Broken Circle Breakdown Friday 24th April 8-15pm
Elise and Didier fall in love at first sight, in spite of their differences. He talks, she listens. He's a romantic atheist, she's a religious realist. When their daughter becomes seriously ill, their love is put on trial. An intensely moving portrait of a relationship from beginning to end, propelled by a soundtrack of foot-stomping bluegrass, The Broken Circle Breakdown is a romantic melodrama of the highest order. Screened at the New Zealand Film Festival.
Elise and Didier fall in love at first sight, in spite of their differences. He talks, she listens. He's a romantic atheist, she's a religious realist. When their daughter becomes seriously ill, their love is put on trial. An intensely moving portrait of a relationship from beginning to end, propelled by a soundtrack of foot-stomping bluegrass, The Broken Circle Breakdown is a romantic melodrama of the highest order. Screened at the New Zealand Film Festival.
Force Majeure (M) Friday 8th May 8-15pm
A critical favourite and word-of-mouth sensation at this year's Cannes Festival, where it took the Jury Prize in Un Certain Regard, this wickedly funny and precisely observed psychodrama tells the story of a model Swedish family-handsome businessman Tomas, his willowy wife Ebba and their two blond, pre-teen children-on a skiing holiday in the French Alps. The sun is shining and the slopes are spectacular but, during lunch at a mountainside restaurant, an avalanche turns their world upside down.
A critical favourite and word-of-mouth sensation at this year's Cannes Festival, where it took the Jury Prize in Un Certain Regard, this wickedly funny and precisely observed psychodrama tells the story of a model Swedish family-handsome businessman Tomas, his willowy wife Ebba and their two blond, pre-teen children-on a skiing holiday in the French Alps. The sun is shining and the slopes are spectacular but, during lunch at a mountainside restaurant, an avalanche turns their world upside down.
X + Y (M) Friday 22nd May 8-15pm
This heart-warming and life-affirming story follows the unconventional and hilarious relationship between student and teacher - whose roles are often reversed - and the unfathomable experience of first love - even when you don't understand what love is.
This heart-warming and life-affirming story follows the unconventional and hilarious relationship between student and teacher - whose roles are often reversed - and the unfathomable experience of first love - even when you don't understand what love is.
'The Salt of the Earth'
Friday 26th June 8-15pm in the Seminar Room First Floor Lopdell House.
The epic still photographs of Brazilian artist and environ-mentalist Sebastiao Salgado fill the giant screen in this spectacular new documentary about his life and work. Directed by Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club) in association with Salgado’s son, Juliano Ribeiro,The Salt of the Earth comes direct from Cannes where it was awarded the Un Certain Regard Special Jury Award.
Friday 26th June 8-15pm in the Seminar Room First Floor Lopdell House.
The epic still photographs of Brazilian artist and environ-mentalist Sebastiao Salgado fill the giant screen in this spectacular new documentary about his life and work. Directed by Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club) in association with Salgado’s son, Juliano Ribeiro,The Salt of the Earth comes direct from Cannes where it was awarded the Un Certain Regard Special Jury Award.
TANGERINES
Friday 31st August 8-15pm
War in Georgia, Apkhazeti region 1992: local Apkhazians are fighting to break free from Georgia. Estonian village between the mountains has become empty, almost everyone has returned to their homeland, only 2 men have stayed: Ivo and Margus. But Margus will leave as soon as he has harvested his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict in their miniature village wounded men are left behind, and Ivo is forced to take them in. But they are from opposite sides of the war. This is touching anti-war story about Estonians who find themselves in the middle of someone else's war. How do they handle it? How do the enemies act under third-party roof?
Friday 31st August 8-15pm
War in Georgia, Apkhazeti region 1992: local Apkhazians are fighting to break free from Georgia. Estonian village between the mountains has become empty, almost everyone has returned to their homeland, only 2 men have stayed: Ivo and Margus. But Margus will leave as soon as he has harvested his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict in their miniature village wounded men are left behind, and Ivo is forced to take them in. But they are from opposite sides of the war. This is touching anti-war story about Estonians who find themselves in the middle of someone else's war. How do they handle it? How do the enemies act under third-party roof?
LIVING IS EASY-with eyes closed M (Spain)
Friday 14th August
Spanish coming-of-age/road trip film set in 1966 following a high school teacher who drives to Almeria where he hopes to meet his idol, John Lennon. On the journey, he picks up two young runaways. Winner of six Goya Awards (Spanish Oscars) in 2014 including Best Film, Best Director and Best Leading Actor. The film's title, of course, comes from The Beatles' Strawberry Fields Forever.
Based on a true story. Starring: Eduardo Antuña, Celia Bermejo, Francesc Colomer, Javier Cámara,Natalia de Molina, Rogelio Fernández, Ramon Fontserè, Ariadna Gil
Directed by David Trueba ('Soldiers of Salamina', 'The Good Life')
Written by David Trueba
Drama, World Cinema | 1hr 45mins | M | Sex scenes and offensive language | Country of Origin: Spain | Language: Spanish with English subtitles
TICKETS on SALE from The Titirangi Pharmacy and on door on night of film TEL 09 818 2489 for bookings.
Friday 14th August
Spanish coming-of-age/road trip film set in 1966 following a high school teacher who drives to Almeria where he hopes to meet his idol, John Lennon. On the journey, he picks up two young runaways. Winner of six Goya Awards (Spanish Oscars) in 2014 including Best Film, Best Director and Best Leading Actor. The film's title, of course, comes from The Beatles' Strawberry Fields Forever.
Based on a true story. Starring: Eduardo Antuña, Celia Bermejo, Francesc Colomer, Javier Cámara,Natalia de Molina, Rogelio Fernández, Ramon Fontserè, Ariadna Gil
Directed by David Trueba ('Soldiers of Salamina', 'The Good Life')
Written by David Trueba
Drama, World Cinema | 1hr 45mins | M | Sex scenes and offensive language | Country of Origin: Spain | Language: Spanish with English subtitles
TICKETS on SALE from The Titirangi Pharmacy and on door on night of film TEL 09 818 2489 for bookings.
FRIDAY 28th AUGUST at 8-15pm Doors/Bar open 7-15pm **
Tickets $14 on sale from Titirangi Pharmacy.Vera Brittain was an English writer who grew up in the shadow of World War I, challenging the sexism of the times to study at Oxford University, serve her country as a nurse, and publish this eponymous memoir in 1933. Sifting through her story, the biggest question is why hasn’t Testament been filmed before (besides a 1979 BBC adaptation)? It’s an all-too-rare view of war from a female perspective, with fabulous potential for its lead actor, in this case Alice Vikander (replacing Saoirse Ronan, who dropped out at the last minute). Then it becomes clear.
Although Vikander acquits herself well, there’s a forced, un-filmic passivity to Vera’s life that's difficult to dramatise. “That’s war for you isn’t it?” tuts spiky lecturer Miranda Richardson. “Men go off to fight while we stay behind and knit!”
Vera resisted such strictures, but for all her achievements, most of the film finds her mooning over a procession of damp-eyed boys (fiancé Kit Harrington, brother Taron Egerton) as they write her endless letters from the front. It’s beautifully shot, and spiked with lovely subjective moments such as when she hallucinates a dying soldier whispering her name, or chandelier glass melting into tears at the sign of tragedy.
An accomplished TV director stepping up to features, James Kent handles Vera's subjectivity very well, but the sweep of history around her sometimes feels contrived, even though it really happened. Tackling events of great consequence with sensitivity rather than surety, Testament Of Youth is thoughtful and moving, if a few degrees short of unmissable
** ALSO showing as the MORNING MOVIE Friday 28th August 10-45 am (Doors open 10 am)
Tickets on sale for MORNING MOVIES at the Upstairs Gallery Lodpell House. $12 and $10 for over 60's and Students includes Tea/Biscuits/Biscuits.
Tickets $14 on sale from Titirangi Pharmacy.Vera Brittain was an English writer who grew up in the shadow of World War I, challenging the sexism of the times to study at Oxford University, serve her country as a nurse, and publish this eponymous memoir in 1933. Sifting through her story, the biggest question is why hasn’t Testament been filmed before (besides a 1979 BBC adaptation)? It’s an all-too-rare view of war from a female perspective, with fabulous potential for its lead actor, in this case Alice Vikander (replacing Saoirse Ronan, who dropped out at the last minute). Then it becomes clear.
Although Vikander acquits herself well, there’s a forced, un-filmic passivity to Vera’s life that's difficult to dramatise. “That’s war for you isn’t it?” tuts spiky lecturer Miranda Richardson. “Men go off to fight while we stay behind and knit!”
Vera resisted such strictures, but for all her achievements, most of the film finds her mooning over a procession of damp-eyed boys (fiancé Kit Harrington, brother Taron Egerton) as they write her endless letters from the front. It’s beautifully shot, and spiked with lovely subjective moments such as when she hallucinates a dying soldier whispering her name, or chandelier glass melting into tears at the sign of tragedy.
An accomplished TV director stepping up to features, James Kent handles Vera's subjectivity very well, but the sweep of history around her sometimes feels contrived, even though it really happened. Tackling events of great consequence with sensitivity rather than surety, Testament Of Youth is thoughtful and moving, if a few degrees short of unmissable
** ALSO showing as the MORNING MOVIE Friday 28th August 10-45 am (Doors open 10 am)
Tickets on sale for MORNING MOVIES at the Upstairs Gallery Lodpell House. $12 and $10 for over 60's and Students includes Tea/Biscuits/Biscuits.
FRIDAY 2nd October 8-15pm
Gillian Armstrong's (Unfolding Florence, SFF 2006) latest work is a stylish celebration of an unsung Australian cinema hero, costume designer Orry-Kelly. The three-time Oscar winner worked on countless films during Hollywood's golden age, dressing stars like Marilyn Monroe (Some Like It Hot), Shirley MacLaine (Irma la Douce) and Natalie Wood (Gypsy). His costumes helped shape the characters on screen, empowering female performances, such as Bette Davis in Jezebel. An outspoken figure, Orry-Kelly was uncompromising in his sexuality, at a time when the film business was deeply conservative. This classy documentary, packed with clips and interviews, traces the life and work of this under-appreciated Aussie genius.
4.5 - 5 Star rating from most film review websites
Gillian Armstrong's (Unfolding Florence, SFF 2006) latest work is a stylish celebration of an unsung Australian cinema hero, costume designer Orry-Kelly. The three-time Oscar winner worked on countless films during Hollywood's golden age, dressing stars like Marilyn Monroe (Some Like It Hot), Shirley MacLaine (Irma la Douce) and Natalie Wood (Gypsy). His costumes helped shape the characters on screen, empowering female performances, such as Bette Davis in Jezebel. An outspoken figure, Orry-Kelly was uncompromising in his sexuality, at a time when the film business was deeply conservative. This classy documentary, packed with clips and interviews, traces the life and work of this under-appreciated Aussie genius.
4.5 - 5 Star rating from most film review websites
SUNDAY 4th October 2pm and 7 pm
The Pirates of Penzance Live from the English National Opera
Directed by Mike Leigh (PG) 120 mins
Directed by Mike Leigh Starring : Jonathan Lemalu the acclaimed Samoan bass baritone in his first major comic performance.
Mike Leigh's first time directing an opera which has received qualified praise from the critics, with one calling the production "a jolly good show". His staging of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, wrote the 'Telegraph's reviewer, is "directed and performed with meticulous care".
Mike Leigh is famously quoted as saying "This is the opera for people who don't like opera"
SCREENING at LOPDELL Theatre on Sunday October 4th (2pm and 7pm)
Tickets $12/ Senior/Student $10 Under 14 yrs $7 on sale at the Upstairs Gallery Lopdell Hou and on door. Phone to check availability.
Bookings taken now Tel: 09 818 2489
The Pirates of Penzance Live from the English National Opera
Directed by Mike Leigh (PG) 120 mins
Directed by Mike Leigh Starring : Jonathan Lemalu the acclaimed Samoan bass baritone in his first major comic performance.
Mike Leigh's first time directing an opera which has received qualified praise from the critics, with one calling the production "a jolly good show". His staging of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, wrote the 'Telegraph's reviewer, is "directed and performed with meticulous care".
Mike Leigh is famously quoted as saying "This is the opera for people who don't like opera"
SCREENING at LOPDELL Theatre on Sunday October 4th (2pm and 7pm)
Tickets $12/ Senior/Student $10 Under 14 yrs $7 on sale at the Upstairs Gallery Lopdell Hou and on door. Phone to check availability.
Bookings taken now Tel: 09 818 2489
FRIDAY OCT 23rd 10-45am* and 8-15pm 144 mins (PG) (Doors/Bar open 7-15pm)
Mr. Holmes is a 2015 crime drama mystery film, directed by Bill Condon, based on Mitch Cullin's 2005 novel A Slight Trick of the Mind, and featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. The film stars Sir Ian McKellen as Sherlock Holmes, Laura Linney as housekeeper Mrs. Munro and Milo Parker as her son Roger. Set primarily during his retirement, the film follows a 93-year-old Holmes who struggles to recall the details of his final case while his mind begins to deteriorate.
Summary:
In 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returned from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days tending to his bees, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger. Grappling with the diminishing powers of his mind, Holmes comes to rely upon the boy as he revisits the circumstances of the unsolved case that forced him into retirement, and searches for answers to the mysteries of life and love – before it's too late.
*THIS FILM WILL ALSO BE SCREENING IN THE MORNING AT 10-45am doors open 10 am
Admission $12 /$10 includes Tea/Coffee biscuits. Tel: 818 2489 for booking
Mr. Holmes is a 2015 crime drama mystery film, directed by Bill Condon, based on Mitch Cullin's 2005 novel A Slight Trick of the Mind, and featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. The film stars Sir Ian McKellen as Sherlock Holmes, Laura Linney as housekeeper Mrs. Munro and Milo Parker as her son Roger. Set primarily during his retirement, the film follows a 93-year-old Holmes who struggles to recall the details of his final case while his mind begins to deteriorate.
Summary:
In 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returned from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days tending to his bees, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger. Grappling with the diminishing powers of his mind, Holmes comes to rely upon the boy as he revisits the circumstances of the unsolved case that forced him into retirement, and searches for answers to the mysteries of life and love – before it's too late.
*THIS FILM WILL ALSO BE SCREENING IN THE MORNING AT 10-45am doors open 10 am
Admission $12 /$10 includes Tea/Coffee biscuits. Tel: 818 2489 for booking
Friday 30th October 8-15pm (M) Drama, Music, True Story & Biography | 2hrs | M | Drug use & offensive language | Country of Origin: USA
LOVE & MERCY (Doors/Bar open 7-15pm)
Love and Mercy presents an unconventional portrait of Brian Wilson, the mercurial singer, songwriter and leader of The Beach Boys. Set against the era defining catalog of Wilson's music, the film intimately examines the personal voyage and ultimate salvation of the icon whose success came at extraordinary personal cost.
Storyline
Brian Wilson is the creative soul of the Beach Boys, but he paid a heavy price for his talent. That especially shows during his peak artistic years in the 1960s, as his inner demons and obsessions trying to please his abusive father drive him to a mental breakdown that would plague him for years. In the 1980s, with Brian barely functional under the domination of the unscrupulous Dr. Landy, Brian meets and falls in love with Melinda Ledbetter. As their relationship grows, she observes Brian's crippling subservience to the abusive psychotherapist with growing alarm. Ultimately, she must take action with a love willing to stand up to oppression she cannot ignore.
"One of the best movies to come out of the USA for many years, a class act with good and bad vibrations" Screen International June 2015
LOVE & MERCY (Doors/Bar open 7-15pm)
Love and Mercy presents an unconventional portrait of Brian Wilson, the mercurial singer, songwriter and leader of The Beach Boys. Set against the era defining catalog of Wilson's music, the film intimately examines the personal voyage and ultimate salvation of the icon whose success came at extraordinary personal cost.
Storyline
Brian Wilson is the creative soul of the Beach Boys, but he paid a heavy price for his talent. That especially shows during his peak artistic years in the 1960s, as his inner demons and obsessions trying to please his abusive father drive him to a mental breakdown that would plague him for years. In the 1980s, with Brian barely functional under the domination of the unscrupulous Dr. Landy, Brian meets and falls in love with Melinda Ledbetter. As their relationship grows, she observes Brian's crippling subservience to the abusive psychotherapist with growing alarm. Ultimately, she must take action with a love willing to stand up to oppression she cannot ignore.
"One of the best movies to come out of the USA for many years, a class act with good and bad vibrations" Screen International June 2015
2016 SEASON
Friday 1st April 8-15pm (Doors/Bar open 7-15pm)
'YOUTH'****120 mins 'M' (for graphic nudity, some sexuality, and language)
YOUTH is about two longtime friends vacationing in the Swiss Alps. Oscar winning actor Michael Caine plays Fred, an acclaimed composer and conductor, who brings along his daughter (Rachel Weisz) and best friend Mick (Harvey Keitel),
Set in an elegant hotel at the foot of the Alps, Fred, a composer and conductor, is now retired. Mick, a film director, is still working. They look with curiosity and tenderness on their children's confused lives, Mick's enthusiastic young writers, and the other hotel guests. While Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his musical career. But someone wants at all costs to hear him conduct again.The two men reflect on their past, each finding that some of the most important experiences can come later in life.
Genre:Comedy
Directed By:Paolo Sorrentino
Written By:Paolo Sorrentino
Tickets $14 on sale from UPSTAIRS GALLERY (Lopdell House) cash only and on door on night of film
'YOUTH'****120 mins 'M' (for graphic nudity, some sexuality, and language)
YOUTH is about two longtime friends vacationing in the Swiss Alps. Oscar winning actor Michael Caine plays Fred, an acclaimed composer and conductor, who brings along his daughter (Rachel Weisz) and best friend Mick (Harvey Keitel),
Set in an elegant hotel at the foot of the Alps, Fred, a composer and conductor, is now retired. Mick, a film director, is still working. They look with curiosity and tenderness on their children's confused lives, Mick's enthusiastic young writers, and the other hotel guests. While Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his musical career. But someone wants at all costs to hear him conduct again.The two men reflect on their past, each finding that some of the most important experiences can come later in life.
Genre:Comedy
Directed By:Paolo Sorrentino
Written By:Paolo Sorrentino
Tickets $14 on sale from UPSTAIRS GALLERY (Lopdell House) cash only and on door on night of film
Sunday 10th 4-15pm and 7-15pm
SPECIAL SCREENING for Titirangi Music Festival
In the Seminar room (First Floor Lopdell House) with presentation by Composer/Pianist Flavio Villani
'CROSSING RACHMANINOFF' 80m mins NZ
Sometimes the hardest journey is the one we choose.
Documentary biopic following Flavio Villani, the Italy-born Auckland concert pianist who returns to his homeland for a nervous concert debut performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2.
"Beginning in Auckland, where Villani arrived at the age of 26 to study performance at Auckland University, the film starts four months before the big night, but incorporates a good measure of his backstory into its countdown to show time. We see him with his own students. We see him rehearsing, performing and taking notes from his mentor, Matteo Napoli. Then it’s time to return to Italy a mere ten days ahead of the performance.
"You may never want to spend another Christmas in the sun once you’ve hung out for a winter evening in the cucina Villani, though there’s something of the prodigal son about this food-filled homecoming. Villani explains the terrible rift with his father, an ex-military man unable to accept that his son is gay or that he could ever make a living playing the piano." (New Zealand International Film Festival)
Tickets on sale ($12 and $10 Concessions*) from t
FRIDAY 15th APRIL 'Of Horses and Men' M
Sex scenes, offensive language & content that may disturb Comedy, Drama, Romance, World Cinema | 1hr 18mins Country of Origin: Iceland, Germany | Language: Icelandic, Swedish and English with English subtitles |
This was Iceland's selection for Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards.
Starring: Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Charlotte Bøving, Maria Ellingsen,Kristbjörg Kjeld
Directed by Benedikt Erlingsson (feature debut)
Written by Benedikt Erlingsson
An Icelandic comedy-drama about a rural group of people, their relationships with each other - and with their horses. This was Iceland's selection for Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards. Erlingsson makes wonderful use of the striking landscape as he weaves together a series of interlinking stories which veers from darkly amusing tales of death and sex through to more disturbing fare.
100% critics recommended on ROTTEN TOMATOES SCORE.
Read more reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.
FRIDAY 15th APRIL 8-15pm Doors/Bar opens at 7-15pm
Tickets on sale ($14*) from the Upstairs Gallery Lopdell House or Titirangi Pharmacy and Telephone booking 09 818 2489
*(Includes Tea/Coffee/Nibbles)
Sex scenes, offensive language & content that may disturb Comedy, Drama, Romance, World Cinema | 1hr 18mins Country of Origin: Iceland, Germany | Language: Icelandic, Swedish and English with English subtitles |
This was Iceland's selection for Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards.
Starring: Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Charlotte Bøving, Maria Ellingsen,Kristbjörg Kjeld
Directed by Benedikt Erlingsson (feature debut)
Written by Benedikt Erlingsson
An Icelandic comedy-drama about a rural group of people, their relationships with each other - and with their horses. This was Iceland's selection for Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards. Erlingsson makes wonderful use of the striking landscape as he weaves together a series of interlinking stories which veers from darkly amusing tales of death and sex through to more disturbing fare.
100% critics recommended on ROTTEN TOMATOES SCORE.
Read more reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.
FRIDAY 15th APRIL 8-15pm Doors/Bar opens at 7-15pm
Tickets on sale ($14*) from the Upstairs Gallery Lopdell House or Titirangi Pharmacy and Telephone booking 09 818 2489
*(Includes Tea/Coffee/Nibbles)
FRIDAY 29th April 8-15pm 'Orphans and Kingdoms' (RP16)
One night. One house. One island.
New Zealand drama set on Waiheke Island, following three teens who break into a holiday home for a night of partying when the owner (Colin Moy, In My Father’s Den) unexpectedly arrives. The trio confront and apprehend him, but as the night turns into dawn, the lonely man and the troubled teens find a connection in the most unexpected of ways. The directorial debut of NZ actor Paolo Rotondo (Stickmen) and the final project of the NZ Film Commission's Escalator scheme, which produced the nationally- praised Fantail. Orphans & Kingdoms is a powerful drama about a man who returns home only to be bound and beaten by three fugitive kids. Exposed to the helplessness of his tormentors he is forced to face the demons of his own dark past. Over the course of the night the tables are turned and a tenuous bond begins to grow between them. When dawn comes, so too does the law. Now, the four of them find themselves on the run together.
Starring: Colin Moy, Calae Hignett-Morgan, Hanelle Harris, Jesse James Rehu Pickery, Fin McLachlan
Directed by Paolo Rotondo (feature debut)
Written by Paolo Rotondo
Drama | 1hr 14mins | RP16 | Violence, offensival language, nudity, drug use & suicide | Country of Origin: New Zealand |
Tickets $14* from Titirangi Pharmacy, Upstairs Gallery and on the door. Phone bookings Tel:09 818 2489
*includes Tea/Coffee and nibbles
FRIDAY 13th May 'TRUMBO' M
Offensive language & adult themes
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Elle Fanning, Helen Mirren, Alan Tudyk, Diane Lane,Louis C.K., John Goodman, Stephen Root, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Michael Stuhlbarg, Dean O'Gorman
Directed by Jay Roach
Written by John McNamara (based on the book by Bruce Cook)
Drama, True Story & Biography | 118 mins | Country of Origin: USA
In 1947, Dalton Trumbo (Played by Bryan Cranston 'Breaking Bad')) was Hollywood's top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. TRUMBO (directed by Jay Roach) recounts how Dalton used words and wit to win two Academy Awards and expose the absurdity and injustice under the blacklist, which entangled everyone from gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) to John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger. Co-stars Helen Mirren, Elle Fanning, Diane Lane and Louis C.K.
'Bryan Cranston shines in this remarkable true story about one of the darkest periods in Hollywood's history' (Variety 2015)
FRIDAY 13th May 8-15pm Doors/Bar opens at 7-15pm
Tickets on sale ($14*) Titirangi Pharmacy, Upstairs Gallery Lopdell House and on door if not sold out. Cash Sales only on door,
Telephone booking 09 818 2489
*(Includes Tea/Coffee/Nibbles)
Offensive language & adult themes
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Elle Fanning, Helen Mirren, Alan Tudyk, Diane Lane,Louis C.K., John Goodman, Stephen Root, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Michael Stuhlbarg, Dean O'Gorman
Directed by Jay Roach
Written by John McNamara (based on the book by Bruce Cook)
Drama, True Story & Biography | 118 mins | Country of Origin: USA
In 1947, Dalton Trumbo (Played by Bryan Cranston 'Breaking Bad')) was Hollywood's top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. TRUMBO (directed by Jay Roach) recounts how Dalton used words and wit to win two Academy Awards and expose the absurdity and injustice under the blacklist, which entangled everyone from gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) to John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger. Co-stars Helen Mirren, Elle Fanning, Diane Lane and Louis C.K.
'Bryan Cranston shines in this remarkable true story about one of the darkest periods in Hollywood's history' (Variety 2015)
FRIDAY 13th May 8-15pm Doors/Bar opens at 7-15pm
Tickets on sale ($14*) Titirangi Pharmacy, Upstairs Gallery Lopdell House and on door if not sold out. Cash Sales only on door,
Telephone booking 09 818 2489
*(Includes Tea/Coffee/Nibbles)
'45 YEARS' (M) Sex Scenes and Language *10-30 am and **8-15pm
97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 5 star ratings from most film critics
Make no mistake. “45 Years” is no polite tea-and-toast domestic drama, even if the central (and virtually only) characters onscreen are a childless retired couple, Kate and Geoff (played by the beyond-superb Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay). Their marital contentment among the green pastures of the English countryside will soon be disrupted when an unexpected letter arrives a week before their wedding anniversary party.
Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling are at the top of their game in this compelling drama of lost love and missed opportunity.
Both actors received awards for their performances in this emotional story.
*10-30 morning movie prices $12 and $10 for Senior/Student includes Tea/Coffee and biscuits Cash only on door.
**8-15pm Evening screenings $14 entry Tickets available Titirangi Pharmacy/Upstairs Gallery and Telephone booking 818 2489 Entry price includes Tea/Coffee and nibbles.
97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 5 star ratings from most film critics
Make no mistake. “45 Years” is no polite tea-and-toast domestic drama, even if the central (and virtually only) characters onscreen are a childless retired couple, Kate and Geoff (played by the beyond-superb Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay). Their marital contentment among the green pastures of the English countryside will soon be disrupted when an unexpected letter arrives a week before their wedding anniversary party.
Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling are at the top of their game in this compelling drama of lost love and missed opportunity.
Both actors received awards for their performances in this emotional story.
*10-30 morning movie prices $12 and $10 for Senior/Student includes Tea/Coffee and biscuits Cash only on door.
**8-15pm Evening screenings $14 entry Tickets available Titirangi Pharmacy/Upstairs Gallery and Telephone booking 818 2489 Entry price includes Tea/Coffee and nibbles.
PHOENIX Friday 24th June 10-30am /8-15pm
Tense, complex, and drenched in atmosphere, Phoenix is a well-acted, smartly crafted war drama that finds writer-director Christian Petzold working at peak power.
A spellbinding mystery of identity, illusion, and deception unfolds against the turmoil of post-World War II Germany in the stunning new film from acclaimed director Christian Petzold (Barbara, Jerichow). Nelly (Nina Hoss), a German-Jewish nightclub singer, has survived a concentration camp, but with her face disfigured by a bullet wound. After undergoing reconstructive surgery, Nelly emerges with a new face, one similar but different enough that her former husband, Johnny (Ronald Zehrfeld), doesn't recognize her. Rather than reveal herself, Nelly walks into a dangerous game of duplicity and disguise as she tries to figure out if the man she loves may have been the one who betrayed her to the Nazis. Evoking the shadows and haunted mood of post-war Berlin, Phoenix weaves a complex tale of a nation's tragedy and a woman's search for answers as it builds towards an unforgettable, heart-stopping climax.
Rating:PG-13 (for some thematic elements and brief suggestive material)
Genre:Art House & International, Drama
Directed By:Christian Petzold
Written By:Christian Petzold
Runtime:1 h
Tense, complex, and drenched in atmosphere, Phoenix is a well-acted, smartly crafted war drama that finds writer-director Christian Petzold working at peak power.
A spellbinding mystery of identity, illusion, and deception unfolds against the turmoil of post-World War II Germany in the stunning new film from acclaimed director Christian Petzold (Barbara, Jerichow). Nelly (Nina Hoss), a German-Jewish nightclub singer, has survived a concentration camp, but with her face disfigured by a bullet wound. After undergoing reconstructive surgery, Nelly emerges with a new face, one similar but different enough that her former husband, Johnny (Ronald Zehrfeld), doesn't recognize her. Rather than reveal herself, Nelly walks into a dangerous game of duplicity and disguise as she tries to figure out if the man she loves may have been the one who betrayed her to the Nazis. Evoking the shadows and haunted mood of post-war Berlin, Phoenix weaves a complex tale of a nation's tragedy and a woman's search for answers as it builds towards an unforgettable, heart-stopping climax.
Rating:PG-13 (for some thematic elements and brief suggestive material)
Genre:Art House & International, Drama
Directed By:Christian Petzold
Written By:Christian Petzold
Runtime:1 h
SPECIAL EVENT
The Weird and Wonderful Film Festival
6th -9th July
Wednesday 6th Vivan Las Antipodas from Argentina
Starts at 7pm with live music from Tom Rodwell
Films start at 8pm
Short film ' Between Worlds' by NZ video and sound artist Phil Dadson (11 mins)
Vivan Las Antipodas (E) the world upsidedown , Victor Kossakovsky's film explores the contrasts that emerge between diametrically opposed geographical points. 100% Ratings from most critics. Kossakovsky’s movie is a feast for the senses, a fascinating kaleidoscope of our planet...INDULGE YOUR SENSES . This is weirdly wonderful and perfect for the opening film of the festival. A visual treat for all.
This event brought to you by Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery
Thursday 7th Beasts of the Southern Wild
Starts at 7pm with live music from Tony Burt Guitarist /Dobro player who will present two short films Appalachia-Spirit of the Mountain
Films start at 8pm
Beasts of the Southern Wild (PG) Sometimes miraculous films come into being, made by people you've never heard of, starring unknown faces, blindsiding you with creative genius. "Beasts of the Southern Wild" is one of the year's (2014) best films. In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl, Hushpuppy, exists on the brink of orphanhood. Buoyed by her childish optimism and extraordinary imagination, she believes that the natural order is in balance with the universe until a fierce storm changes her reality. Desperate to repair the structure of her world in order to save her ailing father and sinking home, this tiny hero must learn to survive unstoppable catastrophes of epic proportions. 4 x OSCAR Nominations for this film that must be seen on the BIG SCREEN
This event brought to you by Deco Eatery.
Friday 8th 6pm 'Antarctica a Year on Ice' (G) New Zealand Director: Anthony Powell is a satellite telecommunications engineer who came late to film-making, emulates his novelist namesake in creating a dance to the music of time in this impressive and unforgettable film. The time scale he's working on is identified in the title (the last four words are every bit as important as the first one) but the movie, which Powell made with his wife Christine, is the culmination of 10 years' work on the great southern continent.
Words are entirely inadequate to convey the experience of watching this film but a couple of points must be made. First, it does not trudge the same trails as those Frozen Planet documentaries on the telly (to which Powell has contributed). The wildlife is principally human and it's a specific subset of humanity at that - people who choose, sometimes repeatedly, to spend the sunless winter at McMurdo and Scott Bases, confined to cramped living quarters. They're the first to admit the experience has a weirdly disorientating effect on them: a telling sequence examines the complicated and ambivalent reaction they have to the new arrival of Spring, another visual treat from the southern hemisphere.
This event brought to you by FLICKS @ LOPDELL
*****
Friday 8th 8pm 'Living in Oblivion' *****(M) 1995 This quirky, scathing, cult comedy presents one hellish day in the life of an independent filmmaker. All small-time director Nick Reve (Steve Buscemi) wants is to realize his artistic vision within the confines of an extremely low budget. Unfortunately he keeps encountering a maddening number of obstacles, both real and imagined.
Here's what one critic says
'Living In Oblivion is a mad-cap, zany, and often surprising film about everything that can go wrong while making an independent film. Superbly acted by the entire cast, especially Buscemi, Keener, Martens, and Mulrony, the movie is full of twists and turns that keep you longing for more. Tom DiCillo's wit and humour are outrageous in the best sense. Beware, however. The movie is full of well-used and perfectly-placed profanity. Not for the weak at heart where such language is concerned. If you've got the stomach for good, solid funny times with lots of 'off' words, this one will do it for you. I give it a "10". I've seen it more than 3 times and its humour holds through each viewing'
Here's what I say,
"This is one of my favourite movies and it slipped through the cracks, in other words, nobody seems to have seen it or even know about it. For anyone involved with film or theatre production so much of the film will ring true. Steve Buscemi's performance is brilliant as an Indi' film director going through the rigors of dealing with an inept film crew, egotistical actor's, in-crew relationships and not to mention a certain dwarf with a major chip on his shoulder. This is a perfect film for a Friday night, weird and wonderful and wickedly funny" R.K.
Starring: Steve Buscemi Genre: Drama, Comedy Directed By:Tom DiCillo Written By:Tom DiCillo Runtime:1 hr. 30 min.
This event brought to you by Titirangi Theatre
Saturday 9th 10am/11-15am/12-30pm WEIRD AND WONDERFUL SHORTS.
A selection of award winning short films suitable for all age groups, an hour of films repeating throughout the morning.
FREE ENTRY.
Saturday 1-45pm Bring the kids early and join Captain Festus McBoyle and his motley crew and the team from the Upstairs Gallery for some pre-movie fun....
Saturday 9th 2-30pm 'Hugo' (PG) "Hugo" is unlike any other film Martin Scorsese has ever made, and yet possibly the closest to his heart: a big-budget, family epic in 3-D, and in some ways, a mirror of his own life. We feel a great artist has been given command of the tools and resources he needs to make a movie about — movies. That he also makes it a fable that will be fascinating for children is a measure of what feeling went into it. Hugo is an orphan boy living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. He learned to fix clocks and other gadgets from his father and uncle which he puts to use keeping the train station clocks running. The only thing that he has left that connects him to his dead father is an automaton (mechanical man) that doesn't work without a special key. Hugo needs to find the key to unlock the secret he believes it contains. Only $5 Entry
This event brought to you by the Upstairs Gallery
Saturday 9th 6pm 'Maiden Trip'(PG) 14-year-old Laura Dekker sets out-camera in hand-on a two-year voyage in pursuit of her dream to be the youngest person ever to sail around the world alone. In the wake of a year-long battle with Dutch authorities that sparked a global storm of media scrutiny, Laura now finds herself far from land, family and unwanted attention, exploring the world in search of freedom, adventure, and distant dreams of her early youth at sea. Jillian Schlesinger's debut feature amplifies Laura's brave, defiant voice through a mix of Laura's own video and voice recordings at sea and intimate vérité footage from locations including the Galapagos Islands, French Polynesia, Australia, and South Africa
This event brought to you by FLICKS@LOPDELL
Saturday 9th 8pm 'The Danish Girl' (M) Copenhagen, 1926. Danish artist, Gerda Wegener, painted her own husband, Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne 'The Theory of Everything'), as a lady in her painting. When the painting gained popularity, Einar started to change his appearance into a female appearance and named himself Lili Elbe. With his feminism passion and Gerda's support, Einar - or Elbe - attempted one of the first male-to-female sex reassignment surgery, a decision that turned into a massive change for their marriage, that Gerda realized her own husband is no longer a man or the person she married before. A childhood friend of Einar, art-dealer Hans Axgil (Matthias Schoenaerts), shows up and starts a complex love triangle with the couple.
This event brought to you by the Mc Cahon House Trust
Tickets Adult $10 per film
Saturday morning shorts FREE entry for all.
Hugo Movie $5 entry
Tickets on sale from JUNE 14th from Titirangi Pharmacy & eventfinder.co.nz AND on DOOR if not sold out.
Tel or text 0210 2225558 to check.
The Weird and Wonderful Film Festival
6th -9th July
Wednesday 6th Vivan Las Antipodas from Argentina
Starts at 7pm with live music from Tom Rodwell
Films start at 8pm
Short film ' Between Worlds' by NZ video and sound artist Phil Dadson (11 mins)
Vivan Las Antipodas (E) the world upsidedown , Victor Kossakovsky's film explores the contrasts that emerge between diametrically opposed geographical points. 100% Ratings from most critics. Kossakovsky’s movie is a feast for the senses, a fascinating kaleidoscope of our planet...INDULGE YOUR SENSES . This is weirdly wonderful and perfect for the opening film of the festival. A visual treat for all.
This event brought to you by Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery
Thursday 7th Beasts of the Southern Wild
Starts at 7pm with live music from Tony Burt Guitarist /Dobro player who will present two short films Appalachia-Spirit of the Mountain
Films start at 8pm
Beasts of the Southern Wild (PG) Sometimes miraculous films come into being, made by people you've never heard of, starring unknown faces, blindsiding you with creative genius. "Beasts of the Southern Wild" is one of the year's (2014) best films. In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl, Hushpuppy, exists on the brink of orphanhood. Buoyed by her childish optimism and extraordinary imagination, she believes that the natural order is in balance with the universe until a fierce storm changes her reality. Desperate to repair the structure of her world in order to save her ailing father and sinking home, this tiny hero must learn to survive unstoppable catastrophes of epic proportions. 4 x OSCAR Nominations for this film that must be seen on the BIG SCREEN
This event brought to you by Deco Eatery.
Friday 8th 6pm 'Antarctica a Year on Ice' (G) New Zealand Director: Anthony Powell is a satellite telecommunications engineer who came late to film-making, emulates his novelist namesake in creating a dance to the music of time in this impressive and unforgettable film. The time scale he's working on is identified in the title (the last four words are every bit as important as the first one) but the movie, which Powell made with his wife Christine, is the culmination of 10 years' work on the great southern continent.
Words are entirely inadequate to convey the experience of watching this film but a couple of points must be made. First, it does not trudge the same trails as those Frozen Planet documentaries on the telly (to which Powell has contributed). The wildlife is principally human and it's a specific subset of humanity at that - people who choose, sometimes repeatedly, to spend the sunless winter at McMurdo and Scott Bases, confined to cramped living quarters. They're the first to admit the experience has a weirdly disorientating effect on them: a telling sequence examines the complicated and ambivalent reaction they have to the new arrival of Spring, another visual treat from the southern hemisphere.
This event brought to you by FLICKS @ LOPDELL
*****
Friday 8th 8pm 'Living in Oblivion' *****(M) 1995 This quirky, scathing, cult comedy presents one hellish day in the life of an independent filmmaker. All small-time director Nick Reve (Steve Buscemi) wants is to realize his artistic vision within the confines of an extremely low budget. Unfortunately he keeps encountering a maddening number of obstacles, both real and imagined.
Here's what one critic says
'Living In Oblivion is a mad-cap, zany, and often surprising film about everything that can go wrong while making an independent film. Superbly acted by the entire cast, especially Buscemi, Keener, Martens, and Mulrony, the movie is full of twists and turns that keep you longing for more. Tom DiCillo's wit and humour are outrageous in the best sense. Beware, however. The movie is full of well-used and perfectly-placed profanity. Not for the weak at heart where such language is concerned. If you've got the stomach for good, solid funny times with lots of 'off' words, this one will do it for you. I give it a "10". I've seen it more than 3 times and its humour holds through each viewing'
Here's what I say,
"This is one of my favourite movies and it slipped through the cracks, in other words, nobody seems to have seen it or even know about it. For anyone involved with film or theatre production so much of the film will ring true. Steve Buscemi's performance is brilliant as an Indi' film director going through the rigors of dealing with an inept film crew, egotistical actor's, in-crew relationships and not to mention a certain dwarf with a major chip on his shoulder. This is a perfect film for a Friday night, weird and wonderful and wickedly funny" R.K.
Starring: Steve Buscemi Genre: Drama, Comedy Directed By:Tom DiCillo Written By:Tom DiCillo Runtime:1 hr. 30 min.
This event brought to you by Titirangi Theatre
Saturday 9th 10am/11-15am/12-30pm WEIRD AND WONDERFUL SHORTS.
A selection of award winning short films suitable for all age groups, an hour of films repeating throughout the morning.
FREE ENTRY.
Saturday 1-45pm Bring the kids early and join Captain Festus McBoyle and his motley crew and the team from the Upstairs Gallery for some pre-movie fun....
Saturday 9th 2-30pm 'Hugo' (PG) "Hugo" is unlike any other film Martin Scorsese has ever made, and yet possibly the closest to his heart: a big-budget, family epic in 3-D, and in some ways, a mirror of his own life. We feel a great artist has been given command of the tools and resources he needs to make a movie about — movies. That he also makes it a fable that will be fascinating for children is a measure of what feeling went into it. Hugo is an orphan boy living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. He learned to fix clocks and other gadgets from his father and uncle which he puts to use keeping the train station clocks running. The only thing that he has left that connects him to his dead father is an automaton (mechanical man) that doesn't work without a special key. Hugo needs to find the key to unlock the secret he believes it contains. Only $5 Entry
This event brought to you by the Upstairs Gallery
Saturday 9th 6pm 'Maiden Trip'(PG) 14-year-old Laura Dekker sets out-camera in hand-on a two-year voyage in pursuit of her dream to be the youngest person ever to sail around the world alone. In the wake of a year-long battle with Dutch authorities that sparked a global storm of media scrutiny, Laura now finds herself far from land, family and unwanted attention, exploring the world in search of freedom, adventure, and distant dreams of her early youth at sea. Jillian Schlesinger's debut feature amplifies Laura's brave, defiant voice through a mix of Laura's own video and voice recordings at sea and intimate vérité footage from locations including the Galapagos Islands, French Polynesia, Australia, and South Africa
This event brought to you by FLICKS@LOPDELL
Saturday 9th 8pm 'The Danish Girl' (M) Copenhagen, 1926. Danish artist, Gerda Wegener, painted her own husband, Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne 'The Theory of Everything'), as a lady in her painting. When the painting gained popularity, Einar started to change his appearance into a female appearance and named himself Lili Elbe. With his feminism passion and Gerda's support, Einar - or Elbe - attempted one of the first male-to-female sex reassignment surgery, a decision that turned into a massive change for their marriage, that Gerda realized her own husband is no longer a man or the person she married before. A childhood friend of Einar, art-dealer Hans Axgil (Matthias Schoenaerts), shows up and starts a complex love triangle with the couple.
This event brought to you by the Mc Cahon House Trust
Tickets Adult $10 per film
Saturday morning shorts FREE entry for all.
Hugo Movie $5 entry
Tickets on sale from JUNE 14th from Titirangi Pharmacy & eventfinder.co.nz AND on DOOR if not sold out.
Tel or text 0210 2225558 to check.
Friday 15th July FLICKS @ LOPDELL
The Lady in the Van (R13) ( *10-30am and 8-15pm)
The Lady in the Van tells the true story of Alan Bennett's strained friendship with Miss Mary Shepherd, an eccentric homeless woman whom Bennett befriended in the 1970s before allowing her temporarily to park her Bedford van in the driveway of his Camden home. She stayed there for 15 years. As the story develops Bennett learns that Miss Shepherd is really Margaret Fairchild (died 1989), a former gifted pupil of the pianist Alfred Cortot. She had played Chopin in a promenade concert, tried to become a nun, was committed to an institution by her brother, escaped, had an accident when her van was hit by a motorcyclist for which she believed herself to blame, and thereafter lived in fear of arrest.
98 mins (PG13) (UK)
The Lady in the Van (R13) ( *10-30am and 8-15pm)
The Lady in the Van tells the true story of Alan Bennett's strained friendship with Miss Mary Shepherd, an eccentric homeless woman whom Bennett befriended in the 1970s before allowing her temporarily to park her Bedford van in the driveway of his Camden home. She stayed there for 15 years. As the story develops Bennett learns that Miss Shepherd is really Margaret Fairchild (died 1989), a former gifted pupil of the pianist Alfred Cortot. She had played Chopin in a promenade concert, tried to become a nun, was committed to an institution by her brother, escaped, had an accident when her van was hit by a motorcyclist for which she believed herself to blame, and thereafter lived in fear of arrest.
98 mins (PG13) (UK)
Friday 22nd July FLICKS @ LOPDELL
*10-30am and 8-15pm
MAHANA (M) 94 mins NZ
Internationally acclaimed director Lee Tamahori’s first New Zealand film in 20 years,Mahana, will screen at FLICKS on Friday 22nd July at 10-30am and 8-15pm
Mahana (previously The Patriarch) is an evocative family drama based on Whale Rider author Witi Ihimaera's novel, Bulibasha. Set in 1960’s rural New Zealand, two Māori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, battle for supremacy in the shearing sheds and in their own hearts. The youngest Mahana, 14-year-old Simeon, is troubled by the rivalry and begins to unravel the truth behind the longstanding feud.
Unfortunately the film was released around the same time as 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' and was overshadowed by the box office success of the Wilderpeople, so we are pleased to be able to show this atmospheric and beautifully filmed drama set in the 60's. Mahana reunites the team behind iconic Kiwi film 'Once Were Warriors' including Tamahori, Morrison and Producer Robin Scholes.
Tickets $12 and $10 for *morning screening and $14 for evening screening Tickets from Titirangi Pharmacy and the Upstairs Gallery Lopdell House or on door and you can telephone a reservation to 818 2489
*10-30am and 8-15pm
MAHANA (M) 94 mins NZ
Internationally acclaimed director Lee Tamahori’s first New Zealand film in 20 years,Mahana, will screen at FLICKS on Friday 22nd July at 10-30am and 8-15pm
Mahana (previously The Patriarch) is an evocative family drama based on Whale Rider author Witi Ihimaera's novel, Bulibasha. Set in 1960’s rural New Zealand, two Māori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, battle for supremacy in the shearing sheds and in their own hearts. The youngest Mahana, 14-year-old Simeon, is troubled by the rivalry and begins to unravel the truth behind the longstanding feud.
Unfortunately the film was released around the same time as 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' and was overshadowed by the box office success of the Wilderpeople, so we are pleased to be able to show this atmospheric and beautifully filmed drama set in the 60's. Mahana reunites the team behind iconic Kiwi film 'Once Were Warriors' including Tamahori, Morrison and Producer Robin Scholes.
Tickets $12 and $10 for *morning screening and $14 for evening screening Tickets from Titirangi Pharmacy and the Upstairs Gallery Lopdell House or on door and you can telephone a reservation to 818 2489
Special Screening Wednesday 27th July
Lopdell Theatre
Where to Invade Next? (M) 8pm showing at FLICKS @ LOPDELL Titirangi
SPECIAL SCREENING the latest film from Michael Moore*
Tickets: $12 and $10 (Senior/Student)
Admission prices include Tea/Coffee/Biscuits.
Tickets from Titirangi Pharmacy or telephone a reservation on Tel: 09 818 2489
*This is an expansive, rib-tickling, and subversive comedy in which Michael Moore, playing the role of "invader," visits a host of nations to learn how the U.S. could improve its own prospects. The creator of Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine is back with this hilarious and eye-opening call to arms. A witty and sharp look at prison systems, education,workers rights, drug laws, diet and women power.
PROVOCATIVE, HILARIOUSLY FUNNY...MOORE’S LATEST FILM IS HIS MOST BOLD AND MOST SOPHISTICATED. Instead of pointing out our flaws, he imagines our possibilities. And instead of wallowing in fear and panic, he offers practical ideas for productive change
A laughter laced collage of uncomfortable truths....teachers, politicians, company directors, you have to go and see it.
Lopdell Theatre
Where to Invade Next? (M) 8pm showing at FLICKS @ LOPDELL Titirangi
SPECIAL SCREENING the latest film from Michael Moore*
Tickets: $12 and $10 (Senior/Student)
Admission prices include Tea/Coffee/Biscuits.
Tickets from Titirangi Pharmacy or telephone a reservation on Tel: 09 818 2489
*This is an expansive, rib-tickling, and subversive comedy in which Michael Moore, playing the role of "invader," visits a host of nations to learn how the U.S. could improve its own prospects. The creator of Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine is back with this hilarious and eye-opening call to arms. A witty and sharp look at prison systems, education,workers rights, drug laws, diet and women power.
PROVOCATIVE, HILARIOUSLY FUNNY...MOORE’S LATEST FILM IS HIS MOST BOLD AND MOST SOPHISTICATED. Instead of pointing out our flaws, he imagines our possibilities. And instead of wallowing in fear and panic, he offers practical ideas for productive change
A laughter laced collage of uncomfortable truths....teachers, politicians, company directors, you have to go and see it.
FRIDAY August 5th
'Dough' Comedy UK (M) Flicks @ Lopdell Titirangi 10-30 am & 8-15pm
Curmudgeonly widower Nat Dayan (Tony award-winning actor Jonathan Pryce, currently in HBO's "Game of Thrones") clings to his way of life as a Kosher bakery shop owner in London's East End. Understaffed, Nat reluctantly enlists the help of teenager Ayyash (Jerome Holder), who has a secret side gig selling marijuana to help his immigrant mother make ends meet. When Ayyash accidentally drops his stash into the mixing dough, the challah starts flying off the shelves and an unlikely friendship forms between the old Jewish baker and his young Muslim apprentice. DOUGH is a warmhearted and humorous story about overcoming prejudice and finding redemption in unexpected places.
Duration; 94 mins Starring; Jonathan Pryce, Pauline Collins, Jerome Holder, Malachi Kirby
Tickets morning screening $12 and $10 Evening Screening $14 from the Titirangi Pharmacy or phone a reservation 09 818 2489 CASH SALES only on door. Bookings advised for evening screeni
'Dough' Comedy UK (M) Flicks @ Lopdell Titirangi 10-30 am & 8-15pm
Curmudgeonly widower Nat Dayan (Tony award-winning actor Jonathan Pryce, currently in HBO's "Game of Thrones") clings to his way of life as a Kosher bakery shop owner in London's East End. Understaffed, Nat reluctantly enlists the help of teenager Ayyash (Jerome Holder), who has a secret side gig selling marijuana to help his immigrant mother make ends meet. When Ayyash accidentally drops his stash into the mixing dough, the challah starts flying off the shelves and an unlikely friendship forms between the old Jewish baker and his young Muslim apprentice. DOUGH is a warmhearted and humorous story about overcoming prejudice and finding redemption in unexpected places.
Duration; 94 mins Starring; Jonathan Pryce, Pauline Collins, Jerome Holder, Malachi Kirby
Tickets morning screening $12 and $10 Evening Screening $14 from the Titirangi Pharmacy or phone a reservation 09 818 2489 CASH SALES only on door. Bookings advised for evening screeni
FRIDAY 23rd September FLICKS @ Lopdell Titirangi 10-30 am and 8-15pm
'The CARER '(M)
Suffering from Parkinson’s disease and being cooped up in his country estate, has left retired Shakespearean actor Sir Michael Gifford (Brian Cox) rather crabbit and frustrated. Having ejected all previous would be carers, his daughter spearheads an intervention that sees Dorottya (Coco König) – a young Hungarian home help with acting aspirations of her own, tasked with the job of tending to this aging thespian grump. What blossom’s between these two kindred spirits is a funny and heart-warming tale on the acceptance of one’s own mortality, in director János Edelényi’s; The Carer
The CARER is full of heart charm and lots of laughter, but it is Brian Cox’s commanding lead performance that truly ignites the screen, elevating and shaping this simple film into something quite special.
Coming to FLICKS on the 23rd September
'The CARER '(M)
Suffering from Parkinson’s disease and being cooped up in his country estate, has left retired Shakespearean actor Sir Michael Gifford (Brian Cox) rather crabbit and frustrated. Having ejected all previous would be carers, his daughter spearheads an intervention that sees Dorottya (Coco König) – a young Hungarian home help with acting aspirations of her own, tasked with the job of tending to this aging thespian grump. What blossom’s between these two kindred spirits is a funny and heart-warming tale on the acceptance of one’s own mortality, in director János Edelényi’s; The Carer
The CARER is full of heart charm and lots of laughter, but it is Brian Cox’s commanding lead performance that truly ignites the screen, elevating and shaping this simple film into something quite special.
Coming to FLICKS on the 23rd September
'THEEB' (M) 100 mins Friday 7th October 10-30am / 8-15pm
Drama set in the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I, a young Bedouin boy experiences a greatly hastened coming-of-age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British officer to his secret destination. This is a tense and powerful debut feature set against the breathtaking vastness of the Jordanian desert and with a deliberate pacing, an evocative score and assured performances from its non-professional Bedouins that are proof of Naji Abu Nowar's talent in directing actors. The sincerity of the performances and the beauteous cinematography are the heart of this Jordanian adventure film. Theeb showcases the fascinating culture of Bedouins and the stunning deserts of the Middle East in an impactful story, worthy of Academy Award nominations.
Showing in cinemas now. Coming to FLICKS on 7th October.
Gets a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes Critics website
Tickets from Titirangi Pharmacy $14 (Evening screening)
Door sales only on morning screenings $12 / $10 (Cash only)
Includes Tea/Coffee/Biscuits Tel: 818 2489 for bookings
Drama set in the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I, a young Bedouin boy experiences a greatly hastened coming-of-age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British officer to his secret destination. This is a tense and powerful debut feature set against the breathtaking vastness of the Jordanian desert and with a deliberate pacing, an evocative score and assured performances from its non-professional Bedouins that are proof of Naji Abu Nowar's talent in directing actors. The sincerity of the performances and the beauteous cinematography are the heart of this Jordanian adventure film. Theeb showcases the fascinating culture of Bedouins and the stunning deserts of the Middle East in an impactful story, worthy of Academy Award nominations.
Showing in cinemas now. Coming to FLICKS on 7th October.
Gets a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes Critics website
Tickets from Titirangi Pharmacy $14 (Evening screening)
Door sales only on morning screenings $12 / $10 (Cash only)
Includes Tea/Coffee/Biscuits Tel: 818 2489 for bookings
THE CLAN (R13) 2015; Platform Prize - Honorable Mention, Toronto International Film Festival 2015 Spanish with English subtitles.
The astonishing true story of a seemingly normal middle-class family that trafficked in the kidnapping, ransoming and murder of the wealthy in 1980s Argentina. Winner at Venice and Toronto Film Festivals, as well as 5 Argentinian Academy Awards. From director Pablo Trapero
"Tells the almost unbelievable tale of the Clan Puccio, a seemingly normal middle-class family who kidnapped wealthy people off the street, held the victims for ransom, and, once paid, killed them.
"On the surface the Puccios look like most other families. Steely-eyed patriarch Arquimedes (Guillermo Francella) presides over a household where his wife, sons, and daughters gather for evening meals and discuss their days. Alejandro (Peter Lanzani), the eldest son, is a famed rugby player on Argentina's national team, and the film turns on his relationship with his father.
The astonishing true story of a seemingly normal middle-class family that trafficked in the kidnapping, ransoming and murder of the wealthy in 1980s Argentina. Winner at Venice and Toronto Film Festivals, as well as 5 Argentinian Academy Awards. From director Pablo Trapero
"Tells the almost unbelievable tale of the Clan Puccio, a seemingly normal middle-class family who kidnapped wealthy people off the street, held the victims for ransom, and, once paid, killed them.
"On the surface the Puccios look like most other families. Steely-eyed patriarch Arquimedes (Guillermo Francella) presides over a household where his wife, sons, and daughters gather for evening meals and discuss their days. Alejandro (Peter Lanzani), the eldest son, is a famed rugby player on Argentina's national team, and the film turns on his relationship with his father.
'MONET to MATISSE'
Saturday 29th October
The Seminar Room, First Floor Lopdell House.
6pm onwards
RIALTO have offered a one-off screening of 'PAINTING the MODERN GARDEN: Monet to Matisse' (from the Royal Academy of Arts) 'a magical journey to discover how artists used the modern garden to explore radical and wonderful new ideas' And to add to the magic of the event the film will be screened at the beautiful Landsendt Sub-Tropical Gardens in Oratia, this will certainly be a different night out at the movies, starting with a garden walk/talk, then drinks canapes surrounded by palms and succulents followed by the film on the big garden screen. Claude Monet was an avid horticulturist and arguably the most important painter of gardens in the history of Art but he was not alone. Artists like Van Gogh, Bonnard, Pissarro and Matisse all saw the garden as powerful subject for their art. We now have a confirmed date Saturday 29th October, we have brought this event forward to screen during release week (27th) The film will be showing only at The Bridgeway, Rialto, Lido, Waiheke cinemas AND the Seminar Room Lopdell House.
Tickets are $35 which includes garden walk, canapes, drink and the film, places are limited so book now.
Call 09 818 2489 for details of payment and reservation or E-mail: [email protected]
Saturday 29th October
The Seminar Room, First Floor Lopdell House.
6pm onwards
RIALTO have offered a one-off screening of 'PAINTING the MODERN GARDEN: Monet to Matisse' (from the Royal Academy of Arts) 'a magical journey to discover how artists used the modern garden to explore radical and wonderful new ideas' And to add to the magic of the event the film will be screened at the beautiful Landsendt Sub-Tropical Gardens in Oratia, this will certainly be a different night out at the movies, starting with a garden walk/talk, then drinks canapes surrounded by palms and succulents followed by the film on the big garden screen. Claude Monet was an avid horticulturist and arguably the most important painter of gardens in the history of Art but he was not alone. Artists like Van Gogh, Bonnard, Pissarro and Matisse all saw the garden as powerful subject for their art. We now have a confirmed date Saturday 29th October, we have brought this event forward to screen during release week (27th) The film will be showing only at The Bridgeway, Rialto, Lido, Waiheke cinemas AND the Seminar Room Lopdell House.
Tickets are $35 which includes garden walk, canapes, drink and the film, places are limited so book now.
Call 09 818 2489 for details of payment and reservation or E-mail: [email protected]
'Heaven on Earth 2' (M) 109mins Friday 4th November 10-30am / 8-15pm
AS IT IS IN HEAVEN 2: HEAVEN ON EARTH is the life-affirming follow-up film to the beloved, Academy Award nominated Swedish classic, As it is in Heaven.
SWEDEN • DRAMA • 2015 • 129' •
DIRECTOR: Kay Pollak
CAST:
Frida Hallgren, Niklas Falk, Jakob Oftebro, Lennart Jähkel, André Sjöberg, Ylva Lööf
Ten years after the stunning success of 'As It is in Heaven' veteran director Kay Pollak rekindles the magic of his original film with this independent sequel.
Reuniting key cast members, Heaven on Earth takes up where the last story left off: Conductor Daniel Dareus’ soprano and love interest, Lena (Frida Hallgren), is alone and pregnant. She gives birth during a snowstorm with only the intoxicated village vicar (Niklas Falk) to assist her. Such an intense experience creates a bond between the two, and Lena agrees to bring people to the church as a cantor, but just as music and dancing inspire joy, it also sparks fear and jealousy in the village. Fans of 'As It is in Heaven' will not be disappointed by the heartfelt continuation of the characters and storyline commenced in the original, handled with the kind of delicate combination of humour, mischievousness and utter joviality unique to its filmmaker.
Heaven on Earth also works beautifully as a standalone feature for viewers who may not have seen the first film.
Tickets from Titirangi Pharmacy $14 (Evening screening)
(Morning screening door sales only, $12/ $10 cash sales)
Includes Tea/Coffee/Biscuits Tel: 818 2
AS IT IS IN HEAVEN 2: HEAVEN ON EARTH is the life-affirming follow-up film to the beloved, Academy Award nominated Swedish classic, As it is in Heaven.
SWEDEN • DRAMA • 2015 • 129' •
DIRECTOR: Kay Pollak
CAST:
Frida Hallgren, Niklas Falk, Jakob Oftebro, Lennart Jähkel, André Sjöberg, Ylva Lööf
Ten years after the stunning success of 'As It is in Heaven' veteran director Kay Pollak rekindles the magic of his original film with this independent sequel.
Reuniting key cast members, Heaven on Earth takes up where the last story left off: Conductor Daniel Dareus’ soprano and love interest, Lena (Frida Hallgren), is alone and pregnant. She gives birth during a snowstorm with only the intoxicated village vicar (Niklas Falk) to assist her. Such an intense experience creates a bond between the two, and Lena agrees to bring people to the church as a cantor, but just as music and dancing inspire joy, it also sparks fear and jealousy in the village. Fans of 'As It is in Heaven' will not be disappointed by the heartfelt continuation of the characters and storyline commenced in the original, handled with the kind of delicate combination of humour, mischievousness and utter joviality unique to its filmmaker.
Heaven on Earth also works beautifully as a standalone feature for viewers who may not have seen the first film.
Tickets from Titirangi Pharmacy $14 (Evening screening)
(Morning screening door sales only, $12/ $10 cash sales)
Includes Tea/Coffee/Biscuits Tel: 818 2
FLICKS@LOPDELL Titirangi NEW RELEASE !!!
'OPERATION AVALANCHE' (M) (2016) Thriller/94 mins
FRIDAY 9th December 10-30am and 8-15pm
Storyline 1967: the height of the Cold War. The CIA suspects there is a Russian mole inside of NASA, sabotaging the Apollo program. They send two young agents on a mission to go undercover, posing as documentary filmmakers to capture NASA's race to the moon. The real mission - use their access and technology to hunt down the leak. But what they discover is far more shocking than soviet spies - Their government may be hiding a secret about Apollo that could define the decade, and the White House will stop at nothing to silence anyone who learns it.
"Operation Avalanche is a mockumentary/found footage genre movie which really twists the genre around and brings along an interesting point of facts. Some people call it the most illegal movie ever made which it does almost live up to.
This movie focuses how the USA could not land a man on the moon and how 2 CIA agents find this out and how they think up of an idea which really makes you wonder. The film consists of many funny moment, an intense car chase and a cluster of interesting ideas from the 1960s and references to the future. The fantastic actors, clever script and good plot make up for the low budget it had.
Definitely a must watch! (Variety)
EXTRA INFORMATION
OPERATION AVALANCHE has just been released in cinemas in New Zealand and having shown it to a small (but select) audience this morning I thought I would write a reminder....even if you are not really into the conspiracy theory about the Moon Landings then this film sets out the story for you to decide, it is a very clever thriller, leaving you, the viewer, feeling almost as if you are part of the plot. The style of filming makes things seem more real.. Variety Review says 'It is a Must Watch'
Our audience this morning were certainly gripped by it and were left with a lot to think about. The leading roles played by Matt Johnson and Owen Williams are unbelievably convincing...are they acting or is it real ? With the background history of the NASA space race combined with newsreel footage and brilliant acting I am still not sure what to believe about this story...but I do believe you will be gripped.
The film screened at this year's International Film Festival and this their review.
Operation Avalanche 2016
Directed by Matt Johnson INCREDIBLY STRANGE
Everyone knows the moon-landing was faked for the television cameras, but nobody had quite so much evidence before actor/director Matt Johnson uncovered this astounding behind-the-scenes footage, starring himself.
Let’s be honest: we’re all a bit over the faux documentary sub-genre. So let’s hear it for Canadian Matt Johnson with his devilishly clever cinephile meta-take on the Apollo Moon landing. It’s 1967, the height of the cold war, and the CIA suspects a Russian mole is inside NASA sabotaging the programme. Two chipper young agents, disguised as filmmakers capturing NASA’s race to the moon, are sent to uncover the mole. They uncover something more shocking than any Russian spy. Suddenly the agents are in way over their heads as they scramble to help save the USA’s credibility. Before too long guns start blazing alongside incredible one-shot car chases, as the influence of Stanley Kubrick may or may not come into this high-concept paranoid thriller.
The major achievement in this at times very funny quasi-fictional-doco is the technically impressive and seamless integration of all the kinds of footage used, and the ballsy fact that Johnson and co actually fooled NASA in a cunning meta-squared move. They got into the real NASA by saying they were filming for a student film about the making of a making of a making… okay my head hurts now… just come and see this very smart film. — AT
Tickets for Evening Screening from Titirangi Pharmacy $14
Phone bookings 818 2489 /tect 0210 222 5558
Morning screenings door sales only CASH $12 and $10 Senior/Student, (includes Tea and Coffee)e)
'OPERATION AVALANCHE' (M) (2016) Thriller/94 mins
FRIDAY 9th December 10-30am and 8-15pm
Storyline 1967: the height of the Cold War. The CIA suspects there is a Russian mole inside of NASA, sabotaging the Apollo program. They send two young agents on a mission to go undercover, posing as documentary filmmakers to capture NASA's race to the moon. The real mission - use their access and technology to hunt down the leak. But what they discover is far more shocking than soviet spies - Their government may be hiding a secret about Apollo that could define the decade, and the White House will stop at nothing to silence anyone who learns it.
"Operation Avalanche is a mockumentary/found footage genre movie which really twists the genre around and brings along an interesting point of facts. Some people call it the most illegal movie ever made which it does almost live up to.
This movie focuses how the USA could not land a man on the moon and how 2 CIA agents find this out and how they think up of an idea which really makes you wonder. The film consists of many funny moment, an intense car chase and a cluster of interesting ideas from the 1960s and references to the future. The fantastic actors, clever script and good plot make up for the low budget it had.
Definitely a must watch! (Variety)
EXTRA INFORMATION
OPERATION AVALANCHE has just been released in cinemas in New Zealand and having shown it to a small (but select) audience this morning I thought I would write a reminder....even if you are not really into the conspiracy theory about the Moon Landings then this film sets out the story for you to decide, it is a very clever thriller, leaving you, the viewer, feeling almost as if you are part of the plot. The style of filming makes things seem more real.. Variety Review says 'It is a Must Watch'
Our audience this morning were certainly gripped by it and were left with a lot to think about. The leading roles played by Matt Johnson and Owen Williams are unbelievably convincing...are they acting or is it real ? With the background history of the NASA space race combined with newsreel footage and brilliant acting I am still not sure what to believe about this story...but I do believe you will be gripped.
The film screened at this year's International Film Festival and this their review.
Operation Avalanche 2016
Directed by Matt Johnson INCREDIBLY STRANGE
Everyone knows the moon-landing was faked for the television cameras, but nobody had quite so much evidence before actor/director Matt Johnson uncovered this astounding behind-the-scenes footage, starring himself.
Let’s be honest: we’re all a bit over the faux documentary sub-genre. So let’s hear it for Canadian Matt Johnson with his devilishly clever cinephile meta-take on the Apollo Moon landing. It’s 1967, the height of the cold war, and the CIA suspects a Russian mole is inside NASA sabotaging the programme. Two chipper young agents, disguised as filmmakers capturing NASA’s race to the moon, are sent to uncover the mole. They uncover something more shocking than any Russian spy. Suddenly the agents are in way over their heads as they scramble to help save the USA’s credibility. Before too long guns start blazing alongside incredible one-shot car chases, as the influence of Stanley Kubrick may or may not come into this high-concept paranoid thriller.
The major achievement in this at times very funny quasi-fictional-doco is the technically impressive and seamless integration of all the kinds of footage used, and the ballsy fact that Johnson and co actually fooled NASA in a cunning meta-squared move. They got into the real NASA by saying they were filming for a student film about the making of a making of a making… okay my head hurts now… just come and see this very smart film. — AT
Tickets for Evening Screening from Titirangi Pharmacy $14
Phone bookings 818 2489 /tect 0210 222 5558
Morning screenings door sales only CASH $12 and $10 Senior/Student, (includes Tea and Coffee)e)
'CAPTAIN FANTASTIC'
USA Comedy | Drama | Romance 118mins Rating: M Offensive language, nudity, suicide, sexual references & content that may disturb Showing at 10-30am and 8-15pm
Storyline
Set against the beautiful Pacific Northwest backdrop, Captain Fantastic is easily one of the most nuanced films to come to mainstream cinema in the last few years. It's main plot addresses the struggle when everyone has the best intentions but not the same values. Additionally, the film makes honest and straightforward comments on controversial issues in today's society that are often taboo in the media such as mental illness, the hypocrisy of children's exposure to violence and sex, religion, and the flaws in the American education system. This sounds heavy and uncomfortable but these issues are paralleled in such a way that parts of the film had us in tears; from laughing so hard. Director Matt Ross says the project started as an exaggerated exploration of the difficult choices that must be made in regards to raising children in today's society. I think the film goes a step further and awakens an internal dialogue in each of it's viewers about the way that we live our own lives based on societal influences. Furthermore, the performances given by the perfectly arranged cast enhance your investment in the story in a way that will cause you to question what right and wrong really are when you're only trying to do your best and do what you think is best for those that y
USA Comedy | Drama | Romance 118mins Rating: M Offensive language, nudity, suicide, sexual references & content that may disturb Showing at 10-30am and 8-15pm
Storyline
Set against the beautiful Pacific Northwest backdrop, Captain Fantastic is easily one of the most nuanced films to come to mainstream cinema in the last few years. It's main plot addresses the struggle when everyone has the best intentions but not the same values. Additionally, the film makes honest and straightforward comments on controversial issues in today's society that are often taboo in the media such as mental illness, the hypocrisy of children's exposure to violence and sex, religion, and the flaws in the American education system. This sounds heavy and uncomfortable but these issues are paralleled in such a way that parts of the film had us in tears; from laughing so hard. Director Matt Ross says the project started as an exaggerated exploration of the difficult choices that must be made in regards to raising children in today's society. I think the film goes a step further and awakens an internal dialogue in each of it's viewers about the way that we live our own lives based on societal influences. Furthermore, the performances given by the perfectly arranged cast enhance your investment in the story in a way that will cause you to question what right and wrong really are when you're only trying to do your best and do what you think is best for those that y
'SONIC SEA' (G) 80 mins
Plus short film 'Aint No Fish'
Friday March 3rd 6pm and 8-15pm ADMISSION $14 from eventfinder.co.nz and on door (if not sold out)
Upstairs on FIRST FLOOR Lopdell Hosue in the Seminar Room.
RESERVATIONS Tel: 098182489 or text 0210 222 5558
Everywhere on Earth we can hear the songs of life. From small insects to the largest animals on the planet, our world is made up of the sounds of these creatures living and communicating with one another. This is even more apparent deep down in the darkness of the sea, where whales and other marine life depend on sound to mate, find food, migrate, raise their young and defend against predators. Yet, their symphony of life is being disrupted by the industrialized noise that has become commonplace in our oceans today - with tragic and deadly costs.
SONIC SEA travels beneath the ocean's surface to uncover the damaging consequences of increased ocean noise pollution and what can be done to stop it. Narrated by Academy Award-nominated actress Rachel McAdams and featuring interviews with marine ecologists, ocean life experts, and wildlife activists, including Grammy-Award winning musician, human rights and environmental activist Sting, SONIC SEA highlights how noise from a range of man-made sources has affected whales in recent years, including the mass stranding of whales around the planet. The film uncovers how better ship design, speed limits for large ships, quieter methods for underwater resource exploration, and exclusion zones for sonar training can work to reduce the noise in our oceans and stop the deaths of our ocean's beloved creatures, as long as society has "the political will to solve it."
Wednesday 5th April
FLICKS SPECIAL FILM NIGHT 7-30pm
'HUMAN' (G)
The latest film from Yann Arthus-Bertrand
"I am one man among seven billion others. For the past 40 years, I have been photographing our planet and its human diversity, and I have the feeling that humanity is not making any progress. We can’t always manage to live together.
Why is that?
I didn’t look for an answer in statistics or analysis, but in man himself."
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
SYNOPSIS
HUMAN is a collection of stories and images of our world, offering an immersion to the core of what it means to be human. Through these stories full of love and happiness, as well as hatred and violence, HUMAN brings us face to face with the Other, making us reflect on our lives. From stories of everyday experiences to accounts of the most unbelievable lives, these poignant encounters share a rare sincerity and underline who we are – our darker side, but also what is most noble in us, and what is universal. Our Earth is shown at its most sublime through never-before-seen aerial images accompanied by soaring music, resulting in an ode to the beauty of the world, providing a moment to draw breath and for introspection.
HUMAN is a politically engaged work which allows us to embrace the human condition and to reflect on the meaning of our existence.
FREE ADMISSION (bookings essential)
Please note that this film starts at 7-30pm (doors and bar open at 7pm)
RESERVATIONS Tel: 098182489 or text 0210 222 5558
FLICKS SPECIAL FILM NIGHT 7-30pm
'HUMAN' (G)
The latest film from Yann Arthus-Bertrand
"I am one man among seven billion others. For the past 40 years, I have been photographing our planet and its human diversity, and I have the feeling that humanity is not making any progress. We can’t always manage to live together.
Why is that?
I didn’t look for an answer in statistics or analysis, but in man himself."
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
SYNOPSIS
HUMAN is a collection of stories and images of our world, offering an immersion to the core of what it means to be human. Through these stories full of love and happiness, as well as hatred and violence, HUMAN brings us face to face with the Other, making us reflect on our lives. From stories of everyday experiences to accounts of the most unbelievable lives, these poignant encounters share a rare sincerity and underline who we are – our darker side, but also what is most noble in us, and what is universal. Our Earth is shown at its most sublime through never-before-seen aerial images accompanied by soaring music, resulting in an ode to the beauty of the world, providing a moment to draw breath and for introspection.
HUMAN is a politically engaged work which allows us to embrace the human condition and to reflect on the meaning of our existence.
FREE ADMISSION (bookings essential)
Please note that this film starts at 7-30pm (doors and bar open at 7pm)
RESERVATIONS Tel: 098182489 or text 0210 222 5558
FLICKS FRIDAY 7th APRIL 10-30am and 8-15pm
THE COUNTRY DOCTOR (PG) 107 mins France
Shown at last year's NZ International Film Festival
This gentle, good-humoured film about a doctor (François Cluzet) facing illness himself and reluctantly inducting a younger city doctor (Marianne Denicourt) into his country practice has been a great hit in France. Upholding the humane values embodied by the old-style GP, it has clearly touched a vein of nostalgia which may run just as deep in New Zealand. Co-writer and director Thomas Lilti is himself a qualified medical practitioner, and not one given to sentimentality. (Anyone who saw his film Hippocrates at this year’s French Film Festival can vouch for the refreshing sense of experience that lifted it apart from standard hospital dramas.)
Cluzet (The Intouchables) is fascinating as an immensely recognisable character, single (with an adult son in Paris), wedded to his work, tacitly empathetic beneath the brusque, brooking-no-fools demeanour. Denicourt as Natalie is an excellent foil, the doctor’s match in so many ways, but shrewdly respectful of his self-defining conviction that he is irreplaceable. It’s a view clearly shared by a lively array of farming folk who parade through his surgery, or, in some of the film’s most touching and memorable scenes, usher him, doctor’s bag in hand, into their houses.
“The Country Doctor finally plays out as a strongly observational character drama that suggests something about who these people are and how they deal with what’s thrown at them while also painting a convincing picture of everyday life in rural France in the 21st-century and medical care… The film bristles with humour, mostly drawn from life, and illuminating moments of irony.” — Boyd van Hoeij, Hollywood Reporter
THE COUNTRY DOCTOR (PG) 107 mins France
Shown at last year's NZ International Film Festival
This gentle, good-humoured film about a doctor (François Cluzet) facing illness himself and reluctantly inducting a younger city doctor (Marianne Denicourt) into his country practice has been a great hit in France. Upholding the humane values embodied by the old-style GP, it has clearly touched a vein of nostalgia which may run just as deep in New Zealand. Co-writer and director Thomas Lilti is himself a qualified medical practitioner, and not one given to sentimentality. (Anyone who saw his film Hippocrates at this year’s French Film Festival can vouch for the refreshing sense of experience that lifted it apart from standard hospital dramas.)
Cluzet (The Intouchables) is fascinating as an immensely recognisable character, single (with an adult son in Paris), wedded to his work, tacitly empathetic beneath the brusque, brooking-no-fools demeanour. Denicourt as Natalie is an excellent foil, the doctor’s match in so many ways, but shrewdly respectful of his self-defining conviction that he is irreplaceable. It’s a view clearly shared by a lively array of farming folk who parade through his surgery, or, in some of the film’s most touching and memorable scenes, usher him, doctor’s bag in hand, into their houses.
“The Country Doctor finally plays out as a strongly observational character drama that suggests something about who these people are and how they deal with what’s thrown at them while also painting a convincing picture of everyday life in rural France in the 21st-century and medical care… The film bristles with humour, mostly drawn from life, and illuminating moments of irony.” — Boyd van Hoeij, Hollywood Reporter
FRIDAY 21st APRIL 'TONI ERDMANN' (R16)
10-30am and 8-15pm 162mins
R 16 (Sex scenes, nudity, drug use & offensive language) German with English subtitles Germany, Austria
Directed by Maren Ade ('Everyone Else').
Starring Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Lucy Russell, Vlad Ivanov, Hadewych Minis, Ingrid Bisu, Trystan Pütter, John Keogh.
Written by Maren Ade. Comedy, Drama, World Cinema, Festival & Independent
A quirky story about the father-daughter bond that is unorthodox and endearing.
Film Review from the NZ Herald:
This dry beautifully acted German comedy is making waves around the world. It was a nominee in the Best Foreign Language film category at the Oscars and has made headlines because Jack Nicholson loved the film so much he's coming out of retirement to star in an American remake!
There's another simple reason we should be talking Toni Erdmann; it's a German comedy - a sparsely populated genre. A carefully crafted and honest film about artistic father Winfried connecting with business orientated daughter Ines, Toni Erdmann isn't an endless series of laugh-out-loud gags so much as a terrifically funny opening scene and climax, with the in-between littered with gags and observations about family.
10-30am and 8-15pm 162mins
R 16 (Sex scenes, nudity, drug use & offensive language) German with English subtitles Germany, Austria
Directed by Maren Ade ('Everyone Else').
Starring Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Lucy Russell, Vlad Ivanov, Hadewych Minis, Ingrid Bisu, Trystan Pütter, John Keogh.
Written by Maren Ade. Comedy, Drama, World Cinema, Festival & Independent
A quirky story about the father-daughter bond that is unorthodox and endearing.
Film Review from the NZ Herald:
This dry beautifully acted German comedy is making waves around the world. It was a nominee in the Best Foreign Language film category at the Oscars and has made headlines because Jack Nicholson loved the film so much he's coming out of retirement to star in an American remake!
There's another simple reason we should be talking Toni Erdmann; it's a German comedy - a sparsely populated genre. A carefully crafted and honest film about artistic father Winfried connecting with business orientated daughter Ines, Toni Erdmann isn't an endless series of laugh-out-loud gags so much as a terrifically funny opening scene and climax, with the in-between littered with gags and observations about family.
FRIDAY 5th MAY
'PERSONAL SHOPPER'
Olivier Assayas, the internationally-acclaimed director of Clouds of Sils Maria and Summer Hours, returns with this ethereal and mysterious ghost story starring Kristen Stewart as a high-fashion personal shopper to the stars who is also a spiritual medium. Grieving the recent death of her twin brother, she haunts his Paris home, determined to make contact with him.
Rating: (M) (for some language, sexuality, nudity and a bloody violent image)Genre:
Drama, Mystery & Suspense Runtime:105 minutes Winner of Best Director at Cannes 2016. 80% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
Morning screening $12 and $10 (Senior/Student) on door cash sales only
Evening screenings $14 tickets from eventfinder.co.nz and on door
Text or phone reservations on 0210 222 5558
NEXT FILM @ FLICKS CINEMA
FRI 19th MAY
10-30am / 6pm* / 8-15**pm
'THE EAGLE HUNTRESS'
*SPECIAL TICKET PRICE FOR Under 16's at the 6pm screening $7 (bookings essentail)
** Following the 8-15pm screening we will be showing the short film (10 mins) on the making of 'The Eagle Huntress' for all those who want to stay after the feature.
Aishol-pan, a 13-year-old girl, trains to become the first female in 12 generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter and rises to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been handed down from father to son for centuries. While there are many old Kazakh eagle hunters who vehemently reject the idea of any female taking part in their ancient tradition, Aisholpan's father, Nurgaiv, believes that a girl can do anything a boy can, as long as she's determined.
Parents need to know that The Eagle Huntress is a documentary about an extraordinary 13-year-old named Aisholpan Nurgai, who strives to become the first female eagle hunter in 12 generations of her nomadic Mongolian tribe's history. Her story will encourage girls to see that there doesn't have to be any limit to what they can accomplish -- and that with dedication, perseverance, and discipline, they can enter fields traditionally dominated by men. There's no strong language, sex, or substance use, but tweens and up are the ideal audience. Little kids may have trouble with the frank depiction of hunting. With her father's guidance and her grandfather and mother's blessing, Aisholpan overcomes many obstacles to make her dreams come true. She also challenges stereotypes by being a fierce, courageous, focused hunter, as well as feminine (she loves bows and nail polish). This powerful, inspiring documentary, narrated and produced by Daisy Ridley, is a film that all children -- regardless of gender -- should see.
A remarkable film with visuals to make David Attenborough swoon !
FRI 19th MAY
10-30am / 6pm* / 8-15**pm
'THE EAGLE HUNTRESS'
*SPECIAL TICKET PRICE FOR Under 16's at the 6pm screening $7 (bookings essentail)
** Following the 8-15pm screening we will be showing the short film (10 mins) on the making of 'The Eagle Huntress' for all those who want to stay after the feature.
Aishol-pan, a 13-year-old girl, trains to become the first female in 12 generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter and rises to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been handed down from father to son for centuries. While there are many old Kazakh eagle hunters who vehemently reject the idea of any female taking part in their ancient tradition, Aisholpan's father, Nurgaiv, believes that a girl can do anything a boy can, as long as she's determined.
Parents need to know that The Eagle Huntress is a documentary about an extraordinary 13-year-old named Aisholpan Nurgai, who strives to become the first female eagle hunter in 12 generations of her nomadic Mongolian tribe's history. Her story will encourage girls to see that there doesn't have to be any limit to what they can accomplish -- and that with dedication, perseverance, and discipline, they can enter fields traditionally dominated by men. There's no strong language, sex, or substance use, but tweens and up are the ideal audience. Little kids may have trouble with the frank depiction of hunting. With her father's guidance and her grandfather and mother's blessing, Aisholpan overcomes many obstacles to make her dreams come true. She also challenges stereotypes by being a fierce, courageous, focused hunter, as well as feminine (she loves bows and nail polish). This powerful, inspiring documentary, narrated and produced by Daisy Ridley, is a film that all children -- regardless of gender -- should see.
A remarkable film with visuals to make David Attenborough swoon !
FRI 23rd June
'HIDDEN FIGURES' (PG) 2016
The untold true story of three brilliant African-American women at NASA
Genius has no race, strength has no courage, courage has no limits. Based on a true story, Hidden Figures recounts how three black American women served as the brains behind several key 1960s NASA missions. Stars Taraji P. Henson (TV's Empire), Janelle Monáe (Moonlight), and Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer (The Help).Physicist, space scientist, and mathematician Katherine G. Johnson (Henson), along with Dorothy Vaughan (Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Monáe), were instrumental in executing one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn (Glen Powell) into orbit. It was an achievement that restored the United States' confidence, turned around the Space Race, and galvanised the world. The gifted trio crossed gender and race lines and inspired generations to dream big. Kirsten Dunst and Kevin Costner co-star.
Drama, True Story & Biography, Historical 127mins Rating: PG Coarse language USA
FRI 7th July
10-30am / 5-30pm* / 8-15pm
'LION' (PG) 2016
Five year old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of miles across India, away from home and family. Saroo must learn to survive alone in Kolkata, before ultimately being adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty-five years later, armed with only a handful of memories, his unwavering determination, and a revolutionary technology known as Google Earth, he sets out to find his lost family and finally return to his first home. Best supporting actor BAFTA award and Academy Award for Best Picture. 6 Oscar nominations.
Director: Garth Davis
Cast: Dev Patel, Sunny Pawar, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Abhishek Bharate, Priyanka Bose, David Wenham
TICKETS
Morning screening $12 and $10 (Senior/Student) on door cash sales only. Includes Coffee/Tea/Biscuits
Evening screenings $14 tickets from eventfinder.co.nz and on door
SCREENING* SPECIAL PRICE for 5-30pm screening for under 14 year olds $7 (cash sales only on door and bookings essential if you want to guarantee a seat)
Tickets for evening screenings online from eventfinder.co.nz
Text or phone reservations on 0210 222 5558 (up to 4pm on day of film)
MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL
Saturday 8th JULY 10am 1pm 4pm
Seminar Room (First Floor Lopdell House)
A selection of award winning films from the current Mountain Book and Film Festival being held in Wanaka/Queenstown 20 minutes of action packed films showing at 10am / 1pm / 4pm
PRIZES for lucky ticket numbers MAIN PRIZE FAMILY DAY PASS to SNOWPLANET including all equipment worth $300 plus other spot prizes.
Admission $12 Adult and $8 Under 14 yrs Tickets on door and at eventfinder.co.nz Text Bookings to 0210 2225558
Saturday 8th JULY 10am 1pm 4pm
Seminar Room (First Floor Lopdell House)
A selection of award winning films from the current Mountain Book and Film Festival being held in Wanaka/Queenstown 20 minutes of action packed films showing at 10am / 1pm / 4pm
PRIZES for lucky ticket numbers MAIN PRIZE FAMILY DAY PASS to SNOWPLANET including all equipment worth $300 plus other spot prizes.
Admission $12 Adult and $8 Under 14 yrs Tickets on door and at eventfinder.co.nz Text Bookings to 0210 2225558
BASTILLE DAY FRENCH FILMS @ FLICKS
July 14th 'Bastille Day'
NEW RELEASE
'A BAG of MARBLES' ***** (PG) 1-30pm and 8-15pm
Directed by: Christian Duguay Starring: Dorian Le Clech, Patrick Bruel, Batyste Fleurial, Elsa Zylberstein Based on the famous and acclaimed memoirs of Joseph Joffo, A Bag of Marbles brings a new version of his incredible story to the screen as it follows the experiences of two young Jewish boys living in France during World War II.
When Joseph Joffo was ten years old, his father (Patrick Bruel, Love at First Child, AF FFF16) gave him and his brother Maurice some money and a map and sent them on a dangerous mission to escape Nazi-occupied Paris in 1941.
Making their way to the demilitarised zone in the South, the boys become unavoidably caught in the whirlwind of war. Aided by the occasional kind soul, the two young boys swerve and dart through obstacles set by Nazi soldiers to avoid succumbing to the dreadful fate of so many others in this situation.
Christian Duguay is a filmmaker well versed on World War II issues, and his skilled direction combined with immaculate period detail and stunning scenery of the French countryside make this is an essential and moving story told from a unique perspective.
Stunning Cinematography by Christophe Graillot certainly captivated the packed audience and affected many hearts at the premiere screening at the Palace Cinema Como for the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival.
This moving story of human courage and its desire for freedom was adapted from the highly acclaimed book by Joseph Joffo written about his family and their experiences during World War II. It is a story about the bond forged between two brothers from a Jewish family, one that would stand the test of time.
French with English subtitles.
July 14th 'Bastille Day'
NEW RELEASE
'A BAG of MARBLES' ***** (PG) 1-30pm and 8-15pm
Directed by: Christian Duguay Starring: Dorian Le Clech, Patrick Bruel, Batyste Fleurial, Elsa Zylberstein Based on the famous and acclaimed memoirs of Joseph Joffo, A Bag of Marbles brings a new version of his incredible story to the screen as it follows the experiences of two young Jewish boys living in France during World War II.
When Joseph Joffo was ten years old, his father (Patrick Bruel, Love at First Child, AF FFF16) gave him and his brother Maurice some money and a map and sent them on a dangerous mission to escape Nazi-occupied Paris in 1941.
Making their way to the demilitarised zone in the South, the boys become unavoidably caught in the whirlwind of war. Aided by the occasional kind soul, the two young boys swerve and dart through obstacles set by Nazi soldiers to avoid succumbing to the dreadful fate of so many others in this situation.
Christian Duguay is a filmmaker well versed on World War II issues, and his skilled direction combined with immaculate period detail and stunning scenery of the French countryside make this is an essential and moving story told from a unique perspective.
Stunning Cinematography by Christophe Graillot certainly captivated the packed audience and affected many hearts at the premiere screening at the Palace Cinema Como for the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival.
This moving story of human courage and its desire for freedom was adapted from the highly acclaimed book by Joseph Joffo written about his family and their experiences during World War II. It is a story about the bond forged between two brothers from a Jewish family, one that would stand the test of time.
French with English subtitles.
Friday 21st July
'THIS BEAUTIFUL FANTASTIC' (PG) NEW RELEASE 2017 showing at 10-30pm/ 6pm/ 8-15pm
Life blooms in enchanting ways.
A young aspiring author (Downton Abbey's Jessica Brown Findlay) and a cantankerous, rich old widower (two-time Oscar-nominee Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton) begin an unlikely friendship in this British romantic drama.
When Bella (Findlay) is forced by her landlord to deal with her neglected garden or face eviction, she meets her nemesis, match and mentor in Alfie Stephenson (Wilkinson), the grouchy, loveless old man who lives next door and is an amazing horticulturist.
Directed by Simon Aboud ('Comes a Bright Day') Starring Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Wilkinson, Jeremy Irvine, Andrew Scott, Anna Chancellor, Charlotte Asprey, Eileen Davies, Sheila Hancock Written by Simon Aboud Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance 92mins Rating: PG Coarse language UK, USA
'THIS BEAUTIFUL FANTASTIC' (PG) NEW RELEASE 2017 showing at 10-30pm/ 6pm/ 8-15pm
Life blooms in enchanting ways.
A young aspiring author (Downton Abbey's Jessica Brown Findlay) and a cantankerous, rich old widower (two-time Oscar-nominee Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton) begin an unlikely friendship in this British romantic drama.
When Bella (Findlay) is forced by her landlord to deal with her neglected garden or face eviction, she meets her nemesis, match and mentor in Alfie Stephenson (Wilkinson), the grouchy, loveless old man who lives next door and is an amazing horticulturist.
Directed by Simon Aboud ('Comes a Bright Day') Starring Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Wilkinson, Jeremy Irvine, Andrew Scott, Anna Chancellor, Charlotte Asprey, Eileen Davies, Sheila Hancock Written by Simon Aboud Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance 92mins Rating: PG Coarse language UK, USA
'PECKING ORDER' FRIDAY AUGUST 4th Showing at 10-30am 6pm and 8-15pm
TICKETS $12 Adult $10 Senior $7 Under 14yrs
from eventfinder.co.nz and on door
Text reservations to 0210 222 5558
(PG) New Zealand 85 mins plus short film 95 mins in total.
'Pecking Order' treads a fine line between documentary and mockumentary, and it was hard to tell if the laughter in the theatre was coming from a good place. But as the story settles, director Slavko Martinov does a lovely job revealing the characters with respect and dignity, and you find yourself wishing them well and seeing chicken shows as perfectly everyday.
We meet veteran and sitting President Doug Bain, who has been showing chickens for over 50 years and is under pressure to stand aside for a younger, more progressive President. The alternative leader is Mark Lilley, who would love the job but refuses to take it if one feather is ruffled in the process. Sorry, resisting chicken puns is hard.
Mark shares his love of poultry with his son Rhys, who at 14 has been showing at (and winning) competitions for five years. He thinks he's a bit different - I reckon he's one of the coolest teens I've met; comfortable and content in his own interests.
Oh, I should mention the chickens are impressive too - quite beautiful in fact.
But there's more to this film than a tribute to Best in Show with chickens, this is a film about Kiwis being Kiwis, delivered thought the portrayal of a club in disarray and all the wonderful human-ness and drama it brings with it.
2017 marks the 150th anniversary of the Christchurch Poultry, Bantam and Pigeon Club, and Pecking Order is a wonderful way to celebrate. ****(NZ HERALD)
Cast: Doug Bain, Mark Lilley Director: Slavko Martinov Rating: PG (Some coarse language) Running time: 85 mins
Verdict: A heartwarming Kiwi classic. from Vendetta films. 2017
TICKETS $12 Adult $10 Senior $7 Under 14yrs
from eventfinder.co.nz and on door
Text reservations to 0210 222 5558
(PG) New Zealand 85 mins plus short film 95 mins in total.
'Pecking Order' treads a fine line between documentary and mockumentary, and it was hard to tell if the laughter in the theatre was coming from a good place. But as the story settles, director Slavko Martinov does a lovely job revealing the characters with respect and dignity, and you find yourself wishing them well and seeing chicken shows as perfectly everyday.
We meet veteran and sitting President Doug Bain, who has been showing chickens for over 50 years and is under pressure to stand aside for a younger, more progressive President. The alternative leader is Mark Lilley, who would love the job but refuses to take it if one feather is ruffled in the process. Sorry, resisting chicken puns is hard.
Mark shares his love of poultry with his son Rhys, who at 14 has been showing at (and winning) competitions for five years. He thinks he's a bit different - I reckon he's one of the coolest teens I've met; comfortable and content in his own interests.
Oh, I should mention the chickens are impressive too - quite beautiful in fact.
But there's more to this film than a tribute to Best in Show with chickens, this is a film about Kiwis being Kiwis, delivered thought the portrayal of a club in disarray and all the wonderful human-ness and drama it brings with it.
2017 marks the 150th anniversary of the Christchurch Poultry, Bantam and Pigeon Club, and Pecking Order is a wonderful way to celebrate. ****(NZ HERALD)
Cast: Doug Bain, Mark Lilley Director: Slavko Martinov Rating: PG (Some coarse language) Running time: 85 mins
Verdict: A heartwarming Kiwi classic. from Vendetta films. 2017
THEIR FINEST
FRIDAY 8th September 10-30am /5-30 pm / 8-15pm
The spirit of the nation is in her hands.
A British film crew attempts to boost morale during WWII by making a propaganda film after the Blitzkrieg. Stars Gemma Arterton and Bill Nighy. Based on the novel Their Finest Hour and a Half by Lissa Evans.
"Catrin Cole (Arterton) is a "slop" scriptwriter, charged with bringing a female perspective to war films produced by the British Ministry of Information's Film Division. Her current project is a feature inspired by stories of British civilians rescuing soldiers after the retreat at Dunkirk. Catrin's artist husband looks down on her job, despite the fact that it's paying the rent. At least lead scenarist Tom Buckley (Sam Claflin) appreciates her efforts While on location in Devon, Catrin begins to come into her own and earn the respect of her peers. She's the only crewperson that Ambrose Hilliard (Nighy), a past-his-prime yet nonetheless pompous actor, will talk to." (Toronto International Film Festival) Directed by Lone Scherfig ('An Education', 'One Day', 'Italian for Beginners')
Starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Jack Huston, Paul Ritter,Rachael Stirling, Richard E. Grant, Henry Goodman, Jeremy Irons Written by Gaby Chiappe (based on the novel 'Their Finest Hour and a Half' by Lissa Evans)
FRIDAY 8th September 10-30am /5-30 pm / 8-15pm
The spirit of the nation is in her hands.
- Comedy, Drama, Romance 117mins Rating: M Sex scenes and offensive language UK
A British film crew attempts to boost morale during WWII by making a propaganda film after the Blitzkrieg. Stars Gemma Arterton and Bill Nighy. Based on the novel Their Finest Hour and a Half by Lissa Evans.
"Catrin Cole (Arterton) is a "slop" scriptwriter, charged with bringing a female perspective to war films produced by the British Ministry of Information's Film Division. Her current project is a feature inspired by stories of British civilians rescuing soldiers after the retreat at Dunkirk. Catrin's artist husband looks down on her job, despite the fact that it's paying the rent. At least lead scenarist Tom Buckley (Sam Claflin) appreciates her efforts While on location in Devon, Catrin begins to come into her own and earn the respect of her peers. She's the only crewperson that Ambrose Hilliard (Nighy), a past-his-prime yet nonetheless pompous actor, will talk to." (Toronto International Film Festival) Directed by Lone Scherfig ('An Education', 'One Day', 'Italian for Beginners')
Starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Jack Huston, Paul Ritter,Rachael Stirling, Richard E. Grant, Henry Goodman, Jeremy Irons Written by Gaby Chiappe (based on the novel 'Their Finest Hour and a Half' by Lissa Evans)
FRIDAY 22nd SEPTEMBER 10-30am / 5-30pm / 8-15pm
'A MAN CALLED OVE' PG-13. Contains strong language and some disturbing images. In Swedish with subtitles. 116 minutes.
“A Man Called Ove” is a morbidly funny and moving success.
Ove (Rolf Lassgård) is the quintessential angry old man next door. An isolated retiree with strict principles and a short fuse, who spends his days enforcing block association rules that only he cares about, and visiting his wife's grave, Ove has given up on life. After a boisterous young family moves in next door and accidentally flattens Ove's mailbox, an unlikely friendship forms.
Director: Hannes Holm languages: Swedish, Persian
Awards: European Film Award for Best European Comedy,
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Holm’s well-judged adaptation of the bestseller keeps the maudlin to a minimum and plays the black comedy just right. A strong contender for feel-good film of the year.
'A MAN CALLED OVE' PG-13. Contains strong language and some disturbing images. In Swedish with subtitles. 116 minutes.
“A Man Called Ove” is a morbidly funny and moving success.
Ove (Rolf Lassgård) is the quintessential angry old man next door. An isolated retiree with strict principles and a short fuse, who spends his days enforcing block association rules that only he cares about, and visiting his wife's grave, Ove has given up on life. After a boisterous young family moves in next door and accidentally flattens Ove's mailbox, an unlikely friendship forms.
Director: Hannes Holm languages: Swedish, Persian
Awards: European Film Award for Best European Comedy,
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Holm’s well-judged adaptation of the bestseller keeps the maudlin to a minimum and plays the black comedy just right. A strong contender for feel-good film of the year.
SPECIAL SCREENING
in the Seminar Room Lopdell House,
Sunday Sept 24th 7pm
'The Bentley Effect'
The first screening of this film in New Zealand.
Filmed over five years, The Bentley Effect documents the highs and lows of the battle to keep a unique part of Australia gasfield-free. Introduced by Brendan Shoebridge the film maker who will be touring New Zealand with the film
Filmed over five years, The Bentley Effect documents the highs and lows of the battle to keep a unique part of Australia gasfield-free. This timely story of a community’s heroic stand shows how strategic direct action and peaceful protest from a committed community can overcome industrial might and political short-sightedness. It celebrates the non-violent ‘Eureka Stockade’ of our time and chronicles one of the fastest growing social movements we have ever witnessed.
Gasland showed us the problem – The Bentley Effect points us to the solution and poses the question “what is truly valuable?’.
ADMISSION $12 Adult $7 under 14yrs available from eventfinder.co.nz and on door. Text 0210 2225558 for bookings.
in the Seminar Room Lopdell House,
Sunday Sept 24th 7pm
'The Bentley Effect'
The first screening of this film in New Zealand.
Filmed over five years, The Bentley Effect documents the highs and lows of the battle to keep a unique part of Australia gasfield-free. Introduced by Brendan Shoebridge the film maker who will be touring New Zealand with the film
Filmed over five years, The Bentley Effect documents the highs and lows of the battle to keep a unique part of Australia gasfield-free. This timely story of a community’s heroic stand shows how strategic direct action and peaceful protest from a committed community can overcome industrial might and political short-sightedness. It celebrates the non-violent ‘Eureka Stockade’ of our time and chronicles one of the fastest growing social movements we have ever witnessed.
Gasland showed us the problem – The Bentley Effect points us to the solution and poses the question “what is truly valuable?’.
ADMISSION $12 Adult $7 under 14yrs available from eventfinder.co.nz and on door. Text 0210 2225558 for bookings.
FRIDAY 6th October
'Lady Macbeth' 2017 Rated R16 for some disturbing violence, strong sexuality/nudity, and language. 90 minutes
A brilliantly chilling subversion of a classic (NEW RELEASE)
“Lady Macbeth” has the refined, pleasing trappings of a tasteful period piece with the vicious, beating heart of a brutal psychological thriller. You can’t stop watching its beauty, even as you long to look away from its cruelty.
Much of the film’s allure comes from its central, powerhouse performance from Florence Pugh. In only her second feature, the 21-year-old actress reveals the kind of technical precision and command of the screen you’d see in a veteran. And in only his first feature, British theater director William Oldroyd is wise enough to keep the film’s tone and surroundings minimal to give Pugh maximum room to shine.
Despite the title, there’s nothing Scottish or Shakespearean about this tale of murderous Victorian passion. Playwright Alice Birch based the core plot on Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk District, but her first screenplay also invokes the spirit of such ill-fated literary heroines as Madame Bovary, Thérèse Desqueyrouxand Lady Chatterley. Yet the clearest influence on theatre director William Oldroyd’s feature debut is Andrea Arnold’s sombre 2011 take on Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, which explored the historical British attitudes to gender, class and race that persist today.
5/5stars
'Lady Macbeth' 2017 Rated R16 for some disturbing violence, strong sexuality/nudity, and language. 90 minutes
A brilliantly chilling subversion of a classic (NEW RELEASE)
“Lady Macbeth” has the refined, pleasing trappings of a tasteful period piece with the vicious, beating heart of a brutal psychological thriller. You can’t stop watching its beauty, even as you long to look away from its cruelty.
Much of the film’s allure comes from its central, powerhouse performance from Florence Pugh. In only her second feature, the 21-year-old actress reveals the kind of technical precision and command of the screen you’d see in a veteran. And in only his first feature, British theater director William Oldroyd is wise enough to keep the film’s tone and surroundings minimal to give Pugh maximum room to shine.
Despite the title, there’s nothing Scottish or Shakespearean about this tale of murderous Victorian passion. Playwright Alice Birch based the core plot on Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk District, but her first screenplay also invokes the spirit of such ill-fated literary heroines as Madame Bovary, Thérèse Desqueyrouxand Lady Chatterley. Yet the clearest influence on theatre director William Oldroyd’s feature debut is Andrea Arnold’s sombre 2011 take on Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, which explored the historical British attitudes to gender, class and race that persist today.
5/5stars
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18th
'A MINDFUL CHOICE' NZ Independent Documentary. First showing in Auckland.
SPECIAL SCREENING at FLICKS
7-30pm Doors/Bar open at 7pm Tickets $12 from eventfinder / on door Text bookings to 0210 222 5558 Door sales cash only.
Many lives, many stories, one desire ... Inner peace and self-fulfilment are possible for each of us. All that's required is to make a choice. Two modern day monks meet a diverse range of people making the choice for a better life through meditation.
Ballet dancers and writers, stressed business people, a cancer patient, foster children and maximum-security prisoners; their stories show that peace is possible.
Stunning cinematography combined with the power of people sharing from a place of profound peace delivers a palpable and moving experience.
This film gets a 5 star rating from everyone who has reviewed it, I have seen the trailer and I can see why...!!
What people are saying about the film
'Powerful film. Powerful message'
One of the most amazing and touching documentaries I've ever seen. I've watched it many times, and every single time there are different parts of the film just moved and inspired something very deep. It's a beautifully done film with a super powerful message that all humanity needs to know. The most important right that we are all born with but hardly anybody knows exists.
'A MINDFUL CHOICE' NZ Independent Documentary. First showing in Auckland.
SPECIAL SCREENING at FLICKS
7-30pm Doors/Bar open at 7pm Tickets $12 from eventfinder / on door Text bookings to 0210 222 5558 Door sales cash only.
Many lives, many stories, one desire ... Inner peace and self-fulfilment are possible for each of us. All that's required is to make a choice. Two modern day monks meet a diverse range of people making the choice for a better life through meditation.
Ballet dancers and writers, stressed business people, a cancer patient, foster children and maximum-security prisoners; their stories show that peace is possible.
Stunning cinematography combined with the power of people sharing from a place of profound peace delivers a palpable and moving experience.
This film gets a 5 star rating from everyone who has reviewed it, I have seen the trailer and I can see why...!!
What people are saying about the film
'Powerful film. Powerful message'
One of the most amazing and touching documentaries I've ever seen. I've watched it many times, and every single time there are different parts of the film just moved and inspired something very deep. It's a beautifully done film with a super powerful message that all humanity needs to know. The most important right that we are all born with but hardly anybody knows exists.
FRIDAY 20th October NEW RELEASE
'NO ORDINARY SHEILA' (G) 85mins
In Hugh Macdonald’s fascinating and inspiring doco, his cousin, writer and illustrator Sheila Natusch, retraces a long life dedicated to sharing her understanding and love of New Zealand’s nature and history. If you haven’t already heard of Sheila Natusch, prepare to be inspired. The life story of this nonagenarian natural historian, illustrator and writer is a beautiful, truly Antipodean journey, made with love by her cousin and long-time Kiwi filmmaker, Hugh Macdonald (This is New Zealand).
Featuring beautiful historic footage of the lower south in the 30s and 40s, this film offers fascinating glimpses into life as one of few female students at Otago University, and covers Sheila’s friendship with Janet Frame and their subsequent and unsuccessful foray into teaching. Moving to Wellington in the 50s saw Sheila and husband Gilbert Natusch take up residence in Owhiro Bay, while she had professional stints at the National Library and Correspondence School.
Born in 1926 on Rakiura (Stewart Island) to the Traill family, Sheila’s early childhood memories include a near-drowning at the hands of schoolmates – this and other life misfortunes she shrugs off casually. Growing up in the deep south led to an adventurous resilience which saw her climb multiple mountains, cycle from Picton to Bluff and write dozens of groundbreaking natural history books, including her magnum opus, Animals of New Zealand.
Viewers will love this radiant, defiant and unconventional life story which ranges from the southern wilds to the rugged Wellington coastline, where Sheila still lived until very recently, without car, TV, lipstick or alcohol, planning to “get the last bit of fun out of life that there is.” — Jo Randerson NZIFF
Showing at 10-30am / 6 pm / 8-15pm
Morning screenings $12 and $10 Concessions/ Evening screenings $14 and $12 Concessions (Under 14 yr olds $7)
CASH SALES ONLY on DOOR TICKETS
'NO ORDINARY SHEILA' (G) 85mins
In Hugh Macdonald’s fascinating and inspiring doco, his cousin, writer and illustrator Sheila Natusch, retraces a long life dedicated to sharing her understanding and love of New Zealand’s nature and history. If you haven’t already heard of Sheila Natusch, prepare to be inspired. The life story of this nonagenarian natural historian, illustrator and writer is a beautiful, truly Antipodean journey, made with love by her cousin and long-time Kiwi filmmaker, Hugh Macdonald (This is New Zealand).
Featuring beautiful historic footage of the lower south in the 30s and 40s, this film offers fascinating glimpses into life as one of few female students at Otago University, and covers Sheila’s friendship with Janet Frame and their subsequent and unsuccessful foray into teaching. Moving to Wellington in the 50s saw Sheila and husband Gilbert Natusch take up residence in Owhiro Bay, while she had professional stints at the National Library and Correspondence School.
Born in 1926 on Rakiura (Stewart Island) to the Traill family, Sheila’s early childhood memories include a near-drowning at the hands of schoolmates – this and other life misfortunes she shrugs off casually. Growing up in the deep south led to an adventurous resilience which saw her climb multiple mountains, cycle from Picton to Bluff and write dozens of groundbreaking natural history books, including her magnum opus, Animals of New Zealand.
Viewers will love this radiant, defiant and unconventional life story which ranges from the southern wilds to the rugged Wellington coastline, where Sheila still lived until very recently, without car, TV, lipstick or alcohol, planning to “get the last bit of fun out of life that there is.” — Jo Randerson NZIFF
Showing at 10-30am / 6 pm / 8-15pm
Morning screenings $12 and $10 Concessions/ Evening screenings $14 and $12 Concessions (Under 14 yr olds $7)
CASH SALES ONLY on DOOR TICKETS
Friday 3rd November
'MOUNTAIN' (E) New Release film 100% rating
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
A sublime rush of adrenaline and orchestral beauty from the director of Sherpa 'Mountain' is sparsely narrated by the Hollywood actor Willem Dafoe, whose subterranean tones give gravitas to Macfarlane’s words, leaving space for the ACO’s score to create the real drama. The combination of the visual spectacle of the world's highest peaks and the musical magic of the Australian Chamber Orchestra makes Jennifer Peedom's documentary Mountain an immersive, meditative and mesmerising experience.
Only three centuries ago, setting out to climb a mountain would have been considered close to lunacy. Mountains were places of peril, not beauty, an upper world to be shunned, not sought out. Why do mountains now hold us spellbound, drawing us into their dominion, often at the cost of our lives? MOUNTAIN is a cinematic and musical collaboration between acclaimed director Jennifer Peedom (SHERPA) and the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO), one of the greatest chamber orchestras in the world. Shot by the world's best adventure cinematographers and written by best-selling author Robert Macfarlane, this feature documentary will explore the troubled and triumphant history of our timeless fascination with mountains.
Sublime, cerebral, poetic and musically evocative, Mountain takes us - it seems - to every mountain in the world in what appears to be a floating armchair, sometimes high above the peaks.
One of the most visceral essay films ever made, with Peedom and her Sherpa altiture cinematographer Renan Oztruk, unfurling glistening images that should be seen only on a big screen.
One of the most visceral essay films ever made, with Peedom and her Sherpa altitude cinematographer Renan Ozturk unfurling a series of glistening images that should be seen only on the biggest of big screens.
A MUST SEE FOR ALL ...
Admission Morning screening $12 and $10 Senior/Student includes Tea/Coffee/Biscuits (10-30 am)
Admission Evening screenings $14 and $12 Senior/Student ( 6pm and 8-15pm)
SPECIAL $7 ticket for under 14 yrs at morning and 6pm screenings.
'MOUNTAIN' (E) New Release film 100% rating
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
A sublime rush of adrenaline and orchestral beauty from the director of Sherpa 'Mountain' is sparsely narrated by the Hollywood actor Willem Dafoe, whose subterranean tones give gravitas to Macfarlane’s words, leaving space for the ACO’s score to create the real drama. The combination of the visual spectacle of the world's highest peaks and the musical magic of the Australian Chamber Orchestra makes Jennifer Peedom's documentary Mountain an immersive, meditative and mesmerising experience.
Only three centuries ago, setting out to climb a mountain would have been considered close to lunacy. Mountains were places of peril, not beauty, an upper world to be shunned, not sought out. Why do mountains now hold us spellbound, drawing us into their dominion, often at the cost of our lives? MOUNTAIN is a cinematic and musical collaboration between acclaimed director Jennifer Peedom (SHERPA) and the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO), one of the greatest chamber orchestras in the world. Shot by the world's best adventure cinematographers and written by best-selling author Robert Macfarlane, this feature documentary will explore the troubled and triumphant history of our timeless fascination with mountains.
Sublime, cerebral, poetic and musically evocative, Mountain takes us - it seems - to every mountain in the world in what appears to be a floating armchair, sometimes high above the peaks.
One of the most visceral essay films ever made, with Peedom and her Sherpa altiture cinematographer Renan Oztruk, unfurling glistening images that should be seen only on a big screen.
One of the most visceral essay films ever made, with Peedom and her Sherpa altitude cinematographer Renan Ozturk unfurling a series of glistening images that should be seen only on the biggest of big screens.
A MUST SEE FOR ALL ...
Admission Morning screening $12 and $10 Senior/Student includes Tea/Coffee/Biscuits (10-30 am)
Admission Evening screenings $14 and $12 Senior/Student ( 6pm and 8-15pm)
SPECIAL $7 ticket for under 14 yrs at morning and 6pm screenings.
THURSDAY DECEMBER 7th 7-30pm (Doors/Bar open 7pm) Admission $14 and $12 Senior/Student
'Lyrical Visions 2' is a follow up on the success of last year's event where poets and film makers screened and performed their work. Some of this year's work is from outside New Zealand and there will be live performances from several poets, the majority of the work is being screened for the first time with the film makers/writers there to present their work.
Full details on COMING SOON PAGE
'Lyrical Visions 2' is a follow up on the success of last year's event where poets and film makers screened and performed their work. Some of this year's work is from outside New Zealand and there will be live performances from several poets, the majority of the work is being screened for the first time with the film makers/writers there to present their work.
Full details on COMING SOON PAGE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 8th 'MAUDIE' (PG)
The true story of Canadian folk artist Maude Lewis.
Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke star in this true story of gifted, arthritic Canadian folk painter Maud Lewis and her unlikely romance with the reclusive Everett Lewis.
"Bad-natured loner Everett (Hawke) places an ad for a housekeeper and doesn't know what to make of the applicant. Maudie (Hawkins) is hunched over with hands gnarled by arthritis, but she's eager to take the unappealing job. Gruff and boorish, Everett treats Maudie poorly, but she patiently chips away at his tough exterior. Her arthritis makes painting difficult but it's liberating for Maudie; soon, she's painted every corner of their house, and her paintings develop a loyal following that leads to her eventual fame."
The only fireworks here are of the indoor kind, but this sensitive, beautifully acted film lingers long after the final frame. And the Newfoundland locations are breathtaking. "Fantastic acting by Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke in a story that proves love can be expressed in so many different forms. Beautifully shot capturing the isolation and simplicity of that place and time . Hawkins might be the female Daniel Day Lewis of our times"
The true story of Canadian folk artist Maude Lewis.
Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke star in this true story of gifted, arthritic Canadian folk painter Maud Lewis and her unlikely romance with the reclusive Everett Lewis.
"Bad-natured loner Everett (Hawke) places an ad for a housekeeper and doesn't know what to make of the applicant. Maudie (Hawkins) is hunched over with hands gnarled by arthritis, but she's eager to take the unappealing job. Gruff and boorish, Everett treats Maudie poorly, but she patiently chips away at his tough exterior. Her arthritis makes painting difficult but it's liberating for Maudie; soon, she's painted every corner of their house, and her paintings develop a loyal following that leads to her eventual fame."
The only fireworks here are of the indoor kind, but this sensitive, beautifully acted film lingers long after the final frame. And the Newfoundland locations are breathtaking. "Fantastic acting by Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke in a story that proves love can be expressed in so many different forms. Beautifully shot capturing the isolation and simplicity of that place and time . Hawkins might be the female Daniel Day Lewis of our times"
- Directed by Aisling Walsh ('Song for a Raggy Boy', 'The Daisy Chain') Starring Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, Gabrielle Rose, Billy MacLellan,Zachary Bennett, Kari Matchett, David Feehan, Marthe Bernard, Greg Malone Written by Sherry White Drama, True Story & Biography, Romance 116mins Rating: PG Violence & sex scenes Ireland, Canada
Showing at 10-30am / 5-30pm / and 8-15pm
FRIDAY 9th February BRAND NEW RELEASE !!!
'LOVING VINCENT' a truly remarkable film
Hand-painted animated drama about the life and mysterious death of Vincent Van Gogh. The film uses a new oil painting for each shot, with movement added from one frame to the next by a painter’s brush. Around 100 artists have been involved in the film, and in the process have composed more than 64,000 paintings.
'LOVING VINCENT' a truly remarkable film
Hand-painted animated drama about the life and mysterious death of Vincent Van Gogh. The film uses a new oil painting for each shot, with movement added from one frame to the next by a painter’s brush. Around 100 artists have been involved in the film, and in the process have composed more than 64,000 paintings.
- Directed by Dorota Kobiela ('The Flying Machine'), Hugh Welchman(feature debut)
- Starring Saoirse Ronan, Aidan Turner, Douglas Booth, Eleanor Tomlinson,Chris O'Dowd, Helen McCrory, John Sessions
Written by Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Jacek von Dehnel - Animated, Drama, Historical 95mins Rating: M Adult themes UK, Poland (95mins)
- Storyline A year after the death of the artist, Vincent van Gogh, Postman Roulin gets his slacker son, Armand, to hand deliver the artist's final letter to his now late brother, Theo, to some worthy recipient after multiple failed postal delivery attempts. Although disdainful of this seemingly pointless chore, Armand travels to Auvers-sure-Oise where a purported close companion to Vincent, Dr. Gachet, lives. Having to wait until the doctor returns from business, Armand meets many of the people of that village who not only knew Vincent, but were apparently also models and inspirations for his art. In doing so, Armond becomes increasingly fascinated in the psyche and fate of Van Gogh as numerous suspicious details fail to add up. However, as Armond digs further, he comes to realize that Vincent's troubled life is as much a matter of interpretation as his paintings and there are no easy answers for a man whose work and tragedy would only be truly appreciated in the future.
Two Hearts One Mind
Absolutely beautiful, a total sensory experience! Over the years I have seen various movies about Vincent and read about his close relationship with his brother Theo. What I found amazing about this movie was the imaginative approach that was taken to unravel his life and work. So many details were revealed that I had no idea of, and put into such interesting context. The choice of actors was brilliant and we see how close they resemble the actual people during the credit roll at the end of the film - also highly imaginative. I love the rich colours, the Cerulean blue and bright yellows. Truly a starry night! Don't miss. RK
Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz and on door Tel: 09 818 2489 or text bookings to 0210 222 5558
Showing at 10-30am / 1 pm / 6pm / 8-15pm FLICKS@LOPDELL
SPECIAL LIVE MUSIC EVENT
brought to you by FLICKS @ LOPDELL
Thursday 22nd February at Lopdell Theatre. The last night of their tour of New Zealand
'The Young Folk' from Ireland. Described as “One of the most promising young bands to come out of Ireland in several decades” (Maverick Magazine), The Young Folk are touring New Zealand in February 2018. Hailing from Dublin, The Young Folk marry traditional acoustic instrumentation and vocal harmonies with contemporary production techniques resulting in a sound which has been compared with Mumford and sons, Water Boys, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver and Crosby Stills & Nash.
"Why is FLICKS putting on a music event ?" you may well ask , well several years ago I produced a promo film for Alex Borwick
(on left in photo) who hails from Devonport and having seen him in action and listened to some of the music he is producing in Ireland I thought it would be great to offer them a gig on their very busy visit to New Zealand,. The night after the Lopdell gig they are playing in Australia !! So do check out the clip below and come and see a quality band. Tickets $20 are available on eventfinda.co.nz and you can phone a booking in on 09 818 2489/ Text to 0210 222 5558 (Door tickets $25)
Doors/ Bar open at 7-15pm and gig starts at 8pm....
brought to you by FLICKS @ LOPDELL
Thursday 22nd February at Lopdell Theatre. The last night of their tour of New Zealand
'The Young Folk' from Ireland. Described as “One of the most promising young bands to come out of Ireland in several decades” (Maverick Magazine), The Young Folk are touring New Zealand in February 2018. Hailing from Dublin, The Young Folk marry traditional acoustic instrumentation and vocal harmonies with contemporary production techniques resulting in a sound which has been compared with Mumford and sons, Water Boys, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver and Crosby Stills & Nash.
"Why is FLICKS putting on a music event ?" you may well ask , well several years ago I produced a promo film for Alex Borwick
(on left in photo) who hails from Devonport and having seen him in action and listened to some of the music he is producing in Ireland I thought it would be great to offer them a gig on their very busy visit to New Zealand,. The night after the Lopdell gig they are playing in Australia !! So do check out the clip below and come and see a quality band. Tickets $20 are available on eventfinda.co.nz and you can phone a booking in on 09 818 2489/ Text to 0210 222 5558 (Door tickets $25)
Doors/ Bar open at 7-15pm and gig starts at 8pm....
FLICKS FRIDAY 23rd Feb
'CARNAGE' (M) Do not be put off by the title like I was when it came out in 2011 and most people did when it hit the cinemas. FLICKS now gives you the chance to see the film on the big screen. Starring, Jodie Foster/ Kate Winslet / Christoph Waltz / John C. Reilly. Based on Yasmina Reza's award winning stage play 'God of Carnage'. Carnage is a razor sharp, biting black comedy centered on parental differences. After two boys duke it out on a playground, the parents of the "victim" invite the parents of the "bully" over to work out their issues. A polite discussion of childrearing soon escalates into verbal warfare, with all four parents revealing their true colors. None of them will escape the carnage.
The film opened the New York Film Festival when released and had twp Golden Globe awards plus Oscar nominations for best actors. Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival. Best European film 2011
Carnage is a razor sharp, biting comedy centered on parental differences. After two boys duke it out on a playground, the parents of the "victim" invite the parents of the "bully" over to work out their issues. A polite discussion of childrearing soon escalates into verbal warfare, with all four parents revealing their true colors. None of them will escape the carnage. (80 mins)
'CARNAGE' (M) Do not be put off by the title like I was when it came out in 2011 and most people did when it hit the cinemas. FLICKS now gives you the chance to see the film on the big screen. Starring, Jodie Foster/ Kate Winslet / Christoph Waltz / John C. Reilly. Based on Yasmina Reza's award winning stage play 'God of Carnage'. Carnage is a razor sharp, biting black comedy centered on parental differences. After two boys duke it out on a playground, the parents of the "victim" invite the parents of the "bully" over to work out their issues. A polite discussion of childrearing soon escalates into verbal warfare, with all four parents revealing their true colors. None of them will escape the carnage.
The film opened the New York Film Festival when released and had twp Golden Globe awards plus Oscar nominations for best actors. Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival. Best European film 2011
Carnage is a razor sharp, biting comedy centered on parental differences. After two boys duke it out on a playground, the parents of the "victim" invite the parents of the "bully" over to work out their issues. A polite discussion of childrearing soon escalates into verbal warfare, with all four parents revealing their true colors. None of them will escape the carnage. (80 mins)
SPECIAL EVENT for the TITIRANGI FESTIVAL
Sunday 25th March 7-30pm (Doors/Bar open at 7pm)
'SHADOWS & LIGHT'
A live music evening with film, Nick Knox and guests. starting at 7-30pm with music from local musicians*, followed around 8pm by 'The Characteristics of C Minor' a short film about Nick Knox who will be performing live following the screening. Nick's music, his struggle and the resulting transformation since losing his leg are the subject of this mini-documentary by Dunedin film-makers J. Ollie Lucks and Max Bellamy, a beautifully crafted and intensely personal 14-minute biopic The film was funded with a grant from New Zealand Young Producer grant awarded by BBC Knowledge. The film is followed by a short interval and then Nick Knox plays live on stage around 8-15pm
Nick's music is thrilling, strange and utterly unique, imagine Rammstein's tour bus, with a troupe of Tibetan throat singers on board, crashing into the middle of a Bach recital, and you can begin to imagine the sound. It is the spontaneous expression of many years' isolation and mental as well as physical ill-health.
Tickets for this extraordinary evening are $20 advance ($25 on door) Bookings essential. eventfinda.co.nz Tel: 09 818 2489/ 0210 222 5558
* Lucas Kewell will be playing piano in the lounge bar from 7pm to 7-30pm then Arjuna Oakes will start the evening's entertainment from 7-30pm
For full Titirangi Festival programme go to www.titirangifestival.com
THIS EVENT IS PART SPONSORED BY
FLICKS@LOPDELL
Lopdell Precinct
Max Beliak (Harcourts Real Estate)
Sunday 25th March 7-30pm (Doors/Bar open at 7pm)
'SHADOWS & LIGHT'
A live music evening with film, Nick Knox and guests. starting at 7-30pm with music from local musicians*, followed around 8pm by 'The Characteristics of C Minor' a short film about Nick Knox who will be performing live following the screening. Nick's music, his struggle and the resulting transformation since losing his leg are the subject of this mini-documentary by Dunedin film-makers J. Ollie Lucks and Max Bellamy, a beautifully crafted and intensely personal 14-minute biopic The film was funded with a grant from New Zealand Young Producer grant awarded by BBC Knowledge. The film is followed by a short interval and then Nick Knox plays live on stage around 8-15pm
Nick's music is thrilling, strange and utterly unique, imagine Rammstein's tour bus, with a troupe of Tibetan throat singers on board, crashing into the middle of a Bach recital, and you can begin to imagine the sound. It is the spontaneous expression of many years' isolation and mental as well as physical ill-health.
Tickets for this extraordinary evening are $20 advance ($25 on door) Bookings essential. eventfinda.co.nz Tel: 09 818 2489/ 0210 222 5558
* Lucas Kewell will be playing piano in the lounge bar from 7pm to 7-30pm then Arjuna Oakes will start the evening's entertainment from 7-30pm
For full Titirangi Festival programme go to www.titirangifestival.com
THIS EVENT IS PART SPONSORED BY
FLICKS@LOPDELL
Lopdell Precinct
Max Beliak (Harcourts Real Estate)
FRIDAY 6th APRIL
THE FLORIDA PROJECT Rating: R13 Violence, offensive language, drug use & sexual material USA Drama: 111mins
Warm, winning, and gloriously alive, Sean Baker’s The Florida Project is a deeply moving and unforgettably poignant look at childhood. Set on a stretch of highway just outside the imagined utopia of Disney World, The Florida Project follows six-year-old Moonee (Brooklynn Prince in a stunning breakout turn) and her rebellious mother Halley (Bria Vinai, another major discovery) over the course of a single summer. The two live week to week at “The Magic Castle,” a budget hotel managed by Bobby (a career-best Willem Dafoe), whose stern exterior hides a deep reservoir of kindness and compassion. Despite her harsh surroundings, the precocious and ebullient Moonee has no trouble making each day a celebration of life, her endless afternoons overflowing with mischief and grand adventure as she and her ragtag playmates—including Jancey, a new arrival to the area who quickly becomes Moon’s best friend—fearlessly explore the utterly unique world into which they've been thrown. Unbeknownst to Moonee, however, her delicate fantasy is supported by the toil and sacrifice of Halley, who is forced to explore increasingly dangerous possibilities in order to provide for her daughter.
Showing at 10-30am /5-30pm /8-15pm
Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz and by phoning 818 2489 Text to 0210 2225558 and on door
No need to book for the 10-30am session just turn up grab a coffee/tea and biscuits and watch a movie all for $12 and $10 Senior/Student
THE FLORIDA PROJECT Rating: R13 Violence, offensive language, drug use & sexual material USA Drama: 111mins
Warm, winning, and gloriously alive, Sean Baker’s The Florida Project is a deeply moving and unforgettably poignant look at childhood. Set on a stretch of highway just outside the imagined utopia of Disney World, The Florida Project follows six-year-old Moonee (Brooklynn Prince in a stunning breakout turn) and her rebellious mother Halley (Bria Vinai, another major discovery) over the course of a single summer. The two live week to week at “The Magic Castle,” a budget hotel managed by Bobby (a career-best Willem Dafoe), whose stern exterior hides a deep reservoir of kindness and compassion. Despite her harsh surroundings, the precocious and ebullient Moonee has no trouble making each day a celebration of life, her endless afternoons overflowing with mischief and grand adventure as she and her ragtag playmates—including Jancey, a new arrival to the area who quickly becomes Moon’s best friend—fearlessly explore the utterly unique world into which they've been thrown. Unbeknownst to Moonee, however, her delicate fantasy is supported by the toil and sacrifice of Halley, who is forced to explore increasingly dangerous possibilities in order to provide for her daughter.
Showing at 10-30am /5-30pm /8-15pm
Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz and by phoning 818 2489 Text to 0210 2225558 and on door
No need to book for the 10-30am session just turn up grab a coffee/tea and biscuits and watch a movie all for $12 and $10 Senior/Student
FRIDAY 13th April 7-30pm (gates open 7pm)
'LOVING VINCENT' (M) A truly remarkable film
To be screened at LANDSENDT GARDENS
By popular demand we are putting on a special screening of 'Loving Vincent' at the wonderful Landsendt Gardens 108, Parker Road. Oratia. In the big marquee, not outside, as it will be a bit cool in April, come early and take a walk around the gardens, grab a glass of wine all ready for the film which will start at 7-30pm bring a rug/cushion Tickets $12 and $10 Senior/Student 14 yrs and under $7 Family ticket 2 adults/2 children $30
Tickets available online from eventfinda.co.nz and by booking on 09 818 2489 / Text 0210 222 5558 there will be heating in the marquee
Hand-painted animated drama about the life and mysterious death of Vincent Van Gogh. The film uses a new oil painting for each shot, with movement added from one frame to the next by a painter’s brush. Around 100 artists have been involved in the film, and in the process have composed more than 64,000 paintings.
'LOVING VINCENT' (M) A truly remarkable film
To be screened at LANDSENDT GARDENS
By popular demand we are putting on a special screening of 'Loving Vincent' at the wonderful Landsendt Gardens 108, Parker Road. Oratia. In the big marquee, not outside, as it will be a bit cool in April, come early and take a walk around the gardens, grab a glass of wine all ready for the film which will start at 7-30pm bring a rug/cushion Tickets $12 and $10 Senior/Student 14 yrs and under $7 Family ticket 2 adults/2 children $30
Tickets available online from eventfinda.co.nz and by booking on 09 818 2489 / Text 0210 222 5558 there will be heating in the marquee
Hand-painted animated drama about the life and mysterious death of Vincent Van Gogh. The film uses a new oil painting for each shot, with movement added from one frame to the next by a painter’s brush. Around 100 artists have been involved in the film, and in the process have composed more than 64,000 paintings.
- Directed by Dorota Kobiela ('The Flying Machine'), Hugh Welchman(feature debut)
- Starring Saoirse Ronan, Aidan Turner, Douglas Booth, Eleanor Tomlinson,Chris O'Dowd, Helen McCrory, John Sessions
Written by Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Jacek von Dehnel - Animated, Drama, Historical 95mins Rating: M Adult themes UK, Poland (95mins)
- Storyline A year after the death of the artist, Vincent van Gogh, Postman Roulin gets his slacker son, Armand, to hand deliver the artist's final letter to his now late brother, Theo, to some worthy recipient after multiple failed postal delivery attempts. Although disdainful of this seemingly pointless chore, Armand travels to Auvers-sure-Oise where a purported close companion to Vincent, Dr. Gachet, lives. Having to wait until the doctor returns from business, Armand meets many of the people of that village who not only knew Vincent, but were apparently also models and inspirations for his art. In doing so, Armond becomes increasingly fascinated in the psyche and fate of Van Gogh as numerous suspicious details fail to add up. However, as Armond digs further, he comes to realize that Vincent's troubled life is as much a matter of interpretation as his paintings and there are no easy answers for a man whose work and tragedy would only be truly appreciated in the future.
'BREATHE' (M Adult themes ) Drama, True Story & Biography, Romance, Festival & Independent . 117mins
FLICKS at LOPDELL Titirangi
Friday 20th April 10-30am / 5-30pm / 8-15pm
Oscar-nominee Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge) and Claire Foy (The Crown) lead the directorial feature debut from actor Andy Serkis (War for the Planet of the Apes), a period drama following a happy couple who look to overcome the trials ahead when one of them becomes disabled.
Handsome, adventurous and brilliant, Robin (Garfield) has his whole life ahead of him when he is paralysed by polio. Against all advice, Robin’s beautiful wife Diana (Foy) brings him home; where her devotion, intimacy and witty determination transcends his disability and sets him free. Together they refuse to be imprisoned by his suffering; transforming the lives of others with their humour, courage and lust for life.
Breathe is a heart-warming melodrama, eschewing darkness and despair to focus on the life-affirming positive. Set in 1950s Britain, Andrew Garfield plays Robin Cavendish, paralysed from the neck down by polio at just 28. Given just months to live, he mouths the words: “I want to die.” Yet, with the determination of his pregnant wife Diana (Claire Foy), and the help of Bloggs (Tom Hollander) and Teddy (Hugh Bonneville), Robin leaves hospital, watches his son grow, travels, and helps develop a wheelchair incorporating a portable respirator, freeing fellow polio sufferers from permanent hospitalisation.
Footage of the actual Cavendish during the credits serves to underline the reality of this remarkable story, co-produced by Robin and Diana’s son, Jonathan. Serkis proves a solid director...................If biopics like The Theory of Everything move you, this is a superbly acted drama, beautifully shot by Tarantino’s go-to cinematographer, Robert Richardson. Banish your inner cynic and you’ll be rewarded by a touching love story, tender family narrative and a profound message of hope in witnessing ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances. 4.5/5
Friday 27th April Lopdell Theatre 7-30 pm
'Haka and Guitars' (PG) a film by Will Watson, presented by Will Watson. Event organised by Laurie Ross for West Auckland Nuclear Free Peacemaking Aotearoa/NZ
The Seminar Rooms Lopdell House. (First Floor) 7-30 pm (Doors open 7pm)
Tickets on door $15 and $10 unwaged
Bookings: [email protected] ph: 818 0696
During the Pacific’s most bloody Civil War, the New Zealand Army found a way to achieve peace without guns and violence. Through the powerful influence of women and multiculturalism 'Haka and Guitars' shows the world there is a way to achieve peace in our time.
Fiona Cassidy (NgatiKuri, Te Aupouri, Te Rarawa) - a former Major in the New Zealand Army - returns to Bougainville to reflect on ‘Operation Belisi’, modern history’s most successful peacekeeping mission.
The Internationally acclaimed and award winning documentary 'Haka and Guitar's' will be screened and has been awarded Best Documentary for the Auckland International Film Festival.
The Director Will Watson from Hastings has just received an International Humanitarian Award for Contribution to the Arts at the 75th Cannes Film Festival.
We would love to spread the message of the film and try and encourage people to come to the screening. In a world that is currently in turmoil, this film shows a way to achieve peace without violence.
This film will make you proud to be a kiwi!
You can find the trailer and a list of awards received on our website: www.tmipictures.co.nz
'Haka and Guitars' (PG) a film by Will Watson, presented by Will Watson. Event organised by Laurie Ross for West Auckland Nuclear Free Peacemaking Aotearoa/NZ
The Seminar Rooms Lopdell House. (First Floor) 7-30 pm (Doors open 7pm)
Tickets on door $15 and $10 unwaged
Bookings: [email protected] ph: 818 0696
During the Pacific’s most bloody Civil War, the New Zealand Army found a way to achieve peace without guns and violence. Through the powerful influence of women and multiculturalism 'Haka and Guitars' shows the world there is a way to achieve peace in our time.
Fiona Cassidy (NgatiKuri, Te Aupouri, Te Rarawa) - a former Major in the New Zealand Army - returns to Bougainville to reflect on ‘Operation Belisi’, modern history’s most successful peacekeeping mission.
The Internationally acclaimed and award winning documentary 'Haka and Guitar's' will be screened and has been awarded Best Documentary for the Auckland International Film Festival.
The Director Will Watson from Hastings has just received an International Humanitarian Award for Contribution to the Arts at the 75th Cannes Film Festival.
We would love to spread the message of the film and try and encourage people to come to the screening. In a world that is currently in turmoil, this film shows a way to achieve peace without violence.
This film will make you proud to be a kiwi!
You can find the trailer and a list of awards received on our website: www.tmipictures.co.nz
FRIDAY 4th MAY FLICKS @ LOPDELL
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
THE DIVINE ORDER (M) Comedy/Drama based on true story
Women of a small Swiss village campaign for the women's right to vote ahead of the crucial 1971 ballot in this inspirational film.
"A young wife and mother living in a small village untouched by the revolutionary spirit of the 1960s, Nora lives a quiet life. But she's encouraged by the actions of a formidable group of like-minded women to fight for her rights. The group of women band together in their small Swiss village and campaign for the right to vote, undeterred by the retaliations of their conservative neighbours. With a fantastic ensemble cast, Petra Volpe's stirring film shines a light on a battle for justice and a historic, overdue victory." (Sydney Film Festival)
Art House & International, Drama Directed By: Petra Biondina Volpe Written By: Petra Biondina Volpe Runtime: 96 minutes
Swiss writer-director Petra Biondina Volpe's dramedy focuses on the effect the fight for the right to vote has on one family in a small village.
Nora (Marie Leuenberger) is a mother-of-two who dreams of a job as a secretary at a travel agency. The only problem is, she needs her husband's permission to even apply. Emboldened by his own promotion and payrise at the joinery, Hans (Maximilian Simonischek) is having none of it.
Frustrated by that and her father-in-law's patriarchal disapproval of everything that goes on in the family, Nora becomes intrigued by the stall in the village promoting women's voting rights. So when a meeting is called by the female elders asking for fundraising to oppose suffrage, she decided to take a stand – much to the consternation of many. However, Nora discovers she has fellow supporters and an action-plan is mooted – they will all go on strike. Left with only a casserole in the oven and washing instructions, Hans is dumbfounded as his wife departs "to get in touch with herself".
While the topic is certainly serious, Volpe (screenwriter of the 2015 Swiss remake of Heidi) delivers the dramatic events with plenty of sass and hilarity. Think Suffragette meets Goodbye, Lenin! by way of Made in Dagenham. Indeed, there is a definite Calendar Girls, Kinky Boots et al kind of feel to proceedings, right down to some formulaic dramatic beats and characters.
But with German actress Leuenberger an appealing lead and good humour abounding, there's a lot to like about this Order.
In German with English subtitles.
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
THE DIVINE ORDER (M) Comedy/Drama based on true story
Women of a small Swiss village campaign for the women's right to vote ahead of the crucial 1971 ballot in this inspirational film.
"A young wife and mother living in a small village untouched by the revolutionary spirit of the 1960s, Nora lives a quiet life. But she's encouraged by the actions of a formidable group of like-minded women to fight for her rights. The group of women band together in their small Swiss village and campaign for the right to vote, undeterred by the retaliations of their conservative neighbours. With a fantastic ensemble cast, Petra Volpe's stirring film shines a light on a battle for justice and a historic, overdue victory." (Sydney Film Festival)
Art House & International, Drama Directed By: Petra Biondina Volpe Written By: Petra Biondina Volpe Runtime: 96 minutes
Swiss writer-director Petra Biondina Volpe's dramedy focuses on the effect the fight for the right to vote has on one family in a small village.
Nora (Marie Leuenberger) is a mother-of-two who dreams of a job as a secretary at a travel agency. The only problem is, she needs her husband's permission to even apply. Emboldened by his own promotion and payrise at the joinery, Hans (Maximilian Simonischek) is having none of it.
Frustrated by that and her father-in-law's patriarchal disapproval of everything that goes on in the family, Nora becomes intrigued by the stall in the village promoting women's voting rights. So when a meeting is called by the female elders asking for fundraising to oppose suffrage, she decided to take a stand – much to the consternation of many. However, Nora discovers she has fellow supporters and an action-plan is mooted – they will all go on strike. Left with only a casserole in the oven and washing instructions, Hans is dumbfounded as his wife departs "to get in touch with herself".
While the topic is certainly serious, Volpe (screenwriter of the 2015 Swiss remake of Heidi) delivers the dramatic events with plenty of sass and hilarity. Think Suffragette meets Goodbye, Lenin! by way of Made in Dagenham. Indeed, there is a definite Calendar Girls, Kinky Boots et al kind of feel to proceedings, right down to some formulaic dramatic beats and characters.
But with German actress Leuenberger an appealing lead and good humour abounding, there's a lot to like about this Order.
In German with English subtitles.
'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri' (R16)
Friday 18th May The Rarest of Cinematic Treats Writer/Director Martin McDonagh follows his uproariously funny In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths with that rarest of cinematic treats, an entertaining and stimulating movie, with a superb script, rich characters and a cracking cast. Think the dramatic power of Coen brothers’ No Country for Old Men, and the outrageous humour of The Big Lebowski, and you’re within a billboard’s-length of getting the picture.
Frances McDormand plays Mildred. Her daughter’s violent murder has gone unsolved, so she rents out three old billboards on the outskirts of town, asking why there’s been no arrest and naming and shaming local Police Chief, Willoughby (Woody Harrelson), who has problems of his own. To say more would be risking spoilers for an unpredictable plot that twists, turns, shocks, surprises, confounds and delights.
The cast are simply stunning, McDormand and Harrelson own the screen, with Sam Rockwell hilarious and chilling as a redneck cop and mama’s boy, John Hawkes as Mildred’s ex-husband, and Peter Dinklage as her would-be beau. Every character is fleshed out, essential and avoids cliché, with even the worst possessing redemptive qualities.
Less convincing is Abbie Cornish as Willoughby’s wife, but that’s a minor quibble when the writing, direction, cinematography, editing and music are this darn fine. I can’t imagine seeing a better movie (not set in space) this year because Three Billboards is a stunning achievement. Featuring very adult themes and language, it’s a wild, dark, disturbing, laugh-out-loud funny, achingly serious morality tale, asking: where does vengeance end, in a world where violence begets violence, and what we do to others really matters.
Dark comedy drama fans rejoice and avoid spoilers, it’s a must see that will stay with you for days. 115 mins (R16)
Showing at 10-30am / 5-30pm / 8-15pm*
Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Festival & Independent Rating: R16** Violence, rape themes, suicide & offensive language USA, UK
*Bookings recommended Text bookings 0210 222 5558 On-line tickets at eventfinder.co,nz
** Be prepared...this is an exceptional, intense, complex crime drama with extremely strong language, that pulls no punches, with many uses of the "F" word and much more !!. References to rape, violence, a married couple has sex offscreen (it's referred to but not shown). Characters smoke cigarettes and drink socially, and there are references to drinking problems, hangovers, and drug use...Yes, a full on movie with full on performances !! Winning Oscars, Golden Globes and BAFTA awards, this film is a rare cinematic treat and been voted by many as the best film to come out of America for the past 10 years.
Friday 18th May The Rarest of Cinematic Treats Writer/Director Martin McDonagh follows his uproariously funny In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths with that rarest of cinematic treats, an entertaining and stimulating movie, with a superb script, rich characters and a cracking cast. Think the dramatic power of Coen brothers’ No Country for Old Men, and the outrageous humour of The Big Lebowski, and you’re within a billboard’s-length of getting the picture.
Frances McDormand plays Mildred. Her daughter’s violent murder has gone unsolved, so she rents out three old billboards on the outskirts of town, asking why there’s been no arrest and naming and shaming local Police Chief, Willoughby (Woody Harrelson), who has problems of his own. To say more would be risking spoilers for an unpredictable plot that twists, turns, shocks, surprises, confounds and delights.
The cast are simply stunning, McDormand and Harrelson own the screen, with Sam Rockwell hilarious and chilling as a redneck cop and mama’s boy, John Hawkes as Mildred’s ex-husband, and Peter Dinklage as her would-be beau. Every character is fleshed out, essential and avoids cliché, with even the worst possessing redemptive qualities.
Less convincing is Abbie Cornish as Willoughby’s wife, but that’s a minor quibble when the writing, direction, cinematography, editing and music are this darn fine. I can’t imagine seeing a better movie (not set in space) this year because Three Billboards is a stunning achievement. Featuring very adult themes and language, it’s a wild, dark, disturbing, laugh-out-loud funny, achingly serious morality tale, asking: where does vengeance end, in a world where violence begets violence, and what we do to others really matters.
Dark comedy drama fans rejoice and avoid spoilers, it’s a must see that will stay with you for days. 115 mins (R16)
Showing at 10-30am / 5-30pm / 8-15pm*
Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Festival & Independent Rating: R16** Violence, rape themes, suicide & offensive language USA, UK
*Bookings recommended Text bookings 0210 222 5558 On-line tickets at eventfinder.co,nz
** Be prepared...this is an exceptional, intense, complex crime drama with extremely strong language, that pulls no punches, with many uses of the "F" word and much more !!. References to rape, violence, a married couple has sex offscreen (it's referred to but not shown). Characters smoke cigarettes and drink socially, and there are references to drinking problems, hangovers, and drug use...Yes, a full on movie with full on performances !! Winning Oscars, Golden Globes and BAFTA awards, this film is a rare cinematic treat and been voted by many as the best film to come out of America for the past 10 years.
LADY BIRD* Friday 22nd June 10-30 / 6pm / 8-15pm (R13) Genre: Comedy, Drama / Directed By: Greta Gerwig / Written By: Greta Gerwig / Runtime: 93 minutes. Plus short film
Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf and Tracy Letts star in this Northern California coming-of-age drama written and directed by Greta Gerwig. Winner of Best Picture & Actress at the 2018 Golden Globes. Nominated for Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Leading & Supporting Actress for Ronan & Metcalf.
Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Ronan) fights against but is exactly like her wildly loving, deeply opinionated and strong-willed mom (Metcalf), a nurse working tirelessly to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird’s father (Letts) loses his job. Set in Sacramento, California in 2002, amidst a rapidly shifting American economic landscape, Lady Bird is an affecting look at the relationships that shape us, the beliefs that define us, and the unmatched beauty of a place called home. Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) fights against but is exactly like her wildly loving, deeply opinionated and strong-willed mom (Laurie Metcalf), a nurse working tirelessly to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird's father (Tracy Letts) loses his job. Set in Sacramento, California in 2002, amidst a rapidly shifting American economic landscape, Lady Bird is an affecting look at the relationships that shape us, the beliefs that define us, and the unmatched beauty of a place called home. R (for language, sexual content, brief graphic nudity and teen partying)
MOVIE MAKER REVIEW Greta Gerwig's debut directorial work sees Saoirse Ronan take centre stage in a coming-of-age-style movie which falls far from that said movie trope. A balanced blend of humour and meaningful episodes of drama propel Lady Bird to the heights cinema going pleasure.
Friday 13th July 'Phantom Thread' (M) 6 Academy nominations / Director Paul Thomas Anderson and star Daniel Day-Lewis re-team for this Best Picture Academy Award nominee Set in the glamour of 1950’s post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutantes and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock’s life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma (Vicky Krieps), who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled and planned, he finds his carefully tailored life disrupted by love. With his latest film, Paul Thomas Anderson paints an illuminating portrait both of an artist on a creative journey, and the women who keep his world running. Phantom Thread is Paul Thomas Anderson’s eighth movie, and his second collaboration with Daniel Day-Lewis.
This is a wrenching tale of a woman’s love for a man and a man’s love for his work. A dry, comic study of the asymmetries and conflicts at the heart of a marriage. A refined gothic nightmare in the manner of Henry James. A perverse psychological fable of unchecked ego and unhinged desire. That’s a partial catalogue, and one that can’t quite capture how bizarre this movie is. Or how bizarrely true to life — to art, to love, to itself — it feels, and is, brilliant.
.Runtime: 125 mins
Showing at 10-30 / 5-30pm / 8-15pm full details on our website. www.flickscinema.weebly.com
This is a wrenching tale of a woman’s love for a man and a man’s love for his work. A dry, comic study of the asymmetries and conflicts at the heart of a marriage. A refined gothic nightmare in the manner of Henry James. A perverse psychological fable of unchecked ego and unhinged desire. That’s a partial catalogue, and one that can’t quite capture how bizarre this movie is. Or how bizarrely true to life — to art, to love, to itself — it feels, and is, brilliant.
.Runtime: 125 mins
Showing at 10-30 / 5-30pm / 8-15pm full details on our website. www.flickscinema.weebly.com
SPECIAL SCREENING Wednesday 25th July 6pm and 8pm
'SCHOOL LIFE' (R13) Spanish-Irish Production 2017
This observational documentary follows a year in the lives of two inspirational teachers at Headfort, the only primary-age boarding school in Ireland. Housed in an 18th century estate, school life embraces tradition and modernity. For John, rock music is just another subject alongside Maths, Scripture and Latin, taught in a collaborative and often hilarious fashion. For his wife Amanda, the key to connecting with children is the book, and she uses all means to snare the young minds. For nearly half a century these two have shaped thousands of minds, but now the unthinkable looms: what would retirement mean? What will keep them young if they leave?
"School Life" is as charming, intimate and warm-hearted an observational documentary as you'd ever want to see. It leaves us with a great lesson: that education and dreams start at home, but are formed and fostered in school, a real life Hogwarts full of humour and warmth.
Tickets: $12 and $10 concessions from eventfinda.co.nz and on door Text bookings to 0210 222 5558
'SCHOOL LIFE' (R13) Spanish-Irish Production 2017
This observational documentary follows a year in the lives of two inspirational teachers at Headfort, the only primary-age boarding school in Ireland. Housed in an 18th century estate, school life embraces tradition and modernity. For John, rock music is just another subject alongside Maths, Scripture and Latin, taught in a collaborative and often hilarious fashion. For his wife Amanda, the key to connecting with children is the book, and she uses all means to snare the young minds. For nearly half a century these two have shaped thousands of minds, but now the unthinkable looms: what would retirement mean? What will keep them young if they leave?
"School Life" is as charming, intimate and warm-hearted an observational documentary as you'd ever want to see. It leaves us with a great lesson: that education and dreams start at home, but are formed and fostered in school, a real life Hogwarts full of humour and warmth.
Tickets: $12 and $10 concessions from eventfinda.co.nz and on door Text bookings to 0210 222 5558
'C'EST LA VIE' (LE SENS DE LA FÊTE) (2017) (M)
FRIDAY 27th July
Charming French comedy about a disgruntled caterer working his last wedding event. Max (Jean-Pierre Bacri) is just trying to get through night, but has to deal with a cast of offbeat characters and a girlfriend who's flirting with a young server. Directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano.
The directors duo behind French hit The Intouchables (2010) are back with a fast-paced, highly original comedy set during the chaotic preparations of a chateau-set wedding. Written for and with the legendary Jean-Pierre Bacri, the character of Max guides the viewer through an ensemble film where even the smallest side character contributes to the rich narrative.
The high-speed succession of gags is perfectly timed with witty dialogues, convincing performances and a cleverly written story of solidarity and friendship. This entertaining feature is the guarantee of a highly enjoyable, buzzy and funny comedy experience.
Showing at 10-30am /5-30pm / 8-15pm Tickets $14 / $12 / $10
FRIDAY 27th July
Charming French comedy about a disgruntled caterer working his last wedding event. Max (Jean-Pierre Bacri) is just trying to get through night, but has to deal with a cast of offbeat characters and a girlfriend who's flirting with a young server. Directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano.
The directors duo behind French hit The Intouchables (2010) are back with a fast-paced, highly original comedy set during the chaotic preparations of a chateau-set wedding. Written for and with the legendary Jean-Pierre Bacri, the character of Max guides the viewer through an ensemble film where even the smallest side character contributes to the rich narrative.
The high-speed succession of gags is perfectly timed with witty dialogues, convincing performances and a cleverly written story of solidarity and friendship. This entertaining feature is the guarantee of a highly enjoyable, buzzy and funny comedy experience.
Showing at 10-30am /5-30pm / 8-15pm Tickets $14 / $12 / $10
DOUBLE BILLING BY POPULAR DEMAND
'Jean de Florette' (10-30am) & 'Manon des Sources' (1-30pm)
Showing Saturday 28th 10-30am and 1-30pm
After screening 'Jean de Florette' at the recent French Film day the audience requested (demanded !!) that we show the sequel 'Manon des Sources' having left them with just half of the story...so I have managed to squeeze a booking in at the ever busy Lopdell Theatre and decided to offer a double billing and put 'Jean de Florette' on again for those who missed it and then they can follow on with the second film 'Manon des Sources' Jean de Florette will start at 10-30am....finishing just before 12-30pm and then 'Manon des Sources' at 1-30pm giving people who come for both films time for lunch.
Tickets: Admission to one film $12 and $10 Senior/student
Admission to two films $18 and $15 Senior/student
'Jean de Florette' (10-30am) & 'Manon des Sources' (1-30pm)
Showing Saturday 28th 10-30am and 1-30pm
After screening 'Jean de Florette' at the recent French Film day the audience requested (demanded !!) that we show the sequel 'Manon des Sources' having left them with just half of the story...so I have managed to squeeze a booking in at the ever busy Lopdell Theatre and decided to offer a double billing and put 'Jean de Florette' on again for those who missed it and then they can follow on with the second film 'Manon des Sources' Jean de Florette will start at 10-30am....finishing just before 12-30pm and then 'Manon des Sources' at 1-30pm giving people who come for both films time for lunch.
Tickets: Admission to one film $12 and $10 Senior/student
Admission to two films $18 and $15 Senior/student
'The Mercy' 10th August 10-30am /6pm /8-15pm plus short animated film 'Orpheus' *
The true story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst and his attempt to win the first Golden Globe singled-handed round the world yacht race in 1968. A compassionate and deeply moving account of a dream that ran aground.
The least likely, and last to leave, of the nine entrants in the “Golden Globe Race” sponsored by the Sunday Times, Crowhurst was at best a weekend sailor who hoped the £5000 prize would save his failing electronics business. Hopelessly underprepared and amid chaos on deck and below, he soon found himself caught between the devil of financial guarantees he had made and the deep blue sea of the Southern Ocean, which he knew his disintegrating boat would not withstand.
He hit on a plan of deception that was, by the bitterest of ironies, undone by a stroke of what would otherwise have been good luck. Somewhere in the Atlantic – his boat was found in the Sargasso Sea at the same latitude as Portugal – he lost his heart and his mind. He is assumed to have stepped overboard. His body wasn’t found.
The film, which takes its title from Crowhurst’s last logbook entry, does a great job of communicating his inner turmoil. The opening stanzas are brisk and choppy – they have the headlong, condensed feel of a trailer, which is exactly as disquieting as he intends.
More important, director James Marsh (The Theory of Everything and the enthralling Man on Wire) maintains a documentarian’s detachment, even as he focuses on Crowhurst’s family, helmed by Rachel Weisz in the thankless role of his wife, Clare. Only she and we seem to see the nauseous grin that Firth, a master of small gestures, deploys when required to feign doughty optimism, and a heartrending bedroom scene on the eve of his departure makes plain the scale of the bind she is in.
Yet the film never surrenders to the temptation of sentimentality. Toggling between the peril at sea (hat tip to Éric Gautier’s cinematography, by turns clammily cramped and awesomely expansive) and the cheering of his supporters at home, led by a wide-boy PR man (David Thewlis), it becomes a sustained exercise in almost unbearable dramatic irony.
But it’s Firth’s film, really. He has a feel for quixotic, pained heroes, and Crowhurst is as quixotic as they come.
The Mercy Rating: (M) BBC DRAMA/TRUE STORY Directed By: James Mars Written By: Scott Z. Burn Runtime: 101 minutes
Plus * Short film, 'ORPHEUS' 3.5 mins Britta Pollmuller’s animation recounts the Orpheus maritime disaster, through the eyes of Frederick Butler, who was on board the ship when it was lost. Her choice of subject grew out of her work with Titirangi Coastguard, which has made her very aware of the power of the ocean and the dangers associated with the Manukau bar.
The animation is made from black sand collected from the beach at Whatipu, close to where the disaster took place. The creative team are all based in and around Titirangi. The soundtrack was composed and performed by 14 year old Lucas Kewell, the voice over is read by Reuven Korff, and the film was edited by Martin Sercombe.
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz and on door Text bookings to 0210 222 5558
Admission: Morning screening $12 and $10 Evening screenings $14 and $12
Licensed bar serving wine, beer, cider, fruit juices and soft drinks, tea, coffee and ice creams.
The true story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst and his attempt to win the first Golden Globe singled-handed round the world yacht race in 1968. A compassionate and deeply moving account of a dream that ran aground.
The least likely, and last to leave, of the nine entrants in the “Golden Globe Race” sponsored by the Sunday Times, Crowhurst was at best a weekend sailor who hoped the £5000 prize would save his failing electronics business. Hopelessly underprepared and amid chaos on deck and below, he soon found himself caught between the devil of financial guarantees he had made and the deep blue sea of the Southern Ocean, which he knew his disintegrating boat would not withstand.
He hit on a plan of deception that was, by the bitterest of ironies, undone by a stroke of what would otherwise have been good luck. Somewhere in the Atlantic – his boat was found in the Sargasso Sea at the same latitude as Portugal – he lost his heart and his mind. He is assumed to have stepped overboard. His body wasn’t found.
The film, which takes its title from Crowhurst’s last logbook entry, does a great job of communicating his inner turmoil. The opening stanzas are brisk and choppy – they have the headlong, condensed feel of a trailer, which is exactly as disquieting as he intends.
More important, director James Marsh (The Theory of Everything and the enthralling Man on Wire) maintains a documentarian’s detachment, even as he focuses on Crowhurst’s family, helmed by Rachel Weisz in the thankless role of his wife, Clare. Only she and we seem to see the nauseous grin that Firth, a master of small gestures, deploys when required to feign doughty optimism, and a heartrending bedroom scene on the eve of his departure makes plain the scale of the bind she is in.
Yet the film never surrenders to the temptation of sentimentality. Toggling between the peril at sea (hat tip to Éric Gautier’s cinematography, by turns clammily cramped and awesomely expansive) and the cheering of his supporters at home, led by a wide-boy PR man (David Thewlis), it becomes a sustained exercise in almost unbearable dramatic irony.
But it’s Firth’s film, really. He has a feel for quixotic, pained heroes, and Crowhurst is as quixotic as they come.
The Mercy Rating: (M) BBC DRAMA/TRUE STORY Directed By: James Mars Written By: Scott Z. Burn Runtime: 101 minutes
Plus * Short film, 'ORPHEUS' 3.5 mins Britta Pollmuller’s animation recounts the Orpheus maritime disaster, through the eyes of Frederick Butler, who was on board the ship when it was lost. Her choice of subject grew out of her work with Titirangi Coastguard, which has made her very aware of the power of the ocean and the dangers associated with the Manukau bar.
The animation is made from black sand collected from the beach at Whatipu, close to where the disaster took place. The creative team are all based in and around Titirangi. The soundtrack was composed and performed by 14 year old Lucas Kewell, the voice over is read by Reuven Korff, and the film was edited by Martin Sercombe.
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz and on door Text bookings to 0210 222 5558
Admission: Morning screening $12 and $10 Evening screenings $14 and $12
Licensed bar serving wine, beer, cider, fruit juices and soft drinks, tea, coffee and ice creams.
Wednesday 15th August 10am -4pm @ Lopdell House Seminar Rooms (1st Floor) as part of the current 'Emerging Artist's Exhibition' at the Upstairs Gallery with the theme of 'EMPATHY' Flicks Cinema has been asked to put on a day of films.
Starting at 10am then 11am / 12noon / 1pm / 2pm / 3pm
'EMPATHY SHORTS' a 42 minute selection of short films. (Entry by gold coin KOHA)
Wednesday 15th August 7-30pm
SPECIAL SCREENING for the UPSTAIRS GALLERY showing in the Seminar Rooms 1st Floor Lopdell House at 7-30pm Tickets $10 from the Upstairs Gallery
'DAYS of HEAVEN' (PG)
Terrence Malick's "Days of Heaven'' has been praised for its painterly images and evocative score, watching this 1978 film again recently, I was struck more than ever with the conviction that this is the story of a teenage girl, told by her, and its subject is the way that hope and cheer have been beaten down in her heart. We do not feel the full passion of the adults because it is not her passion: It is seen at a distance, as a phenomenon, like the weather, or the plague of grasshoppers that signals the beginning of the end. What is the point of "Days of Heaven"--the payoff, the message? This is a movie made by a man who knew how something felt, and found a way to evoke it in us. That feeling is how a child feels when it lives precariously, and then is delivered into security and joy, and then has it all taken away again--and blinks away the tears and says it doesn't hurt.
Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven, the long-awaited follow-up to his 1973 debut Badlands, confirmed his reputation as a visual poet and narrative iconoclast with a story of love and murder told through the jaded voice of a child and expressive images of nature. In 1916, Chicago steelworker Bill (Richard Gere, stepping in for John Travolta) flees to Texas with his little sister Linda (Linda Manz) and girlfriend Abby (Brooke Adams) after fatally erupting at his boss. Along with other itinerant laborers, they work the harvest at a wealthy, ailing farmer's ranch, but the farmer (playwright Sam Shepard) falls in love with Abby, and, believing her to be Bill's sister, asks the three to stay on at his elysian spread. Seeing it as his one real chance to escape perpetual poverty, Bill urges Abby to marry the sick man. Marriage, however, has more restorative powers, and the farmer has more magnetism, than Bill had planned. "Nobody's perfect," Linda impassively observes in one of her many voiceovers, after their brief paradise is erased by plagues of locusts, fire, and lethal jealousy.
Visually and thematically, it's still one of the most beautiful films ever made. Rating: PG / Genre: Drama / Directed By: Terrence Malick Written By: Terrence Malick
Starting at 10am then 11am / 12noon / 1pm / 2pm / 3pm
'EMPATHY SHORTS' a 42 minute selection of short films. (Entry by gold coin KOHA)
Wednesday 15th August 7-30pm
SPECIAL SCREENING for the UPSTAIRS GALLERY showing in the Seminar Rooms 1st Floor Lopdell House at 7-30pm Tickets $10 from the Upstairs Gallery
'DAYS of HEAVEN' (PG)
Terrence Malick's "Days of Heaven'' has been praised for its painterly images and evocative score, watching this 1978 film again recently, I was struck more than ever with the conviction that this is the story of a teenage girl, told by her, and its subject is the way that hope and cheer have been beaten down in her heart. We do not feel the full passion of the adults because it is not her passion: It is seen at a distance, as a phenomenon, like the weather, or the plague of grasshoppers that signals the beginning of the end. What is the point of "Days of Heaven"--the payoff, the message? This is a movie made by a man who knew how something felt, and found a way to evoke it in us. That feeling is how a child feels when it lives precariously, and then is delivered into security and joy, and then has it all taken away again--and blinks away the tears and says it doesn't hurt.
Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven, the long-awaited follow-up to his 1973 debut Badlands, confirmed his reputation as a visual poet and narrative iconoclast with a story of love and murder told through the jaded voice of a child and expressive images of nature. In 1916, Chicago steelworker Bill (Richard Gere, stepping in for John Travolta) flees to Texas with his little sister Linda (Linda Manz) and girlfriend Abby (Brooke Adams) after fatally erupting at his boss. Along with other itinerant laborers, they work the harvest at a wealthy, ailing farmer's ranch, but the farmer (playwright Sam Shepard) falls in love with Abby, and, believing her to be Bill's sister, asks the three to stay on at his elysian spread. Seeing it as his one real chance to escape perpetual poverty, Bill urges Abby to marry the sick man. Marriage, however, has more restorative powers, and the farmer has more magnetism, than Bill had planned. "Nobody's perfect," Linda impassively observes in one of her many voiceovers, after their brief paradise is erased by plagues of locusts, fire, and lethal jealousy.
Visually and thematically, it's still one of the most beautiful films ever made. Rating: PG / Genre: Drama / Directed By: Terrence Malick Written By: Terrence Malick
GOING WEST FESTIVAL Films
Thursday 13th September 'MAHANA' (PG) Internationally acclaimed director Lee Tamahori’s first New Zealand film in 20 years,Mahana, Mahana (previously The Patriarch) is an evocative family drama based on Whale Rider author Witi Ihimaera's novel, Bulibasha. Set in 1960’s rural New Zealand, two Māori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, battle for supremacy in the shearing sheds and in their own hearts. The youngest Mahana, 14-year-old Simeon, is troubled by the rivalry and begins to unravel the truth behind the longstanding feud. Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-pm Lopdell Theatre. Admission $10 tickets from Going West festival website and on door. Trailer on COMING SOON PAGE
GOING WEST FESTIVAL Films
Thursday 13th September 'MAHANA' (PG) Internationally acclaimed director Lee Tamahori’s first New Zealand film in 20 years,Mahana, Mahana (previously The Patriarch) is an evocative family drama based on Whale Rider author Witi Ihimaera's novel, Bulibasha. Set in 1960’s rural New Zealand, two Māori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, battle for supremacy in the shearing sheds and in their own hearts. The youngest Mahana, 14-year-old Simeon, is troubled by the rivalry and begins to unravel the truth behind the longstanding feud. Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-pm Lopdell Theatre. Admission $10 tickets from Going West festival website and on door. Trailer on COMING SOON PAGE
MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL Sunday 16th Sept
'Best of the Fest'10-30am /1pm /3-30pm (programme below)
'MERU' 7-30pm
PRIZES for LUCKY TICKET NUMBERS. Over $300 worth of prizes....!!! Includes a day Family pass to Snowplanet including all the equipment...plus other spot prizes...Family Ticket $30 Adult $12 and Senior/Student $10 Under 14yrs $7. Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz and on door. TEXT BOOKINGS 0210 222 5558
BEST of the FEST Programme (Trailer on COMING SOON PAGE) 10-30am / 1pm / 3-30pm
Suitable for all ages, especially for those parents with kids spending too much time indoors exercising their thumbs on play stations, I suggest you treat them (and yourselves) to some real world thrills on the big screen with the MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL shorts programme, showing three times on the Sunday,
A two hour selection from the 2018 Film Festival, opening with a stunning short film 'Who Needs Snow?'***** (Gravity God) / 'RJ Ripper' (Mountain Bike India) / 'Liv Along the Way' (Climbing) / 'The Curve of Time'(Climate change glaciers) /'What Is My Greatest Fear' (Wingsuits) / 'The Frozen Road' ( Biking in the Arctic) / 'Where the Wild Things Play' (Mix of sports) / 'Foodless Odyssey' (Biking Wild Cuisine) / '2.5 Million' (Peak Perfection) / 'Momentum-Inertia' (Animation) Suitable for all ages.
SUNDAY EVENING special Feature film 'MERU' (R13) Showing at 7-30pm Doors/Bar open at 7pm Tickets $12 and $10 Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz and on door. TEXT BOOKINGS 0210 222 5558
Mulled Wine and ice creams to set the mood.
Blindingly beautiful and meticulously assembled “Meru” is an ultrasmooth blend of conventional documentary techniques — the talking-head interview; the back-in-the-day photography — and uncommon ambition. The immediacy and clarity of the images is critical, capturing the grandeur of the Himalayas in shots both mystical and menacing. So when Mr. Krakauer describes the mountain’s location as “the point where heaven and earth and hell all come together,” his meaning could not be clearer.
'Best of the Fest'10-30am /1pm /3-30pm (programme below)
'MERU' 7-30pm
PRIZES for LUCKY TICKET NUMBERS. Over $300 worth of prizes....!!! Includes a day Family pass to Snowplanet including all the equipment...plus other spot prizes...Family Ticket $30 Adult $12 and Senior/Student $10 Under 14yrs $7. Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz and on door. TEXT BOOKINGS 0210 222 5558
BEST of the FEST Programme (Trailer on COMING SOON PAGE) 10-30am / 1pm / 3-30pm
Suitable for all ages, especially for those parents with kids spending too much time indoors exercising their thumbs on play stations, I suggest you treat them (and yourselves) to some real world thrills on the big screen with the MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL shorts programme, showing three times on the Sunday,
A two hour selection from the 2018 Film Festival, opening with a stunning short film 'Who Needs Snow?'***** (Gravity God) / 'RJ Ripper' (Mountain Bike India) / 'Liv Along the Way' (Climbing) / 'The Curve of Time'(Climate change glaciers) /'What Is My Greatest Fear' (Wingsuits) / 'The Frozen Road' ( Biking in the Arctic) / 'Where the Wild Things Play' (Mix of sports) / 'Foodless Odyssey' (Biking Wild Cuisine) / '2.5 Million' (Peak Perfection) / 'Momentum-Inertia' (Animation) Suitable for all ages.
SUNDAY EVENING special Feature film 'MERU' (R13) Showing at 7-30pm Doors/Bar open at 7pm Tickets $12 and $10 Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz and on door. TEXT BOOKINGS 0210 222 5558
Mulled Wine and ice creams to set the mood.
Blindingly beautiful and meticulously assembled “Meru” is an ultrasmooth blend of conventional documentary techniques — the talking-head interview; the back-in-the-day photography — and uncommon ambition. The immediacy and clarity of the images is critical, capturing the grandeur of the Himalayas in shots both mystical and menacing. So when Mr. Krakauer describes the mountain’s location as “the point where heaven and earth and hell all come together,” his meaning could not be clearer.
Friday 28th September
'FOXTROT' (R13) 108 mins 2018 Direct from the NZ International Film Festival 2018
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm * booking advised
With thanks to Sharmill films for letting us show this so soon after the festival
LOS ANGELES TIMES
No matter what you're expecting, "Foxtrot" is not the film you expect it to be. It's better.
Foxtrot, which is a dance as well as an army code word, depicts contemporary Israel as a very surreal place, but one causing genuine pain and psychological damage. The film's originality lies in its difficult, intense narration, but Maoz doesn't seem to worry about losing some puzzled viewers along the way with comprehension issues. For those who reach the end, the story makes perfect sense. The film should have a full carnet of festival dates (Telluride is its next stop) with the more adventurous art houses following.
The film is divided into three unequal parts that fit together after a while. In the first, an army detail rings the bell of the Feldman family to inform them that their son Jonathan has been killed in the line of duty.
The film is definitely a strong experience, but putting it all together is up to the viewer. Taking a clue from the title, the characters seem to have a date with destiny because no matter what they do, they always end up in the same spot, like the forward and backward steps of the foxtrot. More compellingly, the pain of grief-stricken parents is seen as a direct result of the absurdity of warfare and the way it is waged with unready recruits.
The film has been criticized by the Israeli culture minister and has provoked several articles in the press. One argued that the IDF could never do what was shown in the film, as if this was a factual documentary. Having seen the film, which is more than the minister did when she criticized it, highlights how in denial she is.
This is a great film. But its interpretation is a straying from the accepted narrative. What the minister has shown is how narrow the acceptable narrative has become. *****
VARIETY (USA)
Brilliantly constructed with a visual audacity that serves the subject rather than the other way around, this is award-winning filmmaking on a fearless level. ****
'FOXTROT' (R13) 108 mins 2018 Direct from the NZ International Film Festival 2018
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm * booking advised
With thanks to Sharmill films for letting us show this so soon after the festival
LOS ANGELES TIMES
No matter what you're expecting, "Foxtrot" is not the film you expect it to be. It's better.
Foxtrot, which is a dance as well as an army code word, depicts contemporary Israel as a very surreal place, but one causing genuine pain and psychological damage. The film's originality lies in its difficult, intense narration, but Maoz doesn't seem to worry about losing some puzzled viewers along the way with comprehension issues. For those who reach the end, the story makes perfect sense. The film should have a full carnet of festival dates (Telluride is its next stop) with the more adventurous art houses following.
The film is divided into three unequal parts that fit together after a while. In the first, an army detail rings the bell of the Feldman family to inform them that their son Jonathan has been killed in the line of duty.
The film is definitely a strong experience, but putting it all together is up to the viewer. Taking a clue from the title, the characters seem to have a date with destiny because no matter what they do, they always end up in the same spot, like the forward and backward steps of the foxtrot. More compellingly, the pain of grief-stricken parents is seen as a direct result of the absurdity of warfare and the way it is waged with unready recruits.
The film has been criticized by the Israeli culture minister and has provoked several articles in the press. One argued that the IDF could never do what was shown in the film, as if this was a factual documentary. Having seen the film, which is more than the minister did when she criticized it, highlights how in denial she is.
This is a great film. But its interpretation is a straying from the accepted narrative. What the minister has shown is how narrow the acceptable narrative has become. *****
VARIETY (USA)
Brilliantly constructed with a visual audacity that serves the subject rather than the other way around, this is award-winning filmmaking on a fearless level. ****
FRIDAY 12th October 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
'On Chesil Beach' (M)
Directed by Dominic Cooke (feature debut)
Starring Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Emily Watson, Anne-Marie Duff,Samuel West, Florence Baker, Adrian Scarborough, Jonjo O'Neill
Written by Ian McEwan (based on his novella of the same name)
Drama / 109mins / Rating: M Nudity & sex scenes / UK
A couple's lives change forever on their wedding day in this Ian McEwan (Atonement) adaptation starring Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) and Billy Howle (Dunkirk).
Now on their honeymoon, Florence (Ronan) and Edward (Howle) learn about the differences between them – their attitudes, temperaments and their drastically different backgrounds. Out on the beach on their fateful wedding day, one of them makes a major decision that will utterly change both of their lives forever.
If Brooklyn and Lady Bird hadn't already swayed you, this latest British drama provides more compelling evidence as to why Saoirse Ronan is one of the finest actors of her generation. Reuniting with Ian McEwan, the author who gave her her breakthrough role (2007's Atonement), the 24-year-old delivers a haunting and heartbreaking performance as a young woman confused and terrified by the realities of marriage in early 1960s Britain.
Adapted by McEwan from his own Booker Prize-nominated short novel, On Chesil Beach is a compelling car crash of a relationship drama you'll find you can't look away from. Like Revolutionary Road, My Blue Valentineand Brief Encounter, that this "feel bad" story works is down to terrific chemistry between the two leads. Ronan does the emotional heavy lifting with aplomb here, while relative newcomer Howle (The Sense of an Ending, Dunkirk) does a great job of evoking sympathy for a character that in the wrong hands could have been more of a cartoon villain.
A fabulous supporting cast (Emily Watson, Adrian Scarborough, Anne-Marie Duff) helps flesh out the story, while McEwan hasn't been afraid to tinker with his own tale in making the time-advanced coda both feel more cinematic, satisfying and tear-inducing all at once.
'On Chesil Beach' (M)
Directed by Dominic Cooke (feature debut)
Starring Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Emily Watson, Anne-Marie Duff,Samuel West, Florence Baker, Adrian Scarborough, Jonjo O'Neill
Written by Ian McEwan (based on his novella of the same name)
Drama / 109mins / Rating: M Nudity & sex scenes / UK
A couple's lives change forever on their wedding day in this Ian McEwan (Atonement) adaptation starring Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) and Billy Howle (Dunkirk).
Now on their honeymoon, Florence (Ronan) and Edward (Howle) learn about the differences between them – their attitudes, temperaments and their drastically different backgrounds. Out on the beach on their fateful wedding day, one of them makes a major decision that will utterly change both of their lives forever.
If Brooklyn and Lady Bird hadn't already swayed you, this latest British drama provides more compelling evidence as to why Saoirse Ronan is one of the finest actors of her generation. Reuniting with Ian McEwan, the author who gave her her breakthrough role (2007's Atonement), the 24-year-old delivers a haunting and heartbreaking performance as a young woman confused and terrified by the realities of marriage in early 1960s Britain.
Adapted by McEwan from his own Booker Prize-nominated short novel, On Chesil Beach is a compelling car crash of a relationship drama you'll find you can't look away from. Like Revolutionary Road, My Blue Valentineand Brief Encounter, that this "feel bad" story works is down to terrific chemistry between the two leads. Ronan does the emotional heavy lifting with aplomb here, while relative newcomer Howle (The Sense of an Ending, Dunkirk) does a great job of evoking sympathy for a character that in the wrong hands could have been more of a cartoon villain.
A fabulous supporting cast (Emily Watson, Adrian Scarborough, Anne-Marie Duff) helps flesh out the story, while McEwan hasn't been afraid to tinker with his own tale in making the time-advanced coda both feel more cinematic, satisfying and tear-inducing all at once.
- SPECIAL EXTRA FILM EVENT
- Sulawesi Relief FUND RAISER
- 'LAYA PROJECT' * Introduced by Director/film-maker Harold Monfils
Friday 19th October at 8pm
Laya Project is a musical and visual journey documenting folk music recorded and filmed on location in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Maldives, India and Myanmar. Some of these performances are rare, and documented for the first time. The film ‘Laya Project’ is not a tsunami documentary with shots of human suffering and lost slippers in the sand. It is a positive take on how people are moving on and a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit after one of the largest natural disasters ever recorded. PLUS ‘First Breath’ a film made by Robin Kewell All profits go to UNICEF Sulawesi Relief Fund - In the Seminar Room, Lopdell House (First Floor)
- Doors open at 7-15pm TRAILER of 'LAYA PROJECT' on COMING SOON PAGE * suitable all ages
'THE GLASS CASTLE' Friday 26th October (M) Mature content Drama, True Story & Biography 120 mins
Starring: Brie Larson, Naomi Watts, Woody Harrelson (3 Billboards)
Brie Larson and Short Term 12 director Destin Daniel Cretton re-team for this drama based on Jeannette Walls' best-selling memoir.
A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family who are constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father (Woody Harrelson) who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother (Naomi Watts) who has no intention of raising a family, along with her three siblings. Together, they fend for each other as they mature on the unorthodox journey that is their family life.
What is so astonishing about Jeannette Walls, the author of the book that the film is based on, is not just that she had the guts and tenacity and intelligence to get out, but that she describes her parents with such deep affection and generosity. Hers is a story of triumph against all odds, but also a tender, moving tale of unconditional love in a family that despite its profound flaws gave her the fiery determination to carve out a successful life on her own terms.
SHOWING AT 10-30am / 5-30pm / 8-15pm * we will be screening the interview with writer Jeanette Walls after the 8-15pm screening for those who wish to stay and see it.
Starring: Brie Larson, Naomi Watts, Woody Harrelson (3 Billboards)
Brie Larson and Short Term 12 director Destin Daniel Cretton re-team for this drama based on Jeannette Walls' best-selling memoir.
A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family who are constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father (Woody Harrelson) who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother (Naomi Watts) who has no intention of raising a family, along with her three siblings. Together, they fend for each other as they mature on the unorthodox journey that is their family life.
What is so astonishing about Jeannette Walls, the author of the book that the film is based on, is not just that she had the guts and tenacity and intelligence to get out, but that she describes her parents with such deep affection and generosity. Hers is a story of triumph against all odds, but also a tender, moving tale of unconditional love in a family that despite its profound flaws gave her the fiery determination to carve out a successful life on her own terms.
SHOWING AT 10-30am / 5-30pm / 8-15pm * we will be screening the interview with writer Jeanette Walls after the 8-15pm screening for those who wish to stay and see it.
'THE ORCHESTRA CLASS' ( La Melodie) (M)
FRIDAY 2nd NOVEMBER 10-30am/6pm/8-15pm
The ORCHESTRA CLASS ( La Mélodie) (M) Comedy/Drama Director: Rachid Hami. France. 2017. 101mins The raucous energy that the youngsters offer gives Orchestra Class (La Melodie) a gritty sense of momentum. First screening of this film from Vendetta Films in Auckland.
Algerian-born director Rachid Hami’s film may tread familiar territory but it refreshingly eschews the simplistic sentimental cinematic notion of ‘musical misfits make good’ and strikes an engaging harder-edged chord with its story of dour French-Algerian classical violinist who attempts to encourage, tame and ultimately inspire a raucous and resolutely rude Parisian music class. This inspiring ode to the transformative power of music unfolds with a refreshingly low-key naturalism. Simon (Kad Merad) is a classical violinist who finds himself way out of his element when he signs on to teach music to a class of unruly and generally apathetic middle-school students on the multicultural outskirts of Paris. One exception: Arnold (Renely Alfred), the sensitive son of a single mother from Côte d’Ivoire, whose passion for the violin gradually energizes both his classmates and the disillusioned Simon. Empathetic without being maudlin, Orchestra Class is distinguished by the way it roots its uplifting teacher-student saga in the socioeconomic realities of immigrant life.The film screened at the Dubai International Film Festival after its premiere at Toronto.
REVIEW ( A feel Good Movie)
A middle-aged musician takes on the challenge of teaching violin to a class of primary school children. It's not just their age, or the classical music discipline that affects their concentration, many of them, the child-stars of the film, are the first generation in their families to be born in France, and western classical music is familiar to them.
Hami shows a world he says is familiar to him, tough and tender at the same time. He manages show with respectful distance, cultural differences in Paris, a mid-age crisis (Gad Merad as the single-parent musician/violin teacher) and obstacles that can be overcome at any age with a little application, confidence, hope and passion.
Alfred Renély is a touching and convincing young prodigy supported by a whole bunch of promising French film actors. 4/5
FRIDAY 2nd NOVEMBER 10-30am/6pm/8-15pm
The ORCHESTRA CLASS ( La Mélodie) (M) Comedy/Drama Director: Rachid Hami. France. 2017. 101mins The raucous energy that the youngsters offer gives Orchestra Class (La Melodie) a gritty sense of momentum. First screening of this film from Vendetta Films in Auckland.
Algerian-born director Rachid Hami’s film may tread familiar territory but it refreshingly eschews the simplistic sentimental cinematic notion of ‘musical misfits make good’ and strikes an engaging harder-edged chord with its story of dour French-Algerian classical violinist who attempts to encourage, tame and ultimately inspire a raucous and resolutely rude Parisian music class. This inspiring ode to the transformative power of music unfolds with a refreshingly low-key naturalism. Simon (Kad Merad) is a classical violinist who finds himself way out of his element when he signs on to teach music to a class of unruly and generally apathetic middle-school students on the multicultural outskirts of Paris. One exception: Arnold (Renely Alfred), the sensitive son of a single mother from Côte d’Ivoire, whose passion for the violin gradually energizes both his classmates and the disillusioned Simon. Empathetic without being maudlin, Orchestra Class is distinguished by the way it roots its uplifting teacher-student saga in the socioeconomic realities of immigrant life.The film screened at the Dubai International Film Festival after its premiere at Toronto.
REVIEW ( A feel Good Movie)
A middle-aged musician takes on the challenge of teaching violin to a class of primary school children. It's not just their age, or the classical music discipline that affects their concentration, many of them, the child-stars of the film, are the first generation in their families to be born in France, and western classical music is familiar to them.
Hami shows a world he says is familiar to him, tough and tender at the same time. He manages show with respectful distance, cultural differences in Paris, a mid-age crisis (Gad Merad as the single-parent musician/violin teacher) and obstacles that can be overcome at any age with a little application, confidence, hope and passion.
Alfred Renély is a touching and convincing young prodigy supported by a whole bunch of promising French film actors. 4/5
Saturday 8th December 10-30am/6pm /8-15pm
First screening of a brand new comedy from Australia
'The Merger' (M) Comedy
MINCE PIES/ MULLED WINE/ & MOVIE
FILM SYNOPSIS If you like films in the tradition of The Castle and Ali’s Wedding, then you will like one of Australia’s most popular comedians, Damian Callinan adaptation of this entertaining and topical stage play, 'The Merger' on the big screen!
Bodgy Creek is a struggling town. The drought won’t let up, jobs are scarce after the mill was shut down, and the footy team looks like it will have to merge with another club or fold. Living a hermit-like existence on the town’s fringe, former football star turned ‘Town Killer’ Troy Carrington (Damian Callinan), is coaxed into rescuing the team after striking up an unlikely friendship with young Neil (Raffety Grierson) who is struggling with the recent loss of his father.
Teaming up with Neil’s mum Angie (Kate Mulvany, The Great Gatsby) who runs a nearby refugee support centre, they unite to recruit the new arrivals to save the team and take the community on a journey of change. But for some, like Neil’s grandfather and Club President, Bull (fan-favourite, John Howard, SeaChange) and ‘star’ player Carpet Burn (Angus McLaren, Hotel Mumbai), it’s more change than they’re willing to take on.
The Merger is a good-natured underdog sports story that wears its big heart on its guernsey sleeve, a charismatic comedy that is probably the first great film about Australian Football. For a film about Australians learning to come together, it’s equally about them learning to let go, whether it be racial prejudices, burdens of past traumas, generational conflicts, grief The script deftly balances the comedy with the drama and despite its broad nature, it never softens the back-stories of the refugees who make-up their eccentric but devoted sports squad. The necessary tonal shifts are handled excellently, especially with how dark it gets at times – this is the Full Monty for the Footy field.
With a winning cast including Penny Cook (A Country Practice), Nick Cody (Please Like Me), Zenia Starr (Hotel Mumbai), Aaron Gocs, Sahil Saluja (Tomorrow, When the War Began), Ben Knight (The Warriors), Stephen Hunter (The Hobbit) and Fayssal Bazzi(Peter Rabbit), The Merger is a hilarious and heart-felt comedy from the team who brought you Backyard Ashes.
Morning showing 10-30am Evening screenings 6pm and 8-15pm
Tickets on sale soon.
Morning screening $12 and $10 (Senior Student) includes tea/coffee/biscuits.
Evening screenings $20 and $15 (Senior/Student) includes a drink from the bar, (Mulled wine, Glass of wine, beer, cider, soft drink) mince pie, nibbles, tea/coffee, biscuits and the movie.
The MERGER / MINCE PIES/ MULLED WINE/ & MOVIE Mmmm !!!
A night to meet up with friends and fellow film lovers and celebrate a great year and look forward to the coming holidays and another New Year of films at FLICKS. This film has not released in New Zealand yet, Umbrella Entertainment the distributors are licensing this special preview screening. BOOKINGS essential for the evening screenings. 09 818 2489 / Text to: 0210 222 5558
First screening of a brand new comedy from Australia
'The Merger' (M) Comedy
MINCE PIES/ MULLED WINE/ & MOVIE
FILM SYNOPSIS If you like films in the tradition of The Castle and Ali’s Wedding, then you will like one of Australia’s most popular comedians, Damian Callinan adaptation of this entertaining and topical stage play, 'The Merger' on the big screen!
Bodgy Creek is a struggling town. The drought won’t let up, jobs are scarce after the mill was shut down, and the footy team looks like it will have to merge with another club or fold. Living a hermit-like existence on the town’s fringe, former football star turned ‘Town Killer’ Troy Carrington (Damian Callinan), is coaxed into rescuing the team after striking up an unlikely friendship with young Neil (Raffety Grierson) who is struggling with the recent loss of his father.
Teaming up with Neil’s mum Angie (Kate Mulvany, The Great Gatsby) who runs a nearby refugee support centre, they unite to recruit the new arrivals to save the team and take the community on a journey of change. But for some, like Neil’s grandfather and Club President, Bull (fan-favourite, John Howard, SeaChange) and ‘star’ player Carpet Burn (Angus McLaren, Hotel Mumbai), it’s more change than they’re willing to take on.
The Merger is a good-natured underdog sports story that wears its big heart on its guernsey sleeve, a charismatic comedy that is probably the first great film about Australian Football. For a film about Australians learning to come together, it’s equally about them learning to let go, whether it be racial prejudices, burdens of past traumas, generational conflicts, grief The script deftly balances the comedy with the drama and despite its broad nature, it never softens the back-stories of the refugees who make-up their eccentric but devoted sports squad. The necessary tonal shifts are handled excellently, especially with how dark it gets at times – this is the Full Monty for the Footy field.
With a winning cast including Penny Cook (A Country Practice), Nick Cody (Please Like Me), Zenia Starr (Hotel Mumbai), Aaron Gocs, Sahil Saluja (Tomorrow, When the War Began), Ben Knight (The Warriors), Stephen Hunter (The Hobbit) and Fayssal Bazzi(Peter Rabbit), The Merger is a hilarious and heart-felt comedy from the team who brought you Backyard Ashes.
Morning showing 10-30am Evening screenings 6pm and 8-15pm
Tickets on sale soon.
Morning screening $12 and $10 (Senior Student) includes tea/coffee/biscuits.
Evening screenings $20 and $15 (Senior/Student) includes a drink from the bar, (Mulled wine, Glass of wine, beer, cider, soft drink) mince pie, nibbles, tea/coffee, biscuits and the movie.
The MERGER / MINCE PIES/ MULLED WINE/ & MOVIE Mmmm !!!
A night to meet up with friends and fellow film lovers and celebrate a great year and look forward to the coming holidays and another New Year of films at FLICKS. This film has not released in New Zealand yet, Umbrella Entertainment the distributors are licensing this special preview screening. BOOKINGS essential for the evening screenings. 09 818 2489 / Text to: 0210 222 5558
THURSDAY 13th December
'LYRICAL VISIONS 3'
(taster trailer of 'In Praise of Nothing' below, narrated by Iggy Pop)
Doors/Bar open @ 7pm Films start @ 7-30pm
Tickets $12 and $10 (Senior/Student) available from eventfinda and on door
Text bookings; 0210 222 5558
The Third installement of Cinepoetic Films and Animations, Lyrical Visions is a showcase of short films which take a poetic approach to cinema. The programme includes films by Auckland based film makers, students from AUT and a selection of international artists. Fusing dance, humour, landscape, painterly animation and personal history, the works are guaranteed to delight and surprise. Several of the artists will be present to introduce and discuss their work. Films showing will be from Adele Myers / Shah Mohebbi /Willow Roke / Jade Serran / Julie Lamont /Robin Kewell/ Britta Pollmuller / Martin Sercombe / Gus Simonovic / Timothy Orme / Kim Gunter
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'LYRICAL VISIONS 3'
(taster trailer of 'In Praise of Nothing' below, narrated by Iggy Pop)
Doors/Bar open @ 7pm Films start @ 7-30pm
Tickets $12 and $10 (Senior/Student) available from eventfinda and on door
Text bookings; 0210 222 5558
The Third installement of Cinepoetic Films and Animations, Lyrical Visions is a showcase of short films which take a poetic approach to cinema. The programme includes films by Auckland based film makers, students from AUT and a selection of international artists. Fusing dance, humour, landscape, painterly animation and personal history, the works are guaranteed to delight and surprise. Several of the artists will be present to introduce and discuss their work. Films showing will be from Adele Myers / Shah Mohebbi /Willow Roke / Jade Serran / Julie Lamont /Robin Kewell/ Britta Pollmuller / Martin Sercombe / Gus Simonovic / Timothy Orme / Kim Gunter
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2019
FRIDAY 8th February
'LEAVE NO TRACE' (M) 109 mins 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
'Leave No Trace' tactfully tells an equally heart-warming and heart-breaking story of the unconditional love shared between father and daughter. Foster and McKenzie deliver raw, tender, captivating and transcending performances. The bond between them isn’t only compelling, it is inspiring… A profound story about love, family, loyalty, understanding, and compassion.”
A film like this mesmerizes us within the beautiful confines of the Oregon rain forests, whilst encompassing us within the drama conflicting with both Ben Foster and newcomer; Thomasin McKenzie's outstanding performances, that truly make this film to watch out for. Granik is also hugely capable of making a unique American setting stand out with such vigor and grace within it's naturalistic features and feel, especially for it's minor performers too, that work exceptionally well along with the leads. Definitely one of 2018's finest.
A perfect movie about an imperfect man trying to not to fit into an imperfect world. Ben Foster is 'lights out fantastic' as the wounded warrior but it's Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie who captures our hearts and minds as his loyal daughter. Would the Academy just give Debra Granik the best director Oscar now for what in my opinion is the best movie of the year. John C. (Prefect Reviewer)
SHOWING @ 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
Tickets Morning screening $12 /$10. Evening Screenings $14 /$12
From eventfinda.co.nz and on Door.
Text Bookings to 0210 2225558
Friday 15th February
'The Happy Prince' (NO !! not the ginger haired Harry !!)
This is Rupert Everett's directorial debut about the last days of Oscar Wilde -- and the ghosts that haunted them -- are vividly evoked in Rupert Everett's directorial debut. Everett gives a career defining performance as Wilde, physically and emotionally embodying the literary genius as he lives out his last days in exile in Europe. His body ailing and heavy, his mind spinning, he survives by falling back on the flamboyant irony and brilliant wit that defined him. As the film travels through Wilde's final act and journeys through England, France and Italy, desire and loyalty face off, the transience of lust is laid bare, and the true riches of love are revealed. Critics Consensus: A passion project for writer, director, and star Rupert Everett, The Happy Prince pays effective tribute to Oscar Wilde with a poignant look at his tragic final days.
"The Happy Prince" is a haunting portrait of the aftermath of betrayal; of how the master of comedy became a tragedy"
"The Happy Prince is a tragic masterpiece. Here Everett has given himself the role of a lifetime, and in it he succeeds magnificently"
"Everett's towering performance as Wilde is mesmerizing. Often shot in extreme close-up, we see every millimeter of his dissipation, but also every glimmer of stubborn, ironic wit"
FRIDAY 22nd February
'Capharnaum' (M) 121 mins Drama
Showing at 10-30am 5-30pm and 8-15pm
Based on a true story Country: Lebanon | USA Language: Arabic | Amharic (Capharnaum or "Chaos") tells the story of Zain (Zain al Rafeea), a Lebanese boy who sues his parents for the "crime" of giving him life. The film follows Zain as he journeys from gutsy, streetwise child to hardened 12-year-old "adult" fleeing his negligent parents, surviving through his wits on the streets, taking care of Ethiopian refugee Rahil and her baby son Yonas, being jailed for a violent crime, and finally, seeking justice in a courtroom.
This film won the Palme d'or at the Cannes Film Festival 2018 and got a 10 minute standing ovation after the screening.
Awards : Cannes Jury Prize, Golden Orange Award for Best Actor (International), Golden Orange Youth Jury's Award Best foreign film / THE TELEGRAPH (UK)
A social-realist blockbuster - fired by furious compassion and teeming with sorrow, yet strewn with diamond-shards of beauty, wit and hope, An absolute 'must see'
Tickets Morning screening $12 /$10. Evening Screenings $14 /$12 (14 yrs
'Capharnaum' (M) 121 mins Drama
Showing at 10-30am 5-30pm and 8-15pm
Based on a true story Country: Lebanon | USA Language: Arabic | Amharic (Capharnaum or "Chaos") tells the story of Zain (Zain al Rafeea), a Lebanese boy who sues his parents for the "crime" of giving him life. The film follows Zain as he journeys from gutsy, streetwise child to hardened 12-year-old "adult" fleeing his negligent parents, surviving through his wits on the streets, taking care of Ethiopian refugee Rahil and her baby son Yonas, being jailed for a violent crime, and finally, seeking justice in a courtroom.
This film won the Palme d'or at the Cannes Film Festival 2018 and got a 10 minute standing ovation after the screening.
Awards : Cannes Jury Prize, Golden Orange Award for Best Actor (International), Golden Orange Youth Jury's Award Best foreign film / THE TELEGRAPH (UK)
A social-realist blockbuster - fired by furious compassion and teeming with sorrow, yet strewn with diamond-shards of beauty, wit and hope, An absolute 'must see'
Tickets Morning screening $12 /$10. Evening Screenings $14 /$12 (14 yrs
SPECIAL SEA WEEK FILM EVENT
'OCEAN OASES'
SEMINAR ROOM 1st floor LOPDELL HOUSE Titirangi
WEDNESDAY 6th MARCH from 10-30am
(screening times below)
Award winning cameraman and film maker Robin Kewell will be presenting his series of underwater films at a special SEA WEEK event. This will be the first time that he has shown all 6 films he made that were part of a series for Discovery Channel. Travelling to some of the remotest parts of the globe to marine environments where man has not ‘made his mark’ (yet!!) Several of the locations in the series are now World Heritage sites, two of them resulting from the making of the films. Robin is better known locally for showing other people’s films at FLICKS cinema, Lopdell Theatre and for this special event he will be there to present the films with a Q & A session after each screening. Each session will last for about 75 mins, which includes two 25 minute films and a Q&A The films will be repeated to give people a chance to see as many of the films as possible. (see times below)
PLEASE NOTE that these films will be shown in the Seminar Rooms on the first floor of Lopdell House (as the theatre is in use) Seating is limited and we advise texting a booking to 0210 222 5558 or e-mail [email protected]
ADMISSION IS FREE to these film screenings.
FILM TIMES
10-30 am 'Fernando de Noronha' (Island of the Dolphins) Brazil and 'Cocos the Treasure Island' (Costa Rica)
12-30pm 'Palau-The Rock Islands (Micronesia) 'Aldabra-Paradise Islands' (Seychelles)
2-30 pm 'Niugini-islands of Eden' (Papua New Guinea) 'Aotearoa – Land of Ice and Fire (New Zealand)
4-30pm 'Fernando de Noronha' (Island of the Dolphins) Brazil and 'Cocos the Treasure Island' (Costa Rica)
6-pm 'Palau-The Rock Islands (Micronesia) 'Aldabra-Paradise Islands' (Seychelles)
7-30pm ''Niugini-islands of Eden' (Papua New Guinea) 'Aotearoa – Land of Ice and Fire (New Zealand)
SPECIAL SEA WEEK FILM EVENT
'OCEAN OASES'
SEMINAR ROOM 1st floor LOPDELL HOUSE Titirangi
WEDNESDAY 6th MARCH from 10-30am
(screening times below)
Award winning cameraman and film maker Robin Kewell will be presenting his series of underwater films at a special SEA WEEK event. This will be the first time that he has shown all 6 films he made that were part of a series for Discovery Channel. Travelling to some of the remotest parts of the globe to marine environments where man has not ‘made his mark’ (yet!!) Several of the locations in the series are now World Heritage sites, two of them resulting from the making of the films. Robin is better known locally for showing other people’s films at FLICKS cinema, Lopdell Theatre and for this special event he will be there to present the films with a Q & A session after each screening. Each session will last for about 75 mins, which includes two 25 minute films and a Q&A The films will be repeated to give people a chance to see as many of the films as possible. (see times below)
PLEASE NOTE that these films will be shown in the Seminar Rooms on the first floor of Lopdell House (as the theatre is in use) Seating is limited and we advise texting a booking to 0210 222 5558 or e-mail [email protected]
ADMISSION IS FREE to these film screenings.
FILM TIMES
10-30 am 'Fernando de Noronha' (Island of the Dolphins) Brazil and 'Cocos the Treasure Island' (Costa Rica)
12-30pm 'Palau-The Rock Islands (Micronesia) 'Aldabra-Paradise Islands' (Seychelles)
2-30 pm 'Niugini-islands of Eden' (Papua New Guinea) 'Aotearoa – Land of Ice and Fire (New Zealand)
4-30pm 'Fernando de Noronha' (Island of the Dolphins) Brazil and 'Cocos the Treasure Island' (Costa Rica)
6-pm 'Palau-The Rock Islands (Micronesia) 'Aldabra-Paradise Islands' (Seychelles)
7-30pm ''Niugini-islands of Eden' (Papua New Guinea) 'Aotearoa – Land of Ice and Fire (New Zealand)
'Cold War' (Poland/France) 12th APRIL M Cold War is a passionate love story between a man and a woman who meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. Set against the background of the Cold War in 1950s Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, it's the tale of a couple separated by politics, character flaws and unfortunate twists of fate - an impossible love story in impossible times.
"Cold War is an immaculately crafted film shot in exquisite black and white and marvelously acted - especially by its incandescent lead actress Joanna Kulig, whose mercurial performance recalls Jeanne Moreau"
"The delivery is top-notch too, Kulig in particular giving a breakout performance that would have the French New Wave choking on their Gitanes. Visually, you’re unlikely to see a more beautiful film this year, (apart from 'ROMA' which we have booked ) Pawlikowski quoting the Polish cinema of the period with composition after composition so geometrically precise they almost count as graphic design over photography. Individual moments of grace abound: there’s one shot of Kulig drifting down a river that belongs in a gallery. The union of political and emotional despair has never looked so good.
Pawlikowski is in complete control of the form, but this is no austere piece of work — he even finds time for a few good jokes. Accessible, humane and compassionate: what a treat this is.
Showing at FLICKS 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
"Cold War is an immaculately crafted film shot in exquisite black and white and marvelously acted - especially by its incandescent lead actress Joanna Kulig, whose mercurial performance recalls Jeanne Moreau"
"The delivery is top-notch too, Kulig in particular giving a breakout performance that would have the French New Wave choking on their Gitanes. Visually, you’re unlikely to see a more beautiful film this year, (apart from 'ROMA' which we have booked ) Pawlikowski quoting the Polish cinema of the period with composition after composition so geometrically precise they almost count as graphic design over photography. Individual moments of grace abound: there’s one shot of Kulig drifting down a river that belongs in a gallery. The union of political and emotional despair has never looked so good.
Pawlikowski is in complete control of the form, but this is no austere piece of work — he even finds time for a few good jokes. Accessible, humane and compassionate: what a treat this is.
Showing at FLICKS 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
'It's About Time' Sunday 14th April 2pm to 4-30 pm
Sunday 14th April
Special Film event presented by film-maker Robin Kewell
'It's About Time', a history of mystery from my early childhood up to the present day. I will be showing film clips and sharing stories of some of the many unexplained events during my life and career as a cameraman whilst travelling the globe. Co-incidence and dreams, premonitions and predictions, aerial phenomena and about being in the right place at the right time.....definitely an eye opening and hopefully mind expanding afternoon.
Starting at 2pm and finishing at 4-30pm with afternoon tea included in the ticket price. $15 and $12 for Seniors and students. Text bookings to 0210 222 5558 or send an e-mail or call 09 818 2489Tickets $15 and $12 includes afternoon tea.
Sunday 14th April
Special Film event presented by film-maker Robin Kewell
'It's About Time', a history of mystery from my early childhood up to the present day. I will be showing film clips and sharing stories of some of the many unexplained events during my life and career as a cameraman whilst travelling the globe. Co-incidence and dreams, premonitions and predictions, aerial phenomena and about being in the right place at the right time.....definitely an eye opening and hopefully mind expanding afternoon.
Starting at 2pm and finishing at 4-30pm with afternoon tea included in the ticket price. $15 and $12 for Seniors and students. Text bookings to 0210 222 5558 or send an e-mail or call 09 818 2489Tickets $15 and $12 includes afternoon tea.
SOLD OUT
'Making the Grade' (New Release)
Wednesday 17th April 7pm SPECIAL SCREENING of this wonderful doco from Ireland about piano teachers and their pupils, the evening will start with some live music from pupils at 7pm and the main movie will follow at 7-30pm
Tickets $14 / $12 / $7 Doors/Bar open from 6-30pm
***** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED*****
A heart warming, uplifting, humourous film from Ireland.
Rialto sent me the hard drive with 'MAKING the GRADE' which we are showing as a special event on Wednesday 17th April. I have just watched the film and within the first few seconds I was laughing out loud...it is an absolute gem of a film and so I am encouraging you to come along and watch it. Filled with Irish wit and the charm of the children and passion of the piano teachers, the film will make you laugh out loud and uplift your spirits...AND of course we start the evening with live music from 5 young pianists introduced by their piano teachers. followed by the movie. This is an evening not to be missed by young or old.... Tickets are available from eventfinda.co.nz and on the door if not sold out, if you want to make sure of a seat then text your booking to me 0210 222 5558 or email me or phone 09 818 2489 or send a message in a bottle !!! but do try to come...you will enjoy it for sure...it's a cracka !!!
Tickets are $14 Adult $12 Senior/Student $7 under 14yrs.
SOLD OUT
'Making the Grade' (New Release)
Wednesday 17th April 7pm SPECIAL SCREENING of this wonderful doco from Ireland about piano teachers and their pupils, the evening will start with some live music from pupils at 7pm and the main movie will follow at 7-30pm
Tickets $14 / $12 / $7 Doors/Bar open from 6-30pm
***** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED*****
A heart warming, uplifting, humourous film from Ireland.
Rialto sent me the hard drive with 'MAKING the GRADE' which we are showing as a special event on Wednesday 17th April. I have just watched the film and within the first few seconds I was laughing out loud...it is an absolute gem of a film and so I am encouraging you to come along and watch it. Filled with Irish wit and the charm of the children and passion of the piano teachers, the film will make you laugh out loud and uplift your spirits...AND of course we start the evening with live music from 5 young pianists introduced by their piano teachers. followed by the movie. This is an evening not to be missed by young or old.... Tickets are available from eventfinda.co.nz and on the door if not sold out, if you want to make sure of a seat then text your booking to me 0210 222 5558 or email me or phone 09 818 2489 or send a message in a bottle !!! but do try to come...you will enjoy it for sure...it's a cracka !!!
Tickets are $14 Adult $12 Senior/Student $7 under 14yrs.
'They Shall Not Grow Old' (R16)
SPECIAL ANZAC DAY SCREENING
Thursday 25th April 5pm and 7pm Peter Jackson's amazing digital transformation, turning this First World War archive footage into a remarkable film, the likes we have never seen before. Not only has the juddering film been almost seemlessly transferred to the right speed but Peter Jackson employed a team of people to lip read the silent soldiers and then dub on real voices for the 21st Century audiences. Showing at 5pm* and 7pm Bookings essential 817 2583 Entry by KOHA with all proceeds going to the Titirangi RSA.
5PM SCREENING FULL still some tickets left for 7pm phone Jolie on 817 2583
'They Shall Not Grow Old' (R16)
SPECIAL ANZAC DAY SCREENING
Thursday 25th April 5pm and 7pm Peter Jackson's amazing digital transformation, turning this First World War archive footage into a remarkable film, the likes we have never seen before. Not only has the juddering film been almost seemlessly transferred to the right speed but Peter Jackson employed a team of people to lip read the silent soldiers and then dub on real voices for the 21st Century audiences. Showing at 5pm* and 7pm Bookings essential 817 2583 Entry by KOHA with all proceeds going to the Titirangi RSA.
5PM SCREENING FULL still some tickets left for 7pm phone Jolie on 817 2583
GREEN BOOK (M) Oscar winner
FRIDAY 26th April Showing 10-30am/5-30pm/8-15pm
Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali) & Original Screenplay, Academy Awards 2019; Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, Performance (Mahershala Ali) & Screenplay, Golden Globes 2019; Grosch People's Choice Award (Farrelly), Toronto International Film Festival 2018 Directed by Peter Farrelly Starring Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini, Don Stark, Sebastian Maniscalco, Tom Virtue, Brian Stepanek, Joe Cortese Written by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly Comedy, Drama130mins Rating: M Offensive language US
FRIDAY 26th April Showing 10-30am/5-30pm/8-15pm
Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali) & Original Screenplay, Academy Awards 2019; Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, Performance (Mahershala Ali) & Screenplay, Golden Globes 2019; Grosch People's Choice Award (Farrelly), Toronto International Film Festival 2018 Directed by Peter Farrelly Starring Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini, Don Stark, Sebastian Maniscalco, Tom Virtue, Brian Stepanek, Joe Cortese Written by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly Comedy, Drama130mins Rating: M Offensive language US
'THE FAVOURITE' (R13) for strong sexual content, nudity and language
Friday 3rd May 8-15pm
Early 18th century. England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah Churchill (Rachel Weisz) governs the country in her stead while tending to Anne's ill health and mercurial temper. When a new servant Abigail Masham (Emma Stone) arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. Sarah takes Abigail under her wing and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots. As the politics of war become quite time consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps into the breach to fill in as the Queen's companion. Their burgeoning friendship gives her a chance to fulfill her ambitions and she will not let woman, man, politics or rabbit stand in her way.
"A stinky mud of baroque malice, royal indecency and twisted intrigue makes this a deliciously diabolical period dramedy that may be more grounded in reality than Lanthimos's previous films and yet feels like a bizarre version of All About Eve, had it been penned by a perverse Jane Austen" Variety International
"From Emma Stone giving her all, to Rachel Weisz giving her best performance in years, to Olivia Colman as the Queen, I was either laughing hysterically or sucked in by a dramatic delivery. If for nothing else, this is a movie thatâ(TM)s worth seeing for the performances alone. Donâ(TM)t be shocked if you see this cast sweeping many of the female awards categories in the coming weeks" Ralph Giotti Movie Maker Mag.
Friday 3rd May 8-15pm
Early 18th century. England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah Churchill (Rachel Weisz) governs the country in her stead while tending to Anne's ill health and mercurial temper. When a new servant Abigail Masham (Emma Stone) arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. Sarah takes Abigail under her wing and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots. As the politics of war become quite time consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps into the breach to fill in as the Queen's companion. Their burgeoning friendship gives her a chance to fulfill her ambitions and she will not let woman, man, politics or rabbit stand in her way.
"A stinky mud of baroque malice, royal indecency and twisted intrigue makes this a deliciously diabolical period dramedy that may be more grounded in reality than Lanthimos's previous films and yet feels like a bizarre version of All About Eve, had it been penned by a perverse Jane Austen" Variety International
"From Emma Stone giving her all, to Rachel Weisz giving her best performance in years, to Olivia Colman as the Queen, I was either laughing hysterically or sucked in by a dramatic delivery. If for nothing else, this is a movie thatâ(TM)s worth seeing for the performances alone. Donâ(TM)t be shocked if you see this cast sweeping many of the female awards categories in the coming weeks" Ralph Giotti Movie Maker Mag.
SPECIAL SCREENING
'AT ETERNITY'S GATE' (M) Starring Willem Dafoe as Vincent van Gogh.
WEDNESDAY 15th May 7-30pm $14/$12
In AT ETERNITY'S GATE, Vincent Van Gogh (Willem Dafoe) is having little success with his paintings in 1880s Paris. He meets avant-garde painter Paul Gauguin (Oscar Isaac), who encourages Van Gogh to travel south. In Arles, thanks to funding from his loving, supportive brother, Theo (Rupert Friend), Van Gogh rediscovers nature and starts painting his remarkable landscapes and flowers. But his drinking and turbulent behavior frequently get him in trouble. A visit from Gauguin lifts Van Gogh's spirits, but when the time comes for his friend to depart, Van Gogh cuts off his own ear with the intention of sending it to him. He winds up in psychiatric hospitals before being discharged to Auvers-sur-Oise in 1890, where Dr. Paul Gachet (Mathieu Amalric) looks after him. There, Van Gogh paints some of his most important work -- but, alas, his time left on Earth is short.
A REMARKABLE PORTAYAL by Willem Dafoe of this genius artist in the last years of his life.
'AT ETERNITY'S GATE' (M) Starring Willem Dafoe as Vincent van Gogh.
WEDNESDAY 15th May 7-30pm $14/$12
In AT ETERNITY'S GATE, Vincent Van Gogh (Willem Dafoe) is having little success with his paintings in 1880s Paris. He meets avant-garde painter Paul Gauguin (Oscar Isaac), who encourages Van Gogh to travel south. In Arles, thanks to funding from his loving, supportive brother, Theo (Rupert Friend), Van Gogh rediscovers nature and starts painting his remarkable landscapes and flowers. But his drinking and turbulent behavior frequently get him in trouble. A visit from Gauguin lifts Van Gogh's spirits, but when the time comes for his friend to depart, Van Gogh cuts off his own ear with the intention of sending it to him. He winds up in psychiatric hospitals before being discharged to Auvers-sur-Oise in 1890, where Dr. Paul Gachet (Mathieu Amalric) looks after him. There, Van Gogh paints some of his most important work -- but, alas, his time left on Earth is short.
A REMARKABLE PORTAYAL by Willem Dafoe of this genius artist in the last years of his life.
'CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?' (M) 102mins
Friday 17th May 10-30pm / 6pm / 8-15pm
Gets 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
In an impressive departure, comic genius Melissa McCarthy tries her hand at a new kind of character, bringing warmth to her portrayal of a prickly New York writer turned forger.
Melissa McCarthy stars as Lee Israel, the best-selling celebrity biographer (and cat lover) who made her living in the 1970's and 80's profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estée Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Lee found herself unable to get published because she had fallen out of step with the marketplace, she turned her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Jack (Richard E. Grant). R (for language including some sexual references, and brief drug use)
Comedy, Drama Directed By: Marielle Heller Written By: Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty
Lee Israel is a frustrated, hard-drinking author who can barely afford to pay her rent or bills in 1990s New York. Desperate for money, Israel soon hatches a scheme to forge letters by famous writers and sell them to bookstores and collectors. When the dealers start to catch on, Lee recruits a dubious friend to help her continue her self-destructive cycle of trickery and deceit.e Israel is a frustrated, hard-drinking author who can barely afford to pay her rent or bills in 1990s New York. Desperate for money, Israel soon hatches a scheme to forge letters by famous writers and sell them to bookstores and collectors. When the dealers start to catch on, Lee recruits a dubious friend to help her continue her self-destructive cycle of trickery and deceit.
Can You Ever Forgive Me? was nominated for a 2019 Oscar in the following categories: Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay
Friday 17th May 10-30pm / 6pm / 8-15pm
Gets 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
In an impressive departure, comic genius Melissa McCarthy tries her hand at a new kind of character, bringing warmth to her portrayal of a prickly New York writer turned forger.
Melissa McCarthy stars as Lee Israel, the best-selling celebrity biographer (and cat lover) who made her living in the 1970's and 80's profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estée Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Lee found herself unable to get published because she had fallen out of step with the marketplace, she turned her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Jack (Richard E. Grant). R (for language including some sexual references, and brief drug use)
Comedy, Drama Directed By: Marielle Heller Written By: Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty
Lee Israel is a frustrated, hard-drinking author who can barely afford to pay her rent or bills in 1990s New York. Desperate for money, Israel soon hatches a scheme to forge letters by famous writers and sell them to bookstores and collectors. When the dealers start to catch on, Lee recruits a dubious friend to help her continue her self-destructive cycle of trickery and deceit.e Israel is a frustrated, hard-drinking author who can barely afford to pay her rent or bills in 1990s New York. Desperate for money, Israel soon hatches a scheme to forge letters by famous writers and sell them to bookstores and collectors. When the dealers start to catch on, Lee recruits a dubious friend to help her continue her self-destructive cycle of trickery and deceit.
Can You Ever Forgive Me? was nominated for a 2019 Oscar in the following categories: Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay
Friday 21st June 'THE IDEAL PALACE' (PG) FLICKS @ LOPDELL Titirangi. Brand new Release
“A beautiful, romantic work that looks like master paintings.” Thanks to Vendetta films for licensing the film the day after it releases in New Zealand. Based on the incredible true story of Joseph Ferdinand Cheval (Jacques Gamblin), comes the remarkable tale of a simple postman who spent 33 years crafting the magnificent ‘Ideal Palace’. Everyday Cheval travels along the river Drôme from village to village, quiet and alone he enjoys the solitude of his rounds, daydreaming about a world full of wonder he can only imagine through postcards. If you liked Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources then this film is for you.
Showing at 10-30am / 2pm / 6pm / 8-15pm Tickets from eventfinder.co.nz Text bookings 0210 2225558.
Directed by Nils Tavernier ('Aurore (2006)', 'The Finishers')
Starring Jacques Gamblin, Laetitia Casta, Aurélien Wiik, Alain Blazquez, Florence Thomassin, Bernard Le Coq, Natacha Lindinger, Zelie Rixhon
Written by Laurent Bertoni, Fanny Desmares, Nils Tavernier
Drama, True Story & Biography, World Cinema, Festival & Independent 105mins Rating: PG Nudity French with English subtitles France, Belgium
"Based on the remarkable true story of Joseph Ferdinand Cheval, filmmaker Nils Tavernier delivers this stunning and engrossing account of love and dedication, The Ideal Palace.
Set in the south of France in 1879, Cheval is a humble postman. He leads an unassuming life, seemingly revelling in the solitude of his 20-mile delivery routes and daydreaming about the world of wonders that he only sees through the postcards and magazines he delivers. He meets and falls in love with the breathtaking Philomène and the arrival of their baby daughter, Alice, causes him to look at things in a different way. He sets about building a castle for Alice – one fit for a princess – that consumes the next 30-plus years of his life. This castle eventually becomes recognised as an enduring and important French historical monument.
Spectacular photography and equally noteworthy performances give credence to this absorbing parable of persistence and vision, the larger-than-life undertaking of one very reserved man and the huge legacy he bestowed on France.am absolute 'must see' piece of
“A beautiful, romantic work that looks like master paintings.” Thanks to Vendetta films for licensing the film the day after it releases in New Zealand. Based on the incredible true story of Joseph Ferdinand Cheval (Jacques Gamblin), comes the remarkable tale of a simple postman who spent 33 years crafting the magnificent ‘Ideal Palace’. Everyday Cheval travels along the river Drôme from village to village, quiet and alone he enjoys the solitude of his rounds, daydreaming about a world full of wonder he can only imagine through postcards. If you liked Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources then this film is for you.
Showing at 10-30am / 2pm / 6pm / 8-15pm Tickets from eventfinder.co.nz Text bookings 0210 2225558.
Directed by Nils Tavernier ('Aurore (2006)', 'The Finishers')
Starring Jacques Gamblin, Laetitia Casta, Aurélien Wiik, Alain Blazquez, Florence Thomassin, Bernard Le Coq, Natacha Lindinger, Zelie Rixhon
Written by Laurent Bertoni, Fanny Desmares, Nils Tavernier
Drama, True Story & Biography, World Cinema, Festival & Independent 105mins Rating: PG Nudity French with English subtitles France, Belgium
"Based on the remarkable true story of Joseph Ferdinand Cheval, filmmaker Nils Tavernier delivers this stunning and engrossing account of love and dedication, The Ideal Palace.
Set in the south of France in 1879, Cheval is a humble postman. He leads an unassuming life, seemingly revelling in the solitude of his 20-mile delivery routes and daydreaming about the world of wonders that he only sees through the postcards and magazines he delivers. He meets and falls in love with the breathtaking Philomène and the arrival of their baby daughter, Alice, causes him to look at things in a different way. He sets about building a castle for Alice – one fit for a princess – that consumes the next 30-plus years of his life. This castle eventually becomes recognised as an enduring and important French historical monument.
Spectacular photography and equally noteworthy performances give credence to this absorbing parable of persistence and vision, the larger-than-life undertaking of one very reserved man and the huge legacy he bestowed on France.am absolute 'must see' piece of
LOPDELL PRECINCT FILM FESTIVAL https://lopdellprecinct.org.nz/film-festival-2019/
PLEASE NOTE that tickets for anyu of the films in the festival are available from the Titirangi Pharmacy and at eventfinder.co.nz FLICKS is not taking bookings or seeling tickets for this event.
WEDNESDAY 3rd July to Saturday 6th more details and trailers on the Lopdell Precinct Website
Wednesday 3rd
6.45pm
Live music with 'Club Manouche' Join us for some pre-film entertainment with Club Manouche. Club Manouche are the city’s premier interpreters of gypsy jazz featuring guitarist Stephen Sherry legendary bassist Peter Scott and Hershal Hersher on the accordion.
8pm
'Lost in Paris' (FR) 2017 M | 1h 23mins l Comedy l Lost in Paris is a wondrously fun and hectic tale of peculiar people finding love while lost in the City of Lights. $10 from Titirangi Pharamacy and eventfinder.co.nz
Thursday 4th
5.30pm
'The Price of Everything' (USA) 2018 E |1h 45mins | Documentary l
Exploring the labyrinth of the contemporary art world, The Price of Everything examines the role of art and artistic
passion in today’s money driven, consumer-based society. Featuring collectors, dealers, auctioneers and a rich range of
artists. $10 from Titirangi Pharamacy and eventfinder.co.nz
8pm
'A Man with a Movie' Camera (USA) 1929 1h 8mins | Documentary, Music l Introduction by Sir Bob Harvey
Part documentary and part cinematic art, this film follows a city in the 1920s Soviet Union throughout the day, from
morning to night. A cinematic wonder. $10 from Titirangi Pharamacy and eventfinder.co.nz
Friday 5th
10.30am
'The Children Act' (UK) 2018 M l 1h 45mins | Drama l In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family's refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons. Emma Thompson and Stanley Tucci star in this major film based on McEwan's brilliant, emotionally wrenching novel. $10 from Titirangi Pharamacy and eventfinder.co.nz
4pm
'Monkey Kingdom' (USA) 2015 G | 1h 19min | Documentary l FREE ENTRY, BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL Another wonderful film from Disney Nature follows Maya the monkey and her son Kip’s struggle to survive within the competitive social hierarchy of the troop at Castle Rock. FREE ENTRY
6pm
'Scotch – The Golden Dream' 2018 (USA) PG | 1h 27min |$10 from Titirangi Pharamacy and eventfinder.co.nz Documentary l Made by a small international team and shot on location in Scotland, Scotch - A Golden Dream tells the story of Uisge beatha, Gaelic for "water of life." Scotch is enjoyed in more than 200 countries, generating over $6 billion in exports each year. For more than a century, Scotch whisky has been the premier international spirit of choice. It is time to tell the story of "uisge" to the world. While capturing stunning Scottish landscapes, the real heart of our film is the characters - the fascinating people who make Scotch whisky. We will be serving some single MALTS from the bar...!!!
8pm
'Swimming with Men' (UK) 2018 M |1h 37min | Comedy l When accountant Eric, seeks to win back his wife Heather, he stumbles upon a solution in the form of a male synchronised swimming team. Joining the local team, Eric finds brotherhood in this crew as they train for the world championships in Milan. Based on the true story of a group of Swedish men who competed in the synchronised swimming world championship, Swimming with Men is the perfect comedy to finish off the week.
Starring Rob Brydon, Jane Horrocks & Rupert Graves.$10 from Titirangi Pharamacy and eventfinder.co.nz
Saturday 6th
1pm
'ANIMATIONS for ALL' Presentation Run time 45mins l Drop into the theatre and enjoy a selection of award winning short animated films suitable for all ages. Bookings not required. FREE ENTRY
2pm
'Christopher Robin' (USA) 2018 G | 1h 44mins | Adventure, Kids & Family l FREE ENTRY, BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
Christopher Robin -- now a family man living in London -- receives a surprise visit from his old childhood pal, Winnie-
the-Pooh. With Christopher's help, Pooh embarks on a journey to find his friends -- Tigger, Eeyore, Owl, Piglet, Rabbit,
Kanga and Roo. Once reunited, the lovable bear and the gang travel to the big city to help Christopher rediscover the joy
of life. Starring Ewan McGregor. FREE ENTRY
4pm
'A Cat in Paris' (FR) 2010 PG | 1h 05mins | Animation, Crime, Kids & Family, Mystery l This beautiful hand drawn animation tells the story of a young Parisian girl, Zoe who gets involved with a group of gangsters and it's up to her cat `Dino' to come to her rescue. Dino leads a double life, living with Zoe and her mother by day, and working with the burglar `Nico' by night. $10 from Titirangi Pharamacy and eventfinder.co.nz
5.30pm
'Woman at War' (ICELAND) 2018 Subtitles PG | 1h 41mins | Action, Thriller, World Cinema l Halla is a 50-year-old environmental activist who crusades against the local aluminium industry in Iceland. As her actions grow bolder, her life changes in the blink of an eye when she is finally granted permission to adopt a girl from the Ukraine. $10 from Titirangi Pharamacy and eventfinder.co.nz
8pm
'The Mule' (USA) 2018 M | 1h 56mins |Crime, Drama, Thriller l Broke, alone and facing foreclosure on his business, 90-year-old horticulturist Earl Stone takes a job as a drug courier for Mexican cartel. His immediate success leads to easy money and a larger shipment that soon draws the attention of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates $10 from Titirangi Pharamacy and eventfinder.co.nz
PLEASE NOTE that tickets for anyu of the films in the festival are available from the Titirangi Pharmacy and at eventfinder.co.nz FLICKS is not taking bookings or seeling tickets for this event.
WEDNESDAY 3rd July to Saturday 6th more details and trailers on the Lopdell Precinct Website
Wednesday 3rd
6.45pm
Live music with 'Club Manouche' Join us for some pre-film entertainment with Club Manouche. Club Manouche are the city’s premier interpreters of gypsy jazz featuring guitarist Stephen Sherry legendary bassist Peter Scott and Hershal Hersher on the accordion.
8pm
'Lost in Paris' (FR) 2017 M | 1h 23mins l Comedy l Lost in Paris is a wondrously fun and hectic tale of peculiar people finding love while lost in the City of Lights. $10 from Titirangi Pharamacy and eventfinder.co.nz
Thursday 4th
5.30pm
'The Price of Everything' (USA) 2018 E |1h 45mins | Documentary l
Exploring the labyrinth of the contemporary art world, The Price of Everything examines the role of art and artistic
passion in today’s money driven, consumer-based society. Featuring collectors, dealers, auctioneers and a rich range of
artists. $10 from Titirangi Pharamacy and eventfinder.co.nz
8pm
'A Man with a Movie' Camera (USA) 1929 1h 8mins | Documentary, Music l Introduction by Sir Bob Harvey
Part documentary and part cinematic art, this film follows a city in the 1920s Soviet Union throughout the day, from
morning to night. A cinematic wonder. $10 from Titirangi Pharamacy and eventfinder.co.nz
Friday 5th
10.30am
'The Children Act' (UK) 2018 M l 1h 45mins | Drama l In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family's refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons. Emma Thompson and Stanley Tucci star in this major film based on McEwan's brilliant, emotionally wrenching novel. $10 from Titirangi Pharamacy and eventfinder.co.nz
4pm
'Monkey Kingdom' (USA) 2015 G | 1h 19min | Documentary l FREE ENTRY, BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL Another wonderful film from Disney Nature follows Maya the monkey and her son Kip’s struggle to survive within the competitive social hierarchy of the troop at Castle Rock. FREE ENTRY
6pm
'Scotch – The Golden Dream' 2018 (USA) PG | 1h 27min |$10 from Titirangi Pharamacy and eventfinder.co.nz Documentary l Made by a small international team and shot on location in Scotland, Scotch - A Golden Dream tells the story of Uisge beatha, Gaelic for "water of life." Scotch is enjoyed in more than 200 countries, generating over $6 billion in exports each year. For more than a century, Scotch whisky has been the premier international spirit of choice. It is time to tell the story of "uisge" to the world. While capturing stunning Scottish landscapes, the real heart of our film is the characters - the fascinating people who make Scotch whisky. We will be serving some single MALTS from the bar...!!!
8pm
'Swimming with Men' (UK) 2018 M |1h 37min | Comedy l When accountant Eric, seeks to win back his wife Heather, he stumbles upon a solution in the form of a male synchronised swimming team. Joining the local team, Eric finds brotherhood in this crew as they train for the world championships in Milan. Based on the true story of a group of Swedish men who competed in the synchronised swimming world championship, Swimming with Men is the perfect comedy to finish off the week.
Starring Rob Brydon, Jane Horrocks & Rupert Graves.$10 from Titirangi Pharamacy and eventfinder.co.nz
Saturday 6th
1pm
'ANIMATIONS for ALL' Presentation Run time 45mins l Drop into the theatre and enjoy a selection of award winning short animated films suitable for all ages. Bookings not required. FREE ENTRY
2pm
'Christopher Robin' (USA) 2018 G | 1h 44mins | Adventure, Kids & Family l FREE ENTRY, BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
Christopher Robin -- now a family man living in London -- receives a surprise visit from his old childhood pal, Winnie-
the-Pooh. With Christopher's help, Pooh embarks on a journey to find his friends -- Tigger, Eeyore, Owl, Piglet, Rabbit,
Kanga and Roo. Once reunited, the lovable bear and the gang travel to the big city to help Christopher rediscover the joy
of life. Starring Ewan McGregor. FREE ENTRY
4pm
'A Cat in Paris' (FR) 2010 PG | 1h 05mins | Animation, Crime, Kids & Family, Mystery l This beautiful hand drawn animation tells the story of a young Parisian girl, Zoe who gets involved with a group of gangsters and it's up to her cat `Dino' to come to her rescue. Dino leads a double life, living with Zoe and her mother by day, and working with the burglar `Nico' by night. $10 from Titirangi Pharamacy and eventfinder.co.nz
5.30pm
'Woman at War' (ICELAND) 2018 Subtitles PG | 1h 41mins | Action, Thriller, World Cinema l Halla is a 50-year-old environmental activist who crusades against the local aluminium industry in Iceland. As her actions grow bolder, her life changes in the blink of an eye when she is finally granted permission to adopt a girl from the Ukraine. $10 from Titirangi Pharamacy and eventfinder.co.nz
8pm
'The Mule' (USA) 2018 M | 1h 56mins |Crime, Drama, Thriller l Broke, alone and facing foreclosure on his business, 90-year-old horticulturist Earl Stone takes a job as a drug courier for Mexican cartel. His immediate success leads to easy money and a larger shipment that soon draws the attention of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates $10 from Titirangi Pharamacy and eventfinder.co.nz
FRIDAY 12th July
'THE LAST SUIT' (M) 10-30pm / 6pm / 8-15pm
Abraham Bursztein, an 88 year-old Jewish tailor, runs away from Buenos Aires to Poland, where he proposes to find a friend who saved him from certain death at the end of World War II. After seven decades without any contact with him, Abraham will try to find his old friend and keep his promise to return one day. Comedic and poignant in equal measure, The Last Suit approaches its weighty themes with a light touch that illuminates a serious story.
Directed By: Pablo Solarz Written By: Pablo Solarz Runtime: 92 minutes
Reviews.
"There are so many wonderful, well-crafted scenes in The Last Suit. Pablo Solarz' script is a multilayered masterpiece."
"The film succeeds on both a metaphorical and literal level thanks to clever writing and Miguel Ángel Solá, who gives the festival's best performance."
"The excellent (and quite handsome) actor Miguel Ángel Solá put on 20 years of makeup to look every bit his character's age, and manages to infuse Abraham with human qualities that make him appealing almost despite himself,"
The Last Suit may be the Last Holocaust Movie you'll ever need to watch
'THE LAST SUIT' (M) 10-30pm / 6pm / 8-15pm
Abraham Bursztein, an 88 year-old Jewish tailor, runs away from Buenos Aires to Poland, where he proposes to find a friend who saved him from certain death at the end of World War II. After seven decades without any contact with him, Abraham will try to find his old friend and keep his promise to return one day. Comedic and poignant in equal measure, The Last Suit approaches its weighty themes with a light touch that illuminates a serious story.
Directed By: Pablo Solarz Written By: Pablo Solarz Runtime: 92 minutes
Reviews.
"There are so many wonderful, well-crafted scenes in The Last Suit. Pablo Solarz' script is a multilayered masterpiece."
"The film succeeds on both a metaphorical and literal level thanks to clever writing and Miguel Ángel Solá, who gives the festival's best performance."
"The excellent (and quite handsome) actor Miguel Ángel Solá put on 20 years of makeup to look every bit his character's age, and manages to infuse Abraham with human qualities that make him appealing almost despite himself,"
The Last Suit may be the Last Holocaust Movie you'll ever need to watch
BASTILLE DAY FRENCH FILMS
SUNDAY 14th July
10-30pm / 12-30pm / 2-30pm
Coffee/ Croissants/Baguette/French Wine and three award winning French Films
Tickets $12 per film/ 2 Films $20 / 3 films $30
Children under 14 yrs $7 per film
Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz and on door / Text bookings 0210 222 5558
'The School of Life' (G) with Francois Cluzet 10-30am
'My Afternoons with Margueritte' (M) starring Gerard Depardieu 12-30 pm 'A Monster in Paris' (PG) Award winning animation film 2-30pm
BASTILLE DAY FRENCH FILMS
SUNDAY 14th July
10-30pm / 12-30pm / 2-30pm
Coffee/ Croissants/Baguette/French Wine and three award winning French Films
Tickets $12 per film/ 2 Films $20 / 3 films $30
Children under 14 yrs $7 per film
Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz and on door / Text bookings 0210 222 5558
'The School of Life' (G) with Francois Cluzet 10-30am
'My Afternoons with Margueritte' (M) starring Gerard Depardieu 12-30 pm 'A Monster in Paris' (PG) Award winning animation film 2-30pm
)SUNDAY 21st July at 2-30pm Special Screening by popular request in a repeat screening in the Seminar Room Lopdell House (First Floor)
'At Eternity's Gate' (M) In AT ETERNITY'S GATE, Vincent Van Gogh (Willem Dafoe) is having little success with his paintings in 1880s Paris. He meets avant-garde painter Paul Gauguin (Oscar Isaac), who encourages Van Gogh to travel south. In Arles, thanks to funding from his loving, supportive brother, Theo (Rupert Friend), Van Gogh rediscovers nature and starts painting his remarkable landscapes and flowers. But his drinking and turbulent behavior frequently get him in trouble. A visit from Gauguin lifts Van Gogh's spirits, but when the time comes for his friend to depart, Van Gogh cuts off his own ear with the intention of sending it to him. He winds up in psychiatric hospitals before being discharged to Auvers-sur-Oise in 1890, where Dr. Paul Gachet (Mathieu Amalric) looks after him. There, Van Gogh paints some of his most important work -- but, alas, his time left on Earth is short.
A REMARKABLE PORTAYAL by Willem Dafoe of this genius artist in the last years of his life.
'At Eternity's Gate' (M) In AT ETERNITY'S GATE, Vincent Van Gogh (Willem Dafoe) is having little success with his paintings in 1880s Paris. He meets avant-garde painter Paul Gauguin (Oscar Isaac), who encourages Van Gogh to travel south. In Arles, thanks to funding from his loving, supportive brother, Theo (Rupert Friend), Van Gogh rediscovers nature and starts painting his remarkable landscapes and flowers. But his drinking and turbulent behavior frequently get him in trouble. A visit from Gauguin lifts Van Gogh's spirits, but when the time comes for his friend to depart, Van Gogh cuts off his own ear with the intention of sending it to him. He winds up in psychiatric hospitals before being discharged to Auvers-sur-Oise in 1890, where Dr. Paul Gachet (Mathieu Amalric) looks after him. There, Van Gogh paints some of his most important work -- but, alas, his time left on Earth is short.
A REMARKABLE PORTAYAL by Willem Dafoe of this genius artist in the last years of his life.
'EMBRACE of the SERPENT' (M)
FRIDAY 26th July showing at 10-30am / 5-30pm / 8-15pm This films gets 5 out 5 and 10 out of 10 on every critic website 96% on Rotten Tomatoes.
"Embrace of the Serpent" is an amazing exercise in psychedelia. It concerns two generations of German scientists who traverse the Amazonian wilderness with the same medicine man. It is beautifully shot in black and white. It is on the level with Jodorowsky's "The Holy Mountain" It is an absolutely beautiful and visceral experience, and you should watch it in the highest definition you possibly can...which of course you can do at FLICKS with it's new laser projector...this film is a 'find' in the world of cinema and is not to be missed, so hopefully you will be able to catch one of the screenings during the day.
Production
Before production started, the director spent two and a half years researching the Colombian Amazon. They discovered a part of the jungle in the north west that had not yet been heavily affected by tourism or commerce and after gaining permission from the local community, they decided on the location.The pre-production and shooting took place over the course of three months with the help of around 40 people from outside the Amazon and 60 people from indigenous communities within the Amazon. The director extensively collaborated with the community and invited them to participate and collaborate both in front and behind the camera. To avoid any problems caused by the harsh environment, the indigenous people taught the crew how to work with the jungle and performed rituals for spiritual protection. Because of this, there were no accidents or illnesses and the shooting ran smoothly. Additionally, Guerra let the indigenous people translate the script, during which they redrafted parts to make it more accurate
"An epic journey told with both stunning scope and meticulous detail. Some of the sequences here are breathtaking and unlike anything I have ever seen before.
FRIDAY 26th July showing at 10-30am / 5-30pm / 8-15pm This films gets 5 out 5 and 10 out of 10 on every critic website 96% on Rotten Tomatoes.
"Embrace of the Serpent" is an amazing exercise in psychedelia. It concerns two generations of German scientists who traverse the Amazonian wilderness with the same medicine man. It is beautifully shot in black and white. It is on the level with Jodorowsky's "The Holy Mountain" It is an absolutely beautiful and visceral experience, and you should watch it in the highest definition you possibly can...which of course you can do at FLICKS with it's new laser projector...this film is a 'find' in the world of cinema and is not to be missed, so hopefully you will be able to catch one of the screenings during the day.
Production
Before production started, the director spent two and a half years researching the Colombian Amazon. They discovered a part of the jungle in the north west that had not yet been heavily affected by tourism or commerce and after gaining permission from the local community, they decided on the location.The pre-production and shooting took place over the course of three months with the help of around 40 people from outside the Amazon and 60 people from indigenous communities within the Amazon. The director extensively collaborated with the community and invited them to participate and collaborate both in front and behind the camera. To avoid any problems caused by the harsh environment, the indigenous people taught the crew how to work with the jungle and performed rituals for spiritual protection. Because of this, there were no accidents or illnesses and the shooting ran smoothly. Additionally, Guerra let the indigenous people translate the script, during which they redrafted parts to make it more accurate
"An epic journey told with both stunning scope and meticulous detail. Some of the sequences here are breathtaking and unlike anything I have ever seen before.
Friday 9th August (M) 10-30pm / 6pm / 8-15pm
'Rory's Way' also known as 'The Etruscan Smile'
This adaptation of a successful novel by José Luis Sampedro is a beautiful evocation of two contrasting environments: the Outer Hebrides (an island chain off the west coast of mainland Scotland) and San Francisco. They form the backdrop to an exploration of the conflicts between an estranged father and son. Faced with a life threatening illness, the independently minded father, played by Brian Cox, leaves his cottage by the sea to travel to San Francisco. There his son has an established life as a highly creative sous chef who has applied his knowledge as a chemistry graduate to create highly original food.
The son, Ian, lives with his wife and baby son in some comfort, largely thanks to the patronage and generosity of his wealthy father-in-law. The meeting of the two reveals that the father has little connection with his adult son’s life. The son recognises that rather than establishing contact with his American family, there is self-interest in the father’s visit. Rory hopes to have access to medical treatment to extend his life to fulfil an ambition to outlive a contemporary, a sworn enemy, representative of a clan feud which goes back generations.
107 mins | Rated M (Offensive language & sexual references) | Drama
Directed by Oded Binnumn, Mihal Brezis | Starring Brian Cox, Thora Birch, Rosanna Arquette, Tim Matheson, JJ Feild, Peter Coyote, Treat Williams, Josh Stamberg
Language: English and Scottish Gaelic with English subtitles
Rotten Tomatoes
A moving, charming and self-contained film. Yes it follows a familiar trajectory, but Brian Cox is wonderful; taking the independent, frightened and deflectingly rude Rory as far as a man like that would realistically go, without resorting to caricature.
Friday 9th August (M) 10-30pm / 6pm / 8-15pm
'Rory's Way' also known as 'The Etruscan Smile'
This adaptation of a successful novel by José Luis Sampedro is a beautiful evocation of two contrasting environments: the Outer Hebrides (an island chain off the west coast of mainland Scotland) and San Francisco. They form the backdrop to an exploration of the conflicts between an estranged father and son. Faced with a life threatening illness, the independently minded father, played by Brian Cox, leaves his cottage by the sea to travel to San Francisco. There his son has an established life as a highly creative sous chef who has applied his knowledge as a chemistry graduate to create highly original food.
The son, Ian, lives with his wife and baby son in some comfort, largely thanks to the patronage and generosity of his wealthy father-in-law. The meeting of the two reveals that the father has little connection with his adult son’s life. The son recognises that rather than establishing contact with his American family, there is self-interest in the father’s visit. Rory hopes to have access to medical treatment to extend his life to fulfil an ambition to outlive a contemporary, a sworn enemy, representative of a clan feud which goes back generations.
107 mins | Rated M (Offensive language & sexual references) | Drama
Directed by Oded Binnumn, Mihal Brezis | Starring Brian Cox, Thora Birch, Rosanna Arquette, Tim Matheson, JJ Feild, Peter Coyote, Treat Williams, Josh Stamberg
Language: English and Scottish Gaelic with English subtitles
Rotten Tomatoes
A moving, charming and self-contained film. Yes it follows a familiar trajectory, but Brian Cox is wonderful; taking the independent, frightened and deflectingly rude Rory as far as a man like that would realistically go, without resorting to caricature.
WEDNESDAY 14th 'Life is a Miracle' 7-30pm All tickets $12 from eventfinder.co.nz / on door and text bookings to 0210 222 5558Life is a miracle-a great title for a great movie a film that will touch your soul.
Director Emir Kusturica has the talent to give us a film that will make the saddest person smile and think to himself that life is really a miracle, while it lasts, and we should enjoy every second...the movie transports it's viewers to a typical Kusturica world, full of music and dreamy situations. He tries to show us that life is not written in a straight line, that the most unexpected events like falling in love in the most dreadful scenario (i.e. war) can happen when you least expect it. Colourful and crazy..
WEDNESDAY 14th 'Life is a Miracle' 7-30pm All tickets $12 from eventfinder.co.nz / on door and text bookings to 0210 222 5558Life is a miracle-a great title for a great movie a film that will touch your soul.
Director Emir Kusturica has the talent to give us a film that will make the saddest person smile and think to himself that life is really a miracle, while it lasts, and we should enjoy every second...the movie transports it's viewers to a typical Kusturica world, full of music and dreamy situations. He tries to show us that life is not written in a straight line, that the most unexpected events like falling in love in the most dreadful scenario (i.e. war) can happen when you least expect it. Colourful and crazy..
WEDNESDAY WORLD CINEMA ... we are putting on some extra films on Wednesday evenings, showing some award winning World Cinema....the second of these is a brand new release hitting New Zealand cinemas on the 22nd August and we are fortunate enough to be able to show it the following week on WEDNESDAY 28th August '2040' (PG) 7-30pm BRAND NEW RELEASE 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
Award-winning director Damon Gameau embarks on journey to explore what the future would look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them into the mainstream. Structured as a visual letter to his 4-year-old daughter, Damon blends traditional documentary footage with dramatised sequences and high-end visual effects to create a vision board for his daughter and the planet.
Director Gameau's modest, yet refreshingly upbeat game plan for his self-designed fact-finding mission is all about looking for solutions, rather than anguishing over problems.
Showing at 7-30pm Tickets $14 and $12
Award-winning director Damon Gameau embarks on journey to explore what the future would look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them into the mainstream. Structured as a visual letter to his 4-year-old daughter, Damon blends traditional documentary footage with dramatised sequences and high-end visual effects to create a vision board for his daughter and the planet.
Director Gameau's modest, yet refreshingly upbeat game plan for his self-designed fact-finding mission is all about looking for solutions, rather than anguishing over problems.
Showing at 7-30pm Tickets $14 and $12
FRIDAY 6th SEPTEMBER 'ALL IS TRUE' (M) We are putting a FLICKS film on with a writers theme on Friday the 6th September where we will be screening 'ALL IS TRUE' Kenneth Brannagh's film about that well known writer, William Shakespeare in his last year's of retirement. A star cast which includes Kenneth Brannagh as Shakespeare, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen. These guys know their Bard, and they've come up with a wonderful homage -- witty, atmospheric, at times heartbreaking -- to both the towering genius of myth and the oh-so-fallible man. Impressively cast and beautifully filmed, All Is True takes an elegiac look at Shakespeare's final days. The year is 1613, Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground, and devastated, Shakespeare returns to Stratford, where he must face a troubled past and a neglected family. Haunted by the death of his only son Hamnet, he struggles to mend the broken relationships with his wife and daughters. In so doing, he is ruthlessly forced to examine his own failings as husband and father. His very personal search for the truth uncovers secrets and lies within a family at war. Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
"Lustrous cinematography and a rich sound track never flag. Hearing Sir Ian McKellan as Earl of Southampton and Branagh quoting Shakespeare's immortal verse to each other in a darkened room in Stratford-upon-Avon, by the fireplace, is pure transcendent literary and cinematic magic. Support the arts, see it - in the theatre, if possible (The Bard would hardily approve). Such a singular successful effort deserves our full support. Variety 201
"Lustrous cinematography and a rich sound track never flag. Hearing Sir Ian McKellan as Earl of Southampton and Branagh quoting Shakespeare's immortal verse to each other in a darkened room in Stratford-upon-Avon, by the fireplace, is pure transcendent literary and cinematic magic. Support the arts, see it - in the theatre, if possible (The Bard would hardily approve). Such a singular successful effort deserves our full support. Variety 201
WEDNESDAY 18th September
'ROCKETMAN' (M) Drama/True Story A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.
Young Reginald Dwight changes his name to Elton John and collaborates with singer-songwriter Bernie Taupin to become one of the most iconic figures in pop history. Set to his most beloved songs, it's the epic musical story of Elton John, his breakthrough years in the 1970s and his fantastical transformation from shy piano prodigy to international superstar. This is certainly not your typical biopic but rather an entertaining mix of real-life and fantasy - much like Elton John is himself.
Rocketman doesn't entirely rely on nostalgia like most of its kind does, most of its misfit adventures proved about in the story seem earned rather than glossed over at a maximum pace of negligence. Definitely check this one out, especially if you're an Elton John fan!
Tickets $14 / $12 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door Text bookings to 0210 2225558 Showing at 5-30pm and 8pm Doors/Bar open at 5pm
'ROCKETMAN' (M) Drama/True Story A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.
Young Reginald Dwight changes his name to Elton John and collaborates with singer-songwriter Bernie Taupin to become one of the most iconic figures in pop history. Set to his most beloved songs, it's the epic musical story of Elton John, his breakthrough years in the 1970s and his fantastical transformation from shy piano prodigy to international superstar. This is certainly not your typical biopic but rather an entertaining mix of real-life and fantasy - much like Elton John is himself.
Rocketman doesn't entirely rely on nostalgia like most of its kind does, most of its misfit adventures proved about in the story seem earned rather than glossed over at a maximum pace of negligence. Definitely check this one out, especially if you're an Elton John fan!
Tickets $14 / $12 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door Text bookings to 0210 2225558 Showing at 5-30pm and 8pm Doors/Bar open at 5pm
FRIDAY 20th September
'SHOPLIFTERS' (M) Drama/True Story
Multi-Award winning film from Japan. Winner of the Palme D'or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.
A Japanese couple stuck with part-time jobs and inadequate incomes avail themselves of the fruits of shoplifting to make ends meet. They are not alone in this behaviour. The youngsters and the elders of the household are in on the act. Charming and heart-wrenching, this exquisitely performed film will steal the hearts of both art-house and mainstream audiences. Academy award nominee for best foreign film 2018 (99% rating) Showing at 10-30am / 5-30pm / 8-15pm
Reviews
''This film is perhaps the most unusual heartwarming movie we've seen and it's magical in its own way.This film is perhaps the most unusual heartwarming movie we've seen and it's magical in its own way"
"Shoplifters is littered with wry humour and is refreshingly free of judgment"
"It's funny and emotional, uplifting and heartbreaking, it's one of the best movies of the year"
'SHOPLIFTERS' (M) Drama/True Story
Multi-Award winning film from Japan. Winner of the Palme D'or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.
A Japanese couple stuck with part-time jobs and inadequate incomes avail themselves of the fruits of shoplifting to make ends meet. They are not alone in this behaviour. The youngsters and the elders of the household are in on the act. Charming and heart-wrenching, this exquisitely performed film will steal the hearts of both art-house and mainstream audiences. Academy award nominee for best foreign film 2018 (99% rating) Showing at 10-30am / 5-30pm / 8-15pm
Reviews
''This film is perhaps the most unusual heartwarming movie we've seen and it's magical in its own way.This film is perhaps the most unusual heartwarming movie we've seen and it's magical in its own way"
"Shoplifters is littered with wry humour and is refreshingly free of judgment"
"It's funny and emotional, uplifting and heartbreaking, it's one of the best movies of the year"
OCTOBER 4th
'Sometimes, Always, Never' (PG) Starring Bill Nighy, Jenny Agutter, Drama /Comedy/Suspense
Filled with suppressed and unexpressed emotion as only the English can do, consider this more of a human art film rather than one Hollywood-styled with fast-paced action. Just when you think you'll go stir-crazy-bored waiting for SOMETHING to happen, the film shifts and you're pleased to see a life force slowly rise to the surface.
Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He has spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son Michael who stormed out over a game of Scrabble. With a body to identify and his family torn apart, Alan must repair the relationship with his youngest son Peter and solve the mystery of an online player who he thinks could be Michael, so he can finally move on and reunite his family.
'Sometimes, Always, Never' (PG) Starring Bill Nighy, Jenny Agutter, Drama /Comedy/Suspense
Filled with suppressed and unexpressed emotion as only the English can do, consider this more of a human art film rather than one Hollywood-styled with fast-paced action. Just when you think you'll go stir-crazy-bored waiting for SOMETHING to happen, the film shifts and you're pleased to see a life force slowly rise to the surface.
Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He has spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son Michael who stormed out over a game of Scrabble. With a body to identify and his family torn apart, Alan must repair the relationship with his youngest son Peter and solve the mystery of an online player who he thinks could be Michael, so he can finally move on and reunite his family.
- Rating: PG-13 (for thematic elements and some sexual references)
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery & Suspense
- Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
OCTOBER 18th FRIDAY FLICKS
'The Biggest Little Farm' (PG) Shown at this year's International Film Festival, first public screening. Uplifting, educational, and entertaining, The Biggest Little Farm is an environmental advocacy documentary with a satisfying side dish of hope for the future. A testament to the immense complexity of nature, The Biggest Little Farm follows two dreamers and a dog on an odyssey to bring harmony to both their lives and the land. Chester's film induces a rare tranquility with its rapturous images of wild creatures... The search for balance gives this film tension, and it's gratifying to see the old ways working. 98% rating Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
Synopsis
John and Molly Chester have worked out the recipe for marriage mixed with manure for good measure that's matured into a phenomenal organic farm in CA. This didn't happen without them getting their hands dirty or spirits dampened. John is an award winning film and TV writer/director. His wife Molly, a farm to table organic chef. They're happily married & living in Santa Monica when they became dog driven to revitalize hundreds of acres of barren farm land into a utopian, self-sustaining organic farm. This was achieved through "a delicate dance of co-existence" amongst nature, nurture, organisms, animals & people. Dog driven because after being drawn to rescue dog named Todd. Their vows now included a permanent home for Todd. Todd was beloved by John & Molly but not their neighbors. Todd's non-stop howling whenever they were away and got them evicted. Naturally, John's talent as a filmmaker & Molly's love for cooking organically with added ingredient of needing to relocate landed them in Moorpark, CA; just over an hour N of LA. With financial backing, inexplicable soil hacking, fundamental understanding of farming lacking (and cameras packing) John & Molly sought mentors, help and 8 unforgettable years later, their dreams of a productive "traditional" farm using diversity, ingenuity, grit grew into a miraculous reality. Stunning photography, great story, uplifting film.
'The Biggest Little Farm' (PG) Shown at this year's International Film Festival, first public screening. Uplifting, educational, and entertaining, The Biggest Little Farm is an environmental advocacy documentary with a satisfying side dish of hope for the future. A testament to the immense complexity of nature, The Biggest Little Farm follows two dreamers and a dog on an odyssey to bring harmony to both their lives and the land. Chester's film induces a rare tranquility with its rapturous images of wild creatures... The search for balance gives this film tension, and it's gratifying to see the old ways working. 98% rating Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
Synopsis
John and Molly Chester have worked out the recipe for marriage mixed with manure for good measure that's matured into a phenomenal organic farm in CA. This didn't happen without them getting their hands dirty or spirits dampened. John is an award winning film and TV writer/director. His wife Molly, a farm to table organic chef. They're happily married & living in Santa Monica when they became dog driven to revitalize hundreds of acres of barren farm land into a utopian, self-sustaining organic farm. This was achieved through "a delicate dance of co-existence" amongst nature, nurture, organisms, animals & people. Dog driven because after being drawn to rescue dog named Todd. Their vows now included a permanent home for Todd. Todd was beloved by John & Molly but not their neighbors. Todd's non-stop howling whenever they were away and got them evicted. Naturally, John's talent as a filmmaker & Molly's love for cooking organically with added ingredient of needing to relocate landed them in Moorpark, CA; just over an hour N of LA. With financial backing, inexplicable soil hacking, fundamental understanding of farming lacking (and cameras packing) John & Molly sought mentors, help and 8 unforgettable years later, their dreams of a productive "traditional" farm using diversity, ingenuity, grit grew into a miraculous reality. Stunning photography, great story, uplifting film.
Saturday 19th October
'SHOW ME SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL*
4pm
'My Generation' PG selection of 8 films suitable for family audience (Ages 7-12 yrs and above) Space Frontier / My Brother Luca / Kino Ratten / Tree#3 / The Evolution of a Poorly Thrown Snowball / Mice, A Small Story / The Kite / Tony the Tiny Pony
Total run time 79 mins starts 4pm Tickets $14 ($12 Senior/Student) $8 14yrs and under.
7-30pm
'The Sampler' R13 selection of 8 films which provides a great way to sample what 'Show Me Shorts' is all about
Amerigo and the New World / Netta Football Club / Walk a Mile / Ru / Memory Foam / One by the Venom-Finn Andrews / Korts Kuitspier (Short Calf Muscle) / To Plant a Flag
Total run time 109 mins starts at 7-30pm Tickets $14 ($12 Senior/Student) from eventfinda.co.nz and on door
*All films chosen for this Show Me Shorts Film Festival have been selected and programmed by the 'Show Me Shorts' film Festival team.
SHOW ME SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL
'SHOW ME SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL*
4pm
'My Generation' PG selection of 8 films suitable for family audience (Ages 7-12 yrs and above) Space Frontier / My Brother Luca / Kino Ratten / Tree#3 / The Evolution of a Poorly Thrown Snowball / Mice, A Small Story / The Kite / Tony the Tiny Pony
Total run time 79 mins starts 4pm Tickets $14 ($12 Senior/Student) $8 14yrs and under.
7-30pm
'The Sampler' R13 selection of 8 films which provides a great way to sample what 'Show Me Shorts' is all about
Amerigo and the New World / Netta Football Club / Walk a Mile / Ru / Memory Foam / One by the Venom-Finn Andrews / Korts Kuitspier (Short Calf Muscle) / To Plant a Flag
Total run time 109 mins starts at 7-30pm Tickets $14 ($12 Senior/Student) from eventfinda.co.nz and on door
*All films chosen for this Show Me Shorts Film Festival have been selected and programmed by the 'Show Me Shorts' film Festival team.
SHOW ME SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL
'AMAZING GRACE' (G) Wednesday 23rd
Aretha Franklin performing songs from the best-selling gospel album at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles.This is a film that revels in a titanic talent, The close-ups are wonderfully intimate, emotionally overwhelming in its beauty and passion. Amazing Grace is a thrilling must-watch documentary for Aretha Franklin fans and all music lovers of music from the heart and soul. Showing at 7-30pm
In Aretha Franklin’s revelatory concert film Amazing Grace, she barely speaks a word. Aside from one muffled request for water and a hushed discussion with her musical director, there’s not a peep out of her. Instead, she focuses her concentration wholly on the spirit of the gospel music she came to perform during the film’s historic two-day shoot, which took place in January 1972 at the New Temple Baptist Mission church in Los Angeles. “She came for a church service,” the late singer’s niece Sabrina Owens, who controls the estate, said to the Guardian. “The way she conducted herself was totally different than what you would see at one of her pop concerts. Her eyes were closed. Her head was thrown back. She was focused entirely on something higher.”
5 out of 5 stars. To witness the whiplash contrast between that self-effacement, and the star power of her vocal performance, is just one element which greatly distinguishes watching the Amazing Grace film from listening to the album of the same name, which came out late in 1972. Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz and on door if not sold out TEXT bookings to 0210 222 5558 (we confirm all text bookings, you pay on the night) Doors/Bar open 7pm Film starts 7-30pm
Aretha Franklin performing songs from the best-selling gospel album at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles.This is a film that revels in a titanic talent, The close-ups are wonderfully intimate, emotionally overwhelming in its beauty and passion. Amazing Grace is a thrilling must-watch documentary for Aretha Franklin fans and all music lovers of music from the heart and soul. Showing at 7-30pm
In Aretha Franklin’s revelatory concert film Amazing Grace, she barely speaks a word. Aside from one muffled request for water and a hushed discussion with her musical director, there’s not a peep out of her. Instead, she focuses her concentration wholly on the spirit of the gospel music she came to perform during the film’s historic two-day shoot, which took place in January 1972 at the New Temple Baptist Mission church in Los Angeles. “She came for a church service,” the late singer’s niece Sabrina Owens, who controls the estate, said to the Guardian. “The way she conducted herself was totally different than what you would see at one of her pop concerts. Her eyes were closed. Her head was thrown back. She was focused entirely on something higher.”
5 out of 5 stars. To witness the whiplash contrast between that self-effacement, and the star power of her vocal performance, is just one element which greatly distinguishes watching the Amazing Grace film from listening to the album of the same name, which came out late in 1972. Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz and on door if not sold out TEXT bookings to 0210 222 5558 (we confirm all text bookings, you pay on the night) Doors/Bar open 7pm Film starts 7-30pm
FIRE - WATER - AIR - EARTH **(90 minutes programme)
I have just viewed our next film for FLICKS'Brimstone and Glory' (PG) a feature documentary from Mexico....I had already seen the trailer and knew that it was directed by Viktor Jakovleski, of 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' so was pretty sure it was going to be very good....but (excuse the pun) It has blown me away.!! Whether you like fireworks or not the film draws you in and as the captions say in the trailer....“A Sensory Experience, You can't stop watching in stupefied astonishment”
Maybe you will see Brimstone and Glory as a thesis on the economies of single-industry towns, or find in it a near-companion to Beasts' (of the Southern Wild) child's eye view of the adult world. Or read it as a primer on the places where euphoria and danger meet: Few of the older men in the film still have the full compliment of fingers they entered this world with. Brief scenes of ambulance and fire crews being told of what to expect on their shifts are sobering and near-macabre. Or possibly, you'll just love it for the absolutely hypnotic soundtrack.This is a dizzying, beautiful, awe-inspiring and deeply wonderful film. It has the power to turn grown adults into grinning, whooping kids. Brimstone and Glory is a simple film and yet also a magisterial one. I simply cannot recommend it highly enough.
FIRE. 'Brimstones & Glory' (PG) Treat yourself and friends to this festival of fire, 67 minutes of madness, you wonder how the camera operators survived the filming.
We will be showing three short films to support this sensational cinematic event.
WATER. 'Surface' (G) (7 mins) a film about the work of water photographer Ben Thouard (Tahiti) who shares his personal window on the world.
AIR 'Weightless' (G) (6 mins) Jean-Baptiste Chandelier defies the laws of gravity and has perfected the nearest thing to flying like a bird.
EARTH 'Abiogenesis' (5 mins) A multi-award winning animated science fiction short film by the incredibly talented Richard Mans! See how a strange mechanical device lands on a desolate world and uses the planet to undergo a startling transformation, that has profound implications for an entire galaxy. Funded by the New Zealand Film Commission.
Come and watch the most amazing firework festival in the comfort and safety of our cinema and will not disturb any pets or wildlife. We will be serving mulled wine and the usual selection of drinks from the bar and ice-creams.
**Progamme suitable for all ages (however some images in 'Brimstone and Glory' would possibly be disturbing for younger children)
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm Friday 1st November
Tickets $14/$12/ $10 / and special under 14 yr old ticket $8 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door if not sold out.
Text bookings to 0210 222 5558
I have just viewed our next film for FLICKS'Brimstone and Glory' (PG) a feature documentary from Mexico....I had already seen the trailer and knew that it was directed by Viktor Jakovleski, of 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' so was pretty sure it was going to be very good....but (excuse the pun) It has blown me away.!! Whether you like fireworks or not the film draws you in and as the captions say in the trailer....“A Sensory Experience, You can't stop watching in stupefied astonishment”
Maybe you will see Brimstone and Glory as a thesis on the economies of single-industry towns, or find in it a near-companion to Beasts' (of the Southern Wild) child's eye view of the adult world. Or read it as a primer on the places where euphoria and danger meet: Few of the older men in the film still have the full compliment of fingers they entered this world with. Brief scenes of ambulance and fire crews being told of what to expect on their shifts are sobering and near-macabre. Or possibly, you'll just love it for the absolutely hypnotic soundtrack.This is a dizzying, beautiful, awe-inspiring and deeply wonderful film. It has the power to turn grown adults into grinning, whooping kids. Brimstone and Glory is a simple film and yet also a magisterial one. I simply cannot recommend it highly enough.
FIRE. 'Brimstones & Glory' (PG) Treat yourself and friends to this festival of fire, 67 minutes of madness, you wonder how the camera operators survived the filming.
We will be showing three short films to support this sensational cinematic event.
WATER. 'Surface' (G) (7 mins) a film about the work of water photographer Ben Thouard (Tahiti) who shares his personal window on the world.
AIR 'Weightless' (G) (6 mins) Jean-Baptiste Chandelier defies the laws of gravity and has perfected the nearest thing to flying like a bird.
EARTH 'Abiogenesis' (5 mins) A multi-award winning animated science fiction short film by the incredibly talented Richard Mans! See how a strange mechanical device lands on a desolate world and uses the planet to undergo a startling transformation, that has profound implications for an entire galaxy. Funded by the New Zealand Film Commission.
Come and watch the most amazing firework festival in the comfort and safety of our cinema and will not disturb any pets or wildlife. We will be serving mulled wine and the usual selection of drinks from the bar and ice-creams.
**Progamme suitable for all ages (however some images in 'Brimstone and Glory' would possibly be disturbing for younger children)
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm Friday 1st November
Tickets $14/$12/ $10 / and special under 14 yr old ticket $8 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door if not sold out.
Text bookings to 0210 222 5558
'Mrs Lowry and Son' (PG) NEW RELEASE. Saturday 7th 6pm and 8-15pm
Mulled Wine, Mince Pies and a Movie..our last FLICKS film night for 2019 and a fine film to finish off.
Beloved British artist L.S. Lowry (Timothy Spall) lived all his life with his over-bearing mother Elizabeth (Vanessa Redgrave). Bed-ridden and bitter, Elizabeth actively tried to dissuade her bachelor son from pursuing his artistic ambitions, whilst never failing to voice her opinion at what a disappointment he was to her.
If often sad and unsettling, the film is also livelier and less oppressive than it may sound thanks to the fine writing, deft direction by Adrian Noble, and the superb, if painful interplay between Redgrave and Spall.
Timothy Spall's performance is a sterling study of understatement and pent-up frustration opposite a bed-bound Venessa Redgrave, who plays his domineering, ego-crushing horror of a mother.
Tickets $14 and $12...includes refreshments...mince pie and soft drink/tea/coffee. Bar will be serving mulled wine, red and white white, bubbles and beer...Book your tickets now TEXT: 0210 222 5558 Ticket on sale from eventfinda.co.nz 6pm and 8-15pm
Mulled Wine, Mince Pies and a Movie..our last FLICKS film night for 2019 and a fine film to finish off.
Beloved British artist L.S. Lowry (Timothy Spall) lived all his life with his over-bearing mother Elizabeth (Vanessa Redgrave). Bed-ridden and bitter, Elizabeth actively tried to dissuade her bachelor son from pursuing his artistic ambitions, whilst never failing to voice her opinion at what a disappointment he was to her.
If often sad and unsettling, the film is also livelier and less oppressive than it may sound thanks to the fine writing, deft direction by Adrian Noble, and the superb, if painful interplay between Redgrave and Spall.
Timothy Spall's performance is a sterling study of understatement and pent-up frustration opposite a bed-bound Venessa Redgrave, who plays his domineering, ego-crushing horror of a mother.
Tickets $14 and $12...includes refreshments...mince pie and soft drink/tea/coffee. Bar will be serving mulled wine, red and white white, bubbles and beer...Book your tickets now TEXT: 0210 222 5558 Ticket on sale from eventfinda.co.nz 6pm and 8-15pm
Wednesday 11th Dec. 7-30pm (Doors/Bar open at 7pm) A selection of 12 short films all based on and around the written word followed by Boris Mitic's feature film
'IN PRAISE of NOTHING' Iggy Pop narrates Nothing’s weekend on Earth
Synopsis: A satirical documentary parable about Nothing, in which Nothing, tired of being misunderstood, runs away from home and comes to address us for the first and the last time. Researched through 20.000 pages of the most eclectic bibliography ever used in a documentary film, shot over 8 years by 62 cinematographers in 70 countries; scored by cabaret grandmasters Pascal Comelade and the Tiger Lillies; narrated – in simple childlike rhymes – by Iggy Pop.
Approx. 2 hour programme
“This palate cleanser from director Boris Mitic is never less than gorgeous.” - The Financial Times
“A sensationally strange slice of avant-garde pontificating.” - The Guardian
“An incantatory ode to the quizzical that challenges the pieties of documentary’s presumptive sobriety.” - Sight & Sound
“This was the only real thing I saw today.” - Christine Monori, Miss Romania
“A monumental abstraction!” - Dejan Petrovic, Radio Beograd 3
“Watching this film is like a mixture of feelings from before and after making love.” – Agron Domi
“Can I screen this film at my funeral, twice?” – Johan Kolinsky
'Nothing short of brilliant' Variety 2018
'IN PRAISE of NOTHING' Iggy Pop narrates Nothing’s weekend on Earth
Synopsis: A satirical documentary parable about Nothing, in which Nothing, tired of being misunderstood, runs away from home and comes to address us for the first and the last time. Researched through 20.000 pages of the most eclectic bibliography ever used in a documentary film, shot over 8 years by 62 cinematographers in 70 countries; scored by cabaret grandmasters Pascal Comelade and the Tiger Lillies; narrated – in simple childlike rhymes – by Iggy Pop.
Approx. 2 hour programme
“This palate cleanser from director Boris Mitic is never less than gorgeous.” - The Financial Times
“A sensationally strange slice of avant-garde pontificating.” - The Guardian
“An incantatory ode to the quizzical that challenges the pieties of documentary’s presumptive sobriety.” - Sight & Sound
“This was the only real thing I saw today.” - Christine Monori, Miss Romania
“A monumental abstraction!” - Dejan Petrovic, Radio Beograd 3
“Watching this film is like a mixture of feelings from before and after making love.” – Agron Domi
“Can I screen this film at my funeral, twice?” – Johan Kolinsky
'Nothing short of brilliant' Variety 2018
FRIDAY 14th February
'The PEANUT BUTTER FALCON' (M) 97 mins plus short film.
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
The Peanut Butter Falcon is an adventure story set in the world of a modern Mark Twain that begins when Zak (22), a young man with Down syndrome, runs away from the nursing home where he lives to chase his dream of becoming a professional wrestler by attending the wrestling school The Salt Water Redneck. Through circumstances beyond their control Tyler (32), a small-time outlaw on the run, becomes Zak's unlikely coach and ally. Together they wind through deltas, elude capture, drink whisky, find God, catch fish, and convince Eleanor (28), a kind nursing home employee with a story of her own, to join them on their journey.
4.5 out or 5 for one of the best movies produced in 2019 Released in New Zealand 26th December
Review
"The Peanut Butter Falcon" (2019 release; 98 min.) brings the story of Zak and Tyler. As the movie opens, Zak, a 24 yr.old with Down Syndrome, is plotting to escape the facility where the state has put him (we later learn his family abandoned him). Meanwhile Tyler, caught stealing crab traps, is fired from his job and on the run. With the help of another resident, Zak finally manages to escape, in his underwear and without any money or outside help... At this point we are 10 min. into the movie but to tell you more of the plot would spoil your viewing experience, you'll just have to see for yourself how it all plays out.
The story of two misfits who somehow end up together on the adventure of a life time. Just as it takes time for these two to warm up to each other, it takes us the viewers also time to warm up to these characters. But as the movie plays out, the bond between the viewer and these characters grows very strong, and we are "all in". It took me a good 40 min. before I realized that the Tyler character is played by Shia LaBeouf, and played brilliantly at that. Ever since leaving the "Transformers" franchise, the guy has blossomed like never before. Dakota Johnson also shies in the side role of Eleanor, a staff member of the facility that Zak escaped and now sent to look for him. But surely the movie's limelight is stolen by Zack Gottsagen, playing Zak. It defies the impression/expectations so many people have about those with Down Syndrome. The movie is set in North Carolina's Outer Banks, and it looks gorgeous (and is filmed with many warm colors). Last but not least, there is a boatload of wonderful music, both as to the original score and other song placements, bringing a mix of bluegrass, folk, spirituals and much more. I will absolutely be seeking out the soundtrack of this film" Paul McKenzie Movie World
"The Peanut Butter Falcon" premiered at this year's SXSW, to immediate acclaim. The movie expanded this weekend into Greater Cincinnati. When the end credits started rolling, the audience burst into a spontaneous applause, a rarity these days. But there is a reason that this movie is certified 94% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. If you are tired of the umpteenth Marvel franchise movie or Disney "re-imagining" or sequel or prequel nonsense, and instead are looking for a top-notch ORIGINAL indie movie that happens to be one of the best movies of the year, by all means I encourage you to check this out and draw your own conclusion.
Te Uru Contemporary Gallery presents
'HERBS - Songs of Freedom' NZ / Doc. (PG) Some offensive Language/drug use 91 minutes.
Showing in the Lopdell TheatreWEDNESDAY 19th February 7-30pm
HERBS: SONGS OF FREEDOM In response to the exhibitions Campaign and The Future of Our Kids, Te Uru is presenting a special screening of the 2019 film Herbs: Songs of Freedom on Wednesday 19 February, 7.30pm.
Herbs: Songs of Freedom is the latest film from Tearepa Kahi (Poi E: The Story of Our Song, NZIFF16), a timely and affectionate tribute to one of Aotearoa's most iconic bands.
Almost 40 years after their first gig as the support act to Stevie Wonder, Kahi connects with core Herbs members as they reunite in preparation for an anniversary concert. Set against a soundtrack rich with the band’s popular songs (including ‘One Brotherhood’, ‘French Letter’, ‘See What Love Can Do’, ‘Nuclear Waste’), the documentary traces Herbs’ backstory and brings it up to date.
Kahi gives founder Toni Fonoti, guitarist Dilworth Karaka and producer Hugh Lynn (among others) ample room to recall Herbs’ creation and formation. With its unique mix of Maori, Pakeha and Pasifika musicians, Herbs had shifting iterations, at one point growing to 23 members.
Interviews, past and present, loop us back to social and political flashpoints such as the occupation of Bastion Point, the 1981 Springbok tour demonstrations, and the dawn raids targeting the Polynesian community. Reminiscences interweave with rehearsals and the concert itself, celebrating songs which harbour strong political messages within superb harmonies and distinctive South Pacific-infused rhythms. Their power and appeal remain undiminished.
Also, don't miss, a gallery talk on protest music with Alison Booth on Saturday 22 February, 2pm.
Film runs 91 mins, rated PG (violence, drug use and offensive language).
Tickets $15, Senior/Student tickets $12 - available soon from eventfinda.co.nz. email [email protected]
Weds 19 February, 7.30p Lopdell Theatre, 418 Titirangi Road
Doors/Bar open 7pm Film starts 7-30pm Text bookings to 0210 222 5558 or call 8178087
'HERBS - Songs of Freedom' NZ / Doc. (PG) Some offensive Language/drug use 91 minutes.
Showing in the Lopdell TheatreWEDNESDAY 19th February 7-30pm
HERBS: SONGS OF FREEDOM In response to the exhibitions Campaign and The Future of Our Kids, Te Uru is presenting a special screening of the 2019 film Herbs: Songs of Freedom on Wednesday 19 February, 7.30pm.
Herbs: Songs of Freedom is the latest film from Tearepa Kahi (Poi E: The Story of Our Song, NZIFF16), a timely and affectionate tribute to one of Aotearoa's most iconic bands.
Almost 40 years after their first gig as the support act to Stevie Wonder, Kahi connects with core Herbs members as they reunite in preparation for an anniversary concert. Set against a soundtrack rich with the band’s popular songs (including ‘One Brotherhood’, ‘French Letter’, ‘See What Love Can Do’, ‘Nuclear Waste’), the documentary traces Herbs’ backstory and brings it up to date.
Kahi gives founder Toni Fonoti, guitarist Dilworth Karaka and producer Hugh Lynn (among others) ample room to recall Herbs’ creation and formation. With its unique mix of Maori, Pakeha and Pasifika musicians, Herbs had shifting iterations, at one point growing to 23 members.
Interviews, past and present, loop us back to social and political flashpoints such as the occupation of Bastion Point, the 1981 Springbok tour demonstrations, and the dawn raids targeting the Polynesian community. Reminiscences interweave with rehearsals and the concert itself, celebrating songs which harbour strong political messages within superb harmonies and distinctive South Pacific-infused rhythms. Their power and appeal remain undiminished.
Also, don't miss, a gallery talk on protest music with Alison Booth on Saturday 22 February, 2pm.
Film runs 91 mins, rated PG (violence, drug use and offensive language).
Tickets $15, Senior/Student tickets $12 - available soon from eventfinda.co.nz. email [email protected]
Weds 19 February, 7.30p Lopdell Theatre, 418 Titirangi Road
Doors/Bar open 7pm Film starts 7-30pm Text bookings to 0210 222 5558 or call 8178087
FRIDAY 21st February
'ROXANE' FRANCE /Comedy (PG) for some course language 8.5/10
plus short film. 'Eggschange'
What does Cyrano de Bergerac do at a chicken farm in Brittany? This is the problem of Raymond, who has always kept his passion for the theatre hidden. But when, back to the wall, he is threatened with bankruptcy, he decides to try everything. It's a poetic and surrealistic tale in the Côtes d'Armor, north of Brittany, with Raymond as a main protagonist who is an organic farmer who regularly and secretly reads Cyrano de Bergerac (Edmond Rostand, 1897) to his hens. In front of an imminent threat of bankruptcy, Raymond will have to work twice as hard. In this respect, he will develop his passion for theatre so that the public gives an overwhelming support to his talent and thus gives credibility to its agricultural activity! Although sometimes patchy, this movie is built on a strong and original script, and the actors are talented, especially Guillaume de Tonquédec.
Showing 10-30am/ 6pm /8-15pm Text bookings to 0210 222 5558 Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz and on door if not sold out (no need to book for morning screenings)
'ROXANE' FRANCE /Comedy (PG) for some course language 8.5/10
plus short film. 'Eggschange'
What does Cyrano de Bergerac do at a chicken farm in Brittany? This is the problem of Raymond, who has always kept his passion for the theatre hidden. But when, back to the wall, he is threatened with bankruptcy, he decides to try everything. It's a poetic and surrealistic tale in the Côtes d'Armor, north of Brittany, with Raymond as a main protagonist who is an organic farmer who regularly and secretly reads Cyrano de Bergerac (Edmond Rostand, 1897) to his hens. In front of an imminent threat of bankruptcy, Raymond will have to work twice as hard. In this respect, he will develop his passion for theatre so that the public gives an overwhelming support to his talent and thus gives credibility to its agricultural activity! Although sometimes patchy, this movie is built on a strong and original script, and the actors are talented, especially Guillaume de Tonquédec.
Showing 10-30am/ 6pm /8-15pm Text bookings to 0210 222 5558 Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz and on door if not sold out (no need to book for morning screenings)
'SEAWEEK SPECIAL SCREENING' Free Admission
THURSDAY 5th MARCH
SEAWEEK SPECIAL
'The Shark Feeders' plus
'Aotearoa -Land of Ice and Fire'
'Aint No Fish' / 'Surface' films to celebrate our oceans as part of SEAWEEK NEW ZEALAND. An hour of films plus Q & A by film-maker Robin Kewell.
In the Seminar room, 1st floor Lopdell House. Showing at 10-30am / 1-30pm / 4-30pm / 6pm /
(Also showing on Wednesday 4th at Sozo Cafe 2, Shetland Street, off Glengarry Road. 11am / 12-30pm / 2pm)
FREE ADMISSION
Duration 75 mins approximately includes Q & A
Thursday 5th March
THURSDAY 5th MARCH
SEAWEEK SPECIAL
'The Shark Feeders' plus
'Aotearoa -Land of Ice and Fire'
'Aint No Fish' / 'Surface' films to celebrate our oceans as part of SEAWEEK NEW ZEALAND. An hour of films plus Q & A by film-maker Robin Kewell.
In the Seminar room, 1st floor Lopdell House. Showing at 10-30am / 1-30pm / 4-30pm / 6pm /
(Also showing on Wednesday 4th at Sozo Cafe 2, Shetland Street, off Glengarry Road. 11am / 12-30pm / 2pm)
FREE ADMISSION
Duration 75 mins approximately includes Q & A
Thursday 5th March
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x7ss1A12ow
'INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY'
SUNDAY 8th MARCH
Tickets $20 includes refreshments Event being held in the Seminar Room 1st floor Lopdell House.
Tickets are limited and can be purchased online at eventfinda.co.nz or
Text your booking to 0210 2225558
Doors open 5-30pm for a 6pm start
Approximately 120 mins show. (Trailer below)
SUNDAY 8th MARCH
Screening a selection of award winning films 'The Women's Adventure Film Tour' The film tour is a collection of award-winning short films celebrating the inspiring women around us who are doing extraordinary things in the name of adventure. This year’s playlist features an all-star cast of Australian athletes including four-time World Champion cliff diver Rhiannan Iffland, climber Angie Scarth-Johnson, trail runner Jacqui Bell and many more including women in snow sports, mountaineering and mountain biking.
The WOMEN’S ADVENTURE FILM TOUR is exempt from classification, and the films are suitable for the entire family and would obtain G/PG ratings.
Tickets $20 includes refreshments Event being held in the Seminar Room 1st floor Lopdell House.
Tickets can be purchased online at eventfinda.co.nz or on the door (if not sold out)
PLEASE NOTE that this screening is taking place in the Seminar Room at Lopdell House on the first floor, wheelchair access via the lift from ground floor.
Text your booking to 0210 2225558
Doors open 5-30pm for a 6pm start
Approximately 120 mins show.
https://www.womensadventurefilmtour.com/playlist
FILMS SHOWING
JOURNEY TO ALL 7 CONTINENTS DIRECTED BY: COLIN CLARKE / PACIFIC LINES DIRECTED BY: BRETT WILLIAMS, SIMON WATERHOUSE / RAINBOW DIVE PRODUCED BY: RED BULL / WHEN I LOOK BACK DIRECTED BY: CHRISTOPHER BRAMLEY / PAR FOR THE COURSE DIRECTED BY: KODY KOHLMAN / A GRAND JOURNEY DIRECTED BY: AMON BARKER / RISE: 20 YEARS OF KELLY CLARKE PRODUCED BY: BURTON TRAILER BELOW
'INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY'
SUNDAY 8th MARCH
Tickets $20 includes refreshments Event being held in the Seminar Room 1st floor Lopdell House.
Tickets are limited and can be purchased online at eventfinda.co.nz or
Text your booking to 0210 2225558
Doors open 5-30pm for a 6pm start
Approximately 120 mins show. (Trailer below)
SUNDAY 8th MARCH
Screening a selection of award winning films 'The Women's Adventure Film Tour' The film tour is a collection of award-winning short films celebrating the inspiring women around us who are doing extraordinary things in the name of adventure. This year’s playlist features an all-star cast of Australian athletes including four-time World Champion cliff diver Rhiannan Iffland, climber Angie Scarth-Johnson, trail runner Jacqui Bell and many more including women in snow sports, mountaineering and mountain biking.
The WOMEN’S ADVENTURE FILM TOUR is exempt from classification, and the films are suitable for the entire family and would obtain G/PG ratings.
Tickets $20 includes refreshments Event being held in the Seminar Room 1st floor Lopdell House.
Tickets can be purchased online at eventfinda.co.nz or on the door (if not sold out)
PLEASE NOTE that this screening is taking place in the Seminar Room at Lopdell House on the first floor, wheelchair access via the lift from ground floor.
Text your booking to 0210 2225558
Doors open 5-30pm for a 6pm start
Approximately 120 mins show.
https://www.womensadventurefilmtour.com/playlist
FILMS SHOWING
JOURNEY TO ALL 7 CONTINENTS DIRECTED BY: COLIN CLARKE / PACIFIC LINES DIRECTED BY: BRETT WILLIAMS, SIMON WATERHOUSE / RAINBOW DIVE PRODUCED BY: RED BULL / WHEN I LOOK BACK DIRECTED BY: CHRISTOPHER BRAMLEY / PAR FOR THE COURSE DIRECTED BY: KODY KOHLMAN / A GRAND JOURNEY DIRECTED BY: AMON BARKER / RISE: 20 YEARS OF KELLY CLARKE PRODUCED BY: BURTON TRAILER BELOW
FRIDAY 3rd JULY 'Richard Jewell' M Directed by Clint Eastwood 2019
Based on the true story of Richard Jewell, a security guard who discovered a bomb and saving many lives at concert at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He was seen as a hero by many and a suspect by the FBI and press.
Why did this not make it to Best Picture in 2019? and how did P.W. Hauser or Sam Rockwell not get a nomination for their work?
Richard Jewell is a true, amazing story of the reality and sadness of the American system in relation to crimes. Performances drive this film, Paul Walter Hauser is outstanding, having to account both his resemblance to the real Jewell and his amazing acting skills which still remain unkown to many. Sam Rockwell (3 Billboards) is one of the best actors working these days, and he should've been awarded his 3rd nomination in a row for Best Supporting Actor, Kathy Bates was also incredible, she was true and relatable. Others such as Jon Hamm and Olivia Wilde properly fulfill the picture's ensemble as well.
Director, Clint Eastwood is simply amazing. Being in the industry for over 70 years and still managing to impress. The plot is handled with sensitivity and intensity, and the thrilling scenes are memorable with a properly written script which has brought this thought provoking story to life. This film is captivating and gripping from the first scenes and it manages to keep you hooked and rooting for the good guys from the moment of the incident. It's sad to remember this as a true story because it definitively shows how flawed the society still still is in the USA
Showing at 10-30am / 5-30pm / 8-15pm Friday 3rd July
Tickets $15 / $12 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door (if not sold out) Text bookings to 0210 222 5558
WEDNESDAY 8th JULY
'PAVAROTTI' ITALY/USA Documentary (M) SPECIAL SCREENING Featuring never-before-seen footage, concert performances and intimate interviews, filmmaker Ron Howard examines the life and career of famed opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti. The film soft-peddles any sense of controversy but what emerges is an entertaining portrait of a generous, funny, larger-than-life figure. And the music is sublime.
Review. Born in 1935 in Modena to a worker-class family of a father baker and a mother who worked in a cigar factory, Luciano Pavarotti felt since his childhood the passion of opera due to his father, an amateur tenor. Blessed with a powerful voice and a student of the most important Italy's opera teachers of those times, the name of Pavarotti soon became a reference to the genre, giving some of the most remembered live performances in the most important theatres across the world, meeting with politicians and world leaders as well as rock and pop singers to bring concerts for humanitarian causes. The film somehow manages to communicate what the star never quite managed to convey himself - his journey from a humble upbringing in Modena to a globally famous artist with a passion for food, family and women. Using archive footage, unreleased material from home videos and photos, and interviewing his closest friends and his family, legendary director Ron Howard reviews the professional carrier of the man who turned opera into a mass phenomenon as never seen before. "A marvellous documentary that strikes the perfect balance to please both opera-loving Pavarotti fans who know his work well and those who are new to opera"
* Wednesday 8th July at 7-30pm (Doors/Bar open 7pm) *To Be Confirmed
Tickets $15 / $12 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door (if not sold out) Text bookings to 0210 222 5558
SPECIAL HOLIDAY SCREENING
Friday 10th July 'RED SHOES and the SEVEN DWARVES' (PG) LOPDELL THEATRE Titirangi'Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarves' (PG) 92 mins
Review The story is different from any Snow White story that’s ever been retold, and takes creative liberties with the characters and the world they live in. This is one of the few movies to ever feature a plus sized hero, and it’s probably the first to have that hero be a plus sized princess. This is something that’s incredibly rare when it comes to animated films, which makes the story all the more interesting to hear. Personally I found myself relating with Snow White whenever she was her true self and was treated differently because of that. I understood her struggle with wanting to be herself when she knew that if she had no one would be as willing to help her on her quest. I wish there were more movies like this in the world rather then the same copy and paste fairytale stories you see nowadays. (Laura Colson - Moving Movies)
Admission: Adult: $10 Child (14yrs under) $7. Family ticket $25 (2+2) Lopdell Theatre. Titirangi. Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz and on door.
Screening times 10-30am and 1-30pm
Friday 17th JULY
'PARASITE' KOREA (R13)
Showing at 10-30am 5-30pm 8-15pm
PARASITE (GISAENGCHUNG) Critics Consensus An urgent, brilliantly layered look at timely social themes, Parasite finds writer-director Bong Joon Ho in near-total command of his craft.
Bong Joon Ho brings his work home to Korea in this pitch-black modern fairytale. Meet the Park Family: the picture of aspirational wealth. And the Kim Family, rich in street smarts but not much else. Be it chance or fate, these two houses are brought together and the Kims sense a golden opportunity. Masterminded by college-aged Ki-woo, the Kim children expediently install themselves as tutor and art therapist, to the Parks. Soon, a symbiotic relationship forms between the two families. The Kims provide "indispensable" luxury services while the Parks obliviously bankroll their entire household. When a parasitic interloper threatens the Kims' newfound comfort, a savage, underhanded battle for dominance breaks out, threatening to destroy the fragile ecosystem between the Kims and the Parks.
"It is bracing, audacious, jarring, challenging and exciting, a devastating social satire realized with precision and intelligence in every perfectly constructed frame.It is bracing, audacious, jarring, challenging and exciting, a devastating social satire realized with precision and intelligence in every perfectly constructed frame" Rotten Tomatoes / Oscar Winner 2020 / 100% rating.
Tickets: $15 and $12 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door. TEXT bookings to 0210 222 5558
Showing at 10-30am 5-30pm 8-15pm
'PARASITE' KOREA (R13)
Showing at 10-30am 5-30pm 8-15pm
PARASITE (GISAENGCHUNG) Critics Consensus An urgent, brilliantly layered look at timely social themes, Parasite finds writer-director Bong Joon Ho in near-total command of his craft.
Bong Joon Ho brings his work home to Korea in this pitch-black modern fairytale. Meet the Park Family: the picture of aspirational wealth. And the Kim Family, rich in street smarts but not much else. Be it chance or fate, these two houses are brought together and the Kims sense a golden opportunity. Masterminded by college-aged Ki-woo, the Kim children expediently install themselves as tutor and art therapist, to the Parks. Soon, a symbiotic relationship forms between the two families. The Kims provide "indispensable" luxury services while the Parks obliviously bankroll their entire household. When a parasitic interloper threatens the Kims' newfound comfort, a savage, underhanded battle for dominance breaks out, threatening to destroy the fragile ecosystem between the Kims and the Parks.
"It is bracing, audacious, jarring, challenging and exciting, a devastating social satire realized with precision and intelligence in every perfectly constructed frame.It is bracing, audacious, jarring, challenging and exciting, a devastating social satire realized with precision and intelligence in every perfectly constructed frame" Rotten Tomatoes / Oscar Winner 2020 / 100% rating.
Tickets: $15 and $12 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door. TEXT bookings to 0210 222 5558
Showing at 10-30am 5-30pm 8-15pm
Wednesday 22nd JULY
'MARIANNE & LEONARD- Words of Love' (M)
Showing at 7-30pm Doors/Bar open 7pm
MARIANNE AND LEONARD: WORDS OF LOVE is a documentary that looks at Marianne Ihlen's influence on Leonard Cohen. In 1960, Cohen, a struggling writer, and Ihlen, a single mother with a young son, fell in love on the Greek island of Hydra and embraced a bohemian life among artists and hippies. Their relationship lasted -- on and off -- for many years, during which Cohen became extremely successful. This documentary examines their struggles with mental health, his drug use, and numerous sexual relationships, and the intense bond they had, which lasted until their deaths in 2016.
In many ways, this documentary is a love letter to the Greek island of Hydra, a mesmerizingly beautiful place that in the 1960s was full of artists trying to realize their hopes and dreams. Against the grainy footage of sun-kissed villages, boat trips, and chilled-out hippies, renowned British filmmaker Nick Broomfield tells a tender and vivid story of two vulnerable people -- with very different futures ahead of them. Cohen and Ihlen are both on a spiritual search for love, happiness, and inner peace. But Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love doesn't shy away from the more toxic aspects of their relationship: Cohen's drug taking and infidelity, and Ihlen's growing obsession with her partner.
In the hands of Broomfield, who also had a relationship with Ihlen, this feels like an honest portrayal of an intense relationship as well as a fascinating insight into the professional and private life of the legendary Cohen. There's plenty of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, but there's also an appealing warmth to the two characters, who are open and candid about their experiences with anxiety and depression. And above all this is a love story, made all the more poignant by its heartbreaking ending.
Tickets: $15 and $12 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door if not sold out. TEXT bookings to 0210 222 5558
Showing at 7-30pm Doors/Bar open 7pm
'MARIANNE & LEONARD- Words of Love' (M)
Showing at 7-30pm Doors/Bar open 7pm
MARIANNE AND LEONARD: WORDS OF LOVE is a documentary that looks at Marianne Ihlen's influence on Leonard Cohen. In 1960, Cohen, a struggling writer, and Ihlen, a single mother with a young son, fell in love on the Greek island of Hydra and embraced a bohemian life among artists and hippies. Their relationship lasted -- on and off -- for many years, during which Cohen became extremely successful. This documentary examines their struggles with mental health, his drug use, and numerous sexual relationships, and the intense bond they had, which lasted until their deaths in 2016.
In many ways, this documentary is a love letter to the Greek island of Hydra, a mesmerizingly beautiful place that in the 1960s was full of artists trying to realize their hopes and dreams. Against the grainy footage of sun-kissed villages, boat trips, and chilled-out hippies, renowned British filmmaker Nick Broomfield tells a tender and vivid story of two vulnerable people -- with very different futures ahead of them. Cohen and Ihlen are both on a spiritual search for love, happiness, and inner peace. But Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love doesn't shy away from the more toxic aspects of their relationship: Cohen's drug taking and infidelity, and Ihlen's growing obsession with her partner.
In the hands of Broomfield, who also had a relationship with Ihlen, this feels like an honest portrayal of an intense relationship as well as a fascinating insight into the professional and private life of the legendary Cohen. There's plenty of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, but there's also an appealing warmth to the two characters, who are open and candid about their experiences with anxiety and depression. And above all this is a love story, made all the more poignant by its heartbreaking ending.
Tickets: $15 and $12 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door if not sold out. TEXT bookings to 0210 222 5558
Showing at 7-30pm Doors/Bar open 7pm
Friday 31st JULY
'La Belle Epoque' (M)
Superb! Clever, entrancing and funny. A wonderfully moving film, which touches on the deep beauty of 'true' love. All done with a lightness of touch and Gallic joie de vivre!Writer-director Nicolas Bedos has more credits as an actor and writer than he does as director, so it shows astonishing promise that in only his third feature at the helm he mixes wit, imagination and insight into this fantastically enjoyable romp. Even with evocations of The Truman Show and any of Charlie Kaufman’s movies, La Belle Époque feels startlingly fresh. The film returns after charming audiences at last year’s New Zealand International Film Festival.
Tickets: $15/ $12 / $10 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door (TEXT BOOKINGS to 0210 222 5558)
Showing at 10-30am 5-30pm 8-15pm
The opening scene is worth the price of admission and the fast-paced dialogue had me engaged throughout the film. Lots of witty lines and funny gags had the audience laughing. The acting was superb, especially Margot, who had to play her real life role as the director's girl friend and her acting role as Victor's wife in the past. Victor also was excellent playing the down and out jilted husband seeking connection to his past. Overall the tight script and flawless acting makes it one of my favourite movies of the year. Simone Blanc Review - Cineviews.
'La Belle Epoque' (M)
Superb! Clever, entrancing and funny. A wonderfully moving film, which touches on the deep beauty of 'true' love. All done with a lightness of touch and Gallic joie de vivre!Writer-director Nicolas Bedos has more credits as an actor and writer than he does as director, so it shows astonishing promise that in only his third feature at the helm he mixes wit, imagination and insight into this fantastically enjoyable romp. Even with evocations of The Truman Show and any of Charlie Kaufman’s movies, La Belle Époque feels startlingly fresh. The film returns after charming audiences at last year’s New Zealand International Film Festival.
Tickets: $15/ $12 / $10 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door (TEXT BOOKINGS to 0210 222 5558)
Showing at 10-30am 5-30pm 8-15pm
The opening scene is worth the price of admission and the fast-paced dialogue had me engaged throughout the film. Lots of witty lines and funny gags had the audience laughing. The acting was superb, especially Margot, who had to play her real life role as the director's girl friend and her acting role as Victor's wife in the past. Victor also was excellent playing the down and out jilted husband seeking connection to his past. Overall the tight script and flawless acting makes it one of my favourite movies of the year. Simone Blanc Review - Cineviews.
SCHOOL LIFE
NEW DATE FRIDAY OCTOBER 2nd
10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
With thanks to Limelight Films we are able to show the brand new release 'SCHOOL LIFE' It released in NZ cinemas on the 17th October
'SCHOOL LIFE' (M) Comedy / Drama 112mins / France.
The new vice principal of a middle school in Parisian suburb Saint Denis, Samia (Zita Hanrot) is warned by her fellow teachers that the students are unmotivated and hard to discipline. She sees things differently, however, when she gets to know the students, especially Yanis (Liam Pierron), who's sharp and driven but disillusioned by a world that seems to have turned its back on him and his family.
Showing 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz E-mail bookings to [email protected]
https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/film-reviews/300109802/school-life-why-this-french-dramedy-is-one-of-the-best-movies-of-the-year
QUOTES “One of the best movies of the year” / “Entertaining and enthralling from start to finish, School Life is well worth seeking out" / “This is a crowd-pleasing combination of uproarious comedy and searing social commentary" / “Easy to see why writer-directors Mehdi Idir and Grand Corps Malade’s (aka Fabien Marsaud) movie has been such a box-office smash in its native France"The new vice principal of a middle school in Parisian suburb Saint Denis, Samia (Zita Hanrot) is warned by her fellow teachers that the students are unmotivated and hard to discipline. She sees things differently, however, when she gets to know the students, especially Yanis (Liam Pierron), who's sharp and driven but disillusioned by a world that seems to have turned its back on him and his family.
Showing Friday 2nd October 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
NEW DATE FRIDAY OCTOBER 2nd
10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
With thanks to Limelight Films we are able to show the brand new release 'SCHOOL LIFE' It released in NZ cinemas on the 17th October
'SCHOOL LIFE' (M) Comedy / Drama 112mins / France.
The new vice principal of a middle school in Parisian suburb Saint Denis, Samia (Zita Hanrot) is warned by her fellow teachers that the students are unmotivated and hard to discipline. She sees things differently, however, when she gets to know the students, especially Yanis (Liam Pierron), who's sharp and driven but disillusioned by a world that seems to have turned its back on him and his family.
Showing 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz E-mail bookings to [email protected]
https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/film-reviews/300109802/school-life-why-this-french-dramedy-is-one-of-the-best-movies-of-the-year
QUOTES “One of the best movies of the year” / “Entertaining and enthralling from start to finish, School Life is well worth seeking out" / “This is a crowd-pleasing combination of uproarious comedy and searing social commentary" / “Easy to see why writer-directors Mehdi Idir and Grand Corps Malade’s (aka Fabien Marsaud) movie has been such a box-office smash in its native France"The new vice principal of a middle school in Parisian suburb Saint Denis, Samia (Zita Hanrot) is warned by her fellow teachers that the students are unmotivated and hard to discipline. She sees things differently, however, when she gets to know the students, especially Yanis (Liam Pierron), who's sharp and driven but disillusioned by a world that seems to have turned its back on him and his family.
Showing Friday 2nd October 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
Friday 16th October 'THE ASSISTANT' M
( if in Covid Level 1)
'THE ASSISTANT' (M) USA. 110 mins 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
Jane, a recent college graduate and aspiring film producer, just landed her dream job as a junior assistant to a powerful entertainment mogul. (No direct mention of Weinstein) but her day is much like any other assistant -- making coffee, ordering lunch, arranging travel accommodations and taking phone messages. But as Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the abuse that insidiously colours every aspect of her workday, an accumulation of degradations against which she decides to take a stand.
"Harvey Weinstein doesn’t appear in “The Assistant,” and nobody mentions him by name, but make no mistake: Director Kitty Green’s urgent real-time thriller marks the first narrative depiction of life under his menacing grip."
"Make no mistake, this is a story that will resonate for anyone who has ever worked in a terrible job and/or with a terrible boss.The Assistant is an incredibly sad movie, but it’s also a compelling and important one."
"The movie accurately depicts the culture of silence from people who are afraid of speaking up about abuse, for fear of retaliation, or they don't speak up because they just don't care"
TICKETING.If we are in LEVEL 1 then all ticketing as normal. from eventfinda.co.nz / TEXT bookings 0210 222 5558 / E-mail bookings [email protected] and on door.
( if in Covid Level 1)
'THE ASSISTANT' (M) USA. 110 mins 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
Jane, a recent college graduate and aspiring film producer, just landed her dream job as a junior assistant to a powerful entertainment mogul. (No direct mention of Weinstein) but her day is much like any other assistant -- making coffee, ordering lunch, arranging travel accommodations and taking phone messages. But as Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the abuse that insidiously colours every aspect of her workday, an accumulation of degradations against which she decides to take a stand.
"Harvey Weinstein doesn’t appear in “The Assistant,” and nobody mentions him by name, but make no mistake: Director Kitty Green’s urgent real-time thriller marks the first narrative depiction of life under his menacing grip."
"Make no mistake, this is a story that will resonate for anyone who has ever worked in a terrible job and/or with a terrible boss.The Assistant is an incredibly sad movie, but it’s also a compelling and important one."
"The movie accurately depicts the culture of silence from people who are afraid of speaking up about abuse, for fear of retaliation, or they don't speak up because they just don't care"
TICKETING.If we are in LEVEL 1 then all ticketing as normal. from eventfinda.co.nz / TEXT bookings 0210 222 5558 / E-mail bookings [email protected] and on door.
NEW DATE Sunday October 18th at 2-30pm
*SUNDAY 18th October* 2-30pm doors open 2pm
'The MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL'
Prizes for Lucky Ticket numbers, STAR PRIZE
Family pass for 4 hours including all equipment at SNOWPLANET worth nearly $300 !!!
The most popular package of award winning films from this year's Wanaka Film Festival. Two hours of adrenaline fuelled films...
'The Mountain Film Festival' Kayaking in the Andes and Greenland, Climbing in Austria, Paragliding in Tanzania, K2 the killer mountain, Skiing the 4th highest mountain in the World. Prizes for lucky ticket numbers, mulled wine, mountains and movies at this SPECIAL SCREENING.
Full details of films on COMING SOON PAGE.
Event publicity sponsored by Elvira Beliak TITIRANGI DENTAL SERVICES
*SUNDAY 18th October* 2-30pm doors open 2pm
'The MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL'
Prizes for Lucky Ticket numbers, STAR PRIZE
Family pass for 4 hours including all equipment at SNOWPLANET worth nearly $300 !!!
The most popular package of award winning films from this year's Wanaka Film Festival. Two hours of adrenaline fuelled films...
'The Mountain Film Festival' Kayaking in the Andes and Greenland, Climbing in Austria, Paragliding in Tanzania, K2 the killer mountain, Skiing the 4th highest mountain in the World. Prizes for lucky ticket numbers, mulled wine, mountains and movies at this SPECIAL SCREENING.
Full details of films on COMING SOON PAGE.
Event publicity sponsored by Elvira Beliak TITIRANGI DENTAL SERVICES
FRIDAY 23rd October 'HONEYLAND' (M) 10-30am /5-30pm / 8-15pm
I was offered this film when it was first released earlier this year but I had no dates available and then it was short listed for the Lopdell Film Festival but that had to be cancelled and so now is the time for this masterpiece in film making. It is no wonder it was nominated for 2 Academy Awards (Best Documentary feature and Best International feature film in 2019) and it won three awards the Sundance Festival. As a film maker for over 30 years I watched this film in total amazement. The secret for good documentaries is to be able capture people's life stories and experiences without any intrusion or manipulation, to show it how it really is. Having watched the film twice I still find it hard to work out how directors Ljubo Stefanov and Tamara Kotesvska managed to be there to capture the essence of every day life, the hardships, the moments of simple joy. This is an outstanding example of anthropological cinema...there is no narration and much of the dialogue isn't subtitled, allowing the visuals to tell the stories with impressionistic flair... Here is a link to some background on the film.
https://www.facebook.com/docloungenetwork/videos/honeyland-a-behind-the-scenes-glimpse/2551267681768626/
'Honeyland' definitely has echoes of 'Jean de Florette' but there are no villains here, just people trying to do their best for their families. The filmmakers spent years with their fascinating, complicated heroine and let their images speak for themselves: there are no caption cards here, no narration, just Hatidza’s endlessly expressive face. But the time they lavished on her, and the care and attention they gave to the edit, pays off in intimate storytelling and stunning cinematography.
Stunningly beautiful and quietly powerful, this is a portrait of a vanishing way of life and of a determined woman who’s just trying to make her way in the world.
Tickets $15/ $12/ $10 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door if not sold out.
BOOKINGS Text: 0210 222 5558 / e-mail [email protected]
I was offered this film when it was first released earlier this year but I had no dates available and then it was short listed for the Lopdell Film Festival but that had to be cancelled and so now is the time for this masterpiece in film making. It is no wonder it was nominated for 2 Academy Awards (Best Documentary feature and Best International feature film in 2019) and it won three awards the Sundance Festival. As a film maker for over 30 years I watched this film in total amazement. The secret for good documentaries is to be able capture people's life stories and experiences without any intrusion or manipulation, to show it how it really is. Having watched the film twice I still find it hard to work out how directors Ljubo Stefanov and Tamara Kotesvska managed to be there to capture the essence of every day life, the hardships, the moments of simple joy. This is an outstanding example of anthropological cinema...there is no narration and much of the dialogue isn't subtitled, allowing the visuals to tell the stories with impressionistic flair... Here is a link to some background on the film.
https://www.facebook.com/docloungenetwork/videos/honeyland-a-behind-the-scenes-glimpse/2551267681768626/
'Honeyland' definitely has echoes of 'Jean de Florette' but there are no villains here, just people trying to do their best for their families. The filmmakers spent years with their fascinating, complicated heroine and let their images speak for themselves: there are no caption cards here, no narration, just Hatidza’s endlessly expressive face. But the time they lavished on her, and the care and attention they gave to the edit, pays off in intimate storytelling and stunning cinematography.
Stunningly beautiful and quietly powerful, this is a portrait of a vanishing way of life and of a determined woman who’s just trying to make her way in the world.
Tickets $15/ $12/ $10 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door if not sold out.
BOOKINGS Text: 0210 222 5558 / e-mail [email protected]
'The MYSTERY of HENRI PICK' (M)
10-30am / 5-30pm / 8-15pm
The perfect film for lovers of literature and intrigue alike, writer/director Rémi Bezançon (A Happy Event) presents a riddle wrapped in an enigma, packed into a cheese-stained pizza box, that begs the questions: Who is Henri Pick, and how did this supposedly illiterate pizza cook write an acclaimed bestseller?
Based on David Foenkinos’s 2016 book of the same name, The Mystery of Henri Pick revolves around the film’s enigmatic title character who, two years after his death, has his name sprawled across the covers of a celebrated novel, The Last Hours of a Love Story. However, not everyone is convinced of the author’s authenticity of this overnight sensation. Amongst the cynics is influential literary critic Jean-Michel Rouche (Fabrice Luchini) who sets out to discover the truth behind Pick and the book that bears his name. Camille Cottin co-stars as Joséphine Pick, daughter of the mysterious author, who reluctantly assists Rouche in navigating the secretive Breton landscape.
The Mystery of Henri Pick has twists and turns that would make Agatha Christie blush, and wears its love of literature on its sleeve. With many references to literary giants – from Alexander Pushkin to Marguerite Duras, this film is a well-crafted puzzle that will captivate and excite.
Tickets $15/ $12/ $10 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door BOOKINGS to [email protected] or TEXT to 0210 222 5558 (we confirm all bookings)
DOORS/BAR open 30 minutes before screening times for the sale of Soft Drinks, Wine, Beer and ice-creams. Tea/Coffee and biscuits included in ticket purchase.
Cash and EFTPOS payment, no credit card transactions.
WEDNESDAY 2nd
(Thursday 3rd Screening has SOLD OUT)
Doors/Bar open 7pm film starts around 7-30pm
'WESTERN STARS - Bruce Springsteen' PG / America 83 mins
"Western Stars" is a cinematic film version of Bruce Springsteen's globally successful album of the same name. Springsteen's longtime collaborator Thom Zimny directed the film together with Springsteen, marking Springsteen's directorial debut. The film "Western Stars" offers fans the world over their only opportunity to see Springsteen perform all 13 songs on the album, backed up by a band and a full orchestra, under the cathedral ceiling of his historic nearly 100-year-old barn. Springsteen's first studio album in five years, Western Stars marks a departure for the legendary singer/songwriter while still drawing on his roots. Touching on themes of love and loss, loneliness and family and the inexorable passage of time, the documentary film evokes the American West--both the mythic and the hardscrabble--weaving archival footage and Springsteen's personal narration with song to tell the story.
The film features Springsteen explaining the inspiration for each song. This movie is as much about Springsteen the man, as it is about Springsteen, the performer. I was never a great fan of Springsteen but I am now, having seen this film.
At the age of 71, Springsteen forgoes his more typical, invigorating concert experience for an intimate, reflective live show; it's achingly beautiful, tender, and personal, with strains of regret and hope. Marking Springsteen's directorial debut alongside Thom Zimny, Western Stars ranks with the best concert films ever made, with its combination of wonderful songs and touching orchestration and Springsteen's confessional asides. The songs are surprisingly moving; they're great stories of everyday Americans, but -- rather than having the heart-pumping energy of Springsteen's early work -- these songs are wistful and quiet, looking back to find a way to look forward. It's possibly one of the best collections in the singer's career.
GET YOUR TICKETS NOW for what will be a great night with the 'Boss' Bookings 0210 222 5558 or e-mail [email protected]
TICKETS $15 and $12 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door if not sold out
'LYRICAL VISIONS V' (this year's theme is music)
Wednesday 9th December 7-30pm Doors / Bar open 7pm
Exploring the space where poetry, the moving image and music collide. With work from all over the world and New Zealand. With live music performances to two new short films
Full programme details on COMING SOON page
An evening of stunning visuals, words and music Tickets $15/$12 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door TEXT bookings to 0210 222 5558
Wednesday 9th December 7-30pm Doors / Bar open 7pm
Exploring the space where poetry, the moving image and music collide. With work from all over the world and New Zealand. With live music performances to two new short films
Full programme details on COMING SOON page
An evening of stunning visuals, words and music Tickets $15/$12 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door TEXT bookings to 0210 222 5558
LAST FLICKS FILM NIGHT FOR 2020 Friday 11th December
2 films about people's different life choices, with the 2 films makers there presenting their films.
'The Man and the Island' (78 mins) and 'Living on the Edge' (28mins)
$10* SPECIAL ADMISSION TO ALL SCREENINGS 10-30am* / 6pm* / 8-15pm**
'The Man and the Island' **(NZ) R13 78 mins New Release from Rialto Distribution.
'The MAN on the ISLAND' (R13) 78 mins Directed by Simon Mark Brown
Film-maker Simon Mark Brown (The Catch) is clearly entranced with the attitude and isolation of Colin McLaren who lives in a house that has been half-built for 30 years now, on the tiny island of Rakino, in the Hauraki Gulf.
Rakino is home to about 20 full-time residents and maybe 80 dwellings, most of which are unoccupied, most of the time. There is no electricity, sewerage or commerce on the island. Any food you cannot grow or raise yourself must be brought in by boat. Toilets are long-drop, or composting. Power is either solar, or by generator. McLaren came to Rakino as a young artist and photographer who wanted to escape the noise of Auckland. He grew olives with friends, established the legendary 'Cafe Rakinos' in the city and eventually fell into near reclusiveness. The Man on the Island is a leisurely paced introduction to McLaren and the island of Rakino which is a fascinating and deeply beautiful place. The film recently had its world premiere as part of Sunday’s Doc Edge at the Civic event in Auckland
** The Director/film maker Simon Mark-Brown will be at FLICKS on Friday and will be available for a Q & A after the 6pm screening for those who wish to stay on for a Q & A in the lounge....
PLUS
'Living on the Edge' (UK) 28 mins presented by film-maker Robin Kewell
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Celtic Film and Television Festival
Film-maker Robin Kewell spent a year documenting the lives of a group of travellers who set up camp in a disused quarry on the cliffs above the Atlantic Ocean. Capturing the trials and tribulations of living their dream on the edge of a cliff in Cornwall. The film raises issues in the community about ‘travellers’ moving in and creating conflict and ‘an eyesore on the landscape’ yet others say ‘let them be, as they are just trying to get on with life’ Documentary film-making is about recording life as it happens, no set-ups, nothing staged, adding up to an honest portrayal of people’s lives, trusting the film-maker. It was these qualities that were recognised by the Celtic Film and Television Film Festival committee who gave this the Grand Jury Film of the Festival Award in 1996, the equivalent of a Celtic Oscar !! (28 mins)
BELLBIRD (M) (2019) NZ
FRIDAY 12th February. When I first read a review of this film it did not make me feel like I should rush out a see it, but then I saw that it got 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes...and then I read other very positive reviews, so I sat and watched the film the other evening and I must say that I was surprised how very good it was. Such a simple film and simple story but so sensitively done, the acting convincing to a point that it almost feels like a documentary. Here are some comments from people who watched the film
"Bellbird is a sweet, poignant, achingly well written and quite beautiful film. It tells its story with a minimum of fuss and dialogue, but still leaves nothing uncertain. It is funny when it needs to be, but never backs off from tragedy and loss. Bellbird might never get the audience numbers of a 'Boy' or a 'Hunt For The Wilderpeople', but, in many ways, I'll always prefer it to either. Go see it." STUFF
“I cannot remember a more authentic film. Every character was totally believable and so true to NZ. Sheer delight. Congratulations to all the cast and crew. Don't miss it”
"A powerful, touching film, portrayed in the gentlest of ways. I truly enjoyed watching Bellbird"
SO..I have booked it... Tickets $15 / $12 / $10 on eventfinda.co.nz and on door
TEXT BOOKINGS to: 0210 222 5558 (we always confirm bookings)
Showing on Friday 12th February at 10-30am / 6pm / and 8-15pm
FRIDAY 26th FEBRUARY
'THE PAINTER & the THIEF'
I have been a documentary film-maker for over 30 years and our second film at FLICKS showing on 26th February goes into 'my top films ever' category...it gets a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It is a remarkable piece of work (currently screening in cinemas) 'The Painter and the Thief' (R13) and Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm (M rating) Some content is disturbing (drug use, nudity, language)
While trying to find her stolen paintings, a reputable artist meets and befriends the man who stole them in this critically-acclaimed documentary. Winner of the Special Jury Prize for Creative Storytelling at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
When two of artist Barbora Kysilkova’s most valuable paintings are stolen from a gallery at Frogner in Oslo, the police are able to find the thief after a few days, but the paintings are nowhere to be found. Barbora goes to the trial in hopes of finding clues, but instead she ends up asking the thief if she can paint a portrait of him. This will be the start of a very unusual friendship. Over three years, this cinematic documentary follows the incredible story of the artist looking for her stolen paintings, while at the same time turning the thief into art.
“Benjamin Ree's extraordinary documentary feels like a movie - there's a heist, villains who are not what they seem, scenes of striking intimacy and some fabulous twists.”
“[An] astonishing and completely unexpected documentary.”
“Full of infectious fascination, The Painter and the Thief is a compassionate, entertaining and substantial stranger-than-fiction tale, while it's as gorgeously shot as you'd hope from a documentary about art.”
TICKETS $15 / $12 / $10 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door of not sold out. 10-30am /6pm / 8-15pm TEXT BOOKINGS to 0210 222 5558
'THE PAINTER & the THIEF'
I have been a documentary film-maker for over 30 years and our second film at FLICKS showing on 26th February goes into 'my top films ever' category...it gets a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It is a remarkable piece of work (currently screening in cinemas) 'The Painter and the Thief' (R13) and Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm (M rating) Some content is disturbing (drug use, nudity, language)
While trying to find her stolen paintings, a reputable artist meets and befriends the man who stole them in this critically-acclaimed documentary. Winner of the Special Jury Prize for Creative Storytelling at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
When two of artist Barbora Kysilkova’s most valuable paintings are stolen from a gallery at Frogner in Oslo, the police are able to find the thief after a few days, but the paintings are nowhere to be found. Barbora goes to the trial in hopes of finding clues, but instead she ends up asking the thief if she can paint a portrait of him. This will be the start of a very unusual friendship. Over three years, this cinematic documentary follows the incredible story of the artist looking for her stolen paintings, while at the same time turning the thief into art.
“Benjamin Ree's extraordinary documentary feels like a movie - there's a heist, villains who are not what they seem, scenes of striking intimacy and some fabulous twists.”
“[An] astonishing and completely unexpected documentary.”
“Full of infectious fascination, The Painter and the Thief is a compassionate, entertaining and substantial stranger-than-fiction tale, while it's as gorgeously shot as you'd hope from a documentary about art.”
TICKETS $15 / $12 / $10 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door of not sold out. 10-30am /6pm / 8-15pm TEXT BOOKINGS to 0210 222 5558
SEAWEEK SPECIAL FILMS
Tuesday 9th March in the Seminar Room 1st floor Lopdell House. Seaweek Special 75 minutes of films about our oceans presented by film-maker Robin Kewell
Showing at 10-30am 6pm and 7-30pm FREE ADMISSION
'Plastic Ocean' (1 min) A short and sharp message in this award winning animation. Fantastical fish and marine life artistically created using plastic waste collected from the streets of Bangkok, Thailand.
By 2050, scientists predict there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish. Winner of the Anim-Eco film contest 2019.
'Bottle' (5 mins) BOTTLE An award winning animation about a transoceanic conversation/ love story between two characters via objects in a bottle. (5mins)
'Coastal Seas' (45mins) COASTAL SEAS (45 mins) Coastal seas count for 7% of our ocean, yet they are responsible for 95% of the world's marine production - these are our planet's fishing grounds. Despite their importance to humanity, few are protected. Yet wherever effective protection exists, life bounces back in huge abundance. From fearsome sharks to lowly urchins, 90 percent of marine creatures live in coastal waters. Protecting these habitats is a battle humanity must win.
'Niugini-Islands of Eden' (24mins) NIUGINI- Islands of Eden Made as part of a series for Discovery Channel (OCEAN OASES) and filmed in the pristine waters of Papua New Guinea and shows the incredible diversity and wealth of marine life that flourishes when distanced from human contact. Filmed and edited by Robin Kewell. with Q & A.
Tuesday 9th March in the Seminar Room 1st floor Lopdell House. Seaweek Special 75 minutes of films about our oceans presented by film-maker Robin Kewell
Showing at 10-30am 6pm and 7-30pm FREE ADMISSION
'Plastic Ocean' (1 min) A short and sharp message in this award winning animation. Fantastical fish and marine life artistically created using plastic waste collected from the streets of Bangkok, Thailand.
By 2050, scientists predict there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish. Winner of the Anim-Eco film contest 2019.
'Bottle' (5 mins) BOTTLE An award winning animation about a transoceanic conversation/ love story between two characters via objects in a bottle. (5mins)
'Coastal Seas' (45mins) COASTAL SEAS (45 mins) Coastal seas count for 7% of our ocean, yet they are responsible for 95% of the world's marine production - these are our planet's fishing grounds. Despite their importance to humanity, few are protected. Yet wherever effective protection exists, life bounces back in huge abundance. From fearsome sharks to lowly urchins, 90 percent of marine creatures live in coastal waters. Protecting these habitats is a battle humanity must win.
'Niugini-Islands of Eden' (24mins) NIUGINI- Islands of Eden Made as part of a series for Discovery Channel (OCEAN OASES) and filmed in the pristine waters of Papua New Guinea and shows the incredible diversity and wealth of marine life that flourishes when distanced from human contact. Filmed and edited by Robin Kewell. with Q & A.
WEDNESDAY 7th April at 7-30pm
'A Mindful Choice' (PG) Lopdell Theatre 7-30pm Doors open 7pm Two modern-day monks meet a diverse range of people making a choice for a better life through meditation. Ballet dancers and writers, stressed business people, a cancer patient, foster children and maximum-security prisoners; their stories show peace is possible for individuals and communities - and suggests it may be possible for all of humanity. Stunning cinematography combined with the power of people sharing from a place of profound peace delivers a palpable and moving experience. Stunning cinematography combined with the power of people sharing from a place of profound peace delivers a palpable and moving experience. This event is being put on by local Meditation group leaders. Tickets are just $10 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door (only cash payment on door) Showing Wednesday 7th
'A Mindful Choice' (PG) Lopdell Theatre 7-30pm Doors open 7pm Two modern-day monks meet a diverse range of people making a choice for a better life through meditation. Ballet dancers and writers, stressed business people, a cancer patient, foster children and maximum-security prisoners; their stories show peace is possible for individuals and communities - and suggests it may be possible for all of humanity. Stunning cinematography combined with the power of people sharing from a place of profound peace delivers a palpable and moving experience. Stunning cinematography combined with the power of people sharing from a place of profound peace delivers a palpable and moving experience. This event is being put on by local Meditation group leaders. Tickets are just $10 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door (only cash payment on door) Showing Wednesday 7th
FRIDAY 9th April SOLD OUT ON BOTH EVENING SHOWS
Another screening has been arranged for Saturday (10th) evening at 7-30pm SOLD OUT
'The Father' (M)
Starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman.
A powerful drama featuring two powerful actors, the film gets 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and gets 100% rating from me. We are very fortunate that Limelight have offered us the film close to release date. (Academy Award Winner, Anthony Hopkins) is 80, mischievous, living defiantly alone and rejecting the carers that his daughter, Anne (Academy Award and Golden Globe Winner, Olivia Colman), encouragingly introduces. Yet help is also becoming a necessity for Anne; she can't make daily visits anymore and Anthony's grip on reality is unraveling. As we experience the ebb and flow of his memory, how much of his own identity and past can Anthony cling to? How does Anne cope as she grieves the loss of her father, while he still lives and breathes before her? THE FATHER warmly embraces real life, through loving reflection upon the vibrant human condition; heart-breaking and uncompromisingly poignant -- a movie that nestles in the truth of our own lives. Don't be put off by the subject of this film about dementia, it is a drama, a thriller, humour and more...it is just brilliant...
Showing Friday 9th April 10-30am/ 6pm*/ 8-15pm* (*SOLD OUT) another showing will happen on Saturday 10th at 7-30pm SOLD OUT, SORRY !!
Another screening has been arranged for Saturday (10th) evening at 7-30pm SOLD OUT
'The Father' (M)
Starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman.
A powerful drama featuring two powerful actors, the film gets 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and gets 100% rating from me. We are very fortunate that Limelight have offered us the film close to release date. (Academy Award Winner, Anthony Hopkins) is 80, mischievous, living defiantly alone and rejecting the carers that his daughter, Anne (Academy Award and Golden Globe Winner, Olivia Colman), encouragingly introduces. Yet help is also becoming a necessity for Anne; she can't make daily visits anymore and Anthony's grip on reality is unraveling. As we experience the ebb and flow of his memory, how much of his own identity and past can Anthony cling to? How does Anne cope as she grieves the loss of her father, while he still lives and breathes before her? THE FATHER warmly embraces real life, through loving reflection upon the vibrant human condition; heart-breaking and uncompromisingly poignant -- a movie that nestles in the truth of our own lives. Don't be put off by the subject of this film about dementia, it is a drama, a thriller, humour and more...it is just brilliant...
Showing Friday 9th April 10-30am/ 6pm*/ 8-15pm* (*SOLD OUT) another showing will happen on Saturday 10th at 7-30pm SOLD OUT, SORRY !!
Wednesday 14th April - Special Fund Raising Film Night. 6pm and 8pm
'The Pinkies Are Back' (PG) New release 95 mins. Documentary Directed by Lisa Burd. Starring Annemarie Stevens, Annabelle Waetford, Caroline Crann, Andrea Partington, Liz Horne, Liz Butcher, Christine Johnson, Sooupu Perese, Glenda Tan, Kylie Hodgson, Yvonne Godfrey.
The Pinkies Are Back is a heart-warming and hilarious feature film, following a group of extraordinary women (survivors of breast cancer) on their journey to rebuild a dragon-boating team despite some having never held a paddle before. The bond, love, and laughs between these charismatic larger-than-life Kiwi women is a must-see on cinema screens.
All profits raised will go to the Breast Cancer Foundation New Zealand.
Tickets are $15 and $12 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door if not sold out.
Showing at 6 pm and 8 pm.
'The Pinkies Are Back' (PG) New release 95 mins. Documentary Directed by Lisa Burd. Starring Annemarie Stevens, Annabelle Waetford, Caroline Crann, Andrea Partington, Liz Horne, Liz Butcher, Christine Johnson, Sooupu Perese, Glenda Tan, Kylie Hodgson, Yvonne Godfrey.
The Pinkies Are Back is a heart-warming and hilarious feature film, following a group of extraordinary women (survivors of breast cancer) on their journey to rebuild a dragon-boating team despite some having never held a paddle before. The bond, love, and laughs between these charismatic larger-than-life Kiwi women is a must-see on cinema screens.
All profits raised will go to the Breast Cancer Foundation New Zealand.
Tickets are $15 and $12 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door if not sold out.
Showing at 6 pm and 8 pm.
FRIDAY 23rd April 'The REAL DIRT on FARMER JOHN' (87mins)
plus short award winning film 'FIELD of FISH'
I showed this film when I first arrived here in New Zealand in 2008 when I established the Settlers Film Club in Oratia, the film told a story that hit a note with many local families here in the valley. With our fertile, agricultural land being sold off and developed with mass housing I thought it would be timely to screen the film again.
Filmmaker Taggart Siegel captures two turbulent decades in the life of John Peterson, an Illinois farmer who not only tends the land but also delves into writing and performance art. A man who would as soon work the fields in a feather boa as in a pair of jeans, Peterson rises out of the bankruptcy and depression plaguing Midwest farm communities in the 1980s and saves his livelihood through organic agriculture.
Review: The film has been directed and photographed by Taggart Siegel, who has been filming Peterson and his farm for more than 20 years. This is a loving, moving, inspiring, quirky documentary that was made while the lives it records were being lived. We get a sure sense for the gradual death of the American family farm, the auctions of land and farm equipment, the encroachment of suburban housing, and then an almost miraculous rebirth through the introduction of organic gardening. Fruits and vegetables in America have lost half their nutritive value in the last century, and those pretty hothouse tomatoes contain a fraction of the nutrients and phytochemicals in an organic tomato, but visionaries like Peterson are finding a way back to the land.
It also an inspiring vision of the way forward for food production, a portrait of what Peterson calls "a dead farm coming back to life". After reading The Omnivore's Dilemma, it may be just the antidote you need.
Plus award winning short film 'Field of Fish' (18mins) Winner of Best Children's short film at the Celtic Film Festival. Based on a true story about fisherman, Jeremiah Joliff and the Witchey Eye Gang. Narration by Sir Ian Holm, Written by Anna Maria-Murphy and Filmed by Robin Kewell
Tickets $15/$12/$10 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door BOOKINGS TEXT 0210 222 5558
SHOWING AT 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
plus short award winning film 'FIELD of FISH'
I showed this film when I first arrived here in New Zealand in 2008 when I established the Settlers Film Club in Oratia, the film told a story that hit a note with many local families here in the valley. With our fertile, agricultural land being sold off and developed with mass housing I thought it would be timely to screen the film again.
Filmmaker Taggart Siegel captures two turbulent decades in the life of John Peterson, an Illinois farmer who not only tends the land but also delves into writing and performance art. A man who would as soon work the fields in a feather boa as in a pair of jeans, Peterson rises out of the bankruptcy and depression plaguing Midwest farm communities in the 1980s and saves his livelihood through organic agriculture.
Review: The film has been directed and photographed by Taggart Siegel, who has been filming Peterson and his farm for more than 20 years. This is a loving, moving, inspiring, quirky documentary that was made while the lives it records were being lived. We get a sure sense for the gradual death of the American family farm, the auctions of land and farm equipment, the encroachment of suburban housing, and then an almost miraculous rebirth through the introduction of organic gardening. Fruits and vegetables in America have lost half their nutritive value in the last century, and those pretty hothouse tomatoes contain a fraction of the nutrients and phytochemicals in an organic tomato, but visionaries like Peterson are finding a way back to the land.
It also an inspiring vision of the way forward for food production, a portrait of what Peterson calls "a dead farm coming back to life". After reading The Omnivore's Dilemma, it may be just the antidote you need.
Plus award winning short film 'Field of Fish' (18mins) Winner of Best Children's short film at the Celtic Film Festival. Based on a true story about fisherman, Jeremiah Joliff and the Witchey Eye Gang. Narration by Sir Ian Holm, Written by Anna Maria-Murphy and Filmed by Robin Kewell
Tickets $15/$12/$10 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door BOOKINGS TEXT 0210 222 5558
SHOWING AT 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
FRIDAY 7th May 'From the Vine' (M) 97 mins (Canada)
Director: Sean Cisterna Cast: Joe Pantoliano, Paula Brancati, Marco Leonardi. Emmy-winner Joe Pantoliano (The Sopranos) plays a man who, after an ethical crisis, returns to his hometown in rural Italy. There, he finds a higher purpose: reviving his grandfather's old vineyard.
Based on a Kenneth C. Cancellara's book Finding Marco, the film tells the story of Marco Gentile, a high-flying executive from Toronto who abruptly up-sticks and moves to Italy to tend to his late grandfather's derelict vineyard. Spurred on by the nostalgia of his upbringing and the callous nature of his job, Marco's late-life crisis hits fever pitch where, among the sun-dappled vines, he attempts to atone for the environmentally destructive nature of the company he once worked for by reviving the old vineyard.
"A warm hearted story, that places you into a common dream. Giving up the busy life in search of that romantic quietness of a life in Italy’s countryside. Beautifully directed in the most amazing scenery. Great performance by Joe Pantoliano. Bellissimo"
"Storyline is great, scenery is beautiful, cannot beat story of wine, reflection and Italy. All cast were perfectly cast for their roles.
The Director of the film, Sean Cinsterna has recorded a special message for us to show before the screenings, with an offer that I think many of you will want to take up one day !! Intrigued ?? find out what the offer is by coming along on Friday...
We will be serving our usual good house wines plus some ITALIAN SPECIALS at this wine flavoured movie night.
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm Tickets $15 /$12/ $10 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door /TEXT BOOKINGS to 0210 222 5558 or E-mail: [email protected]
Director: Sean Cisterna Cast: Joe Pantoliano, Paula Brancati, Marco Leonardi. Emmy-winner Joe Pantoliano (The Sopranos) plays a man who, after an ethical crisis, returns to his hometown in rural Italy. There, he finds a higher purpose: reviving his grandfather's old vineyard.
Based on a Kenneth C. Cancellara's book Finding Marco, the film tells the story of Marco Gentile, a high-flying executive from Toronto who abruptly up-sticks and moves to Italy to tend to his late grandfather's derelict vineyard. Spurred on by the nostalgia of his upbringing and the callous nature of his job, Marco's late-life crisis hits fever pitch where, among the sun-dappled vines, he attempts to atone for the environmentally destructive nature of the company he once worked for by reviving the old vineyard.
"A warm hearted story, that places you into a common dream. Giving up the busy life in search of that romantic quietness of a life in Italy’s countryside. Beautifully directed in the most amazing scenery. Great performance by Joe Pantoliano. Bellissimo"
"Storyline is great, scenery is beautiful, cannot beat story of wine, reflection and Italy. All cast were perfectly cast for their roles.
The Director of the film, Sean Cinsterna has recorded a special message for us to show before the screenings, with an offer that I think many of you will want to take up one day !! Intrigued ?? find out what the offer is by coming along on Friday...
We will be serving our usual good house wines plus some ITALIAN SPECIALS at this wine flavoured movie night.
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm Tickets $15 /$12/ $10 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door /TEXT BOOKINGS to 0210 222 5558 or E-mail: [email protected]
FRIDAY 21st MAY Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
'LITIGANTE' (M) New Release from Limelight.
Duration: 93 Minutes LANGUAGE: Spanish with English subtitles GENRE: Drama
With thanks to Limelight Distribution.
Between raising her young son, taking care of her ill-tempered, cancer-battling mother, navigating her career as a top-notch lawyer dealing with a major corruption scandal, Silvia (Carolina Sanín) could very well be on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
And what if the answer to all this was simply... love?
"...the movie often nails the fractiousness, fear and pain of caring for a dying loved one, driven home by immaculate performances from Sanin, Gomez and Sarria as two generations of women with more in common than they might like to admit." - The Hollywood Reporter
★★★★ "...one woman's struggle to stay afloat with authenticity and grace" - NZ Herald
"This is an authentic and tender exploration of a family, bookended with delicate - and seemingly organic - family moments. It will leave you smiling, reflective, teary, and above all else inspired." Guardian
'LITIGANTE' (M) New Release from Limelight.
Duration: 93 Minutes LANGUAGE: Spanish with English subtitles GENRE: Drama
With thanks to Limelight Distribution.
Between raising her young son, taking care of her ill-tempered, cancer-battling mother, navigating her career as a top-notch lawyer dealing with a major corruption scandal, Silvia (Carolina Sanín) could very well be on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
And what if the answer to all this was simply... love?
"...the movie often nails the fractiousness, fear and pain of caring for a dying loved one, driven home by immaculate performances from Sanin, Gomez and Sarria as two generations of women with more in common than they might like to admit." - The Hollywood Reporter
★★★★ "...one woman's struggle to stay afloat with authenticity and grace" - NZ Herald
"This is an authentic and tender exploration of a family, bookended with delicate - and seemingly organic - family moments. It will leave you smiling, reflective, teary, and above all else inspired." Guardian
FRIDAY 2nd JULY 'MINAMATA' (M)
Starring Johnny Depp and Bill Nighy.
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
FLICKS is back on Friday night with a brand new release starring an unlikely pairing of Bill Nighy and Johnny Depp. I must say that I have never been a fan of Johnny Depp and/or the movies he has been in but this performance is unlike any I have seen and he takes on the character of the photojournalist W. Eugene Smith leaving his 'Deppness' of previous movies somewhere in the Caribbean !!
Minamata is a forthright, heartfelt movie, an old-fashioned “issue picture” with a worthwhile story to tell about how communities can stand up to overweening corporations and how journalists dedicated to truthful news can help them. A nearly unrecognizable Johnny Depp plays 'Life' photographer W. Eugene Smith in this earnest look at his mission to document a pollution-ravaged Japanese community.
Real-life US photojournalist W. Eugene Smith's glory days were in the second world war and the decades following, working for 'Life' magazine in that now-forgotten era when analogue cameras were incapable of lying and magazines with compelling photos could command newsstand sales.
The drama finds him in his declining years, drunk, depressed, impossible to work with – and of course ripe for Hollywood-style redemption. Apparently by chance, he finds himself befriended by Japanese-American Aileen (Minami Hinase) who alerts him to an environmental atrocity in Japan that he could do something about, if he chose to rouse himself from his grumpy self-indulgent ennui. In the coastal town of Minamata on Japan’s south-western coast, the Chisso corporation has been dumping mercury waste into the water, which is poisoning the fish and then the humans who eat them. Minamata was hardly an isolated case, as an end-credits montage reminds us. Despite decades of corporate propaganda extolling their virtues there has been an enormous change in public sentiment over the past half-century, brought about in part by crusaders like Gene and Aileen Smith. Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm Friday 2nd July
BASTILLE DAY FRENCH FILMS
Wednesday 14th July 6pm
'Breathless' (PG) 6pm (5 star rating)
The 1960 Classic film from Jean Luc Godard Digitally restored, a jazzy riff on Film Noir, a film that instantly changed the course of International film making.
STORYLINE. This Movie is a triumph of the French Nouvelle Vague, marks a turning point, not only for the Director, Jean-Luc Godard, but for anyone who sees it. The plot, though intriguing, is secondary to the incredible presentation. Use of hand-held cameras and jump-cuts (where the director cuts from one angle to a shot of the same angle two seconds later, a stylistic effect that can show freneticism or boredom) this was revolutionary at the time, yet can still surprise and delight today.
Jean Seaberg is excellent, with the nicest accent you'll ever hear, as are the supporting cast, all rounded stereotypes. But the leading man outshines all the others. A virtuoso display from Jean-Paul Belmondo as Michel Poiccard makes the viewer swoon and scorn in equal measures. He doesn't make it easy for us to empathize with him, yet we still do, and in doing, we feel we have earned something. "Revolutionary. Brilliant. Oh so pretty" (Hollywood Match)
'Pure, Raw, Chaotic Newness' (The Guardian)
Showing at 6pm
'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' (M) Gets 5 star ratings on all sites
France, 1770. Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Héloïse is a reluctant bride to be and Marianne must paint her without her knowing. She observes her by day, to paint her secretly.
'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' is a French romance/historical drama from the capable hands of Céline Sciamma, who crafts this meticulous, tantalizing tale of an artist who falls in love with the woman she is assigned to paint. Unlike the typical romance, the film takes a more gradual approach to building a dynamic between each of the characters, which ultimately makes the events that follow all the more meaningful.
Review: Its like a beautiful portrait, piece of art. Each frame is like a piece of art! After very long time I got to see something like this. Visually brilliant. No background score so that the whole attention is on the characters and nothing dramatic. The chemistry between the lead is on another level. Seen nothing like this before. Most beautiful onscreen pair ever! Great artists have left symbols in their great paintings. Celine has done the same. There's symbolism everywhere in this portrait. The plot itself very fresh. But the treatment is simply brilliant. A treat for art lovers, for lovers of good cinema. (Variety 2020)
Showing at 8-15pm
Tickets $15 / $12 from eventfinda.co.nz TEXT bookings to 0210 2225558 / FLICKS@LOPDELL Titirangi
BASTILLE DAY FRENCH FILMS
Wednesday 14th July 6pm
'Breathless' (PG) 6pm (5 star rating)
The 1960 Classic film from Jean Luc Godard Digitally restored, a jazzy riff on Film Noir, a film that instantly changed the course of International film making.
STORYLINE. This Movie is a triumph of the French Nouvelle Vague, marks a turning point, not only for the Director, Jean-Luc Godard, but for anyone who sees it. The plot, though intriguing, is secondary to the incredible presentation. Use of hand-held cameras and jump-cuts (where the director cuts from one angle to a shot of the same angle two seconds later, a stylistic effect that can show freneticism or boredom) this was revolutionary at the time, yet can still surprise and delight today.
Jean Seaberg is excellent, with the nicest accent you'll ever hear, as are the supporting cast, all rounded stereotypes. But the leading man outshines all the others. A virtuoso display from Jean-Paul Belmondo as Michel Poiccard makes the viewer swoon and scorn in equal measures. He doesn't make it easy for us to empathize with him, yet we still do, and in doing, we feel we have earned something. "Revolutionary. Brilliant. Oh so pretty" (Hollywood Match)
'Pure, Raw, Chaotic Newness' (The Guardian)
Showing at 6pm
'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' (M) Gets 5 star ratings on all sites
France, 1770. Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Héloïse is a reluctant bride to be and Marianne must paint her without her knowing. She observes her by day, to paint her secretly.
'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' is a French romance/historical drama from the capable hands of Céline Sciamma, who crafts this meticulous, tantalizing tale of an artist who falls in love with the woman she is assigned to paint. Unlike the typical romance, the film takes a more gradual approach to building a dynamic between each of the characters, which ultimately makes the events that follow all the more meaningful.
Review: Its like a beautiful portrait, piece of art. Each frame is like a piece of art! After very long time I got to see something like this. Visually brilliant. No background score so that the whole attention is on the characters and nothing dramatic. The chemistry between the lead is on another level. Seen nothing like this before. Most beautiful onscreen pair ever! Great artists have left symbols in their great paintings. Celine has done the same. There's symbolism everywhere in this portrait. The plot itself very fresh. But the treatment is simply brilliant. A treat for art lovers, for lovers of good cinema. (Variety 2020)
Showing at 8-15pm
Tickets $15 / $12 from eventfinda.co.nz TEXT bookings to 0210 2225558 / FLICKS@LOPDELL Titirangi
'COUSINS' (PG) FRIDAY 30th July Showing at 10-30am* / 6pm / 8-15pm
Storyline: Mata, Missy and Makareta. Three cousins. Three lives. Separated by circumstances, yet bound together by blood. Orphaned Mata believes she has no whanau and lives out her lonely childhood in fear and bewilderment. Back home on the land, educated Makareta flees an arranged marriage to study law and begin the search for her missing cousin. She leaves behind cheeky yet dutiful Missy who takes on her role of kaitiaki (guardian) of the land. As the years pass, loss of the family land seems imminent and the women's promise to bring their stolen cousin home seems more unlikely than ever, until a chance encounter changes everything.
Here's the trailer link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_f1GjcI8-Q
Reviews: 1. Amazing film that tells a story similar to many of that generation and the impact of Colonization on urban Māori. Will make you feel all the emotions humanly possible in the most beautiful way . It was personally awesome to see a movie that stepped away from the narratives depicting gangs, violence and abuse. Great actresses young and old !!! Ngā mihi nui kia koutou e te mahitoi !! (Peter Willis FLICKS TODAY)
2. A gorgeous film, a heart-wrenching story punctuated by moments of cheeky and childlike delight. One of my favourite films to come out of Aotearoa. The non-linear narrative may be a little tricky for some, but it's based on one of the protagonist's disjointed memory. I can't wait to see this on the global stage! (Maggie Starkey -Movie Review)
Tickets $15 / $12*/ $10* from eventfinda.co.nz Bookings 0210 222 5558 E-mail : [email protected]
Thanks for your support...
Cheers, Robin (Flicks co-ordinator)
09 818 2489 / 0210 222 5558 [email protected]
Storyline: Mata, Missy and Makareta. Three cousins. Three lives. Separated by circumstances, yet bound together by blood. Orphaned Mata believes she has no whanau and lives out her lonely childhood in fear and bewilderment. Back home on the land, educated Makareta flees an arranged marriage to study law and begin the search for her missing cousin. She leaves behind cheeky yet dutiful Missy who takes on her role of kaitiaki (guardian) of the land. As the years pass, loss of the family land seems imminent and the women's promise to bring their stolen cousin home seems more unlikely than ever, until a chance encounter changes everything.
Here's the trailer link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_f1GjcI8-Q
Reviews: 1. Amazing film that tells a story similar to many of that generation and the impact of Colonization on urban Māori. Will make you feel all the emotions humanly possible in the most beautiful way . It was personally awesome to see a movie that stepped away from the narratives depicting gangs, violence and abuse. Great actresses young and old !!! Ngā mihi nui kia koutou e te mahitoi !! (Peter Willis FLICKS TODAY)
2. A gorgeous film, a heart-wrenching story punctuated by moments of cheeky and childlike delight. One of my favourite films to come out of Aotearoa. The non-linear narrative may be a little tricky for some, but it's based on one of the protagonist's disjointed memory. I can't wait to see this on the global stage! (Maggie Starkey -Movie Review)
Tickets $15 / $12*/ $10* from eventfinda.co.nz Bookings 0210 222 5558 E-mail : [email protected]
Thanks for your support...
Cheers, Robin (Flicks co-ordinator)
09 818 2489 / 0210 222 5558 [email protected]
SOLD OUT
SPECIAL ONE-OFF SCREENING FRIDAY 6th AUGUST 8-15pm
'DAVID BYRNE's* AMERICAN UTOPIA' (*Talking Heads)
98% rating on RottenTomatoes
100% rating in Rolling Stone Magazine
Simply Spectacular-a Masterclass in Musicianship -Hollywood reporter
One of the best Movies of its Kind - Indiewire
American Utopia is a 2020 American concert film directed and produced by Spike Lee, from a screenplay by David Byrne. The film is a live recording of a Broadway performance of a modified version of the album American Utopia, including several songs and contributions from throughout Byrne's career. Byrne performs alongside 11 musicians, all performing with wireless or portable equipment. Frequent collaborator Annie-B Parson choreographed the production.
Storyline:
This movie is an intimately shot and thus presented live performance of David Byrne's Broadway show American Utopia which emerged from his album of the same name, the album from which most of the songs performed are taken. The show itself is part concert, part musical theater, part performance art, but always Byrne's commentary on the human condition, largely of humankind trying to find its place in a world that often does not make sense. That place includes finding those much needed connections to each other in his wish, as a naturalized U.S. citizen, for society to move closer to his vision of an American utopia.
"New York's finest team up for a greatest hits extravaganza that doubles as one of 2020's best films...
" JUST BRILLIANT (New Yorker)
FRIDAY 6th AUGUST 8-15pm Tickets $15 and $12 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door if not sold out...BOOKINGS text 021
SOLD OUT
SPECIAL ONE-OFF SCREENING FRIDAY 6th AUGUST 8-15pm
'DAVID BYRNE's* AMERICAN UTOPIA' (*Talking Heads)
98% rating on RottenTomatoes
100% rating in Rolling Stone Magazine
Simply Spectacular-a Masterclass in Musicianship -Hollywood reporter
One of the best Movies of its Kind - Indiewire
American Utopia is a 2020 American concert film directed and produced by Spike Lee, from a screenplay by David Byrne. The film is a live recording of a Broadway performance of a modified version of the album American Utopia, including several songs and contributions from throughout Byrne's career. Byrne performs alongside 11 musicians, all performing with wireless or portable equipment. Frequent collaborator Annie-B Parson choreographed the production.
Storyline:
This movie is an intimately shot and thus presented live performance of David Byrne's Broadway show American Utopia which emerged from his album of the same name, the album from which most of the songs performed are taken. The show itself is part concert, part musical theater, part performance art, but always Byrne's commentary on the human condition, largely of humankind trying to find its place in a world that often does not make sense. That place includes finding those much needed connections to each other in his wish, as a naturalized U.S. citizen, for society to move closer to his vision of an American utopia.
"New York's finest team up for a greatest hits extravaganza that doubles as one of 2020's best films...
" JUST BRILLIANT (New Yorker)
FRIDAY 6th AUGUST 8-15pm Tickets $15 and $12 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door if not sold out...BOOKINGS text 021
'JUNE AGAIN' (M) Friday 10th December FREE ADMISSION
6pm and 8-15pm BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL 09 817 2583 or TEXT 0210 222 5558
Please leave your name, contact number, how many seats you require and the show you wish to book for, 6pm or 8-15pm
To welcome you back to films on the big screen, Lopdell Precinct is offering a FREE ENTRY film night at FLICKS on Friday 10th December. The film will be 'JUNE AGAIN' (M) showing at 6pm and 8-15pm The film showed at cinemas in other parts of New Zealand whilst we Aucklanders were 'locked-in' The film has a great 'feel-good' factor, see reviews below. The costs involved with putting this film on are being funded by the Lopdell Trust (many thanks to Anna, Lopdell Precinct's facilities manager for organising this.)
'JUNE AGAIN' (M) About the film.
A heartfelt comedy where a twist of fate gives family matriarch June (Noni Hazlehurst) a reprieve from a debilitating illness. Much to their amazement, June re-enters the lives of her adult children, Ginny (Claudia Karvan) and Devon (Stephen Curry), and learns that 'things haven’t gone according to plan'.
With limited time but plenty of pluck, she sets about trying to put everything, and everyone, back on track. When her meddling backfires, June sets out on a romantic journey of her own and discovers she needs help from the very people she was trying to rescue.
Cast: Noni Hazlehurst, Claudia Karvan and Stephen Curry. Here is the link to the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXn0ryXxfak
Reviews. (get's 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes !!)
“Every scene, emotional moment, and insight into life, love, loss, ageing, forgetting and farewelling those dearest to us is improved by his all-star cast”
“June Again finds a hellishly fine line between the comedic and romanticised - and a sporadically quite bruising exploration of what dementia can wreak on an individual and the family.
FRIDAY 18th FEBRUARY 1pm / 6pm / 8-15pm
FREE ADMISSION
SPECIAL SCREENING for PRIDE WEEK
'MISS' France (M) Limelight Films
A well-crafted, funny French film with a nettlesome issue at its core.
107 mins Directed by Ruben Alves
In pre-Covid 2019 Paris, young Alex lives in what must the most joyously diverse and flat-out fun boarding house in the city.
His housemates are migrants, wannabe-tech entrepreneurs, sex workers and seamstresses, drawn from all walks and strata of life, happily looking out for each other as they go about their lives.
So when Alex, who is blessed with an androgynous beauty that conjures up the idea he might be the love child of David Bowie and Tilda Swinton – announces his dream is to enter the Miss France competition – and then win it, by hokey, the crew put aside their dubiosity and get in behind Alex's unlikely quest.
In the film Alex, a 9-year-old boy happily navigates between genres, he has a dream: one day to be elected Miss France. 15 years later, Alex has lost his parents and his self-confidence and stagnates in a monotonous life. An unforeseen meeting will awaken this forgotten dream. Alex then decides to compete in Miss France by hiding his identity as a boy. Beauty, excellence, camaraderie - Through the stages of a merciless competition, helped by a colorful family of hearts, Alex will set out to conquer the title, his femininity and above all, himself.
SHOWING AT 1PM / 6PM /8-15PM Admission is FREE...
Bookings essential Text bookings to 0210 222 5558
Covid passport holders only.
NEW DATE.. FRIDAY 25th February..same time, same place. If wet Friday then same time on Saturday 26th...
'BURTS BUZZ' (PG) 88 mins
at DAVY's COTTAGE GARDEN CINEMA IF WET the event will be postponed...you can keep your tickets for future event or contact me for a refund
37 McEldowney Road Titirangi. 8-15pm (gates open 7-45)
Come and watch this engaging tribute to Burt Shavitz, co-founder of 'Burt's Bees' The film takes an intimate look at Burt's world, exploring his fascinating and utterly unique life. Wise, ornery and opinionated, this reclusive country man is committed to living off the land and keeping true to his humble beginnings, despite his celebrity status. Burts Buzz is a compelling and fascinating portrait of this highly idiosyncratic pioneer. "Full of eccentric notes and a touch of melancholy"
Ticket include Tea/Coffee/Spiced wine
Seating provided, bring a rug and a cushion and experience a great film in a great location.
Bookings essential TEXT to 0210 222 5558
Tickets available on gate if not sold out...CASH SALES ONLY on the night.
Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdGZoABFYYA
Davy's Cottage 37, McEldowney Road, off South Titirangi Road, Limited parking on site, when full, please park on road outside with consideration for neighbours.
SPECIAL SCREENING for New Zealand SEAWEEK.
Sunday 6th March 8-15pm
'Becoming Cousteau' (M) FREE ADMISSION*
As visually thrilling as it is edifying, Becoming Cousteau pays fitting tribute to a pioneering explorer and environmental advocate. (Gets 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes)
Adventurer, filmmaker, inventor, author, unlikely celebrity and conservationist: For over four decades, Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his explorations under the ocean became synonymous with a love of science and the natural world. As he learned to protect the environment, he brought the whole world with him, sounding alarms more than 50 years ago about the warming seas and our planet's vulnerability. In BECOMING COUSTEAU, from National Geographic Documentary Films, two-time Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker LIZ GARBUS takes an inside look at Cousteau and his life, his iconic films and inventions, and the experiences that made him the 20th century's most unique and renowned environmental voice -- and the man who inspired generations to protect the Earth. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKfG5VdbDd4
(* Bookings essential)
On the rooftop at Lopdell, under the big canopy, seating provided (bring a rug) doors and bar open from 7-30pm...Bookings to 0210 222 5558 ...(please state name and number of seats required and you will get confirmation of your booking)
This FREE screening is brought to you by courtesy of SEAWEEK NZ.
Sunday 6th March 8-15pm
'Becoming Cousteau' (M) FREE ADMISSION*
As visually thrilling as it is edifying, Becoming Cousteau pays fitting tribute to a pioneering explorer and environmental advocate. (Gets 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes)
Adventurer, filmmaker, inventor, author, unlikely celebrity and conservationist: For over four decades, Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his explorations under the ocean became synonymous with a love of science and the natural world. As he learned to protect the environment, he brought the whole world with him, sounding alarms more than 50 years ago about the warming seas and our planet's vulnerability. In BECOMING COUSTEAU, from National Geographic Documentary Films, two-time Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker LIZ GARBUS takes an inside look at Cousteau and his life, his iconic films and inventions, and the experiences that made him the 20th century's most unique and renowned environmental voice -- and the man who inspired generations to protect the Earth. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKfG5VdbDd4
(* Bookings essential)
On the rooftop at Lopdell, under the big canopy, seating provided (bring a rug) doors and bar open from 7-30pm...Bookings to 0210 222 5558 ...(please state name and number of seats required and you will get confirmation of your booking)
This FREE screening is brought to you by courtesy of SEAWEEK NZ.
FRIDAY 8th April (Lopdell Theatre)
'IT SNOWS IN BENIDORM' (M) NEW RELEASE.
Mystery & thriller, Drama, SPAIN
Showing at 10-30am / EXTRA SHOWING at 1pm / 5-30pm/ 8-15pm
Starring Timothy Spall, Sarita Choudhury , Ana Torrent Directed by : Isabel Coixet
After being forced to retire, Peter, a man of routines and few joys, decides to go to Benidorm to visit his brother Daniel with whom he has little contact. But when he arrives in Benidorm, Daniel seems to have vanished. Peter will then discover that his brother owns the Benidorm Club, where a group of dancers make exotic and burlesque performances. Among them, Alex, a beautiful woman with an enigmatic past, who will steal his heart. In the search of his brother, Peter will confront dangers involving real estate mafias and unpaid debts. Benidorm will be one more protagonist in this story, a place sometimes beautiful, sometimes dangerous and gloomy that will be the background of a romantic love story in its twilight.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/519029039
'IT SNOWS IN BENIDORM' (M) NEW RELEASE.
Mystery & thriller, Drama, SPAIN
Showing at 10-30am / EXTRA SHOWING at 1pm / 5-30pm/ 8-15pm
Starring Timothy Spall, Sarita Choudhury , Ana Torrent Directed by : Isabel Coixet
After being forced to retire, Peter, a man of routines and few joys, decides to go to Benidorm to visit his brother Daniel with whom he has little contact. But when he arrives in Benidorm, Daniel seems to have vanished. Peter will then discover that his brother owns the Benidorm Club, where a group of dancers make exotic and burlesque performances. Among them, Alex, a beautiful woman with an enigmatic past, who will steal his heart. In the search of his brother, Peter will confront dangers involving real estate mafias and unpaid debts. Benidorm will be one more protagonist in this story, a place sometimes beautiful, sometimes dangerous and gloomy that will be the background of a romantic love story in its twilight.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/519029039
Friday 29th April (Lopdell Theatre)
'HOUSE OF GUCCI' (R13) 150 mins
Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring: Lady Gaga,
House of Gucci is inspired by the shocking true story of the family behind the Italian fashion empire. When Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga), an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately... murder. !!
Oscar-winners Al Pacino, Lady Gaga, Jared Leto and Jeremy Irons star in Ridley Scott's chronicle of the Gucci family fashion dynasty, one that leads to the murder of the grandson of founder Guccio Gucci. Co-stars Academy Award-nominee Adam Driver (Marriage Story), Jack Huston (The Irishman) and Camille Cottin (Call My Agent!).
" an amazing cast, Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Salma Hayek and also the amazing Al Pacino. The story of the Gucci Family was superb and their are twists and shocks throughout the movie and you learn all about what happened to the Gucci Family back In the day."
Showing at 10-30am / 1pm / 5-30pm and 8-15pm
'HOUSE OF GUCCI' (R13) 150 mins
Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring: Lady Gaga,
House of Gucci is inspired by the shocking true story of the family behind the Italian fashion empire. When Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga), an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately... murder. !!
Oscar-winners Al Pacino, Lady Gaga, Jared Leto and Jeremy Irons star in Ridley Scott's chronicle of the Gucci family fashion dynasty, one that leads to the murder of the grandson of founder Guccio Gucci. Co-stars Academy Award-nominee Adam Driver (Marriage Story), Jack Huston (The Irishman) and Camille Cottin (Call My Agent!).
" an amazing cast, Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Salma Hayek and also the amazing Al Pacino. The story of the Gucci Family was superb and their are twists and shocks throughout the movie and you learn all about what happened to the Gucci Family back In the day."
Showing at 10-30am / 1pm / 5-30pm and 8-15pm
Friday 6th MAY
To Celebrate N.Z MUSIC MONTH a film that everyone on the planet should see, especially now. One of the most visually stunning films you will ever see on the big screen accompanied by the most beautiful sound track. 10/10 and 5 Stars.***** With live music from local musicians.
'HUMAN's MUSIC' (PG) 80 mins 'HUMAN’s Musics' – A film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand / Music Composed by Armand Amar.
Both self-taught, Armand Amar and Yann Arthus-Bertrand enjoy seeking new horizons ‘elsewhere’ and improvising without constraints. They chose to shape this musical composition into an artistic entity that grew and evolved in parallel, and entered into symbiosis with the filmed images.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand, film-maker is a French environmentalist, activist, journalist and photographer. He has also directed films about the impact of humans on the planet. He is especially well known for his book Earth from Above and his films Home and Human.
Armand AMAR, Composer
French of Moroccan origin, born in Jerusalem, Armand Amar spent his childhood in Morocco. Mastering several instruments at the time considered exotic, he left home in his youth to meet that "elsewhere" promised by extra European music (now known as World Music). Initially self-taught, Amar followed his dedication and thirst for life experience to practice the tabla, discover the zarb and learn the congas with various traditional and classical music masters.
The Evening will start with two short films that have no sound track... and a gathering of invited musicians who will play live and improvise to the images as they are played......evening screenings only*
Showing at 10-30am / 1pm / 6pm* and 8-15pm* BOOKINGS text 0210 222 5558
FRIDAY 13th MAY
'ALINE' (M) (Some Suggestive Material|Brief Language)
"A work of fiction inspired by the life of Celine Dion, this extraordinary film follows the usual biopic trajectory, with an added faintly ridiculous sense of humour."
"Like Dion herself, Aline is artistically serious without taking itself too seriously. It’s goofy, a little offbeat, and entirely one of a kind."
SHOWING AT 5-30pm & 8-15pm Tickets $15 / $12 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door if not sold out. TEXT bookings to 0210 222 5558
'ALINE' (M) (Some Suggestive Material|Brief Language)
- Genre:Music, Drama, Biography
- Original Language: French (France)
- Director: Valérie Lemercier
- Producer: Sidonie Dumas, Alice Girard, Edouard Weil
"A work of fiction inspired by the life of Celine Dion, this extraordinary film follows the usual biopic trajectory, with an added faintly ridiculous sense of humour."
"Like Dion herself, Aline is artistically serious without taking itself too seriously. It’s goofy, a little offbeat, and entirely one of a kind."
SHOWING AT 5-30pm & 8-15pm Tickets $15 / $12 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door if not sold out. TEXT bookings to 0210 222 5558
Friday 20th May
'LONG PROMISED ROAD' (M) with Brian Wilson (The genius behind the Beach Boys) 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Join The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson on an intimate journey through his legendary career as he reminisces with Rolling Stone editor and longtime friend Jason Fine. Featuring a new song, "Right Where I Belong," written and performed by Wilson and Jim James, and interviews with Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Nick Jonas, Linda Perry, Jim James, Gustavo Dudamel and Al Jardine.
This is a celebration of the glorious third act of a performer whose struggles became legend, whose victim-hood became notorious and whose "genius" no longer requires quotation marks. To hear the vulnerable Wilson reflect on the highs and lows of his life and music is, in a way, what makes it feel intimate without being exploitative and makes it worthwhile.
"The director and editors Hector Lopez and Kevin Klauber have crafted something compelling, ever attentive to Wilson’s moods, anxieties and joys, to the way he listens to the songs and to the way he answers Fine’s questions with a childlike (or sage-like?) simplicity" (Hollywood Reporter)
Showing at FLICKS as part of MUSIC MONTH.. Tickets $15/$12/$10 from eventfinda and on door if not sold out....TEXT BOOKINGS to 0210 222 5558
'LONG PROMISED ROAD' (M) with Brian Wilson (The genius behind the Beach Boys) 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Join The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson on an intimate journey through his legendary career as he reminisces with Rolling Stone editor and longtime friend Jason Fine. Featuring a new song, "Right Where I Belong," written and performed by Wilson and Jim James, and interviews with Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Nick Jonas, Linda Perry, Jim James, Gustavo Dudamel and Al Jardine.
This is a celebration of the glorious third act of a performer whose struggles became legend, whose victim-hood became notorious and whose "genius" no longer requires quotation marks. To hear the vulnerable Wilson reflect on the highs and lows of his life and music is, in a way, what makes it feel intimate without being exploitative and makes it worthwhile.
"The director and editors Hector Lopez and Kevin Klauber have crafted something compelling, ever attentive to Wilson’s moods, anxieties and joys, to the way he listens to the songs and to the way he answers Fine’s questions with a childlike (or sage-like?) simplicity" (Hollywood Reporter)
Showing at FLICKS as part of MUSIC MONTH.. Tickets $15/$12/$10 from eventfinda and on door if not sold out....TEXT BOOKINGS to 0210 222 5558
SPECIAL SCREENING for NZ MUSIC MONTH
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Friday 27th May. 6pm and 8-15pm
'HERBS - Songs of Freedom'
Flicks @ Lopdell bring you 'HERBS-Songs of Freedom' (M) Reggae band 'Herbs' hold a special place in the history of New Zealand pop music, mixing feel-good rhythms with burning social and environmental issues. The original line-up consisted of five musicians from across the Pacific. Their string of hits in the 80s and 90s helped Aotearoa forge a new Pacific identity. For this documentary director Tearepa Kahi (Poi E: The Story of Our Song, Mt Zion) captures the band's reunion, and interviews key members about the protest movement that lit a fire under the group, their chart topping success, and famous collaborations.
"This is an affectionate and respectful film, but also one that knows exactly of what it speaks. In a move that might surprise some, the band's collaboration with Dave Dobbyn – Slice of Heaven, probably still their best-known track in middle-New Zealand – is rightly treated as a footnote to Herbs' actual musical legacy. "
TRAILER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOUiIv-wZIg
Tickets $15/ $12 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door
Showing at 6pm and 8-15pm
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Friday 27th May. 6pm and 8-15pm
'HERBS - Songs of Freedom'
Flicks @ Lopdell bring you 'HERBS-Songs of Freedom' (M) Reggae band 'Herbs' hold a special place in the history of New Zealand pop music, mixing feel-good rhythms with burning social and environmental issues. The original line-up consisted of five musicians from across the Pacific. Their string of hits in the 80s and 90s helped Aotearoa forge a new Pacific identity. For this documentary director Tearepa Kahi (Poi E: The Story of Our Song, Mt Zion) captures the band's reunion, and interviews key members about the protest movement that lit a fire under the group, their chart topping success, and famous collaborations.
"This is an affectionate and respectful film, but also one that knows exactly of what it speaks. In a move that might surprise some, the band's collaboration with Dave Dobbyn – Slice of Heaven, probably still their best-known track in middle-New Zealand – is rightly treated as a footnote to Herbs' actual musical legacy. "
TRAILER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOUiIv-wZIg
Tickets $15/ $12 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door
Showing at 6pm and 8-15pm
'THE DUKE'
Friday 5th August 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
(PG) Based on a real art theft, the great Jim Broadbent stars as an older taxi driver who stole a priceless portrait from London's National Gallery. His ransom? Free television for the elderly. From the director of Notting Hill, co-starring Matthew Goode (Downton Abbey) and the almighty Helen Mirren.
In 1961, Kempton Bunton (Broadbent) stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government agreed to provide television for free to the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge - Kempton had spun a web of lies. The only truth was that he was a good man, determined to change the world and save his marriage...
"Heartwarming & Uplifting. Wow. The Duke. This is a movie that will warm your heart and put a smile on your face. Jim Broadbent is terrific as 60 year old Kempton Bunton, a good, decent, honourable, and socially principled working-class man living in one of a row of red bricked council terrace houses in the UK in 1961. It is a lower/middle class environment. He’s someone that truly epitomes the meaning of the word underdog, and is not afraid to stand up for anything that he feels is wrong. "
Tickets $15 / $12/ $10 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door TEXT bookings to 0210 222 5558
Friday 5th August 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
(PG) Based on a real art theft, the great Jim Broadbent stars as an older taxi driver who stole a priceless portrait from London's National Gallery. His ransom? Free television for the elderly. From the director of Notting Hill, co-starring Matthew Goode (Downton Abbey) and the almighty Helen Mirren.
In 1961, Kempton Bunton (Broadbent) stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government agreed to provide television for free to the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge - Kempton had spun a web of lies. The only truth was that he was a good man, determined to change the world and save his marriage...
"Heartwarming & Uplifting. Wow. The Duke. This is a movie that will warm your heart and put a smile on your face. Jim Broadbent is terrific as 60 year old Kempton Bunton, a good, decent, honourable, and socially principled working-class man living in one of a row of red bricked council terrace houses in the UK in 1961. It is a lower/middle class environment. He’s someone that truly epitomes the meaning of the word underdog, and is not afraid to stand up for anything that he feels is wrong. "
Tickets $15 / $12/ $10 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door TEXT bookings to 0210 222 5558
'LIMBO' (R13) 103mins
Friday 19th August 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
Recently nominated for two BAFTA® awards for Best British Film and Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, LIMBO is a wry and poignant observation of the refugee experience, set on a fictional remote Scottish island where a group of new arrivals await the results of their asylum claims. It centers on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened by his grandfather's oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland. Reflecting the complexity of the movement of people across borders has been a long-held passion for director and writer Ben Sharrock, who spent time working for an NGO in refugee camps in southern Algeria and living in Damascus in 2009 shortly before the outbreak of the Syrian civil war. There, he formed a network of friends whose personal stories inspired the film.
Given the difficult subject matter of refugees, Ben Sharrock (Director) was quite surprised in talking to people who had fled their home countries that many of them took comfort in humour. That's why he deliberately incorporated a lot of humour into his screenplay.
"In a movie that's witty and perceptive, affectionate and poignant, and unwavering and clear-eyed, the tonal seesaw that Sharrock rides and perfects is just that: perfection" Variety Review
Tickets $15 / $12/ $10 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door TEXT bookings to 0210 222 5558
'Lunana- A Yak in the Classroom' (PG) (Bhutan) Genre: Drama/Comedy. Oscar nomination.
Friday 26th 10-30am*/ 6pm / 8-15pm
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom is the story of Ugyen. He is a trainee teacher who has completed four of the mandatory five years of his course and must now be sent out to a country school to test his skills in a classroom. But the school is in a village some 5000 metres above sea-level. Population about 50. And a yak.
Even though you will guess that Lunana’s outcome might be a happy one and there will be hugs and life lessons for all before the credits roll, nothing – I hope – will prepare you for the warm-heartedness and lack of artifice here. A Yak in the Classroom is an absolute gem.
"Just as Ugyen makes the journey to Lunana, so I reckon you should walk or catch an Uber or a bus to wherever in your town is showing it. And then, when your friends call to ask where you have been, you can tell them you have seen a film about a Bhutanese teacher and a yak. And then, like me, you can tell them that you absolutely loved it" Hollywood Scene. D.B.
This is the first Oscar-nominated Bhutanese film. Shot at the actual Himalayan school, which stands at roughly 5,000 metres altitude, the filmmakers had to use solar-powered batteries to achieve the shoot which took over two years.
Friday 26th 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz and on door if not sold out
Text bookings to 0210 2225558
Tickets $15 / *$12/ *$10 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door TEXT bookings to 0210 222 5558
WEDNESDAY 12th October 6pm and 8-15pm
'HIT THE ROAD' (M) 93 mins. Iran
With Fridays being booked out for other events we are changing to some screenings on Wednesdays. the first being this brand-new release from Rialto.
'Hit the Road' features a middle-aged couple and their two sons who embark on a road trip across the Iranian countryside. Over the course of their journey, they bond over memories of the past, grapple with fears of the unknown and fuss over their sick dog. Crackling with energy, riotously funny at times and quietly devastating at others, this phenomenal feature debut from Panah Panahi looks set to be one of the major discoveries of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. A road trip in a borrowed car: a father laid up with a leg in plaster, a mother laughing through tears, a young child rattling around the vehicle’s interior like an errant firework. And an adult son who says nothing, his eyes fixed on the road ahead. From these basic ingredients, Panahi crafts a vibrantly humane and utterly relatable portrait of a family at a crossroads
Tickets $15 and $12 for seniors/students.
Text 0210 222 5558 for tickets. Also available from eventfinda.co.nz
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PTz6Dzsv6A
WEDNESDAY 26th OCTOBER 6pm and 8-15pm
'The Good Boss' Spain (119mins) Comedy/Drama
Led by Javier Bardem's charismatic performance and writer-director Fernando León de Aranoa's sharp humour, The Good Boss is a workplace satire worthy of promotion.
Básculas Blanco, a Spanish company producing industrial scales in a provincial Spanish town, awaits the imminent visit from a committee which holds its fate in their hands as to whether they merit a local Business Excellence award. Everything has to be perfect when the time comes. Working against the clock, the company's proprietor, Blanco (Javier Bardem) pulls out all the stops to address and resolve issues with his employees, crossing every imaginable line in the process.
"A pitch-black, workplace comedy fueled by Javier Bardem’s seductively slimy portrayal of a baron whose industrial-scale factory is decidedly out of balance." Variety Review.
"Whether or not Blanco is able to save his factory, Bardem is able to navigate the narrative missteps surrounding him and ultimately make The Good Boss worth a look." R.D.
Showing at 6pm and 8-15pm.
Tickets: $15 and $12 from eventfinda.co.nz and on door.
Text bookings 0210 222 5558
WEDNESDAY 9th NOVEMBER 6pm and 8pm
'Rohe Kōreporepo - The Swamp, The Sacred Place'
Presented by Director/film-maker Kathleen Gallagher
Trailer https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/rohe-koreporepo-swamp-sacred-place-2021\
This documentary is a positive ecological story following teams of kaitiaki (guardians) as they work to replant and reflood Aotearoa's dying wetlands and swamps using mātauranga (traditional Māori knowledge) as their guide. Wetlands and swamps act as "territorial sponges" in the landscape: soaking up rainwater, preventing flooding, recharging groundwater systems and storing carbon. They were also ancient food baskets for Māori. In this extended trailer, local iwi, farmers, artists, scientists and young people from across Aotearoa discuss the unique ecosystems of their rohe kōreporepo — swamps and sacred places.
Tickets $20 includes a drink and nibbles. Text your booking to 0210 222 5558
FRIDAY 18th November 7pm
(6-30pm reception drinks and nibbles in Upstairs Gallery)
'ArtBeats'
Munch: Love, Ghosts and Lady Vampires
There is no painter in the world both more famous and less known than Edvard Munch.
The debt contemporary culture has towards Munch is impressive, from Andy Warhol to Ingmar Bergman, from Marina Abramovich to Jasper Johnes.
If his painting has become a symbol and at the same time an omen of the tragedies of the twentieth century, his art has travelled new and experimental roads of extraordinary modernity. Today, however, it is his city, Oslo, which sets a turning point for the knowledge of Munch: the birth of a new museum. This documentary will start from there to shed light on a man and an artist with singular charm, a precursor and a master.
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVfNgLRLWuk
Brought to you by the Upstairs Gallery and FLICKS Cinema. Reception with drinks and nibbles 6-30pm in the Upstairs Gallery followed by the screening of the film in the Seminar Room at 7pm
Tickets $20 inclusive. Limited to 40 tickets, available from the Upstairs Gallery Lopdell House.
Text bookings to 0210 222 5558
(6-30pm reception drinks and nibbles in Upstairs Gallery)
'ArtBeats'
Munch: Love, Ghosts and Lady Vampires
There is no painter in the world both more famous and less known than Edvard Munch.
The debt contemporary culture has towards Munch is impressive, from Andy Warhol to Ingmar Bergman, from Marina Abramovich to Jasper Johnes.
If his painting has become a symbol and at the same time an omen of the tragedies of the twentieth century, his art has travelled new and experimental roads of extraordinary modernity. Today, however, it is his city, Oslo, which sets a turning point for the knowledge of Munch: the birth of a new museum. This documentary will start from there to shed light on a man and an artist with singular charm, a precursor and a master.
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVfNgLRLWuk
Brought to you by the Upstairs Gallery and FLICKS Cinema. Reception with drinks and nibbles 6-30pm in the Upstairs Gallery followed by the screening of the film in the Seminar Room at 7pm
Tickets $20 inclusive. Limited to 40 tickets, available from the Upstairs Gallery Lopdell House.
Text bookings to 0210 222 5558
THURSDAY 15th DECEMBER
10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
'When the Cows Come Home' (PG)
Premiering at the 2022 New Zealand International Film Festival, When the Cows Come Home documents the relationship between farmer Andrew Johnstone and two cows, Tilly and Maggie. Director Costa Botes (Forgotten Silver, Angie) explores the philosophies of this Waikato musician turned farmer, who saved the two bovine beauties from slaughter so that they could become "forever cows". When the Cows Come Home marks Botes' ninth feature-length documentary to be selected for New Zealand's yearly round of film festivals.
I love being surrounded by cows. There's no discussion, there's no talk. It's just purely emotional.
– Andrew Johnstone on being amongst the herd
When the Cows Come Home is the latest film from New Zealand film-maker Costa Botes. Perhaps most well-known for fooling the country with his Peter Jackson collaboration 'Forgotten Silver' which told the fictional story of Colin McKenzie, the greatest Kiwi who never lived.
This film, however, is completely real. It tells the story of Andrew Johnstone, a farmer based in the Waikato region who saved two cows, Maggie & Tilly from execution and found a new sense of purpose with his bovine besties.
Johnstone has worn many hats in his lifetime, working on the radio and as a film reviewer for Rip It Up magazine, also artist and musician but watching him interact with his herd of cows, it's clear he's found his calling. Filmed over three visits to Cambridge, 'When the Cows Come Home' is an incredibly raw film, unafraid to pull at the less flattering threads of Andrew's life. The credits fly by at the end of the film as you realise it mostly is just two men, a camera and a bunch of cows.
Of course, Botes wasn't the only person working on the film, the score by Tom McLeod is a highlight of the film, adding a real emotional resonance to the piece. Costa Botes is contemplating retirement following 'When the Cows Come Home', citing failing health and the endurance and stamina required to direct a film. If this does end up being the final film from the veteran filmmaker, it's a beautiful send-off, discussing what makes us happy, who we are and what we were put on this earth to do. I can't think of anything more quintessentially New Zealand than a farmer who has struggled with mental health issues and whose life is changed by a friendship with some livestock.
TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/591323112
THURSDAY 15th December showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz and on door. $15/$12/$10 TEXT BOOKINGS to 0210 222 5558
10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
'When the Cows Come Home' (PG)
Premiering at the 2022 New Zealand International Film Festival, When the Cows Come Home documents the relationship between farmer Andrew Johnstone and two cows, Tilly and Maggie. Director Costa Botes (Forgotten Silver, Angie) explores the philosophies of this Waikato musician turned farmer, who saved the two bovine beauties from slaughter so that they could become "forever cows". When the Cows Come Home marks Botes' ninth feature-length documentary to be selected for New Zealand's yearly round of film festivals.
I love being surrounded by cows. There's no discussion, there's no talk. It's just purely emotional.
– Andrew Johnstone on being amongst the herd
When the Cows Come Home is the latest film from New Zealand film-maker Costa Botes. Perhaps most well-known for fooling the country with his Peter Jackson collaboration 'Forgotten Silver' which told the fictional story of Colin McKenzie, the greatest Kiwi who never lived.
This film, however, is completely real. It tells the story of Andrew Johnstone, a farmer based in the Waikato region who saved two cows, Maggie & Tilly from execution and found a new sense of purpose with his bovine besties.
Johnstone has worn many hats in his lifetime, working on the radio and as a film reviewer for Rip It Up magazine, also artist and musician but watching him interact with his herd of cows, it's clear he's found his calling. Filmed over three visits to Cambridge, 'When the Cows Come Home' is an incredibly raw film, unafraid to pull at the less flattering threads of Andrew's life. The credits fly by at the end of the film as you realise it mostly is just two men, a camera and a bunch of cows.
Of course, Botes wasn't the only person working on the film, the score by Tom McLeod is a highlight of the film, adding a real emotional resonance to the piece. Costa Botes is contemplating retirement following 'When the Cows Come Home', citing failing health and the endurance and stamina required to direct a film. If this does end up being the final film from the veteran filmmaker, it's a beautiful send-off, discussing what makes us happy, who we are and what we were put on this earth to do. I can't think of anything more quintessentially New Zealand than a farmer who has struggled with mental health issues and whose life is changed by a friendship with some livestock.
TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/591323112
THURSDAY 15th December showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz and on door. $15/$12/$10 TEXT BOOKINGS to 0210 222 5558
THURSDAY 26th JANUARY
The UPSTAIRS GALLERY & FLICKS present 'ARTBEATS'
'FRIDA - Viva La Vida' (M) The second film in our ARTBEATS series.
The film highlights the two sides of Frida Kahlo's spirit: the pioneering artist and the victim of a tormented relationship. The two faces of the artist are revealed through the common thread of Frida's own words in letters, diaries and private confessions. When she died in 1954, at the age of 47, Kahlo was a respected and successful artist. She was the first Mexican artist to have work purchased by the Louvre – and had exhibited extensively in North America and Europe. But nothing of her reputation during her life really hinted at the acclaim that would follow.
6-30pm Reception at the UPSTAIRS GALLERY with *drinks and nibbles,
Film starts at 7pm
Tickets $20 (*inclusive) available from the UPSTAIRS GALLERY or by TEXT BOOKING to 0210 222 5558
'WE ARE STILL HERE' (M) Friday 17th February
New release from RIALTO that opened the Sydney Film Festival
90 mins | Rated M (Violence & offensive language) | Drama
Directed by Beck Cole, Danielle MacLean, Tracey Rigney, Miki Magasiva, Tim Worrall, Chantelle Burgoyne, Dena Curtis, Renae Maihi
Through the eyes of eight protagonists, We Are Still Here traverses 1000 years from past,present, and future to explore stories of kinship, loss, grief, and resilience. But ultimately, it shows the strength of love and hope to overcome shared traumas that Indigenous people from Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific have continued to face.
From the beginning of time, in a Utopian world, a traditional fisherwoman and her Daughter are fishing when they pull up an ominous ship, foreshadowing stormy seas and tragedy to follow. Forward to 1862, a British Settler threatens an Aboriginal man to lead him to safety, whilst in New Zealand, tribes cocooned deep in the forest are preparing for a terrifying future.
In 1915, men from the Pacific were sent to support the British Colony in World War One fighting for a land that isn't theirs, with uncertainty of ever seeing home again. Flashing forward into a dystopian future, a young child must navigate her way through a dangerous underground marketplace to save her grandfather and survive.
We Are Still Here showcases the expansive landscapes of the Central Australian Desert to the lush green rainforests of New Zealand.
In spite of colonialism, racism, imperialism and the attempted erasure of Indigenous lives,
WE ARE STILL HERE is showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
TRAILER : https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=We+are+still+here+trailer#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:0194185b,vid:RTOBmjUvKts
SPECIAL SCREENING Wednesday 22nd Feb. 6pm and 8-15pm
A fund raising event for the Turkish/Syrian earthquake disaster relief fund.
'The VELVET QUEEN' (E) 100% ratings
In 2019, French travel writer Sylvain Tesson published The Art of Patience: Seeking the Snow Leopard in Tibet – an account of his travels with the equally renowned wildlife photographer Vincent Munier, searching for the near-legendary snow leopard, as well as foxes, bears and other marvellous animals in the stunningly stark and remote landscape. This is the film which Munier was co-directing at the time with Marie Amiguet about their experiences together, with music by Warren Ellis and Nick Cave.
The relationship between the two men could easily have been an insufferable teaming-up of macho guys congratulating themselves on their superiority to big city folks and their primal connection to magnificent beasts (and all films like this stand in the shadow of Herzog’s Grizzly Man). But their images have real power, particularly those showing the animals’ mysterious existence in and then emergence from camouflage. Tesson often praises the monkish austerity of Munier’s modus operandi, as he waits for weeks and months in a “blind” in which he may or may not be able to photograph his quarry. “Waiting is prayer,” Tesson says, although he doesn’t reflect on the now ubiquitous use of the camera trap, that modern invention for wildlife specialists which takes the discomfort – and possibly the prayer – out of waiting.
"A breathtakingly beautiful and poignant cinematic showing of the most elusive snow leopard."
Thanks to the Lopdell Trust and Madman films for letting us put this film on as a fund raising event. $20 ticket price, which includes drinks* and nibbles . (*non alcoholic) . Bookings TEXT 0210 222 5558 or turn up on the night...
All profits from this event go to the Turkish/Syrian earthquake disaster relief fund.
SHOWING Wednesday 22nd Feb. 6pm and 8-15pm
Thursday 23rd Feb. 6-30pm
'HITLER vs PICASSO' (M)
The Upstairs Gallery (Lopdell House) presents the third in the ARTBEATS series. Thursday 23rd Feb. 6-30pm
Hitler vs Picasso and the Others (E, 94 minutes) Directed by Claudio Poli ****½
That the Nazis orchestrated a mass programme of looting and forced selling of art works across Europe isn't really new information.
But, this 2018 documentary, that has unexpectedly landed in a few New Zealand cinemas, takes a deep dive into a couple of lesser-known aspects of what the Nazis perpetrated – and offers some interesting speculation as to their motivations.
Hitler and his gangsters coveted anything that could give their squalid enterprise a veneer of civilisation. And art was top of the list.
Paintings and sculptures were stolen from galleries and museums, or were “purchased” at ridiculously low prices, sometimes with the promise of a visa for the owner to leave occupied Europe as a part of the deal. The visas often did not eventuate. Many collectors, dealers and curators were sent to the concentration camps. Reception drinks and nibbles in the Gallery at 6-30pm, Film starts at 7pm.
Bookings text 0210 222 5558 or get your ticket from the Upstairs Gallery Lopdell House. Tickets are $20 which includes reception drink and refreshments.
'HITLER vs PICASSO' (M)
The Upstairs Gallery (Lopdell House) presents the third in the ARTBEATS series. Thursday 23rd Feb. 6-30pm
Hitler vs Picasso and the Others (E, 94 minutes) Directed by Claudio Poli ****½
That the Nazis orchestrated a mass programme of looting and forced selling of art works across Europe isn't really new information.
But, this 2018 documentary, that has unexpectedly landed in a few New Zealand cinemas, takes a deep dive into a couple of lesser-known aspects of what the Nazis perpetrated – and offers some interesting speculation as to their motivations.
Hitler and his gangsters coveted anything that could give their squalid enterprise a veneer of civilisation. And art was top of the list.
Paintings and sculptures were stolen from galleries and museums, or were “purchased” at ridiculously low prices, sometimes with the promise of a visa for the owner to leave occupied Europe as a part of the deal. The visas often did not eventuate. Many collectors, dealers and curators were sent to the concentration camps. Reception drinks and nibbles in the Gallery at 6-30pm, Film starts at 7pm.
Bookings text 0210 222 5558 or get your ticket from the Upstairs Gallery Lopdell House. Tickets are $20 which includes reception drink and refreshments.
FRIDAY 24th February 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
'LADIES of STEEL' (M) 92m mins Finland
Dark comedy, Offensive language & sexual references.
Inkeri, 75, after hitting her husband on the head with a frying pan, flees with her two sisters Raili and Sylvi. The journey through Finland is filled with charming hitchhikers, memories, and sinful dancing. When Inkeri comes across her old university writings and finds Eino, a crush from her youth, she is reminded of her dreams that were later suppressed by a patriarchal marriage. Inkeri has to make the biggest choice concerning the rest of her life, a choice between happiness and convention.
Believing that she has killed her husband with a frying pan, 74-year-old Inkeri (Leena Uotila) plans to hand herself into the police, but is persuaded by her free-spirited older sibling-cum-lawyer Sylvi (Saara Pakkasvirta) to at least go on a road trip and have some fun before facing up to her crime.
“I would have killed him a long time ago, he prevented you from studying and following your dream career.”
TRAILER: https://cineuropa.org/en/video/384635/
"Perhaps the best thing [about the film] is the three actresses and also how the desire of one of them to finally understand her past. " (Rotten Toms) "Laugh out loud fun and enriching" (Hollywood review)
SHOWING FRIDAY 24th February 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
'LADIES of STEEL' (M) 92m mins Finland
Dark comedy, Offensive language & sexual references.
Inkeri, 75, after hitting her husband on the head with a frying pan, flees with her two sisters Raili and Sylvi. The journey through Finland is filled with charming hitchhikers, memories, and sinful dancing. When Inkeri comes across her old university writings and finds Eino, a crush from her youth, she is reminded of her dreams that were later suppressed by a patriarchal marriage. Inkeri has to make the biggest choice concerning the rest of her life, a choice between happiness and convention.
Believing that she has killed her husband with a frying pan, 74-year-old Inkeri (Leena Uotila) plans to hand herself into the police, but is persuaded by her free-spirited older sibling-cum-lawyer Sylvi (Saara Pakkasvirta) to at least go on a road trip and have some fun before facing up to her crime.
“I would have killed him a long time ago, he prevented you from studying and following your dream career.”
TRAILER: https://cineuropa.org/en/video/384635/
"Perhaps the best thing [about the film] is the three actresses and also how the desire of one of them to finally understand her past. " (Rotten Toms) "Laugh out loud fun and enriching" (Hollywood review)
SHOWING FRIDAY 24th February 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
FRIDAY 3rd March 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
'CORSAGE' (M) (Austria/Germany) History, Drama, Biography 1 hr 53mins (Subtitled) Some English language
A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.
Empress Elizabeth of Austria is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. But in 1877, 'Sissi' celebrates her 40th birthday and must fight to maintain her public image by lacing her corset tighter and tighter. While Elizabeth's role has been reduced against her wishes to purely performative, her hunger for knowledge and zest for life makes her more and more restless in Vienna. She travels to England and Bavaria, visiting former lovers and old friends, seeking the excitement and purpose of her youth. With a future of strictly ceremonial duties laid out in front of her, Elizabeth rebels against the hyperbolized image of herself and comes up with a plan to protect her legacy.
"Corsage is a masterful and melancholy meditation on loneliness with a sucker punch of an ending."
"Sensitively written, and beautifully directed by Marie Kreutzer, Corsage showcases the lives of women in nineteenth century Europe and most prominently, queens and duchesses.
TRAILER : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7LpMtLRe2E
SHOWING FRIDAY 3rd March 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
SPECIAL OUTDOOR SCREENING at Davy's Cottage * SHOWING SATURDAY 11th March 8pm (weather permitting)
POSTPONED due to Illnesss.
All proceeds will go to the Turkish/Syrian Earthquake disaster relief fund
'MOONAGE DAYDREAM' (R13) David Bowie
Told through sublime, kaleidoscopic, never-before-seen footage, performances and music, Brett Morgen’s (The Kid Stays in the Picture, Cobain: Montage of Heck, Jane) feature length experiential cinematic odyssey explores David Bowie’s creative, musical and spiritual journey. The film is guided by David Bowie’s own narration and is the first officially sanctioned film on the artist.
"This unconventional documentary uses the unknown to its advantage, highlighting that whoever the “real Bowie” was in totality, pieces of him could be found everywhere, loved every minute of it "
"Saw this movie on Cannes Film Festival. It was more than beautiful. Bowie was such a legend. Seeing all those scenes and songs made me feel like I was a teenager again. Definitely a must watch on the big screen " D.B. Variety Hollywood
"A once-in-a-lifetime cinematic musical odyssey, unlike anything I’ve seen before. "
* Davy's Cottage Garden Cinema. 37. McEldowney Road. (off S. Titirangi Road)
GATES open from 7-15pm Tickets $20 includes refreshments, limited to 40 seats, so we advise to BOOK soon, TEXT bookings to 0210 222 5558 Cash on the night OR direct payment details will be sent when booking made.
POSTPONED due to Illnesss.
All proceeds will go to the Turkish/Syrian Earthquake disaster relief fund
'MOONAGE DAYDREAM' (R13) David Bowie
Told through sublime, kaleidoscopic, never-before-seen footage, performances and music, Brett Morgen’s (The Kid Stays in the Picture, Cobain: Montage of Heck, Jane) feature length experiential cinematic odyssey explores David Bowie’s creative, musical and spiritual journey. The film is guided by David Bowie’s own narration and is the first officially sanctioned film on the artist.
"This unconventional documentary uses the unknown to its advantage, highlighting that whoever the “real Bowie” was in totality, pieces of him could be found everywhere, loved every minute of it "
"Saw this movie on Cannes Film Festival. It was more than beautiful. Bowie was such a legend. Seeing all those scenes and songs made me feel like I was a teenager again. Definitely a must watch on the big screen " D.B. Variety Hollywood
"A once-in-a-lifetime cinematic musical odyssey, unlike anything I’ve seen before. "
* Davy's Cottage Garden Cinema. 37. McEldowney Road. (off S. Titirangi Road)
GATES open from 7-15pm Tickets $20 includes refreshments, limited to 40 seats, so we advise to BOOK soon, TEXT bookings to 0210 222 5558 Cash on the night OR direct payment details will be sent when booking made.
FRIDAY APRIL 14th
' DRIVING MADELEINE' (M) France. Comedy/Drama. 91 mins
NEW RELEASE from RIALTO
100% rating Rotten Toms.
A seemingly simple taxi ride across Paris evolves into a profound meditation on the realities of the driver, whose personal life is in shambles, and his fare, an elderly woman whose warmth belies her shocking past.
Madeleine, 92 years old, calls a taxi to take her to the retirement home where she will be living. Charles, a disillusioned driver with a tender heart, agrees to drive by the places that affected Madeleine's life. Through the streets of Paris, her extraordinary past is revealed. They don't know it yet, but they will forge a friendship during this drive that will change their lives forever.
The film plunges viewers into an incredibly credible visual journey across the French capital, peppered with captivating jazz songs sung by Dinah Washington and Etta James.
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm and 8-15pm Bookings. 0210 2225558
' DRIVING MADELEINE' (M) France. Comedy/Drama. 91 mins
NEW RELEASE from RIALTO
100% rating Rotten Toms.
A seemingly simple taxi ride across Paris evolves into a profound meditation on the realities of the driver, whose personal life is in shambles, and his fare, an elderly woman whose warmth belies her shocking past.
Madeleine, 92 years old, calls a taxi to take her to the retirement home where she will be living. Charles, a disillusioned driver with a tender heart, agrees to drive by the places that affected Madeleine's life. Through the streets of Paris, her extraordinary past is revealed. They don't know it yet, but they will forge a friendship during this drive that will change their lives forever.
The film plunges viewers into an incredibly credible visual journey across the French capital, peppered with captivating jazz songs sung by Dinah Washington and Etta James.
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm and 8-15pm Bookings. 0210 2225558
Friday 21st April
An Upstairs Gallery presentation
FREE ENTRY*
'POLLOCK' (M) USA 118 mins
A feature film about the artist Jackson Pollock, this is a FREE event brought to you by the Upstairs Gallery and the Lopdell Trust
The film will be shown in the theatre (not the seminar room)
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral.
If ever there were an artist to prove that the art is bigger than the artist, it was Jackson Pollock. Like him, this film embraces pain and chaos and self-loathing and returns beauty.
Reception, drinks nibbles in the Upstairs Gallery from 6-30pm followed by the film in the theatre at 7pm doors open 6-30pm
*Bookings essential Call in at the Gallery on the first floor of Lopdell House and book your place or TEXT bookings to 0210 222 5558 or call 09 817 4278
An Upstairs Gallery presentation
FREE ENTRY*
'POLLOCK' (M) USA 118 mins
A feature film about the artist Jackson Pollock, this is a FREE event brought to you by the Upstairs Gallery and the Lopdell Trust
The film will be shown in the theatre (not the seminar room)
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral.
If ever there were an artist to prove that the art is bigger than the artist, it was Jackson Pollock. Like him, this film embraces pain and chaos and self-loathing and returns beauty.
Reception, drinks nibbles in the Upstairs Gallery from 6-30pm followed by the film in the theatre at 7pm doors open 6-30pm
*Bookings essential Call in at the Gallery on the first floor of Lopdell House and book your place or TEXT bookings to 0210 222 5558 or call 09 817 4278
WEDNESDAY 26th APRIL 7-30pm
SPECIAL SCREENING
David Bowie's 'MOONAGE DAYDREAM' (R13)Told through sublime, kaleidoscopic, never-before-seen footage, performances and music, Brett Morgen’s (The Kid Stays in the Picture, Cobain: Montage of Heck, Jane) feature length experiential cinematic odyssey explores David Bowie’s creative, musical and spiritual journey. The film is guided by David Bowie’s own narration and is the first officially sanctioned film on the artist.
"This unconventional documentary uses the unknown to its advantage, highlighting that whoever the “real Bowie” was in totality, pieces of him could be found everywhere, loved every minute of it "
"Saw this movie on Cannes Film Festival. It was more than beautiful. Bowie was such a legend. Seeing all those scenes and songs made me feel like I was a teenager again. Definitely a must watch on the big screen " D.B. Variety Hollywood
"A once-in-a-lifetime cinematic musical odyssey, unlike anything I’ve seen before. "
Bookings TEXT 0210 2225558 or e-mail: [email protected]
Showing at 7-30pm Doors open 7pm Tickets $15 and $12 (senior/student)
SPECIAL SCREENING
David Bowie's 'MOONAGE DAYDREAM' (R13)Told through sublime, kaleidoscopic, never-before-seen footage, performances and music, Brett Morgen’s (The Kid Stays in the Picture, Cobain: Montage of Heck, Jane) feature length experiential cinematic odyssey explores David Bowie’s creative, musical and spiritual journey. The film is guided by David Bowie’s own narration and is the first officially sanctioned film on the artist.
"This unconventional documentary uses the unknown to its advantage, highlighting that whoever the “real Bowie” was in totality, pieces of him could be found everywhere, loved every minute of it "
"Saw this movie on Cannes Film Festival. It was more than beautiful. Bowie was such a legend. Seeing all those scenes and songs made me feel like I was a teenager again. Definitely a must watch on the big screen " D.B. Variety Hollywood
"A once-in-a-lifetime cinematic musical odyssey, unlike anything I’ve seen before. "
Bookings TEXT 0210 2225558 or e-mail: [email protected]
Showing at 7-30pm Doors open 7pm Tickets $15 and $12 (senior/student)
FRIDAY 28th APRIL
'The Banshees of Inisherin' (M) 109 mins Ireland Dark Comedy/Drama.
96% rating on Rotten Toms. Featuring some of Martin McDonagh's finest work and a pair of outstanding lead performances, The Banshees of Inisherin is a finely crafted feel-bad treat. If you don't mind a slow, sad story, The Banshees of Inisherin is well worth watching thanks to gorgeous scenery and some terrific acting. There’s no shortage of meaning or metaphor in this robust tale featuring the year’s best ensemble cast. Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN follows lifelong friends Pádraic and Colm, who find themselves at an impasse when Colm unexpectedly puts an end to their friendship. A stunned Pádraic, aided by his sister Siobhán and troubled young islander Dominic, endeavours to repair the relationship, refusing to take no for an answer. But Pádraic's repeated efforts only strengthen his former friend’s resolve and when Colm delivers a desperate ultimatum, events swiftly escalate, with shocking consequences.
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm and 8-15pm Bookings. 0210 2225558
Having shown 'Cairo Conspiracy' this morning I have to let you know that this is one of the most powerful films we have ever shown. It is quite remarkable and I have no idea how they managed to make it or get permission to film it in religious and politically sensitive and private locations. The acting from the main characters is outstanding. I think the subject matter might put a lot of people off, religion and politics..two 'hot potatoes' when the world we live in seems governed by these two conflicting forces.
BUT, the audience came out this morning (after the screening) not filled with doom and gloom but in a state of disbelief at what they had experienced. The overall opinion was 'a remarkable film', many said they would do exactly what I am doing now...'recommend others to come and see it'
That's it ..enjoy the sunshine and hope to see you later.
Cheers,
Robin
09 818 2489 / 0210 222 5558 FLICKS@LOPDELL Titirangi
BUT, the audience came out this morning (after the screening) not filled with doom and gloom but in a state of disbelief at what they had experienced. The overall opinion was 'a remarkable film', many said they would do exactly what I am doing now...'recommend others to come and see it'
That's it ..enjoy the sunshine and hope to see you later.
Cheers,
Robin
09 818 2489 / 0210 222 5558 FLICKS@LOPDELL Titirangi
The LOPDELL FILM FESTIVAL Wednesday 17th - Saturday 20th
https://lopdellprecinct.org.nz/film-festival-2023/
Wednesday 7pm Live Music with Sonia & Nigel Bonjour! Come on down to Lopdell Theatre from 7pm as we open the 2023 Film Festival. Tunes with a French flavour will be provided by acoustic folk duo Sonia & Nigel. Featuring Paris-born, French-American Sonia Wilson on vocals and ukulele, and Kiwi-American virtuoso musician Nigel Gavin on seven-string guitar.
Wednesday 8pm 'Delicious' (France) 2022 Subtitles M | 1h 53m | History, Drama | $10
Join us on opening night in 1789 France, just prior to the Revolution, when gastronomy was strictly the domain of the aristocrats. When he is unfairly dismissed by his noble master, talented but prideful chef Manceron abandons his passion for the culinary and retreats to the countryside to cook at a regional inn. But when a surprising woman arrives and asks to become his apprentice, the stage is set for a wildly enjoyable tale of reignited passion, mentorship and revenge... and the creation of France's very first restaurant.
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Thursday 6pm POSTPONED 'Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival' (UK) 2023 PG | 1h 30m | Documentary | $10
Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival reveals the story of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew on the Endurance, told by the man who led the only team ever to have repeated their incredible feat - explorer and adventurer, Tim Jarvis.
This is the most recent and complete retelling of the greatest survival story from the heroic era of polar exploration, which reveals the enduring legacy of Shackleton’s leadership in the face of impossible odds.
Thursday 8pm 'She Said' (USA) 2022 M | 2h 9m | Drama, Biography | $10
Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan star as New York Times reporters, Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, who together exposed the sexual abuse allegations against powerful Hollywood producer, Harvey Weinstein. Their story was the launching pad for the #Metoo movement, which shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood, and altered American culture forever.
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Friday 10-30am 'The Road Dance' (UK) 2021 M | 1h 56m | Drama, History | $10
Life in the Scottish Hebrides is harsh - the edge of the world, as some call it. Village beauty Kirsty finds escape from the scrape of the land and a stifled destiny in her love for Murdo and their shared dream of emigrating to America. But the Great War changes all when Murdo is conscripted. The night before the young men go off to battle, tragedy is set in motion as the villagers swirl and sup at a road dance.
Friday 4pm 'Blueback' (Australia) 2023 PG | 1h 42m | Family, Drama | $5
Adapted from the best-selling book by Tim Winton, Blueback is a heart-warming tale of family, friendship, and the power of one person to make a difference. Whilst diving near her home on Australia’s pristine west coast, Abby forms a bond with a wild blue grouper living in her local reef, sparking a lifelong passion for preserving the world’s oceans.
Friday 6pm Documentary Short Film Archive (NZ)
G | 1h 20m | Documentary | $10
Tonight we’ll be showcasing a series of documentary short films from deep within the archives of Aotearoa New Zealand’s modern history. Enjoy Auckland on Wheels: Historical Footage from the Auckland Transport Board Archive, Housing in New Zealand (1946) and Power to Piha (1965).
Our feature film and new release is 'Jos'. The inventor of the selfie and a street photographer ahead of his time, Jos Divis pioneered techniques to capture images of ordinary people and their working lives in a way no one else could. Imprisoned for his beliefs, Divis lived his last years alone in the ghost town he helped bring to life, his family believing him dead. Jos follows an historian, a photographer and a museum curator on their journey of discovery, to give Jos Divis the recognition he deserves.
Friday 8pm 'Tár' (USA) 2023 M | 2h 38m | 2022 | Drama, Musical | $10
In the film we meet Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár, the groundbreaking conductor of a major German orchestra, who is widely considered to be one of the greatest living composer-conductors. At the height of her career, Lydia’s life begins to unravel in a singularly modern way. Set in the international world of Western classical music, Tár is a searing examination of power, and its impact and durability in today's society.
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Saturday 2pm 'Mavka: The Forest Song' (Ukraine) 2023 PG | 1h 30m | Family, Fantasy | $5
Mavka: The Forest Song is based on ancient Slavic myths and legends, and is inspired by a classic Ukrainian literature masterpiece, “The Forest Song” by Lesya Ukrainka. The film features a unique female character, Mavka, the Heart of the Forest and its Guardian, who faces an impossible choice between love and duty when she falls in love with a human — the talented young musician, Lukas.
Saturday 4pm 'Facing Monsters' (Australia) 2022 PG | 1h 34m | Documentary | $10
Facing Monsters digs deep into the psyche of West Australian surfer Kerby Brown, a man whose connection with the ocean runs as deep as his love for his family. Far more than just a surfing story, it's an unapologetic musing into the essence of Kerby and his family as we join them on his quest to ride a ferocious slab wave in the deep Southern Ocean that no one on the planet has surfed before.
This film will be introduced by local surf lifesaving legend, Sir Bob Harvey. All proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to Piha and Karekare Surf Lifesaving Clubs, whose communities are rebuilding in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle.
Saturday 6pm 'Quant' (UK) 2021 PG | 1h 26m | Documentary | $10
A compelling documentary portrait on Mary Quant, a vanguard of the stylistic revolution of the '60s and '70s and one of Britain's most renowned cultural figures. Quant led the charge away from convention and conservatism through the championing of ground-breaking designs including the miniskirt and hot pants. Cinematic and stylistic, this is the life story of a true fashion icon, who sadly passed away recently at the grand age of 93.
Saturday 8pm 'Triangle of Sadness' (USA) 2023 M | 2h 29m | Comedy | $10
In this wickedly funny black comedy, social hierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty. Celebrity model couple, Carl and Yaya, are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged boat captain (Woody Harrelson). What first appeared pefectly instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island fighting for survival.
The LOPDELL FILM FESTIVAL Wednesday 17th - Saturday 20th
https://lopdellprecinct.org.nz/film-festival-2023/
Wednesday 8pm 'Delicious' (France) 2022 Subtitles M | 1h 53m | History, Drama | $10
Join us on opening night in 1789 France, just prior to the Revolution, when gastronomy was strictly the domain of the aristocrats. When he is unfairly dismissed by his noble master, talented but prideful chef Manceron abandons his passion for the culinary and retreats to the countryside to cook at a regional inn. But when a surprising woman arrives and asks to become his apprentice, the stage is set for a wildly enjoyable tale of reignited passion, mentorship and revenge... and the creation of France's very first restaurant.
https://lopdellprecinct.org.nz/film-festival-2023/
Wednesday 7pm Live Music with Sonia & Nigel Bonjour! Come on down to Lopdell Theatre from 7pm as we open the 2023 Film Festival. Tunes with a French flavour will be provided by acoustic folk duo Sonia & Nigel. Featuring Paris-born, French-American Sonia Wilson on vocals and ukulele, and Kiwi-American virtuoso musician Nigel Gavin on seven-string guitar.
Wednesday 8pm 'Delicious' (France) 2022 Subtitles M | 1h 53m | History, Drama | $10
Join us on opening night in 1789 France, just prior to the Revolution, when gastronomy was strictly the domain of the aristocrats. When he is unfairly dismissed by his noble master, talented but prideful chef Manceron abandons his passion for the culinary and retreats to the countryside to cook at a regional inn. But when a surprising woman arrives and asks to become his apprentice, the stage is set for a wildly enjoyable tale of reignited passion, mentorship and revenge... and the creation of France's very first restaurant.
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Thursday 6pm POSTPONED 'Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival' (UK) 2023 PG | 1h 30m | Documentary | $10
Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival reveals the story of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew on the Endurance, told by the man who led the only team ever to have repeated their incredible feat - explorer and adventurer, Tim Jarvis.
This is the most recent and complete retelling of the greatest survival story from the heroic era of polar exploration, which reveals the enduring legacy of Shackleton’s leadership in the face of impossible odds.
Thursday 8pm 'She Said' (USA) 2022 M | 2h 9m | Drama, Biography | $10
Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan star as New York Times reporters, Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, who together exposed the sexual abuse allegations against powerful Hollywood producer, Harvey Weinstein. Their story was the launching pad for the #Metoo movement, which shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood, and altered American culture forever.
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Friday 10-30am 'The Road Dance' (UK) 2021 M | 1h 56m | Drama, History | $10
Life in the Scottish Hebrides is harsh - the edge of the world, as some call it. Village beauty Kirsty finds escape from the scrape of the land and a stifled destiny in her love for Murdo and their shared dream of emigrating to America. But the Great War changes all when Murdo is conscripted. The night before the young men go off to battle, tragedy is set in motion as the villagers swirl and sup at a road dance.
Friday 4pm 'Blueback' (Australia) 2023 PG | 1h 42m | Family, Drama | $5
Adapted from the best-selling book by Tim Winton, Blueback is a heart-warming tale of family, friendship, and the power of one person to make a difference. Whilst diving near her home on Australia’s pristine west coast, Abby forms a bond with a wild blue grouper living in her local reef, sparking a lifelong passion for preserving the world’s oceans.
Friday 6pm Documentary Short Film Archive (NZ)
G | 1h 20m | Documentary | $10
Tonight we’ll be showcasing a series of documentary short films from deep within the archives of Aotearoa New Zealand’s modern history. Enjoy Auckland on Wheels: Historical Footage from the Auckland Transport Board Archive, Housing in New Zealand (1946) and Power to Piha (1965).
Our feature film and new release is 'Jos'. The inventor of the selfie and a street photographer ahead of his time, Jos Divis pioneered techniques to capture images of ordinary people and their working lives in a way no one else could. Imprisoned for his beliefs, Divis lived his last years alone in the ghost town he helped bring to life, his family believing him dead. Jos follows an historian, a photographer and a museum curator on their journey of discovery, to give Jos Divis the recognition he deserves.
Friday 8pm 'Tár' (USA) 2023 M | 2h 38m | 2022 | Drama, Musical | $10
In the film we meet Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár, the groundbreaking conductor of a major German orchestra, who is widely considered to be one of the greatest living composer-conductors. At the height of her career, Lydia’s life begins to unravel in a singularly modern way. Set in the international world of Western classical music, Tár is a searing examination of power, and its impact and durability in today's society.
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Saturday 2pm 'Mavka: The Forest Song' (Ukraine) 2023 PG | 1h 30m | Family, Fantasy | $5
Mavka: The Forest Song is based on ancient Slavic myths and legends, and is inspired by a classic Ukrainian literature masterpiece, “The Forest Song” by Lesya Ukrainka. The film features a unique female character, Mavka, the Heart of the Forest and its Guardian, who faces an impossible choice between love and duty when she falls in love with a human — the talented young musician, Lukas.
Saturday 4pm 'Facing Monsters' (Australia) 2022 PG | 1h 34m | Documentary | $10
Facing Monsters digs deep into the psyche of West Australian surfer Kerby Brown, a man whose connection with the ocean runs as deep as his love for his family. Far more than just a surfing story, it's an unapologetic musing into the essence of Kerby and his family as we join them on his quest to ride a ferocious slab wave in the deep Southern Ocean that no one on the planet has surfed before.
This film will be introduced by local surf lifesaving legend, Sir Bob Harvey. All proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to Piha and Karekare Surf Lifesaving Clubs, whose communities are rebuilding in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle.
Saturday 6pm 'Quant' (UK) 2021 PG | 1h 26m | Documentary | $10
A compelling documentary portrait on Mary Quant, a vanguard of the stylistic revolution of the '60s and '70s and one of Britain's most renowned cultural figures. Quant led the charge away from convention and conservatism through the championing of ground-breaking designs including the miniskirt and hot pants. Cinematic and stylistic, this is the life story of a true fashion icon, who sadly passed away recently at the grand age of 93.
Saturday 8pm 'Triangle of Sadness' (USA) 2023 M | 2h 29m | Comedy | $10
In this wickedly funny black comedy, social hierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty. Celebrity model couple, Carl and Yaya, are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged boat captain (Woody Harrelson). What first appeared pefectly instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island fighting for survival.
The LOPDELL FILM FESTIVAL Wednesday 17th - Saturday 20th
https://lopdellprecinct.org.nz/film-festival-2023/
Wednesday 8pm 'Delicious' (France) 2022 Subtitles M | 1h 53m | History, Drama | $10
Join us on opening night in 1789 France, just prior to the Revolution, when gastronomy was strictly the domain of the aristocrats. When he is unfairly dismissed by his noble master, talented but prideful chef Manceron abandons his passion for the culinary and retreats to the countryside to cook at a regional inn. But when a surprising woman arrives and asks to become his apprentice, the stage is set for a wildly enjoyable tale of reignited passion, mentorship and revenge... and the creation of France's very first restaurant.
BASTILLE DAY FILMS
Friday 14th July
BASTILLE DAY Friday 14th July
TWO FILMS
6pm 'Welcome to the Sticks' 2008 96 minutes (subtitles) Comedy starring Danny Boon who plays a French public servant from Provence and is banished to the far North. (of France !!) Strongly prejudiced against this cold and inhospitable place, he leaves his family behind to relocate temporarily there, with the firm intent to quickly come back. The film is the highest-grossing French film of all times.
Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLRTtHByPn4
Tickets $15 and $12
Friday 14th July
BASTILLE DAY Friday 14th July
TWO FILMS
6pm 'Welcome to the Sticks' 2008 96 minutes (subtitles) Comedy starring Danny Boon who plays a French public servant from Provence and is banished to the far North. (of France !!) Strongly prejudiced against this cold and inhospitable place, he leaves his family behind to relocate temporarily there, with the firm intent to quickly come back. The film is the highest-grossing French film of all times.
Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLRTtHByPn4
Tickets $15 and $12
8-15pm 'CLOSE' 2022 95 minutes (subtitles) Rating: PG-13 97% rating on Rotten Toms. (Thematic Material|Suicide|Brief Strong Language) ; Genre: Drama.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival 2022, Lukas Dhont's second film is an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing. The intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. "Close" is a film about friendship and responsibility, bravely casting two non-actors for the main characters. Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EJGnU2AmV4
Tickets $15 and $12
SPECIAL TWO FILMS PRICE of $25 or $20 (Senior/student)
TEXT BOOKINGS to 0210 222 5558 or come along on the night and pay on the door.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival 2022, Lukas Dhont's second film is an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing. The intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. "Close" is a film about friendship and responsibility, bravely casting two non-actors for the main characters. Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EJGnU2AmV4
Tickets $15 and $12
SPECIAL TWO FILMS PRICE of $25 or $20 (Senior/student)
TEXT BOOKINGS to 0210 222 5558 or come along on the night and pay on the door.
'BROKER' (M) Friday 28th July 123 mins (94% rating Rotten Toms)
Master Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda turns to South Korea for the first time for this drama starring Cannes-winning actor Song Kang Ho (Parasite). The film follows two brokers who sell orphaned infants, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption, to affluent couples who can’t have children of their own. After an infant’s mother surprises the duo by returning to ensure her child finds a good home, the three embark on a journey to find the right couple, building an unlikely family of their own.
This Korean comedy crime drama tackles tough issues but director Hirokazu Kore-eda tells them with a slight fairy tale quality with his trademark kindness and consideration.
Continuing his reflections on what defines a family, writer-director Hirokazu Kore-eda delivers another minimasterpiece in which love and criminality meld into a brazen attempt to steal your heart.
"The film is suffused with humour as the members of this odd family gradually become closer. There are some lovely, delicately handled scenes, the type of scene at which this director is adept."
Showing at 10-30am* / 5-30pm / 8-15pm
TICKETS: Morning shows $12* and $10*(senior/student) includes tea/coffee & biscuits
Evening shows $15 and $12 (senior/student) includes tea/coffee & biscuits Bar open in evenings for sale of Wine, Beer & non-alcohlic drinks TEXT BOOKINGS to 0210 222 5558
FATHER's DAY SPECIAL SCREENING
'BACKTRACK BOYS' M language Plus two award winning short films
SUNDAY 3rd September 104 mins 6pm and 8pm
Backtrack is the youth program run out of Bernie Shakeshaft's shed on the outskirts of Armidale. It's a place for troubled kids to safely continue their education while learning trust, support for one another and to have faith in a world that has forgotten them. When Shakeshaft recruits Zach, Alfie and Rusty to join him on a cross-country journey with his famed dog-jumping team, it's the last chance for the three boys to halt a quick journey to jail and prove to the world that they are more than just delinquents with no future. Director Catherine Scott embedded herself for two years in this world and has crafted an inspiring and heart-warming coming-of-age tale. Backtrack Boys is a film about a generation of young Australians from the fringes of society eager to become more than their circumstances would suggest
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QIAcuyXZxQ
TICKETS: $15 and ($8 under 14 yrs)
Bar open in evenings for sale of Wine, Beer & non-alcohlic drinks TEXT BOOKINGS to 0210 222 5558
'THE LAST FILM SHOW' Friday 8th September
'THE LAST FILM SHOW' (M) India/Drama New Release from Rialto. An unabashed tribute to the power of cinema, this crowd-pleasing Indian drama is thematically familiar yet delivers a heartfelt dose of nostalgic charm. Pan Nalin’s Last Film Show celebrates cinema and the cinematic experience. A film that captures the emotional impact film can have on someone and it’s one of the most beautiful films of the year so far.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3Fajvp8N1M
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
Tickets: $15 $12 $10 TEXT BOOKINGS to 0210 222 5558
Bar open in evenings for sale of Wine, Beer & non-alcohlic drinks TEXT BOOKINGS to 0210 222 5558
'SUGAR and STARS' Friday 29th September
'Sugar and Star' M) France/Comedy/Drama
Ever since he was a little boy, Yazid has dreamed of becoming a pastry chef. Moved from one foster home to another, nothing predestined him for such a career. Yazid’s indomitable determination and resourcefulness have proven priceless in helping him succeed in the elitist arena of patisserie. Working for the world’s top chefs from Paris to Monaco, he strives to become the best and to fulfill his dream of winning the international pastry championship.
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzbr7l8Pf48
"Tulard's camera is agile and dynamic, and his film waffles between documentary and a dash of magical realism that idealizes the work of the chef. " "You are going to love it if you like good French cinema"
'Sugar and Star' M) France/Comedy/Drama
Ever since he was a little boy, Yazid has dreamed of becoming a pastry chef. Moved from one foster home to another, nothing predestined him for such a career. Yazid’s indomitable determination and resourcefulness have proven priceless in helping him succeed in the elitist arena of patisserie. Working for the world’s top chefs from Paris to Monaco, he strives to become the best and to fulfill his dream of winning the international pastry championship.
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzbr7l8Pf48
"Tulard's camera is agile and dynamic, and his film waffles between documentary and a dash of magical realism that idealizes the work of the chef. " "You are going to love it if you like good French cinema"
'Fiona Clark - UNAFRAID' (M) 83 min NZ
FRIDAY 6th October at 7pm (Doors and bar open from 6pm)
COMMUNITY SCREENING - FREE ADMISSION**
When Fiona Clark, a young photographer exhibits her photography of the LGBTQI community in 1975, she and her friends face the systemic backlash of an oppressive New Zealand society. Unafraid, Fiona battles the patriarchy and we discover how her documentation and contribution to the community has helped transform New Zealand society.
Fiona Clark discovered the power of her art by taking portraits of her friends who happened to be drag queens in mid 1970s New Zealand. Giving visibility to the socially marginalised, dismantling prejudice and fighting for equality through the lens of her camera would cement her as one of New Zealand’s historically groundbreaking photographers.
** Bookings essential https://lopdellprecinct.org.nz/free-film-night-fiona-clark-unafraid
or telephone 09 817 2583 Doors/bar open from 6pm
NEW RELEASE from LIMELIGHT DISTRIBUTION
'A GREAT FRIEND' (M) 95 mins France 2023, plus short film
Friday 13th October
Famed entrepreneur Vincent finds his frantic life interrupted when his car breaks down on a mountain road. Pierre, who lives hidden from the modern world in the middle of nature, comes to his aid and offers Vincent his hospitality. The meeting between these two polar opposites upsets their respective beliefs and changes their lives.
"A Great Friend is what happens when you enliven an apparently familiar story with two unfamiliar characters.
In French cinema, a story isn’t always about reaching a convenient conclusion. Sometimes it’s about watching how people change – in this case, from odd couple to great friends. With an ending I didn’t see coming. Not a bad formula for a good movie.
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EhQtHnbp6I
Showing at 10-30am* / 6pm / 8-15pm Tickets $15/$12*/$10* on door or book by texting 0210 222 5558
'THE GIANTS' (E) Australia/Tasmania 1h 52m
Friday 20th October 100% on Rotten Toms
The Giants explores the intertwined fates of trees and humans in this poetic portrait of environmentalist Bob Brown and the Forest. From a seedling to forest elder: the film is a masterclass that draws on Bob's 50 years of inspiring activism, from the Franklin campaign for Tasmania's last wild river, to today's battle for the Tarkine rain forest. Told in Bob's own words, his story is interwoven with the extraordinary life cycle of Australia's giant trees, bought to the screen with stunning cinematography and immersive animated forest landscapes.
THE GIANTS is a long overdue biopic of environmentalist Bob Brown, a National Living Treasure, the first openly gay member of parliament in Australia and leader of the world's first Green party. It's also about the life of Trees, which scientists are only starting to understand.
"What an inspiring Australian film with two of Australia's giants, Bob Brown and our gorgeous giant trees. There are many layers in this movie to digest. "
"Beautifully balanced, ruminative and rousing."
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOYYQgzVx70&t=2s
Showing at 10-30am* / 6pm / 8-15pm Tickets $15/$12*/$10* on door or book by texting 0210 222 5558
'STAGE BEAUTY'(M Sexual references) Directed by Richard Eyre Duration: 110 mins
Friday 27th October Based in the 1660's of London's theaters, this film is about the rules of gender roles in theatre production, and means to change them for everyone's benefit. Ned Kynaston is the assumedly gay cross-dressing actor who has been playing female parts in plays for years, particularly Desdemona in Othello, he also has a close relationship with a member of the Royal Court, the Duke of Buckingham. One day however, the rules of only men playing women could change when aspiring actress Maria auditions as Kynaston's praised role, Desdemona, and soon enough, King Charles II decides to make the law that all female roles should be played only by women. Maria becomes a star, while Ned finds himself out of work. But after a while, Ned finds it in his nature to forgive Maria's aspiration, they may even fall in love, and Charles may proclaim women will be played by either gender.
Trailers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uc6xEBfdD0&t=4s
SHOWING at 10-30am* / 6pm* / 8-15pm
Tickets $15/$12*/$10* on door or book by texting 0210 222 5558
No need to book for morning screenings, just come along, doors open 10am Tea/Coffee/Biscuits included in admission price.
FRIDAY 10th November
Mini-Fest.
Special screening of two films from the BRITISH - IRISH Film FESTIVAL
'MAD ABOUT the BOY' the Noel Coward Story (GB)
'ROISE and FRANK' (Ireland)
Thanks to Limelight Distribution we are able to screen two films from the current British-Irish film Festival
'MAD ABOUT the BOY' (M) 91 mins (UK) Showing at 10-30am and 6pm
Sir Noël Coward grew up in poverty and left school when he was only nine years old. He was queer in a very straight world. And yet by the age of 30, he was the highest paid writer in the world, and a star on the Broadway stage. He wrote, directed and acted in some of the finest plays and movies of all time, including Private Lives, Blithe Spirit, Brief Encounter and In Which We Serve. He also became a world renowned songwriter and performer of whom Frank Sinatra said, ‘If you want to hear how a song should be sung, go see Mr Noël Coward’. And if that wasn’t enough, he was also a spy during the Second World War!Against all odds, Sir Noël Coward became the most successful multi-talented artist of the Twentieth Century. He defined an era and led an extraordinary life.
This is his inspirational story told in his own words and music, and unique home movies. The film features Sir Laurence Olivier, Dame Maggie Smith, Harold Pinter, Frank Sinatra, Lauren Bacall, Sir Michael Caine and Lucille Ball. It is narrated by Alan Cumming, with Rupert Everett as the voice of Sir Noël Coward.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkMxEO68Ou8
'Róise and Frank' (M) 84 mins (Ireland) Showing at 2pm and 8-15pm
Róise is still grieving the loss of her husband, Frank, when a mysterious dog shows up at her door. Mildly annoyed by the canine attempting to disrupt her mourning, she attempts to ignore him. But before long, a series of coincidences convince her that somehow this shaggy dog is her husband Frank reincarnated.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouuqFHH_slw
TICKETS $15 and $12 (Senior/student) On door Cash or EFTPOS and Text Bookings to 0210 222 5558
FRIDAY 24th Nov. 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
'SHACKLETON-The Greatest Story of Survival' (PG) New Zealand 91mins
Directed by Caspar Mazzotti, Bobbi Hansel | Starring Rupert Degas, Tim Jarvis
28 lost adventurers must fight for their lives after their only lifeline is destroyed in the most uninhabitable place on Earth - Antarctica. 'Shackleton - The Greatest Story of Survival' reveals the story of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and the crew of the Endurance, told by the only man ever to have repeated their incredible feat - explorer and adventurer Tim Jarvis. Following in the beset crew's footsteps, Tim reveals the enduring legacy of Shackleton's crisis leadership in the face of impossible odds - a lesson more relevant to us now than ever before.
WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING:
This inspirational story of human endurance should keep audiences captivated throughout, perhaps even nullifying the sense of adventure for wannabe explorers. ★★★★.5 City Hub
"Yes, Shackleton, his crew and The Endurance can easily withstand one more telling. It is a story that is endlessly inspiring and moving – even though directors and editors Bobbi Hansel, Caspar Mazzotti eschew some of the more obviously tear-jerking beats of the story. And seeing that land and those oceans with modern cameras and drones available, is just awe-inspiring.
Whether you know the story or not, Jarvis, Hansel and Mazzotti have told it so well. Bravo. ★★★★★ STUFF
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
Tickets $15/ $12/ $10 Bookings text 0210 222 5558
'SHACKLETON-The Greatest Story of Survival' (PG) New Zealand 91mins
Directed by Caspar Mazzotti, Bobbi Hansel | Starring Rupert Degas, Tim Jarvis
28 lost adventurers must fight for their lives after their only lifeline is destroyed in the most uninhabitable place on Earth - Antarctica. 'Shackleton - The Greatest Story of Survival' reveals the story of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and the crew of the Endurance, told by the only man ever to have repeated their incredible feat - explorer and adventurer Tim Jarvis. Following in the beset crew's footsteps, Tim reveals the enduring legacy of Shackleton's crisis leadership in the face of impossible odds - a lesson more relevant to us now than ever before.
WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING:
This inspirational story of human endurance should keep audiences captivated throughout, perhaps even nullifying the sense of adventure for wannabe explorers. ★★★★.5 City Hub
"Yes, Shackleton, his crew and The Endurance can easily withstand one more telling. It is a story that is endlessly inspiring and moving – even though directors and editors Bobbi Hansel, Caspar Mazzotti eschew some of the more obviously tear-jerking beats of the story. And seeing that land and those oceans with modern cameras and drones available, is just awe-inspiring.
Whether you know the story or not, Jarvis, Hansel and Mazzotti have told it so well. Bravo. ★★★★★ STUFF
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
Tickets $15/ $12/ $10 Bookings text 0210 222 5558
FRIDAY 1st DECEMBER 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
'The NEW BOY' (AUS) (M) History, Drama 1 hr 50 mins
Cast: Aswan Reid, Deborah Mailman, Wayne Blair, Cate Blanchett Director, Writer and Director of Photography: Warwick Thornton Producers: Kath Shelper, Andrew Upton, Cate Blanchett, Lorenzo De Mai
The New Boy depicts the mesmeric story of a 9-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy (Aswan Reid) who arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun (Cate Blanchett).
This film is as tender and profound, pure and mysterious as the mind of a child. And its about a child. The desert boy who is brought in to the small isolated mission on an outback hilltop somewhere. Warwick Thornton exercises a sure and artistic touch as he creates an atmosphere wherein two great forces merge, collide and convolute. The spiritual imagination driving christian religious fervour is easily understood by the New Boy in his child's way, as he mixes it naturally with his own indigenous bush spirituality and powerful magic. His intensified fervour manifests in dramatic situations which challenge the ways of the small community of a few boys, a handyman and the two beautifully played nuns, one grounded and even, the other, tuned in to the vibrations of the child, having outbursts of prayerful emotion as she seeks guidance from God. The end is poignant. There is no violence, no judgement. It is a deeply thought provoking film about an aspect of our history which has remained covert.
"A rich and majestic film that proves that Warwick Thornton engages profoundly with indigenous issues and the long stain of colonialism. The New Boy is a strange and hypnotic enchantment."
"An ethereal experience with transcendent performances from Cate Blanchett and Aswan Reid that will leave lasting impressions."
'DALILAND' (M) Starring Ben Kingsley as Salvador Dali.
Friday 20th January 6pm - An Upstairs Gallery event. Reception drinks and refreshements 6pm-6-30pm followed by the film at 6-45pm in the Theatre.
In 1973, a young gallery assistant is drawn into the wild, never-ending party that is artist Salvador Dalí's life in New York City. As he helps the aging genius prepare for an important show, he discovers not everything is as it seems.
This screening is being brought to you by the Upstairs Gallery (Lopdell) and tickets ($25) includes reception drinks and nibbles 6pm in the gallery on 1st floor, followed by the film in the theatre just after 6-30pm...To book tickets contact the Upstairs Gallery 09 817 4278 or go to their website https://www.upstairs.org.nz/
'LYRICAL VISIONS VI' (Films and live performance)
Friday 26th January 7-30pm Doors/Bar open at 7pm
A night of award winning short films and live music/performance with special guests Ron Riddell and Caitlin Smith. Doors /Bar open at 7pm Event starts 7-30pm
Tickets $20 and $15(Concessions) on door and TEXT BOOKINGS To 0210 222 5558
Programme (accurate at time of publication)
'PLACES' by Shane Koyczan 6 mins 32 secs
'MR SKY by Lucy English and Sarah Tremlett 2018 4 mins
'BULL-TORO' Sarah Tremlett and XaiLA 2023 5 mins
'NIGHT IS PAPER' Martin Sercombe and Thom Conroy 2022 4 mins 28 secs
'HOUSE PLANT' Ellen Jones-Poole 2023 2 mins 28 secs
'RON RIDDELL' Live performance. Ron will read from his latest book of poetry, 'The Wanderer' a poem about the human journey accompanied by his guitar. 20 mins
INTERVAL 10 mins
'HIDDEN LIFE' From exiled poet Elina Petrova who lived in Ukraine up until 2007 4 mins 19 secs
'POPA PETE's POT' Diane Blomfield and Martin Sercombe 2023 4 mins 30 secs
'NOHO MAI' McGee, Bailey, Edmonds, Harris, Pallares, Olsen, Tunui 5 mins 33 secs
'TE MARAE o HINE' Martin Sercombe and Dr Mesmer’s Private Army 2022 11 mins 30 secs
'CAITLIN SMITH' Live Performance Caitlin will perform poetry inspired songs from her current repertoire. 20 mins.
'ALCARRAS' (M) Spain 118min Director: Carla Simón
93% Rotten Toms
Friday 2nd February 10-30am 5-45pm 8-15pm
For as long as they can remember, the Solé family has spent every summer picking the peaches in their orchard in Alcarràs, a small village in Catalonia. But this year's crop may well be their last, as they face eviction. The new plans for the land, which include cutting down the peach trees and installing solar panels, cause a rift in this large, tight-knit family. For the first time, they face an uncertain future and risk losing more than their orchard.
"For director Simon, that authenticity was what mattered. That she has created such complex, conflicted characters and won such marvelous performances from amateurs is a testament to her powers of empathy. "
"Simón has created a film that splits the difference between poetry and documentary."
"Alcarras reminds us of what we’ve been missing. It’s a beautiful, sad, authentic depiction of the drama within one extended family facing a kind of oblivion."
Carla Simón’s award-winning story of a peach farmer struggling to make ends meet asks many important questions about our relationship with the land and the human cost of progress this film has many parallels to what is happening right now on our doorstep.
Ticket prices: Adult, $15 Senior/Student $12 for all screenings. Bookings text 0210 222 5558
'A THOUSAND LINES' (M) Germany Thriller/Comedy, From Palace Films. Based on true events.
Friday 9th February 10-30am / 6pm and 8-15pm
Despite not getting rave reviews from some of the film critics I thoroughly enjoyed the film and think it definitely deserves a screening on our big screen. Based on a true story, the film is gripping, stylish and very relevant to how things are now with how we are informed about World news/ events. Taking a slightly (but only slightly) absurdist approach to its central subject matter of counterfeit feature stories in the mass media, director Michael Herbig’s A Thousand Lines stars Elyas M’Barek as freelance reporter Juan Moreno, who does a lot of work for respected German newspaper Der KRONIK. Moreno is working on a KRONIK story with multi-award-winning KRONIK employee Lars Bogenius, when he realises that things are amiss in Bogenius’s half of the story: parts of it are clearly fabricated.
"Stylish and superb" Hollywood Review.
"A film with a lively humour that beautifully balances the seriousness of its theme concerning the degree to which our perception of verified truth in fact rests on our trust in people we’ve never even met." Guardian UK
Bookings Text 0210 222 5558 Tickets $15 and $12
Friday 9th February 10-30am / 6pm and 8-15pm
Despite not getting rave reviews from some of the film critics I thoroughly enjoyed the film and think it definitely deserves a screening on our big screen. Based on a true story, the film is gripping, stylish and very relevant to how things are now with how we are informed about World news/ events. Taking a slightly (but only slightly) absurdist approach to its central subject matter of counterfeit feature stories in the mass media, director Michael Herbig’s A Thousand Lines stars Elyas M’Barek as freelance reporter Juan Moreno, who does a lot of work for respected German newspaper Der KRONIK. Moreno is working on a KRONIK story with multi-award-winning KRONIK employee Lars Bogenius, when he realises that things are amiss in Bogenius’s half of the story: parts of it are clearly fabricated.
"Stylish and superb" Hollywood Review.
"A film with a lively humour that beautifully balances the seriousness of its theme concerning the degree to which our perception of verified truth in fact rests on our trust in people we’ve never even met." Guardian UK
Bookings Text 0210 222 5558 Tickets $15 and $12
'PAST LIVES' (M) Korea/USA Romance/Drama
Wednesday 14th February Showing at 7-30pm SPECIAL VALENTINES DAY SCREENING
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny. It’s barely believable that this is Song’s very first feature. Her film is simply sublime from start to finish. It will be remembered as one of the great romantic dramas of the century. It is also a personal story about the experience of emigration, about lost ties and the new identity that is built. About what is left behind. Bookings Text 0210 222 5558 Tickets $15 and $12
'CHARCOAL' (M) 107 mins. Brazil. Drama . 100% rating Rotten Toms.
New Release from Limelight Distribution.
Friday 16th February Showing at 10-30pm / 6pm and 8-15pm
Brazil, 2022. In a remote area in São Paulo's countryside, a rural family who lives beside a charcoal factory accepts a proposal to host a mysterious foreigner. The home soon becomes a hideout as the so-called guest happens to be a highly wanted drug lord. The mother, her husband and child will have to learn how to share the same roof with this stranger, while keeping up appearances of an unchanged peasant routine.
The family is offered a diabolical deal: to put their elder to rest and host the Argentinian drug kingpin in need of a place to hide. This dark, cold and yet seductive fable of the absurd is both aesthetically and emotionally enrapturing. The director sustains a tight grip during the 107 minutes,Full of twists and turns with a finale that is simply mind-blowing, shocking and jaw-dropping.
Bookings Text 0210 222 5558 Tickets $15 and $12
'The Great Escaper' (M) 96 mins UK. Drama based on a true story.
Starring Michael Caine and the late Glenda Jackson.
Friday 23rd February Showing at 10-30pm / 6pm and 8-15pm
In the summer of 2014 -- the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings -- octogenarian Bernie Jordan (Michael Caine) made global headlines. He'd staged a "great escape" from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades. It was a story that captured the imagination of the world -- Bernie seemed to embody the defiant, "can-do" spirit of a generation that was fast disappearing. But of course, it wasn’t the whole story. It was the story we all tell ourselves to make war and old age bearable. The bitter-sweet script explores the reality with wit and a very big heart. Bernie's adventure, spanning a mere 48 hours, also marked the culmination of his 60-year marriage to Irene (Glenda Jackson) -- the story celebrates their love without sentimentality and with an eye to the lessons we can all learn from the Greatest Generation.
Two wonderful performances have transformed this patriotic true story into a touching romance. Michael Caine at 90 years old is up there in a class of legendary British acting talents like Jim Broadbent and Maggie Smith and in this touching story it is Glenda Jackson who steals the film. Her character stays behind at the care home whilst Bernie (Michael Caine) goes off on his adventure, some of the witty lines she has can't help but bring a smile to your face. Bookings Text 0210 222 5558 Tickets $15 and $12
Wednesday 28th Feb. at 7-30pm
'SOME LIKE IT HOT' (M)
Classic Film night presented by Sir Bob Harvey
Starring Marilyn Monro, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis
After two Chicago musicians, Joe and Jerry, witness the the St. Valentine's Day massacre, they want to get out of town and get away from the gangster responsible, Spats Colombo. They're desperate to get a gig out of town but the only job they know of is in an all-girl band heading to Florida. They show up at the train station as Josephine and Daphne, the replacement saxophone and bass players. They certainly enjoy being around the girls, especially Sugar Kane Kowalczyk who sings and plays the ukulele. Joe in particular sets out to woo her while Jerry/Daphne is wooed by a millionaire, Osgood Fielding III. Mayhem ensues as the two men try to keep their true identities hidden and Spats Colombo and his crew show up for a meeting with several other crime lords
Showing at 7-30pm doors/bar open 7pm TEXT BOOKINGS to 0210 222 5558
'SOME LIKE IT HOT' (M)
Classic Film night presented by Sir Bob Harvey
Starring Marilyn Monro, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis
After two Chicago musicians, Joe and Jerry, witness the the St. Valentine's Day massacre, they want to get out of town and get away from the gangster responsible, Spats Colombo. They're desperate to get a gig out of town but the only job they know of is in an all-girl band heading to Florida. They show up at the train station as Josephine and Daphne, the replacement saxophone and bass players. They certainly enjoy being around the girls, especially Sugar Kane Kowalczyk who sings and plays the ukulele. Joe in particular sets out to woo her while Jerry/Daphne is wooed by a millionaire, Osgood Fielding III. Mayhem ensues as the two men try to keep their true identities hidden and Spats Colombo and his crew show up for a meeting with several other crime lords
Showing at 7-30pm doors/bar open 7pm TEXT BOOKINGS to 0210 222 5558
Friday 1st March 10-30am 6pm and 8-15pm
'THE OLD OAK' (M) Director Ken Loach. 2023 UK 113mins
The future for the last remaining pub, The Old Oak, in a village of Northeast England, where people are leaving the land as the mines are closed. Houses are cheap and available, thus making it an ideal location for Syrian refugees. At the age of 87, Loach can still turn in a solid, necessary, engaging and honest piece of work, stuffed with dialogue that rings true, dilemmas that hit home and characters you could meet – with a few changes of wardrobe and language – in any working-class community in the world.
Ken Loach clains this will be his last film, if it is then he is surely going out with all flags hoisted and all his angels singing in tune.
Storyline
THE OLD OAK is a special place. Not only is it the last pub standing, but it's also the only remaining public space where people can meet in a once thriving mining community that has now fallen on hard times after 30 years of decline. TJ Ballantyne (Dave Turner) the landlord hangs on to The Old Oak by his fingertips, and his predicament is endangered even more when the pub becomes contested territory after the arrival of Syrian refugees who are placed in the village without any notice. In an unlikely friendship TJ meets a curious young Syrian Yara [Ebla Mari] with her camera. Can they find a way for the two communities to understand each other? So unfolds a deeply moving drama about their fragilities and hopes.
Tickets $15 and $12... BOOKINGS TEXT: 0210 222 5558
Wednesday 3rd April at 7-30pm
'Classic Movie Night Introduced by Sir Bob Harvey
'North by Northwest' 126 mins
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Cary Grant / Eva Marie Saint / James Mason
Storyline. Madison Avenue advertising man Roger Thornhill finds himself thrust into the world of spies when he is mistaken for a man by the name of George Kaplan. Foreign spy Philip Vandamm and his henchman Leonard try to eliminate him but when Thornhill tries to make sense of the case, he is framed for murder. Now on the run from the police, he manages to board the 20th Century Limited bound for Chicago where he meets a beautiful blond, Eve Kendall, who helps him to evade the authorities. His world is turned upside down yet again when he learns that Eve isn't the innocent bystander he thought she was. Not all is as it seems however, leading to a dramatic rescue and escape at the top of Mt. Rushmore. --
Tickets $15 and $12 concessions. TEXT BOOKINGS to 0210 222 5558
Friday 5th APRIL 10-30am 5-30pm 8-15pm
'IO CAPITANO' (M) NEW RELEASE from Rialto. Drama/Italy 120mins
Official submission of Italy for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 96th Academy Awards in 2024.
In this acclaimed film which won top directing and acting prizes at the Venice Film Festival, writer-director Garrone presents a "reverse shot" of the immigration experience while unfurling an epic, cinematographically magnificent odyssey from West Africa to Italy. The story is told through the mind’s eye and experiences of two Senegalese teenagers living in Dakar who yearn for a brighter future in Europe. Yet between their dreams and reality lies a treacherous journey through a labyrinth of checkpoints, the scorched Saharan desert, a fetid North African prison and the vast waters of the Mediterranean where thousands have died packed inside vessels barely fit for passage.
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"This is storytelling at its most visceral, painted on a broad canvas that reminded me of a saga by David Lean. In a year when all five Oscar contenders for International Film are so worthy, this one captured my heart" (Variety)
"It’s well-directed, beautifully shot, Italian director Matteo Garrone mixes magic realism and brutal reality, but what's most impressive is the profoundly moving work of actors Seydou Sarr and Moustapha Fall."
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6fLvLN2EqM
Tickets $15 and $12 BOOKINGS TEXT 0210 222 5558
FRIDAY 12th April 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm
'LET THE DANCE BEGIN' (M) Argentina 99 mins Comedy/Drama/Music
NEW RELEASE from Limelight. 100% rating on Rotten Toms.
Carlos and Margarita were the most famous and recognized tango couple of their time. Today, little and nothing remains of that splendor and passion that led them to share stages, travel and life. Carlos lives in Madrid, enjoying the second chance that life has given to him while Margarita lives in Buenos Aires immersed in poverty and oblivion, but with that sarcastic and rogue humor that has always distinguished her. Together with their inseparable friend Pichuquito, the couple begins a journey from the city of Carlos Gardel to the foot of the Andes mountain range in search of answers, which will confront them with their memories, their fears, but above all their true desires.
"The scenery is spectacular, the characters are likeable and broadly sketched – and the contrivances are so nakedly piled upon each other that the only thing to do is to sigh, smile, and just let the story play out"
Showing at 10-30am / 6pm / 8-15pm Tickets $15 and $12 TEXT bookings to 0210 2225558