The Best of the
AUSTRALIAN FILM SEASON

Daily at 12.15, 4.15 (except Sat) 8.15 pm:
Ben Lee, Rose Byrne, Garry McDonald & Miranda Richardson in a
“utterly hilarious … fun & dramatic ride” by Tony Mcnamara.
THE RAGE IN PLACID LAKE (2003, 90 MINS)
“A funny, subversive & lovable comedy, a celebration of oddball lives in a bland world … an Australian Rushmore, no less.”
EDINBURGH FILM FEST
“Funny & clever … a delight.” www.efilmcritic.com

Daily at 2.15, 6.15 pm:
Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, Rebecca Frith & others in a hilarious romantic comedy about lies, weddings & friends you can do without, directed by Stavros Kazantzidis.
RUSSIAN DOLL (2001, 87 MINS)
“A wonderful screwball comedy.” CINEMA PAPERS
“A total delight.” THE AUSTRALIAN
“Plenty of fun in this very likeable romance.” THE MOVIE SHOW

Admission R25 (includes a popcorn & soda)
(021) 424 5927 to book!

FRENCH SONGS with
Emile Minnie (vocals and piano), Nicky Jansen (sax), Jason Rosenstein (percussion).

Tickets R50 at the ticket office.
Visit www.emileminnie.com for more info.

3 RUSSIAN FILMS BY KAREN SHAKNAZAROV

THE ASSASSINATION OF THE TSAR (1991, 98 MINS)
Malcolm McDowell in an award-winning psychological drama. A young doctor from Moscow arrives at a provincial mental institution. He attends to a patient who believes that he assassinated the last Russian Tsar. Soon the doctor realises that the tragedy of the Tsar is in part his own tragedy, too …

THE RIDER NAMED DEATH (2004, 104 MINS)
Based on the novel by Boris Savinkov, this powerful, beautifully crafted & acted film, set in pre-Soviet Russia, breathtakingly deals with a terrorist faction of Socialist-Revolutionary Party members responsible for the deaths of governors & ministers. The best of Russian cinema … a cinematic treat.

WARD NO. 6 (2009, 83 MINS)
Russia’s entry for the Oscars, & updated from a story by Anton Chekhov, the film, based on a real life incident, centres around the head doctor of an asylum who winds up as an asylum patient.
“Absorbing … well worth seeing.” CAPE ARGUS

DARING DOCCIES
Documentary Film Festival

MUGABE AND THE WHITE AFRICAN
This brave, award-winning documentary looks at Mugabe’s controversial land reform through the eyes of a white farmer taking on the government.
(Thurs 29th July 8.30 pm screening plus Q&A, Fri 30th July to
Thurs 5th Aug daily at 11.30 am, 1.45, 4.00, 6.15, 8.30 pm)

VICTORY TO THE UNDERDOG
Acclaimed tattoo artist Brandon Bond’s love for dogs led to him rehabilitating some of the pit bulls used in football star Michael Vick’s illegal dog fighting ring.
(Fri 30th July 6.15 pm, Wed 4th Aug 8.30 pm)

ZEITGEIST THE MOVIE & ZEITGEIST ADDENDUM
Exposing a multitude of fallacies, lies & half-truths sold to the world by those who stand to benefit, & also offering possible solutions.
(Zeitgeist the Movie: Sat 31st July 4.00 pm,
Zeitgeist Addendum: Sun 1st Aug 4.00 pm)

GAS HOLE
The addiction to damaging oil may fuel our economies, but it’s running out. Are alternatives being suppressed?
(Sat 31st July 6.15 pm, Tues 3rd Aug 6.15 pm, Thurs 5th Aug 8.30 pm)

I.O.U.S.A.
The American economy has a great influence on the rest of the planet, & when an exposé like this illustrates the country’s spiralling debt crisis, we all need to worry.
(Sat 31st July 8.30 pm, Mon 2nd Aug 6.15 pm)

THE THREAT (La Minaccia)
Venezuela sits on the planet’s largest oil reserve; & the charismatic Chavez snubs the USA at any opportunity.
(Sun 1st Aug 6.15 pm, Mon 2nd Aug 8.30 pm, Wed 4th Aug 6.15 pm)

UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US
Black Metal did more than just upset parents with intense music – it literally had Norway in flames with church burnings, suicide & murder.
(Sun 1st Aug 8.30 pm, Tues 3rd Aug 8.30 pm, Thurs 5th Aug 6.15 pm)

All Shows R30: (021) 424 5927 to book