(7.30pm. Rob Roy Visitors Centre)
Sat. October 6……..The Queen
Sat. October 20……The History Boys
Sat. November 10…The Lives of Others
Sat. November 24…The Painted Veil
Sat. December 15....Pans Labyrinth
Sat. January 12…….Last King of Scotland
Sat. February 2..…...Little Miss Sunshine
Sat. February 23….. Amazing Grace
Sat. March 15………Notes On A Scandal
Contemporary Programme
(Rob Roy Centre 7.30pm Saturday Nights)
The Queen October 6 Dir: Stephen Frears.
Starring Helen Mirren (99 Mins 12A)
The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse
at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their
struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private
tragedy for the Royal family and the
public's demand for an overt display of mourning.
The History Boys. October 20 Dir: Nicholas
Hytner
Written by Alan Bennett. (109mins 15)
The History Boys is one of the best, most reverent, comprehensive and seamless transfers
from stage to screen ever made. Nominated for two BAFTAS.
The Lives of Others –German. November
10.
Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. (137 Mins 15)
Engaging, gripping and emotionally devastating thriller with a razor-sharp script, taut
direction and terrific performances from its three leads. This is one of the best films of
the year.
The Painted Veil. November 24. Dir: John
Curran
Starring Edward Norton - (125 Mins 12A)
The third and best cinematic adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's 1925 novel, The Painted
Veil is a beautifully mounted and incisively acted period piece, bristling with
intelligence and caustic wit.
Pans Labyrinth – Spanish. December 15.
Director & Writer Guillermo Del Toro (115 Mins
15)
Employing elegance, tension, fright and invention, Pan's Labyrinth holds court with
rapture and awe from start to finish, with an invigorating conclusion solidifying it as
the stuff of stories-turned-legends. It's one of the best films
of 2006.
The Last King of Scotland. January 12.
Dir. Kevin MacDonald (121 Mins 15)
Forest Whitaker's mesmerizing performance as Idi Amin drives Kevin Macdonald's adaptation
of Giles Foden's 1998 novel about the dictator's reign of terror, which left Uganda's
once-thriving economy in ruins and at least 300,000 of his countrymen dead.
Little Miss Sunshine. February 2.
Starring Greg Kinnear (101 Mins 15)
The funniest and most gracefully written acted and directed dysfunctional-American-family
farce comedy of the year thus far. Winner of two Oscars.
Amazing Grace. February 23.
Dir: Michael Apted (118 Mins 15)
That rare bird: a tear-jerker about the House of Commons and the antislavery movement in
England. Michael Apted's idolatrous portrait of abolitionist William Wilberforce is
wall-to-wall with intriguing characters and deeply felt performances
Notes on a Scandal. March 15
Starring Judi Dench & Cate Blanchett (92 Mins
15)
This is the kind of film so absorbing you can imagine watching it again and again. Anytime
you come away from such ultimately dark subject matter suffused with appreciation, you
know you've stumbled on something special.
