Well, that one made for some lively discussion over dinner and a few reds. What did you think? One of our member's went home to couscous tonight!
Go to the right of this page and have a vote and let us know what you thought.
Next movie 19th February - more details shortly. See you all then!
Friday, January 9, 2009
Voting now open for The Secret of the Grain
Well, that one made for some lively discussion over dinner and a few reds. What did you think? One of our member's went home to couscous tonight!
Go to the right of this page and have a vote and let us know what you thought.
Next movie 19th February - more details shortly. See you all then!
Go to the right of this page and have a vote and let us know what you thought.
Next movie 19th February - more details shortly. See you all then!
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Next Screening '‘la graine et le mulet (The Secret of the Grain)’
Our next screening is "‘la graine et le mulet (The Secret of the Grain)" Thursday 8th January 2009, 6pm for 6.30pm start.
Rated M. French with English subtitles. Director: Abdellatif Kechiche.
This will be a good film to go out afterwards for a drink, something to eat and a chat, as the reviews are disparate and the conclusion ambiguous – which will only add to the liveliness of our discussions! See you next year ...
**** Margaret Pomeranz ABC's 'At the Movies'. David Stratton didn't agree ...
7.5/10 International Movie Database - 1,075 votes
**** Phillipa Hawker, The Age
Rated M. French with English subtitles. Director: Abdellatif Kechiche.
This will be a good film to go out afterwards for a drink, something to eat and a chat, as the reviews are disparate and the conclusion ambiguous – which will only add to the liveliness of our discussions! See you next year ...
**** Margaret Pomeranz ABC's 'At the Movies'. David Stratton didn't agree ...
7.5/10 International Movie Database - 1,075 votes
**** Phillipa Hawker, The Age
Watch the Trailer and view Awards and watch Margaret Pomeranz talk with director, Abdellatif Kechiche
“This rewarding yet heartbreaking film explores a story of family and
individuality.”
“The conclusion … is ambiguous, but its emotional impact
is direct and painful.”
Winner Venice Film Festival 2007 Special Jury Award
Winner 2007 Cesar Awards (French Academy) Best Picture
Winner 2007 Cesar Awards (French Academy) Best Picture
"French director Adbellatif Kechiche’s film about the lives
of a North African Arab family in France is distinguished by Habib Boufares’s /deeply affecting performance as a retrenched dock worker seeking a new life in business. " *** by Evan Williams, The Weekend Australian
"At the port of Sète Mr. Slimani, a tired sixty year old, drags himself towards a shipyard job which has become more and more difficult to
cope with as the years go by. He is a divorced father who forces himself to stay close to his family despite the scissions and tensions which are easily sparked off and which financial difficulties make even more intense. He is going through a delicate period in his life and recently, everything seems to make him feel useless; a failure. He wants to escape from it all and set up his own restaurant. However it appears to be an unreachable dream given his meagre, irregular salary which is not anywhere near enough to supply what he needs to realise his ambition. But he can still dream and talk about it with his family in particular. A family which gradually recompacts around this project which comes to symbolise the means to a better life. Thanks to their ingeniousness and hard work this dream soon becomes a reality... Or almost...: Written by Venice Film Festival
Next Screening '‘la graine et le mulet (The Secret of the Grain)’
Our next screening is "‘la graine et le mulet (The Secret of the Grain)" Thursday 8th January 2009, 6pm for 6.30pm start.
Rated M. French with English subtitles. Director: Abdellatif Kechiche.
This will be a good film to go out afterwards for a drink, something to eat and a chat, as the reviews are disparate and the conclusion ambiguous – which will only add to the liveliness of our discussions! See you next year ...
**** Margaret Pomeranz ABC's 'At the Movies'. David Stratton didn't agree ...
7.5/10 International Movie Database - 1,075 votes
**** Phillipa Hawker, The Age
Rated M. French with English subtitles. Director: Abdellatif Kechiche.
This will be a good film to go out afterwards for a drink, something to eat and a chat, as the reviews are disparate and the conclusion ambiguous – which will only add to the liveliness of our discussions! See you next year ...
**** Margaret Pomeranz ABC's 'At the Movies'. David Stratton didn't agree ...
7.5/10 International Movie Database - 1,075 votes
**** Phillipa Hawker, The Age
Watch the Trailer and view Awards and watch Margaret Pomeranz talk with director, Abdellatif Kechiche
“This rewarding yet heartbreaking film explores a story of family and
individuality.”
“The conclusion … is ambiguous, but its emotional impact
is direct and painful.”
Winner Venice Film Festival 2007 Special Jury Award
Winner 2007 Cesar Awards (French Academy) Best Picture
Winner 2007 Cesar Awards (French Academy) Best Picture
"French director Adbellatif Kechiche’s film about the lives
of a North African Arab family in France is distinguished by Habib Boufares’s /deeply affecting performance as a retrenched dock worker seeking a new life in business. " *** by Evan Williams, The Weekend Australian
"At the port of Sète Mr. Slimani, a tired sixty year old, drags himself towards a shipyard job which has become more and more difficult to
cope with as the years go by. He is a divorced father who forces himself to stay close to his family despite the scissions and tensions which are easily sparked off and which financial difficulties make even more intense. He is going through a delicate period in his life and recently, everything seems to make him feel useless; a failure. He wants to escape from it all and set up his own restaurant. However it appears to be an unreachable dream given his meagre, irregular salary which is not anywhere near enough to supply what he needs to realise his ambition. But he can still dream and talk about it with his family in particular. A family which gradually recompacts around this project which comes to symbolise the means to a better life. Thanks to their ingeniousness and hard work this dream soon becomes a reality... Or almost...: Written by Venice Film Festival
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Next Screening 'Lust Caution'
Our next screening is "Lust, Caution" Thursday 27th November, 6pm
Director: Ang Lee
Main Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai Wei Tang Joan Chen
Rated R for high level sex scenes and some violence.
**** from Margaret Pomeranz and ****1/2 stars from David Stratton (ABC's At the Movies)
Provocative, thrilling and passionate, Lust, Caution is the daring new film from acclaimed Academy Award®-winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon).
Set against the backdrop of a transforming country, a young woman finds herself swept up in a radical plot to assassinate a ruthless and secretive intelligence agent. As she immerses herself in her role as a cosmopolitan seductress, she becomes entangled in a dangerous game that will ultimately determine her fate.
Director: Ang Lee
Main Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai Wei Tang Joan Chen
Rated R for high level sex scenes and some violence.
**** from Margaret Pomeranz and ****1/2 stars from David Stratton (ABC's At the Movies)
Provocative, thrilling and passionate, Lust, Caution is the daring new film from acclaimed Academy Award®-winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon).
Set against the backdrop of a transforming country, a young woman finds herself swept up in a radical plot to assassinate a ruthless and secretive intelligence agent. As she immerses herself in her role as a cosmopolitan seductress, she becomes entangled in a dangerous game that will ultimately determine her fate.
Excerpt from Margaret Pomeranz's review '.....LUST, CAUTION is set during the Japanese occupation of China during World War II when a young student, TANG WEI, becomes embroiled in patriotic politics.Her mission is to seduce a prominent collaborator Mr Yee, (TONY LEUNG CHIU-WAI) to set him up for ssassination.This languorous, beautiful film defies Asian convention with its explicit sex scenes. But they are the point of the film, an ode to passion and sensuality.'
Awards for Lust, Caution
*** Winner best film Golden Lion Venice 2007
*** Nominee best foreign film Golden Globe 2008
*** London film estival 2007
*** Toronto Film Festival 2007
*** BAFTA 2008
More quotes from Margaret Pomeranz, ABC's 'At The Movies'
"The performances are astounding"
"Every frame of this film is a work of art"
"This is a most sensual, satisfying, moving film"
Visit ABC's At The Movies for trailer and review
http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2099620.htm
Village Roadshow site:
http://www.villagecinemas.com.au/Movies/Lust-Caution.htm
Official website:
http://www.bvi.com.tw/movies/lust_caution/main.html
Next Screening 'Lust Caution'
Our next screening is "Lust, Caution" Thursday 27th November, 6pm
Director: Ang Lee
Main Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai Wei Tang Joan Chen
Rated R for high level sex scenes and some violence.
**** from Margaret Pomeranz and ****1/2 stars from David Stratton (ABC's At the Movies)
Provocative, thrilling and passionate, Lust, Caution is the daring new film from acclaimed Academy Award®-winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon).
Set against the backdrop of a transforming country, a young woman finds herself swept up in a radical plot to assassinate a ruthless and secretive intelligence agent. As she immerses herself in her role as a cosmopolitan seductress, she becomes entangled in a dangerous game that will ultimately determine her fate.
Director: Ang Lee
Main Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai Wei Tang Joan Chen
Rated R for high level sex scenes and some violence.
**** from Margaret Pomeranz and ****1/2 stars from David Stratton (ABC's At the Movies)
Provocative, thrilling and passionate, Lust, Caution is the daring new film from acclaimed Academy Award®-winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon).
Set against the backdrop of a transforming country, a young woman finds herself swept up in a radical plot to assassinate a ruthless and secretive intelligence agent. As she immerses herself in her role as a cosmopolitan seductress, she becomes entangled in a dangerous game that will ultimately determine her fate.
Excerpt from Margaret Pomeranz's review '.....LUST, CAUTION is set during the Japanese occupation of China during World War II when a young student, TANG WEI, becomes embroiled in patriotic politics.Her mission is to seduce a prominent collaborator Mr Yee, (TONY LEUNG CHIU-WAI) to set him up for ssassination.This languorous, beautiful film defies Asian convention with its explicit sex scenes. But they are the point of the film, an ode to passion and sensuality.'
Awards for Lust, Caution
*** Winner best film Golden Lion Venice 2007
*** Nominee best foreign film Golden Globe 2008
*** London film estival 2007
*** Toronto Film Festival 2007
*** BAFTA 2008
More quotes from Margaret Pomeranz, ABC's 'At The Movies'
"The performances are astounding"
"Every frame of this film is a work of art"
"This is a most sensual, satisfying, moving film"
Visit ABC's At The Movies for trailer and review
http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2099620.htm
Village Roadshow site:
http://www.villagecinemas.com.au/Movies/Lust-Caution.htm
Official website:
http://www.bvi.com.tw/movies/lust_caution/main.html
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Annie Leibovitz - Life Through A Lens
Screens Thursday 16th October 2008, doors open 6pm at Wehl Street Theatre, Mount Gambier.
Barbara Leibovitz's star-studded documentary illuminates the personal and professional life of renowned photographer, Annie Leibovitz.
Tracing her career trajectory from Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and beyond, Life Through a Lens delves into the loss of her partner, Susan Sontag, the joys of parenting and her battle with drug addiction. But throughout it is Leibovitz's artistic practice that truly takes centre stage.
“An insightful look into how an artist ultimately confronts life and loss through a lens.”
Phil Gallo, Variety
"You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth."
Annie Leibovitz
“The most engaging aspects of this film are those that deliver the subject herself, holding forth at length about her life and work, which she does with affecting eloquence.”
Wall St Journal
She laughs off her over-the-top set-ups--like painting the Blues Brothers blue. But there's something else about her images that captures the imagination, and this gift was there back in her earliest photos, snapped when she was an army brat in the Philippines during the Vietnam War, through her hedonistic touring days with the Rolling Stones (of course followed by a stint in rehab) to her shots of today's political leaders. This is an open, thoughtful and frank documentary, and besides its revealing sketch of Leibovitz it also says something important about pop culture and the commercialisation of art. Especially as the photographer is now almost as famous as the people she photographs.
This stunning documentary features Mikhail Baryshnikov, Tina Brown, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Whoopi Goldberg, Mick Jagger, Bette Midler, Demi Moore, Yoko Ono, Keith Richards, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Patti Smith, Gloria Steinem, Jann Wenner and Anna Wintour.
Barbara Leibovitz's star-studded documentary illuminates the personal and professional life of renowned photographer, Annie Leibovitz.
Tracing her career trajectory from Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and beyond, Life Through a Lens delves into the loss of her partner, Susan Sontag, the joys of parenting and her battle with drug addiction. But throughout it is Leibovitz's artistic practice that truly takes centre stage.
“An insightful look into how an artist ultimately confronts life and loss through a lens.”
Phil Gallo, Variety
"You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth."
Annie Leibovitz
“The most engaging aspects of this film are those that deliver the subject herself, holding forth at length about her life and work, which she does with affecting eloquence.”
Wall St Journal
She laughs off her over-the-top set-ups--like painting the Blues Brothers blue. But there's something else about her images that captures the imagination, and this gift was there back in her earliest photos, snapped when she was an army brat in the Philippines during the Vietnam War, through her hedonistic touring days with the Rolling Stones (of course followed by a stint in rehab) to her shots of today's political leaders. This is an open, thoughtful and frank documentary, and besides its revealing sketch of Leibovitz it also says something important about pop culture and the commercialisation of art. Especially as the photographer is now almost as famous as the people she photographs.
This stunning documentary features Mikhail Baryshnikov, Tina Brown, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Whoopi Goldberg, Mick Jagger, Bette Midler, Demi Moore, Yoko Ono, Keith Richards, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Patti Smith, Gloria Steinem, Jann Wenner and Anna Wintour.
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