September - November 2015

Australian film renaissance!

Beloved books and big issues

driving our cinema culture

Movies made me do it!

When movies become reality

Shakespeare shake-up,

from Snowtown to Cawdor

Issue #6

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SPRING MOVIES

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CONTENTS

Great Southern LandBeloved books and big issues hit the screen in seven new Australian features

Movies about movies in the moviesAmateur filmmakers, both real and fictional, pay homage to their favourite flicks

From stage to screenThe National Theatre makes the transition to motion pictures with LONDON ROAD

Back to the BardFrom the director of Snowtown comes a new vision of Shakespeare’s MACBETH

Spring Movie PreviewSeventeen of the season’s most anticipated new releases, all coming to Nova

Promotional images are reproduced in the spirit of publicity. Grateful acknowledgement is made to the respective filmmakers, actors and studios. © 2015 Cinema Nova cinemanova.com.au

Lyndsey Turner directs theOscar-nominated screen star

in the title role of Shakespeare’sgreatest tragedy, in what has

become the fastest selling ticket in theatre history

Captured live in High Definition

from London

Commences November 7 for a limited season. Book now!Sunday October 25, 4.00pm Book now!

Benedict Cumberbatch is

HamletIn 1977 NASA launched VOYAGER, carrying a record of humanity’s achievements. At the same time anoptimistic American teenager began to record his own.

A freewheeling look at time, memory,mortality and what it means to be human

Director Matthew Bateand star Sam Klemke

“A must see for fans” Rolling Stone

From the creator of the classic Pink Floyd album comes the immersive concertexperience, screeningworldwide for onenight only!

Tickets now on saleTuesday September 29: 8.00pm Book now!

AWARDS SEASON HEATS UP

Verdi IL TROVATOREVerdi OTHELLOWagner TANNHÄUSERBerg LuluBizet THE PEARL FISHERSPuccini TURANDOTPuccini MANON LESCAUTPuccini MADAME BUTTERFLYDonisetti ROBERTO DEVEREUXStrauss ELEKTRA Season tickets

now available from the box office, individual bookings

available online

2015/2016 season is now on sale!

Ten incredible performances

Six newproductions

Kristine Opolais stars in Manon Lescaut

Season commences October 24

It’s fortunate that with the arrival of Spring the days become longer and the months start to getwarmer, since film lovers are going to need every waking moment to keep up with one of the

strongest movie-going seasons we have ever enjoyed. Australian cinema will continue its 2015renaissance with the anticipated arrival of several new dramas and documentaries to complement the year’s many local hits, while the annual Hollywood award season will see international festivalspremiere copious Academy Award hopefuls. London’s National Theatre delivers two productionsfeaturing England’s hottest young stars while Cinema Nova will play host to a remarkable line-up of local filmmakers wh0 will appear live to discuss their latest and greatest projects. To assist withdeciding which titles are your top priorities, check out the Spring Movie Preview in this edition ofNOVADOSE and head to Carlton to enjoy them on our 16 screens of unparalleled quality entertainmentfrom across the globe.

The cast of the stage hit reprise their performances in a feature film: LONDON ROADThe cast of the stage hit reprise their performances in a feature film: LONDON ROAD

While this Variety magazineinspired headline hyperbole

is out of character with Australia’stenancy to downplay our culturalsuccesses, 2015 is shaping up to beone of the strongest years at thebox office for locally producedfeatures and documentaries. Whilethe worldwide success of GeorgeMiller’s Mad Max: Fury Road is anenormous contributor, other hitshave surpassed industryexpectations including RobertConnolly’s family adventure PaperPlanes, Damon Gameau’s healthexposé That Sugar Film and RussellCrowe’s post-war drama The WaterDiviner (released on Boxing Day2014). Additionally, smaller

releases including documentariesfrom Gillian Armstrong (WomenHe’s Undressed) and Steve Thomas(Freedom Stories) have beenembraced by Nova audiences,along with screen adaptations ofstage plays Last Cab To Darwin andRuben Guthrie.

With the Australian Academy ofCinema and Television Arts awardsbeing distributed a month earlierthan for those films released in2014, the best is yet to come with aseries of highly-anticipated newreleases from acclaimedstorytellers and fledglingfilmmakers hitting screens in the coming months.

Paul Cox, best known for Man OfFlowers and Innocence, brings adrama inspired by his own

experiences to the screen in FORCEOF DESTINY. David Wenham starsas an artist who learns he hasterminal cancer. Confused by theresponses of loved ones anddoctors, he finds an unexpectedconnection in a newly-formedrelationship with a woman from a different world.

Timothy Conigrave’s memoirHOLDING THE MAN has become abestseller, a play that has touredthe globe and now a dramadirected by Neil Armfield (Candy).Starring Ryan Corr as Conigraveand Craig Stott as his lover JohnCaleo, this heartfelt romance oftwo Melbourne schoolboys whoseseemingly indestructiblerelationship is tested by the HIVepidemic adapts what has become

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a magnum opus for queer readersand a testament to the power oflove. Anthony LaPaglia, SarahSnook, Guy Pearce and Kerry Foxco-star.

Proof directorJoceyln Moorhouse’sfirst feature film in 18 yearsattracts a stellar line-up of on-screen talent including Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, LiamHemsworth, Hugo Weaving,Caroline Goodall, Barry Otto andShane Jacobson for the adaptationof Rosalie Ham’s novel THEDRESSMAKER. Set in the tiny townof Dungatar, talented seamstressTilly Dunnage (Winslet) returnshome after a long absence to carefor her ailing mother (Davis) and tosettle old scores.

David Gulpilil re-teams with Rolf deHeer and Molly Reynolds forANOTHER COUNTRY. Taking a lightapproach, the charismatic Gulpililfollows-up his performance indeHeer’s Charlie’s Country with adocumentary that highlights howwhite settlement has upset theecological and cultural balancebetween Indigenous Australians

and the Bush.Set in 1970’s Melbourne, Tony

Ayres’ CUT SNAKE stars Alex Russelland Jessica De Gouw as a youngcouple hoping to make a new lifetogether. When the intimidatingPommie (Sullivan Stapleton)unexpectedly enters their life, ashared past between the two menreveals itself to run deeper thanmight first be expected.

As the topic of marriage equalitycontinues to inspire debate, itsimpact upon the children of same-sex couples is often referenced byopponents. Maya Newelldocuments the lives of fourchildren living with same-sexparents in the enlightening GAYBYBABY. Giving these articulateAustralian kids an opportunity toreveal their own experiences,Newell’s film comes at animportant time in the nationalconversation.

Travelling to the Great SandyDesert for her documentaryPUTUPARRI AND THE RAINMAKERS,Nicole Ma introduces us to TomLawford – an Aboriginal elder

struggling with his family’s activistlegacy and the burden of passingon 40,000 years of culture.Spanning ten years in Lawford’slife, Ma’s film crafts a story of love,hope and survival centred on atraditional area where, with ritualand ceremony, rain is conjured.

FORCE OF DESTINY (MA15+) August 26HOLDING THE MAN (MA15+) August 27GAYBY BABY (PG) September 3, EXCLUSIVEANOTHER COUNTRY (G) September 17, EXCLUSIVECUT SNAKE (M) September 24PUTUPARRI AND THE RAINMAKERS(M) October 1, EXCLUSIVETHE DRESSMAKER (CTC) October 29

http://www.cinemanova.com.au/movies/9820.php

MOVIES IN MOVIES

HOMAGE

PARODY

Whether it’s a case of CharlieKaufman becoming a

character in his own screenplay,Griffin Mill hunting hisblackmailer while deflectingscreenplay pitches or two friendsscheming to secretly dub a shrillco-star at the advent of sound,movies about making movies isone of the most entertainingthemes in motion pictures.

Two very different new releasesreveal the power of thefilmmaking process whileexploring the appeal of payinghomage to those films that inspireand connect individuals.

Living in a small Lower East Sideapartment, Oscar and SusanneAngulo made a decision to homeschool their six sons and onedaughter fourteen years ago,effectively cutting them off from acity only sixteen floors away. Rarelylet past a locked door that onlytheir shut-in father could unlock,what little the Angulo childrenknew of the world was learntthrough movies watched onvideocassette and DVD. Revering

these external influences, thesiblings slavishly recreated whatthey saw on-screen by copying downscripts, crafting props made fromcardboard and household items andshooting elaborate home moviesunlike anything ever seen before.

When one brother decided toexplore his neighbourhood, this actof defiance not only provided theopportunity for the siblings toescape but also for director CrystalMoselle to gain entry into a familypractically shaped by the Hollywoodfilms they saw. Moselle’s fascinating“only in America” documentary THEWOLFPACK not only reveals the filmsof the Angulo children but also thefilmmakers’ responses to a worldthat they discover is very different tothe one they learnt about fromTarantino, DePalma and Nolan.

In ME AND EARL AND THE DYINGGIRL, Greg (Thomas Mann, in a star-making performance) navigates hishigh school existence bymaintaining a friendly but non-committal distance from everysocial clique that roams the halls.His closest friend is the similarly

distant Earl (RJ Cyler), with whom hecollaborates to shoot homages tothe broad cinematic spectrum thatGreg’s Dad (Nick Offerman) hasexposed the boys to. Eyes Wide Butt,Sockwork Orange and Senior CitizenCane are jokes only intended for thepair until Greg makes anunexpected connection with aclassmate, Rachel (Olivia Cooke),which forces him to rethink hisapproach to both filmmaking andthe people around him.

Winning the Audience Award atthe Sydney, Montclair, Nantucketand Sundance Film Festivals,director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’sadaptation of Jesse Andrew’s novelis a heartfelt love letter to true fansof cinema. Like the inventive real-lifeamateur filmmakers in THEWOLFPACK, ME AND EARL AND THEDYING GIRL gently nudges frustratedfilmmakers to stop dreaming andstart shooting.

THE WOLFPACK (M)August 27, EXCLUSIVEME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL(M) September 3

THE WOLFPACKchannels Wes Anderson

Greg and Earl mock Orson Welles

LONDON ROAD may be amusical, but it’s unlike any you

have seen on screen before. RufusNorris’ (Broken) film centres on thereal events in 2006 where inIpswich, England, a serial killermurdered five women whooperated as sex workers in theweeks leading up to Christmas. Thelyrics to the film’s songs are takenverbatim from real interviews withthe residents of London Road, thestreet where the sex workerstraded, and where the body of thelast victim was found.

It isn’t just the unique songstylings that makes London Roadextraordinary. The film has beenproduced by the National Theatre,the UK’s leading theatre company,who staged the original musicalthe film is based upon. Apart fromBritish stars Olivia Colman andTom Hardy, the film’s cast are thesame as those who originallyappeared in the stage production.Norris himself is the ArtisticDirector at the National, and wastasked with bringing his stageproduction to cinematic life on thebig screen.

This is far from the first time theNational Theatre has featured oncinema screens, however. Theywere one of the first theatrecompanies to recognise thepotential of filming theatreproductions in a high quality,immersive fashion, and thenscreening them in cinemas all overthe world.

It’s a savvy marketing move, and

LONDON ROAD

AND THE CONTINUING

SUCCESS OF NT LIVE

one that seems obvious inretrospect. The theatre is at itsheart ephemeral, a fantasy thataudiences get to experience forone moment in time. But inrecording performances forbroadcast on cinema screens –properly, with artistry, not justplonking a camera in front of thestage, but in unobtrusivelyinserting that camera into thestage world and capturing thatvital essence of live theatre – notonly do those who don’t live in theUK get to experience NationalTheatre productions, but it buildsthe company a worldwideaudience hungry to see qualitytheatre.

A major drawcard of NationalTheatre Live is that it consistentlyfeatures powerhouse theatre andfilm stars, both on stage andbehind the scenes. The firstNational Theatre production to bescreened in cinemas was in 2009with Phèdre starring Helen Mirren,and the calibre has not let up. Oneof the most popular productionswas Danny Boyle’s Frankenstein,which saw Benedict Cumberbatchand Jonny Lee Miller swappingroles each night as the monsterand his creator, giving audiencesthe chance to see two versions ofthe one production on screen (plusthe novelty of two SherlockHolmes’ declaiming at each otherabout the miseries of creation).Other theatre companies have alsojoined in being broadcast underthe National Theatre Live banner –

such as Kenneth Branagh’sMacbeth produced for theManchester International Festival,or the Old Vic’s production of AStreetcar Named Desire starringGillian Anderson.

Cumberbatch will be returning toNational Theatre Live in Novemberin HAMLET, a new production ofShakespeare’s classic tragedy thathas broken British theatre boxoffice records, and provoked fiercecompetition for tickets betweenyoung fans of the actor (rathersaucily known as ‘Cumberbitches’)and self-professed ‘real’theatregoers! Truly the hotproduction of the year, you’ll beable to see it on screen here atNova. HAMLET will be followed upby a just-in-time-for-Christmasencore season of another of theBard’s plays, CORIOLANUS,performed at the DonmarWarehouse and starring anotherangular Brit in Tom Hiddleston.

As the technology advances infilming stage works so that theaudience feels immersed andengaged, the future may hold yetmore arts companies moving tothinking about the cinema, as theNational Theatre has done. NewYork’s The Met Opera nowregularly film their opulentproductions for cinema, reachingan audience who whether throughcost or geography wouldn’t be ableto go to the Met in person. TheRoyal Shakespeare Company andRussia’s Bolshoi Ballet are otherelite arts companies who have

appeared on screen. As the conceptof what constitutes viable cinemaproduct widens in this fashion, thereal winner can only be theatre,opera, dance and arts lovers whocan come up close and personalwith some of the best productionsgoing. And hey, as in the case ofLONDON ROAD, we might even geta few ‘traditional’ films out of it.

LONDON ROAD (M) September 24HAMLETfrom November 7CORIOLANUSfrom December 12

COMMENCES SEPTEMBER 24

Based on the novel by Phoebe Gloeckner

MACBETH AND

SHAKESPEARE ON FILM

The plays of William Shakespeare have long beencinematic fodder – easy really when you’re the mostinfluential of English playwrights – and from the silentera onward filmmakers have always been interested intaking the Bard’s work and reworking it for the screen.

When discussion turns to the best ever Shakespeare adaptations on film, there’s a lot of fun to be had to throwing around the names of the

sure contenders with the more contentious favourites. Laurence Olivier wasundoubtedly one of the best Shakespearian actors ever captured on film, evenwhile his films tended towards the theatrical. Franco Zeffirelli gave usElizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton tearing at each in The Taming of theShrew, a Mel Gibson Hamlet, and the most sweepingly romantic version ofRomeo and Juliet – although maybe not the best version, we’ll give that to BazLuhrmann (please direct outrage to the Nova suggestion box). And then onceKenneth Branagh is mentioned it turns into a fight over not just declaring hisfilms the best, but which ONE? Hamlet? Henry V? Perhaps even Much AdoAbout Nothing? It is the only one with Keanu Reeves.

Will Justin Kurzel, director of Australian true crime chiller Snowtown, be able to add his new spare, rugged and bloody interpretation of MACBETH to the upper echelons of Shakespearean film? He’s first helped immeasurably in his choice of cast. Michael Fassbender in the role of Macbeth is at oncesympathetic and monstrous, a man too easily pushed into committing themost foul of deeds – and once the true horror is felt succumbs to madness far quicker than his wife. Kurzel’s Lady Macbeth, as embodied by a never better Marion Cotillard, is steely yet far more human than mostinterpretations of her allow. Secondly, Kurzel’s decision to film on location in the Scottish highlands and giving the set design real historical grit anddesolation adds yet more humanising context to the play’s horrors. Murder is almost natural in a landscape so desolate.

What Kurzel has created with his MACBETH may anger purists in that it does away with the majority of the Bard’s words, a tricky feat given MACBETHis one of Shakespeare’s more economical plays. But in reducing the play to itsbare essentials, and allowing the actors and cinematic space to convey theweight of the play’s themes visually, Kurzel gives it immense new power andweight. It also makes it a properly cinematic work, rather than theatretransferred to the screen. This is the Bard repurposed for the screen right.

October 1 (MA15+)

COMMENCES AUGUST 27

IRRATIONAL MANThe newest film from Woody

Allen sees the directorgrappling with his most cerebralcinematic entanglement yet in awitty film about academia andmurder. Abe Lucas (JoaquinPhoenix), a brilliant but burned-out professor takes a job at a smallEast Coast college, where hisarrival causes a buzz and rumoursto fly, particularly vis-à-vis hisromantic history. Indeed, hequickly draws in two very differentwomen – Jill Pollard (Emma Stone),who is a bright-eyed student inone of his classes, and RitaRichards (Parker Posey), a fellowprofessor in an unhappy marriage.But Abe finds it difficult to trulyconnect with either womanintimately, at least until adramatic, existential act bringshim mental clarity – and alongwith it complete moralunmooring.

August 20 (M)

DOPEMalcolm (Shameik Moore) and his friends Jib (Tony Revolori) and

Diggy (Kiersey Clemons) are the outcasts of their school in atough neighbourhood. Constantly on the run from bullies at school and the drug dealers in their hood, the friends bond over theirobsession with '90s hip-hop culture and their punk band. WhenMalcolm inadvertently ends up with a stash of ecstasy belonging to anotorious dealer (A$AP Rocky), they are forced to sell it – all this whileMalcolm is trying to get into Harvard. Written and directed by RickFamuyiwa, and a Pharrell Williams soundtrack, DOPE is energetic andlaugh-out-loud funny.

August 20 (MA15+)

SPRING GUIDEBright young sparks and old flames burn bright as Spring ushers

in new films from filmmakers Woody Allen, Albert Maysles, Anton Corbijn, Davis Guggenheim and Noah Baumbach alongside fresh hits from the Sundance, Cannes and TorontoInternational Film Festivals. Controversies from the pastthat still resonate today are revisited, new life is given to 1960s European ‘trash cinema’ by the director ofBerberian Sound Studio, two streetwalkers seekretribution in a transgender comedy shot on asmartphone and Colin Farrell is faced withthe possibility of being transformed intothe animal of his choosing. This is truly acase of where the promise of ‘somethingfor everyone’ has never been more accurate.

IRISThe last film from legendary

documentarian Albert Maysles(Grey Gardens, Gimme Shelter), IRIS pairs the late 88-year-oldfilmmaker (who passed away inMarch 2015) with Iris Apfel, thequick-witted, flamboyantly dressed93-year-old style maven who hashad an outsized presence on theNew York fashion scene fordecades. More than a fashion film,the documentary is a story aboutcreativity and how a soaring freespirit continues to inspire. Iris is awoman whose enthusiasm forfashion, art and people reminds usthat dressing, and indeed life, isnothing but an experiment.Despite the glamour of her currentlife, she continues to embrace thevalues and work ethic establishedduring a middle-class Queensupbringing during the GreatDepression.

August 20 (M)

BEST OF ENEMIESImagine a time when having

ideological opposites fiercelydebating toe-to-toe on nationaltelevision was an actual event. Thisis what happened in 1968 when atelevision network pitted GoreVidal against William F. Buckley Jr.in a notorious series of debatesthat screened during theRepublican and DemocraticNational Conventions. Consideredintellectual heavyweights, the left-leaning Vidal and conservativeBuckley were already contentiousnemeses. The debates turned intothe political equivalent of a titlefight boxing match, with vigorousargument, vicious insults, andeven the threat of violence keepingviewers spellbound. Directed byRobert Gordon and Academy-Award winner Morgan Neville(Twenty Feet From Stardom), BESTOF ENEMIES is an entertaining ridethrough one of the most heatedand personal of intellectual feudsto spill over into public discourse.

August 27, EXCLUSIVE (MA15+)

A WALK IN THE WOODSAdapted from the memoir of

travel writer Bill Bryson, AWALK IN THE WOODS is a buddycomedy featuring two old friendstackling an epic trek that maybring their relationship undone.Bill (Robert Redford) has recentlymoved back to the US afterdecades living in Britain. Instead ofretiring and spending time withhis wife (Emma Thompson), hechallenges himself to hike theAppalachian Trail. The tranquillityhe hopes to find may not transpireonce he agrees to beingaccompanied by the only personwilling to join him - his friendStephen Katz (Nick Nolte), aroguish serial philanderer whosees the trip as a way to dodge outof paying some debts and have onelast adventure. The trouble is, thetwo have opposing definitions ofthe word ‘adventure’.

September 3 (M)

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PEOPLE PLACES THINGSWill (Jemaine Clement) is a graphic novelist, a professor at the

School of Visual Arts and the father of twin girls. His picture-perfect Brooklyn life is turned upside down when he walks in on themother of his children and long-time girlfriend, Charlie, with anotherman at their daughters’ fifth birthday party. Suddenly Will is a singlefather, living alone, trying to put his life back together with the help ofhis student Kat (Jessica Williams) and her mother (Regina Hall). Will isforced to navigate the unknown landscape of single fatherhood anddating in New York City, while coming to terms with himself both as afather and an artist. A thoughtful comedy directed by James C. Strouse(New York I Love You).

September 10, EXCLUSIVE (M)

LIFEAnton Corbijn (Control, A Most Wanted Man) directs Dane Dehane as

James Dean in this intimate drama based around the actor'sfriendship with LIFE magazine photographer Dennis Stock (RobertPattinson). Dean has been anointed the next big star by studio chiefJack Warner (Ben Kingsley). Stock convinces editor John Morris (JoelEdgerton) to let him candidly shoot the upstart actor for the iconicphoto journal. Travelling throughout New York City and back to Dean'sfamily home, the photographer and his subject open up new horizonsto one another as America starts to undergo enormous cultural change.

September 10 (CTC)

THE DUKE OF BURGUNDYFrom director Peter Strickland (Berberian Sound Studio) comes an erotic melodrama, a heartwarming

romance, and an homage to '60s and '70s European cinema. This film is unlike anything you have seenbefore. Cynthia (Borgen’s Sidse Babett Knudsen) and Evelyn (Chiara D'Anna) live in a heightened worldpopulated only by women, and the relationship they have with each other is one of intense eroticexploration. Between studying moths and butterflies, Cynthia pushes Evelyn in a sexual game that is byturns kinky, playful and dangerous. Drawing on the tropes of filmmakers such as Bergman, Buñuel andSpanish sexploitation maestro Jesús Franco, Strickland has created a stunning world for an extraordinaryrelationship to play out in.

September 10, EXCLUSIVE (M)

TANGERINEBreaking down the doors of the

motion picture establishmentby shooting his acclaimed comedyon an iPhone (and achieving astunning visual aesthetic in theprocess), Sean S. Baker turns hislens on two working girls struttingthe seedy streets and strip-malls ofLos Angeles. Sin-Dee (Kitana KikiRodriguez) has just finished ashort stay in jail only to hear thather boyfriend has been unfaithful.Setting out with Alexandra (MyaTaylor) to find the cheatingChester, the two best friends countdown the final hours of a raucousand outrageous Christmas Eve.

September 10, EXCLUSIVE (CTC)

HOW TO CHANGETHE WORLDIn 1971 a brave group of young

activists set sail from Vancouverin an old fishing boat. Theirmission: to stop Nixon's atomicbomb tests in Amchitka, a tinyisland off the west coast of Alaska.It was from these humble butcourageous beginnings that theglobal organisation that we nowknow as Greenpeace was born.Chronicling the fascinating untoldstory behind the modernenvironmental movement, thisgripping new film tells the story ofeco-hero Robert Hunter and howhe, alongside a group of like-minded and idealistic youngfriends in the '70s, would beinstrumental in altering the waywe now look at the world and ourplace within it.

September 17, EXCLUSIVE (CTC)

THE DIARY OF ATEENAGE GIRL Like most teenage girls, Minnie

Goetze (Bel Powley) is longingfor love and a sense of purpose inthe world. So, Minnie begins acomplex love affair with hermother's (Kristen Wiig) boyfriend,"the handsomest man in theworld," Monroe (AlexanderSkarsgård). What follows is a sharpand provocative account of onegirl's sexual and artisticawakening, without judgment.THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL isbased on Phoebe Gloeckner's novelof the same name, andwriter/director Marielle Hellerunlocks this diary with a richlycomedic and deeply personalvision. In her feature filmdirectorial debut, Heller bringsGloeckner's book to life withfearless performances, a stirringscore, and inventive graphic novel-like animation sequences. Acoming of age story that is aspoignant as it is unsettling.

September 24 (MA15+)

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THE WRECKING CREWThey were the studio musicians behind some of

the biggest hits in the 1960s and '70s. From "BeMy Baby" to "California Girls”; "Strangers in theNight" to "Mrs. Robinson" and from "Viva Las Vegas"to "Mr. Tambourine Man", the group dubbed TheWrecking Crew played on them all. In the 60s and70s they won the Grammy for ‘Record of the Year’ sixyears in a row . Produced and directed by DennyTedesco, the documentary pays tribute to themusicians that formed the backbone to the goldenage of pop music.

October 1, EXCLUSIVE (CTC)

LEGEND Written and directed by Oscar-winning

screenwriter Brian Helgeland (Mystic River, L.A.Confidential), LEGEND is based on the true story ofthe Kray twins, Ronnie (Tom Hardy) and Reggie (TomHardy), gangsters from the London crime scene ofthe swinging sixties. The inseparable Krays imposeda reign of intimidation, but as their empireexpanded, power struggles, madness and feudsweakened their bond. Told through the eyes ofFrances (Emily Browning), the love of Reggie's life,this is a seductive and exhilarating story.

October 8 (CTC)

THE LOBSTERWinner of the Cannes Jury Prize, the English-

language debut from idiosyncratic Greekdirector Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth, Alps) sees thefilmmaker turning his obsession with insular,artificially constructed communities into a deadpansatire that takes aim at our collective culturalobsession with coupling up. In a not-too-distantfuture, single people are sent to a hotel where theyare given 45 days to find a mate among their ranks.If they fail, they are mysteriously transformed intothe animal of their choice. With a cast includingColin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Lea Seydoux, John C.Reilly, Olivia Colman and Ben Whishaw, this is afiercely original film that will have you questioningyour own romantic relationships.

October 22 (CTC)

MISTRESSAMERICANoah Baumbach and Greta

Gerwig team up again for the first time since Frances Ha inMISTRESS AMERICA, the story of awannabe writer who gains a musein her soon-to-be stepsister. Tracy(Lola Kirke) is adrift in her first yearof college. Awkward and justrefused membership to hercampus’ literary society, shedoesn’t feel she’s living up to herpotential. Her life abruptlychanges course when she is takenunder the wing of Brooke (Gerwig),who is living, as Tracy believes,“like a young woman should live,who wants to spend her youthwell.” Soon Tracy is embroiled inwild adventures as Brooke’sschemes spiral hilariously out ofcontrol. A female buddy comedyinspired by classic screwballs,MISTRESS AMERICA proves Gerwigis one of the foremost cinematiccomediennes.

October 29 (CTC)

THE ASSASSINThe return of master Taiwanese

filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien(Flight of the Red Balloon) won himthe Best Direction award at thisyear’s Cannes Film Festival. THEASSASSIN is a graceful, visuallyspectacular take on the wuxiamartial arts film. Set in ancientChina, it is the story of NieYinniang (Shu Qi), who at ten yearsold is stolen away in order to betrained as a high-level assassin,deadly and exacting in carryingout retribution against corruptofficials. Yet a decade later her pastcatches up with her when,disappointing her master with afailed mission, she is sent toeliminate the cousin (Chang Chen)whom she was once set to marry.An elegiac tale of love andswordplay, this is true poeticcinema.

November 5, EXCLUSIVE (CTC)

HE NAMED ME MALALA Chronicling the life thus far of

education and children’s rightscampaigner Malala Yousafzai, HE NAMED ME MALALA is DavisGuggenheim’s documentary aboutone of the world’s most influentialpeople. At the age of 15, Malala wasfamous only in the Swat Valleyregion of Pakistan, where she wasan outspoken advocate ofeducation for girls. This changedwhen she was attacked by Talibangunmen, who shot the teenager inthe head. Miraculously shesurvived, and her storyreverberated around the world.Malala has since become one ofthe leading campaigners for the rights of children, all whilesupported by her family, includingher father who was alwaysinsistent on his daughter’s right to an education. An arrestingdocumentary that charts Malala’slife up to her acceptance of theNobel Peace Prize.

November 12 (PG)

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COMMENCING AUGUST 20