Tuesday 17 February, 8:00 pm
The Science of Sleep
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Michel Gondry, France 2006 (M offensive language, sexual references)
“Cinemagician Michel Gondry (Be Kind Rewind) returns
to his native France to direct his own original screenplay, delving
deep, with his own sweet brand of uninhibited delight, into the subconscious
lives of two people in love.
Tuesday 3 March, 8:00 pm
Brick
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Rian Johnson, USA 2004, DV (M medium level violence)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt channels Bogart to investigate the disappearance
of his ex-girlfriend in this inspired fusion of teenage confidential
and film noir set in a Southern California high school. “Brick
doesn’t break the mold; it tries to make a new one… an inspired
time-warped teenage film noir.” — Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Tuesday 17 March, 8:00 pm
Moolaade
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Ousmane Sembene, Senegal 2004, 35mm (M violence, offensive language,
sex scenes)
This stirring final film from the master of African cinema follows a
defiant wife who refuses to allow four girls to undergo traditional
initiation rituals. “A rousingly political film that is a critique
of traditional forms of authority and a celebration of the warmth and
dynamism of African village life.” – New York Times
Tuesday 31 March, 8:00 pm
Occupation 101
Abdallah Omeish & Sufyan Omeish, Palestine. 85 mins
A thought-provoking and powerful documentary on the current and historical
root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Tuesday 14 April, 8:00 pm
Manufactured Landscapes
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Jennifer Baichwal, Canada 2006, DV (G cert)
A staggering, unconventional documentary that follows celebrated Canadian
photographer Edward Burtynsky on a tour of Asia, where he trains his
lens on monuments of colossal industrialisation such as China’s
Three Gorges Dam.
Tuesday 28 April, 8:00 pm
Rain
Christine Jeffs, NZ 2003, DV
In the summer, thirteen year old Janey and her family settle into their
isolated cottage for another perfect seaside holiday. Based on the novel
by Kirsty Gunn.
Tuesday 12 May, 8:00 pm
The Insider
Michael Mann, USA 1999. 127 mins, DV
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when
he decides to appear in a 60 minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
Tuesday 26 May, 8:00 pm
Mala Noche
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Gus Van Sant, USA 1985, 35mm (M offensive language, sexual references)
Distinctively original, 20 years on, Gus Van Sant’s debut film
focuses on Walt, who works in a liquor store in Portland, Oregon, and
his unrequited love for a young Mexican hustler. “A wonderful
reintroduction to an American talent so ingrained he’s taken for
granted.” – The Stranger.
Tuesday 2 June, 8:00 pm
Letter from Sarah & Until
When
Letter from Sarah, Munaz Jan Kot, Palestine. 14 mins
The filmmaker asks a 12-year-old Palestinian girl to write a film script
recounting her ordeal.
Until When, Dahna Abourahme, Palestine. 76 mins
Set during the current Intifada, this documentary paints an intimate
in-depth portrait of Palestinian lives today.
Tuesday 9 June, 8:00 pm
Donnie Brasco
Mike Newell, USA 1997. 127 mins, DV
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying
with the Mafia life at the expense of his regular one. Based on a true
story.
Tuesday 16 June, 8:00 pm
The Price of Milk
Harry Sinclair, NZ 2003, DV
A fairy tale love story, full of magic and Sinclair's trademark humour,
all set on a New Zealand dairy farm. Starring Danielle Cormack and Karl
Urban.
Tuesday 23 June, 8:00 pm
Driving to ZigZagLand
Nicole Ballivian, Palestine. 92 mins, DV
A chronicle of a day in the life of a Palestinian cab driver in Los
Angeles, Driving to ZigZag Land portrays the social struggle
of the Arab immigrant in post 9/11 America. Based on true stories.
Tuesday 30 June, 8:00 pm
The Architects (Architekten)
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Peter Kahane, East Germany 1990, DV (M sex scenes)
Filmed as the GDR crumbled, this finely drawn portrait of life in East
Berlin depicts a young architect whose circumstances and goals are strangled
by Communist dogma, represented in part by the older generation.
Tuesday 7 July, 6:00 pm
Berlin-Schönhauser
Corner (Berlin-Ecke Schönhauser)
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Gerhard Klein, East Germany 1957, DV, b&w (M violence)
“This classic teen cult film was the GDR’s answer to Rebel
without a Cause, offering a perceptive social portrait of a city
whose political and economic divisions affected its entire population.
Greeted with suspicion by cultural authorities, the film was instantly
embraced by the East German public for its truthful portrayal of everyday
life.
Tuesday 14 July, 6:00 pm
I Was Nineteen (Ich war neunzehn)
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Konrad Wolf, East Germany 1968, DV, b&w (M violence, offensive language,
content that may disturb)
A wartime story based on director Konrad Wolf’s own experience.
After taking refuge from Nazi Germany with his family in the Soviet
Union, a 17-year-old marches west from Moscow with the Red Army. He
arrives in Germany as a lieutenant aged 19 to witness the fall of Berlin.
Tuesday 21 July, 6:00 pm
Her Third (Der Dritte)
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Egon Günther, East Germany 1972 (M sexual themes)
An engaging story that reveals East German cinema’s forward-thinking
engagement with feminist issues. Told in a series of flashbacks, it
recounts 18 years of a woman’s life. After two failed relationships,
each producing a child, Margit finally discovers independence.
Tuesday 11 August, 6:00 pm
The Thin Red Line
Terrence Malick, USA 1998. 170 mins, DV
Every man fights his own war. Director Terrence Malick's adaptation
of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the WWII conflict
at Guadalcanal.
Tuesday 18 August, 6:00 pm
Marti: The Passionate
Eye
Shirley Horrocks, New Zealand 2004. 73 mins
Photographer Marti Friedlander recounts her life while her photographs
recount her times in this lively, evocative and admiring documentary
by Shirley Horrocks.
Tuesday 25 August, 6:00 pm
Agnes Varda: Travel and Counterculture
Shorts
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Agnès Varda , France 1957 - 1976, DV
“From the frivolity of summer on the French Riviera, to the domes
and minarets of Isfahan, to political activism in Oakland by the Black
Panthers, this collection of films focuses on Varda’s eye for
exoticism and her engagement with 60s counterculture.
Tuesday 1 September, 6:00 pm
Gaslight
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George Cukor, USA, 1944. 114 min, 16mm, b&w (PG)
Ingrid Bergman's sanity ebbs away as the quite obviously sinister Charles
Boyer persuades her that she's losing her mind, in George Cukor's fabulously
atmospheric fog-bound London-set thriller.
Tuesday 8 September, 8:00 pm
Scarface
Brian De Palma, USA 1983. 170 mins, DV
In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug empire.
He is Tony Montana. The world will remember him by another name…
Scarface.
Tuesday 15 September, 8:00 pm
Noi the Albino (Nói albínói)
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Dagur Kári, Iceland 2003 (M cert)
A portrait of a gifted teen who rebels against the limited horizons
of life in his frozen Icelandic village. “Combines Kaurismäki’s
deadpan minimalism and Truffaut’s sensitivity toward adolescent
yearning with a hefty dose of gallows humour.” – Chicago
Reader
Tuesday 22 September, 8:00 pm
The Navigators
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Ken Loach, UK 2001 (M sex scenes, offensive language)
A sharp, politically astute dramatisation of the personal toll of privatisation.
“Bitterly topical… but also supremely entertaining and affecting.
The confrontations at the workplace find sharp human drama in abstract,
sometimes complex issues.” – Moving Pictures
Tuesday 22 September, 8:00 pm
Palestinian Summer & Bride
of Galilee
Palestinian Summer, Rowan Al Faqih & Nahed Awad, Palestine. 35 mins
A project that reflects the mood of the summer of 2006 when Israel carried
out military assaults in Gaza and Lebanon. In a single shot of three
minutes or less, 13 filmmakers each tell their stories.
Bride of Galilee, Basel Tannous, Palestine 2006. 48
mins
Basel Tannous worked for over four years to gain the trust of Fatma
and her family to make this often painful and profoundly moving account
of the fateful encounters between two individuals and their consequences.
Tuesday 13 September, 8:00 pm
Intimate Stranger
Alan Berliner, USA 1991, 16mm, 58 mins (GY)
"A stunningly imaginative hand-made, one-man film, Intimate
Stranger combines biography, personal inquiry, a search for roots,
20th century history, family portraiture and cultural anthropology in
a work of unusual resonance." – Todd McCarthy, Variety
Tuesday 27 September, 8:00 pm
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter...
and Spring (Bom yeorum gaeul gyeoul guerigo bom)
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Kim Ki-duk, South Korea 2003, 35mm (M violence, sex scenes)
“This exquisitely shot film, an international breakthrough for
enfant terrible Kim Ki-duk, is set in a remote and picturesque
mountain lake, and follows the relationship between a Buddhist monk
and his young protégé. “A fresh spring of irrational
visual pleasure.” – Village Voice
Tuesday 10 November, 8:00 pm
Multicultural Medley
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Clean Linen, Zia Mandviwalla, 2007
Coffee and Allah, Sima Urale, 2007
Fog, Peter Salmon, 2007
Run, Mark Albiston, 2007
Take 3, Roseanne Liang, 2008
The Graffiti of Mr Tupaia, Christopher Dudman, 2008
Tuesday 24 November, 8:00 pm
In My Father's Den
Brad McGann, New Zealand/UK 2004 (R16 violence, offensive language,
drug use, sex scenes)
Paul, a battle weary war photographer, returns to his remote New Zealand
hometown, when his father dies, and faces the past he left behind. To
his surprise, he also finds the sixteen year old Celia, the daughter
of his first girlfriend, who hungers for the world beyond her small
town. Starring Matthew Macfadyen and Emily Barclay.
Tuesday 8 December, 8:00 pm
Boudou Saved from Drowning (Boudou
sauvé des eaux)
Jean Renoir, France 1932, 16mm, b&w
Boudu, a tramp, jumps into the Seine. He is rescued by Mr Lestingois,
a gentle bookseller, who gives him shelter…
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