothing to lose by killing an obnoxious reality-TV 

celebrity with an overdeveloped sense of entitlement. 

High-school student Roxy (Tara Lynne Barr), who witnesses 

and applauds Frank’s deed, is thrilled to join him on a road 

trip of cultural serial-killing. 

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THE GIANTS NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT 360 

NEWRELEASE 

The Giants Les géants 

Mon 6 to Thu 9 Aug 

Bouli Lanners • Belgium 2011 • 1h24m • Digital projection • 

French with English subtitles • 15 – Contains strong language, 

hard and soft drug use and sex 

Cast: Zacharie Chasseriaud, Paul Bartel, Marthe Keller, Karim 

Leklou, Martin Nissen. 

Zak and Seth are moping away the humid Belgian summer 

in the countryside until Danny appears, a neighbour their 

age. He gives the brothers back their sense of adventure, 

drawing them out into the lush green nature that isn’t 

quite as hospitable as it seems. No doubt about it: this 

summer is going to change their lives. 

Bouli Lanners’ latest is a modern, poetic, bittersweet 

fairytale about fragile family bonds and pure friendships. 

NEWRELEASE 

Nostalgia for the Light Nostalgia de la luz 

Wed 8 & Thu 9 Aug 

Patricio Guzmán • France/Germany/Chile/Spain/USA 2010 

1h34m • Digital projection 

Spanish and English with English subtitles 

12A – Contains images of dead bodies • Documentary 

For his new film master director Patricio Guzmán, famed 

for his political documentaries (The Battle of Chile, The 

Pinochet Case), travels 10,000 feet above sea level to the 

driest place on earth, the Atacama Desert, where atop the 

mountains astronomers from all over the world gather to 

observe the stars. The sky is so translucent that it allows 

them to see right to the boundaries of the universe. 

The Atacama is also a place where the harsh heat of the 

sun keeps human remains intact: those of Pre-Columbian 

mummies; 19th century explorers and miners; and the 

remains of political prisoners, ‘disappeared’ by the Chilean 

army after the military coup of September, 1973. 

So while astronomers examine the most distant and oldest 

galaxies, at the foot of the mountains, women, surviving 

relatives of the disappeared whose bodies were dumped 

here, search, even after twenty-five years, for the remains 

of their loved ones, to reclaim their families’ histories. 

Melding the celestial quest of the astronomers and the 

earthly one of the women, Nostalgia for the Light is a 

gorgeous, moving, and deeply personal odyssey. 

NEWRELEASE 

New releases 

360 


Fernando Meirelles • UK/Austria/France/Brazil 2011 • 1h50m 

Digital projection • English, German, Arabic, French, Portuguese 

and Russian with English subtitles 

15 – Contains strong language and sex 

Cast: Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Foster, 

Moritz Bleibtreu. 

Director Fernando Meirelles (City of God) reunites with his 

Constant Gardener star Rachel Weisz, who stars opposite 

Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, and Ben Foster in this 

uncompromising dramatic thriller fuelled by the notion of 

how sexual relationships can transgress social boundaries. 

A lonely English businessman (Jude Law) is blackmailed by 

a colleague who discovers his plans to meet a prostitute 

while travelling abroad. A married woman (Rachel Weisz) 

tries to break things off with her younger paramour. 

A Brazilian student (Maria Flor) decides to leave her 

London-based boyfriend and return to Rio. A recovering 

alcoholic (Anthony Hopkins) flies to Phoenix in search 

of his long-missing daughter. A paroled sex offender 

(Ben Foster) stuck in a Denver airport has his hard-won 

composure tested when a beautiful stranger unexpectedly 

propositions him. 

Linking stories of chance, temptation and unexpected 

friendship while travelling through Vienna, Paris, London, 

Bratislava, Rio de Janeiro, Denver and Phoenix (and back 

again), 360 takes us around the world, surveying the 

breadth of human experience at every stop. 

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KOSMOS A SIMPLE LIFE SHADOW DANCER 

NEWRELEASE NEWRELEASE NEWRELEASE 

Kosmos 


Reha Erdem • Turkey/Bulgaria 2010 • 2h2m 

Digital projection • Turkish with English subtitles 

12A – Contains scenes of animal slaughter 

Cast: Sermet Yesil, Türkü Turan, Serkan Keskin, Hakan Altuntas, 

Akin Anli. 

Arriving seemingly on the wind in a nameless border town 

just in time to save a drowning child, Kosmos is greeted 

with open arms by the villagers, not least the man whose 

child he saved, and is declared a miracle worker. An exotic 

and eccentric presence among the flat-capped locals, their 

benign tolerance of Kosmos’s unpredictable ways and 

gnostic pronouncements is tested by his reluctance to fit in. 

Set against the backdrop of an unspecified border dispute 

and with an elemental setting, director Reha Erdem has 

created a stunning and surreal fable that tilts towards the 

visionary. 

Matinee Special! 

If you’re a Senior Citizen you can now go to a 

matinee screening and get either soup of the day 

OR a cup of tea or coffee and a traycake for only £6! 

Offer runs from Mondays to Thursdays inclusive and 

only applies to screenings starting before 5.00pm. Ask 

for the Matinee Special deal at the box office and you’ll 

receive a voucher which can be exchanged in the café 

bar between 1.30pm and 5.00pm that day only. Offer is 

subject to availability and only available in person. 

A Simple Life Tao jie 


Ann Hui • Hong Kong 2011 • 1h58m • Digital projection 

Cantonese, English and Mandarin with English subtitles • cert tbc 

Cast: Andy Lau, Deannie Yip, Hark Tsui, Hailu Qin, Paul Chun. 

With perfectly judged performances from Andy Lau 

and Deannie Yip, Ann Hui’s moving film looks at the 

relationship between a man and his devoted family 

servant. Yip plays Ah Tao, who has worked for the Leung 

family for 60 years. For the past decade, the only member 

of the family left in Hong Kong is Roger, who works in the 

film industry. After suffering a stroke, Ah Tao asks to be 

admitted to a nursing home, where she becomes part of a 

new family made up of colourful characters. All the while, 

as roles are reversed, Roger tenderly cares for her as she 

enters the final phase of her life. 

Based on a true story, A Simple Life delicately traces a 

decades-long bond with pathos and humour. 

Shadow Dancer 

Fri 24 Aug to Thu 13 Sep 

James Marsh • UK/Ireland 2012 • 1h42m • Digital projection 

15 – Contains strong language and violence 

Cast: Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough, Gillian Anderson, Aidan 

Gillen, Domhnall Gleeson. 

When a young IRA member is forced to turn informant for 

MI5, nobody expects the disastrous chain of events that 

is about to unfold. Adapted by Tom Bradby from his own 

2001 novel, this outstanding thriller from Oscar®-winning 

director James Marsh (Man on Wire, Project Nim) boasts 

outstanding central performances from Clive Owen and 

Andrea Riseborough as the main protagonists caught in 

a complex web of political intrigue, set against a deeply 

insightful depiction of pre-peace-process Belfast. Think 

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy set during the Troubles. 

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EAMES: THE ARCHITECT AND THE PAINTER SILENT SOULS SAMSARA 

NEWRELEASE 

Eames: The Architect And The Painter 

Fri 24 to Mon 27 Aug 

Jason Cohn & Bill Jersey • USA 2011 • 1h23m • Digital projection 

cert tbc 

Documentary, narrated by James Franco 

The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are 

widely regarded as America’s most important designers. 

Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood 

and fibreglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a 

mind-bending variety of other products, from splints for 

wounded military during World War II, to photography, 

interiors, multi-media exhibits, graphics, games, films and 

toys. But their personal lives and influence on significant 

events in American life – from the development of 

modernism, to the rise of the computer age – has been 

less widely understood. 

Narrated by James Franco, Eames: The Architect and The 

Painter is the first film since their death dedicated to these 

creative geniuses and their work. 

NEWRELEASE 

Silent Souls Ovsyanki 


Aleksei Fedorchenko • Russia 2010 • 1h18m 

Digital projection • Russian with English subtitles 

15 – Contains infrequent strong sex and sex references 

Cast: Igor Sergeev, Yuriy Tsurilo, Yuliya Aug, Ivan Tushin, Olga 

Dobrina. 

The rites and rituals of the Merja people – an ethnic 

minority of Finno-Urgric extraction originally from the 

Volga region of Russia – form the backbone of this lyrical, 

sensual and dreamlike film about love and loss. After 

his beloved wife Tanja dies, pulp factory boss Miron 

calls on his best friend Aist to help him with his final 

goodbye. With water as a key element, director Aleksei 

Fedorchenko beautifully weaves the myths and traditions 

of this vanishing culture into his poetic film. The result is a 

melancholy and mystical journey following the complex 

and twisting currents of the human heart. 

NEWRELEASE 

New releases 

Samsara 


Ron Fricke • USA 2011 • 1h42m • Digital projection • No dialogue 

12A – Contains sexual images, dead bodies and factory farming 

scenes • Documentary 

Samsara reunites director Ron Fricke and producer Mark 

Magidson, whose previous films Baraka and Chronos 

were acclaimed for combining visual and musical artistry. 

Samsara expands on their effort to portray the connections 

between humanity and nature in a bold way. 

Filmed for over four years and in more than twenty 

countries, the film transports us through multiple 

cultures to sacred grounds, disaster sites, industrialised 

zones and natural wonders. By dispensing with dialogue 

and descriptive text, the filmmakers subvert our 

expectations of a documentary. Instead, they encourage 

our own interpretations inspired by images and musical 

compositions that infuse the ancient with the modern. 

Early on, we watch a group of Buddhist monks in Ladakh 

perform the painstaking ritual of creating a sand mandala. 

Kneeling in a circle, the monks work separately – shaking 

coloured grains of sand from small tubes into an intricate 

design – and thereby compose a collective work of art. 

Other tableaux include the surrealist wreckage of houses 

after Hurricane Katrina, the testing of lifelike robots 

alongside their human counterparts, group exercises in a 

prison, garbage pickers in an endless horizon of trash and 

Muslim pilgrims circling around the tomb at Mecca. 

For filmgoers who cherished the revelations of Baraka 

almost twenty years ago, Samsara proves to be worth the 

wait. 

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8 New releases/Maybe you missed 

THE FORGIVENESS OF BLOOD SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY 

NEWRELEASE 

The Forgiveness of Blood 

Tue 4 to Thu 6 Sep 

Joshua Marston • USA/Albania/Denmark/Italy 2011 • 1h49m 

Digital projection • Albanian with English subtitles • cert tbc 

Cast: Tristan Halilaj, Refet Abazi, Sindi Lacej, Ilire Vinca Celaj. 

Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the Berlin 

Film Festival, the powerful second feature from Joshua 

Marston (Maria Full of Grace) tells the story of an Albanian 

family caught up in a blood feud. 

Nik (Tristan Halilaj) is a carefree teenager in a small town, 

with a crush on the school beauty and ambitions to start 

his own small internet business. His world is suddenly 

up-ended when his father becomes entangled in a dispute 

that leaves a fellow villager murdered. According to a 

centuries-old code of law known as the Kanun, Nik’s family 

owes a life in return. Nik finds himself the prime target 

and becomes confined to home while his younger sister 

Rudina (Sindi Laçej) is forced to leave school and take over 

their father’s business. 

Marston transports us into a world rarely seen on screen, 

where tradition and modernity clash putting young lives 

in the balance. 

MAYBEYOUMISSED MAYBEYOUMISSED 

Searching for Sugar Man 

Fri 17 to Mon 20 Aug 

Malik Bendjelloul • Sweden/UK 2012 • 1h26m • Digital projection 

12A – Contains one use of strong language and moderate drug 

references • Documentary 

Winner of the Audience Award at this year’s Sundance 

Film Festival, this engaging documentary follows the 

improbable-but-true story of reclusive US soul singersongwriter 

Rodriguez, who, in early-’70s Detroit, was 

touted as the next big thing. Former Motown boss 

Clarence Avant signed him and released two albums, 

but despite good reviews, Rodriguez failed to make the 

US charts. Further from home, however, his style struck a 

chord: in Apartheid-era South Africa he was ‘bigger than 

Elvis’. Stories about the elusive singer abounded – he died 

onstage, he overdosed – but years later, two dedicated 

fans decide to track him down. The story that emerges, 

told against the background of Rodriguez’s standout 

music, is unbelievably heart-warming. 

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry 

Tue 28 to Thu 30 Aug 

Alison Klayman • USA 2012 • 1h31m • Digital projection 

English and Mandarin with English subtitles 

15 – Contains strong language • Documentary 

At his Beijing studio, internationally heralded conceptual 

artist and dissident Ai Weiwei oversees an expert staff 

busily executing his ideas ahead of an upcoming show at 

Tate Modern; a colony of cats freely roams the grounds 

(one, marvels Ai, can even open doors); and a bulky 

surveillance camera squats conspicuously atop a nearby 

pole – a constant reminder to tenants that the state is 

watching. The battle between the Chinese government 

and Ai, a savvy devotee of Twitter and online activism, 

acquires many forms and shades. Alison Klayman’s camera 

captures an impressive range of them in this persuasive 

firsthand portrait, which doubles as a rousing snapshot of 

the New China.

Maybe you missed/Restored classics 

SOUND OF MY VOICE TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD WOMAN IN A DRESSING GOWN 

MAYBEYOUMISSED RESTOREDCLASSIC 

Sound of My Voice 

Fri 31 Aug to Mon 3 Sep 

Zal Batmanglij • USA 2011 • 1h25m • Digital projection 

15 – Contains strong language 

Cast: Christopher Denham, Nicole Vicius, Brit Marling, Davenia 

McFadden, Kandice Stroh. 

Writer/actress Brit Marling has emerged in the past year as 

the hot new voice in science-fiction filmmaking. Another 

Earth, which she co-wrote and starred in, caused a stir, and 

now the even better Sound of My Voice, again co-written 

by and starring Marling, is prompting some critics to 

suggest she is the future of the genre. And that would 

seem appropriate, given that her character here purports 

to come from the future... 

Without spoiling more of Marling and director Zal 

Batmanglij’s delicious plot, suffice it to say that a pair of 

documentary filmmakers (Christopher Denham and Nicole 

Vicius), determined to craft an exposé about a cult, end up 

being drawn into it by its charismatic and perhaps sinister 

leader (Marling). Gripping drama follows, as compelling 

mind games play themselves out and the audience finds 

itself as wrong-footed and unsure of the truth as the 

intrepid doc makers are. 

To Kill a Mockingbird 


Robert Mulligan • USA 1962 • 2h9m • Digital projection 

PG – Contains racist language, mild threat and mild sex 

references 

Cast: Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, Brock Peters, 

Rosemary Murphy. 

Beautifully adapted from Harper Lee’s semiautobiographical, 

Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of 1960, To 

Kill a Mockingbird is a hauntingly nostalgic portrayal of 

childhood mischief set in a racially divided Alabama town 

in the 1930s. 

Gregory Peck plays incorruptible lawyer Atticus Finch, 

a widower with two children, 10-year-old Jem and 

tomboyish 6-year-old Scout. During the summer, the 

kids amuse themselves by rolling each other down the 

street in a tire or playing in a treehouse. What occupies 

them most, however, is the creaky wooden house where 

Boo Radley, allegedly crazy and chained to his bed, lives. 

Meanwhile, Atticus agrees to represent a young black man 

who is accused of raping a white woman. A number of 

people try to pressure him into stepping down from the 

case, but his pursuit of justice is unwavering. As the trial 

proceeds, Atticus, Jem and especially Scout learn as much 

about each other as they do about their own fears and 

prejudices. 

RESTOREDCLASSIC 

Woman in a Dressing Gown 


J Lee Thompson • UK 1957 • 1h34m • Digital projection 

PG – Contains mild language and sex references 

Cast: Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, Andrew Ray, 

Carole Lesley. 

A decade before kitchen sink cinema became de rigeur, 

Woman in a Dressing Gown existed as a heartbreaking 

British melodrama to rival in feeling the women’s pictures 

of Douglas Sirk and Nicholas Ray. Intensely claustrophobic, 

with an almost oppressive filmmaking dynamic, the film is 

a simmering tale of the impact of adultery on the psyche 

of three desperate characters in post-war London. As the 

eponymous Woman, hanging from a thread while the 

dishes pile up around her, Yvonne Mitchell won the Silver 

Bear for Best Actress at the 7th Berlin International Film 

Festival. 

Made with kinetic brio by director J Lee Thompson, whose 

trade in hard-edged dramas such as Yield to the Night 

and Ice Cold in Alex led to his later triumph, the brutal 

thriller Cape Fear, the film offers an innovative social realist 

approach, touching on the era’s raw divisions of class and 

echoing the Angry Young Man wave of British theatre at 

the time, but with a distinctly feminine edge. 

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10 Our Week With Marilyn 

NIAGARA SOME LIKE IT HOT 

GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES THE MISFITS 

Our Week 

With Marilyn 

To mark fifty years since her death 

on 5 August 1962, a season of films 

featuring (or, in the case of My Week 

with Marilyn, about) the most iconic 

actress of the 20th century. 

Niagara 

Sun 5 Aug at 4.00pm 

Henry Hathaway • USA 1953 • 1h29m • 35mm • PG 

Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Max 

Showalter, Denis O’Dea. 

While in Niagara Falls, a honeymooning couple (Jean 

Peters and Casey Adams) become unwittingly involved in 

the deadly marital tensions of their troubled neighbours, 

Rose Loomis (Marilyn Monroe at her most sensual) and her 

husband George (Joseph Cotten). This taut melodrama 

– best known for starring Monroe in one of her few ‘bad 

girl’ roles – benefits from director Henry Hathaway’s strong 

use of colour, sharp camera angles, and location shooting. 

Some Like It Hot 


Billy Wilder • USA 1959 • 2h1m • Digital projection • U 

Cast: Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, Joe E Brown, 

George Raft. 

In a story of increasingly wild absurdity, Some Like it Hot 

follows the antics of two musicians (Tony Curtis and Jack 

Lemmon) who, after witnessing the St Valentine’s Day 

Massacre, escape from the Mob by dressing up in drag 

and joining an all-girl band. Comic complications aplenty 

ensue when Tony Curtis – now a pouting girl – strives to 

express his desire for Marilyn Monroe, while Jack Lemmon 

– equally high-voiced and simpering – is being pursued 

by an amorous Joe E Brown, who has one of the funniest 

– and most radical – final punchlines in screen comedy. 

Some Like It Hot is one of those rare movies where all the 

elements gel all the time. Both Curtis and Lemmon display 

a real feeling for sexual ambiguity and full-blown silliness, 

while Marilyn provides a suitably contrasting innocence to 

the antics of the two rogues. 

TICKETDEALS 

Buy any three (or more) tickets for films in this season 

and get 15% off 

Buy any six (or more) tickets for films in this season and 

get 25% off 

Buy any nine (or more) tickets for films in this season 


These offers are available online, in person and on the 

phone, on both full price and concession price tickets. 

Tickets must all be bought at the same time. 

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 

Mon 6 Aug at 8.50pm 

Howard Hawks • USA 1953 • 1h28m • Digital projection • U 

Cast: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid. 

Lorelei Lee (Marilyn Monroe) and her friend Dorothy Shaw 

(Jane Russell) are a pair of showgirls, Dorothy the sassy one 

looking for true love, Lorelei the blonde hoping to marry a 

millionaire, with her sights set on Gus Esmond, a wealthy 

nerd stuck under his father’s thumb. When Lorelei and 

Dorothy take a transatlantic cruise to Paris, an undercover 

detective follows to find out if Lorelei is really a golddigging 

schemer. Unfortunately, the irrepressible Lorelei 

is a born flirt, and soon finds herself in a compromising 

position with Sir Francis Beekman (Charles Coburn), owner 

of a diamond mine. The girls have to use all their wits to 

get out of trouble and still find love and marriage. 

The Misfits 

Tue 7 Aug at 8.30pm 

John Huston • USA 1961 • 2h5m • 35mm • PG 

Cast: Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Thelma 

Ritter, Eli Wallach. 

The final completed film of stars Clark Gable and Marilyn 

Monroe is an elegy for the death of the Old West from writer 

Arthur Miller and director John Huston. Gable stars as Gay 

Langland, an aging hand travelling the byways and working 

at rodeos with his two comrades, Guido (Eli Wallach) and 

young Perce Howland (Montgomery Clift). The three men 

come up with a plan to corral some misfit mustangs and 

sell them for dog food, but Gay’s new girlfriend Roslyn Taber 

(Marilyn Monroe), a high-minded ex-stripper who has just 

divorced her husband in Reno, is appalled by the plan.

Our Week With Marilyn 

MONKEY BUSINESS THE ASPHALT JUNGLE MY WEEK WITH MARILYN 

ALL ABOUT EVE 

Monkey Business 

Wed 8 Aug at 6.15pm 

Howard Hawks • USA 1952 • 1h37m • 35mm • U 

Cast: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, Charles 

Coburn, Hugh Marlowe. 

Immaculate screwball comedy by its greatest practitioners, 

in which Cary Grant plays an absent-minded chemist 

in search of a youth drug. The chaos starts when a 

mischievous chimp accidentally mixes the magic formula 

into the water cooler, whereupon Grant and wife Ginger 

Rogers take turns to regress into childhood. Marilyn 

Monroe plays Grant’s stereotypically dumb blonde 

secretary, and very nearly steals every scene she’s in. 

The Asphalt Jungle 

Thu 9 Aug at 8.15pm 

John Huston • USA 1950 • 1h52m • 35mm 

PG – Contains mild violence 

Cast: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James 

Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, Marilyn Monroe. 

A minor classic of film noir and one of the earliest heist 

capers, The Asphalt Jungle has spawned countless 

imitations, few of which even remotely approach the 

intelligence and detail of the original. The familiar tale of a 

jewel theft gone wrong is notable for its gritty procedural 

detail and an emphasis on the inner lives of the small time 

crooks, expertly played by Sterling Hayden and Sam Jaffe. 

It also features a brief but star-making appearance by the 

young Marilyn Monroe. 

My Week With Marilyn 

Fri 10 Aug at 6.15pm 

Simon Curtis • UK/USA 2011 • 1h39m • Digital projection 

15 – Contains strong language 

Cast: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh, Judi 

Dench, Dougray Scott. 

Michelle Williams accomplishes the near-impossible 

– portraying Marilyn Monroe as an actual person, not just 

an easily caricatured icon – in this charming biopic centring 

around the production of Laurence Olivier’s film The Prince 

and the Showgirl. Based on two memoirs by Colin Clark 

(played in the film by Eddie Redmayne), who worked as 

an assistant on Olivier’s film, My Week With Marilyn depicts 

Monroe’s numerous clashes with her imperious, classically 

trained director (played with great relish by Kenneth 

Branagh), maddened by his star’s method acting and her 

ever-present drama coach, Paula Strasberg (Zoë Wanamaker). 

All About Eve 

Sat 11 Aug at 3.15pm 

Joseph L Mankiewicz • USA 1950 • 2h18m • Digital projection 

U – Contains very mild sex references 

Cast: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, 

Thelma Ritter, Marilyn Monroe. 

Written off as a Hollywood has-been at the age of forty, 

Bette Davis made a spectacular comeback the following 

year with her Oscar-nominated performance as theatrical 

grande dame Margot Channing. Anne Baxter is the 

devoted admirer who becomes the fan from hell in a lethal 

cocktail of sparkling repartee and backstabbing malice 

that is impossible to resist. One of Hollywood’s wittiest 

gems with a cast that also includes Marilyn Monroe (as a 

graduate of the Copacabana School of the Dramatic Arts!). 

The Prince and the Showgirl 


Laurence Olivier • UK/USA 1957 • 1h57m • 35mm • PG 

Cast: Laurence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe, Sybil Thorndike, Richard 

Wattis, Jeremy Spenser. 

It’s 1911 in London, and flighty American showgirl Elsie 

catches the eye of the prince regent of Carpathia, who 

is in town for the coronation of George V. Light and 

entertaining fare that was made at the peak of the careers 

of both its stars; Marilyn Monroe lights up the screen in her 

inimitable way and Laurence Olivier, who also directed, 

has a lot of fun playing the uptight, Transylvania-accented 

prince. 

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12 Big Screen TV 

FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER VICTORIA WOOD (LOVING MISS HATTO) HUNTED 

Big Screen TV 

The MediaGuardian Edinburgh International 

Television Festival Screenings Showcase 

Continuing the successful partnership with MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television 

Festival, we’re bringing you the best new and exclusive programmes. 

MGEITF is the essential annual event for everyone working in television. Shaping the future of the 

television and media industries by debating the key issues of today. Engaging, vibrant and fun, 

the TV Festival is a sociable experience that celebrates creativity and is committed to developing 

new talent. Founded in 1976 and now in its 37th successful year, the Festival is held annually over 

the August bank holiday (23 – 25 August 2012) at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. 

Featuring prominent voices from television and beyond, the Festival is packed with over 60 

sessions covering the pertinent issues facing the industry from policy to programme making, 

alongside plenty of fun session to make sure the weekend is enjoyable and informative. 

For the full 2012 programme visit www.mgeitf.co.uk 

MGEITF is grateful to the BBC, Channel 4, Sky Atlantic HD for permission to screen these 

programmes ahead of transmission. 

As we went to print more speakers were still to be confirmed – check 

www.filmhousecinema.com for programme updates. 

The Screenings Showcase has been produced by Fraser Robinson, Development Consultant, 

and Liz Swift, Editorial Producer, MGEITF. 

Tickets for all Big Screen TV events will go on sale at 12 noon on Wednesday 

1 August. We would advise booking in order to avoid disappointment! 

Friday Night Dinner 

Thu 23 Aug at 3.00pm – Tickets £6/£4 

UK 2012 • 30m • Digibeta • 15 

Cast: Tamsin Greig, Simon Bird, Paul Ritter, Tom Rosenthal, Mark 

Heap. 

A truly original series about growing up but not growing 

away. Each episode takes place over the course of a Friday 

night, as twenty-something brothers Adam and Jonny go 

round to their parents’ house for Friday night dinner. 

In the new series, Adam goes on a date with a girl who 

smells like Mum, Jonny starts going out with an older 

woman, Mum is forced out of the house by a mouse, Dad 

starts drying fish in the downstairs cupboard, Grandma has 

an affair with a married man, and we meet Dad’s mother 

- ‘Horrible Grandma’. 

This screening will be followed by a Q&A with writer and 

producer Robert Popper and surprise cast members, 

chaired by broadcaster Andrew Collins. 

TICKETDEALS 





Tickets must all be bought at the same time.

Big Screen TV/Hansel of Film 

DOCTOR WHO STEVEN MOFFAT HANSEL OF FILM 

Loving Miss Hatto 

Fri 24 Aug at 12.00pm – Tickets £6/£4 

Aisling Walsh • UK 2012 • 1h30m • Digibeta • PG 

Cast: Francesca Annis, Alfred Molina, Rory Kinnear, Maimie 

McCoy, Ned Dennehy. 

The world premiere of Loving Miss Hatto, a single drama 

for BBC One written by Victoria Wood and starring 

Francesca Annis, Alfred Molina, Rory Kinnear and Maimie 

McCoy. 

The film charts the incredible story of concert pianist 

Joyce Hatto, a promising young talent with a burgeoning 

concert career in the ‘50s and ‘60s, managed by her 

husband William Barrington-Coupe. In the mid ‘70s, 

Hatto disappeared from public view for almost 30 years 

until a series of recordings emerged to an enthusiastic 

critical reception from pianophiles, with word quickly 

spreading to the musical establishment – a world which 

had previously dismissed her abilities but which now 

joined in the rush to praise ‘the greatest living pianist that 

almost no one has ever heard of’. However, within six 

months of Joyce’s death in 2006, these same recordings 

made headlines around the world once again as their 

authenticity was called into question. 

Loving Miss Hatto examines Joyce’s relationship with her 

husband ‘Barrie’ and the controversial recordings that 

made her famous late in life. 

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Victoria 

Wood on her extensive research and inspiration for the 

film. 

Hunted 

Fri 24 Aug at 3.00pm – Tickets £6/£4 

S J Clarkson • UK 2012 • 1h • Digibeta • PG 

Cast: Melissa George, Adam Rayner, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, 

Stephen Dillane, Morven Christie. 

Written and created by the award-winning American 

television writer and producer Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files, 

Spooks, Life on Mars), Hunted is an original eightpart 

suspense thriller set in the world of international 

espionage. 

This screening will be followed a Q&A with writer and 

producer Frank Spotnitz and Jane Featherstone, Creative 

Director of Kudos Film & Television. It will be chaired by 

broadcaster Andrew Collins. 

Doctor Who – Tickets £6/£4 

Sat 25 Aug at 10.00am 

UK 2012 • 45m • Digibeta • PG 

Cast: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill. 

The Doctor’s back! He’s joined by his trusted companions, 

the Ponds, and the three find themselves in an extremely 

precarious situation, where they come face to face with 

the Doctor’s oldest and most dangerous enemy… the 

Daleks. 

Catch the exclusive Scottish premiere of the explosive new 

episode. 

This screening will be followed by a Q&A with writer 

Steven Moffat. 

SPECIALEVENT 

Hansel of Film 

From Shetland to Southampton (and back) 

Sun 12 Aug at 3.30pm 

1h30m • PG 

‘A hansel’ is a Shetland word meaning ‘a gift given to 

commemorate an inaugural occasion, the launching of a 

new boat, birth of a child, a new home, a new enterprise’. 

Shetland Arts invites you to join us for a cinematic 

journey like no other – a relay race of films made by you, 

the public, but shown on big screens from Shetland to 

Southampton as part of the London 2012 Olympic Games 

celebrations. We will be screening an hour and a half of 

short films including those made by Shetlanders and by 

filmmakers from the Edinburgh area. The films will have 

travelled around the UK, with relay ‘runners’ carrying them 

between venues, so come and help us welcome the 

runner (none other than Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!), watch 

the films and join us for a cup of tea afterwards where we 

can get to meet you and talk about what we’ve seen. 

This is a free event but booking is definitely advised, by 

phoning the box office on 0131 228 2688. 

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14 FILMHOUSE PROGRAMME 3 August - 6 September 2012 BOX OFFICE 0131 228 2688 

DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE SCREENING TIMES DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE SCREENING TIMES DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE SCREENING TIMES 

Fri 1 Brave [3D] (AD) 1.00/6.00 

3 1 Brave (AD) 3.40/8.40 

Aug 2 Brave (AD) 1.15 

2 7 Days in Havana 3.30/6.15 

2 God Bless America 8.55 


3 Lying and Liars on Film 6.10 (£5) 

3 7 Days in Havana 8.30 

Sat 1 The Princess and the Frog (WW) 1.00 

4 1 Brave [3D] (AD) 3.20/8.20 


2 Brave (AD) 1.15 




3 God Bless America 6.35/8.55 

Sun 1 The Princess and the Frog (WW) 11.00am 

5 1 Brave [3D] (AD) 1.00/8.20 

Aug 1 Brave (AD) 3.40/6.00 

2 Brave (AD) 1.15 


2 Some Like It Hot (MM) 5.50 



3 Niagara (MM) 4.00 

3 God Bless America 6.10/8.45 

Mon 1 Brave (B) 11am (babies & carers) 

6 1 Brave (AD) 3.40/8.40 

Aug 1 Brave [3D] (AD) 1.10/6.00 

2 The Giants 2.30 

2 The Hitchhiker’s Guide... + short 5.45 + intro/disc. 

2 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (MM) 8.50 



Tue 1 Brave [3D] (AD) 1.00/6.00 

7 1 Brave (AD) 3.40/8.40 

Aug 2 7 Days in Havana 2.30 


2 Stalker (WP) 8.10 



3 The Misfits (MM) 8.30 

Wed 1 Brave (AD) 1.00/6.00 

8 1 Brave [3D] (AD) 3.20/8.20 

Aug 2 Nostalgia for the Light 2.30 


2 Stalker (WP) 8.10 


3 Monkey Business (MM) 6.15 

3 Nostalgia for the Light 8.30 

Thu 1 Brave (AD) 1.00/6.00 

9 1 Brave [3D] (AD) 3.20/8.20 

Aug 2 Nostalgia for the Light 2.30/8.45 

2 Spy 6.10 

3 The Giants 2.45/6.15 

3 The Asphalt Jungle (MM) 8.15 

Fri 1 Brave [3D] (AD) 1.00/6.00 

10 1 Brave (AD) 3.40/8.40 


2 360 3.30/8.20 

2 No Time to Die (SP) 6.00 

3 The Lodger (H) 1.30/3.40/8.30 

3 My Week With Marilyn (MM) 6.15 

Sat 1 Brave (AD) 1.00/6.00 

11 1 Brave [3D] (AD) 3.20/8.20 

Aug 2 Second Light Storytelling Lab 2.00 (FREE) 

2 360 3.30 

2 The Prince & the Showgirl (MM) 6.00 

2 Guelwaar (SP) 8.30 

3 The Lodger (H) 1.10/8.45 

3 All About Eve (MM) 3.15 

3 360 6.15 

Sun 1 Brave (AD) + (S) 1.00 (subtitled) 

12 1 Brave (AD) 6.00 

Aug 1 Brave [3D] (AD) 3.20/8.20 

2 360 1.10/8.45 

2 Hansel of Film 3.30 (FREE) 

2 The Funeral Season + short (SP) 5.45 

3 The Lodger (H) 1.30/3.40/6.15/8.30 

Mon 1 The Lodger (H) (B) 11am (babies & carers) 

13 1 Brave [3D] (AD) 1.00/6.00 

Aug 1 Brave (AD) 3.40/8.40 

2 How to Train Your Dragon (WP) 2.45 + Q&A 

2 Inside Job (WP) 6.00 + Q&A 

2 360 8.50 

3 The Lodger (H) 2.30/8.55 

3 Kosmos 6.15 

Tue 1 Brave [3D] (AD) 1.00/6.00 

14 1 Brave (AD) 3.40/8.40 

Aug 2 360 2.45/6.10/8.45 

3 The Lodger (H) 2.30/8.55 

3 Kosmos 6.15 

KEY: 

(AD) – Audio Description (see page 2) 

(B) – Carer & baby screening (see page 2) 

(S) – Subtitled (see page 2) 

All screenings in 2D unless marked [3D] 

SEASONS: 

(BB) – Beyond Borders (page 24) 

(H) – The Genius of Hitchcock (pages 16-20) 

(MM) – Our Week With Marilyn (pages 10-11) 

(SP) – Festival of Spirituality & Peace (page 25) 

(TV) – Big Screen TV (pages 12-13) 

(WP) – Words & Pictures (pages 22-23) 

(WW) – Weans’ World (page 21) 

Wed 1 Brave (AD) 1.00/6.00 

15 1 Brave [3D] (AD) 3.20/8.20 

Aug 2 360 2.45/6.10/8.45 

3 The Lodger (H) 2.30/6.15 

3 Kosmos 8.20 

Thu 1 Brave (AD) 1.00/6.00 

16 1 Brave [3D] (AD) 3.20/8.20 

Aug 2 360 2.45/6.10/8.45 

3 The Lodger (H) 2.30/6.15 

3 Kosmos 8.20 

Fri 1 Brave [3D] (AD) 1.00/6.00 

17 1 Brave (AD) 3.40/8.40 

Aug 2 Notorious (H) 1.30/8.30 

2 A Simple Life 3.50 

2 Sabotage (H) 6.30 

3 A Simple Life 1.20/6.10 

3 Searching for Sugar Man 4.00/8.45 

Sat 1 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (WW) 1.00 

18 1 Brave [3D] (AD) 3.20/8.20 


2 Brave (AD) 1.30 


2 Secret Agent (H) 6.30 

2 Notorious (H) 8.30 



Sun 1 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (WW) 11.00am 

19 1 Brave [3D] (AD) 1.00/8.20 

Aug 1 The Lost Art of the Film Explainer 4.00 

1 Brave (AD) 6.00 

2 Notorious (H) 1.30/8.30 

2 Brave (AD) 3.45 

2 Young and Innocent (H) 6.30 



Mon 1 Searching for Sugar Man (B) 11am (babies & carers) 

20 1 Brave [3D] (AD) 1.00/6.00 


1 The Assassination of Jesse James... 8.20 


2 Enduring Love (WP) 6.15 

2 Brave (AD) 8.40 



Tue 1 Brave [3D] (AD) 1.00/6.00 

21 1 Brave (AD) 3.40/8.40 


2 I Came to Testify (BB) 7.00 + Q&A 

2 Pray the Devil Back to Hell (BB) 8.45 + Q&A 


3 Sabotage (H) 6.30 

Wed 1 Brave (AD) 1.00/6.00 

22 1 Brave [3D] (AD) 3.20/8.20 


2 Kulajo... (BB) 6.30 + Q&A 

2 Atonement (WP) 8.40 


3 Stage Fright (H) 6.00

WWW.FILMHOUSECINEMA.COM 3 August - 6 September 2012 FILMHOUSE PROGRAMME 

DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE SCREENING TIMES DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE SCREENING TIMES DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE SCREENING TIMES 

Thu 1 Friday Night Dinner (TV) 3.00 + Q&A (£6/£4) 

23 1 The Cement Garden (WP) 6.00 + Q&A 

Aug 1 Brave [3D] (AD) 8.55 

2 Brave (AD) 2.30 

2 Restrepo (BB) 9.00 


3 Young and Innocent (H) 8.50 

Fri 1 Loving Miss Hatto (TV) 12pm + Q&A (£6/£4) 

24 1 Hunted (TV) 3.00 + Q&A (£6/£4) 

Aug 1 Shadow Dancer (AD) 6.00/8.20 

2 Shadow Dancer (AD) 1.10 

2 The 39 Steps (H) 3.30 

2 To Kill a Mockingbird 5.45 

2 North by Northwest (H) 8.30 



3 The 39 Steps (H) 6.50 

3 Eames: The Architect... 8.50 

Sat 1 Doctor Who (TV) 10am + Q&A (£6/£4) 

25 1 Shadow Dancer (AD) 1.00/3.30/6.00/8.20 

Aug 2 Eames: The Architect... 1.10 

2 The 39 Steps (H) 3.30 





3 The 39 Steps (H) 6.50 


Sun 1 Shadow Dancer (AD) 1.00/6.00 

26 1 To Kill a Mockingbird 3.15 

Aug 1 North by Northwest (H) 8.20 


2 Shadow Dancer (AD) 4.00/8.45 

2 Secret Agent (H) 6.45 

3 Eames: The Architect... 1.15/8.50 



Mon 1 To Kill a Mockingbird (B) 11am (babies & carers) 

27 1 Shadow Dancer (AD) 2.30/6.00 

Aug 1 North by Northwest (H) 8.20 

2 To Kill a Mockingbird 3.10/6.00 



3 Silent Souls 6.15 


Tue 1 Shadow Dancer (AD) 2.30/6.00 

28 1 To Kill a Mockingbird 8.20 

Aug 2 To Kill a Mockingbird 3.10 



3 Silent Souls 3.30/6.15 

3 Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry 8.15 

Wed 1 Shadow Dancer (AD) 2.30/6.00/8.20 

29 2 To Kill a Mockingbird 3.10/6.00 

Aug 2 The Wrong Man (H) 8.45 

3 Silent Souls 3.30/8.30 

3 Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry 6.15 

Thu 1 Shadow Dancer (AD) 2.30/6.00/8.20 

30 2 To Kill a Mockingbird 3.10/6.00 

Aug 2 Stage Fright (H) 8.45 

3 Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry 3.30/6.15 

3 Silent Souls 8.30 

Fri 1 Samsara 1.00/3.30/6.00 

31 1 Shadow Dancer (AD) 8.30 

Aug 2 Shadow Dancer (AD) 1.20/3.40/6.15 

2 Samsara 8.35 

3 Woman in a Dressing Gown 1.30 

3 Sound of My Voice 3.45/8.45 

3 The Paradine Case (H) 6.10 

Sat 1 Dr Seuss’ The Lorax (WW) 1.00 

1 1 Samsara 3.30/6.00 

Sep 1 Shadow Dancer (AD) 8.30 

2 Shadow Dancer (AD) 1.20/3.40/6.15 




3 Torn Curtain (H) 5.45 

Sun 1 Dr Seuss’ The Lorax (WW) 11.00am 

2 1 Samsara 1.00/3.30/6.00 


2 Shadow Dancer (AD) 1.20/3.40/6.15 




3 The Wrong Man (H) 5.45 

Mon 1 Samsara (B) 11am (babies & carers) 

3 1 Samsara 2.30/8.30 


2 Shadow Dancer (AD) 3.30/8.25 

2 Sound of My Voice 6.15 


3 I Confess (H) 6.10 

3 Sound of My Voice 8.15 

Tue 1 Samsara 2.30/8.30 

4 1 Shadow Dancer (AD) + (S) 6.00 (subtitled) 

Sep 2 Shadow Dancer (AD) 3.30/8.25 


3 The Forgiveness of Blood 3.15/8.45 

3 Torn Curtain (H) 6.00 

Wed 1 Samsara 2.30/6.00 





3 Topaz (H) 8.15 

Thu 1 Samsara 2.30/6.00 





3 I Confess (H) 6.10 

TICKET PRICES & INFORMATION 

MATINEES (Shows starting prior to 5pm) 

Mon - Thu: £5.60 full price, £3.60 concessions 

Friday Bargain Matinees: £4.20/£2.60 concessions 

Sat - Sun: £7.50 full price, £5.50 concessions 

EVENING SCREENINGS (Starting 5pm and later) 

£7.50 full price, £5.50 concessions 

All tickets to Weans’ World screenings (marked WW 

on grid) are £2.50. Tickets for children under 12 are 

£2.50 for any screening. 

For screenings in 3D add £2 to ticket price. 

Filmhouse Members get £1.50 off every ticket 

(excludes Friday matinees and Weans’ World) 

Concessions available for: children (under 15); students 

(with valid matriculation card); school pupils (15-18 years); 

Young Scot cardholders; senior citizens; people with 

disability or invalidity status (carers go free); claimants 

(Jobseekers Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Housing 

Benefit); NHS employees (with proof of employment). 

We participate in the Orange Wednesdays 2 for 1 scheme. 

There are usually ticket deals available on film seasons. 

All performances are bookable in advance, in person, 

online at www.filmhousecinema.com or by phone on 0131 

228 2688. We do not charge a fee for bookings made by 

telephone or on the website. Tickets may also be reserved 

without payment, in which case they must be collected no 

later than 30 minutes before the performance starts. 

Tickets cannot be exchanged nor money refunded 

except in the event of a cancellation of a performance. 

Screenings are subject to change, but only in extraordinary 

circumstances. 

All seats are unreserved. If you require seats together 

please arrive in plenty of time. Cinemas will be open 

15 minutes before the start of each screening. The 

management reserves the right of admission and will not 

admit latecomers. Children under the age of 12 must be 

accompanied by an adult. 

Double bills are shown in the same order as indicated on 

these pages. Intervals in double bills last 10 minutes. 

BOX OFFICE: 0131 228 2688 (10am-9pm daily) 

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BOOK ONLINE: www.filmhousecinema.com 

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BUFFALO 66 THE BROWN BUNNY TROUBLE EVERY DAY

The Genius of Hitchcock 

THE LODGER NOTORIOUS SABOTAGE 

SECRET AGENT 

The Genius of 

Hitchcock 

One of the world’s greatest directors, Alfred 

Hitchcock excelled in a variety of genres 

during his early British career, before moving 

to Hollywood in 1939. It was here he became 

known as the ‘Master of Suspense’, producing 

some of the most analysed works in the 

history of cinema. 

See next month’s programme for more Hitch! 

We would like to thank Julie Pearce and her 

team at BFI Southbank for their invaluable 

help with this season. 

The Lodger 

HITCHCOCK’S 


BRITAIN 

Alfred Hitchcock • UK 1926 • 1h32m 

Digital projection • Silent PG – Contains mild threat 

Cast: Ivor Novello, June, Malcolm Keen, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney. 

Now painstakingly restored and boasting a new score 

by Nitin Sawhney, this classic ‘tale of the London fog’ has 

long been recognised, not least by its director, as ‘the first 

true Hitchcock movie’. After a remarkably dynamic first 15 

minutes beginning with a blonde’s murder and charting 

the responses of police, press and public, the story proper 

starts with the emergence from the fetid city fog of a 

mysterious stranger (Ivor Novello) keen to rent a room in 

the home of golden-haired fashion model Daisy. Despite 

her detective boyfriend’s objections, Daisy takes to the 

handsome newcomer, to the consternation of her mother 

who’s troubled by her tenant’s nocturnal outings… 

Notorious 

SECRET 

Fri 17 to Sun 19 Aug 

AGENTS 

Alfred Hitchcock • USA 2008 • 1h42m 

Digital projection • U – Contains mild sex references and threat 

Cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern. 

A US agent (Cary Grant) plies his charm on an executed 

traitor’s tormented, alcoholic daughter (Ingrid Bergman) 

until she makes up to a German friend and admirer 

(Claude Rains) suspected of consorting with Nazis in Brazil. 

Undercover work, starting with guilt, desire and idealism, 

proceeds to betrayal, (partly self-)loathing and still murkier 

emotions. A dark love story which rivals, in terms of its 

bitter overtones, even the later Vertigo. 

Sabotage 

HITCHCOCK’S 

Fri 17 Aug at 6.30pm & 

BRITAIN 


Alfred Hitchcock • UK 1936 • 1h16m • 35mm • PG 

Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, Desmond Tester, John Loder, 

Joyce Barbour. 

Arguably Hitchcock’s greatest London movie, this 

adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s ‘The Secret Agent’ centres 

on the young American wife of an Eastern European 

funding his ailing cinema by helping a group of terrorists; 

his kindness to her teenage brother means she’s reluctant 

to believe the insinuations of a detective passing 

himself off as a greengrocer’s assistant next door. Various 

landmarks are imaginatively used, but it’s the colourful, 

witty account of the capital’s vibrant working-class life that 

makes the threat to it feel so urgent. 

Secret Agent 

Sat 18 at 6.30pm & 


Alfred Hitchcock • UK 1936 • 1h29m • 35mm • U 

SECRET 

AGENTS 

Cast: John Gielgud, Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre, Robert Young. 

Even a hardened spy might feel pangs of guilt, or so 

suggests this loose adaptation of two ‘Ashenden’ stories 

by Somerset Maugham. The cost of deadly patriotic 

subterfuge is made clear in the tensions arising between 

three agents (John Gielgud, Madeleine Carroll and Peter 

Lorre) sent to identify and kill an enemy operative in the 

Swiss Alps – a (studio-concocted) milieu ideal for a series 

of imaginative set-pieces. A film where nothing is as it 

appears, and where hearing counts for as much as seeing. 

SEASON CONTINUES OVERLEAF 

17

18 The Genius of Hitchcock (continued) 

YOUNG AND INNOCENT STAGE FRIGHT 

THE 39 STEPS NORTH BY NORTHWEST 

To help you find your way through this 

Hitchcock retrospective, we’ve split the films 

into categories: 

HITCHCOCK’S BRITAIN 

Follow the director’s progress from Leytonstone 

and London’s film studios, around the sceptered 

isle of his imagination. 

GUILTY? 

Immerse yourself in Hitchcock’s complex moral 

universe, where guilt and innocence aren’t always 

what they seem. 

SECRET AGENTS 

Unlock the codes, puzzles and secrets within 

Hitchcock’s spy films. 

HITCHCOCK’S ODYSSEYS 

Hitch a ride on a plane, a train, or an automobile: 

on the run with Hitchcock’s heroes. 

More to come in the next programme! 

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Young and Innocent 

HITCHCOCK’S 

Sun 19 Aug at 6.30pm & 

ODYSSEYS 


Alfred Hitchcock • UK 1937 • 1h22m • Digital projection • U 

Cast: Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney, Percy Marmont, Edward 

Rigby, Mary Clare. 

A delight, unfairly neglected due to an obscure cast and, 

probably, to the breezy tone adopted in following another 

fugitive ‘wrong man’ in search of justice; here, his initially 

reluctant accomplice is a spunky policeman’s daughter 

(the excellent Nova Pilbeam). Regular collaborator Charles 

Bennett’s typically droll script makes space for two fine 

set-pieces: a kids’ party and (with a remarkable crane shot) 

a dance in a swish hotel. But the film also fascinates as a 

(partly location-shot) voyage around the highways and 

byways of rural southern England. 

Stage Fright 

GUILTY? 

Wed 22 Aug at 6.00pm & 


Alfred Hitchcock • UK 1950 • 1h51m • Format TBC • PG 

Cast: Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Richard Todd, Michael 

Wilding, Alastair Sim. 

A man (Richard Todd), suspected of murdering the 

husband of his actress lover (Marlene Dietrich), goes on 

the run with a RADA student (Jane Wyman) he asks to help 

clear his name. But who’s guilty, and of what? Another look 

at the (far from mutually exclusive) relationship between 

acting and ‘reality’, another tour around London and the 

South East and another selection of fine set-pieces. But 

the most joy (for Hitch, perhaps, as for us) lies in the British 

supporting cast: Sybil Thorndike, Joyce Grenfell and, 

superbly, Alastair Sim. 

The 39 Steps 

HITCHCOCK’S 


ODYSSEYS 


Alfred Hitchcock • UK 1935 • 1h27m • Digital projection 

U – Contains very mild language and violence 

Cast: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey 

Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft. 

Swept from a London music hall to the Scottish Highlands 

and back to the Palladium, Robert Donat’s Richard Hannay is 

the archetypal wrongly accused man, embarking on a quest 

to find the villain and prove his innocence; he also meets a 

less than dependable blonde, encounters various dubious 

‘friends’, and never gets to sort out the MacGuffin. The model 

for many subsequent films, this amazingly pacy version 

of John Buchan’s novel is one of Hitchcock’s most fully 

satisfying achievements: tense, witty, effortlessly stylish and 

emotionally direct, it’s his warmest, most touching movie. 

North by Northwest 

HITCHCOCK’S 

Fri 24 to Tue 28 Aug 

ODYSSEYS 

Alfred Hitchcock • USA 1959 • 2h16m • Digital projection 

PG – Contains mild violence and sex references 

Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Leo G Carroll, 

Jessie Royce Landis. 

North by Northwest treads a bizarre tightrope between sex 

and repression, nightmarish thriller and urbane comedy. 

Cary Grant is truly superb as the light-hearted advertising 

executive who’s abducted, escapes, and is then hounded 

across America trying to find out what’s going on, and 

slowly being forced to assume another man’s identity. With 

a sizzling love interest in the form of Eva Marie Saint, James 

Mason on top form as a suave villain, and a thrilling score 

by Bernard Herrmann, it has all the ingredients of a classic.

The Genius of Hitchcock 

THE PARADINE CASE TORN CURTAIN I CONFESS 

TOPAZ 

The Wrong Man 

GUILTY? 

Wed 29 Aug at 8.45pm & 

Sun 2 Sep at 5.45pm 

Alfred Hitchcock • USA 1956 • 1h45m • 35mm • PG 

Cast: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Harold J Stone, 

Charles Cooper. 

Based for once on a real-life case – the wrongful arrest of 

New York jazz bassist Manny Balestero (played by Henry 

Fonda) for robbery – and evidently inspired in part by 

Hitchcock’s lifelong fear of the police, this dark, realist, 

black-and-white drama (isolated in a string of glossily 

stylish colour films) shows the erosion of taken-for-granted 

liberty, familial happiness, security and sanity. At times 

it’s almost Kafka-esque in pitting a powerless individual 

against institutional bureaucracy: is guilt simply the human 

condition? 

The Paradine Case 

GUILTY? 


Mon 10 Sep at 6.15pm 

Alfred Hitchcock • USA 1947 • 1h54m • 35mm • U 

Cast: Gregory Peck, Alida Valli, Ann Todd, Charles Laughton, 

Ethel Barrymore. 

A wonderful ensemble cast features in this gripping 

courtroom drama. Alida Valli plays a woman accused of 

murdering her wealthy and much older husband. She’s 

defended by a young happily married lawyer (Gregory 

Peck), who becomes besotted by her and blind to the 

notion of her guilt. A dark, unsettling work, in some 

respects anticipating themes in Vertigo. 

Torn Curtain 

Sat 1 Sep at 5.45pm & 

Tue 4 Sep at 6.00pm 

Alfred Hitchcock • USA 1966 • 2h8m • 35mm • 15 

Cast: Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova, Hansjörg Felmy. 

When, during a visit to Scandinavia, an American scientist 

defects to East Germany, his assistant and fiancée follows, 

partly disbelieving his sudden switch of loyalties, partly 

distraught and bewildered that she knew nothing of his 

plans. A cool look at the effect that undercover espionage 

and private relationships may have upon one another, 

Hitchcock’s foray into the gloomy world behind the 

Iron Curtain is rightly famous for an extended sequence 

suggesting the sheer difficulty of killing another human 

being. 

I Confess 

Mon 3 Sep at 6.10pm & 

Thu 6 Sep at 6.10pm 


SECRET 

AGENTS 

GUILTY? 

Cast: Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden, Brian Aherne, 

OE Hasse. 

Shot very evocatively in Québec, I Confess explores a 

Catholic conundrum regarding guilt, as a priest, forbidden 

from even alluding to a confession of murder by his 

caretaker, falls under suspicion himself when it’s discovered 

the victim was blackmailing a married woman who 

was the priest’s lover before he was ordained. As in The 

Paradine Case, guilt becomes infectious, and confessions 

of one kind or another proliferate, as the gulf between an 

idealised/romanticised spiritual state of grace and harsh 

everyday reality becomes more apparent. 

Topaz 

SECRET 

Wed 5 Sep at 8.15pm & 

AGENTS 

Tue 11 Sep at 8.20pm 


Cast: Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, John Vernon, Karin Dor, 

Michel Piccoli. 

Boasting a fine supporting cast that includes French 

actors Michel Piccoli, Claude Jade, Philippe Noiret and 

Michel Subor, Hitchcock’s adaptation of Leon Uris’s epic 

of international intrigue at the time of the Cuban missile 

crisis (itself purportedly based on real-life events) also 

features one of his most complex, labyrinthine narratives. 

Cynical and chilling, the film – which makes imaginative 

use of colour and décor – is ripe for reassessment after the 

success of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. 

Saboteur 

HITCHCOCK’S 

Fri 7 Sep at 6.15pm & 

ODYSSEYS 

Wed 12 Sep at 8.30pm 


Cast: Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter, 

Clem Bevans. 

Suspected of murderous sabotage, a California munitions 

worker heads east to New York (and a symbolic Statue 

of Liberty) to establish his innocence and nail the real 

culprit, finding romance with a model and uncovering 

Nazi sympathisers en route. An episodic but consistently 

gripping tour of America in all its iconic variety, the film 

– complete with pleasingly pithy dialogue courtesy of 

Dorothy Parker – impresses as both a follow-up to The 39 

Steps and a precursor to North by Northwest. 

SEASON CONTINUES OVERLEAF 

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20 The Genius of Hitchcock (contd.)/Special event/KinoKlub 

FRENZY BLACKMAIL 

THE LOST ART OF THE FILM EXPLAINER SPY 

Frenzy 

HITCHCOCK’S 

Sat 8 Sep at 6.15pm & 

BRITAIN 

Wed 12 Sep at 6.00pm 

Alfred Hitchcock • UK 1972 • 1h56m • 35mm • 18 

Cast: Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, Barry Foster, Billie Whitelaw, 

Anna Massey. 

Made – to great acclaim – two decades after Stage Fright, 

Hitch’s final London film brings a beady eye to life in 

Covent Garden and elsewhere, as the wrong man (Jon 

Finch) is suspected of being the serial ‘necktie killer’. Finding 

frequently grotesque rhymes between the various appetites 

for food, sex and violence, Hitch indulges the most morbid 

aspects of his sense of humour while serving up unsettling 

set-pieces and virtuoso camera choreography galore. 

Blackmail 

HITCHCOCK’S 

BRITAIN 

Sun 9 Sep at 8.45pm & 

Thu 13 Sep at 6.15pm 

Alfred Hitchcock • UK 1929 • 1h26m • 35mm • PG 

Cast: Sara Allgood, Anny Ondra, John Longden, Donald Calthrop. 

Rapidly responding to the advent of sound, Hitch not only 

turned the film he’d started into Britain’s first notable talkie 

but – like Lang with the later M – used the soundtrack 

as one more instrument in his directorial toolbox. Most 

famously he amplifies a gossip’s harping on the word ‘knife’ 

to heighten the heroine’s sickening mix of fear, panic and 

guilt after her ordeal, but a crowded Lyons’ Corner House 

and the glass dome of an otherwise seemingly hushed 

British Museum also provide deft aural drama. 

PLUS 

Blackmail sound test (1929, 1 minute) 

The director gives his Czech star a memorable English lesson. 

SPECIALEVENT 

The Lost Art of the Film Explainer 


1h 

During the silent era, the live musician was an essential 

part of the cinema experience, but some audiences were 

also treated to the finely honed craft of the Film Explainer. 

Part narrator and part actor, the Film Explainer stood next 

to the screen enriching the movies with an entertaining 

combination of background information, unique 

interpretation and theatrical storytelling. 

Often more celebrated than the screen stars for whom they 

spoke, the art of the Film Explainer has since been largely 

forgotten. Enter stage right renowned Scottish storyteller 

Andy Cannon and cellist/composer Wendy Weatherby 

with a new commission by the Hippodrome Festival 

of Silent Cinema, for the centenary of the Hippodrome 

cinema in Bo’ness. Andy and Wendy revive this lost art 

with their popular brand of traditional stories and music 

accompanying rare films from the Scottish Screen Archive 

including Scotland’s first fiction film from 1912. 

A #HippFest on Tour event, performed by Andy Cannon, Wendy 

Weatherby and Frank McLaughlin. Original score by Wendy Weatherby. 

KinoKlub 

KinoKlub in Edinburgh is a collaborative project 

between Filmhouse, Academia Rossica and 

Princess Dashkova Centre aimed at bringing new 

Russian cinema to Scotland. KinoKlub started in 

London last year and has shown a wide variety of 

contemporary Russian films to great success. 

Spy Shpion 


Aleksei Andrianov • Russia 2012 • 1h39m • Digital projection 

Russian with English subtitles • 15 

Cast: Danila Kozlovsky, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Vladimir Yepifantsev, 

Viktor Verzhbitskiy. 

A gripping drama based on the novel ‘The Spy Thriller’ 

by Boris Akunin. Featuring an all-star cast, which includes 

Fyodor Bondarchuk, Vladimir Yepifantsev and Danila 

Kozlovsky, Spy is the latest and most ambitious Akunin 

work to be adapted for the big screen, with Akunin himself 

writing the script. Set in Moscow in the run up to the 

outbreak of war in 1941, the film chronicles the intrigues 

between the elusive spies of the Soviet Union and Nazi 

Germany.

THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG ICE AGE 4: CONTINENTAL DRIFT DR SEUSS’ THE LORAX 

Weans’ World 

Films for a younger audience. Tickets 

cost £2.50 per person, big or small! 

Please note: although we normally disapprove of people 

talking during screenings, these shows are primarily for 

kids, so grown-ups should expect some noise! 

The Princess and the Frog 

Sat 4 & Sun 5 Aug 

Ron Clements & John Musker • USA 2009 • 1h37m 

35mm • U – Contains mild scary scenes 

Cast: Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Oprah Winfrey, Terrence 

Howard, John Goodman. 

A modern twist on a classic tale, featuring a beautiful girl 

named Tiana, a frog prince who desperately wants to 

be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both 

on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of 

Louisiana. 

We now have the capability to screen fi lms in 3D. 

Rather than just going ahead and making Weans’ 

World screenings 3D though (where there is a 

3D version of a fi lm available), we’d like to know 

if you would want 3D (with an extra £2 on the 

ticket price) or not. We could do one screening 

in 2D and one in 3D, both in 2D or both in 3D, it’s 

up to you! Please let us know what you think by 

emailing admin@fi lmhousecinema.com. Thanks! 

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift 

Sat 18 & Sun 19 Aug 

Steve Martino, Mike Thurmeier • USA 2012 • 1h33m 

Digital projection • U – Contains mild threat and comic violence 

Cast: John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, 

Peter Dinklage. 

This fun family adventure sees Sid, Diego and Manny 

swept up in a cataclysmic event that sets their continent 

adrift on the ocean. Having to use an iceberg as a ship they 

explore the high-seas in an attempt to return home. Along 

the way they get captured by pirates, encounter creatures 

from the deep, and have to deal with Sid’s cantankerous 

granny. 

Dr Seuss’ The Lorax 

Sat 1 & Sun 2 Sep 

Chris Renaud • USA 2012 • 1h26m • Digital projection 

U – Contains no material likely to off end or harm 

Cast: Zac Efron, Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Taylor Swift, Betty 

White. 

An animated version of Dr Seuss’ fable about the 

environmental threats posed by corporate greed. In a 

world where nature has been virtually abolished, a twelveyear-old 

boy goes on a quest for a real tree to give as a 

present to the girl he loves. His quest leads him fi rst to the 

misanthropic Once-ler and then to the Lorax, guardian of 

the colourful Truff ula trees. 

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22 Words & Pictures 

STALKER HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON ATONEMENT 

Words & Pictures 

Screenings in association with 

Edinburgh International Book Festival. 

www.edbookfest.co.uk 

Stalker 

Tue 7 & Wed 8 Aug at 8.10pm 

Andrei Tarkovsky • USSR 1979 • 2h41m 

35mm • Russian with English subtitles • PG 

Cast: Aleksandr Kaidanovsky, Anatoly Solonitsin, Nikolai Grinko, 

Alisa Freindlikh, Natasha Abramova. 

An epic and frequently puzzling inquiry into freedom and 

faith, which unfolds in an unspecified totalitarian society. A 

shaven-headed guide known as Stalker agrees to escort a 

Writer and a Scientist to a forbidden wasteland area known 

as the Zone, where, in a miraculous ‘Room’, all one’s wishes 

can be granted. But as the man of words asks, “How do I 

know I want what I want?” 

Writer Geoff Dyer will be talking about his latest book, 

Zona (subtitled ‘A Book About a Film About a Journey 

to a Room’), at the Book Festival on Monday 13 August. 

Dyer uses Stalker as the starting point for a meditation 

on cinema, love, life, a missing bag and, um, Jeremy 

Clarkson. 

How to Train Your Dragon 


Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders • USA 2010 • 1h39m 

Format TBC • PG – Contains frequent mild threat 

With the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson. 

Scrawny adolescent Hiccup is desperate to impress his 

gruff father Stoick, chieftain of the village of Berk. During 

a night raid by marauding dragons, Hiccup manages to 

bring down an elusive Night Fury – but when Hiccup 

discovers the beast still alive but helpless, instead of killing 

it he offers it friendship... A beautifully animated and 

extremely entertaining adventure. 

Cressida Cowell, who wrote the book upon which the film 

is based, will take part in a Q&A after this screening. She 

will introduce her latest adventure, ‘How to Steal a Dragon’s 

Sword’, at the Book Festival on Tuesday 14 August. 

Inside Job 

Mon 13 Aug 6.00pm 

Charles Ferguson • USA 2010 • 1h49m • Digital projection 

12A – Contains brief sight of implied hard drug use & moderate 

sex references • Documentary, narrated by Matt Damon. 

Aptly described by Variety as ‘the definitive screen 

investigation of the global economic crisis’, Inside Job offers 

a clear-sighted call to action. This meticulous and frequently 

jaw dropping study of greed and amorality chronicles a 

story of private gain and public loss, showing how the 

United States financial meltdown was far from accidental. 

Director Charles Ferguson will take part in a Q&A 

following this screening. He will appear at the Book 

Festival on Sunday 12 August. 

Enduring Love 


Roger Michell • UK 2004 • 1h40m • 35mm 

15 – Contains strong language, violence and psychological 

menace 

Cast: Daniel Craig, Rhys Ifans, Samantha Morton, Susan Lynch, 

Bill Nighy. 

An intelligent and gripping dramatic thriller, brilliantly 

adapted from Ian McEwan’s novel. Daniel Craig is 

exceptional as Joe, a hard-nosed lecturer whose world view 

is shaken after a botched rescue attempt at a ballooning 

accident leaves another man dead. He begins to obsess 

over what he could have done differently, while fellow 

rescuer Jed (Rhys Ifans) develops a dangerous crush on him. 

Atonement 


Joe Wright • UK 2007 • 2h3m • Format TBC • 15 – Contains very 

strong language, bloody injuries and moderate sex 

Cast: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Saoirse 

Ronan, Brenda Blethyn, Vanessa Redgrave. 

A stunning adaptation of Ian McEwan’s best-selling 

novel – gripping, breathtakingly beautiful and with great 

performances from a superb cast. 

England, 1935. In the looming shadow of World War 

II, 13-year-old Briony Tallis and her family live a life of 

wealth and privilege. Briony, a fledgling writer, is a girl 

with a vivid imagination. Through a series of catastrophic 

misunderstandings she accuses Robbie Turner, the 

housekeeper’s son and her sister Cecilia’s lover, of a crime he 

did not commit. This accusation destroys Robbie and Cecilia’s 

love and dramatically alters the course of all their lives.

Words & Pictures/SciScreen/Come and See... 

THE CEMENT GARDEN THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD 

The Cement Garden 


Andrew Birkin • UK/France/Germany 1993 • 1h45m 

Digibeta • 18 

Cast: Andrew Robertson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alice Coulthard, 

Ned Birkin, Sinéad Cusack. 

A moody and dramatically disturbing drama of sibling 

incest and teenage alienation adapted from Ian McEwan’s 

1978 first novel. The film is set during a sweltering summer 

in a bleak house amid a concrete London wasteland. 

When the family’s stern father dies of a heart attack whilst 

gardening, mother buckles under the strain of rearing her 

four children and becomes bedridden. When she, too, 

dies, the older kids fear adoption and consequently bury 

her body in a cement box in the cellar. Left to their own 

devices the children start to give liberated vent to their 

sexual confusion. 

Author Ian McEwan will take part in a Q&A following this 

screening. He will unveil his new book, ‘Sweet Tooth’, at 

the Book Festival on Thursday 23 August. 

See left for details of screenings of two more Ian 

McEwan adaptations, ‘Enduring Love’ and ‘Atonement’. 

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SciScreen 

Screenings in association with the British 

Science Association, a registered charity which 

exists to advance the public understanding, 

accessibility and accountability of the sciences and 

engineering. Screenings are followed by 

a talk and discussion on a related topic. 

www.britishscienceassociation.org 

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 


Garth Jennings • Britain/USA • 2004 • 1h49m • 35mm • PG 

Cast: Martin Freeman, Mos Def, John Malkovich, Bill Nighy, Steve 

Pemberton, Sam Rockwell, Stephen Fry, Alan Rickman. 

Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an 

alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off 

the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a 

new edition of ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’... 

PLUS SHORT 

Into Deep Space 

Alberto Iordanov & Anne Milne • UK/Spain 2012 • 13m • Documentary 

The screening will be introduced by Prof Charles Cockell 

and followed by a discussion. Prof Cockell is the Director 

of the UK Centre for Astrobiology here in Edinburgh. His 

laboratory is interested in life in extreme environments. 

Of particular interest is the interactions of microbes with 

minerals and the function and diversity of microbes in 

rocky environments. This work is applied to diverse areas 

in astrobiology and earth sciences. 

Come and See... 

A monthly one-off screening of a great film 

we simply thought you might like to see, 

again or for the first time, on the big screen. 

The Assassination of Jesse James 

by the Coward Robert Ford 


Andrew Dominik • USA 2007 • 2h40m • Digital projection 

15 – Contains strong violence and sex references 

Cast: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell, Mary-Louise Parker, 

Sam Shepard. 

This masterful Western by New Zealand director Andrew 

Dominik (Chopper) delves into the private life and 

public exploits of the US’s most notorious outlaw. As the 

charismatic and unpredictable Jesse James plans his next 

great robbery, he wages war on his enemies, who are 

trying to collect the reward money – and the glory – riding 

on his capture. But the greatest threat to his life may 

ultimately come from those he trusts the most. 

This haunting retelling of one of the enduring outlaw 

sagas in American culture dips into the genre-bending 

influences of films from the late ‘60s and ‘70s like Bonnie 

and Clyde and Days of Heaven for its elegiacally fatalistic 

tone. Yet the picture emerges with something very much 

plaguing the 21st century on its mind – a cool acceptance 

of lethal paranoia as the natural state brought on by the 

weight of too much legend-building and the warp of too 

much unrequited fandom. 

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24 Beyond Borders: Small Nations in Cinema 

I CAME TO TESTIFY PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL KULAJO: MY HEART IS DARKENED 

Beyond Borders: 

Small Nations 

in Cinema 

This year’s Beyond Borders film programme 

focuses on three small nations emerging 

from conflict: Bosnia, Kurdistan Iraq and 

Liberia, as well as examining the role of 

the reporter and observer in small nation 

conflicts. In celebrating these cultures, we 

aim to create a vibrant international platform 

for cultural exchange and small nation 

dialogue in Scotland. The festival will also 

feature introductions and discussion with the 

filmmakers and their subjects. 

For information on other 

Beyond Borders events see 

beyondbordersscotland.com 

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I Came to Testify 


Pamela Hogan • USA/Bosnia and Herzegovina 2011 • 52m 

Digibeta • Various languages with English subtitles • 15 

Documentary, narrated by Matt Damon. 

When the Balkans exploded into war in the 1990s, 

reports that tens of thousands of women were being 

systematically raped as a tactic of ethnic cleansing 

captured the international spotlight. I Came to Testify is the 

moving story of how a group of 16 women who had been 

imprisoned by Serb-led forces in the Bosnian town of Foca 

broke history’s great silence – and stepped forward to take 

the witness stand in an international court of law. 

The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with 

Pamela Hogan and Charlotte Eager. 

Pray the Devil Back to Hell 


Gini Reticker • USA/Liberia 2008 • 1h12m • Digibeta • 15 

Documentary 

Pray the Devil Back to Hell is the astonishing story of the 

Liberian women who took on the warlords and regime 

of dictator Charles Taylor in the midst of a brutal civil war, 

and won a once unimaginable peace for their shattered 

country in 2003. As the rebel noose tightened around the 

capital city of Monrovia, thousands of women – ordinary 

mothers, grandmothers, aunts and daughters, both 

Christian and Muslim – formed a thin but unshakeable line 

between the opposing forces. 

The screening will be introduced by co-producer 

Johanna Hamilton and followed by a Q&A session. 

Kulajo: My Heart is Darkened 


Helena Appio • Iraq 2012 • 1h20m • Digibeta 

Various languages with English subtitles • 15 • Documentary 

Kulajo was one of the thousands of Kurdish villages 

targeted by Saddam Hussein during his murderous Anfal 

campaign in 1988. This documentary allows the people 

of one small community, mostly women and children, to 

tell their extraordinary stories. They gave birth in prison, 

survived a firing squad and starved in death camps before 

coming home. This is the first showing of their testimony, 

uncovered during filming for the Kurdistan Memory 

Programme. 

The screening will be introduced by Gwynne Roberts 

and followed by a Q&A session. 

Restrepo 


Tim Hetherington & Sebastian Junger • USA 2010 • 1h33m 

Digibeta • 15 – Contains strong language • Documentary 

Restrepo is a feature-length documentary that chronicles 

the deployment of a platoon of US soldiers in Afghanistan’s 

Korengal Valley. The movie focuses on a remote 15-man 

outpost, ‘Restrepo’, named after a platoon medic who 

was killed in action. It was considered one of the most 

dangerous postings in the US military.

Festival of Spirituality and Peace 

NO TIME TO DIE GUELWAAR FUNERAL SEASON 

Festival of 

Spirituality 

and Peace 

This year’s Festival of Spirituality and Peace 

film selection, Films on Our Friend Death 

– An African Perspective, was curated by 

Africa in Motion Film Festival in collaboration 

with FoSP and the Edinburgh University 

Global Health Academy. 

For more information on this year’s Festival, 

go to www.festivalofspirituality.org.uk 

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No Time to Die 

Fri 10 Aug at 6.00pm 

King Ampaw • Ghana/Germany 2006 • 1h35m • Format TBC • 15 

Cast: David Dontoh, Agatha Ofori, Kofi Bucknor, Issifu Kassim. 

Pioneering Ghanaian filmmaker King Ampaw’s film is 

a charming comedy about the romantic travails of a 

lovestruck hearse driver. Asante, the hearse driver, meets 

and falls in love with a young, beautiful dancer who is 

planning an elaborate home-going celebration for her 

mother. The film follows Asante as he does everything to 

win the affections of the woman of his dreams. Death and 

funeral traditions play a significant role in African culture; 

No Time to Die is Ampaw’s contribution to passing the 

tradition onto the next generation. 

Guelwaar 


Ousmane Sembene • Senegal/France 1992 • 1h55m 

35mm • French and Wolof with English subtitles • 12 

Cast: Thierno Ndiaye, Belle Mbaya, Ndiawar Diop, Mame 

Ndoumbé Diop, Myriam Niang. 

Celebrated Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene once 

again demonstrates the power of his creative imagination 

and his ability to utilise cinema effectively as a means of 

exploring the complexities of social, political and cultural 

relationships within the African context. In Guelwaar, 

which is based on a true story, the body of a Christian 

activist is mistakenly delivered to Muslims who bury him 

in a Muslim cemetery according to the teachings of Islam. 

When the error is discovered, however, the Christians seek 

to recover ‘their’ body. 

Funeral Season 

Sun 12 Aug at 5.45pm 

Matthew Lancit • Canada/Cameroon • 2010 • 1h24m • Digibeta 

English and French with English subtitles • 15 • Documentary 

Matthew Lancit, a Canadian traveller, discovers Cameroon’s 

uniquely festive funeral celebrations. Village by village, 

local people guide Matthew on his journey to gain 

understanding of an extraordinary culture, where the 

dead are always living, and the increasing presence of the 

modern world threatens the survival of its tradition. 

Followed by panel discussion moderated by Lizelle 

Bisschoff, from the Africa in Motion Film Festival, with 

specialists on the theme of death, dying and funeral rituals 

in different cultural contexts. 

PLUS SHORT 

Twenty Takes on Death and Dying 

Chris Rawlence • UK • 2010 • 10m • Mini-DV • Documentary 

Commissioned by the Scottish Partnership for Palliative 

Care and Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief, this film 

presents the reflections/views of ordinary members of the 

Scottish public on the streets of Paisley, Elgin and Inverness 

on death, dying and loss. 

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26 Second Light/Lying and Liars on Film/Filmhouse Cafe Bar 

Second Light Storytelling Lab Shorts 


1h 

With the support of First Light (funded by BFI National 

Lottery) the Edinburgh International Film Festival this year 

ran the Second Light Storytelling Lab for 19 young people 

from Edinburgh and the Lothians. Participants attended 

EIFF screenings and met editors, writers and directors 

during the Festival. Inspired by this experience the group 

spent nine days at Screen Academy Scotland writing, 

scheduling, shooting, editing and acting in their own films. 

This is the premiere of these productions and the young 

people will be presenting their work and discussing the 

experience at this event. 

Tickets are free. 

Funded by 

SPECIALEVENT 

EIFF Production with support from Screen Academy 

Scotland, a Skillset Film & Media Academy 

LYING AND LIARS ON FILM FILMHOUSE CAFE BAR 

SPECIALEVENT 

Lying and Liars on Film 

Fri 3 Aug at 6.10pm – TICKETS £5 

1h10m • 12A 

Lying and Liars on Film brings together a range of 

short experimental film works that mix reflexive and 

experimental forms as ways of investigating the 

inadequacies of language. 

Inspired by the work of British novelist and filmmaker BS 

Johnson, artist Mick Peter and writer and curator Steven 

Cairns programmed this screening, which coincides with 

Peter’s new exhibition at Collective Gallery (2 August 

to 30 September) that also features Johnson’s 1969 film 

Paradigm. 

This is a unique opportunity to see rare works together on 

the big screen. 

The programme will include: 

Fat Man on a Beach (BS Johnson, 1973) 

The Adventure of a Good Citizen 

(Stefan and Franciszka Themerson, 1937) 

Language Lessons (Tony Steyger and Steve Hawley, 1994) 

H is for House (Peter Greenaway, 1976) 

Seven Ages of Britain trailer (Nathaniel Mellors) 

www.collectivegallery.net 

Filmhouse Cafe Bar 

Drop in for a cappuccino, espresso or herbal tea 

and enjoy one of our superb cakes. 

Our full menu runs from noon to 10pm seven 

days a week! 

All our dishes are prepared on the premises using 

fresh ingredients. 

We have an extensive vegetarian range with a 

variety of daily specials. 

A glass of wine? Choose from nine! The bar has 

real 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: 

Monday to Thursday: 8am - 11.30pm 

Friday: 8am - 12.30am 

Saturday: 10am - 12.30am 

Sunday: 10am - 11.30pm 

0131 229 5932 cafebar@filmhousecinema.com 

Film Quiz 

Sunday 12 August 

Filmhouse’s phenomenally successful (and rather 

tricky) monthly quiz. Free to enter, teams of up to 

eight, to be seated in the cafe bar by 9pm.

MAILINGLISTS ACCESS INFORMATION 

To have this monthly programme sent 

to you for a year, send £7 (cheques made 

payable to Filmhouse) with your name 

and address and the month you wish your 

subscription to start. 

This programme is also available to 

download as a PDF from our website, 

www.fi lmhousecinema.com. 

Alternatively, sign up to our emailing 

list, to fi nd out what’s on when and hear 

about special off ers and competitions, by 

going to www.fi lmhousecinema.com 

There is a large print version 

of the programme available 

which can be posted to you 

free of charge. 

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Filmhouse foyer and box offi ce are reached 

via a ramped surface from Lothian Road. 

Our cafe bar and accessible toilet are also at 

this level. The majority of seats in the cafe 

bar are not fi xed and can be moved. 

There is wheelchair access to all three 

screens. Cinema one has space for two 

wheelchair users and these places are 

reached via the passenger lift. Cinemas 

two and three have one space each and to 

get to these you need to use our platform 

lifts. Staff are always on hand to help 

operate them – please ask at the box offi ce 

when you purchase your tickets. A second 

accessible toilet is situated at the lower 

level close to cinemas two and three. 

Advance booking for wheelchair spaces is 

recommended. If you need to bring along 

a helper to assist you in any way, then they 

will receive a complimentary ticket. 

There are induction loops and infra-red 

in all three screens for those with hearing 

impairments. This programme and our 

website carry information on which fi lms 

have subtitles. 

We regularly have screenings with audio 

description for customers with visual 

impairments and subtitles for those with 

hearing diffi culties – see page 2 for details 

of these. 

Email admin@fi lmhousecinema.com or 

call the box offi ce on 0131 228 2688 if you 

require further information or assistance. 

Filmhouse 

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Edinburgh EH3 9BZ 

www.fi lmhousecinema.com 

Box Offi ce: 0131 228 2688 (10am-9pm) 

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Administration: 0131 228 6382 

Fax: 0131 229 6482 

email: admin@fi lmhousecinema.com 

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Head of Filmhouse 

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Customer Experience Manager 

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Knowledge & Learning 

Filmhouse is a trading name of Centre for the 

Moving Image, a company limited by guarantee, 

registered in Scotland No. SC067087 

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Castle Terrace, Edinburgh Quay 

Lothian Buses: 1, 2, 10, 11, 15, 16, 22, 

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