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| Thursday 6 March, 6:20 pm |
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| The Man without a Past |
| Mies vailla menneisyytta, Aki Kaurismäki, Finland/Germany/France 2002, DV (M violence) |
| “A man awakens with no memory, deadpan comic romance from Kaurismäki. “Low life comedy drama guaranteed to leave the viewer feeling high.” — Screendaily |
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| Thursday 13 March, 6:00 pm |
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| The Young Girls of Rochefort |
| Les demoiselles de Rochefort, Jacques Demy, France 1967, 35mm (G cert) |
| Adds dance to the brew as (real life) sisters Deneuve and Dorléac dream of love and leaving Rochefort, just as a carnival and an American composer (Gene Kelly) arrive. |
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Thursday 15 May, 6:20 pm |
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| Omagh |
| Pete Travis, Ireland/UK 2004, DV (M content may disturb) |
| Gripping docudrama about the aftermath of a 1998 car bombing in Northern Ireland, that derives dramatic power from the determination of a diverse group of survivors to identify the perpetrators and bring them to justice. |
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| Thursday 3 April, 6:20 pm |
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| Lola |
| Jacques Demy, France/Italy 1960, DV, b&w (PG) |
| “Demy’s first feature is an exquisite romantic roundelay focused on Anouk Aimée’s jaunty cabaret dancer forlornly awaiting the return to Nantes of her young son’s father. |
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| Thursday 17 April, 6:20 pm |
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| The Umbrellas of Cherbourg |
| Les parapluies de Cherbourg, Jacques Demy, France/West Germany 1964, 35mm (PG) |
| Catherine Deneuve in an enchanting tale of young love menaced by parental ambition, unwanted pregnancy and the Algerian War. |
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| Thursday 1 May, 6:20 pm |
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| Te Rua |
| Barry Barclay, NZ 1991, 35mm |
| “Heroes or terrorists? Three young Maori activists move into Berlin to seize from a great museum ancestral carvings which were stolen a century earlier. |
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| Tauranga Film Society |
Tauranga
Film Society 2008 Season screens Thursdays at 6:20 pm (note some films
start earlier, check times below) Contact: |
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| Thursday 15 May, 6:20 pm |
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| Control Room |
| Jehane Noujaim, USA 2003, DV (M war footage) |
| “An astute exposé of network news hypocrisy during the Iraq war, shrewdly exposing the myth of journalistic impartiality during wartime. |
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Thursday 12 June, 6:20 pm |
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| Real Women Have Curves |
| Patricia Cardoso, USA 2002, DV (M offensive language, sexual references) |
| A charming coming-of-age story of a young Mexican-American woman (Ugly Betty’s America Ferrara) who’s personal ambitions are thwarted by her family commitments. Winner Audience Award, Sundance Film Festival 2003 |
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| Thursday 26 June, 6:20 pm |
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| The Glass Shield |
| Charles Burnett, USA 1995, 35mm (M cert) |
| A scathing look at the racism and corruption of the Los Angeles police force, Burnett’s slickly photographed neo-noir thriller investigates the moral integrity of rookie cop Michael Boatman. |
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| Thursday 10 July, 5:20 pm |
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| Fanny & Alexander |
| Ingmar Bergman, Sweden 1982, DV |
| “Bergman's penultimate film is one of his finest. It tells a semi-autobiographical family saga through the eyes of two children and runs the entire spectrum of emotions. |
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| Thursday 24 July, 5:45 pm |
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| Zelary |
| Ondrej Trojan, Czech Republic/Austria/Slovakia 2003, DV (M violence, offensive language) |
| “During WWII cosmopolitan resistance worker takes refuge from the Nazis in the remote Czech countryside. |
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| Thursday 7 August, 6:20 pm |
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| Time Indefinite |
| Ross McElwee, USA 1993, 35mm |
| "Everything begins and ends with family,” McElwee observes. “A magisterial chronicle of place and character, capturing the fullest range of human emotion.” – Museum of Modern Art |
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| Thursday 18 September, 6:20 pm |
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| Sleeping Dogs |
| Roger Donaldson, NZ 1977, 35mm |
| Smith is a man on the run, running from a broken marriage. Accidentally caught between two powers. he becomes a man alone...hunted and hostile, driven by the will to survive. |
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| Thursday 2 Octoer, 6:20 pm |
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| Driving with My Wife's Lover |
| Aneeui aeineul mannada, Kim Tai-sik, South Korea 2007, 35mm |
| This tale of a vengeful husband who takes a ride with the taxi driver who has cuckolded him takes several unexpected turns. |
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Thursday 16 October, 5:20 pm |
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| Andrei Rublev |
| Andrey Tarkovsky, USSR 1966, b&w and colour, 35mm |
| “Enthralling historical drama vividly portrays the 15th Century Russian painter who was encumbered by the political turbulence of the time. |
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| Thursday 30 October, 6:20 pm |
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| The King and the Clown |
| Wangui namja, Lee Jun-ik , South Korea 2005, 35mm (M violence, sexual references, offensive language) |
| A bawdy and boisterous smash-hit in Korea, this tale of 16th-century court intrigue unveils the queer love triangle between a pair of travelling minstrels and the King |