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 Mikls Jansc, 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
From the archives:

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Killer of Sheep

Screening: Monday 30 June, 6:30pm

Charles Burnett, USA 1977

An award-winning work that was eventually chosen by the National Society of Film Critics as one of the 100 Essential Films of all time, Killer of Sheep was also deemed a national treasure by the Library of Congress; with its poignant humanism and uncompromising tone, one can easily see why.

Set in Watts, the film is a portrait of Stan, a gentle and hard-working family man who toils in an abattoir. Frequently exhausted, Stan can barely muster enough energy to connect with his beautiful children and wife, who long for his affection. His existential ennui elides all intimacy; an attempted slow dance to Dinah Washington's “The Bitter Earth” is a heart-rending display of unrealized dreams.

Meanwhile, outside Stan's door, the community bustles with activity: fast-talking characters with schemes up their sleeves and quick-witted humour that defies their ramshackle reality. Episodic and filled with the marvels of subtlety and quiet observation, Killer of Sheep is “the greatest cinematic tone poem of American urban life” (David Edelstein, New York Magazine). — Andréa Picard

(80 minutes, B&W)