Contemporary Programme: Saturday Nights
(7.30pm. Rob Roy Visitors Centre)
October 10 Slumdog Millionaire
October 24 The Reader
November 7 Vicky Christina Barcelona
November 28 Let The Right One In
December 12 Star Trek
January 9 I’ve Loved You So Long
January 23 The Class
February 6 Valkyrie
February 20 Young Victoria
March 6 Doubt
March 20 In The Loop
May 15 Annual AGM.
Contemporary Programme
Contemporary Programme
(Rob Roy Centre 7.30pm Saturday Nights)
Slumdog Millionaire October 10. 8 Oscars
Dir: Trainspotting’s Danny Boyle. (120mins-15)
The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"
The Reader. October 24. 1 Oscar.
Dir: Stephen Daldry. (124mins -15)
Starring Ralph Fiennes & Kate Winslett
Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to an end; law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.
*Vicky Christina Barcelona. November 7.
Dir: Woody Allen. (96mins - 12A) 1 Oscar
Starring Scarlett Johannson & Penelope Cruz.
Woody Allen's latest film is a wonderful comedy and one of his best meditations on love's many entanglements.
In English and Spanish.
*Sponsored by MHOR Fish & MHOR Bread
Let The Right One In. November 28. Swedish.
Dir: Tomas Alfredson. (115mins -15). 48 Awards
A well-crafted horror film this Swedish import ably blends genre chills with genuine feeling. Bullied 12 year-old Oskar longs for a friend. His dreams are answered by the arrival of a pale young girl, Eli. This first-love story and macabre horror has already collected over 30 awards.
Star Trek. December 12
Dir: J J Abrams (127mins – 12A)
This is everything a blockbuster should be. Released in 2009 the latest Star Trek is a film that will delight fans and impress people who have usually steered clear of the franchise.
I’ve Loved You So Long. January 9. French.
Dir: Phillipe Claudel. (117mins -12A) 1 BAFTA
Kristin Scott Thomas stars in this searing French drama about a woman who reunites with her young sister after a 15-year separation.
The Class. January 23. Oscar Nominated
Dir: Laurent Cantlet. (128mins -12A). French
An absorbing journey into a multicultural high school in Paris over the course of a school year. François Begaudeau--an actual teacher and the author upon whose work the film was based--is utterly convincing as François, an open-minded teacher in charge of a classroom of youngsters from a wide variety of backgrounds.
**Valkyrie. February 6. Starring Tom Cruise.
Dir: Bryan Singer. (121mins – 12A)
Based on the true story of a cadre of Nazi officers who grew to oppose Hitler's murderous pursuits and made several attempts to kill him in the late stages of WWII. Valkyrie features a top-flight cast, with drama and suspense in equal measure.
**Sponsored by Lady Kenmores Antiques
The Young Victoria, February 20
Dir: Jean Marc Valler. (100mins – 12A)
Starring: Emily Blunt & Jim Broadbent.
The Young Victoria feels like a breath of fresh air. It is a charming costume drama that peeks behind the pomp and pageantry to capture the human side of Britain’s longest-reigning sovereign.
Doubt. March 6. Nominated for 5 Oscars.
Dir: John Patrick Shanley. (104mins – 15)
Starring: Meryl Streep & Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A charismatic priest, Father Flynn, is trying to upend the schools' strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline.
In The Loop. March 20.
Dir: Glasgow Born Armando Iannucci. (106mins-15)
Starring: James Gandolfini & Peter Capaldi.
Iannucci's sublimely vicious political satire demonstrates that it's perfectly feasible for an A-grade TV comedy - The Thick of It - to make the trip to the big screen. Peter Capaldi's Machiavellian master of spin Malcolm Tucker elevates this from mere spoof to weapons grade satire.
