SEPTEMBER 2018 PROGRAM 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 SEPTEMBER FILMS (P.T.O. FOR SCREENING TIMES, EVENTS & SPECIALS) BOOKINGS: 5446 2025 BOOK CLUB (M) 104min Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Dir: Bill Holderman. Country: USA. Diane (Diane Keaton) is recently widowed after 40 years of marriage. Vivian (Jane Fonda) enjoys her men with no strings attached. Sharon (Candice Bergen) is still working through a decades-old divorce. Carol’s (Mary Steenburgen) marriage is in a slump after 35 years. Four lifelong friends’ lives are turned upside down to hilarious ends when their book club tackles the infamous Fifty Shades of Grey. Great fun. Sept 21, 22, 23, 24, 29 BLACKkKLANSMAN (MA 15+) 135min Genre: Biog, Comedy, Crime. Dir: Spike Lee. Country: USA. From visionary filmmaker Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American hero. In the early 70s, Ron Stallworth is the first African-American detective to serve in the Colorado Springs Police Department. He bravely sets out to infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan. Recruiting Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver) into the undercover investigation of a lifetime, they team up to take down the extremist hate group. Entertaining as it is provocative, this is Lee at his finest. Sept 14, 16, 17, 19 SUMMER 1993 (PG) 98min Genre: Drama. Dir: Carla Simón. Country: Spain. English subtitles. In the summer of 1993, after the death of her parents, six-year old Frida is forced from bustling Barcelona to the Catalan provinces to live with her aunt and uncle. The nature that surrounds her is mysterious, if not dangerous. The couple’s own daughter Anna, welcomes her new sister with open arms and without a flicker of jealousy, but Frida has a hard time coping with her emotions. One of the most evocative & affecting depictions of childhood seen in years. Sept 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 cinetopia films ‘TIS A PITY SHE’S A WHORE (1971, R 18+) 107min Genre: Drama. Dir: Giuseppe Patroni Griffi. Country: Italy. English language. Based on John Ford’s tragedy from the 1600s and set during the Italian Renaissance. A young Charlotte Rampling is Annabella, an Italian noblewoman, who marries an unsuspecting suitor Soranzo (Fabio Testi) after she becomes pregnant from an incestuous relationship with her brother Giovanni (Oliver Tobias) after ten years of separation. When Soranzo discovers the deception, he makes plans for a bloody vengeance. Lavishly produced, and not for the faint hearted. Sept 4 JIMMY BARNES: WORKING CLASS BOY (M) 104min Genre: Documentary, Music. Dir: Mark Joffe. Country: Australia. Jimmy Barnes occupies a unique place in Australian hearts and minds. But long before “Khe Sanh” and “Working Class Man”, and long before ‘Barnesy’, there was the boy – James Dixon Swan. Now his big story is brought to the big screen. This is an unflinching, powerful and transcendent documentary. As the man himself explains near the start of the film, “I was born James Dixon Swan. This is the story of how I became Jimmy Barnes.” Sept 7, 8, 9, 12 ON CHESIL BEACH (M) 109min Genre: Drama, Romance. Dir: Dominic Cooke. Country: UK. Based on Ian McEwan’s novel, this is a powerful drama about two people defined by their upbringing and bound by the social mores of another era. Florence (Saoirse Ronan) and Edward are a young couple in their early twenties. On their honeymoon they learn about their dramatic differences – their attitudes, temperaments and backgrounds. On the beach on their fateful wedding day, one of them makes a major decision that will change both of their lives. Sept 14, 16, 22, 23 THE MERGER (M) 103min Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport. Dir: Mark Grentell. Country: Australia. Damian Callinan adapts his stage play for the big screen. Bodgy Creek is a struggling town and the footy team looks like it will have to merge or fold. Former football star Troy (Callinan) is coaxed into rescuing the team after striking up a friendship with young Neil and his mum, who runs a refugee support centre. They unite to recruit the new arrivals to the team. An uproarious Aussie comedy about footy, country life & the power of communities. Sept 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 30 PANTANI: THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF A CYCLIST (2014, M) 92min Genre: Doco, Biog, Sport. Dir: James Erskine. Country: UK. In 1998 Marco Pantani, the most flamboyant and popular cyclist of his era, won both the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia – a titanic feat of physical and mental endurance that no rider has repeated since. Less than six years later, aged just 34, he died alone in a cheap Italian hotel room. This doco explores the startling truth behind one man’s remarkable descent from being amongst the finest athletes on earth to his tragic end in a sport driven by intrigue. Sept 11 AUSTRALIA ON SCREEN BENEATH CLOUDS (2002, M) 90min Genre: Drama, Romance. Dir: Ivan Sen. Country: Australia. Lena has an absent Irish father she longs to see and an Aboriginal mother she finds disgusting. When she breaks away, she meets up with petty crim Vaughn who’s just escaped from low security prison to reluctantly visit his dying mother. Blonde and light-skinned, Lena is in denial about her Aboriginal heritage; Vaughn is an angry young Murri man with a grudge against all whites. A relationship begins to form as they hit the road heading to Sydney, taking them on a journey that’s as emotional as it is physical, as revealing as it is desperate. Sept 25 FUNNY COW (MA 15+) 102min Genre: Comedy, Drama. Dir: Adrian Shergold. Country: UK. Maxine Peake gives a formidable performance as an aspiring female comedian standing up to a violent husband and the sexist Northern England club circuit. If modern comedy is still lacking in gender equality, then this tough, streetwise British film shows the history of the in-your-face chauvinism of working men’s clubs in decades past. A film about the power of laughter and how to transform pain into humour. Sept 1, 2 THE WIFE (M) 100min Genre: Drama. Dir: Björn Runge. Country: UK / USA. After nearly forty years of marriage, Joan and Joe (Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce) are complements. Where Joe is casual, Joan is elegant. Where Joe is vain, Joan is self-effacing. And where Joe enjoys his very public role as Great American Novelist, Joan pours her considerable intellect, grace, charm, and diplomacy into the private role of Great Man’s Wife. The story of the couple’s youthful passion combined with a portrait of a marriage, thirty-plus years later. Sept 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 13 ALIEN (1979, M) 117min Genre: Science Fiction. Dir: Ridley Scott. Country: UK / USA. Ridley Scott’s 1979 masterpiece is an example of what commercial cinema can aspire to. On a limited budget, the film boasts an intelligent script, careful performances, clever special effects and well-crafted sets. The alien is still scary enough to inspire nightmares. Sigourney Weaver, an unknown actress whose indomitable performance made her a star, plays Ellen Ripley, the warrant officer on the commercial spaceship Nostromo. A rare chance to see on the big screen. Sept 18 THE NEVERENDING STORY (1984, G) 93min Genre: Adventure, Drama. Dir: Wolfgang Petersen. Country: USA. Bastian lives a dreary life being tormented by school bullies, until he escapes into an ancient story-book and is drawn into the mythical land of Fantasia, which desperately needs a hero to save it from destruction. Join Bastian, Atreyu and Falkor on the never ending story! An enchanting family treat. Sept 29 & 30 ANNIE (1982, G) 128min Genre: Musical, Comedy, Drama. Dir: John Huston. Country: USA. Director John Houston’s film adaptation of the Broadway smash hit, Annie, which in turn was based on the perennial cartoon favourite, Little Orphan Annie. This charming musical extravaganza features stunning performances by Carol Burnett, Bernadette Peters, Tim Curry and Albert Finney. Sept 28 & 29 THE DARK CRYSTAL (1982, PG) 93min Genre: Adventure, Fantasy. Dirs: Jim Henson, Frank Oz. Country: USA. From the genius of Jim Henson and Frank Oz. In another time, the last of the Gelfings, Jen and Kira, join forces and embark on a dangerous journey to “heal” a precious Dark Crystal and restore order to their planet. But will young Jen’s courage be any match for the unknown dangers that await him? Sept 28 & 30 80s classics school holiday f ilm festival: sept 28-30 The Melbourne International Film Festival Travelling Showcase showcases selected MIFF Premiere Fund-supported films. This year features: Acute Misfortune, The Eulogy, Undermined: Tales from the Kimberley & The Coming Back Out Ball Movie. Visit our website for full film and session details. Bookings through Star Cinema on 5446 2025. October 5 & 6