Playtime is a Tati masterpiece. Three years in production and dazzling looking, it shows off a futuristic Paris which some of its inhabitants, notably Monsieur Hulot (played by Jacques Tati), are struggling to come to terms with. Hulot roams around Paris with a group of American tourists, lost in the maze of modern architecture filled with the latest gadgets.
The film will be preceded by a short (12m) KH-4, a strange film about a Glasgow artist (played by a young Bill Forsyth) who uses the city as a source of inspiration.
Selected and introduced by Glasgow artist, Toby Paterson.
come and join us in the bar afterwards to talk music, cinema and life in an informal and random way.
we recommend booking tickets in advance.
GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow. 0141 332 8128. www.gft.org.uk
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two-lane blacktop
sunday 20th april 2008, 8.15pm
James Taylor plays a long-haired freak with a drug problem in Monte Hellman’s Two-Lane Blacktop, cast alongside the coolest guy in rock music, Beach Boys drummer, Dennis Wilson in an existentialist tale of alienation and car racing which unravels along Route 66.
The screening will be presented by Mark Hillier from Monorail Music, a cult film obsessive who considers it his duty to attend any screening of a horror film which takes place in a Glasgow cinema.
come and join us in the bar afterwards to talk music, cinema and life in an informal and random way.
we recommend booking tickets in advance.
GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow. 0141 332 8128. www.gft.org.uk
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harold and maude
sunday 16th march 2008, 8pm
This month we're really looking forward to seeing Hal Ashby's 1971 classic, Harold and Maude, as introduced by our good friends Norman and Krista.
Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.
The screening will be presented by Norman And Krista Blake. Norman is one third of Teenage Fanclub and Krista runs the wonderful Hitherto shop in the Merchant City.
come and join us in the bar afterwards to talk music, cinema and life in an informal and random way.
we recommend booking tickets in advance.
GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow. 0141 332 8128. www.gft.org.uk
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a life in the death of joe meek
sunday 24th february 2008, 6.30pm * * sold out * * sold out * *
Joe Meek was a pop composer and Britain’s premier independent record producer of the late fifties and early sixties. Meek was renowned for his pioneering recording techniques and for the futuristic sound of the records he produced, but notorious for his eccentric personality. Joe’s biggest struggle was with himself and coping with being gay at a time when it was illegal. This fascinating documentary explores how Joe Meek managed to leave his indelible stamp, not just on the recording industry, but on modern pop culture as well.
This screening will be introduced by John Cavanagh. John is a broadcaster, musician and collector of vintage analogue equipment. He contributed to the making of the film.
come and join us in the bar afterwards to talk music, cinema and life in an informal and random way.
Based on an original screenplay by Arthur Miller, this elegiac, beautifully shot modern Western gave his then wife Marilyn Monroe arguably her greatest dramatic role. She plays a divorcee in Reno, Nevada who gets hooked up with a trio of disillusioned cowboys (Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift and Eli Wallach) reduced to rounding up wild horses to sell for dog food.
Introduced by Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura.
come and join us in the bar afterwards to talk music, cinema and life in an informal and random way.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Sunday 9th december, 7.45pm
This month Monorail Film Club presents a film for all the young lovers of the world. This is an enchanting bittersweet tale of young lovers (menaced by parental ambition, unwanted pregnancy and the Algerian War) with Demy’s dialogue sung throughout to Legrand’s fabulous score. Rich pastel colours and fluid cinematography situate the proceedings in a magical territory somewhere between reality and fairy tale. The ending, especially, is unforgettable.
Introduced by Duglas T Stewart.
come and join us in the bar afterwards to talk music, cinema and life in an informal and random way.
GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow. 0141 332 8128. www.gft.org.uk
we recommend booking tickets in advance.
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F For Fake
Sunday 18th November, 6.15pm
This month our film club turns its attention to Orson Welles’ genre defying late masterpiece, F For Fake.
Welles the magician delves deep into his cinematic box of tricks and comes up with something just as innovative as Citizen Kane. At once a reconstructed documentary on art forgers and essay on the film director as charlatan, F For Fake is ultimately a rollercoaster ride through cinematic technique itself. It’s poetic, funny, serious-minded and the sleight of hand is a pure joy to behold.
Introduced by Stewart Gardiner of Plan B Magazine.
come and join us in the bar afterwards to talk music, cinema and life in an informal and random way.
GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow. 0141 332 8128. www.gft.org.uk
we recommend booking tickets in advance.
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Valerie and her Week of Wonders
Sunday 21st October, 6.45pm
This month we present a post new-wave Czech cult classic, 'Valerie and her Week of Wonders' (Valerie a týden divu) by Jaromil Jires.
duglas t. stewart will introduce the film, which was originally selected by adele bethel of sons and daughters.
Inspired by fairy-tales such as Alice in Wonderland and Little Red-Riding Hood, 'Valerie...' is a surreal tale in which love, fear, sex and religion merge into one fantastic world. The soundtrack by Lubos Fiser is completely mesmerising and was finally made available by the Finders Keepers label, 36 years after the film's original release.
come and join us in the bar afterwards to talk music, cinema and life in an informal and random way.
GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow. 0141 332 8128. www.gft.org.uk
we very much recommend booking tickets in advance.
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the holy modal rounders: bound to lose
and
silver jew
sunday 23rd september, 6.45pm
this month, two generations of american underground music. introduced by the director of the holy modal rounders film, paul c lovelace.
the holy modal rounders: bound to lose chronicles the wild forty-year history of 'the rounders', who originated as a 1960's greenwich village psychedelic folk duo of peter stampfel and steve weber. featured in the film are dennis hopper, former band member sam shepard, peter tork of the monkees, ira kaplan of yo la tengo, the fugs, loudon wainwright III, among many others. directed by sam wainwright douglas and paul c lovelace.
silver jew is an intimate portrait of sometimes reclusive poet/musician david berman and his band the silver jews on their historic first visit to israel in 2006. for berman this trip was always going to be significant and emotional and the film offers a unique insight into the charismatic word-genius as he performs his music in tel aviv and jerusalem with a country-tinged incarnation of his group which includes his wife cassie. directed by michael tully.
come and join us in the bar afterwards to talk music, cinema and life in an informal and random way.
we very much recommend booking tickets in advance.
gft, 12 rose street, glasgow. 0141 332 8128
Glasgow's Monorail Film Club is proud to announce that Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand will be introducing Joseph Losey's creepy 1963 masterpiece, The Servant.
The Servant, scripted by Harold Pinter and starring Dirk Bogarde and James Fox is one of the key films of 1960s British cinema. It takes a sharp look at British class relations via a dramatic turning of the tables between a dainty Oxbridge twit bachelor (played by a young and dapper Fox) and his contemptuous manservant (Bogarde).
After the screening, join us for drinks in Cafe Cosmo. We very much recommend booking tickets in advance.
Sunday 19th August
http://www.gft.org.uk
GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB. 0141 332 8128
monorail film club presents grey gardens
gft, rose street, glasgow
sunday 22 july 2007, 7.30pm
introduced by roxanne clifford of the royal we
with after film discussion and music in café cosmo
monorail film club presents the last detail
gft, rose street, glasgow
sunday 17 june 2007, 7.30pm
introduced by stuart murdoch with after film discussion and music in café cosmo
monorail film club presents masculin féminin
and tous les garçons s'appellent patrick
gft, rose street, glasgow
sunday 20 may 2007, 7pm
introduced by stephen pastel with after film discussion and music in café cosmo
we often went to the movies. the screen lit up and we trembled. but more often than not, madeleine and i were disappointed... this wasn't the film we dreamed of. this wasn't the total film that each of us had carried within... the film that we wanted to make, or more secretly no doubt... that we wanted to live.
As summer rolls in so does the gaberlunzie. He'll ask you for your change and then steal it if you don't give it to him. He is the one with the subway cup with the top torn off, the 80's ski jacket with one arm and unintentionally brilliant facial hair.
Come see him perform his unique blend of girl-psyche, man-choir, baby-funk alongside BIG residents The Frantic Ant and Splashy the Blame Shifter - Friday 23rd May - free - Ivy.
BLACK TENT >>>>>>>>>> NICE N SLEAZY >>>>>>>>>>>> FRIDAY 25 >>>>>>>>>>11:30pm to 3am >>>>> 3 punt for the gents and 3 punt for the ladies
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Toby Tatum is very pleased to announce the completion of his new film Crime Scene
With Crime Scene Toby Tatum engages with his obsession with crime and, in particular, crime films – abstracting the genre's stock characters, situations and plots and reworking them outside the boundaries of conventional cinematic narrative.
The cast includes punk legend Gene October of Chelsea who, along with enjoying a successful music career which spans some thirty years, has also appeared in films including Derek Jarman's Jubilee (1978) and Caravaggio (1986).
We can not wait to have a delicious meal at Mono again! After eating butter and cheese sandwiches everyday when we were filming, Mono saved our lives! Looking forward to the screening too! Susan and Howard
Went to see Jacques Demy's wonderful Peau d'Ane at the GFT today. It is such a magical movie of the heart. Seeing Catherine Deneuve and hearing the Michel Legrand score made me hungry for Les Parapluies de Cherbourg.
BLACK TENT - LAST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH - ERRORS DJ'S PLUS
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