Ticket sales for our Annual Trivia Night will be closing early NEXT WEEK as we will soon need to finalise numbers with the venue. So if you haven’t purchased your tickets or organised your table yet for the best trivia night you’ll ever attend, make sure you do so before it’s too late!
Our Annual Trivia Night is the ANU Film Group’s primary fundraiser for the year so please do come along and support us. If feedback from our previous 11 Annual Trivia Nights is anything to go by, you’re in for an event unlike any trivia night you’ve ever attended (unless you attended one of the previous 11, in which case, you’ll have already got your tickets long ago).
Don’t believe us? Get your tickets to come along next Friday and check it out for yourself!
Tickets are $20 per person for tables of up to 10 and available now at www.anufg.org.au/trivia. And while you’re there check out some of the sponsors who have donated thousands of dollars in prizes that will be up for grabs. Not long to go now!
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WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK
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Mamma Mia – here with go again with another week of great films for our great members!
Come along to the Film Group this week for a star-studded musical sequel, the next chapter in an acclaimed crime saga, the latest film from director Richard Linklater, a political thriller about the Kennedy legacy, and Olivia Newton-John’s cult musical back on the big screen (no, not that one...).
• THU 23 AUG @ 7:30 PM: SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO (MA, 122 min)
An unorthodox FBI agent reunites with a mysterious operative to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the U.S. border, but the escalating war quickly causes them to question what that they are fighting for. Starring Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin.
• FRI 24 AUG @ 7:30 PM: MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN (PG, 114 min) + XANADU (G, 96 min)
10 years after the events of the first film, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) sets out to discover more of her mother’s past in this sequel to the hit musical featuring the music of ABBA. Also starring Lily James, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård and Cher.
Then, in cult 80’s musical XANADU (at approx. 9:30 PM), Olivia Newton-John stars as young woman who becomes struggling artist’s muse as he embarks on an extraordinary journey when he decides to open a live music club with a former musician (Gene Kelly).
• SAT 25 AUG @ **7 PM**: LAST FLAG FLYING (M, 125 min) + CHAPPAQUIDDICK (M, 106 min)
Thirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, three friends reunite to bury the son of one of their own, killed on duty in Iraq. Along the way, they reminisce and come to terms with memories of the war. Starring Steve Carell, Laurence Fishburne and Bryan Cranston.
Then, in political thriller CHAPPAQUIDDICK (at approx. 9:15 PM), US Senator Ted Kennedy finds his political future and family legacy thrown into turmoil after he is involved in a fatal car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist. Starring Jason Clarke, Kate Mara and Ed Helms.
** ‘NO GUESTS’ THIS WEEK INCLUDE: MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN **
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THE LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL CONCLUDES THIS WEEK!
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We hope you’ve all had a chance to check out one of the many films screening as part of the 14th Latin American Film Festival. If you haven’t already, make sure to come along before it winds up this week with three more films on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
• SATURDAY 25 AUGUST @ 4 PM – THE CLAIM (EL DESAGRAVIO)
El Salvador, 2016, 81 mins. Directors: Gianni Beretta, Patrik Soergel
Archbishop Óscar Romero was assassinated on March 24, 1980, while celebrating a Mass in El Salvador. This documentary explores the controversial canonisation process initiated by Pope Francis in 2013, which continues to divide the ecclesiastical institutions.
• SUNDAY 26 AUGUST @ 4 PM – SEPTEMBER, A SILENT CRY (SEPTIEMBRE, UN LLANTO EN SILENCIO)
Guatemala, 2017, 69 mins. Director: Kenneth C. Muller
In the 1980s, a terrorist bombing in Guatemala causes young Teresa to lose her mother, as well as her ability to hear. Her father initially struggles to care for her alone, but as she grows older, he becomes her safe haven from an unforgiving world.
• MONDAY 27 AUGUST @ 7:30 PM – THE LIFE OF FISH (LA VIDA DE LOS PECES)
Chile, 2010, 84 mins. Director: Matías Bize
Andre is a travel writer living an exciting life abroad, who is now back in Santiago catching up with friends at party. As the night goes on, it becomes clear that a tragic event binds these friends together, and was the reason for Andre's departure from Chile years ago.