Category Archives: Yester Community Movie Association
Yester Community Movie Association – October 2019
Faces Place (Subtitles) at 7.
Directors: Agnes Varda, JR. 2017 – 94 mins (PG)
Agnes Varda, one of the leading lights of France’s New Wave cinema era and professional photographer & muralist, JR, collaborate on a unique art project. Together they travel around France in a truck equipped as a portable photo booth and printer, taking photographs of ordinary people they wish to honour & celebrate. Along the way, they enjoy an odd friendship as they explore their views on the world.
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Yester Community Movie Association – Friday film
Friday September 6th at Gifford Village Hall
Doors open 7.30pm, film starts at 8pm
Film: A Star is Born
Director: Bradley Cooper
2018 – 136 mins (15)
Seasoned musician Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) discovers & falls in love with struggling artist Ally (Lady Gaga). Ally has almost given up on her dream to make it as a singer, when Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But as Ally’s career takes off, the personal side of their relationship starts to crumble, with Jack fighting an ongoing battle with his internal demons. Fantastic performances all round, with Lady Gaga tipped for Oscar success.
Gifford Films (April) – The Children Act
Yester Community Movie Association, 5th April 7.30pm
Director: Richard Eyre
2017 – 105 mins (12)
In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge (Emma Thompson) must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer, despite his family’s refusal to accept medical treatment on religious grounds. Based on the novel of the same name by Ian McEwan, the film is a stately courtroom drama, with strong performances by Thompson and her on-screen husband, Stanley Tucci.
Film Night – Hostiles
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Film Night – Hostiles
March 8th, 7.30pm
Director: Scott Cooper
2017, 134 minutes, Rating 15
1892 in the United States. Veteran of a 20 year war with Cheyenne, Apache, & Comanche native American tribes, Cavalry Captain Joseph Blocker (Christian Bale) is ordered to escort an ailing Cheyenne chief back to his ancestral home in Montana. Scarred & embittered from his experiences, he wrestles with this unwelcome mission & memories that haunt him. A tale of guilt, truth & reconciliation in the American West.
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February film showing: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society
Director: Mike Newell – 2018 – 112 mins (Rating 12)
Based on the bestselling novel, Lily James plays writer Juliet Ashton, who forms a life-changing bond with the eccentric Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society, when she writes about their book club formed during the occupation of Guernsey during WWII. From the producers of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, with an all-star British cast, comes a compelling romantic drama with an intriguing mystery at its heart.
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A message from Yester Community Movie Association:
Last screening for 2018!
Find out about membership, film nights and download our new 2019 film programme on our website.
Friday 14th Dec – Paddington 2
2017 – 103 mins – (PG)
Film starts at 8pm, doors open 7.30pm
With a star studded cast including Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins (seen most recently in our November screening of ‘Maudie’), Brenda Gleeson, Julie Walters and of course, arch villain Hugh Grant, Paddington 2 is our Members’ Choice film to close the 2018 season. Paddington falls foul of the law when a valuable antique book is stolen. Locked up in jail, it’s up to Paddington to unmask the thief….
We’ll be back on the 11th January with ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’. More news coming soon on our website and on facebook @giffordfilmclub
In the meantime, wishing all our members a wonderful festive season!