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The Wellington Film Society, Monday 27 July at 6.00pm and Tuesday 28 July at 8.30pm:
THE WIND Victor Sjostrom, USA, 1928
One of cinema's great masterpieces. The lovely Lillian Gish gives her finest performance ever as the young Virginian innocent who travels West to stay with relatives on the Texan prairie, only to be pushed into a harsh, unwanted marriage, and to find herself immersed in a maelstrom of rape, murder and madness. Swedish emigre Sjostrom directs with immaculate attention to psychological detail, while making perfectly credible the film's transition from low-key, naturalistic comedy of manners to full-blown hysterical melodrama. Filmed under extremely difficult conditions on location in the Mojave desert, its climactic sandstorm sequence has to be seen to be believed, although the entire film - erotic, beautiful, astonishing - demonstrates such imagination and assurance that it remains, sixty years after it was made, completely modern.
- Time Out.
With new score played live by local musicians. Supported by the Welligton City Council.
Monday screening Members only. Tuesday screening also open to the public. Secure your seat
here.
Film Society Memberships are available at any time on line.
Film Festivals to note:
The annual NZIFF will play in Wellington this year 12 - 23 August (encores 24 - 29 August). The programme has been launched and can be found on-line and in print at all the usual places around town. Bookings open on-line and at the NZIFF box office in the Embassy foyer.
If you have a festival due to run in Wellington and it's not listed here, contact the Cinemaster.
This site relies on the various cinemas having their own websites up to date to access their screening times.
The paragraphs describing the films starting this week are in most cases adapted from the linked reviews.
For comments and movie news, contact the Cinemaster at
filmster@gmail.com.
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DETECTIVE CONAN - FALLEN ANGEL OF THE HIGHWAY -
Detective Conan, sometimes known in English as Case Closed, is one of the biggest anime and manga in the world. This annual big-screen spin-off, is the 29th feature in the franchise. The film moves along at quite a clip, despite a fairly generous run-time. There's never any time to get bored, as any quieter moment is typically followed by another chase sequence or another revelation.
Also Queensgate.
COLOURS OF TIME -
This film's original title was La venue de l'avenir, a French phrase that translates to "the arrival of the future". This neatly encapsulates the film's key themes, particularly with regard to its deliberate setting in 1895, a period that saw both the birth of photography and the emergence of the Impressionist movement, which would have a profound impact on painting. From the French Film Festival.
Also Shoreline.
DOC EDGE FILM FESTIVAL -
The 21st anniversary of this annual event runs this year through to 26 July. 75 films and other special events. No individual reviews. Go to the "Website" tab to see the full details.
I, OBJECT -
For a director who's dealt in Eugenics and digitally created actresses, Andrew Niccol's self-written work marks a distinctly retro movie, reminiscent of the kind of gentle family fare that used to play on Sunday afternoons on the BBC back in the 1980s. The film's heart lies in its innocence and the ability to see everything in the world as something wonderful. Thanks to its canny effects and its gentle touch, don't be surprised if you end up looking at plugs or many other household objects in different ways after you've seen it. This Wellington filmed
project stars Karl Urban, Anna Faris and Jemaine Clement.
Also Montery, Coastlands and Shoreline.
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