Callander Cinema 2023-24
McLaren Leisure Centre 7.30pm
Doors and café open from 7pm
Free for members (see below), £5 non-members, £3 under 16
A huge thank you to all of our sponsors!
22 October
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris (2022) 12A
A charming tale based on the 1958 novel by Paul Gallico. A widowed cleaning lady from London dreams of owning a couture Dior dress and she embarks on an adventure to Paris that changes her life and the House of Dior. It won an Oscar and a BAFTA for costume design and Lesley Manville won a Golden Globe for her performance in the lead role.
Sponsored by Deli Ecosse
19 November
Asteroid City (2023) 12A
American satire directed by Wes Anderson, starring Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks and Jason Schwartzman. A grieving father and his family travel to the space-obsessed desert town of Asteroid City to compete in a junior star-gazing event which is disrupted by world-changing events.
Sponsored by the Lade Inn Poker Players
10 December
Chevalier (2022) 12A
Biographical drama starring Kelvin Harrison Jr, about violinist and composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, who wass a Mozart contemporary. An illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, he rose to great fame in French and European society before his recognition became obscured by historical racism.
Sponsored by McKendry Dunion Financial
14 January
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 (2021) 15
American spy action film directed by Chris McQuarrie, the seventh in the series, with Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt. The IMF (Impossible Missions Force) team must track down a terrifying new artificial intelligence weapon that threatens all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands.
Sponsored by McLaren Leisure Centre
26 January Members’ screening 16mm reel-to-reel classic
11 February
Triangle of Sadness (2022) 15
Wickedly funny Palme D’Or winner by Ruben Ӧstlund, set on a luxury cruise ship where social hierarchy is turned upside down. Celebrity model couple, Carl and Yaya, are invited on board alongside a group of out of touch super-wealthy people, helmed by an unhinged captain played by Woody Harrelson.
Sponsored by Loucas & Kathy George
One Life (2023) cert 12A
The story of Sir Nicholas Winton, a young London stockbroker who, in the lead up to WW2, rescued hundreds of children from the Nazis. His story came to public attention when BBC’s That’s Life surprised him in 1988 by introducing him to some of the surviving children. Stars Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn and Helena Bonham Carter.
14 April
Anatomy of a Fall (2023) cert 15
A clever and compelling drama, set in the French Alps, nominated for 5 Oscars and 7 BAFTAs, and winner of 3 Palme D’ors at Cannes Film Festival. A woman is suspected of her husband's murder and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness. In German, French and English.
12 May
Broker (2022) 12A
South Korean drama that follows two men who sell orphaned babies to affluent couples who can’t have children of their own, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption. After one infant’s mother surprises them by returning to ensure her child finds a good home, the three start a journey to find the right couple, building an unlikely family of their own. Winner of many awards including Best Director in the Asian Film Awards.
Sponsored by Callander Drinks Company
All films subject to availability.
Callander Cinema is screened by Callander Film Society, which has been bringing world cinema to Callander since 1976.
Membership
2023-24 membership is £32 for all eight screenings, exclusive classic and AGM. Members will choose classic and AGM films.
Please bring a membership form to the the first screening with cash or cheque or pay online (details on the form). Download a form here or pick one up at the Visitor Information Centre or McLaren Leisure Centre.
If you have any questions please contact callanderfilmsociety@gmail.com.
