Cinema Nairn's 2015 Programme Launched!

Just out! Here is Cinema Nairn's Programme for 2015. Fliers will be out in the streets of Nairn shortly giving you a much more professional looking outline of the films, but for now.......

Monday 19th January 2015 - Matinee   2pm Annie Get Your Gun (1950) U (107 mins) Betty Hutton stars as the great sharpshooter, Annie Oakley, in this Oscar winning toe tapper that will have you humming your way home to tunes like ‘Anything You Can Do…’ and ‘There’s no Business Like Show Business’. Friday 30th January: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) 12 (124 mins)  7.30pm Judie Dench, Maggie Smith and Bill Nighy, with a group of retirees, travel to India, to the hotel of their dreams – but it’s not quite what they expected!  A great cast and wonderful colourful surroundings to brighten up a winter’s evening. Friday 27th February: Night of the Hunter (1955) 12 (92 mins) 7.30pm A film-noir thriller from director Charles Laughton, starring the great Robert Mitchum as a fake religious fanatic. He marries gullible widow (Shelley Winters) to get to her two children who know where their real daddy hid the loot from a heist.  Mitchum at his classic best! Monday 16th March: Gregory’s Girl (1981) 12 (91 mins)  Matinee    2pm Yes, this is the wonderful film from Bill Forsyth starring John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn and Clare Grogan. A must see for all film fans.  Come along to the Community Centre for this tale of young love in Cumbernauld!   Friday 20th March: Untouchable   (2011) 15 (112 mins)   7.30pm French with subtitles    The synopsis could leave you to think this true story of a quadriplegic man and his wacky carer was one of tragedy and sadness.  But director (Oliver Nakache) turns it into an enriching story of human resilience with a great sense of humour and fantastic performances from the cast.  Another hidden gem that everyone should see! Friday 17th April: The Sapphires (2012) PG (100 mins)  7.30pm Wayne Blair’s film received high critical acclaim on release in 2012, but had a limited airing at cinemas.  So now is your chance to see a really enjoyable true story of four young aboriginal girls who form a group and entertain the troops in Vietnam.  A film about love, friendship and war – with great music from the 60s. Friday 15th May: Brighton Rock (1947) 15 (92 mins)    7.30pm A homage to the late Richard Attenborough. In Graham Greene’s adaption of his own novel, Pinkie Brown (Attenborough)  runs a protection racket, but in trying to cover up the murder of one of his rivals, Pinky’s behaviour gets more and more desperate.  A great British film for a British great!   Friday 19th June: The Rocket Post (2004) 12A (112 mins)   7.30pm Sit back and relax amidst the beautiful Scottish scenery and enjoy this heart-warming 1930s tale of love and postal deliveries!  Filmed on Taransay in the Hebrides you’ll want to see this film over and over again. Friday 24th July: A Dangerous Game (2014) PG (102 mins)  7.30pm We brought you Anthony Baxter’s disturbing documentary about the Balmedie golf course in ‘You’ve Been Trumped’.  How have the locals coped?  How did Trump get the go-ahead? What is the global impact of the luxury golf course trade?  This excellent documentary explores all of this and more.  September 2015 (TBC) Nairn Book & Arts – Cinema Nairn’s regular silent film with live musical accompaniment.  Details later. Friday 25th September: Ida (2014) PG 13 (82 mins)  7.30pm  Polish with subtitles   Yet another hidden gem in Nairn!  Anna is a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland, on the verge of taking her vows, when she discovers a dark family secret dating back to the years of the Nazi occupation.  A gripping, highly acclaimed film from Poland. Monday 5th October: 39 Steps (1935) U (86 mins)   2pm  Matinee Only the original and the best is good enough for Cinema Nairn goers, and Hitchcock’s version with Robert Donat is just that!  You know the story and the scenery – some come along and watch it on the big screen with everyone else! Friday 23rd October: Belle (2014) 12A (104 mins)  7.30pm  Touching  story of the mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral, raised by her aristocratic great-uncle in 18th century England.  Award winning performance from newcomer Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Friday 27th November: Kon Tiki (2013) PG13 (111 mins)  7.30pm The fantastic story of legendary explorer Thor Heyerdal's epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.  Voted as Best Film in the 2014 Inverness Film Festival. Monday 7th December: Brave (2012) PG (95 mins)   2pm Matinee Set in a beautifully animated Scotland, in a rugged and mythical time, "Brave" features Merida, an aspiring archer and impetuous daughter of royalty. Familiar voices and scenery make this a great way to spend a December afternoon!

Don't miss Cinema Nairn's final matinee of the year!

Everyone is welcome to our showing of Oscar Wilde's classic comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, at the Community Centre on Monday 1st December at 2:00pm. Great acting from a wonderful cast including Michael Redgrave, Michael Denison and Margaret Rutherford and the inimitable Edith Evans, with that famous exclamation from Lady Bracknell: 'A Handbag!'. Tea, coffee and home bakes will be available to all after the show. All this for £2.50! See you there.

Cinema Nairn's next film - 'The Flying Scotsman'. This Friday at Nairn Community & Arts Centre, doors open at 7:00pm for a 7:30pm start.

The remarkable true story of one of our greatest ever cyclist: Graeme Obree, and how he combated mental illness and physical barriers to become a world record breaking champion. Starring the sensational Johnny Lee Miller and brilliantly supported by Scottish stars Brian Cox and Billy Boyd. A great late comer to Cinema Nairn’s 2014 programme! Then, on Monday 1st December, we will be showing the final film of the 2014 season: The Importance of Being Earnest, at 2:00pm. Everyone is welcome. We will be serving home bakes with tea and coffee at the end of the film.

Cinema Nairn Matinee - TODAY! Geordie, 2:00pm at the Community Centre.

Puny wee Geordie starts a postal body building course and ends up at the Melbourne Olympics competing in his kilt!  Based on the amazing athletic career of Tom Nicolson from Tighnabruaich, farmer and double Olympian (1908 and 1920).  Starring Bill Travers, Alastair Sim, and the fabulous Trossachs scenery.

£2.50 at the door, all welcome.  Tea, coffee and home bakes included!

Cinema Nairn brings you: Sunshine on Leith, tonight at the Community Centre

You've heard their music and you may have been lucky enough to see the stage play - now come along and see the fantastic film!  A great feel-good film to help you celebrate or commiserate after a long week!  A wee dram will be served at the bar – on us at Cinema Nairn!

Nairn Community and Arts Centre tonight, 20th September 2014.  Bar opens 7:00pm, film at 7:30pm.

Latest Cinema Nairn Film Friday 18th July

Doors open at 7:00pm for refreshments and the film starts at 7:30pm.  Come along and bring a friend to enjoy Scotland on film!

Shell (15) 2012 (91 mins.) is a breakthrough film for Aberdeen born director Scott Graham, and rising Scottish star Chloe Pirrie who makes her mark as Shell, a girl who lives with her father Pete in a remote petrol station in The Highlands.  This haunting, atmospheric and beautifully photographed film is a must see!

Latest film from CInema Nairn - A Late Quartet.

Cinema Nairn presents the much awaited and critically acclaimed 'A Late Quartet' at the Nairn Community & Arts Centre on Friday evening.  Doors open at 7:00pm for drinks, and the film starts at 7:30pm.

The story of how a world-renowned string quartet struggle to adapt to a life changing diagnosis of one of its members.  Wonderful music and superb acting from an ensemble cast in a story structured around Beethoven's Opus 131 String Quartet.

Next Film from Cinema Nairn

Three Colours Red

(Cert 15) 1993 - 99 minutes
We strive to bring hidden gems that may have passed you by - and this is one of the best!  "Stunningly beautiful, powerfully scored and immaculately performed, the film is virtually flawless, and one of the very greatest cinematic achievements of the last few decades. A masterpiece." (Time Out Magazine).  Will you agree?

Friday 30th May at Nairn Community & Arts Centre - starts at 7.30pm, Doors Open 7:00pm

Tickets from the Community & Arts Centre.

Calling all Gardeners and Allotment Owners

The next film from Cinema Nairn is just for you! A film about allotments, telephone masts and asylum seekers! A group of allotment gardeners in Merseyside react angrily when refugees are given plots at the site, but after they get to know them better will they change their minds? Starring the wonderful Eddie Marsan.

Doors open for a glass of wine, beer or soft drink, and the film starts at 7:30pm.

The Maggie: join Cinema Nairn for our Monday Matinee

We're all back in the Community Centre on Monday 17th March for a wonderful Ealing Comedy based in Scotland and filmed mainly on Islay, featuring a Clyde puffer called Maggie, an American, an Englishman, and a wily old Scotsman!

The Maggie is the story of an American businessman who needs furniture shipped to his house on an Island, and his agent is tricked into hiring Maggie by Captain Mactaggart, 

Another great comedy from the Ealing Studios. Free tea and home bakes follow the film. All this for £2.50!

Cinema Nairn - Film this Friday!

This Friday, the 28th February, Cinema Nairn continues its quest to introduce Nairn cinema goers to hidden gems from around the world, with the screening of A Very Long Engagement staring Audrey Tautou.  

This beautiful film (in French with English subtitles) tells the story of Mathilde's search for her fiancé, presumed killed at the Battle of the Somme, where he was sent with four others as punishment for attempted desertion.  Director Jean Pierre Jeunet of Amelie fame, renews the very successful partnership with Audrey Tautou in a highly critically acclaimed film that was nominated for many awards, including Best Foriegn Language Film at the BAFTAs, Golden GLobe and the OSCARS.  The cast also includes Marion Cotillard, Jodie Foster and Gaspard Ulliel.

Doors open at the Community Centre at 7:00pm for a 7:30pm start.  Wine, bottled beer and soft drinks will be available to purchase at the bar from 7:00pm.

AGM - Monday 17th February 2014

It's come around again very quickly...

Please join us at The Bandstand at 6.00pm on Monday 17th February to hear what we have been doing, what we plan to do and perhaps assist in that process. The following documents are available to download...

AGM agenda

Annual Report

Next offerring from Cinema Nairn

Cool Runnings, 7th Feb 7:30pm. at the Nairn Arts and Community Centre.

It's the true story of the first ever Jamaican Bobsled team!  This is a timely  alternative the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics which is on TV on the same night.

It's a heart-warming story of disgraced gold medal winning Irving Blitzer trying to convert a team of Jamaican sprinters into world class bobsled competitors, and their exploits at the Winter Olympics in Calgary.  Is history repeating itself?  They're at it again by entering a team into this year's competition too!

Cinema Nairn Programme for 2014

Detailed below is our provisional programme for 2014.  The final copy will be posted in the next few days and hard copies will be distributed around town and at the Nairn Community & Arts Centre.  We will also email all on our list ASAP.  Hopefully we'll see you all on the 20th!

Monday 20th January at 2:00pm Calamity Jane (U) 1953 101 mins. Matinee

An afternoon with the wonderful Doris Day and Howard Keel, and great tunes such as 'The Deadwood Stage (Whip Crack Away!) and Secret Love, will have you singing into the night!  Don't forget to wear your cowboy hat and boots!  Free tea and home bakes follow the film.

Friday 7th February at 7:30pm Cool Runnings (PG) 1993 98 mins.

A heart-warming alternative to the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony! Following the exploits of disgraced Gold Medal winning Irving Blitzer and a team of Jamaican sprinters in the unlikely, but true story of the first ever Jamaican Bobsled Team to compete at the Winter Olympics!

Friday 28th February at 7:30pm A Very Long Engagement (PG) 2004 133 mins  English subtitles.

The director of Amelie teams up with the star of the same film, Audrey Tautou, in a film about young love in France during the 1st World War.  It tells the story of Mathilde searching for her fiancé, presumed killed at the Battle of the Somme, where he was sent with four others as punishment for attempted desertion. Monday 17th March at 2:00pm The Maggie (U) 1954 92 mins.  Matinee and Subtitled for the Hard of Hearing. Filmed on Islay, and featuring a Clyde puffer called Maggie, an American, an Englishman, and a wily old Scotsman!  The American needs furniture shipped to his   house on an Island and his agent is tricked into hiring Maggie by Captain Mactaggart, Another great comedy from the Ealing Studios.  Free tea and home bakes follow the film.

Friday 21st March at 7:30pm Spirit of '45 (U) 2013 94 mins.

This documentary, written and directed by Ken Loach, celebrates the radical changes in postwar Britain.  Archive footage and interviews recount how a spirit of unity and optimism helped create a vision of a fairer, united society, resulting in the welfare state and the nationalisation of significant parts of the UK's economy.

Saturday 26th April at 7:30pm Grow Your Own (PG) 2007 101 mins

Calling all gardeners and allotment owners - this one's for you!  A film about allotments, telephone masts and asylum seekers!  A group of allotment gardeners in Merseyside react angrily when refugees are given plots at the site, but after they get to know them better will they change their minds?

Friday 30th May at 7:30pm Three Colours Red (R) 99 mins. English subtitles.

We strive to bring hidden gems that may have passed you by - and this is one of the best!  "Stunningly beautiful, powerfully scored and immaculately performed, the film is virtually flawless, and one of the very greatest cinematic achievements of the last few decades. A masterpiece." (Time Out Magazine).  Will you agree?

Friday 20th June at 7:30pm A Late Quartet (PG) 2012 105 mins.

When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet receives a life changing diagnosis, the group's future suddenly hangs in the balance. wonderful music and superb acting from an ensemble cast (including Philip Seymour Hoffman) in a story structured around Beethoven's Opus 131 String Quartet.

Friday 18th July at 7:30pm Shell (15) 2012 91 mins.

A breakthrough film for Aberdeen born director Scott, and rising Scottish star Chloe Pirrie who makes her mark as Shell, a girl who lives with her father Pete in a remote petrol station in The Highlands.  This haunting, atmospheric and beautifully photographed film is a must see!

Saturday 6th September at 10:00am Nairn Books & Arts Festival Silent Comedy

Keep your eyes open for news of Cinema Nairn's regular NB&A Festival Saturday morning Silent Film, with live musical accompaniment.

Saturday 20th September at 7:30pm Sunshine on Leith (PG) 2013 100 mins.

You've heard their music and you may have been lucky enough to see the stage play - now come along and see the fantastic film!  A great feel-good film to help you celebrate or commiserate after the referendum!  Wearing tartan is recommended regardless of how you voted!

Monday 6th October at 2:00pm Geordie (U) 1955 93 mins. Matinee

Puny wee Geordie starts a postal body building course and ends up at the Melbourne Olympics competing in his kilt! Based on the amazing athletic career of Tom Nicolson from Tiqhnabruaich, farmer and double Olympian (1908 and 1920). Staring Bill Travers, Alistair Simm, and the fabulous Trossachs scenery.

Friday 24th October at 7:30pm The Italian Job (PG) 1969 99 mins

With Michael Cane; Mini Coopers; cockneys; crooks; comedy; a very catchy signature tune that will stay in your head for days; and a cliff-hanger ending - this film has all the makings of a great night out.  And it also stars Bennie Hill - now, not a lot of people know that (sorry!)

Friday 21st November at 7:30pm Passage (Unclassified) 90 mins 2008

A documentary drama that retells the story of Orcadian Doctor John Rae's efforts to uncover the truth about the fate of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition through the Northwest Passage and looks at the consequences of his revelations.  With breathtaking landscapes of the Orkney Islands and the Arctic.

Monday 1st December at 2:00pm Importance of Being Earnest (NR) 1952 95 mins. Matinee

Great acting from a wonderful cast including Michael Redgrave, Michael Denison and Margaret Rutherford and the inimitable Edith Evans, with that famous exclamation from Lady Bracknell:  'A Handbag!'.  Free tea and home bakes follow the film.