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Programme 2011
From time to time, our screenings have to move to the State Cinema Multiplex, where the start time is between 6:00 and 7:00pm. Please check the Nelson Mail each Wednesday to confirm venue and start time.
17 Mar 6:00pm
SPIRITED AWAY
(Miyazaki Hayao, Japan, 2001, 35mm,PG)
A delightfully surreal voyage to the other side. “It is plainly a masterpiece from an acknowledged master of contemporary animation, and a wonderfully welcoming work of art that’s as funny and entertaining as it is brilliant, beautiful and deep.” – Wall Street Journal
24 Mar 6:00pm
THE LACEMAKER
(Claude Goretta, France/Switzerland, 1977, 35mm,R16)
Most promising newcomer, BAFTA Awards. Hupperts mesmerizing portrayal of a fragile young beautician blossoming in and broken by love catapulted her from minor actress to international star. “Beauty, intelligence and extraordinary presence on the screen.”– Roger Greenspun
Followed by Nelson Film Society AGM
31 Mar 6:00pm
THE NEW WORLD
(Terrence Malick, USA,,2005, CinemaScope, M )
This account of the meeting between European and native cultures in 17th-century America provides a dazzling assertion of the giant screen’s capacity to celebrate the splendor of the natural world. “A work of breathtaking imagination, and in every sense a masterpiece.” – LA Times
7 Apr 6:00pm
CLEAN SLATE
(Bertrand Tavernier, France, 1981, 35mm, R16)
Huppert and Philippe Noiret star in Taverniers inspired adaptation of Jim Thompson’s pulp novel Pop. 1280. This striking neo-noir straddles the line between violence and lyricism with dark humour and visual elegance.
“Tough, smart, and marvellously unpredictable.” – Time
14 Apr 6:00pm
RUSSIAN ARK
(Aleksandr Sokurov, Russia, 2002, 35mm, PG)
A spectacular and sumptuous single-take journey through St Petersburg’s fabled Hermitage Museum that demands to be seen on the big screen. “Russian Ark’s mind-boggling choreography is matched by its philosophical grace notes. It’s a heady and glorious experience.” – Village Voice
21 Apr 6:00pm
STORY OF WOMEN
(Claude Chabrol, France, 1988, 35mm, M)
An austere and compelling recreation of the real-life case of a housewife-turned-abortionist in Nazi-occupied France. “Emotionally brutal, morally disturbing - one of the masterpieces of the decade.” – New York Times
28 Apr 6:00pm
MILLENNIUM ACTRESS
(Kon Satoshi, Japan, 2001, 35mm, PG))
One of the late Kon Satoshi’s most innovative works, this animated psychodrama for adults blurs the line between reality and fiction. When a documentary maker interviews an elderly actress, her life story and film roles intermingle, animating thousands of years of Japanese history.
5 May 6:00pm
BREACH
(Billy Ray, USA, 2007,DVD, M)
A rookie FBI agent must spy on his intimidating superior in this suspense-laden thriller. “Filled with tension, deception and bravura acting, Breach is a crackling tale of real-life espionage that doubles as a compelling psychological drama.” – LA Times
12 May 6:00pm
TIBET: CRY OF THE SNOW LION
(Tom Peosay, USA, 2002, 35mm,M)
“An impeccably made, often moving account of the captive nation Tibet, forcibly annexed by China more than 50 years ago… Peosay’s film functions as both a breathtaking travelogue and a political provocation… A more concise and affecting summation would be hard to imagine.” – New York Times
19 May 6:00pm
UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES
(Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand, 2010, 35mm, M ) Palme d'Or, Cannes
Uncle Boonmee is dying. Together with his loved ones – including the ghosts of his wife and long-lost son –Boonmee explores his past lives and what he might find in the afterworld. “A visionary film; mysterious, dreamlike, gentle, quiet, magical.” – The Guardian
26 May 6:00pm
LE DOULOS
(Jean-Pierre Melville, France, 1962, 35mm, M)
Melville’s most influential film, this hard-boiled crime classic stars Jean-Paul Belmondo, who may or may not be a police informant. Terrific performances, and
equally terrific camerawork, conjure a rivetingly treacherous, twilight world.”
– Time Out
2 Jun 6:00pm
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
(Mike Leigh, UK, 2008, DVD, M)
This captivating comedy revolves around Poppy, an irrepressibly cheerful primary school teacher played by Sally Hawkins. “Leigh and his actors work mysterious magic. This is a movie about hitting the groove of everyday life and, nearly miraculously, getting music out of it.” – Salon
9 Jun 6:00pm
LOOK BOTH WAYS
(Sarah Watt, Australia, 2005, 35mm, M)
This funny and charming debut feature from animator turned-director, Sarah Watt, follows several characters who each experience a life-changing event over a hot summer’s weekend in Adelaide. “The film’s energy and stylistic daring mark it as a true original.”– Hollywood Reporter
16 Jun 6:00pm
SERAPHINE
(Martin Provost, France, 2008, DVD, M)
A moving dramatised portrait of the French ‘naive’painter Seraphine de Senlis (1864–1942), a housemaid whose artistic talents were discovered by an art-critic
friend of her employer. Winner of seven Cesar Awards in 2009, including Best Film and Best Actress.
23 Jun 6:00pm
TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI
(Jacques Becker, France, 1953, 35mm, M)
Hands off the loot! A final heist of 50 million francs in gold bullion leads to a labyrinth of shady double-crosses. One of the greatest French crime movies stars
Jeanne Moreau and Jean Gabin. Gangland movies rarely come as pleasurable – or as elegant - as this slang-filled French film noir.” - San Francisco Film Festival
30 Jun 6:00pm
WENDY & LUCY
(Kelly Reichardt, USA, 2008, 35mm, M)
Michelle Williams stars as a young woman passing through the Pacific Northwest who loses her way – and her dog – in this deceptively simple film. “A lucid and
melancholy inquiry into the current state of American society.” - New York Times
7 Jul 6:00pm
NGATI
(Barry Barclay, New Zealand, 1987, 35mm, PG)
Barclay’s first feature film, the first written and directed by Maori, is now something of a classic. The film follows a young Aussie doctor who discovers his Kiwi roots on a visit to a tiny Maori settlement on the East Coast where his father used to practise.
14 Jul 6:00pm
THE STRANGEST DREAM
(Eric Bednarski, Canada, 2008, DVD)
Nuclear physicist Joseph Rotblat was the only member of the Manhattan Project to resign on moral grounds. The film traces his career as he goes from designing
Atom bombs, to researching medical uses for radiation and campaigning against nuclear proliferation.
21 Jul 6:00pm
GAME OVER:KASPAROV & THE MACHINE
(Vikram Jayanti,Canada,2003, DVD)
A gripping and suspenseful portrait of Russian chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov told through the prism of his famous match-up with the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue. “An engrossing tale of ego, strategy, and the limits of human intelligence.” – Chicago Reader
28 Jul 6:00pm
GO WEST Live Cinema
(Buster Keaton, USA, 1925, DVD)
Unemployed city slicker Friendless (Buster Keaton) is advised to Go West to make his fortune. He ends up working on a farm, where he is befriended by Brown
Eyes - a very attractive cow. His inept attempts at rural practices are hilarious! Go West is accompanied by Gabor Tolnay on the keyboard.
4 Aug 6:00pm
MCLUHAN'S WAKE
(Kevin McMahon, Canada, 2002, DVD)
Media philosopher Marshall McLuhan was the 1960’s hippest intellectual, coining the phrase ‘the medium is the message’, and inventing the concept of the global
village. This elegant and visually elaborate documentary interrogates his work and investigates its pertinence for today’s connected world.
11 Aug 6:00pm
THE WOMAN WITH THE 5 ELEPHANTS
(Vadim Jendreyko, Switzerland/Germany, 2009,35mm)
Eighty-five-year-old Svetlana Geier is perhaps the greatest translator of Russian literature into German. This erudite documentary about her passion for literature gracefully unfolds to encompass a great sweep of history. “Compelling, moving and thought provoking.” – Hollywood Reporter
18 Aug 6:00pm
THE CENTER
(Stanislaw Mucha, Germany, 2004, 35mm)
“Where exactly is the centre of Europe? Mucha and his crew travel around the continent examining the conflicting, and often hilarious, claims of over a dozen towns in half a dozen countries.”
– Festival des Films du Monde
25 Aug 6:00pm
STATE AND MAIN
(David Mamet, USA, 2000, DVD, M)
A movie crew creates havoc in a picturesque small New England town in this crackerjack comedy. “More razor-sharp, spit-out-your-popcorn one-liners thrown away in any given scene than can be found in two dozen ordinary comedies put together.” – Time Out New York
22 Sep 6:00pm
CAREFUL WITH THOSE KIDS
(New Zealand,2008-2010, 35mm,PG)
Short films featuring Kiwi kids who get up to no good in amusing and disturbing ways. With the award-winning hilarity of The Six Dollar Fifty Man, and the Hitchcockian precision of the ever-suspenseful Careful… series.
29 Sep 6:00pm
JOURNEY IN ITALY
(Roberto Rossellini, Italy, 1953, DVD, PG)
“A trip to Italy opens up long-festering emotional wounds for a seemingly happy couple in Rossellini’s fascinating film, long acclaimed as the key link between Italian neorealism and the modernist, subjective cinema of the early sixties.” – Jason Sanders
6 Oct 6:00pm
OLD PORT NELSON Live Cinema
(New Zealand, 1900s, DVD)
This collection of silent films, the key one of which was made by Bill Carr, the first president of Nelson Film Society, will be accompanied by Gabor Tolnay on the keyboard. Screening as part of the Nelson Arts Festival in association with Port Nelson Ltd and the Film Archive
13 Oct 6:00pm
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
(Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, USA, 1952, 35mm)
“A brilliant satire of the chaos into which the industry descended when sound came in, and a sharp funny commentary on the perversities of big studio politics. No true movie lover doesn’t have a special heart-place for this perfect backstage musical comedy, or for that sublime dance in the rain by Kelly.” – Chicago Tribune
20 Oct 6:00pm
TSOTSI
(Gavin Hood, South Africa, 2005, DVD, M)
Six days in the life of a ruthless young gang leader who ends up caring for a baby accidentally kidnapped during a car-jacking in Soweto. “This remarkable movie means to shake you, and boy does it ever.” – Rolling Stone
27 Oct 6:00pm
OSS 117 LOST IN RIO
(Michel Hazanavicius, France, 2009, DVD)
Fabled spy OSS 117was the quintessential fictional hero of postwar France, criss-crossing the world to defend his patrie against slippery foreigners of every shade.
“OSS 117 spoofs the superagents of the Bond era but its hero… isn't a broad nitwit… he's a very subtle nitwit.” – Entertainment Weekly
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