ABOUT THE MOVIES MOVIE PROGRAMME OCT-NOV 2014 AUNTY AND THE STAR PEOPLE NZ 1h22 Documentary Documentary exploring the double life of Jean Watson - an anony- Fri 24 5.00 Postman Pat (PG)(Final) mous elderly writer living in a modest flat in Wellington New Zea- land. But in southern India, she is revered as the famous ‘Jean 8.00 Pride (M) Aunty’. 30 years ago she sold her Wellington house and used the Sat 25 8.00 ALLSHORTS Golden Bay’s Short Film Festival proceeds to buy the land for a children’s home in Tamil Nadu in Tickets $15 Golden Bay Gallery southern India. COMMEDIA DELL’ARTE PERFORMANCE Tickets from De-Lish Sun 26 5.00 NT Live Presents: Medea Admission $20/25 Actor, story teller, artist and teacher Ralph Johnson will perform 8.00 The Lunch Box (PG) classical theatre, accompanied by performers under his direction, who attended the Commedia Dell’Arte mask making workshop the Mon 27 5.00 Aunty and the Star People (PG) previous week at Tui Events Park. 8.00 Pride (M) THE DEADLANDS (R16) 1h47 NZ Period Action-Adventure Maori history is brought alive in this period-set action-adventure based on the traditional fighting art of Mau rākau. After his tribe is Wed 29 7.30 Commedia Dell”Arte Performance slaughtered through an act of treachery, the chieftan's teenage Thu 30 2.00 MATINEE: Hip Hop-eration (PG) son Hongi (James Rolleston, Boy) must avenge his father's death in order to bring honour to the souls of his loved ones. His only 8.00 The Lunchbox (PG)(Final) hope is to pass through the forbidden Dead Lands and forge an Fri 31 5.00 The Maze Runner (M) alliance with the mysterious "Warrior". HIP HOP-ERATION (PG) NZ 1h33 Feel-good Documentary 8.00 The Deadlands (R16) Before Waiheke became a playground for the wealthy, it was Sat 1 8.00 The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed out the known for its subversive, counter-cultural element. As it happens some of those subversives still live there, and they banded togeth- Window and Disappeared (M) Encore screening er in old age to overthrow conventional notions of dance and age Sun 2 5.00 Pride (M) by forming a 27 strong hip-hop troupe. THE HUNDRED YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE 8.00 Rock the Casbah (M) WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED (M) Sweden 1hr54 Adventure Drama Comedy There's more than a sprinkling of magic, and Tue 4 8.00 The Deadlands (R16) explosives(!), in this beautifully conceived and executed tale about Dynamite expert Allan Karlsson, a centenarian who likes blowing Wed 5 8.00 Pride (M) up things, and the unlikely events following his escape from the Thu 6 2.00 MATINEE Aunty and the Star People (PG) old folk's home on his 100th birthday. THE LUNCHBOX (PG) India 1h44 Drama Romance 8.00 Rock the Casbah (M) A little pinch of happiness can change your life. A neglected Fri 7 5.00 The Maze Runner (M) housewife connects romantically, and gastronomically, with a lonely widower through an exchange of intimate little confessions 8.00 Pride (M) via lunchbox deliveries. A treat for the heartstrings and taste buds. Sat 8 8.00 The Deadlands (R16) THE MAZE RUNNER (M) USA 1h53 Fantasy Thriller Sun 9 1.00 MET Opera: Macbeth admission $28/33 In a dystopian future, a group of boys are delivered to The Glade - a large, open expanse ringed by a looming stone maze - with no Season passes available at discount. memory of who they are or how they got there. Their only chance 5.00 Hip Hop-eration (PG) for escape is through The Maze.. MET OPERA: MACBETH 3h13 USA Recorded live performance 8.00 The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed out the Adrian Noble’s production of Shakespeare's classic tragedy, per- Window and Disappeared (M) Encore screening formed as part of the Metropolitan Opera's 2013-2014 season captured live in HD on stage. Anna Netrebko moves into Verdi with her portrayal of Lady Macbeth, the mad and murderous mate Tue 11 8.00 Pride (M) of Željko Lucic’s doomed Macbeth. Fabio Luisi conducts. MY OLD LADY (M) 1h47 USA, France Comedy Drama Wed 12 8.00 Rock the Casbah (M)(Final) Mathias Gold (Kevin Kline) is a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who Thu 13 8.00 My Old Lady (M) inherits a Parisian apartment from his estranged father. But when Fri 14 5.00 Hip Hop-eration (PG)(Final) he arrives in France to sell the vast domicile, he's shocked to dis- cover live-in tenants (Maggie Smith and Kristin Scott Thomas. 8.00 The Maze Runner (M)(Final) NT Live Presents MEDEA 1h40 Euripides’ Powerful Tragedy Sat 15 8.00 Pride (M)(Final) Starring Helen McCrory as Medea, the vengeful wife and mother who exacts an appalling revenge after abandonment and exile– Sun 16 5.00 Aunty and the Star People (PG)(Final) a stunning and moving new version of the classic drama. 8.00 The Deadlands (R16)(Final) PRIDE (M) UK 2h Comedy Drama True Story Rousing, true story on the bitter 1984 Miners' strike in Margaret Thatcher's Britain, which fosters an unlikely union of solidarity between embattled mineworkers and the militant gay and lesbian Bookings: For bookings please call 525 8453. community. Though the Union seems embarrassed to receive Tickets have to be uplifted 20 minutes in advance. their support, the activists are not deterred. They decide to ignore the Union and go direct to the miners - setting off in a mini bus to Ticket Prices the a village in deepest Wales, to make their donation in person. Adults (16 and over) $14.00 Starring Bill Nighy, Dominic West and Imelda Staunton. Senior Citizens, Students (with ID) $12.00 ROCK THE CASBAH (M) 1h39 Morocco Light Drama Bittersweet, Moroccan drama chronicling a middle class family Children (4-15) $8.00 who reunite to mourn the death of their father (screen legend 3D Glasses Hire $3.00 Omar Sharif), set over the three day period called for by Muslim tradition. As the family gather, sparks fly and dramatic secrets are The Village Theatre, 32 Commercial Street, Takaka. unearthed. ph: 525 8453 email: [email protected] www.villagetheatre.org.nz .