1. Art and Diseño

february 2015
1SUNTinker Bell and the Legend
of the NeverBeast
11.00am
The Theory of Everything
2.00pm & 8.00pm
Boyhood
4.45pm
2MON
The Theory of Everything
5.00pm
5
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
7.30pm
3 TUE
Boyhood2.00pm
m
The Theory of Everything
7.30PM
4WED
The Theory of Everything
5.00pm
5
legally Blonde
7.30pm
5 THU
The Theory of Everything
2.00pm & 7.30PM
m
6 FRIInto the Woods
5.00pm
Wild
8.00pm
7SAT
Paddington12.00pm
Into the Woods
2.00pm & 8.00pm
Wild
5.00pm
8SUNPaddington
12.00Pm
Into the Woods
2.00pm & 5.00pm
Wild
8.00pm
9MON
Paddington12.30pm
Into the Woods
2.30pm & 5.00pm 5
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Wild
7.30pm
10TUE
Paddington12.30am
Into the Woods
2.30pm & 5.00pm
Africa United
7.30pm
11WED
Paddington10.30am
NT LIVE ENCORE: Treasure Island
1.00pm
Wild
5.00pm
5
Into the Woods
7.30pm
12 THU
Paddington12.30pm
Into the Woods
2.30pm & 5.00pm
Wild
7.30pm
13 FRIPaddington
12.30pm Into the Woods
2.30pm
Foxcatcher
5.00pm
Whiplash
8.00pm
14SAT
Paddington11.00am
Into the Woods
2.00pm
Whiplash
5.00pm
Foxcatcher
8.00pm
15SUNPaddington
11.00am
Into the Woods
2.00pm
Foxcatcher
5.00pm
Whiplash
8.00pm
16MON
Foxcatcher
5.00pm
5
Whiplash
7.30pm
m
17 TUE
Foxcatcher2.00pm
DigiCult Scottish Shorts Film Tour
Programme 1
7.30pm
18WED
Whiplash5.00pm
5
Stagecoach
7.30pm
19 THU
Paddington10.30am
p
Whiplash
2.00pm
m
Foxcatcher
7.30pm
20 FRI
Selma
5.00pm
American Sniper
8.00pm
21SAT
Penguins of Madagascar
11.00am
American Sniper
2.00pm & 5.00pm
Selma
8.00pm
22SUN
Penguins of Madagascar
11.00am a
Selma
2.00pm & 5.00pm
American Sniper
8.00pm
23MON
American Sniper
5.00pm
5
Selma
7.30pm
24TUE
Selma3.15pm
ROH Live: Der Fliegende Holländer
(The Flying Dutchman)
7.15pm
25WED
Selma
5.00pm
5
The Man from Laramie
7.30pm
26 THU
Penguins of Madagascar
10.30am p
American Sniper
2.00pm
m
Selma
7.30pm
27 FRIThe Pianist
5.00pm
Taken 3
8.00pm
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
11.00pm
28SAT
FROM UP ON POPPY HILL
11.00am
DigiCult Scottish Shorts Film Tour
Programme for Young People
2.00pm
Taken 3
5.00pm
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Testament of Youth
8.00pm
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AUDIO DESCRIBED FILM
Autism Friendly
Midweek Matinee Screening
Parent & toddler Screening
Subtitled Screening
£4.50 @ 5
We try to offer a variety of audio described film
screenings. D means audio description is
available via headset for all screenings.
Don’t Forget the
Wee Group Saver!
fEBRUARY 2015
That’s a saving of up to £4.00 per film. What’s more, there are no restrictions
on who can use the tickets. So whether it is your turn to take the grandkids
to the cinema or it is double date night, everyone saves with the
Wee Group Saver!
Find us
University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
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Campus. For all public transport options call
Traveline Scotland on 0871 200 22 33.
Ticket Prices
All Screenings (Unless stated otherwise):
Full price £6.50/Concession £6.00/
Student £4.50/Friends £5.00
Kids Film Club screenings: £1.95 each
Midweek Matinee: £3.00 each
£4.50 @ 5pm screenings: £4.50 each
Wee Group Saver (4 people for the same
screening): £22.00
Film Three Pack (three films from this
brochure; tickets must be bought at same
time): Full price £16.50/Concession £15.00
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Information
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visitors with additional support
needs. Our building is fully
accessible for wheelchairs,
and we offer hearing loops at
the box office and bar. Audio
description and subtitles
are available for selected
cinema screenings (see diary).
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for people with additional
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whole family. Bring your kids along and enjoy family films
on the big screen in a child friendly, relaxed atmosphere
with the lights dimmed and the sound at a comfortable
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are priced at £1.95 or free for babies under 12 months.
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Creative Learning
Kids Film Club
macrobert ARTS
CENTRE filmhouse
Into the Woods
DIARY
Film Discussion Group
Into the Woods
Selma
Theory of Everything
New for 2015 - Royal Opera House live
Don’t Forget the Wee Group Saver!
Tickets www.macrobert.org
Box Office 01786 466666
Holocaust Memorial
Screenings
This series of films will be run in conjunction with the Anne Frank
History for Tomorrow exhibition which will be on display in the
Art Collection in the Pathfoot Building between January and
March 2015. For further information about the exhibition and
associated outreach events please visit www.artcol.stir.ac.uk
Tue 17 Feb / FREE [with film ticket bought for main screening]
Our new film club will run on the third Tuesday of every month. After the evening
movie, grab a drink and join us for an opportunity to discuss and debate the film
you’ve just seen. This new group is similar to a book club, but with a focus upon film.
This month’s group will focus on the DigiCult Scottish Shorts Film Tour with a post
screening discussion with director Ruth Paxton. All are welcome.
The Boy in the Striped
Pyjamas (12A)
Fri 30 Jan 5.00pm
Mon 2 Feb 7.30pm
5
NEW! The Western: An Introduction
Wednesdays 18, 25 Feb & 4, 11 Mar 2015, 7PM - 10PM / £60/£54 (conc)
Tinker Bell and
the Legend Of The
NeverBeast (U)
Led by Professor John Izod, this course will be structured around film screenings and
discussion sessions to provide an accessible introduction to the Western film genre.
As well as viewing films such as Peckilnpah’s The Wild Bunch and Ron Howard’s The
Missing, we will illustrate and discuss such questions as ‘Where did the Western
come from?’ ‘Why was it once so popular in the USA and overseas?’ ‘What happened
when the frontier closed?’ Spaces on this course are limited so book early to avoid
disappointment. (Tickets are also available for film screenings only).
Sat 31 Jan 11.00am
Sun 1 Feb 11.00am
Stagecoach
John Ford / USA 1939 / 97 min / (U) Contains mild violence
Paddington (PG) Sat 14 Feb 11.00am
Sun 15 Feb 11.00am
Thu 19 Feb 10:30am
With rumours in the air of a possible Apache attack, a motley group of travellers in a
small New Mexico town board the Overland Stage bound for Lordsburg.
The Pianist (15) Fri 27 Feb 5.00pm
Mon 2 mar 7.30pm
5
Schindler’s List (15)
Fri 27 Mar 4.30pm
5
Mon 30 Mar 7.30pm
wed 18 Feb 7.30pm
p
The Man from Laramie
Anthony Mann / USA 1955 / 98 min / (U) Contains mild violence
Penguins of
Madagascar (U)
Sat 21 Feb 11.00am
Sun 22 Feb 11.00am
Thu 26 Feb 10.30am
Thu 5 Mar 10.30am
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From Up on Poppy Hill
Sat 28 Feb 11.00am (English language version)
Sun 1 Mar 11.00am (English language version)
Wyoming rancher Will Lockhart sets out to exact revenge on the men whose sale of guns to
the Apaches resulted in the death of his brother.
Fri
Sam Peckinpah / USA 1969 / 145 min / (18)
NEW! Late Night Cult
Classics
A gang of outlaws ride into a Texan border town, but when their robbery turns into a bloodbath, and with the railroad company’s hired guns snapping at their heels, they decide to
escape to the apparent safety of the Mexican revolutionaries.
The last Friday of the month macrobert gives you the chance to relive
some of your favourite movies that have achieved that all important cult
classic status. What’s more, you can see these films for only £4.50!
wed 25 Feb 7.30pm
The Wild Bunch
wed 4 Mar 7.30pm
The Missing
Ron Howard / USA 2003 / 131 min / (15) Contains strong violence
Maggie Gilkeson is a young woman raising her two daughters in a lawless wilderness in
19th-century Mexico. When her oldest daughter is kidnapped by a psychopathic killer with
mystical powers, Maggie is forced to re-unite with her long estranged father to rescue her.
wed 11 Mar 7.30pm
This month we bring you…
The Rocky
Horror
Picture Show
Fri 27 Feb 11.00pm
Selma
New at
macrobert
ARTS CENTRE
Ava DuVernay / USA 2014 / / 128 min / (12A)
Contains moderate violence, racist language,
infrequent strong language
Every month macrobert brings you some of the biggest blockbusters as
well as critically acclaimed independent and foreign language cinema.
The Theory of
Everything D
5
Fri 20 Feb 5.00pm
Sat 21 Feb 8.00pm
Sun 22 Feb 2.00pm & 5.00pm
Mon 23 Feb 7.30pm
m
Tue 24 Feb 3.15pm
Wed 25 Feb 5.00pm 5
Thu 26 Feb 7.30pm
The extraordinary and uplifting story of one of
the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned
astrophysicist, Stephen Hawking. At 21 years
of age, Hawking receives an earth-shattering
diagnosis: motor neuron disease will attack his
limbs and his abilities and will take his life within
two years. Refusing to accept his diagnosis, and
with his new wife Jane as a constant source
of inspiration, Stephen embarks on his most
ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing
he now has precious little of - time.
Into the Woods
Clint Eastwood / USA 2014 / 132 min / (15)
Contains strong language, violence, threat
Fri 20 Feb 8.00pm
Sat 21 Feb 2.00pm & 5.00pm
Sun 22 Feb 8.00pm
Mon 23 Feb 5.00pm 5
Thu 26 Feb 2.00pm
m
Intertwining the plots of several of the beloved
Brothers Grimm fairy tales, Into the Woods
explores the consequences of the characters’
wishes and their quests. This humorous and
heartfelt musical follows the classic tales of
Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the
Beanstalk and Rapunzel, all tied together by an
original story involving a baker and his wife, their
wish to begin a family and their interaction with
the witch who has put a curse on them.
Tue 24 Feb 7.15pm
Tickets: £15.00/
£12.50 (conc and friends)
Sat 28 Feb 8.00pm
Sun 1 Mar 2.00pm & 5.00pm
m
Tue 3 Mar 2.00pm
Wed 4 Mar 5.00pm 5
Thu 5 Mar 7.30pm
m
D
From the director of Dallas Buyers Club comes
Wild, the true-life story of Cheryl Strayed, who,
after years of reckless behaviour leading to the
destruction of her marriage, decided to walk the
1,100 mile Pacific Crest trail alone, in an effort
to confront her personal demons and get her life
back on track.
Fri 27 Feb 8.00pm
Sat 28 Feb 5.00pm
Sun 1 Mar 8.00pm
Mon 2 Mar 5.00pm
Thu 5 Mar 2.00pm
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A captain is forced to sail the seas for eternity
unless released by the faithful love of a good
woman, and the lonely girl who longs to save him.
In this tale, Wagner created two unforgettable
characters operating near the limits of human
emotion.
Testament of Youth
National Theatre Live:
Treasure Island
James Kent / UK 2014 / 130 min / (12A)
Contains scenes of bloody injury
Suitable for 10 years +
Based on Vera Brittain’s First World War memoir,
which became a classic testimony of that war
from a woman’s point of view. Irrepressible,
intelligent and free-minded, Brittain overcomes
the prejudices of her family and hometown to win
a scholarship to Oxford. With everything to live
for, she falls in love with her brother’s close friend
Roland Leighton. But with the First World War
looming and as the boys leave for the front, Vera
realises she cannot sit idly by as her peers fight
for their country.
Wed 11 Feb 1.00pm
Tickets: £11.00 /
8.50 (conc and friends)
Ex-covert operative Bryan Mills reconciliation
with his ex-wife is tragically cut short when
she is brutally murdered. Consumed with rage,
and framed for the crime, he goes on the run to
evade the relentless pursuit of the CIA, FBI and
the police. For one last time, Mills must use his
“particular set of skills” to track down the real
killers, exact his unique brand of justice, and
protect the only thing that matters to him now,
his daughter.
Thu 12 Mar 7.00pm
Tickets: £12.50 /
£10.00 (conc and friends)
Sat 7 Feb 12.00pm
Sun 8 Feb 12.00pm
Mon 9 Feb 12.30pm
Tue 10 Feb 12.30pm
Wed 11 Feb 10.30am
Thu 12 Feb 12.30pm
Fri 13 Feb 12.30pm
See Kids Club for details of more screenings.
From the beloved novels by Michael Bond and
the producer of Harry Potter comes Paddington,
the story of a young Peruvian bear who travels
to London in search of a home. Finding himself
lost and alone, he begins to realise that city life
is not all he had imagined - until he meets the
kindly Brown who offer him a temporary home.
Just as his luck looks like it is taking a turn for
the better, this rarest of bears catches the eye of
a museum taxidermist who has sinister plans for
Paddington’s future.
English National
Opera: La traviata
(LIVE) by Verdi
A stunning production of Verdi’s masterpiece
which reaches to the heart of the opera’s themes
of passionate love and tragic death.
Boyhood
Richard Linklater / USA 2014 / 166 min / (15)
Contains strong language, sex references,
drug use
Sat 31 Jan 8.00pm
Sun 1 Feb 4.45pm
Tue 3 Feb 2.00pm m
Wed 11 Mar 7.30pm
Tickets: £13.50 /
£11.00 (conc and friends)
Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Richard
Linklater’s Boyhood is a ground-breaking story
of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child
named Mason, who literally grows up on screen.
Snapshots of adolescence from road trips and
family dinners to birthdays and graduations and
all the moments in between. Boyhood is both a
nostalgic time capsule of the recent past and an
ode to growing up and parenting.
Legally Blonde
Fri 13 Feb 5.00pm
Sat 14 Feb 8.00pm
Sun 15 Feb 5.00pm
Mon 16 Feb 5.00pm
Tue 17 Feb 2.00pm
Thu 19 Feb 7.30pm
5
5
m
Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Mark
Schultz is languishing in obscurity and poverty
when he is invited by John du Pont to form a
team and to train for the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
With his vast finances, du Pont appoints himself
head coach of the team, eager to win the respect
of his peers. As Mark embraces his benefactor
as a father figure, du Pont’s favouritism shifts to
his brother and the trio is propelled towards a
tragedy no one could have foreseen.
Whiplash
Robert Luketic / USA 2001 / 92 min / (12A)
Contains moderate language and sex
references
Wed 4 Feb 7.30pm
D
Fri 13 Feb 8.00pm
Sat 14 Feb 5.00pm
Sun 15 Feb 8.00pm
Mon 16 Feb 7.30pm
Wed 18 Feb 5.00pm
Thu 19 Feb 2.00pm
5
m
Programme 1
Tue 17 Feb
7.30pm (followed by Q & A)
Programme
for Younger People
Sat 28 Feb 2.00pm
(followed by a film making
workshop)
Debs Gardner-Paterson / Various 2010 / 88 min
/ (12A) Contains Contains moderate violence,
language and sex references
Tue 10 Feb 7.30pm
Africa United tells the extraordinary story of
four children who traverse Africa to realise their
dream of reaching the 2010 World Cup in South
Africa! Setting out from Rwanda, the plucky
group have to cover 3000 miles while overcoming
numerous obstacles to cross borders and
make it in time for the tournament’s kick-off in
Johannesburg. Discover Africa through the film,
meet the charity’s team, hear their experiences
of working in Africa and learn more about the
charity’s ambitions for the future.
Since DigiCult’s first ground-breaking GMAC
commissions, their films have gone on to be
nominated and win BAFTA and BIFA awards,
the Golden Bear (Berlin), EIFF’s McLaren
Animation Award, and before the Silver Lion
(Venice). From Animation to Horror; Romance
to Comedy; Drama to Documentary, these films
have been curated to showcase the current crop
of filmmaking talent emerging from Scotland.
For further information on each programme
and film making workshop please visit
www.macrobert.org
Japan Week From Up on Poppy Hill
Africa United
Damien Chazelle / USA 2014 / 106 min / (15)
Contains very strong language, strong sex
references
Andrew Neyman is an ambitious young jazz
drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to
the top of his elite east coast music conservatory.
Terence Fletcher, an instructor equally known for
his teaching talents as for his terrifying methods,
leads the top jazz ensemble in the school.
Discovering Andrew, Fletcher transfers him into
his band, forever changing the young man’s life.
Andrew’s passion to achieve perfection quickly
spirals into obsession, as his ruthless teacher
continues to push him to the brink of both his
ability and his sanity.
When sorority queen Elle’s boyfriend packs
up for Harvard Law and reunites with an old
sweetheart from prep school, she rallies all her
resources and gets into Harvard, determined to
win him back. But law school is a far cry from
the comforts of her poolside and the mall. Elle
must wage the battle of her life, for her guy, for
herself and for all the blondes who suffer endless
indignities every day.
The production is ideal for newcomers to opera
with its contemporary staging, and a running time
of less than two hours.
DigiCult Scottish
Shorts Film Tour
Foxcatcher
Bennett Miller / USA 2014 / 134 min / (15)
Contains drug use, brief strong violence
Pulizter Prize-winner Katherine Boo spent
three years in Annawadi recording the lives of its
residents. From her uncompromising book, winner
of the National Book Award for Non-Fiction 2012,
David Hare has fashioned a tumultuous play on
an epic scale.
India is surging with global ambition. But beyond
the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport
lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans
of their own. Zehrunisa and her son Abdul aim to
recycle enough rubbish to fund a proper house.
Sunil, twelve and stunted, wants to eat until
he’s as tall as Kalu the thief. Asha seeks to steal
government anti-poverty funds to turn herself
into a ‘first-class person’, while her daughter
Manju intends to become the slum’s first female
graduate.
Second Chance
cinema
Paul King / UK 2014 / 95 min / (PG) Contains
dangerous behaviour, mild threat, innuendo,
infrequent mild bad language
Robert Louis Stevenson’s story of murder, money
and mutiny is brought to life in a thrilling new
stage adaptation by Bryony Lavery, broadcast
live from the National Theatre. It’s a dark, stormy
night. The stars are out. Jim, the inn-keeper’s
granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying
stranger. At the old sailor’s feet sits a huge seachest, full of secrets. Jim invites him in - and her
dangerous voyage begins.
National Theatre Live:
Behind the Beautiful
Forevers
D
5
Paddington
Richard Wagner / Opera in three acts / Sung
in German / Running time: 2 hours 20 minutes
approx (no interval)
Wagner’s first masterpiece explores the themes
of damnation and redemption that would
fascinate the composer throughout his career.
Olivier Megaton / USA 2014 / 109 min / (15)
Contains moderate action violence, infrequent
strong language
Jean-Marc Vallée / USA 2014 / 115 min / (15)
Contains strong language, sex, drug use
Fri 6 Feb 8.00pm
Sat 7 Feb 5.00pm
Sun 8 Feb 8.00pm
Mon 9 Feb 7.30pm
Wed 11 Feb 5.00pm
Thu 12 Feb 7.30pm
Royal Opera House
Live: Der Fliegende
Holländer (The Flying
Dutchman)
Chris Kyle is the most lethal sniper in U.S.
military history. His pinpoint accuracy saves
countless lives on the battlefield and, as stories
of his courageous exploits spread, he earns the
nickname “Legend.” However, his reputation is
also growing behind enemy lines, making him a
prime target of insurgents. Despite the danger,
as well as the toll on his family at home, Chris
serves through four harrowing tours of duty in
Iraq. However upon returning home, Chris finds
that it is the war he can’t leave behind.
Taken 3
Wild
For a full list of the upcoming event cinema, including the
latest screenings from the National Theatre, English National
Opera and Royal Opera House, visit www.macrobert.org
D
Rob Marshall / USA 2014 / 124 min / (PG)
Contains mild violence, threat
Fri 6 Feb 5.00pm 5
Sat 7 Feb 2.00pm & 8.00pm
Sun 8 Feb 2.00pm & 5.00pm
Mon 9 Feb 2.30pm
& 5.00pm
5
s
Tue 10 Feb 2.30pm & 5.00pm
Wed 11 Feb 7.30pm
Thu 12 Feb 2.30pm & 5.00pm
Fri 13 Feb 2.30pm
Sat 14 Feb 2.00pm
Sun 15 Feb 2.00m
Selma chronicles the tumultuous three-month
period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting
rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic
march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in
President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act
of 1965, one of the most significant victories for
the civil rights movement.
Special Events
American Sniper
James Marsh / UK 2015 / 124 min / (12A)
Contains brief sexualised images, mild bad
language
Fri 30 Jan 8.00pm
Sat 31 Jan 2.00pm & 5.00pm
Sun 1 Feb 2.00pm & 8.00pm
Mon 2 Feb 5.00pm 5
Tue 3 Feb 7.30pm
Wed 4 Feb 5.00pm 5
Thu 5 Feb 2.00pm
m
& 7.30pm
D
Goro Miyazaki / Japan 2011 / 92 min / (U)
Contains no material likely to offend or harm
Sat 28 Feb 11.00am
(English language version)
Sun 1 Mar 11.00am
(English language version)
Tue 3 Mar 7.30pm
(Japanese with English
subtitles)
From the legendary and highly celebrated
Studio Ghibli comes From Up on Poppy Hill,
the coming-of-age story from Goro Miyazaki.
Set in Yokohama in 1963, this lovingly handdrawn film centers on Umi and Shun and the
budding romance that develops as they join
forces to save their high school’s ramshackle
clubhouse from demolition.
The University of Stirling is pleased to announce
our third annual Japan Week. Join us for an
exciting programme of talks, film, culture, music
and food, all inspired by the culture of Japan.
Events are open to all, but places should be
reserved in advance at www.stir.ac.uk/events