2011-12 SEASON
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Due to the redevelopment of Colinsburgh Town Hall the Community Cinema is relocating to
The Masonic Hall, 77 Main Street Colinsburgh for the screenings from 13th January (Bread and Tulips) until 9th March (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy).
Parking will still be available in Colinsburgh Primary School.
FILM EXTRA
Colinsburgh Community Cinema is delighted to announce that with the support of a Fife Council Culture grant we are able to screen four extra films this year in our FILM EXTRA Programme. FILM EXTRA also includes Dave Watt’s live piano accompaniment to ‘The General’, a talk by local cameraman Keith Partridge (Touching the Void) and an evening of blues music on the night before Cadillac Records.
Friday Sept 2nd 7.30
Made in Dagenham 115 mins Cert 15
UK 2010 Sally Hawkins, Miranda Richardson, Bob Hoskins.
Dir Nigel Cole
An ensemble piece with many much loved faces; Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Geraldine James and Miranda Richardson to name a few. This docu-drama brings to life a pivotal event from British history. In 1968, women’s rights took a broad leap forward when women workers at the Ford Dagenham automobile plant – buckling beneath deplorable working conditions rightly perceived as gender discrimination – suddenly stormed out into the streets and began to strike in protest of the unfair treatment levied at them.
Friday Sept 23th 7.30
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 152 mins Cert 18 (Subtitled)
Sweden, Denmark 2010 Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace and Ewa Fröling
Dir: Niels Arden Opley
The adaptation of the runaway best seller of last year ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ is a stylish and dark mystery thriller with one of the most unusual and compelling heroines of recent cinema. Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist is invited to in-vestigate the disappearance some forty years previously of Harriet Vanger, scion of the powerful indus-trial Vanger dynasty. His research gets nowhere until he meets with Lisbeth Salander; a punkish, self-harming, computer genius. Their investigations reveal the dark side of Swedish culture and history. A com-pelling narrative; brilliantly told.
Friday Oct 14th 7.30
Archipelago 100 mins Cert 15
UK 2011 Tom Hiddleston , Kate Fahey, Lydia Leonard
Dir: Joanna Hogg
A stylish second film from a new British director, Joanna Hogg. Set in the Scilly Isles, Patricia, a doting mother, organ-ises a family holiday for her son, Edward, who is about to go to Africa to work for an NGO. While waiting for the arrival of their father, Edward and his sister Cynthia, accompanied by Patricia and an artist employed to give mother and daughter painting lessons, go on walks and picnics. The hiatus provided by the holiday allows tensions to come to the fore. Visually challenging and innovative, (it has been described as painting with light) Archipelago is a subtle and absorbing study of family rivalries and frustrations in people who have forgotten how to communicate.
Friday October 28th 7.30 (subtitled)
The King’s Speech 118 mins Cert 12
UK 2011 Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helen Bonham-Carter.
Dir Tom Hooper
Based on the true story of King George VI, “The King’s Speech” follows the Royal Monarch’s quest to find his voice. After the death of his father, King George V and the scandalous abdication of King Edward VIII, Bertie who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life, is suddenly crowned King George VI. With his country on the brink of war and in desperate need of a leader, his wife, the future Queen Mother, arranges for her husband to see an eccentric speech therapist, Lionel Logue.
Friday 11th November 7.30
Of Gods and Men 122 mins Cert 15 (subtitled)
France 2010 Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin
Dir Xavier Beauvois,
A monastery perched in the mountains of North Africa in the 1990s. Eight French Christian monks live in har-mony with their Muslim brothers. When a crew of foreign workers is massacred by an Islamic fundamentalist group, fear sweeps though the region. The army offers them protection, but the monks refuse. Should they leave? Despite the growing menace in their midst, they slowly realize that they have no choice but to stay… come what may. Based on fact the film has taken France by storm and provoked a national inquest into what hap-pened to the monks
Friday 25th November 7.30
My Dog Tulip 83 mins Cert 12 (animation)
UK 2011 Voices of Christopher Plummer, Lyn Redgrave, Isabella Rossellini
Dir: Paul & Sandra Fierlinger
A striking and tender animation based on J.R.Ackerley’s fond 1956 memoire of his life with Tulip, a noisy and neurotic Alsatian bitch. Paul and Sandra Fierlinger’s mobile and, unruly animation catches the shrewd observational humour of Ackerley’s memoir and captures his grey post war London. Humorous and touching Ackerley finds the company of the annoying Tulip preferable to his literary London friends.
Friday December 9th 7.30
Black Swan 108 mins Cert 15
USA 2010 Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Winona Ryder
Dir: Darren Aronofsky.
A psychological thriller set in the world of the New York City bal-let. Natalie Portman plays Nina a dedicated dancer who strives for perfection and for whom ballet is everything. When she realises her dream to play the White Swan in Swan Lake, she needs to shake off her inhibitions and find her darker side to play ‘the Black Swan.’ Her journey tests her increasingly fragile state of mind. A stunning and disturbing performance by Natalie Portman that won her the Oscar for best leading actress.
FILM EXTRA
Friday December 23rd 7.30
The General 75mins Cert U
USA 1926 Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavander Jim Keaton
Dir Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
One of the great comedies of not only of silent film but of all time. Keaton, a young railroad engineer, is prevented from enlisting in the Confederate Army because of his profession. His girl-friend leaves him for his cowardice. A year later he is able to free his girlfriend who is a passenger on a train hijacked by Union soldiers. Set against the background of the railroads and our hero’s other great love – a locomotive known as ‘The General’.
Friday January 13th 7.30
Bread and Tulips 114 mins Cert 12
Italy 2005 Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz, Giuseppe Battiston
Dir Silvio Soldini
A quiet Italian gem. Housewife, Rosalba, is abandoned (forgotten) by her husband and sons while on a family bus trip. She decides to hitch home rather than wait for them to remember she was with them. Then she decides on a short vacation to teach them a lesson. She decides on Venice and one thing leads to another. A gentle witty tale about being appreciated and finding love.
Fri Jan 27th Once Upon a Time in the West
Masonic Hall 7.30
USA 1968 Dir: Sergio Leone
Cert 15 158 mins
Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson
Our classic film this year is Sergio Leone’s monumental epic Once Upon A Time In The West ranking among the five or six all-time Western masterpieces. The picture itself is as big as its Monument Valley locations, as grand as its fine, distinguished cast. Henry Fonda plays the blackest character of his long career and he’s utterly convincing.
He’s Frank, the ruthless, murderous psychopath who suffers conscience pangs after annihilating an entire family. Jason Robards is the half-breed falsely accused of the terrible slaughter. Charles Bronson plays the harmonica play-ng man who remembers how his brother was savagely tortured.
FILM EXTRA
Fri Feb 10th Touching the Void Masonic Hall 7.30
UK 2003 Dir: Kevin McDonald
Cert 15 106 mins
Brendan McKay, Nicholas Aaron, Joe Simpson, Simon Yates
Bringing to life Joe Simpson’s book of the same name, Touching the Void details the near-death experience he endured during a 1985 attempt to climb the only mountain in the Peruvian Andes that had not been scaled–the 21,000-foot Siula Grande. With his partner Simon Yates, Simpson successfully reached the peak after a three-day climb. During the descent, however, he fell and shattered several bones in his right leg. Yates attempted to lower Simpson down the mountain 300 feet at a time, but the process was slow and painful for both men. With no food or water, they would both surely die–which left Yates with a painful choice to make–cutting Simpson loose, thus ensuring at least his own survival. This was only the be-ginning of Simpson’s mind-boggling odyssey.
As part of our FILM EXTRA Programme supported by Fife Council, before the screening of the main feature the film’s lead cameraman, Keith Partridge, will be giving an illustrated talk about filming in extreme conditions.
Fri Feb 24th Pomegranates and Myrrh
Masonic Hall 7.30
Germany / Palestine 2009 Dir: Najwa Najjar
Cert 12 95 mins (subtitles)
Yasmine Elmasri, Hiam Abbas, Walid Abdul Salam, Yosuf Abu Wardeh
Set in Ramallah free spirited Kamar marries Zaid, the son of a prosperous olive farmer. On a pretext their land is confiscated and occupied by Israeli set-tlers and Zaid is thrown into prison. To cope with the stress of her husband’s imprisonment, Kamar returns to her traditional Palestinian dance classes in preparation for a special performance. At the class she finds herself attracted to the new choreographer Kais. Written and di-rected by Najwa Najjar this is a moving story of redemp-tion set in one of the world’s most divided regions. It con-tains a wonderful cameo performance by Hiam Abbas (The Visitor) as a feisty café owner.
Fri March 9th Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Masonic Hall 7.30
UK 2010 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.
Fri March 23rd L’Herison Town Hall 7.30
France 2011 Dir: Mona Achache
Cert 12 100 mins (subtitles)
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).
Fri April 13th The Guard Town Hall 7.30
UK 2011 Dir: John Michael McDonagh
Cert 18 92 mins
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 per-sonality, 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.
Fri April 27th Salt of Life Town Hall 7.30
Italy 2011 Dir: Gianni Di Gregorio
Cert 12 90 mins
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.
Fri May 11th The Help Town Hall 7.30
USA 2011 Dir: Tate Taylor
Cert 12A 137 mins
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.
FILM EXTRA
Sat May 19th Cadillac Records Town Hall 7.30
USA 2009 Dir: Darnell Martin
Cert 15 108 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 stop 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.
Cadillac Records is the final screening of our FILM EXTRA programme supported by Fife Council and will be screened in collaboration with ‘The Blues Revue’ which will have a concert headlining local blues bands and artists including Cynthia Gentle and the Truetones and the incredible voice of Laura May Gibson.
