Wednesday 10 March, 6:20 pm
The Italian (Italianets)
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Andrei Kravchuk, Russia 2005, DV (M medium level violence)
Despite the title, the heart-wrenching feature debut of director Andrei
Kravchuk has literally nothing to do with Italy, and everything to do
with the urgent issue of illegal adoption in post-Glasnost Russia. “A
carefully and almost classically balanced combination of ingredients,
blending dirty-faced realism (so much more damning because it judges
and condemns no one) with mystical fable of quest and homecoming.”
— Andrew O’Hehir, salon.com
Wednesday 24 March, 5:30 pm
Heartbeat Detector (La question
humaine)
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Nicolas Klotz, France 2007, 35mm (M offensive language, content may
disturb)
“It’s a thin line between 20th-century Nazism and 21st-century
corporate culture in Nicolas Klotz’s rewardingly chilly psychological
thriller. Mathieu Amalric plays a staff shrink investigating the unstable
behaviour of a company director.” – Entertainment Weekly
Wednesday 14 April, 6:20 pm
Sun Alley (Sonnenallee)
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Leander Haussmann, Germany 1999, DV (M sexual references)
“A lively, beautifully played coming-of-ager that takes a comic
look at an era usually portrayed through bleak dramas or espionage thrillers.”
– Variety
Wednesday 21 April, 6:20 pm
La France
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Serge Bozon, France 2007, 35mm (M violence, nudity)
“Serge Bozon’s elegantly assured debut mixes genres –
period romance, war movie and musical – to confoundingly pleasurable
effect. “A heady experiment full of soul… This is something
new, not to be missed.” – Village Voice
Wednesday 5 May, 6:20 pm
The Colour of Paradise (Rang
e-khoda)
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Majid Majidi, Iran 1999, 35mm (M cert)
Majid Majidi’s majestic film follows the story of Mohammad, a
young blind boy whose inability to see the world only enhances his ability
to feel its powerful forces. “Enthralling… artfully simple
and beautifully observant of man and nature.” – Time
Wednesday 19 May, 6:20 pm
The White Balloon (Badkonake
sefid)
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Jafar Panahi, Iran 1995, 35mm (G cert)
A delightful, suspenseful, and insightful comedy written by Abbas Kiarostami.
The plot – suitable for all ages and full of unexpected twists
and developments – follows the urban adventures of a seven-year-old
girl who loses her money to purchase a goldfish for the New Year.
Wednesday 2 June, 6:20 pm
McLaren: Movement Music &
Conflict
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Norman McLaren, Canada 1936-1983, DV (censors rating tbc)
Norman McLaren believed movies were about movement. Music was also the
foundation of many of his films. This programme shows some of the amazing
ways McLaren developed filmic movement and how he achieved an astonishing
musical expression. McLaren’s strong political beliefs are also
on display. Rarely screened earlier, darker works as well as more exuberant
films emphasise the breadth of his achievements.
Wednesday 16 June, 6:00 pm
Cherry Blossoms - Hanami (Kirschblüten
– Hanami)
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Doris Dörrie , Germany 2008, 35mm (censors rating tbc)
In a variation on Ozu’s Tokyo Story, a German widower
seeks to fulfil his late wife’s last wishes by visiting their
son in Tokyo. “A family drama whose whimsical, warm-hearted storytelling
should touch critics and audiences alike.” – Hollywood
Reporter
Wednesday 30 June, 6:20 pm
Nine Queens (Nueve reinas)
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Fabian Bielinsky, Argentina 2001, DV (M offensive language)
An experienced grifter takes a younger confrere under his wing for the
theft of a block of stamps called the ‘Nine Queens’ in Fabian
Bielinsky’s caper-within-a-caper film, which runs as smoothly
as a well-rehearsed con.
Wednesday 14 July, 6:20 pm
Comrades in Dreams (Leinwandfieber)
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Uli Gaulke, Germany 2006, DV
A documentary valentine to the pleasures of cinema that looks at four
independent theatre owners in very different parts of the world who
dedicate their lives to showing films. This affectionate ode to independent
cinema owners the world over demonstrates the universal and unifying
power of movies. “A delight.” – Variety
CHANGE OF DATE
Wednesday 4 August, 5:30 pm
Stalker
Andrei Tarkovsky, USSR 1979, DVD (G cert)
Tarkovsky's evocative science-fiction film creates the most extraordinary
impression of a world beyond belief without the aid of conventional
special effects. "One of cinema's most searingly pessimistic visions."
– Sight and Sound
Wednesday 11 August, 6:20 pm
Because We Were Born (Puisque
nous sommes nés)
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Jean-Pierre Duret & Andréa Santana, France/Brazil 2008, DV
“Finely crafted documentary following two world-weary teenage
boys who dream of escaping the inexorable poverty of Brazil’s
arid northeast. “The directors struck gold with their subjects,
a couple of kids so self-aware… that at times audiences might
even forget they’re watching the real McCoy.” – Variety
Wednesday 25 August, 6:20 pm
Back to Normandy (Retour en Normandie)
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Nicolas Philibert, France 2007, DV
Philibert revisits Normandy and the non-actors he persuaded to take
part in a 1975 film about a long-ago crime. “From this simple
conceit, Philibert develops an extraordinary wealth of interrelated
themes, including memory, history, crime, madness, family ties and rural
life, in a film that’s wonderfully warm, wise, funny and philosophical.”
– Northwest Film Forum
Wednesday 22 September, 6:20 pm
No Man's Land
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Danis Tanovic, Bosnia-Herzegovina 2001, 35mm (R13 violence, offensive
language)
“At the height of the Bosnian war, two soldiers from opposing
sides find themselves stranded in no man’s land in this Oscar-winning
black comedy. “A deeply serious and seriously hilarious fable
of the lunacy of war.” – Wall Street Journal
Wednesday 6 October, 5:30 pm
Life Is a Miracle (Zivot je cudo)
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Emir Kusturica, Serbia-Montenegro/France 2004, 35mm (M sex scenes, offensive
language)
Serbian maestro Emir Kusturica offers his absurdist, boisterous vision
of the outbreak of war in Bosnia in 1992. A brilliantly choreographed
three-ring circus, complete with lovesick donkey and home-invading bear.
Wednesday 20 October, 6:20 pm
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
(OSS 117: Le Caire, nid d'espions)
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Michel Hazanavicius, France 2006, DV (M offensive language, sexual references)
“Fabled French special agent OSS 117 aka Bonisseur de la Bath,
introduces his unique mix of espionage and incompetence in this hilariously
straight-faced spy movie spoof which plays less like an Austin Powers
farce than a lost relic from a sadly deluded time.
Wednesday 3 November, 6:00 pm
Some Like it Hot
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Billy Wilder, USA 1959, 35mm (PG sexual references)
Presented by MGM
Channel NZ
Billy Wilder thumbs his nose at all the rules, mixing slapstick and
screwball, gangster film and musical into a racy cross-dressing farce.
Starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe. “Wilder's
greatest comedy.” - Village Voice
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