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#102 September 2014 In this issue: ● Editor’s Desk … Barboo A. H. Marinakis …1 ● Your film recommendations invited… 1 ● What’s Being Seen … Susan Davidson … 2 – 4 ● Starbox Ratings … Ian Davidson … 5 - 6 ● Cheerleaders, Guns and Motion Pictures … Barboo A. H. Marinakis … 7 – 8 ● FVFS Resources … 9 ● A Trip to the Northern Capital … John Arkins … 10 ● We Connect! … Ian and Susan Davidson … 11 – 12 ● Look at the Independent Films We Have for You! … Barboo A.H. Marinakis … 12 ● Some Notes on “Independents” … Prodos … 13 Recently got back from a very busy (see Indie Films Library and invite you to send in your Editor’s Desk page 6) and distracting (ask my Mom) film reviews & recommendations. John Arkins six-week trip to the USA. Running way shares a lighthearted look at the recent ACOFS behind schedule with this issue, we AGM in Sydney, and Ian and Susan write about their frantically tried to put the finishing touches road trip to Western Victoria and South Australia on it, sitting at L.A. Airport (in all its visiting 3 film societies. perpetual disarray), only to arrive home and get hit with computer problems. Is there a theme here? Yes, movement! Travel. Connecting. Learning. Sharing. Welcome to the Of course, the first thing Prodos did was to Film Society Movement of Australia! Loving it! rush off for a “real” (looks at me pointedly) coffee! Ready? Lights off! Imaginations ON! In this issue, check out the always-interesting Starbox scores and enjoy browsing through the list Barboo A H Marinakis of what other film societies have been screening, [email protected] thanks to Ian and Susan Davidson. PS: Please share this newsletter with friends and Read my article on our American film society colleagues! Print it out, email it, leave it lying around. adventures and Prodos’s notes on Hollywood You’ll be glad you did. outlaws. We draw your attention to the FVFS PPS: All illustrations hand-drawn by yours truly. A Few Words Is there a film you You're thinking of a film recommend? right now That film societies might I know you are and so am I! Enjoy to screen? So write your note To get them keen And briefly why We’d like you now to write! It made you think It got you clappin’ A paragraph, a word or two Send ReelNews Send it through The FVFS is proud to have your film review! David Stratton as our patron. And make like Stratton! fvfs.org.au ReelNews #102, September 2014 :: Federation of Victorian Film Societies :: www.fvfs.org.au 1 Note: Screening info submitted after Across the Film Society Circuit June 01 2014 will be listed in the next Let ReelNews readers know what is being screened. Email Susan Davidson: [email protected] Alpine Film Society Camberwell Film Society Flickside Film Society th ----------------------------------------- The Women on the 6 Floor, France, (Arts Yackandandah) Arapiles Motion Picture Society 2011. Searching for Sugar Man, Sweden/UK, Incendies, Canada/France, 2010. Mud, USA, 2012. 2012. Snatch, UK/USA, 2000. Monsieur Lazhar, Canada, 2011. In the House, France, 2013. Tulpan, Kazakhstan+, 2008. ----------------------------------------- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, USA, ----------------------------------------- 2013. Celebrate Israel ----------------------------------------- Artist Film Screening Society Film Study Festival Geelong Classic Cinema Inc Israel: Birth of a Nation, USA/Israel, 1996 ----------------------------------------- Travels with My Aunt, USA, 1972. Anti-Capitalism & Anti-Semitism, USA, Arts Group of Flinders Film Laura, USA, 1944. 2014 Gentlemen’s Agreement, UK, 1935. Society Wrestling with God, Israel, 2011 ----------------------------------------- Suspicion, USA, 1941. ----------------------------------------- Newsfront, Australia, 1978. Australian Bing Crosby Society Corangamite Film Society ----------------------------------------- (Film Society Arm) Happiness Never Comes Alone. France, God Loves Atheists Each session screens a Bing Crosby film 2012. plus supporting feature from the same Ruby Sparks, USA, 2012. Film Study Festival era. One Night the Moon, Australia,2001. Islam is NOT a Religion of Peace (The ----------------------------------------- The Human Resources Manager, Israel, case for & against), UK, 2013 Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, (The Apocalypse, Ballarat Film Society & 2010. As It Is In Heaven, Sweden/Denmark, Astrology) USA Buninyong Film Festival 2004. ----------------------------------------- The Master, USA, 2012. The Rocket, Australia, 2013. Le Havre, Finland/France/Germany, Goulburn Valley Film Club 2011. ----------------------------------------- Searching for Sugar Man, Sweden/UK, Chasing Ice, USA, 2013. Court Film Society 2012. Les Enfants du Paradis, France, 1945. I Do, France, 2006. Stories We Tell, Canada, 2012. ----------------------------------------- Adoration, Australia, 2013. The Lives of Others, Germany, 2006. ----------------------------------------- Rust and Bone, France/Belgium, 2012. Bannockburn Movies ----------------------------------------- Film Society & Film Festival Croydon Film Society The Rocket, Australia, 2013. Goulburn Valley U3A Film ----------------------------------------- Beyond the Hills, Romania, 2013. Group Barwon Heads Film Society Much Ado About Nothing, USA, 2012. A Day in a Life, Canada, 2000. In the Heat of the Night, USA, 1967. A Hijacking, Denmark, 2012. ----------------------------------------- A Hijacking, Denmark, 2012. Newsfront, Australia, 1978. Grampians Film Society (incl. Film Festival) Performance, USA, 2012. Oranges and Sunshine, UK/Australia, Mary and Max, Australia, 2009. Chinese Takeway, Argentina, 2011. 2010. Selection of short films. Argo, USA, 2012. As It Is In Heaven, Sweden, 2004. Fallout, Australia, 2013. ----------------------------------------- Primo Bacio, Australia, 2013. Cinema Paradiso, Italy/France, 1988. Lygon Street: Si Parla Italiano, Australia, DADo Film Society Slumdog Millionaire, UK/India, 2008. 2013. Tugendhat House, Germany, 2013. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, ----------------------------------------- My Playground, Denmark, 2009. France/UK/Germany, 2011. Oil Rocks: City Above the Sea, ----------------------------------------- Beechworth Film Society Switzerland, 2009. Horsham Film Society ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- Frances Ha, USA, 2012. Big Picture Film Society F Project Cinema Ilo Ilo, Singapore, 2013. ----------------------------------------- The Look of Love, UK/USA, 2013. Barbara, German, 2012. Bright Film Society ----------------------------------------- Beyond the Hills, Romania, 2013. Pearls of the Far East, Canada/Vietnam, Far East Film Society ----------------------------------------- 2011. ----------------------------------------- Intermittent Cinema Club In the Name of the Father, ----------------------------------------- Ireland/UK/USA, 1993. Ferntree Gully Film Society The Intouchables, France, 2011. The Imposter, UK, 2012. International Film Group Turtles Can Fly, Iran, 2004. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet, Amour, France, 2012. Hitchcock, USA, 2012. France/Germany, 2012. The Rocket, Australia, 2012. Backyard Ashes, Australia, 2013. What Maisie Kew, USA, 2012. Beyond the Hills, Romania, 2012. ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- Performance (A Late Quartet), USA, Flexible Respite Film Society 2012. British History ----------------------------------------- Film Study Festival ----------------------------------------- Continued next page... Monarchy (The Glorious Revolution), UK, 2013 FILM TRIVIAL ALERT! Most elderly person to embark on professional movie career? Aussie born, Lydia ----------------------------------------- Yeamans Titus. Debuted in Rudolph Valentino Film “All Night” (1918). Played in 50+ films. Died 1929, 95 yo. ReelNews #102, September 2014 :: Federation of Victorian Film Societies :: www.fvfs.org.au 2 Note: Screening info submitted after Across the Film Society Circuit June 01 2014 will be listed in the next Let ReelNews readers know what is being screened. Email Susan Davidson: [email protected] Liberate Education! Network Film Club Red Rock Film Society Film Study Festival ----------------------------------------- In a Better World, Denmark, 2010. Old Scotch Film Society Trance, UK/France, 2013. Profit & Freedom in Third World Chinese Takeaway, Argentina, 2011. Goodnight, Mr Tom, UK, 1998. Education, UK, 2009 Four Minutes, Germany, 2006. A Separation, Iran, 2011. 2 Million Minutes: A Global Examination, Rust and Bone,France/Belgium, 2012. Invictus, South Africa, 2009. USA/China/India, 2008 ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- Murder By Death, UK, 1976. Red Rum Film Society Lounge Lizards Film Society ----------------------------------------- Phillip Island Movie Club The Hunt, Denmark, 2012. ----------------------------------------- Mood Indigo, France, 2012. LV Film Society ----------------------------------------- The Angels’ Share, UK, 2012. The Artist, France/Belgium/USA, 2011. Plaza Cinema Group The Lives of Others, Germany, 2006. The Hunt, Denmark, 2013. ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- Nebraska, USA, 2014. Port Fairy Film Society Science and Technology ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- Film Study Festival Macartan Club (Inc) Film Portarlington Film Society Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, (Video Games, Apocalypse, Astrology) USA Society My Afternoons with Margueritte, Evidence & Science vs Myths & Fallacies