American Fiction (15) Monday Night Film Club
- RBC Film Theatre Mill Road Dumfries, Scotland, DG2 7BE United Kingdom (map)
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1580 England. Impoverished Latin tutor William Shakespeare meets free-spirited Agnes, and the pair, captivated by one another, strike up a torrid affair that leads to marriage and three children. Yet as Will pursues a budding theatre career in far-away London, Agnes anchors the domestic sphere alone. When tragedy strikes, the couple’s once-unshakable bond is tested, but their shared experience sets the stage for the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
SENTIMENTAL VALUE follows actress Nora (Renate Reinsve) and her sister Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas) as their eccentric and charismatic father, Gustav (Stellan Skarsgård), suddenly reappears in their lives after a long absence. Once a renowned film director, Gustav now offers Nora the lead role in his new film, but working with her father is the last thing she wants.
Trier’s sixth feature film stars Renate Reinsve who previously collaborated with Trier for The Worst Person in the World (Academy Award nominee for Best Screenplay and Best International Feature) alongside Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and Elle Fanning. It premiered In Competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2025 and was awarded the Grand Prix. In Norwegian, English, and French with English subtitles.
Charting a century of German cinema, the 2026 FOKUS Films from Germany programme revisits moments of German history through the lens of women's changing roles and experiences.
In a suburb of Paris, Marianne a woman around thirty, surprises her husband Bruno with the spontaneous decision, that she wants to become separated in order to live alone together with their eight-year-old son. In the beginning Bruno raises no objections. His attempts to get closer to Marianne are not successful. She has given up her former lifestyle and her financial security und now begins to live her own life, marked by solitude and caution but firmly determined. In French and German with English subtitles. Tickets are £3.00 / £1.50.
After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition. The latest film for director Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, The Handmaiden) is a deliciously dark and sharply comedy thriller. In Korean and English with English subtitles.
With her life crashing down around her, Linda (Rose Byrne) attempts to navigate her child's mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist (Conan O'Brien).
Sharply funny and deeply resonant, IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU is an electrifying drama from filmmaker Mary Bronstein, anchored by a mesmerising performance from Rose Byrne. Bronstein's superb dark comedy was chosen for Film Club by RBC Young Programmer Erika Scott. Tonight's screening is in association with D&G Women's Network.
A university professor travels from São Paulo to the seaside city of Recife during Carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son. He soon finds out he’s been tailed and spied on by neighbors in his new refuge, leaving him no possible escape from the tentacles of corruption. The Secret Agent was nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor for Wagner Moura, Best Casting and Best International Feature Film at this year's Academy Awards®. In Portuguese, German and English with English subtitles.
Our young programmer Erika chose this film for the RBC and said it was the best film at last year's ICO Screening Days (where independent cinemas are given to chance to watch several upcoming films released in 2026) - 'by far my favourite one here, it's sharp, tense and driven by a great performance.'
