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A young man (Richard Gere) must complete his work at a Navy Officer Candidate School to become an aviator, with the help of a tough Gunnery Sergeant and his new girlfriend.
Join us for our legendary CLASSIC FILM AFTERNOONS! A hot drink, a cake and a great film all for just £6.00 (£10.00 for two). Film starts at 1.00pm, food and drink served from 10am.
A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.
Shall we dance?
Join us for our legendary CLASSIC FILM AFTERNOONS! A hot drink, a cake and a great film all for just £6.00 (£10.00 for two). Film starts at 1.00pm, food and drink served from 10am.
A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam’s children. (Not the greatest description of one of the greatest musicals of all time, but that’s what it says on the blurb!)
Join us for our legendary CLASSIC FILM AFTERNOONS! A hot drink, a cake and a great film all for just £6.00 (£10.00 for two). Film starts at 1.00pm, food and drink served from 10am.
A former San Francisco police detective (James Stewart) juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman (Kim Novak) he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.
Released to help mark International Men’s Day the previous day (Nov 19) and partnered with the UK men’s mental health charity Andy’s Man Club.
Why do so many men struggle to show their feelings?
Part therapy, part road trip, BAFTA award winning filmmaker Duncan Cowles asks men how they open up in order to directly address his own difficulties in being intimate and open with his loved ones.
With profound honesty and deadpan wit, SILENT MEN intertwines awkward conversations and the filmmaking process, asking what makes men tick, and more importantly, how to come to terms with all aspects of health, both physical and mental.
Exploring aspects of masculinity that all too often are little discussed, this film opens the door for other ways of being, communicating and healing, as well as attempting to define masculinity.
Cert: 12A
NEW RED FILM PROGRAMME
Get ready for an unforgettable evening of thrilling adventure on the big screen!
The Banff Mountain Film Festival is back with a brand-new line-up of captivating short films packed with extreme journeys, intriguing characters and stunning cinematography. Join the world’s top outdoor filmmakers and adventurers as they climb, ski, paddle, run and ride through the wildest corners of the planet!
With exciting nightly prize giveaways and a theatre packed with adventure lovers, this is an unmissable event from the world’s most prestigious mountain festival. Spark your passion for adventure, action and travel at the Banff Mountain Film Festival!
This is a screening of the Red Film Programme. See www.banff-uk.com for more.
Picture by Jordan Manoukian
Matteo Garrone / Italy/Belgium/France 2023 / 122 min / Cert 15 / Subtitles
Seydou and Mousa, two Senegalese teenagers seduced by the promise of a better, more exciting time in Europe, embark on a journey across Africa toward the Mediterranean Sea.
They face a series of grave hardships including a dangerous trek across open desert and potentially deadly encounters with counterfeiters, thieves and traffickers.
Bustling with energy, with vivid details from the director’s research and the real-life experiences of former migrants, and in turn both horrifying and beautiful, this timely film was Oscar nominated for best international feature.
The central actor, Seydou Sarr, won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor at the Venice Film Festival.
Luca Guadagnino / USA, Italy 2024 / 131 min / Cert 15
Following a triangle of relationships between tennis prodigies, Challengers vividly communicates the pains and gains of the professional tennis circuit, with a brilliantly innovative soundtrack.
Josh O’ Connor captures the charisma of talented but wayward Patrick; Mike Faist exemplifies boyhood buddy Art’s dogged discipline; Zendaya personifies beautiful Tashi’s talent, discipline and love for the game (that treats her cruelly).
We see the single-mindedness of elite athletes – attractive maybe but not necessarily nice or loveable?
Former world Top-10 player Andrea Petkovic wrote: “It’s not the best movie I have ever seen. But it is the best tennis movie. Maybe even the best sports movie. Sorry, Moneyball”
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Wim Wenders / Japan, Germany 2023 / 125 min / Cert PG / Subtitles
Wenders’ best film since Wings of Desire is a heart-warming Oscar-nominated drama which finds beauty and serenity in the everyday.
Kôji Yakusho won Best Actor in Cannes for his portrayal of Hirayama, a fastidious, solitary man who takes pride in his work as a toilet cleaner and finds joy through music (his collection of classic rock and pop cassettes), reading (second-hand paperbacks), photography (film camera) and trees.
Perfect Days is a gentle and quietly profound character study of an analogue man in a digital world, a love letter to Tokyo and a case for leading a simpler way of life.
Richard Peppiat / Ireland, UK, 2024 / 105 min / Cert 18
Kneecap is a comedy/drama set in west Belfast in 2019, describing the rise of Belfast based hip hop trio, Kneecap.
Fate brings together disillusioned music teacher, JJ, and self-confessed low-life scum, Naoise and Liam Og.
Under the name ‘Kneecap’, the band begin moulding their language to fit their anarchic and hedonistic lives.
However, to get their voices heard the trio must overcome police, paramilitaries and politicians as well as realising that their worst enemies are often themselves.
This is an original and exhilarating biopic.