2019 NEXT OF KIN LADY MACBETH
NEXT OF KIN Tony Williams | Australia/New Zealand | 1982 THE DIVINE ORDER Petra Volpe | Switzerland | 2017 (M violence) (M sex scenes and sexual references) An overlooked Kiwi classic (actually made in A young housewife campaigns to organise the Australia thanks to that country’s generous tax women of her town to petition for the right to taking breaks), this stylish haunted house thriller shares its vote (in 1971!). baroque flair with Italian horrors such as Suspiria. “A crowd-pleaser adept at inspiring and amusing you in equal measure” – Variety ASH IS PUREST Jia Zhang-ke | China | 2018 Presented in co-operation with the Confucius WHITE (R13 violence) Institute, VUW GIRL ASLEEP Rosemary Myers | Australia | 2015 Zhao Tao plays a tough, resilient woman in love (M offensive language) with a hoodlum in this epic gangland romance, A weird and wonderful coming-of-age comedy set against China’s relentless modernisation in the set in 70s suburban Australia. 21st century. “An effervescent yet astute splash of teen life that "Clever, subversive and hugely ambitious” – Slant delights the eyes, warms the heart and tickles the further funny bone” – Screendaily HIROSHIMA MON Alain Resnais | France/Japan | 1959 into AMOUR (R16) TANNA Martin Butler and Bentley Dean | Australia/ A French actor (Emmanuèle Riva) falls for Japanese Vanuatu | 2015 architect (Eiji Okada) while on shoot in Hiroshima. (M violence and offensive language) “A cornerstone film of the French New Wave Two Australian documentary filmmakers Resnais’ first feature is one of the most influential collaborate with villagers in the Vanuatu films of all time.” – Criterion highlands, who’d never seen a movie, to create this luminous tale of forbidden love and SUNSET Billy Wilder | USA | 1950 continuously evolving tradition. BOULEVARD (PG) the Fledgling screenwriter (Holden) stumbles into the LADY MACBETH William Oldroyd | UK | 2016 mansion of faded silent-film superstar (Swanson) in (R16 violence, offensive language and sex scenes) world Wilder’s poison pen letter to Hollywood. Florence Pugh is mesmerising as she transmutes “The blackest of all Hollywood's scab-scratching from nervous bride to femme fatale in this bracing accounts of itself.” – Time Out British period drama based on a 19th century Russian classic. A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR MAJOR SPONSOR “A barbed feminist fable of class, cruelty and sexual power” – New York Times
THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS of film Palmerston North Film Society 2019 SCHEDULE
Monday evenings at 6.00 pm (unless otherwise stated) PLEASE NOTE THAT ON PUBLIC HOLIDAY MONDAYS AND SCHOOL HOLIDAY MONDAYS THERE WILL BE NO FILM SOCIETY SHOWING March – November Cinema 2 or 5 - Event Cinemas * Donation entry movies are open to the public by donation of $10
FALLEN CITY 04-Mar 6.00pm BRAZIL (142 mins) BRAZIL 11-Mar 6.00pm I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (93 mins) LADY MACBETH 18-Mar 6.00pm IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD (129 mins) 25-Mar 6.00pm IN A WORLD . . . (93 mins) BRAZIL Terry Gilliam | UK/USA | 1985 PALMERSTON NORTH FILM SOCIETY 2019 (M Violence) 01-Apr 6.00pm THE YOUNG KARL MARX (118 mins) * Inspired by George Orwell’s 1984 and Fritz Lang’s Taking you further into the world of film 08-Apr 6.00pm HOUSEBOUND (107 mins) Metropolis, this groundbreaking sci-fi satire pits 29-Apr 6.00pm SHADOWS IN PARADISE (76 mins) everyman Jonathan Pryce against a world of Welcome to Palmerston North Film Society’s 2019 season of classic AGM Prior to movie crushing conformity. andcontemporary cinema from around the world and our own “One of the great dystopian science fiction films” doorstep. 06-May 6.00pm THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL (69 mins) – BFI Enjoy the big screen experience with us! 13-May 6.00pm ZAMA (115 mins) 20-May 6.00pm THE FOREST FOR THE TREES (81 mins) • Exciting cinema that pushes the boundaries * I AM NOT YOUR Raoul Peck | France/USA | 2016 27-May 6.00pm DAISIES (74 mins) • See films you may never have heard of – you’ll be surprised how much NEGRO (M Violence and offensive language) you may enjoy them This Oscar-nominated documentary draws an • Weekly screenings give you time to reflect 10-Jun 6.00pm IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (105 mins) astonishing, challenging and utterly 17-Jun 6.00pm THE LEGEND OF RITA (103 mins) * contemporary examination of race in the United • Exceptional value – a full membership subscription works out at only States entirely from the writings and interview $4.20 per film(even less with discounted membership) 24-Jun 6.00pm THE PARIS OPERA (110 mins) footage of civil rights icon James Baldwin. • Great discounts at local cinemas including the NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2019 01-Jul 6.00pm MAKALA (96 mins) • Your membership entitles you to visit any Film Society in the country at 22-Jul 6.00pm A GERMAN YOUTH (93 mins) * IN THIS CORNER OF Sunao Katabuchi | Japan | 2016 no extra cost. 29-Jul 6.00pm WULU (95 mins) THE WORLD (M adult themes) This exquisite animated Japanese film is a 05-Aug 6.00pm HEART OF A DOG (75 mins) captivating coming-of-age tale tracing the life 12-Aug 6.00pm MY MAN GODFREY (94 mins) of a young girl who marries into a family in Hiroshima amid the escalating intensity of 19-Aug 6.00pm FELICITE (129 mins) WWII. NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 09-Sep 6.00pm NOCTURAMA (130 mins) 16-Sep 6.00pm NEXT OF KIN (89 mins) 23-Sep 6.00pm ASH IS PUREST WHITE (141 mins) * We are pleased to acknowledge the generous assistance of the Embassy of France, the Embassy of Italy, the Goethe-Institut, Confucius Institute, and Weta Digital. 14-Oct 6.00pm HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR (90 mins) Programming by Michael McDonnell, NZ Federation of Film Societies, www. 21-Oct 6.00pm SUNSET BOULEVARD (110 mins) nzfilmsociety.org.nz Brochure art direction and design by Rik Howes. Brochure published by Palmerston North Film Society, www.pn.filmsociety.org.nz 04-Nov 6.00pm THE DIVINE ORDER (96 mins) Note: some censorship ratings are to be confirmed. 11-Nov 6.00pm GIRL ASLEEP (77 mins) German films screened in co-operation with the Goethe-Institut. Italian films 18-Nov 6.00pm TANNA (104 mins) screened in co-operation with the Embassy of Italy, African and French films 25-Nov 6.00pm LADY MACBETH (89 mins) screened in co-operation with the Institut Francais and the Embassy of France. Chinese films screened in co-operation with the Confucius Institute, Victoria IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD University of Wellington. DAISIES
THE YOUNG KARL MARX SHADOWS IN PARADISE
IN A WORLD . . . Lake Bell | USA | 2013 SHADOWS IN Aki Kaurismaki | Finland | 1986 THE FOREST FOR Maren Ade | Germany | 2003 Presented in co-operation with the Goethe Institut (R16 Sexual references and offensive language) PARADISE (PG) THE TREES (tbc) Lake Bell writes, stars and directs this sharp and A trash collector, a supermarket cashier Ade’s breezily brutal debut displays the same hilarious satire on sexism in the film industry set and a boat to Estonia: it’s love, Kaurismäki cringe-worthy perfection as her festival hit Toni amongst the curious world of Hollywood voiceover style. Erdmann. Lonely school teacher Eva Löbau proves artists. “One of Kaurismäki’s most atmospheric films” – ill-equipped to deal with the bratty students and “As surprisingly tender and wise as it is deftly David Stratton toxic adults who surround her. wise-cracking” – Denver Post DAISIES Vera Chytilova | Czechoslovakia | 1966 THE YOUNG KARL Raoul Peck | France/Belgium/Germany | 2017 THE MATCH Aki Kaurismaki | Finland | 1990 (M) MARX (M Violence) Presented in co-operation with the Goethe Institut FACTORY GIRL (PG) A brilliantly vibrant surrealist comedy following An engrossing, classically conceived biopic about This mordantly funny tale of revenge features two young women on a joyously anarchic how Karl Marx, as a struggling family man, and a memorable performance from Kaurismäki rampage. Friedrich Engels, the son of wealthy industrialist, regular Kati Outinen. “An amazing explosion of pop-art colours, came to create The Communist Manifesto. “A weirdo masterpiece … funky and minimalist, absurdist humour and proto-feminist politics.” – “Bracing and dramatic” – LA Times caustic and heartfelt, puckishly wry and The Telegraph despairingly dark.” – LA Times HOUSEBOUND Gerard Johnstone | New Zealand | 2014 IT HAPPENED ONE Frank Capra | USA | 1934 (R13 violence, horror scenes and offensive language) NIGHT (PG) Delinquent heroine Morgana O’Reilly finds more ZAMA Lucrecia Martel | Argentina/Brazil/Spain | 2017 A feisty runaway heiress (Claudette Colbert) and a than she bargained for when she is placed under (M violence and nudity) cynical newspaper reporter (Clark Gable) meet home detention. The brilliant Argentinian auteur delivers a feverish cute in this racy Depression-era romp. “A marvellously entertaining combo of haunted- period piece about a Spanish bureaucrat relegated “Every line of dialogue is calculated bliss, the house thriller, murder mystery and domestic to colonial South America. chemistry between the leads is magnificent.” – comedy” – Variety “Beautiful, hypnotic, mysterious and elliptical” – Time Out New York Times
HOUSEBOUND ZAMA IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT SLEEPING SICKNESS
THE PARIS OPERA WULU FELICITE
THE LEGEND OF Volker Schlöndorff | Germany | 2000 Presented in A GERMAN YOUTH Jean-Gabriel Périot | France/Switzerland/ MY MAN GODFREY Gregory La Cava | USA | 1936 co-operation with RITA (tbc) the Goethe Institut Germany | 2015 Presented in co-operation with (PG) the Goethe Institut The riveting true story of a ’70s West German (tbc) Manhattan socialite Carole Lombard gets more terrorist who escapes to the East with the help of Archive footage charts the evolution of the Red than she bargained for when she hires vagrant the Stasi. Army Faction from impassioned intellectuals William Powell as her butler. “Dramatically gripping… Superbly played by a cast to wanted terrorists in this documentary. “A brilliantly executed screwball, full of both mostly of unknowns” – Variety “Essential for anyone interested in cinema and madcap humour and bitter satire” – Film4 politics” – Hollywood Reporter
THE PARIS OPERA Jean-Stéphane Bron | Switzerland/France | 2017 WULU Daouda Coulibaly | France/Senegal | 2016 FÉLICITÉ Alain Gomis | France/Belgium/Senegal/Germany/ Presented in co-operation Presented in co-operation with the Embassy of France Presented in co-operation with Institut Francais (PG) with Institut Francais and the (R16 violence, drug use, sexual material and content that may Lebanon | 2017 and the Embassy of France This fascinating, candid documentary goes behind Embassy of France disturb) (M adult themes) the scenes of the Paris Opera, following the array of The rise of a young drug trafficker takes on a new A singer in a Kinshasa bar has her life thrown into personnel – management, performers, costumers, level of jeopardy when civil war convulses Mali in turmoil when her son is involved in an accident. cleaning crew – who work to create a breathtaking this gangster thriller with a sharp political edge. “Weaves a sensual urban tapestry with threads of spectacle night after night. “Like a Malian riff on Scarface… an auspicious image, sound, poetry and song” – Variety debut.” – Variety
MAKALA Emmanuel Gras | France | 2017 Presented in co-operation HEART OF A DOG Laurie Anderson | USA/France | 2015 NOCTURAMA Bertrand Bonello | France/Germany/Belgium | with Institut Francais and (tbc) the Embassy of France (PG) 2016 Presented in co-operation with the Embassy of France This transfixing documentary road movie follows An enchanted cinematic essay by legendary (tbc) a young Congolese man through the making, performance artist Laurie Anderson. A self- Controversial thriller following an enigmatic group transporting, and selling of charcoal to support his narrated punk meditation on love and death; of young radicals who coordinate a series of family. exquisitely crafted and effortlessly profound. terrorist attacks in Paris and then hide out in a vast “A mesmerizing, lyrical descent into a cycle of “Dreamy, drifty and altogether lovely” – New York deserted department store. survival.” – Indiewire Times “A hypnotic portrait of youth in revolt.” – Indiewire
MAKALA HEART OF A DOG NOCTURAMA