ON SYDNEY HARBOUR ON SALE 12 DEC 2017 SEASON PROGRAM SATURDAY 7 JANUARY SUNDAY 8 JANUARY Lion JACKIE (CTC) (Preview) (PG) (Opening Night Preview) DIRECTOR: Pablo Larraín DIRECTOR: Garth Davis STARRING: Natalie Portman, STARRING: Dev Patel, Rooney Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Mara, David Wenham and Gerwig, John Hurt Nicole Kidman Natalie Portman is perfect in See it and I promise your own Pablo Larraín’s multifaceted heart will skip a beat with portrait of the former first happiness and joy. lady Jacqueline Kennedy. – NEW YORK OBSERVER – NEW YORK TIMES MONDAY 9 JANUARY TUESDAY 10 JANUARY Collateral Beauty The Accountant (MA15+) (CTC) (Preview) DIRECTOR: Gavin O’Connor DIRECTOR: David Frankel STARRING: Ben Affleck, Anna STARRING: Will Smith, Edward Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, Jon Norton, Keira Knightley, Kate Bernthal, Jeffrey Tambor Winslet, Helen Mirren Be prepared to be startled: When a successful New York this thumping thriller is full ad exec experiences a personal of dark themes, secrets and tragedy, his business partners unexpected revelations. employ an unsusal strategy to – URBAN CINEFILE get his mind back on the job. WEDNESDAY 11 JANUARY THURSDAY 12 JANUARY Rosalie Blum (M) (French Nocturnal Animals Language with English Subtitles) (MA 15+) DIRECTOR: Julien Rappeneau DIRECTOR: Tom Ford STARRING: Noémie Lvovsky, STARRING: Jake Gyllenhaal, Amy Kyan Khojandi, Alice Isaaz, Adams, Isla Fisher Anémone, Philippe Rebbot Tom Ford hits it out of the park Quirky characters and a with a stunning film noir that heartwarming, surprising resonates with ghostly, poetic story make this a French gem. terror. Surrender to it. – ROLLING STONE stgeorgeopenair.com.au 2017 SEASON PROGRAM FRIDAY 13 JANUARY SUNDAY 15 JANUARY The Beatles: Eight Manchester by the Days a Week – The Sea (CTC) (Preview) Touring Years (M) DIRECTOR: Kenneth Lonergan DIRECTOR: Ron Howard STARRING: Casey Affleck, Ron Howard’s documentary Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler rightly keeps coming back to An exemplary film of such the music and the band’s delight exceptional wisdom, beauty, in making it. Good move. It truly clarity, sensitivity and is a joy forever. – ROLLING STONE emotional depth that I had to rub my eyes to believe it. – NEW YORK OBSERVER MONDAY 16 JANUARY TUESDAY 17 JANUARY Lion (PG) (Preview) Arrival (M) DIRECTOR: Garth Davis DIRECTOR: Denis Villeneuve STARRING: Dev Patel, Rooney STARRING: Amy Adams, Jeremy Mara, David Wenham and Renner, Forest Whitaker Nicole Kidman Arrival is such a beautiful Lion is blessed with a Ripley’s and thought-provoking film Believe It or Not story line that that it almost singlehandedly would warm the heart of a makes up for every bad aliens- stone. – LA TIMES coming-to-Earth film you’ve ever seen. – USA TODAY WEDNESDAY 18 JANUARY THURSDAY 19 JANUARY Patriots Day Perfect Strangers (CTC) (Preview) (M) (Preview – Italian Language with English Subtitles) DIRECTOR: Peter Berg STARRING: Mark Wahlberg, John DIRECTOR: Paolo Genovese Goodman, Kevin Bacon, J.K. STARRING: Giuseppe Battiston, Simmons, Michelle Monaghan Anna Foglietta, Marco Giallini Based on true events, a Hilarious, touching, romantic stellar cast lead this gripping and dramatic. An Italian feast four-day-hunt for the Boston that ever so neatly depicts the marathon bombers. tangled web we weave. FRIDAY 20 JANUARY MONDAY 23 JANUARY Live by Night Denial (CTC) (Preview) (MA15+) (Preview) DIRECTOR: Mick Jackson DIRECTOR: Ben Affleck STARRING: Rachel Weisz, STARRING: Ben Affleck, Elle Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson Fanning, Brendan Gleeson, (An) illuminating performance Chris Messina, Sienna Miller, by Weisz and a brilliant Zoe Saldana, Chris Cooper screenplay by playwright Following on from The Town David Hare make Denial one of and Argo, Ben Affleck gives the most powerful and riveting us a prohibition era gangster courtroom dramas ever made. thriller to savour. NEW YORK OBSERVER Book your tickets online at stgeorgeopenair.com.au 2017 SEASON PROGRAM TUESDAY 24 JANUARY WEDNESDAY 25 JANUARY The Founder (M) La La Land (M) DIRECTOR: John Lee Hancock DIRECTOR: Damien Chazelle STARRING: Michael Keaton, STARRING: Ryan Gosling, Emma Laura Dern, Wilbur Fitzgerald, Stone, John Legend, Rosemary Nick Offerman, Linda Cardellini Dewitt A ripper of a story in which It’s a movie with the potential persistence and determination to make lovers of us all. All we forge the pathway to success, have to do is fall into its arms. this is an enthralling film filled TIME with surprises. – URBAN CINEFILE THURSDAY 26 JANUARY FRIDAY 27 JANUARY David Stratton’s Why Him? (CTC) Stories of DIRECTOR: John Hamburg Australian Cinema STARRING: James Franco, Bryan (CTC) (World Premiere) Cranston, Zoey Deutch, Megan DIRECTOR: Sally Aitken Mullally, Griffin Gluck FEATURING: Nicole Kidman, Overprotective dad takes on Russell Crowe, Jacqui Weaver bad-boy-billionaire boyfriend. On Australia Day, David Cranston vs Franco. Delicious! Stratton joins us to introduce Hilarious! Outrageous! this intimate history of Australian cinema. SATURDAY 28 JANUARY SUNDAY 29 JANUARY A United Kingdom (PG) Loving (CTC) (Preview) DIRECTOR: Amma Assante DIRECTOR: Jeff Nichols STARRING: David Oyelowo, STARRING: Joel Edgerton, Ruth Rosamund Pike, Tom Felton Negga, Marton Csokas An amazing true story of love The real artistry of Loving ... and courage, set amid the fight is in the quiet grace Negga for Empire and independence and Edgerton bring to one in Africa. of recent history’s most important romances. – USA TODAY MONDAY 30 JANUARY TUESDAY 31 JANUARY Gold (CTC) (Preview) Allied (M) DIRECTOR: Stephen Gaghan DIRECTOR: Robert Zemeckis STARRING: Matthew STARRING: Brad Pitt, Marion McConaughey, Bryce Dallas Cotillard, Lizzy Caplan, Jared Howard, Rachel Taylor, Edgar Harris, Matthew Goode Ramirez If you love classic movies and A fascinating drama based on the their potential to sweep you 1993 Bre-X Mineral Corporation up into a world outside of your scandal, when two desperate own experience, this one will prospectors briefly became the rock your world. – NEW YORK darlings of Wall Street. OBSERVER #stgeorgeopenair 2017 SEASON PROGRAM WEDNESDAY 1 FEBRUARY THURSDAY 2 FEBRUARY Fantastic Beasts and Rogue One: A Star Where to Find Them (M) Wars Story (CTC) DIRECTOR: David Yates DIRECTOR: Gareth Edwards STARRING: Eddie Redmayne, STARRING: Felicity Jones, Diego Katherine Waterston, Colin Farrell Luna, Mads Mikkelsen The movie feels like cramming An all-new epic adventure. In for an examination from the a time of conflict, a group of coolest textbook, guided by unlikely heroes band together the most engaging professor on a mission to steal the plans at the school. – SAN FRANCISO to the Death Star, the Empire’s CHRONICLE ultimate weapon of destruction. FRIDAY 3 FEBRUARY SATURDAY 4 FEBRUARY The Edge of Hidden Figures Seventeen (M) (PG) (Preview) DIRECTOR: Kelly Fremon Craig DIRECTOR: Theodore Melfi STARRING: Hailee Steinfeld, STARRING: Taraji P. Henson, Hayley Lu Richardson, Woody Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Harrelson, Kyra Sedgwick Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst “Edge of Seventeen” is The inspiring story of three something special. To see it is women, each gifted to remember what it’s like to be mathematicians, who defied 17, and to be grateful you’re racial and gender discrimination not 17 anymore. – DETROIT NEWS to put men into space. SUNDAY 5 FEBRUARY MONDAY 6 FEBRUARY Fences (CTC) (Preview) La La Land (M) DIRECTOR: Denzel Washington DIRECTOR: Damien Chazelle STARRING: Denzel Washington, STARRING: Ryan Gosling, Emma Viola Davis, Russell Hornsby Stone, John Legend, Rosemary Denzel Washington’s marvelous Dewitt adaptation of August Wilson’s La La Land serves to remind Pulitzer Prize-winning play us that movies can still be provides (him) with one of his magical, and they can still finest roles, and he gives a provide the channel for us powerhouse performance. to see magic in the world – SCREEN INTERNATIONAL around us. – ROGEREBERT.COM TUESDAY 7 FEBRUARY WEDNESDAY 8 FEBRUARY Passengers (CTC) The Great Wall (CTC) (St.George Customer Preview) DIRECTOR: Morten Tyldum STARRING: Jennifer Lawrence, DIRECTOR: Zhang Yimou Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen STARRING: Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Andy Lau, Willem Dafoe Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt find themselves awake From the director of Hero and and alone on a spacecraft filled House of Flying Daggers, The with 5000 sleeping passengers. Great Wall tells the story of Just as they’re working out what an elite force making a valiant fun that might be, disaster stand for humanity on the looms large ... world’s most iconic structure. Book your tickets online at stgeorgeopenair.com.au 2017 SEASON PROGRAM THURSDAY 9 FEBRUARY FRIDAY 10 FEBRUARY Whiteley Telluride (CTC) (Australian Premiere) Mountainfilm DIRECTOR: James Bogle Festival STARRING: Various DIRECTOR(S): Various A superbly crafted documentary Be inspired by a world class that explores the fascinating selection of short films life and formidable work of showcasing extreme outdoor one of Australia’s greatest adventuring... from slacklining, artists. Where better exhibited through BASE jumping and than on the harbour he so kayaking to Icelandic surfing artfully depicted. and hell raising skiiing. SATURDAY 11 FEBRUARY MONDAY 13 FEBRUARY Why Him? (CTC) Passengers (CTC) DIRECTOR: John Hamburg DIRECTOR: Morten Tyldum STARRING: James Franco, Bryan STARRING: Jennifer Lawrence, Cranston, Zoey Deutch, Megan Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen Mullally, Griffin Gluck Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Overprotective dad takes on Pratt find themselves awake bad-boy-billionaire boyfriend. and