Contemporary Programme
Saturdays 7.30pm at VisitScotland Information Centre, Ancaster Square
We have our own Blu-Ray DVD player, a digital cinema projector with a high quality image on VisitScotland’s big screen and a digital surround sound with six speakers.
- October 8 * The King’s Speech *
- October 29 Incendies
- November 12 Winter’s Bone
- November 26 Black Swan
- December 10 Social Network
- January 14 Made in Dagenham
- January 28 Ended This Summer
- February 11 True Grit
- February 25 127 Hours
- March 10 ** Animal Kingdom **
- March 24 In A Better World
* sponsored by Lady Kentmores Antiquea
** sponsored by Mhor Fish Contemporary Programme
October 8
The King’s Speech 4 Oscars
Dir: Tom Hooper (118 mins - 12A)
Sponsored by Lady Kentmores Antiques *
Fascinating, moving and often humourous The Kings Speech charts the personal relationship that developed between reluctant King George VI, plagued by a nervous stammer, and his irreverent Australian speech therapist.
October 29
Incendies French Canadian
Dir: Denis Villeneuve. (130 mins -15)
A mother's last wish sends her twins on a journey to the Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love
November 12
Winter’s Bone. 4 Oscar Nominations
Dir: Debra Granik. (100 mins - 15)
An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.
November 26
Black Swan 5 Oscar Nominations
Dir: Darren Aronofsky. (108 mins -15).
A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.
December 10
The Social Network 3 Oscars
Dir: David Fincher (120 mins – 12A)
In 2003, Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and begins working on a new idea. What begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later he is the youngest billionaire ever.
January 14
Made in Dagenham
Dir: Nigel Cole. (113 mins -15)
4 British Independent Film Award Nominations
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
January 28
How I Ended This Summer Russian
Dir: Aleksei Popogrebsky. (130 mins -12A).
A polar station on a desolate island in the Arctic Ocean. Sergei and Pavel are spending months in complete isolation on the once strategic research base. Pavel receives an important radio message and is still trying to find the right moment to tell Sergei, when fear, lies and suspicions start poisoning the atmosphere.
February 11
True Grit 10 Oscar Nominations
Dir: Ethan & Joel Coen. (110 mins – 15)
Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn.
February 25
127 Hours 6 Oscar Nominations
Dir: Danny Boyle (94 mins – 15)
The true story of Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary.
March 10
Animal Kingdom Australia
Dir: David Michod (113 mins-15)
Sponsored by MHOR Fish **
A powerful crime drama set in the Melbourne underworld exploring the tense battle between a criminal family, the police and the ordinary lives caught in the middle.
March 24
In a Better World. March 24. Danish
Dir: Susanne Bier. (119 mins – 15)
Oscar for Best Foreign Language.
Anton is a doctor who commutes between his home in an idyllic town in Denmark, and his work at an African refugee camp. In these two very different worlds, he and his family are faced with conflicts that lead them to difficult choices between revenge and forgiveness.
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Classic Programme
Fridays 7.30pm The Waverley Hotel, Main Street
Our classic system is a 16mm projector, usually with a two reel film.
- November 18 Boomerang
- December 16 The Gold Rush/Sons of The Desert
- January 20 Saturday Night & Sunday Morning
- February 17 Kind Hearts & Coronets
- March 16 Mildred Pierce
November 18
Boomerang.
Dir: Elia Kazan (USA 1947 PG 88 mins)
A priest’s murder results in the rapid arrest of an innocent man, but a young State Attorney is determined to hunt out the real facts. Brilliant drama based on a true story. Starring Dana Andrews and Lee J. Cobb.
December 16:
The Gold Rush. (1925) (U)
Dir: William A Seiter
plus Sons of the Desert. (1933) (U)
Dir: Charlie Chaplin
A double bill of classic comedy, with Charlie Chaplin’s masterpiece followed by Laurel & Hardy’s funniest feature film. Over two hours of laughter to put you in the mood for Christmas.
January. 20
Saturday Night & Sunday Morning.
Dir: Karel Reisz (UK 1960 A 90 mins)
One of the first and best of Britain’s “angry young men” dramas of the 60s, with award-winning performances from Albert Finney and Rachel Roberts.
February 17
Kind Hearts & Coronets.
Dir: Robert Hamer (UK 1949 U 104 mins)
Peerless black comedy, with Dennis Price as the cast-off member of a titled family setting out to eliminate all the others. Alec Guinness plays all eight victims!
March 16
Mildred Pierce.
Dir: Michael Curtiz (USA 1945 PG 109 mins)
In one of the finest soap operas ever, Joan Crawford gives an Oscar-winning performance as a house-wife-turned waitress who finds success in business but loses control of her ungrateful daughter.
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