Film screening on 1961's The Hustler Paul Newman's career-defining turn as Fast 'Eddie' Felson in a film from the writer of The Queen's Gambit, Walter Tevis.
GCPH co-programmer Ewan McCorry kicks off his Bad Trip season of films with this comedy classic spoofing Hollywood disaster movies. Dir: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker Stars: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen Run Time: 87mins Country: US Cert: PG We kick off our BAD TRIP season with the quintessential disaster comedy. A former [...]
Sally Potter's Berlinale-premiering feature criss-crosses the world in the company of Javier Bardem, a man struggling to keep sane.
GCPH co-programmer Ewan McCorry returns with this second Bad Trip screening, a majestic adaptation of Yann Martel's novel by Ang Lee. About this event Dir: Ang Lee Stars: Irfan Khan, Suraj Sharma, Rafe Spall Run Time: 127mins Country: US / Taiwan / UK / Can / Mex / India / Fra Cert: PG We Move [...]
Marielle Heller's latest film probes deep in to the American psyche through the deceptively whimsical world of Kids TV presenter Mr Rogers.
Dir: Wes Anderson Stars: Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody Run Time: 91mins Country: US Cert: 15 Foucault said of trains “think of the extraordinary bundle of relations represented by something through which one passes, by means of which we pass from one point to another, and which, in its turn, has the power of [...]
To coincide with the ‘Juneteenth’ freedom celebrations in the US, we are screening this award-winning Sundance Film Festival premiering feature debut from exciting new filmmaker Channing Godfrey Peoples.
Dir: Beeban Kidron Stars: Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo Run Time: 109mins Country: US Cert: PG We close off our Bad Trip season with this underrated 90s gem about three drag queens on a roadtrip to Los Angeles. When Vida (an unrecognisable Patrick Swayze) and Noxeema (an equally unrecognisable Wesley Snipes) jointly win a [...]
Join us for this Edinburgh premiere of Kristof Bilsen's fantastic 2019 documentary about Alzheimer's care. Q&A with director will follow. Dir: Kristof Bilsen Run Time: 82mins Country: Bel / Sui / Ned Cert: PG The GCPH is very proud to be hosting the first Scottish non-festival screening of Belgian documentary filmmaker Kristof Bilsen’s beautiful film [...]
Our first film season of 2021 comes to an end with this inspiring delve into the injustices and iniquities of the legal system in the US. Dir: Destin Daniel Cretton Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson Run Time: 137mins Country: US Cert: 12 Following on from some of the events of 2020 this [...]
