Academy Cinema, 44 Lorne St, Auckland
City
Auckland Film Society's 2008 Season screens at the
Academy Cinema, 44 Lorne St, Auckland City, March – October,
Mondays at 6:30pm, except as noted below. Please note: no screenings
on public holidays. We screen on the following Tuesday.
Most screenings are members only. Please arrive early
– no guaranteed seating.
We reluctantly reserve the right to change the programme if a film
does not arrive. Late changes will be advised on the home page of this
website.
Opening Night
10 March
6:30 pmTHE
UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURGLes
parapluies de Cherbourg
Jacques Demy,
France/West Germany, 1964. 92 min, 35mm. PG. Cannes Palme d'Or
Demy's most famous and best-loved movie made Catherine Deneuve a star,
with dialogue set to music and sung from bauble-bright start to bittersweet
end. More...
AFS thanks Time Out Bookstore Ltd
17 March
6:30 pmDONKEY
SKIN Peau
d'âne
Jacques Demy, France, 1970. 90 min, 35mm. PG sexual references
A fairytale blend of Cocteau and Minelli. "A dazzler - an entrancingly
beautiful film done with charm, delicacy, taste and high imagination."
- International Herald Tribune More...
25 March Tuesday
6:30 pmJACQUOT
DE NANTES
Agnès Varda, France, 1991. 118 min, 35mm. PG.
Varda's tender farewell to her late husband, Jacques Demy, recreates
his early years in Nantes, interwoven with home movies and clips from
his films. More...
AFS thanks Metropolitan Rentals
Ltd
31 March
6:30 pmBAY
OF ANGELSLa
baie des anges
Jacques Demy, France, 1962. 85 min, B&W, CinemaScope. M.
Jeanne Moreau is stunning as a gambling-addict beauty, trawling the
casinos of the French Riviera with her lover. "Fast-moving, supremely
assured, hypnotic." - Richard Roud More...
AFS thanks El Framo Picture Framers
& Gallery
07 April
6:30 pmTHE
YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORTLes
demoiselles de Rochefort
Jacques Demy, France, 1967. 124 min, CinemaScope. G
(Real-life) sisters Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac
dream of love and leaving Rochefort in "a sun-drenched, candy-colored,
singing and dancing valentine to the Hollywood confections of Vincente
Minelli." - New York Times More...
14 April
6:30 pmLOLA
Jacques Demy, France/Italy, 1960. 91 min, B&W, CinemaScope. PG
Demy's first feature stars Anouk Aimée as a cabaret dancer awaiting
the return of her young son's father. "One of the most neglected
of all the major works of the French New Wave!" - Jonathan Rosenbaum
More...
AFS thanks Scotties
followed byAuckland
Film Society AGM. Meet in Academy lobby after screening.
21 April
6:30 pmREQUIEM
Hans-Christian Schmidt, Germany, 2006. 93 min, CinemaScope. M content
may disturb.
Michaela comes to believe that her epilepsy is a sign that she has been
chosen for martyrdom. With Sandra Hüller (Best Actress, Berlin).
More...
28 April
6:30 pmPOOL
OF PRINCESSES
Prinzesseninnenbad
Bettina Blümner, Germany, 2007 90 min, 35mm.
Observes the lives of three 15-year-old girls in Berlin's multicultural
Kreuzberg district. "Runs rings around most current documentaries."
- Variety More...
AFS thanks Citymix
05 May
6:30 pmGHOSTS
Gespenster
Christian Petzold, Germany/France, 2005. 85 mins, 35mm
Two stories interlock as a French couple search for their missing child
and an uneasy friendship develops between two teenage drifters. From
the director of The State I Am In. More...
12 May
6:30 pmLONGING
Sehnsucht
Valeska Grisebach, Germany, 2006. 88 mins, 35mm
"A wondrously honest, tender and understanding account of a happily
married fireman falling in love all over again - with a different woman."
- Sight & Sound More...
19 May
6:30 pmTHE
PASSENGER Professione:
reporter
Michelangelo
Antonioni, Italy/ France/Spain, 1975. M low level offensive language
Brilliant Hollywood thriller/existential mystery. "One of the strongest
films in Antonioni's enduring study of identity and apartness."
- Don DeLillo More...
26 May
6:30 pmZABRISKIE
POINT
Michelangelo Antonioni, USA, 1970. 112 mins, CinemaScope. R16
"Antonioni's beautiful handling of 'Scope compositions and moods
has many lingering after-effects, and the grand and beautiful finale
is downright spectacular." - Jonathan Rosenbaum More...
03 JuneTuesday
6:30 pmKILLER
OF SHEEP
Charles Burnett,
USA, 1977. 80 min, 35mm, B&W. M low level offensive language
Burnett made his legendary debut film while a student at UCLA. "An
American masterpiece, independent to the bone." – Manohla
Dargis, New York Times More...
AFS thanks 95bFM
09 June
6:30 pmMY
BROTHER'S WEDDING
Charles Burnett, USA, 1983/2007. 85 min, DVD
Burnett's long-unavailable second feature is an eloquently ambivalent
portrayal of the ties that bind. "A treasure that demands to be
unearthed in all its funny-sad tenderness." - Village Voice More...
16 June
6:30 pmSHORT
FILMS BY CHARLES BURNETT
Several Friends, USA, 1969. The Horse, USA, 1977. When It Rains, USA,
1995. Total 46 mins, DVD
Three ironic and inspiring short films spanning Burnett's career. More...
23 June
6:30 pmTHE
GLASS SHIELD
Charles Burnett, USA, 1995. 108 min, 35mm. M
The first black police officer to serve in an all-white precinct is
pressured into framing rapper Ice Cube for murder. "One of the
most penetrating explorations of institutional racism ever made."
- New Yorker More...
30 June
6:30 pmTO
SLEEP WITH ANGER
Charles Burnett, USA, 1990. 102 min, 35mm. PG adult themes.
An old friend from the rural south arrives on the doorstep of an LA
family, wreaking havoc on their lives. "Sly comic magic."
- Nelson Kim More...
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