Mr. Turner CERT 12A is screening on at 7.30pm on Saturday 25th April at 7.30pm.

The film explores the last quarter century of the great if eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851). Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by a housekeeper he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, he forms a close relationship with a seaside landlady with whom he eventually lives incognito in Chelsea, where he dies. Throughout this, he travels, paints, stays with the country aristocracy, visits brothels, is a popular if anarchic member of the Royal Academy of Arts, has himself strapped to the mast of a ship so that he can paint a snowstorm, and is both celebrated and reviled by the public and by royalty.

Saturday 25th April

• Mr. Turner CERT 12A, screening 7.30pm to 10pm, St Joseph’s Hall  Before the screening for Mr. Turner we will be joined by Frank & Stewart from folk band Holm who will be performing from 7 to 7.30pm. We encourage you to come down early and enjoy the music – described as Atmospheric Americana with a European avant-garde twist.

Our screenings are free to attend – we are funded by donations. Tickets are also available from Balerno Post Office or the Mill Cafe in the St Joseph’s Centre.