Watch Isle of Dogs with your own four-legged pal

Fancy taking your pooch to the cinema to see animated doggy adventure Isle of Dogs? Glaswegian film fans have a chance to do just that at the Grosvenor this month with the Glasgow cinema’s ‘Watch with Dog' screening of Anderson's new film on 31 March.

"It’s not often you can bring your four-legged friend into the cinema but we're inviting everyone to bring their dog on a cinema trip for this special event!” said the Grosvenor in a statement. “Watching a film at home with your furry friend is pretty good, but shouldn’t they get to experience the thrills of the big screen as well?!" As well as the screening, your four-legged pal can also strike a paws after the film, as there will be a free doggy photo-shoot post-movie so you can share this shaggy dog story with friends.

And there's good news for Edinburgh film fans too – after the quick sell-out of their first planned canine-compliant screening of Isle of Dogs, the Cameo have added a second dog-friendly screening of the film on 1 Apr at 10.45am.

Dogs don’t tend to fair well in Wes Anderson films, but Isle of Dogs might be the most dog-friendly film ever. It’s set in a future Japan, where a nasty case of dog flu has resulted in man’s best friend being banished to a trash-strewn island. The film follows a pack of dogs who’ve been banished there, lead by Bryan Cranston’s Chief – with the other canines in the group voice by Anderson regulars Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Jeff Goldblum and Ed Norton. When a 12-year-old orphan named Atari (Koyu Rankin) arrives on the island looking for his beloved “bodyguard-dog” Spots (voiced by Liev Schreiber), the pack decide to help him in his endeavour.

When we spoke to the film's lead Cranston, he made very clear his love for man’s best friend. “Dogs are the best,” the Breaking Bad star told us. “All they want is love, and play, and to be walked. A dog doesn’t care if its owned by a wealthy person or a homeless person, as long as they’re loved. In the simplest form, I wish human beings were more like dogs…”

You can join this celebration of the humble dog with your own four legged pal at Grosvenor Cinema, Glasgow on 31 Mar, and Cameo, Edinburgh on 1 Apr.

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Tickets for the Grosvenor screening can be bought online or over the phone on 0845 166 6002. More info at the event's Facebook page