20 Films To See At The Glasgow Film Festival

Griff the Invisible

The Film: An ordinary Aussie ( True Blood 's Ryan Kwanten) dons a superhero disguise to try and make something of his boring life.

Where and When? Cineworld Renfrew St, Thursday 24th February, 18:30 + Friday 25th February, 20:45

Hobo With A Shotgun

The Film: Rutger Hauer's hobo, fed up with taking other people's shit, grabs a shotgun and goes loco.

Where and When? GFT, Saturday 26th February, 23:15

You Instead

The Film: An American pop star (Luke Treadaway) accidentally gets handcuffed to a rock chick at a music festival.

Where and When? Cineworld Renfrew St, Friday 25th February, 19:00 + 21:15

Battle Royale 3D

The Film: Kinji's Fukasaku's cult classic about a class of Japanese teenagers forced to fight to the death... now in 3D.

Where and When? Cineworld Renfrew St, Thursday 24th February, 21:00

The Eagle

The Film: The Festival's Closing Gala is Kevin MacDonald's long-awaited swords-and-sandals epic about a centurion (Channing Tatum) in Roman-occupied Scotland on the hunt for his father's missing legion.

Where and When? GFT, Sunday 27th February, 20:15

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

The Film: Infernal Affairs ' Andy Lau plays Detective Dee in this explosive blend of period mystery and action movie.

Where and When? GFT, Monday 21st February, 13:30

Profondo Rosso

The Film: aka Deep Red , this is the story of a music teacher (David Hemmings) investigating a series of brutal murders linked by an eerie child's tune.

Where and When? The Arches, Friday 25th February, 16:30

Upside Down: The Creation Records Story

The Film: Documentary charting the rise and fall of the 1990s most hedonistic record label, home to Oasis, Primal Scream and Super Furry Animals.

Where and When? GFT, Tuesday 22nd February, 21:00

How I Ended This Summer

The Film: Things get complicated between two Russians working on an Arctic island when one fails to pass on some devastating news to his colleague.

Where and When? Cineworld Renfrew St, Monday 21st February, 20:30 + Tuesday 22nd February, 12:45

Superman 2: The Richard Donner Cut

The Film: The planned sequel to the Man of Steel blockbuster that was refilmed and recut after original director Donner was fired and replaced with Richard Lester.

Where and When? Cineworld Renfrew St, Thursday 22nd February, 18:30

Rubber

The Film: A psychic tyre seeks vengeance on mankind when it sees its fellow rubber rings being left to burn.

Where and When? GFT, Saturday 26th February, 14:00

New Low

The Film: Twenty-something romantic Wendell is crippled by comic indecision between two would-be girlfriends.

Where and When? GFT, Thursday 24th February, 15:30 + Friday 25th February, 11:30

Beyond

The Film: Austere Swedish drama about a woman (Noomi Rapace) reunited with the mother she never knew she had.

Where and When? Cineworld Renfrew St, Wednesday 23rd February, 15:15 + GFT, Thursday 24th February, 18:00

Heavy Metal

The Film: The 1981 animated anthology of stories from cult magazine Heavy Metal, including WWII zombies and robot sex.

Where and When? Cineworld Renfrew St, Wednesday 23rd February, 19:00 + Thursday 24th February, 15:15

Mother's Day

The Film: Yet another horror remake, this time of the 1980 slasher flick about a family of nutters led by their psycho mom.

Where and When? GFT, Saturday 26th February, 21:00

I Saw The Devil

The Film: Korean revenge thriller about a secret agent who goes rogue to catch the serial killer who murdered his fiance.

Where and When? GFT, Friday 25th February, 21:00

Meryl Streep Season

The Film(s): Some of Streep's finest roles, from The Deer Hunter to The Devil Wears Prada , via Sophie's Choice and A Cry in The Dark (pictured).

Where and When? GFT + Cineworld Renfrew St, throughout the week.