title
spacer
2008 Schedule
spacer

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...


spacer
40th Auckland International Film Festival, 10 - 27 July
spacer


04 August

6:30 pmTHE FOOTSTEP MAN
Leon Narbey, New Zealand, 1993. 90 min, 35mm. PG contains sexual references.
This film about filmmaking brings to life the late 19th-century Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec. "Engrossing from start to finish." - Capital Times More...

11 August
6:30 pmCHARLEEN/BACKYARD
Ross McElwee, USA, 1978/1984. 99 min total, 16mm
McElwee's engaging chronicles of encounters with family and friends have broader implications for race relations and the history and culture of the South. More...

18 AugustEarly start – long run time
6:00 pmSHERMAN'S MARCH
Ross McElwee, USA, 1986. 155 min, 16mm. M offensive language. Sundance Grand Jury Prize, Best Documentary
An attempt to retrace General Sherman's devastating sweep through the South becomes a broken-hearted filmmaker's quest to find love.
More...

25 August
6:30 pmTIME INDEFINITE
Ross McElwee, USA, 1993. 114 min, 35mm
In the life of a family, seemingly inconsequential moments can turn out to be profoundly important. "Filled with black humor and deepest pathos." - MOMA More...
AFS thanks NZ Cleanskin Wines

01 September
6:30 pmTHE ASCENT Voskhozhdeniye
Larissa Shepitko, USSR, 1976. 109 min, 35mm, B&W. GA. Golden Bear, Berlin Film Festival
Haunting and transcendent psychological drama of two partisans on the run, caught and interrogated by a Russian collaborator. More...


08 September

6:30 pmTE RUA
Barry Barclay, New Zealand, 1990. 96 min, 35mm, PG.
Ancient grievances spawn distinctly modern attempts at redress as Maori tribe membes attempt to recover stolen ancestral carvings from a Berlin museum. More...

15 September
6:30 pmSTATE OF SIEGE/IN SPRING ONE PLANTS ALONE
Vincent Ward, New Zealand, 1978/1980. 97 mins total, 16mm.
Ward's first film is based on a story by Janet Frame; his latest will revisit his own award-winning documentary of 1980. More...
AFS thanks Native Agent

22 September
6:30 pmKIWI JOKERS NZ Short Films, 1988-1996, 73 mins total, 35mm.
The Lounge Bar (Don McGlashan & Harry Sinclair); Lemming Aid (Grant Lahood); Playing Possum (Peter Salmon); Valley of the Stereos (George Port); Signing Off (Robert Sarkies); Permanent Wave (Jonathan Brough) More...
AFS thaks Onfilm magazine

29 September Early start – long run time
6:00 pmFORBIDDEN QUEST Eumranseosaeng
Kim Dae-woo, South Korea, 2006. 139 min, CinemaScope
This sumptuous period drama tells of a noble scholar who writes an erotic novel based on an affair he is having with the King's concubine. More...

06 October
6:30 pmBARKING DOGS NEVER BITEFlandersui gae
Bong Joon-ho, South Korea, 2000. 106 min, 35mm. M. Pet-lovers be warned: this satire has serious bite. "Beautifully directed, unsentimental and darkly funny." - Time Out More...

13 October
6:30 pmDRIVING WITH MY WIFE'S LOVER Aneeui aeineui mannada
Kim Tai-sik, South Korea, 2007. 92 min, 35mm.
A vengeful husband takes a ride with the taxi driver who has cuckolded him. "A sparkling debut." - Variety More...

20 October
6:30 pmEVA WANTS TO SLEEPEwa chce spac
Tadeusz Chmielewski, Poland, 1957. 98 min, 35mm, B&W
"A crazy comedy, in which even the film crew gets involved in the end, blew like a gust of fresh air from Poland in the late 1950s." - Bloomsbury Foreign Film Guide More...

28 October Tuesday
6:30 pmTHE KING AND THE CLOWN Wangui namja
Lee Jun-ik, South Korea, 2005. 119 min, 35mm. M violence, sexual references, offensive language
A bawdy and boisterous smash-hit in Korea, this tale of court intrigue unveils the queer love triangle between a pair of travelling minstrels and the King. More...

s