We regret to inform you that our last scheduled film of the semester, MOWGLI, is no longer available for us to screen, as it was recently acquired by Netflix for release in 2019. In its place on Saturday 24 November, we will instead be screening director Bruce Beresford’s latest film, Australian comedy-drama LADIES IN BLACK.
Set in 1959 Sydney, the film follows a schoolgirl (Angourie Rice) who takes a summer job at a prestigious department store where her fellow saleswomen open her eyes to a fast-changing world beyond her sheltered existence. Also starring Julia Ormond, Rachael Taylor, Ryan Corr and Shane Jacobson, the film is a feel-good throwback to a bygone era – and the perfect dose of nostalgia for what is likely to be the ANU Film Group’s final screening in the Coombs Theatre.
LADIES IN BLACK will screen on Saturday 24 November at 7 PM, and will be a ‘No Guests’ screening. CHRISTOPHER ROBIN will also be screening on the same day at 5 PM as originally scheduled.
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WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK
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If there’s ever been a week of screenings that highlights two extreme ends of the filmgoing spectrum, this might be it…
On one hand, we have acclaimed and thought-provoking films from Switzerland, France and Finland. And then there’s an Australian alien invasion, murderous puppets, and Jason Statham versus a giant shark. What more could you want?!
• WED 17 OCT @ 7:30 PM: THE DIVINE ORDER (M, 97 min)
By the late 1960s, the people of Switzerland have been relatively untouched by the social upheaval occurring around the world. But a young mother from a rural village changes everything when she begins a historic fight for women’s suffrage.
** Presented in partnership with the Embassy of Switzerland **
• THU 18 OCT @ 7:30 PM: OCCUPATION (M, 119 min)
After their small Australian country town is annihilated by an alien attack, a group of civilians discover that they are among Earth’s last remaining survivors and form an army to fight back against their extra-terrestrial occupiers.
• FRI 19 OCT @ 7:30 PM: THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS (MA, 91 min) + THE MEG (M, 113 min)
In a world where puppets and humans co-exists, a puppet private eye and his partner (Melissa McCarthy) find themselves hot on the trail of the serial killer targeting cast members of a TV show from the 1990s. Not suitable for children!
Then, in THE MEG (at approx. 9 PM), a rescue diver (Jason Statham) is recruited to save the crew of a deep-sea submersible after they are trapped at the bottom of the ocean by a massive prehistoric shark previously believed to be extinct.
• SAT 20 OCT @ **7 PM**: TWO IS A FAMILY (M, 117 min) + THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE (M, 100 min)
In French comedy-drama TWO IS A FAMILY, a man’s old flame leaves a child on his doorstep, claiming that the infant is his. Years later, the man and his daughter have become inseparable – until her mother returns and demands custody.
Then, in Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki’s latest film, THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE (at approx. 9 PM), a Syrian refugee arrives in Helsinki seeking asylum but instead forms an unlikely friendship with a travelling salesman-turned-entrepreneur.
** ‘NO GUESTS’ SCREENINGS THIS WEEK: THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS **
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WIN TICKETS TO ‘BEAUTIFUL BOY’ – IN CINEMAS OCTOBER 25
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Thanks to Transmission Films, we have tickets to give away to BEAUTIFUL BOY, the powerful new drama starring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet.
BEAUTIFUL BOY follows a desperate father (Carell) who will do whatever he can to keep his family together, as his son (Chalamet) struggles with a drug addiction to that threatens to destroy him. A deeply moving portrait of unwavering love in the face of adversity, the film chronicles a family’s heartbreaking experience of addiction, relapse, and recovery over many years.
For a look at the film’s trailer, CLICK HERE.
To go into the running to win 1 of 10 double passes to see the film in cinemas, all you have to do is email us at info@anufg.org.au with your name, your membership number (located under the barcode on your card) and tell us the title of one film from our Semester Two 2018 programme starring Steve Carell.
Entries close on Wednesday 24 October, with winners to be notified via email and prizes to be collected at ANUFG screenings.