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Programme: Autumn 2007

7th October Last King of Scotland (2006)
Portrayal of a young Scot caught up in the despotic regime of Idi Amin's Uganda.
21st October Restless Natives (1982)
Tale of two youths from 1980s Edinburgh who become highwaymen - a gently self-deprecating classic of Scottish humour, with a cult following; a wonderful chortle for the whole family.
4th November The Exorcist (1973)
Horror for Hallowee'n
18th November The African Queen (1951)
2nd December Another Time, Another Place (1983)
Judged to be the Scottish director Michael Radford's best film - in 1944 Italian prisoners of war are billeted in a small farming village on the Black Isle.
16th December Babette's Feast (1987)
The impact of a gift of luxury to a poor puritan village in rural Denmark; warm and evocative festivities... plus a Children's Treat for Christmas.
30th December Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
Wim Wenders film tracing the survival of a Latin American dance band in Havana