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Season 2 August to December, 2013

Adelaide Cinémathèque SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FILM SOCIETY devoted to screen culture Mercury cinema, 13 MORPHETT STREET, ADELAIDE

annual membership

Telephone: (08) 8410 1934 www.mercurycinema.org.au

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Adelaide Cinémathèque is South Australia’s premier film society and for a quarter century the Cinémathèque has celebrated cinema in all its forms offering audiences a programme of classic, cult, experimental, documentary, silent, short and premiere films.

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As a film society, you can’t purchase tickets to single sessions… so to see the finest cinema from around the world simply become a member, which you can do anytime online, at the cinema or by phoning (08) 8410 1934. Memberships are excellent value and easy to purchase. They also make an ideal gift!

$65conc

Everyone is invited to join. Enjoy inexpensive quality film all year round! The Media Resource Centre is proud to present Cinémathèque and host it at the Mercury Cinema, Adelaide’s centre of screen culture. Curated by Mat Kesting, MRC Staff and the MRC Members’ Exhibition Group.

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Intro by hitchcock expert: John McConchie

NORTH BY NORTHWEST 7:30pm Thursday 1 August

(PG)

DIR: ALFRED HITCHCOCK US 1959 136mins 4k

Considered to be one of Hitchcock’s greatest films, Cary Grant stars as a New York advertising executive mistaken by a group of foreign spies for a government agent and is pursued across America Also starring Eva Marie Saint (a controversial choice at the time) and James Mason, the screenplay was written by Ernest Lehmann who set out to write ‘the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures’ and features a memorable opening sequence by iconic graphic designer Saul Bass. Listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

NEIL JORDAN: The IRISH STORYTELLER 26 August – 2 September Neil Jordan (1950 –) backed into cinema under the wing of John Boorman, and since the early80s has made an eclectic mixture of films ranging from personal arthouse musings to working with Hollywood’s A-list. With the upcoming release of Byzantium and his return to the vampire mythos it’s time to recall the diversity of Jordan’s work.

THE COMPANY OF WOLVES

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$40 full

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STEVEN SODERBERGH: THE ART OF CROSSOVER 5 – 12 August Soderbergh (1963 –) has earned status as a filmmaker that builds bridges between film-as-art and film-as-entertainment. He creates work that is, in equal measure, rich and accessible. Here, three of his films that best demonstrate his talent for making experimental narratives accessible to an audience accustomed to the tradition of seamless linearity.

THE LIMEY

SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE

TRAFFIC

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7:30pm Monday 5 August

Opening Night

$89 full

(MA15+)

7:30pm Thursday 8 August DIR: STEVEN SODERBERGH US 1999 89mins 4K

Taut, imaginative and complex. Terrance Stamp steals the show as an extremely volatile and dangerous Englishman that goes to Los Angeles to find the man he considers responsible for his daughter’s death and seek revenge for her murder. (MA15+)

7:30pm Monday 12 August

DIR: STEVEN SODERBERGH US 1989 100mins 4K

DIR: STEVEN SODERBERGH US/GERMANY 147mins 35mm

The original art-house ‘crossover’ film that brought Soderbergh to prominence and now widely considered to be a seminal film in modern cinema. Its influence can be seen in many films and was way ahead of its time with questions about voyeurism, subjectivity and objectivity in a world before You Tube and the ‘selfie’! WINNER Cannes Film Festival- Palm d’Or, Best Actor and FIPRESCI Prize Listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America’s escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is an addict. Exploring the illegal drug trade from different perspectives: a user, an enforcer, a politician and a trafficker, Traffic is the winner of 4 Oscars including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. wINNER Academy Awards: Best Director, Best Writing, Best Editing, Supporting Actor

PARADISE ACCORDING TO ULRICH SEIDL 15 – 22 August The Paradise trilogy directed by provocative Austrian filmmaker Ulrich Seidl (1952 –) portrays the private lives of ordinary people. Seidl has made his name with his obsession in finding beauty within the ugliness of the every day. Screened to acclaim at Cannes as well as the Sydney and Melbourne Film Festivals, these films focus on three women from one family who are each struggling to control their own impulses.

PARADISE: FAITH

PARADISE: LOVE

PARADISE: HOPE

(R18)

7:30pm Thursday 15 August

ALL SA Premieres (R18)

7:30pm Monday 19 August DIR: ULRICH SEIDL AUSTRIA/FRANCE/GERMANY 113mins 4K

Anna Maria devotes her summer vacation to missionary work so that Austria may return to the path of virtue. On her daily pilgrimage through Vienna, she goes from door to door, carrying a statue of the Virgin Mary. After years of absence, Anna Maria’s estranged husband – an Egyptian Muslim confined to a wheelchair – comes home, and her life goes completely off the rails. WINNER Venice Film Fest: Best film in competition, Special Jury Prize (R18)

7:30pm Thursday 22 August

DIR: ULRICH SEIDL AUSTRIA/FRANCE/GERMANY 120mins 4K

DIR: ULRICH SEIDL AUSTRIA/FRANCE/GERMANY 100mins 4K

On the beaches of Kenya they‘re known as “Sugar Mamas,” European women who seek out African boys selling love to earn a living. In this raunchy film about a lesser-known type of sex tourism, Teresa, a 50-year-old Austrian is a ‘Sugar Mama’. She goes from one sexy beach boy to the next, from one disappointment to another, and finally she must recognize: in this world, love is a business.

The third film in the trilogy tells the story of Melanie, an overweight 13-yearold. While her mother, Teresa, travels to Kenya (Paradise: Love), and her aunt does missionary work (Paradise: Faith), the teenager spends her summer vacation in a strict diet camp in the Austrian countryside. Between sports, nutritional counseling, pillow fights, and a pathetic night out at the disco, she falls in love with the camp director, a doctor 40 years her senior.

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7:30pm Monday 26 August DIR: NEIL JORDAN UK 1984 95mins 4K

Young Rosaleen (Sarah Patterson) has her body in the modern world but her heart and mind in a mystical fairytale world, populated by dark tales and bestial men. Taking the Little Red Riding Hood story and opening up its undertones of burgeoning female sexuality coupling fear and desire, Jordan’s second feature brought his gothic visions to a worldwide audience.

THE CRYING GAME

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7:30pm Thursday 29 August DIR: NEIL JORDAN UK 1992 112mins 4K

IRA enforcer Fergus (Jordan regular Stephen Rea) finds himself involved in a kidnapping of a British soldier which ends in his death. Seeking out the dead man’s girlfriend whilst hiding from his former comrades he finds himself in an elaborate web of intrigue. A flop in Britain due to its sympathetic portrayal of the IRA, it was a huge American hit due to its famous ‘surprise reveal’. wINNER Academy Award: Best Writing. AFI: Best Foreign Film Listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

THE BUTCHER BOY

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7:30pm Monday 2 September DIR: NEIL JORDAN IRELAND/USA 1997 110mins 4K

In a small Irish town in the Sixties twelve-year-old Frances Brady (Eamonn Owens) loses himself in television and comic book fuelled fantasies. As his family breaks down it’s clear Frances is more than just imaginative and his erratic behaviour sees him sent to reform school. After suffering abuse at the hands of a priest and slipping further into his fantasy world, Frances returns home a broken young man and tragedy follows in his wake. The adaptation of Patrick McCabe’s novel remains Jordan’s most compelling film. wINNER Berlinale Silver Bear Listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

DISASTROUSLY SUCCESSFUL! 5 – 12 September If ever a movie was meant for the big screen, it has to be the disaster film. Adhering to a strict formula comprising cutting edge special/visual effects, an all star cast, a race against time, multiple character storylines, an Oscar nominated song and a protagonist who boldly/stupidly attempts to avert, escape or cope with insurmountable odds. They were box-office successes in their era and remain thrilling entertainment today.

THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (PG) EARTHQUAKE

(PG)

7:30pm Thursday 5 September

7:30pm Thursday 12 September

DIR: RONALD NEAME US 1972 117mins 4K

DIR: MARK ROBSON US 1974 121mins 4K

A passenger ship on her way to the scrap yard (and captained by a preAirplane! Leslie Nielsen) is pushed to her limits by the new owners to save on the dismantling fees. A tidal wave hits, flipping her over, left to drift upside down. A priest (Gene Hackman) leads a mixed band of survivors on a journey through the bowels of the ship in an attempt to survive. An all star memorable cast, this is undoubtedly a classic of the genre, and the first to be produced by Irwin ‘Master of Disaster’ Allen. WINNER Academy Award: Best Music, Visual Effects. BAFTA: Best Actor

The film is abundant with multiple character story lines centred around Construction Engineer Stuart Graff (Charlton Heston and his estranged jealously possessive wife, with a large cast to match. Set in Los Angeles (a place for danger!) with the scariest thing being that it is all plausible. The lives of the multitude of characters are devastated when a major earthquake rips through the town and reduces the city to ruins. An overlooked Hollywood gem. WINNER Academy Award: Best Sound, Visual Effects

THE TOWERING INFERNO

(PG)

7:30pm Monday 9 September DIR: JOHN GUILLERMIN US 1974 165mins 4K

This disaster film is full of broad dialogue, explosions galore and Paul Newman and Steve McQueen argue over top billing. It’s also a great spectacle, and has surely nestled itself as a genre classic which was nominated for the Academy Best Picture alongside The Godfather Part 2 and Chinatown. Released to great box office success and enduring critical acclaim as the finest 70s disaster film. wINNER Academy Awards: Best Cinematography, Editing, Music. BAFTA: Supporting Actor, Music

SATYAJIT RAY REMASTERED 16 – 26 September Satyajit Ray (1921 – 1992) was one of the greatest auteurs. He directed 36 films and his first, Panther Panchali (1955) won 11 international awards including Best Human Documentary at the Cannes Film Festival and established him as a significant international director. In partnership with the Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival, Adelaide Cinémathèque is delighted to showcase these recently restored films by master director and Indian national treasure, Satyajit Ray, to coincide with the anniversary of 100 years of Indian cinema.

ED SEEMAN: METAPHYSICS OF SEX 30 September & 3 October

From Award-winning nude dance shorts to the avant-garde of Frank Zappa & the Original Mothers of Invention 1967 – 1968 and the pioneering adult film scene of the New York swinger underground, the films of Ed Seeman THE BIG CITY (MAHANAGAR) (R18) THE COWARD (KAPURUSH) (R18) (aka Eduardo Cemano) have never been screened uncut in Australia. Bridging the arthouse and 7:30pm Monday 16 September 7:30pm Monday 23 September the grindhouse, Seeman’s distinctive hand-held, DIR: SATYAJIT RAY DIR: SATYAJIT RAY improvisatory adult features screened to cult INDIA 1963 131mins 4K INDIA 1965 74mins 4K Inspired by Italian neo-realism, this is a wonderful insight into 1950s Calcutta. Amitabha (Ray regular Soumitra Chatterjee) is a screen-writer from Calcutta, audiences in 42nd Street and Paris before entering the Cannes erotic marketplace. Subrata works in a bank and is the only member of his family with an income. stranded amongst tea plantations when his car breaks down. Taken in by Bucking tradition, his wife Arati, seeks work as a door-to-door salesgirl. Her the wealthy Bimal, Amitabha is shocked to discover Bimal’s wife, Karuna, WARNING – sexually explicit content success brings self-confidence and financial independence, but her husband is a past love, lost because he couldn’t commit. Bimal, is unaware of the past FROM THE AVANT-GARDE is threatened by his wife’s success and asks her to quit… but will she? between his wife and guest and over the course of the evening, Amitabha wINNER Silver Berlin Bear, 1964 Berlinale sees Karuna’s marriage is not a happy one. Will he get a second chance? (R18) TO THE GRINDHOUSE Nominated: Venice Golden Lion, 1965 7:30pm Monday 30 September

THE LONELY WIFE (CHARULATA)

(R18)

THE SAINT (MAHAPURUSH) (R18)

7:30pm Thursday 19 September

7:30pm Thursday 26 September

DIR: SATYAJIT RAY INDIA 1964 124mins 4K

INDIA 1965 65mins 4K

The Lonely Wife (Charulata) is considered Ray’s crowning achievement. Set 1880’s Calcutta, the beautiful Charulata lives in an opulent splendour secluded from the outside world. Her husband, Bhupati, adores her but becomes consumed by the publication of his new political newspaper. Charulata’s heart is captured with the arrival of Bhupati’s cousin Amal, leading to complication, disillusionment and heartbreak. wINNER Silver Berlin Bear, 1965 Berlinale.

DIR: SATYAJIT RAY

DIR: EDUARDO CEMANO (ED SEEMAN) US 1965–1971 127mins 4K

Experimental nude dance films Frekoba (5mins), Dana and Clay (7mins) & Space Oddity (8mins), shot on hand-held 16mm, 1965–67; Frank Zappa & The Original Mothers of Invention 1967–1969 (44mins) shot silent for Zappa’s planned opus ‘Uncle Meat’; Weirdos and the Oddballs (63mins) – the second of two ‘one-day wonders’ from 1970–1971, an adult screwball comedy made under contract to ‘nudie-cutie’ legend Doris Wishman.

Ray’s theme of an India grappling with tradition and modernity is explored further in this classic. Gurupada can’t recover from the death of his wife. On a trip, he and his daughter, Buchki, meet the guru Birinchi and Gurupada Introduction by guest curator Robert Cettl becomes his disciple. In order to punish her boyfriend, Satya, Buchki becomes his disciple too. With his relationship in jeopardy, Satya enlists the help of his PORNOTEUR: ADULT CINEMA friend to uncover the truth about the ‘holy’ man. (R18) AUTEURISM Screens with: SATYAJIT RAY (THE CREATIVE PERSON). 1967 29mins 7:30pm Thursday 3 October 16mm. Print courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive DIR: EDUARDO CEMANO (ED SEEMAN) US 1971–1973 155mins 4K

The first of a “sexual healing” trilogy of adult film explorations of free sex, swinging and desire, the improvised sexual role-play of The Healers screened in NY cinemas following on from earlier Seeman erotica shown at liberationist sexologist Betty Dodson’s group sessions. By contrast, the trilogy’s final film – Madame Zenobia (68mins) – critically reflected on the ethics of the sexual revolution in a re-appraisal of monogamy and emotional well-being. 

ADELAIDE CINÉMATHÈQUE & ADELAIDE FILM FESTIVAL PRESENT 10 – 17 October The Adelaide Film Festival and the Adelaide Cinémathèque are joining forces so that the days they overlap will enrich both programmes. First up is part of a tribute to a legend of the New American Cinema, Shirley Clarke, one of the first hipster filmmakers, a true heir to Maya Deren and a major influence on the likes of Cassavettes, Wiseman and Pennebaker. The second two dates are dedicated to the French filmmaker extraordinaire and one of the finest film essayists of all time, Chris Marker. A newly restored and edited print of Le Joli Mai (The Lovely Month of May), made the same year as La Jetee and another seminal film made twenty years later, Sans Soleil. Divine!

SHIRLEY CLARKE: ROME IS BURNING

(R18+)

THE LOVELY MONTH OF MAY (LE JOLI MAY) (R18+) 7:30pm Monday 14 October

7:30pm Thursday 10 October DIR: NOEL BURCH & ANDRE S LABARTHE FRANCE 1970 54mins 4K

DIR: CHRIS MARKER FRANCE 1963 121mins 4K

Looking very much like one of her own films, this informal interview with Shirley Clarke was filmed at the Cinémathèque screening of Portrait of Jason in a Paris apartment, surrounded by friends including Yoko Ono and Jacques Rivette. She articulates her approach to “underground cinema”,  her new verite style and the political turbulence of the protest movement which also refers to the film’s title, Rome is Burning. Additional shorts to be confirmed closer to the screening date.

The idea here is straightforward: take a camera on to the streets of Paris and ask people how they are feeling. Together with Jean Rouch’s Chronicle of a Summer, this inaugurates the cinema verité movement. wINNER Venice Film Festival: Best First Work

SUNLESS (SANS SOLEIL)

(M)

7:30pm Thursday 17 October

PAM GRIER: soul cinema 21 – 31 October

Blaxploitation was coined in the early 1970s by the Los Angeles National Association for the Sans Soleil (Sunless) has been acclaimed as Chris Marker’s masterpiece, Advancement of Coloured People, and an ex-film reasserting the place of the essay film. From Japan, Iceland and throughout publicist by the name of Junius Griffin. Various Europe and featuring Marker’s characteristic emphasis on cats, this is a film films have been credited with the invention of at once deeply personal and exuberantly enjoyable. the genre, but each film featured funk and soul Listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die soundtracks, as well as primarily black casts and Print courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive aimed at urban black audiences, though it quickly spread in popularity across racial and cultural borders. This season celebrates the star of the genre, Pam Grier. DIR: CHRIS MARKER FRANCE 1982 100mins 16mm

METAFILM: CIRCLES WITHIN CIRCLES WITHIN FRAMES 4 – 14 November

BLACK MAMA, WHITE MAMA (R18) 7:30pm Monday 21 October

Down the rabbit hole and through the looking-glass there’s a world of movies about moviemakers making movies. Drawing from their own experiences, aiming their barbs at an industry which gives them as much grief as joy, and even skewering their own navel-gazing pomposity, this is what happens when cinema looks in the mirror.

DAY FOR NIGHT

(R18)

7:30pm Monday 4 November

(M)

7:30pm Monday 11 November

DIR: FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT FRANCE 1973 115mins 4K

How hard can it be to make a melodrama? Just because your stars are a mix of divas, has-beens and soon-to-bes, and everybody is having an affair. Is all of this effort worth it just to create a temporary diversion? Director Ferrand (Truffaut himself) must struggle with this chaos and the question of the inherent pointlessness of cinema itself, while the real Truffaut pens a love letter to his beloved art form. Filled with allusions to Truffaut’s cinematic heroes as well as subtle jibes at his fellow film critics, the director lovingly exposes the artifice he dedicated his life to. wINNER Academy Award: Best Foreign Film. BAFTA: Best Film, Best Direction, Supporting Actress Print courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive

THE DAY OF THE LOCUST

WES CRAVEN’S NEW NIGHTMARE

(M)

7:30pm Thursday 7 November DIR: JOHN SCHLESINGER US 1975 144mins 16mm

In the San Bernardino Arms at the tail end of the 30s lives a ragtag group of up-and-comers, down-and-outers and the just plain odd (Donald Sutherland is the original Homer Simpson), all locked in a feverish tangle of desire, repression and garish alienation. Bursting with menacing imagery and drenched in the paranoia of an era sandwiched between Hollywood’s Golden Age and World War Two, this adaptation of Nathanael West’s 1939 novel is an acerbic reflection of the banality of both the industry and the mindless hordes who consume its product, climaxing in a fever-dream riot. wINNER BAFTA: Best Costume Design Print courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive

DIR: EDDIE ROMERO US/ PHILIPPINES 1972 87mins 4K

In an exciting and similarly confusing story, Karen and Lee are two feisty inmates in a female prison, somewhere in the steamy tropics. A lunch-room all-in sees the two escorted to a high security prison, chained to each other as further punishment. This won’t do however, and the two escape to embark on an action-packed catfight of a journey across the land, fighting drug-lords, pimps and gang-leaders. Chicks in chains: ‘where they come from, this is fun.’

COFFY

(R18)

7:30pm Thursday 24 October

DIR: WES CRAVEN FRANCE 1982 100mins 16mm

Freddy’s back! Again!! Or is he? Whilst shooting the latest instalment of the Elm Street franchise a strange convergence of dreams and coincidences convinces Wes Craven and Heather Langenkamp (as themselves) that there’s more going on than meets the mind’s eye. Twistingly self-reflexive and filled with observations on the relationship between creators, creations and observers, not to mention pre-dating Scream by two years, this is Craven both bringing Freddy back to his vicious roots and being ahead of the postmodern horror curve.

STATE AND MAIN

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7:30pm Thursday 14 November

DIR: JACK HILL US 1973 91mins 4K

Nurse ‘Coffy’ Coffin, played by Grier, seeks revenge on the drug dealers and mob bosses that put her younger sister into rehab and incapable of ever living a normal life again. Using street savvy and sexual prowess, Coffy lures her victims into submission and sees that they are taken care of, answering to no one but her own solid values. Action, twists and drama aplenty.

FOXY BROWN

(R18)

7:30pm Monday 28 October DIR: JACK HILL US 1974 94mins 4K

DIR: DAVID MAMET US 2000 105mins 35mm

What could be funnier than a troubled film production where everybody involved seems to have unleashed their egos for one final brawl? Fiction, pure fiction of course. Hollywood would never allow a director (William H. Macy) to hire an untested and emotionally unstable writer (Philip Seymour Hoffman) to try to salvage a film populated with jailbait chasing leading men (Alec Baldwin) and prima donna leading ladies (Sarah Jessica Parker). A blackly humorous ensemble comedy which almost certainly downplays the madness behind the scenes.

After finding her feet as a star in the acclaimed films The Big Doll House and Coffy, Grier and director Jack Hill moved onto Foxy Brown, which was originally pitched as its sequel. Grier plays a girl seeking revenge against the members of a drug-running gang who have shot her government-agent boyfriend. Posing as a working girl, Foxy infiltrates sa seedy ‘modelling agency’ and as she takes out those standing in her way, proceeds to become a symbol of strength, independence and killer moves.

JACKIE BROWN

(MA15+)

7:30pm Thursday 31 October DIR: QUENTIN TARANTINO US 1997 154mins 4K

Adapted from the novel Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard, Jackie Brown was nominated for a swathe of awards. Pam Grier plays Miss Brown, a flight attendant for a small Mexican airline, smuggling arms cash for big boss Ordell Robbie on the side. Things start to go awry as fellow mule Beaumont Livingstone is arrested and leaks information, setting off a string of double-crossing, murders, diversions and underhand plans. Robert De Niro, Bridget Fonda, Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Keaton add to a stunning cast. wINNER Berlinale Silver Bear Print courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive

silent remasters: LIVE ACCOMPANIMENT TO SILENT CINEMA 18 – 28 November Silent ReMasters is an annual programme of curated silent films scored live by local musicians. This year the programme includes an Australian classic, a controversial D.W. Griffith film, a controversial surreallist piece by masters Bunuel and Dali, and Hitchcock’s first crime thriller. The programme creates opportunities for young and upcoming musicians and sound artists to enter the world of film scoring in a professional environment, and continues to be one of the most innovative and rewarding made possible by APRA and AJ Sound. Produced by Angela Schilling.

BROKEN BLOSSOMS

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7:30pm Monday 18 November D.W. Griffith made such classics as The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance to great reception and reward. Broken Blossoms, his next film and alternatively titled The Yellow Man and The Girl, handled the then-delicate subjects of race relations and child abuse. The film was received with great reviews and has become a silent classic. Listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Print courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive

7:30 Thursday 21 November

(R18)

7:30pm Monday 25 November

DIR: D.W. GRIFFITH US 1919 90mins 16mm

THE LODGER

THE AGE OF GOLD (L’AGE D’OR) DIR: LUIS BUNUEL FRANCE 1930 63mins 16mm

Arguably the most revered surrealist filmmaker in moving image, Luis Bunuel uses Salvador Dali as screenwriter to comment on the insanities of modern life, the Roman Catholic Church and the sexual oppression of bourgeois society in L’Age d’Or. Although the film received critical acclaim, many were outraged and a movement against Bunuel and Dali’s surrealists was reignited. The film was banned for 49 years after it’s original release, and had it’s official US premiere in 1979 in San Fransisco. (pg) Print courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive

GREENHIDE

DIR: ALFRED HITCHCOCK UK 1926 68mins 4K

‘The Avenger’ is a serial killer on the loose, who is taking blonde women as his victims. An unknown man arrives at Mr and Mrs Bunting’s house looking to rent a room, and as the couple’s blonde daughter’s detective boyfriend begins to suspect the stranger, things begin to unfold. Hitchcock’s third film and the first to employ crime as the vehicle of suspense. Print courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive

(R18+)

7:30pm Thursday 28 November DIR: CHARLES CHAUVEL AUSTRALIA 1926 88mins 4K

Charles Chauvel came to the forefront of Australian cinema after The Moth of Moonbi (1926), and followed up with Greenhide, his final silent film. It was on the set of Greenhide that Chauvel met his wife Elsie, who had the starring role. The story follows a girl who moves from a life of leisure in the city to rural Queensland, where she romanticises her way into the arms of the rough farm manager, ‘Greenhide Gavin’. A cattlethieving plot also unfolds. Print courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive

SUMMER IN THE CITY 2 – 9 December Who knows what you did last summer? The movies do. They encapsulate our secret memories and desires, time spent away from home indulging our wild passions. Sometimes we can bring that summertime experience into the winter of our lives, but all too often we’re left with poignant memories. This season was inspired by an article written by Mark Cousins. “To sit in the dark and look up at the silver screen is a bit like sitting in winter and looking at summer” Mark Cousins – Sight And Sound

SUMMER WITH MONIKA

(R18)

7:30pm Monday 2 December

BODY HEAT

(R18+)

7:30pm Monday 9 December

DIR: INGMAR BERGMAN SWEDEN 1953 96mins 16mm

DIR: LAWRENCE KASDAN USA 1981 113mins 16mm

Despite their differing personalities Harry (Lars Ekborg) and Monika (Harriett Andersson) are in love and escape their working class lives to spend a summer in the Swedish islands. Monika’s ‘free-spiritedness’ comes into direct conflict when having Harry’s child, and she is determined to live her life as a summer holiday. Controversial for its nudity this is Bergman’s meditation on the conflict between freedom and personal responsibility. Print courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive

SUMMER MADNESS (aka SUMMERTIME)

Nothing encourages poor decisions more than a dose of lust and a Miami heat-wave, which is how Ned (William Hurt) and Matty (Kathleen Turner in her cinematic debut) find themselves in a plot to kill of her husband so Matty can inherit his fortune. But not everybody is who or what they seem in this fiendishly devious neo-noir. With a superb supporting cast including Mickey Rourke, Richard Crenna and Ted Danson, Body Heat exudes the sweat of both illicit passions and sweltering summer. Turn the air-conditioning down extra low. Listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (PG) Print courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive

7:30pm Thursday 5 December DIR: DAVID LEAN USA 1955 100mins 16mm

Fulfilling her dream for a summer holiday in Venice, middle-aged Jane Hudson (Katharine Hepburn) finds herself wistfully longing for love whilst also fighting her yearnings for the antiques dealer Renato de Rossi (Rossano Brazzi) who encourages her to take happiness when and where she can find it. A lyrical ode to both Venice (which Lean would make his second home) and the human need for companionship no matter how fleeting and flawed. Print courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive

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BARBARELLA

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7:30pm Thursday 12 December DIR: ROGER VADIM FRANCE/ ITALY 1968 98mins 4K

Who seduces an angel? Who strips in Space? Who’s the girl of the 21st Century? See Barbarella do her thing. It’s the far future and one of the universe’s most sexual and beautiful creatures lands on the planet Lythion to defeat the evil Durand Durand, living in the city of Sogo. Fantasy chambers, women capturing men to smoke the Essence of Man, the Excessive Sex Machine which drives it’s victim to death through pure pleasure and absurd amounts of flesh make up the world which Barbarella discovers. Based on the French comic by Jean-Claude Forest, Barbarella is a cult worth following.

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