Full List of Screenings
Future Screenings
I Hired A Contract Killer
From the "Aki Kaurismäki" season
Aki Kaurismäki | Finland | 1990 | 79 minutes
English language
With two failed suicide attempts under his belt, Henri Boulanger (Jean-Pierre Léaud) hires a terminally ill killer to bump him off. It’s to be suicide by hitman. Then he meets flower-seller Margaret and doesn’t want to die.
Sunday 24th October at 4:30 PM | Unreserved seating |
Justin From Marseilles
From the "Provençal Cinema of the 1930s" season
Maurice Tourneur | France | 1935 | 100 minutes
French with English subtitles
Justin, a Marseilles gangster, finds himself in a deadly feud with his rival, Esposito, who plans to steal a cargo of opium bound for China and to have Justin killed.
Sunday 24th October at 7:00 PM | Unreserved seating |
Paper Moon
From the "Cinema Rekindled" season
Peter Bogdanovich | USA | 1973 | 102 minutes
Depression era road-movie. A con man finds himself saddled with a young girl and the two forge an unlikely partnership. Starring Tatum and Ryan O’Neal. Paper Moon is one of the key American comedies of the 1970s
Sunday 31st October at 4:30 PM | Unreserved seating |
The Masque of the Red Death
From the "Based on the writings of Edgar Allan Poe" season
Roger Corman | USA | 1964 | 89 minutes
Medieval Italian prince Prospero (Vincent Price) terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the “Red Death” plague that stalks the land. Based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe. “Some stories need to be told in a big way. More than a simple account of one man’s fall from grace, this is a mythic tale, a morality play as relevant now as it would have been in medieval times. Corman has gifted it with an intensity rarely matched elsewhere in cinema.” (Jennie Kermode, Eye For Film)
Sunday 31st October at 7:00 PM | Unreserved seating |
The Small Back Room
From the "Cinema Rekindled" season
Michael Powell | UK | 1949 | 107 minutes
An alcoholic scientist and military bomb-disposal expert is hired by the government to advise on a dangerous new German weapon. Deftly mixing suspense and romance, it’s an atmospheric, post–World War II gem.
Sunday 7th November at 4:30 PM | Unreserved seating |
Wendy And Lucy
From the "Cinema Rekindled" season
Kelly Reichardt | USA | 2008 | 80 minutes
Wendy, a near-penniless drifter, is travelling to Alaska in search of work with her only companion her dog Lucy. But when her car breaks down the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart. “A defining work of neo-realist filmmaking that transformed American independent cinema.” (Harvard Film Archive)
Sunday 7th November at 7:00 PM | Unreserved seating |
The Wages of Fear(Le Salaire de la peur)
From the "EFG @ IFE" season
Henri-Georges Clouzot | France | 1953 | 153 minutes
This film is being screened in conjunction with the French Institute of Scotland at their location on George IV Bridge. It is booked and charged separately on the IFE website (External link)
In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. The result is one of the greatest thrillers ever committed to celluloid, a white-knuckle ride from France’s legendary master of suspense, Henri-Georges Clouzot. Stars: Yves Montand and Charles Vanel. Awards: Grand Prix du Festival International du Film (Palme d'Or); Golden Bear, Berlin Film Festival, 1953; BAFTA Award: Best Film, 1954.
French with English subtitles
Friday 12th November at 6:00 PM | Unreserved seating |
Yearning
From the "Cinema Rekindled" season
Mikio Naruse | Japan | 1964 | 98 minutes
Japanese with English subtitles
A grocer’s widow (Hideko Takamine) faces outside pressure to sell her store and learns of her brother-in-law’s (Yûzô Kayama) unrequited love for her. “One of Naruse's most stunning achievements.” (BFI)
Sunday 14th November at 4:30 PM | Unreserved seating |
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
From the "Early Movies of Fritz Lang" season
Fritz Lang | Germany | 1924 | 158 minutes
Screened from a High Definition Restoration
In Part One, Siegfried acquires the power of invincibility after bathing in a dragon’s blood. But a later alliance turns treacherous. “Die Nibelungen is the king of all fantasy epics. Burning palaces, bloody fight scenes, dragons, cloaks of invisibility – this beast has it all, and it’s breathtakingly beautiful as well.” (Silent London)
Sunday 14th November at 7:00 PM | Unreserved seating |
Time Stood Still (Il tempo si è fermato)
From the "Ermanno Olmi : Italian neo-realist and spiritual humanist" season
Ermanno Olmi | Italy | 1959 | 83 minutes
When one of the caretakers on an Alpine construction site leaves to spend Christmas with his family, he is replaced with an adolescent boy. The older remaining man and new arrival barely speak, until an avalanche cuts them off and they slowly grow fond of one another.
Sunday 21st November at 4:30 PM | Unreserved seating |
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
From the "Early Films of Fritz Lang" season
Fritz Lang | Germany | 1924 | 129 minutes
German intertitles with English subtitles
In Part Two, Siegfried’s widow, Kriemhild, travels to the remote land of the Huns to wed the monstrous Attila, and thereby enlist his forces in an act of vengeance. “Die Nibelungen ranks among the greatest and strangest of all silents.” (Slant Magazine)
Sunday 21st November at 7:00 PM | Unreserved seating |
The Man Without A Past
From the "Aki Kaurismäki" season
Aki Kaurismäki | Finland | 2002 | 97 minutes
An amnesiac man tries to make sense of his place in the world after he’s beaten and left for dead. A gentle, charming, quirky story of a community’s capacity for kindness and resilience. Winner: Grand Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival. Finnish with English subtitles
Sunday 28th November at 4:30 PM | Unreserved seating |
Spirits of the Dead (Histoires extraordinaires)
From the "Based on the writings of Edgar Allan Poe" season
Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim | Various | 1968 | 121 minutes
English, French, and Italian, with English subtitles
Anthology film from three European directors based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe: a cruel princess haunted by a ghostly horse, a sadistic young man haunted by his double, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil. Cast includes: Terence Stamp, Alain Delon and Jane Fonda. Narration by Vincent Price.
Sunday 28th November at 7:00 PM | Unreserved seating |
Madame de ...
From the "EFG @ IFE" season
Max Ophüls | France | 1953 | 100 minutes
This film is being screened in conjunction with the French Institute of Scotland at their location on George IV Bridge. It is booked and charged separately on the IFE website (External link)
In 'Madame de...' the unnamed wife (Danielle Darrieux) of an aristocrat pawns her earrings to pay off her debts. The transaction sets off a chain reaction, as the earrings exchange hands between the pawnbroker, the lady’s husband (Charles Boyer), her husband’s mistress, and her suitor (Vittorio De Sica), implicating each in a web of desire and deceit. “One of the greats, and in the opinion of many the greatest, has been restored. Max Ophüls's classic 'Madame De…' A marvel of storytelling: erotic, gripping, elegant and mysterious. A superb film and a matchless trio of performances.” (The Guardian)
French with English subtitles
Friday 3rd December at 6:00 PM | Unreserved seating |
Back to the Wall
From the "Cinema Rekindled" season
Édouard Molinaro | France | 1958 | 93 minutes
Director “Édouard Molinaro began his career with a series of taut, bitter films noirs, the first of which was this stunningly cynical piece about a businessman (Gérard Oury) who takes his own sweet time to plan an elaborate revenge on his unfaithful wife (Jeanne Moreau).” (Museum of Modern Art/MoMA)
Sunday 5th December at 4:30 PM | Unreserved seating |
Beloved Sisters (Die geliebten Schwestern)
From the "Cinema Rekindled" season
Dominik Graf | Germany | 2014 | 170 minutes
Subtitles
“An enthralling depiction of the complicated relationship between the post-Enlightenment writer and philosopher Friedrich Schiller and sisters Charlotte von Lengefeld and Caroline von Beulwitz. An unusually intelligent historical drama of bold personalities torn between the stirrings of the heart and the logic of the mind.” (Variety) Our thanks to the Goethe-Institut for making this screening possible.
Sunday 5th December at 7:00 PM | Unreserved seating |
Greenery Will Bloom Again (Torneranno i prati)
From the "Ermanno Olmi : Italian neo-realist and spiritual humanist" season
Ermanno Olmi | Italy | 2014 | 78 minutes
Set in the trenches during the First World War, a platoon of Italian soldiers face the difficulty of war during one winter night on the Austria-Hungary and Italian border.
Sunday 12th December at 4:30 PM | Unreserved seating |
AGM
From the "Merry Christmas" season
Jim Dunnigan | Scotland | 2021 | 15 minutes
Following on from the afternoon's screening the cinema will be the venue for EFG's AGM.
Due to Covid-19 restrictions there will be no party this year.
Sunday 12th December at 6:00 PM | Unreserved seating |
Past Screenings 2021-22 Season
Barbara
From the "Cinema Rekindled" season
Christian Petzold | Germany | 2012 | 108 minutes
It’s 1980, and an East German doctor (Nina Hoss) is banished to a rural paediatric hospital after repeated attempts to escape to the West. But her continued plans of escape are called into question when she befriends the hospital's head surgeon and a troubled patient. Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKTd5igNLq0
Sunday 17th October at 7:00 PM | Unreserved seating |
The Whole Town's Talking
From the "Cinema Rekindled" season
John Ford | USA | 1935 | 93 minutes
The legendary John Ford directs this sparkling film starring Edward G. Robinson in double roles as a mild-mannered clerk and a notorious gangster who happen to look remarkably alike. Trouble, of course, ensues, along with a delightful screwball romance featuring the wonderful Jean Arthur.
Sunday 17th October at 4:30 PM | Unreserved seating |
The Set-Up
From the "Cinema Rekindled" season
Robert Wise | USA | 1949 | 73 minutes
Director Robert Wise’s great 1949 fight game movie stars Robert Ryan as a has-been fighter who won’t take a dive. It’s a thrilling, eye-catching film, with glorious film noir cinematography and an atmospheric studio production, plus imaginative, hard-hitting direction by Wise. Opening sequence : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN_7sMZ9rsg
Sunday 10th October at 7:00 PM | Unreserved seating |
Faces Places (Visages villages)
From the "Documentary" season
Agnes Varda, JR | France | 2017 | 94 minutes
Filmmaker Agnes Varda and artist JR journey in a van through rural France, taking photos of ordinary people and turnng them into huge works of art along the way. Trailer : https://youtu.be/AoIiH6xZZIk
Sunday 10th October at 4:30 PM | Unreserved seating |