Both Sides of the Blade (15) | MONDAY NIGHT FILM CLUB
- RBC Film Theatre Mill Road Dumfries, Scotland, DG2 7BE United Kingdom (map)
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A rural farmer is forced to confront the mortality of his faithful horse. The Turn Horse, originally released in 2011, is being shown in tribute to Hungarian director Béla Tarr who died in January aged 70. As with every black and white Hungarian film shown for Monday Night Film Club a member of the McMorran family will introduce the film, this time Dr Connor McMorran. In Hungarian and German with English subtitles.
A remote German farm harbours generations of secrets. Four women, separated by decades but united by trauma, uncover the truth behind its weathered walls. In German with English subtitles.
★★★★★ "It’s a cliché to say that a film will stay with you long after you leave the cinema. This one could haunt you to the grave." — Time Out.
A 15-year-old Yuruk boy from a remote Macedonian village escapes into music amid parental expectations, societal conservatism and forbidden love for a promised girl. In Macedonian, Turkish, English, with English subtitles.
“Music-soaked, delightfully humorous and unpretentiously stylish… a revelation”– Variety
“Luminous…ever so watchable” – Sight and Sound
“Beautiful landscape cinematography combined with authentic locations immerses you in the world” – ★★★★ Film Threat
In a world where humanity has lost the ability to dream, one creature remains entranced by the fading illusions of the dreamworld. This monster, adrift in reverie, clings to visions no one else can see—until a woman appears. Gifted with the rare power to perceive these illusions for what they truly are, she chooses to enter the monster’s dreams, determined to uncover the truth that lies hidden within. In Chinese and Mandarin with English subtitles.
“An immersive, hyper-visual, wildly imaginative arthouse-movie experience, suggesting that watching a film is a lot like dreaming, seeing into other worlds, viewing experiences that aren’t our own.” – 4/5 Neil’s Entertainment Picks
30 years ago, the Rose of Nevada was lost at sea with all hands. When it suddenly reappears in the harbour of a rundown Cornish fishing village, it feels like a sign: if the Rose sets sail again, perhaps the village’s luck will turn. Nick (George MacKay) takes a job aboard, joined by newly arrived drifter Liam (Callum Turner). The boat and its new voyage are symbols of hope, but when Nick and Liam return from the sea, something strange has happened – instead of moving into the future, they have re-entered the past.
Bait and Enys Men director Mark Jenkin’s time-travelling odyssey is a mysterious and unconventional story of identity, grief and the vagaries of time, of people who are attuned to the present and those who are fixed in the past. Like Bait, it’s shot in 16mm (though this time in bold colour) and delights in distinctive texture and composition, with painterly touches that make it feel like a found object, a film by and of Cornwall and the sea.
