TAKING WOODSTOCK Cert 15 Quad, Derby Market Place Tomorrow, 2pm

"IF you can remember the 60s, you weren't there," goes the old line.

Thank goodness, then, for Oscar-winning director Ang Lee and screenwriter James Schamus, who collaborate again on this recreation of Woodstock, the festival that defined a generation.

Rather than recreate the music performances, the film unfolds through the eyes of the Jewish family who invited hundreds of thousands of music-loving strangers to their sleepy corner of Bethel, New York.

It's a fascinating yarn, adapted from Elliot Tiber's celebrated memoir Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert and a Life.

Elliot (Demetri Martin) – born Teichberg – goes home to hen-pecked father Jake (Henry Goodman) and harridan mother Sonia (Imelda Staunton) to help the family's ailing motel.

Learning that a music festival is looking for a suitable location, Elliot contacts its organiser Michael Lang (Jonathan Groff) and puts him in touch with a neighbouring farmer.

The Woodstock committee takes up residence at the El Monaco Motel as a stream of hippies passes through.

For the Midweek Treat, Quad has teamed up with the Derby Telegraph to offer an old-style midweek matinee. Each Wednesday at 2pm, Qt's film critic Nigel Powlson introduces a film at a bargain admission price of £5 (£4 concessions) including a free tea or coffee and biscuits.

NEXT WEEK: Britain braces itself for war in Glorious 39 (Cert 12A) on Wednesday, December 9, at 2pm.