MAY 2019 PROGRAMME Star Cinema Eaglehawk Town Hall 2 Peg Leg Rd Eaglehawk Victoria 3556 Bookings: 03 5446 2025 / Office: 03 5446 2526 Email: [email protected] www.starcinema.org.au MAY FILMS (P.T.O. FOR SCREENING TIMES, EVENTS & SPECIALS) BOOKINGS: 5446 2025 cinetopia films MID90S (MA 15+) 86min Genre: Comedy, Drama. Dir: Jonah Hill. Country: USA. A clear-eyed nostalgic coming-of-age tale that marks the start of an auspicious new career for debuting writer-director Jonah Hill. Stevie is a thirteen year old living in the shadow of his older brother Ian. Observing a group of teenage skateboarders in his mid 90s Los Angeles neighbourhood, Stevie tries to fit in with them. Learning to skate leads him to a tight-knit group of new friends, and to a world much larger than the one he has previously known. May 3, 5, 8 BURNING (M) 148min Genre: Drama, Mystery. Dir: Chang-dong Lee. Country: South Korea. English subtitles. Based on a story by Haruki Murakami and featuring three brilliant performances, it’s a gripping psychological study of thwarted love, ambition and obsession. Jong-su bumps into a girl who used to live in the same neighbourhood as him, who asks him to look after her cat while on a trip to Africa. When back, she introduces Ben, a mysterious guy she met there, who confesses his secret hobby. May 3, 4, 5 THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER (M) 97min Genre: Drama. Dir: Sara Colangelo. Country: USA. The story of a teacher who walks a fine line between nurturing and obsession. Maggie Gyllenhaal stars as Lisa Spinelli, a kindergarten teacher who discovers a prodigal poet in five-year-old Jimmy – and, through his work, a way of impressing her own weekly writing class. Passing off the poems as her own, Lisa finds herself tumbling down a questionable path of lies and obsession. A hugely compelling drama-thriller also starring Gael García Bernal. May 1, 4 THE SISTERS BROTHERS (MA 15+) 122min Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime. Dir: Jacques Audiard. Country: France/USA. English language. It is 1851, and Charlie and Eli Sisters (Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly) are both brothers and assassins, boys grown to men in a savage and hostile world. Older brother Eli (Reilly) rides hard with his younger sibling yet dares to dream of a normal life. The younger, hard-drinking Charlie (Phoenix) has taken charge as lead man on the duo’s assignments. A reimagining of the cinematic Western. May 4, 5, 6 NOTTING HILL (1999, M) 124min Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Dir: Roger Michell. Country: UK/ USA. » 20th Anniversary Screening. William Thacker (Hugh Grant) is a London bookstore owner whose humdrum existence is thrown into romantic turmoil when famous American actress Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) appears in his shop. A chance encounter leads to a kiss that blossoms into a full-blown affair. As the average bloke and glamorous movie star draw closer and closer together, they struggle to reconcile their radically different lifestyles in the name of love. May 7 MOTHER (1996, PG) 104min Genre: Comedy, Drama. Dir: Albert Brooks. Country: USA. Survived Mothers Day? Join us for Albert Brooks’ hilarious look at mother-son relationships. Science-fiction scribe John Henderson (Brooks) can’t find a solid relationship, so he moves back in with his mother, Beatrice (Debbie Reynolds). John means well, and he seems to genuinely believe that a better understanding of his mom will lead to dating success. But when they begin to bicker, both start rethinking the arrangement. May 14 GLORIA (2013, MA 15+) 109min Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Dir: Sebastián Lelio. Country: Chile/Spain. English subtitles. Before Julianne Moore’s Gloria Bell was Paulina Garcia in Sebastián Lelio’s 2013 Chilean version. Gloria is a 58 year old divorcée determined to defy old age and loneliness. She rushes headlong into a whirl of singles’ parties on the hunt for instant gratification – which just leads repeatedly to disappointment and emptiness. But then she meets Rodolfo, an ex-naval officer seven years her senior to whom she feels romantically inclined. May 21 SERVANT OR SLAVE (2016, M) 58min Genre: Doc., Biog., History. Dir: Steven McGregor. Country: Australia. » Reconciliation Week Screening. In Australia, during the era of the Stolen Generations, thousands of Aboriginal girls were taken from their families and pressed into domestic servitude by the Australian Government. This documentary follows the lives of five such women stolen and trained to be domestic servants. It observes the strength and determination of these courageous women as they pursue justice, opening up their stories for all to understand and acknowledge. May 28 THE GUILTY (M) 88min Genre: Mystery, Thriller. Dir: Gustav Möller. Country: Denmark. English subtitles. No-one does crime drama like the Danish and nothing has ever been made like this edge-of-your-seat thriller told entirely in real time. Asger Holm is a cop who’s been demoted to working the phones. But when a terrified woman named Iben calls him to say she’s being abducted by her ex-husband, Asger will need to use every bit of his ingenuity to find her before it’s too late... A sleek, well-acted and consummately riveting Danish thriller. May 25, 26, 27 THE AFTERMATH (MA 15+) 108min Genre: Drama, Romance. Dir: James Kent. Country: UK/Germany/ USA. In 1946 post-war Germany, Rachael Morgan (Keira Knightley) arrives in the ruins of Hamburg to reunite with her husband Lewis, a British colonel charged with rebuilding the city. But Rachael discovers that Lewis has unexpectedly decided to share their new home with its previous owners, a German widower (Alexander Skarsgård) and his troubled daughter. In this charged atmosphere, enmity and grief give way to passion and betrayal. May 17, 18, 20, 24, 25 GLORIA BELL (M) 101min Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Dir: Sebastián Lelio. Country: USA. “When the world blows up, I hope to go down dancing.” Gloria (Julianne Moore) is a free-spirited divorcée who spends her days at a straight-laced office job and her nights on the dance floor, joyfully letting loose at clubs around Los Angeles. After meeting Arnold (John Turturro) on a night out, she finds herself thrust into an unexpected new romance, filled with both the joys of budding love and the complications of dating, identity and family. May 23, 24, 25, 26, 29 THE CHAPERONE (PG) 108min Genre: Drama. Dir: Michael Engler. Country: UK/Australia/USA. Amid the backdrop of the tumultuous times of the early 1920s, the life of a Kansas woman (Elizabeth McGovern) is forever changed when she chaperones a beautiful and talented 15-year-old dancer named Louise Brooks to New York for the summer. One of them is eager to fulfil her destiny of dance and movie stardom; the other hopes to unearth the mysteries of her past. A hugley enjoyable adaptation of the best-selling book by Laura Moriarty. May 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 26 WOMAN AT WAR (M) 100min Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure. Dir: Benedikt Erlingsson. Country: Iceland. English subtitles. Halla is a fifty-year-old choir leader living a mysterious double life as a passionate environmental activist, secretly waging a one-woman war on the local aluminium industry to conserve the pristine Icelandic highlands. When her application to adopt a child is accepted, she must act to deal the mining companies one final crippling blow before becoming a mother. The joyous tale of an unlikely David taking on the Goliath of industry. May 11, 12, 18, 19 TOP END WEDDING (M) 102min Genre: Comedy. Dir: Wayne Blair. Country: Australia. The highly anticipated new feature from Wayne Blair (The Sapphires) is a heart-warming celebration of love, family and belonging, set against the spectacular natural beauty of the Northern Territory. Successful Sydney lawyer Lauren (Miranda Tapsell) and her fiancé Ned are engaged and in love and have just ten days to pull off their dream Top End Wedding. First though, they need track down Lauren’s mother, who has gone AWOL somewhere in the Northern Territory. May 30, 31 LONG SHOT (M) 125min Genre: Comedy, Romance. Dir: Jonathan Levine. Country: USA. When gifted and free-spirited journalist Fred Flarsky (Seth Rogan) reunites with his first crush, one of the most influential women in the world, powerhouse diplomat Charlotte Field (Charlize Theron), he charms her. As she prepares to make a run for the Presidency, Charlotte hires Fred as her speechwriter and sparks fly. Hilarious and heart-warming, it perfectly blends comedy, romance, and politics into one hell of an entertainingly good time. Starts May 31 COMING SOON: Poms The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Amazing Grace Red Joan Peterloo All is True Tolkien Rocketman Daffodils Margaret Atwood Live (special film event: September) & much more... US (MA 15+) 116min Genre: Thriller, Horror. Dir: Jordan Peele. Country: US. After sending shockwaves across contemporary culture and setting a new standard for provocative, socially- conscious horror films with his directorial debut, Get Out, visionary director Jordan Peele returns. In Us, a family’s serene woodside vacation turns to chaos when their doppelgängers appear and begin to terrorize them. Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke & Elisabeth Moss, this is far more than just a ‘horror’ movie. May 10, 11, 12, 13 THE HAPPY PRINCE (MA 15+) 100min Genre: Biography, Drama. Dir: Rupert Everett. Country: UK. Rupert Everett’s directing debut has met with critical acclaim, particularly for Everett’s performance. In a 5 star review, The Times described his performance as “flawless” and The Guardian wrote that it was “a powerful parable of passion and redemption”. Also starring Colin Firth and Emily Watson, this is an intimate and honest portrait of the passionate, chaotic and ultimately tragic final chapter in the life of literary genius and revered icon, Oscar Wilde. May 10, 11, 12, 15, 19