Screening Europe at Filmhouse

11/02/2019

Dr Chiara Quaranta introduces Welcome on Tuesday 12 February as part of the 2019 Screening Europe: Brexit Edition

Philippe Lioret's compelling, finely balanced immigration drama

03/02/2019

Sidney Gilliat's political comedy about a Tory and Labour candidate who fall for each other...

12/09/2018

28/06/2018

I'll be introducing a free screening of Andre Tarkovsky's Solaris (1972) at the Odeon on Friday 29 June at 13:20.

Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986) was a Russian filmmaker, writer, film editor, film theorist, theatre and opera director. His notable works include Ivan's Childhood (1962), Andrei Rublev (1966) Solaris (1972), Mirror (1975) and Stalker (1979). His work is characterised by long takes, unconventional dr...

06/05/2018

The Italian Film Festival Scotland returns to Filmhouse on 24th May with screenings of new films by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Abel Ferrara, Francesca Comencini, Vincenzo Marra and much more!

http://www.filmhousecinema.com/season/italian-film-festival

18/02/2018

Aki Kaurismäki's oddball 1989 classic.

01/02/2018

The ten big screen movie happenings you should make time for this month, from a Wes Anderson retrospective to some curious Valentine's Day screenings.

01/06/2017

Booking is now open for a 10-day course I'll be teaching with Martine Pierquin at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

'An Insight into EIFF' will include a wide variety of premieres, lectures and special events including the Opening Night film and party.

All students will have access to Press and Industry screenings.

Please feel free to share with anyone you think might be interested!

Wednesday 21st June - Friday 30th June

16/03/2017

Booking is now open for my 10-week course 'The Sound of Film' (Mondays from 17th April). All welcome! Please share.

Comparatively under-explored in the area of Film Studies, sound and music are a crucial part of the film-viewing experience. This course will examine the use of sound and music in the cinema from the pre-sound era to the present through the work of filmmakers such as Bresson, Scorsese and Tarkovsky…

09/03/2017

I'll be introducing 'The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life' tonight at Filmhouse . It's the second in the Italian Film Festival's mini Ettore Scola season, a 1972 adaptation of Dürrenmatt's novella 'A Dangerous Game' featuring Scola favourite Alberto Sordi opposite French acting royalty Michel Simon, Charles Vanel and Pierre Brasseur.

http://www.filmhousecinema.com/showing/the-most-wonderful-evening-of-my-life-mar17/

02/03/2017

A big thanks to everyone who made it to one or more of the Screening Europe films over the past six weeks! The season will return in early 2018.