FILM EXTRA: 2 DAY FESTIVAL : 18th/19th MAY @ COLINBURGH TOWN HALL

Last in our series of “FILM EXTRA” funded by Fife Council which included accompanied silent “The General” and “Touching the Void” with Guest speaker cameraman Keith Partridge (currently about to make the final ascent on Mt. Everest).

This event will be our 4th season’s finale, combining the  bi-monthly “Rhythm & Blues Review” with a screening of “Cadillac Records” the story of Chess Records, starring Beyonce Knowles as Etta James, for a weekend of film and music.

Tickets:

Friday 18th: Gig Night with Cynthia Gentle & the TrueTones, Souled Out Blues and Laura-May Gibson and the Bel-Airs

Non-Members : £5.00

Members :           £4.00

Saturday 19th : Film Night, with Tony Duffy and “Cadillac Records”

Non-Members :   £4.00

Members :            £FREE

Two-day Festival Pass :

Non-members :    £7.50

Members :             £4.00

USA 2009

Dir: Darnell Martin
Cert 15

Runtime: 108 mins
Adrien Brody, Beyonce Knowles, Jeffrey Wright, Mos Deff

Written and directed by Darnell Martin, Cadillac Records captures the scrappy beginnings of an enterprise, and a sound, inventing itself as it goes along. Particularly fun are scenes set in clubs or at Chess’ recording facility, where electrified blues never stops pushing the envelope of creative possibility.

All the while, danger lurks in shadows or in rivalries between artists; also in the self-destructive streaks of Little Walter and Elmore James, and the sexual fetishes of Chuck Berry. But the drama largely centres on the potent connections between all these people, who don’t always know where their contribution to a cultural phenomenon is going.

One of the film’s delights is the way Chess and Waters don’t really see rock coming until Berry steps through the door, fusing country music with blues.

Trailer

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The Help (2011)

Fri May 11th The Help @ Colinsburgh Town Hall 7.30

USA 2011 Dir: Tate Taylor
Cert 12A

Runtime: 137 mins
Starring: Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer

Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer.

She turns her friends’ lives and a Mississippi town upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families.

Aibileen (Davis), Skeeter’s best friend’s housekeeper, is the first to open up to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter’s life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories-and as it turns out, they have a lot to say.

Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly-and unwillingly-caught up in the changing times.

 

Trailer

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COMING SOON

Salt of Life (2011)

Friday,  April 27th: Salt of Life, Colinsburgh Town Hall @ 7.30

Italy 2011

Dir: Gianni Di Gregorio
Cert 12

Runtime: 90 mins
Starring: Gianni Di Gregorio, Alfonso Santagata, Valeria De Franciscis

When Gianni, sixty years old and still going strong, discovers that everyone, even the elders of the little bar downstairs, has a lover, he decides to do something about it.

But he begins to wonder if he’s waited too long when he discovers that women don’t look at him in the same way that they used to; that he’s almost become transparent to them. ..

A gentle wry comedy by the director of Mid August Lunch.

Trailer

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COMING SOON

The Guard (2011) @ Colinsburgh Town Hall: 7.30: ***AGM April 10th ***

The Guard

Friday,  April 13th  Town Hall 7.30

UK 2011

Director : John Michael McDonagh
Cert:  18

Runtime: 92 mins
Starring: Don Cheadle, Brendan Gleeson, Mark Strong, Liam Cunningham.

Set in County Galway, Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) is a small-town cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humour, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no interest whatsoever in the international cocaine smuggling ring that has brought FBI agent Wendell Everett (Don Cheadle) to his door.

However, despite the fact that Boyle seems more interested in mocking and undermining the straight-laced, by-the-book Everett than in actively working to solve the case, he finds that circumstances keep pulling him back into the thick of it.

A black comedy made by the stable that made “In Bruges”

The film was first shown in Ireland and took the place by storm.

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AGM

Please also note that our AGM is on Tuesday, April 10th, in the Galloway Library Reading Room, Colinsburgh at 7:00 PM

All  are welcome, and we would be particularly interested in hearing your views on current and future programming, and hearing from anyone who would like to get more involved in the running of the Community Cinema.

OTHER NEWS

You may have heard recently about Kenton Cool’s expedition to place  an Olympic Gold Medal at the summit of Mt. Everest. You can read the article here

We’ve just heard today that our friend Keith Partridge will be joining the expedition as cameraman! …Just another day at the office, really…

New Facebook Page: Keith Partridge – where Keith will be posting updates on the expedition

L’Herisson (2009) @ Colinsburgh Town Hall: 7.30

L’Herisson

Friday March 23rd – Colinsburgh Town Hall:@ 7.30

France 2009

Dir: Mona Achache
Cert 12

100 mins (subtitled)
Josiane Balasko, Garance Le Guillermic, Togo Igaw, Anne Brochet

Based on a best-selling novel, first-time writer/director Mona Achach’s charming and thoughtful The Hedgehog is the story of an unexpected encounter.

Paloma, an exceptionally intelligent 11 year old (played by Garance Le Guillermic) wants to end it all on her 12th birthday.

Fascinated by art and philosophy, she documents her life and immediate circle, drawing trenchant and often hilarious observations on the world around her within a Parisian apartment building. But as her birthday approaches, Paloma finally meets some kindred spirits in her solitary concierge Renee Michel (Josiane Balasko) and an enigmatic and elegant neighbour Mr Kakuro Ozu (Togo Igawa).

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LADIES NIGHT!!! Rhythm and Blues Revue #4

Back by popular request! Another evening of live RnB, Blues & Soul! Now with added Rockabilly! Three of the best female vocalists in Scotland on one stage!

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JETTA WREN and the WRANGLERS

JETTA WREN is the Rockabilly alter-ego of Alison Affleck, well-known Jazz singer around Edinburgh, together with fellow American Tom Davis on guitar, and Jenny Hill on Upright Bass. The band will be joined tonight by Stretch Dawrson, Scotland’s best-known Western Swing star.

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.

The term “rockabilly” is a portmanteau of “rock” (from “rock ‘n’ roll”) and “hillbilly”, the latter a reference to the country music (often called “hillbilly music” in the 1940s and 1950s) that contributed strongly to the style’s development.
Other important influences on rockabilly include western swing, boogie woogie, and rhythm and blues. While there are notable exceptions, its origins lie primarily in the Southern United States.

more info at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jetta-Wren-and-the-Wranglers/249246115157925

Jetta Wren (Alison Affleck)  – Vocal
Tom Davis  – Guitar
Stretch Dawrson – Drums
Jenny Hill  – Double Bass

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SARA DOUGLAS

Sara is a singer/songwriter from Glasgow, who recorded her first EP in East Nashville. She was a backing singer for Meat Loaf on Radio 2, Top of the pops and a concert in the Heineken Beir Halle in Amsterdam

Her latest EP “Rocketship” will be availabele for purchase on the night.

more info at: http://www.facebook.com/SaraDouglasMusic

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And your Hosts:

CYNTHIA GENTLE and the TRUETONES

Good time Blues, Soul, RnB and Funk on tap!

Cynthia Gentle – Vocals and Sass
Graham Smith – Guitars
Allan Knox – Bass
Pete Rabjohns – Drums

More info at www.thetruetones.co.uk

Colinsburgh Town Hall
Friday 16th March
Doors 7:30 PM
Admission £5.00

PLUS!

CDs will be available at the Merch desk – bring loadsamoney!

Advance tickets available:
Email: info@thetruetones.co.uk
Call: 01333 340410

Bring your own refreshments: Under 18’s must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

Think Green: Use this Facebook event page http://www.facebook.com/events/234249746668694/ to arrange car-shares
or:
Think Safe:The bus stop is right outside the hall (Stagecoach Service 95)
A list of local taxis operators will be available in the Hall.
Email for overnight accommodation options.

Last Buses North: Anstruther/St Andrews 10:32 (StA) 11.57 (Ans)
Last Buses South: Glenrothes 10:43 11:43

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Friday March 9th – Masonic Hall :@ 7.30

UK 2011

Dir: Tomas Alfredson
Cert 15 127 mins
Tom Hardy, Colin Firth, Gary Oldman, Mark Strong

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy finds George Smiley (Gary Oldman), a recently retired MI6 agent, doing his best to adjust to a life outside the secret service. However, when a disgraced agent reappears with information concerning a mole at the heart of the service, Smiley is drawn back into the murky field of espionage. Tasked with investigating which of his trusted former colleagues has chosen to betray him and their country, Smiley narrows his search to four suspects – all experienced, skilled and successful agents – but past histories, rivalries and friendships make it far from easy to pinpoint the man who is eating away at the heart of the British establishment. An acting masterclass from the crème de la crème of British film Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong and Benedict Cumberbatch and inspired direction from Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In) make this gripping and tense adaptation of John le Carré’s classic spy novel essential viewing.

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Friday March 16th