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| Tuesday 19 Fevruary, 8:00 pm |
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| Seducing Doctor Lewis |
| Jean-Francois Pouilot, Canada 2003, DV (PG adult themes) |
| A genial comedy following the bumbling old-timers of a picturesque Québec fishing village who concoct an elaborate scheme to convince a young Montreal doctor to stay. |
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| Tuesday 4 March, 8:00 pm |
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| Bay of Angels |
| La baie des anges, Jacques Demy, France 1962, 35mm, b&w (M cert) |
| Jeanne Moreau, blonde and all in white, is stunning as the gambling-addict beauty who bewitches puppyish bank clerk Claude Mann over the Riviera’s roulette tables. |
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Tuesday 13 May, 8:00 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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| Tuesday 18 March, 8:00 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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| Tuesday 1 April, 8:00 pm |
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| Edward Scissorhands |
| Tim Burton, USA 1990, 16mm (PG violence) |
| Tim Burton’s contemporary fairytale starring Johnny Depp as a boy with pointed metal shards for hands thrust into the picture perfect suburbs. |
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| Tuesday 15 April, 8:00 pm |
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| Donkey Skin |
| Peau d'âne, Jacques Demy, France 1970, 35mm (PG sexual references) |
| “Crafted to delight young and old alike is Demy’s charming adaptation of a lesser-known fairy tale from the pen of Charles Perrault. |
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| Waitati Film Society |
Waitati Film
Society 2008 Season screens Tuesdays at 8:00 pm Contact: The Secretary Email: swiwi@.xnet.co.nz |
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| Tuesday 29 April, 8:00 pm |
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| Lola |
| Jacques Demy, France/Italy 1960, 35mm, 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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Tuesday 27 May, 8:00 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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Tuesday 3 June, 8:00 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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Tuesday 10 June, 8:00 pm |
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| Short Films by Charles Burnett |
| USA 1969-1995, DV, b&w and colour (censors rating tbc) |
| Three ironic and inspiring short films spanning Burnett’s career.Features Several Friends, The Horse and When It Rains. |
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Tuesday 17 June, 8:00 pm |
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| Skin Deep |
| Geoff Steven, NZ 1979, 16mm |
A masseuse from the city gets an unexpected welcome when she moves to a prejudiced small town. |
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Tuesday 1 July, 8:00 pm |
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| Full Metal Jacket |
| Stanley Kubrick, USA 1987, 16mm (R16 offensive language) |
Stanley Kubrick’s Vietnam film, follows recruits from harrowing boot camp to the horrors of the Tet Offensive. |
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Tuesday 8 July, 8:00 pm |
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| to be confirmed |
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| Tuesday 15 July, 8:00 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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Tuesday 24 June, 8:00 pm |
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| My Brother's Wedding |
| USA 1983/2007, DV (censors rating tbc) |
Burnett’s long unavailable second film gives us a tragicomic portrait of a shiftless young man torn between his family and the pending nuptials of his upwardly mobile brother and his loyalty to a troublemaking, recently paroled friend. |
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| Tuesday 22 July, 8:00 pm |
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| Kingpin |
| Mike Walker, NZ 1984, 16mm |
| “Teenagers in a reform school fight for supremacy - but Willie refuses to accept their domination. |
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| Tuesday 12 August, 8:00 pm |
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| Boys Don't Cry |
| Kimberley Pierce, USA 1999, 16mm (R18 sexual violence, violence, drug use) |
| “The powerful true story of Teena Brandon (Hilary Swank) who, for several years, lived as male Brandon Teena while waiting to undergo a sex-change operation. |
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| Tuesday 19 August, 8:00 pm |
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| Circle of Friends |
| Pat O'Connor, Ireland/USA 1995, 16mm (M cert) |
| Minnie Driver is a university student in 1950s Dublin who falls for preppy Chris O’Donnell, a charming adaptation of Maeve Binchy's best seller. |
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| Tuesday 26 August, 8:00 pm |
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| Backbeat |
| Iain Softley, UK 1993, 16mm (M violence, offensive language, sex scenes) |
| The intriguing true story of the 'fifth' Beatle, Stuart Sutcliffe, who goes to 1960s Hamburg with his friend John Lennon. |
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| Tuesday 2 September, 8:00 pm |
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| Charleen/Backyard |
| Ross McElwee, USA 1978/1984, 16mm, b&w and colour |
| Charleen is a portrait of McElwee’s eccentric friend and former high school teacher. Backyard explores a microcosm of Southern society, starting with the filmmaker’s own family. |
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Tuesday 9 September, 8:00 pm |
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| Sherman's March |
| Ross McElwee, USA 1986, 16mm (M offensive language) |
| “McElwee traces the path General Sherman cut through the South while conducting his own search for Ms Right. |
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| Tuesday 16 September, 8:00 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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| Tuesday 23 September, 8:00 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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| Tuesday 30 September, 8:00 pm |
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| Cosi |
| Mark Joffe, Australia 1995, 16mm (M offensive language) |
| An irreverent Aussie comedy. A young wannabe- theatre director takes a job as a drama therapist in a home for the mentally unwell and has his concept of drama broadened, to put it mildy. |
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| Tuesday 14 October, 8:00 pm |
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| State of Siege/In Spring One Plants Alone |
| Vincent Ward, New Zealand 1978/1980, 16mm |
| Two featurettes by Vincent Ward who will return this year with Rain of the Children based on his award-winning documentary In Spring One Plants Alone. |
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| Tuesday 28 October, 8:00 pm |
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| Evil Angels |
| Fred Schepisi, Australia 1988, 16mm (PG coarse language) |
| Meryl Streep stars as Lindy Chamberlain who is accused of murdering her child in the Australian outback. Also starring Sam Neill. |
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| Tuesday 11 November, 8:00 pm |
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| Exterminating Angel |
| El angel exterminador, Luis Bunuel, Mexico 1962, 16mm, b&w |
| “Bunuel’s simple yet brutal satire on the bourgeoise involves a group of dinner guests who find it impossible to leave a room after finishing dinner. “Hell is a lot of people who won’t go.” — Luis Bunuel |
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| Tuesday 25 November, 8:00 pm |
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| Moon over the Alley |
| Joseph Despins, UK 1975, 16mm, b&w |
| Drama about the lives of the inhabitants of a Notting Hill rooming-house. “A thoroughly original and endearing film.” — Films Illustrated |
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Tuesday 9 December, 8:00 pm |
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| Muriel's Wedding |
| P.J. Hogan, Australia 1994, 16mm (M offensive language) |
Crowdpleasing tale of an ugly duckling from a small town dysfunctional family who hits the big city with her friend. |