MINAMATA
Monday 19 July 10am, 6.30pm Directed by Andrew Levitas Drama KK/USA 115 mins A real life story about war photographer W. Eugene Smith who travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities. The exposure of their plight by Smith is one of the great stories in the […]
MY NAME IS GULPILIL
Wednesday 11 August, 2021 10am, 2pm, 5pm, 7.30pm Directed by Molly Reynolds Documentary English 101 mins For fifty years, David Gulpilil has been an iconic figure of Australian cinema. He is the only actor to appear in both of the two highest grossing Australian films of all time – Crocodile Dundee (1986) and Australia (2008). […]
THE PAINTER & THE THIEF
Monday 16 August 10am, 6.30pm Directed by Benjamin Ree Documentary 102 mins Norway (in English) This superb Norwegian documentary tells the story of a painter Barbora Kysilkova who befriended the criminal who stole two of her most valuable paintings from a gallery at Frogner in Oslo. While the thief is soon caught, the paintings are […]
EMA
Wednesday 28 July 10am, 2pm, 5pm, 7.30pm Directed by Pablo Larraín Drama Spain/subtitles 102 mins Strong sex scenes Free-spirited, platinum-blonde Ema is a beguiling, stubborn and fiercely talented young dancer and teacher. Her insatiable passion lies in the sexy reggaetón music she and her friends dance to on the city’s streets. She forged a career […]
THE TAVERNA
Wednesday 14th July 2021 10:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 7.30pm Directed by Alkinos Tsilimidos Australia/English Dark Comedy 86 mins THE TAVERNA covers one utterly chaotic evening in a family run Greek restaurant. Owner of a Greek restaurant, Kostas, gets more than he bargained for when his popular belly dancer refuses to work because she wants to avoid her […]
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
Wednesday 23rd June 2021 10am, 2pm, 5pm, 7.30pm Directed by Sharka King USA/English Docudrama 126 mins In March of 1968, J. Edgar Hoover issued a memorandum to the agents of COINTELPRO, a covert — and illegal — series of counterintelligence operations: “Prevent the rise of a ‘messiah’ who could unify and electrify the militant black […]
A SON
Wednesday 9th June 2021 10:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 7.30pm Directed by Mehdi Barsaoui Darija Arabic & French/subtitles Drama 96 mins Is happiness an illusion? The future can seem so bright one moment and then be thrown into turmoil from unexpected quarters. A Son explores the expression “a matter of life and death” via a suspenseful and […]
GOLDEN VOICES
Monday 14 June 10:00am, 6.30pm Directed by Evgeny Ruman Comedy/Drama/Romance 88 mins Russian & Hebrew/subtitles Victor and Raya Frenkel were the golden voices of Soviet film dubbing for decades. All the western movies that reached Soviet screens were dubbed by them. In 1990, with the collapse of Soviet Union, the Frenkels decided to do Aliyah […]
THE NEST
Wednesday 26 May 2021 10:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 7.30pm Directed by Shaun Durkin Psychological Thriller 107 mins English A psychological thriller of matrimonial mind games, The Nest explores the strains a transatlantic move puts on a marriage.One day, after at least a decade living in the States, English-born Rory announces that he plans to uproot his […]
THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS
Monday May 17 10am, 6.30pm Directed by Gregory Kershaw & Michael Dwek Italy/subtitles Documentary 84 mins Deep in the forests of Northern Italy resides the prized white Alba truffle. Desired by the wealthiest patrons in the world, it remains a pungent but rarefied mystery. The only people who know how to dig it up are […]