Monday Night Film Club

[Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre]

Hi all,

I hope you're well.

We've booked a number of films for Monday Film Club, starting again on 23 September. 

I'm happy to introduce but if anyone feels like there's a film that they could do justice with an intro, feel free, just let me know.

We're waiting on confirmation of a dog-related French comedy drama (who could possibly want to introduce that...?).

Mon 23 September - MANDOOB
A financially troubled Riyadh courier becomes involved with the illegal supply of alcohol to the rich and famous in a slow-burn Arabic language crime thriller.

Mon 30 September - WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES (Julie to introduce - thank you Julie!)
Béla Tarr's apocalyptically transcendent portrait of disorder, Werckmeister Harmonies, has been restored in 4K. A mysterious circus excites a small town into rebellion when a promised act doesn't perform. Come see this brooding masterpiece of a town sleepwalking into tyranny from a director who Martin Scorsese called “one of cinema’s most adventurous artists.”
"Unique, mesmeric and sublime." - ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Guardian

Mon 7 October - ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS
Gripping, intriguing and beautifully shot on 16mm film, Only The River Flows is a riveting noir thriller that will take audiences on an engrossing and unexpected journey into the heart of a mysterious murder case. Echoing classic films like Decision To Leave, Memories of Murder or Zodiac, it's an ideal film for any cinephile looking for their next detective thriller fix.

Mon 14 October - THE GOLDMAN CASE
Director Cédric Kahn's film recreates the real-life 1976 trial of political activist Pierre Goldman. The appeal hearing of Jewish far-left political activist Pierre Goldman (Arieh Worthalter) is set to begin. Sentenced to life imprisonment for four armed robberies, one of which resulted in the death of two women, Goldman pleads not guilty to the murder charges. The high-profile court proceedings transform Goldman into a hero of the intellectual left, even as the relationship with his young attorney Georges Kiejman (Arthur Harari) frays. Ever the agitator for his ideals, the elusive and mercurial Goldman throws his own trial into chaos, risking a death sentence.

Mon 21 October - GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS
In a strict boarding school nestled in the Himalayas, 16-year-old Mira discovers desire and romance. However, her sexual, rebellious awakening is disrupted by her mother who never got to come of age herself. This exquisitely shot coming-of-age story film premiered at Sundance, where it scored both the Audience Award, and the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting (Preeti Panigrahi). It's a playful debut, infused with subtle, yet potent performances, and a super-refined sensitivity, reminiscent of titles like Polite Society, Ladybird, Mustang, and Margarita with A Straw.

Mon 28 October - HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS (not online yet)

In this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers. Slapstick comedy. Yes, a comedy!

Mon 4 November - ROMEO AND JULIET (not online yet)
Franco Zefferelli's adaptation of the Shakespeare play. When two young members of feuding families meet, forbidden love ensues.
This film will be be introduced by a member of D&G Council's Arts & Museum Team, Caitlin Wallace. She's a recent graduate in English and Film Studies and her research interests include the representation of femininity and women on screen. In her essay: ‘Men’s Eyes Were Made to Look, and Let Them Gaze’: Female Desire and Agency in Franco Zeffirelli’s and Baz Luhrmann’s Filmic Adaptions of Romeo and Juliet, she analysed the degree of agency represented in the performances of Olivia Hussey and Claire Danes’ as Juliet.

As ever any suggestions, let the staff know! 

Cheers,

John