 This week at the RBCFT we’ve got Death on the Nith, oops, A Haunting in Venice, the third film featuring Kenneth Branagh as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Past Lives is our late evening film on Tuesday and Wednesday and our Bring a Baby film this week, it’s a stunning love story that spans time. From Friday 13 October we have what's long been considered the greatest concert film ever (Stop Making Sense), Ken Loach's brilliant new drama The Old Oak and Puffin Rock and the New Friends is our family film for the first week of the school holidays (PAW Patrol: The Might Movie is our family film from Friday 20 October). Oppenheimer returns for two daytime screenings.
A Haunting in Venice (12A)
Friday 6 – Thursday 12 October
(Tween Film Club on 7 October and Coffee Club on
Thursday 12 October)
In post-World War II Venice, a retired Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) lives alone in his own exile when he receives a visit from an old friend: the world’s number one mystery writer Ariadne Oliver. They attend a séance at the decaying palazzo of famed opera singer Rowena Drake. When one of the guests is suddenly found murdered, could there be more at play than Poirot’s logic can explain?
Past Lives (12A)
Monday 9 - Wednesday 10 October
(Bring a Baby screening on Wednesday 10 October)
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life, in this heartrending modern romance. Dominic will introduce the film.
"A transcendent debut for South Korean-Canadian filmmaker Celine Song, this romantic drama is a masterclass in slow, simmering storytelling. It will stay with you, maybe even into your next life" - Empire Magazine
Stop Making Sense (PG)
Friday 13 - Saturday 14 October
Considered by critics as the greatest concert film of all time, Stop Making Sense was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and features Talking Heads’ most memorable songs. Stop Making Sense has been restored in 4K to celebrate its 40th anniversary.
‘A textbook example of how to put on a great gig on celluloid.' ★★★★★ Empire Magazine
Puffin Rock and the New Friends (U)
Sunday 15 - Thursday 19 October
Follow the disappearance of the final Little Egg of the season in strange circumstances, leading Oona and her friends to embark on a race against time to try to save it before a big storm hits Puffin Rock and puts the island in danger.
Oppenheimer (15)
Sunday 15 and Tuesday 17 October
Our final screenings for this terrific 3-hour long drama about the father of the atom bomb. The film has now taken over $933m at the worldwide box office.
The Old Oak (15)
Monday 16 - Thursday 19 October
(Monday Night Film Club on 16 October)
New drama from director Ken Loach. The future for the last remaining pub, The Old Oak in a village of the Northeast England, where people are leaving the land as the mines are closed. Houses are cheap and available thus making it an ideal location for the Syrian refugees.
Coming Soon
To celebrate Black History Month this October
CASSIUS X: Becoming Ali (15) on 26 October.
The documentary follows the early years of Cassius Clay, from bright-eyed rookie to world heavyweight champion and from working class intellectual to one of America’s most influential civil rights campaigners.
Coming to the RBCFT on 22 October is
The Great Escaper (12A)
A drama starring Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson, based on the true-life story of a British World War II veteran who 'broke out' of his nursing home to attend the 70th anniversary D-Day commemorations in France, in June 2014.
And for fans of Kevin Bridges, we have his new
stand-up concert coming next month!
The Overdue Catch-Up welcomes audiences into the mind of one of the sharpest comedy talents the UK has to offer. With a career spanning an incredible 18 years, Bridges already has the life experience of a man twice his age, helping him to hit the nail on the head with his shrewd and hilarious outlook on the modern world.
Midsteeple Box Office:
In person (open Tuesday to Saturday, daytimes only)
or by phone 01387 253383.
Robert Burns Centre:
Phone 01387 264808 (during film times only)
or in person (Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm)
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