Don’t forget that our Annual General Meeting takes place at 6 PM tonight in the Kambri cinema.
Come along and find out what goes on behind the scenes at the ANU Film Group, hear our plans for the future and ask questions to your heart’s content. If you’d like to contribute more towards the running of the Group, you can even run for a position on our new committee. We’re always keen to see some new faces and no experience is necessary – just a willingness to commit a bit of time to help us continue being Australia’s biggest and best film society.
We hope to see many of you tonight!
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WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK
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It’s Oscar Week: Part Two! We kick off with this year’s Oscar-winning performances for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, and then round off the week with some action-packed thrills and supernatural chills.
• TUE 19 MAR @ 7:30 PM: IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (MA, 119 min)
When her fiancé is wrongly accused of a crime, a pregnant woman and her family must race against the clock to prove his innocence before the birth of their child. Directed by Barry Jenkins (MOONLIGHT) and this year’s Oscar winner for Best Supporting Actress (Regina King).
• THU 21 MAR @ 7:30 PM: THE FAVOURITE (MA, 119 min)
In 18th century England, the close relationship between Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) and her court favourite (Rachel Weisz) is thrown into turmoil by the arrival of a new servant (Emma Stone). Winner of Oscar for Best Actress (Colman), and nominated for nine more, including Best Picture.
• FRI 22 MAR @ 7:30 PM: COLD PURSUIT (MA, 119 min) + PRINCE OF DARKNESS (MA, 98 min)
COLD PURSUIT follows a snowplow driver (Liam Neeson) as he seeks revenge against a drug cartel in his quiet mountain hometown after his son is murdered by the gang, in this English language remake of the 2014 Norwegian thriller IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE.
Then, in director John Carpenter’s 1987 cult horror classic PRINCE OF DARKNESS (at approx. 9:30 PM), a priest (Donald Pleasance) investigates a mysterious green liquid in an abandoned church, which is discovered to contain the essence of Satan.
• SAT 23 MAR @ 7:30 PM: GLASS (M, 129 min) + HOSTILES (MA, 113 min)
In GLASS – director M. Night Shyamalan's sequel to UNBREAKABLE and SPLIT – criminal mastermind Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson) pits superpowered hero David Dunn (Bruce Willis) against a man with 24 personalities (James McAvoy).
Then, in HOSTILES (at approx. 9:45 PM), a U.S. Army cavalry officer (Christian Bale) in 1892 is tasked with escorting a dying Cheyenne war chief and his family back to their ancestral home, putting aside their differences in order to survive through dangerous territory.
** 'NO GUESTS' SCREENINGS THIS WEEK: THE FAVOURITE **
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SUGGEST FILMS FOR OUR UPCOMING WINTER SEASON
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We’re only four weeks into our current Autumn season, but work is already underway on our next programme. If you haven’t already done so, be sure to fill out an online suggestion form at www.anufg.org.au/suggestions to let us know what you’d like to see at the ANU Film Group between May and July this year. Feel free to suggest new releases, up-and-coming attractions, classics you’d like to see back on the big screen, themed nights – the sky’s the limit!
Film suggestions close on Saturday 30 March at 11:59 PM.