Rialto Cinemas, Moorhouse Ave, Christchurch
Canterbury Film Society's 2010 Season screens at
Rialto Cinemas, Moorhouse Ave, Christchurch
City, March – October, Mondays at 6:30pm, except as noted below.
Please note: no screenings on public holidays.
Contractual rights mean that most screenings are open to members only. Films with "**" below are open to non-members for a suggested $5 donation.
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
Monday 01 March
Documentaries
6:30 pmTHE
FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS
Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier, Denmark, 2005. 35mm, 90 min. PG
low level offensive language.
Von Trier challenges Leth to remake his classic short, The Perfect Human,
five times under increasingly bizarre conditions. “Spellbinding
– the ultimate game for movie buffs.” – Rolling Stone
Monday 08 MarchFrench Revelations
6:30 pmTHE
WITNESSES Les
témoins
André Téchiné, France, 2007. 35mm, 112 min. R16
sex scenes.
A fast-moving drama set in the ’80s AIDs crisis. “Projects
the strongly affirmative message that it’s a miracle to be alive
and bear witness to those who did not survive.” – Variety
Monday 15 MarchNew Zealand
6:30 pmAPRON STRINGS **
Sima Urale, New Zealand, 2008. DVD, 90 min.
In her first feature Samoan-born Aucklander Sima Urale brings an ebullient light touch to a script which traces
parallel, richly loaded domestic dramas in two families of cooks: one Sikh, the other dyed-in-the-wool Anglo.
Monday 22 March Documentaries
6:30 pmMY WINNIPEG
Guy Maddin, Canada, 2007. 35mm, 80 min. M nudity
Maddin's documentary portrait of his native city is intensely idiosyncratic and hilariously unreliable. "Dazzlingly imaginative." - Sight and Sound
Monday 29 March Iranian Cinema
6:30 pmA
TIME FOR DRUNKEN HORSES
Bahman Ghobadi, Iran,
2000. 35mm, 85 min. M.
A devastatingly powerful and unflinching portrait of the hardships faced
by a family of orphans living on the Iran/Iraq border. “A film
of simplicity and power, beautifully shot and effortlessly acted by
non-professionals.” – LA Times
Monday 12 April Iranian Cinema
6:30 pmTHE
COLOUR OF PARADISE
Majid Majidi, Iran,
1999. 35mm, 90 min. M
Mohammad’s inability to see the world only enhances his ability
to feel its powerful forces. “Enthralling… artfully simple
and beautifully observant.” – Time
Monday 3 MayIranian
Cinema
6:30 pmCLOSE-UP
Abbas Kiarostami, Iran, 1990. 35mm, 100 min. G
“The true story of an unemployed dreamer – an ardent cinephile
– who passes himself off as the director Mohsen Makhmalbaf, a
fraudulent act that becomes both an homage and a fresh work of art.”
– New Yorker
Monday 10 MayIranian
Cinema
6:30 pmTHE
WHITE BALLOON
Jafar Panahi, Iran,
1995. 35mm, 85 min. G. Caméra d'Or, Cannes
A delightful, suspenseful, and insightful comedy that follows the adventures
of a 7-year-old girl who loses her money to purchase a goldfish for
the New Year.
Monday 17 MayNorman
McLaren: Animation Genius
6:30 pmNORMAN
McLAREN: MOVEMENT, MUSIC AND CONFLICT
Animation genius Norman
McLaren pursued movement and musical expression in his films.
His strong political beliefs are also on display. Titles include Spheres
(1969), Narcissus (1983), Canon (1964), Hell Unlimited (1936), Keep
Your Mouth Shut (1944). DV, 84 min total
Guest speaker Terence
Dobson will introduce the programme and take Q&A
Monday 24 May Norman
McLaren: Animation Genius
6:30 pmMcLAREN
THE INNOVATOR
Norman
McLaren works frame-by-frame, paints and scratches directly
on the film stock, or manipulates live-action. Programme includes Mail
Early (1941), Fiddle-de-dee (1947), La poulette grise (1947), Rythmetic
(1956), Lines Vertical (1960), Mosaic (1965). DV, 61 min total
Monday 31 May Norman
McLaren: Animation Genius
6:30 pmMcLAREN
DAZZLERS
A selection of Norman
McLaren’s most famous and spectacular work includes
his ultimate expression of music/movement – Synchromy, and his
Oscar-winning, anti-war classic – Neighbours. 35mm, 75 min total
Every Wednesday in June we are running a supplementary programme of films by and about New Zealand artists at the Christchurch Art Gallery Philip Carter Auditorium.
See the June series page for full details. Films are open to the public for koha, free for society members.
Monday 14 June German Cinema: Beyond Borders
6:30 pmSUN ALLEY **
Leander Haussmann, Germany, 1999. DVD, 101 min.
An amusing coming of age tale set in the seventies down Sun Alley on the East Berlin
side of the Wall where Western pop music is banned and asthma medication is the only
recreational drug available.
Monday 21 June
6:30 pmLEN
LYE: ART THAT MOVES
Roger Horrocks’ documentary on Lye’s discovery of “the
art that moves”, followed by Lye’s best films, showing his
rich visual imagination, sense of humour, and love of music. 16mm and
DV, 80 min total
Monday 28 JuneGerman Cinema: Beyond Borders
6:30 pmBERLIN IS IN GERMANY **
Hannes Stöhr, Germany, 2001. DVD, 93 min.
Thirty-six-year-old Martin Schulz was behind bars when the wall came down. Now, after eleven years' imprisonment, the
former citizen of the GDR has been released from jail and must find his way in reunified Germany.
Monday 05 July
6:30 pmSOLOVKI POWER **
Marina Goldovskaya, Soviet Union, 1988. DVD, 93 min.
Solovki Power is a remarkable, moving documentary about a brutal penal colony where ordinary criminals
were the elite, and the political prisoners (writers, teachers, scientists, priests, nuns), who had been
sent there to be re-educated, were at the bottom of the social scale.
Monday 12 July
6:30 pmTHE BLUES: FEEL LIKE GOING HOME
Martin Scorsese, Germany/UK, 2003. DVD, 110 min.
Directed by Martin Scorsese, The Blues follows musician Corey Harris through Mississippi and West Africa exploring the roots
of the blues and celebrating the early Delta bluesmen with original performances and rare footage.
Monday 19 July
6:30 pmCOMRADES
IN DREAMS **
Uli Gaulke, Germany, 2006. 100 min, B&W, DV.
A documentary valentine to the pleasures of cinema and independent cinema
owners the world over that demonstrates the universal and unifying power
of movies. “A delight.” – Variety
Monday 26 July
6:30 pmNINE QUEENS
Fabian Bielinsky, Argentina, 2000. DVD, 114 min.
An experienced grifter takes a younger confrere under his wing for the theft of a block of stamps
called the 'Nine Queens' in Fabian Bielinsky's caper-within-a-caper debut film, which runs as
smoothly as a well-rehearsed con.
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