2008 Screening Schedule

Mon 3 March:
Opening Night Party, 6pm
The Young Girls of Rochefort by Jacques Demy, 6:30pm
Mon 10 March:
Jacquot de Nantes by Agnes Varda, 6:30pm
Mon 17 March:
Bay of Angels by Jacques Demy, 6:30pm
Mon 24 March: NO SCREENING - Easter Monday
Mon 31 March:
Donkey Skin by Jacques Demy, 6:30pm
Mon 7 April:
Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Jacques Demy, 6:30pm
Mon 14 April:
Pool of Princesses by Bettina Blumner, 6:30pm
Mon 21 April: NO SCREENING - World Cinema Showcase, Members get discounted tickets!
Mon 28 April: NO SCREENING - World Cinema Showcase, Members get discounted tickets!
Mon 5 May:
Requiem by Hans Christian-Schmid, 6:30pm
Mon 12 May:
Ghosts by Christian Petzold, 6:30pm
Mon 19 May:
The Round-Up by Miklós Janscó, 6:30pm
Mon 26 May:
Ivan the Terrible Parts I & II by Sergei Eisenstein, 8:00pm
Mon 2 June: NO SCREENING - Queen's Birthday
Mon 9 June:
Zabriskie Point by Michelangelo Antonioni, 6:30pm
Mon 16 June:
The Passenger by Michelangelo Antonioni, 6:30pm
Mon 23 June:
Control Room by Jehane Noujaim, 6:30pm
Mon 30 June:
Killer of Sheep by Charles Burnett, 6:30pm
Mon 7 July:
Several Friends / The Horse / When it Rains / My Brother's Wedding by Charles Burnett, 6:30pm
Mon 14 July:
Unknown Chaplin by Brownlow & Gill, 8:00pm
Mon 21 July:
Fanny & Alexander by Ingmar Bergman, 8:00pm
Mon 28 July:
The Glass Shield by Charles Burnett, 6:30pm
Mon 4 August: NO SCREENING - International Film Festival, Members get discount tickets!
Mon 11 August: NO SCREENING - International Film Festival, Members get discount tickets!
Mon 18 August:
The Man Without a Past by Aki Kaurismaki, 6:30pm
Mon 25 August:
The World of Apu by Satayajit Ray, 6:30pm
Mon 1 September:
Kiwi Jokers (NZ Shorts) by Various Directors, 6:30pm
Mon 8 September:
The Footstep Man by Leon Narbey, 6:30pm
Mon 15 September:
Charleen / Backyard by Ross McElwee, 6:30pm
Mon 22 September:
Sherman's March by Ross McElwee, 8:00pm
Mon 29 September:
Time Indefinite by Ross McElwee, 6:30pm
Mon 6 October:
The King and the Clown by Lee Jun-ik, 6:30pm
Mon 13 October:
Forbidden Quest by Kim Dae-woo, 6:30pm
Mon 20 October: DOUBLE FEATURE
Barking Dogs Never Bite by Bong Joon-ho, 6:30pm
Driving with my Wife's Lover by Kim Tai-sik
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Requiem

Screening: Monday 5 May, 6:30pm

Hans Christian-Schmid, Germany 2006

Sandra HĂĽller richly deserved her Best Actress Award at Berlin for her raw, electrifying performance as Michaela, a deeply religious and psychologically troubled young woman who comes to believe that her epilepsy, and the taunting voices she hears during fits, are signs that she has been chosen to suffer like St Katharina of Biasca.

This gripping, complex film about a journey into breakdown and spiritual craving is based, like the recent The Exorcism of Emily Rose, on the 70s Klingenberg case, in which a young German girl died at the end of an exhausting series of exorcisms, officially sanctioned by a Catholic bishop.

Director Schmid (Distant Lights) and scriptwriter Lange provide no easy answers and make no judgements, but mesmerise us with the young woman’s compulsion to martyrdom – and make perfect sense of the ways in which family, friends and church, whether they wish to or not, can only nurture her passion.

“A subtle and totally engrossing drama, packed with rich details and anchored by an awesome lead performance by Sandra Hüller.” — David Schmader, The Stranger

(93 minutes, colour)