seniors' cinema archive 2008
An ongoing program of quality films for discerning audiences.
Drawing on the best of Australian and international cinema, screenings feature well-crafted, character-driven stories, elegant period dramas, quirky comedies and fascinating documentaries.
Tickets for Seniors (55+) $5
All other tickets $10
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Oscar winner Frances McDormand and talented newcomer Amy Adams team up in this delightful screwball comedy based on the 1938 novel by Winifred Watson.
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Richard Jenkins excels in the role of a disaffected senior academic whose complacency is unsettled by the arrival of some unexpected tenants.
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An introverted young man living an uneventful life in a Midwestern town ventures into the realm of courtship with a life-size doll.
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John Curran's deeply involving adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's novel offers more than a picturesque literary period piece.
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Laurent Tirard takes great liberties with the life of the famed French playwright, crafting a lively and hilarious period romp.
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Bernie's hopes for his Bar Mitzvah are thwarted by 1966 World Cup fever and his parents' increasingly urgent financial woes.
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Fatih Akin's award winning drama charts the fate of four Turkish and two German characters whose lives intersect in unexpected ways.
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A dignified send-off for a loved one descends into unbridled chaos when the dearly departed's sons are blackmailed by an American interloper.
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Based on the memoir by Jean-Dominique Bauby, Julian Schnabel's film is, quite simply, magnificent.
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A resolute (if destitute) young woman is determined to make her fortune as an authoress of high romance novels.
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Awash with intrigue, betrayal and unchecked passion, Catherine Breillat stars in this skilful adaptation of the 19th-century novel of the same name.
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David Sington's stunning film brings together surviving crew members from every Apollo mission to recollect the part they played in the 'Space Age'.
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Academy Award-winning director Richard Attenborough returns to the screen with this tale of love, loss and redemption.
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This intimate drama debuted at the Berlin Film Festival and showcases the under-appreciated talents of Alan Rickman.
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In her directorial debut, Sarah Polley adapts Alice Munro's novel about a couple confronting the effects of dementia on their life together.
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Marianne Faithfull shines in a film that was a hit at the Berlin and Melbourne film festivals.
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Screen icons Charlotte Rampling and Jean Rochefort together in a sparkling rom com au français!
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Joe Wright's masterful adaptation of the best-selling novel by Ian McEwan.
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Tony Ayres' AFI award-winning drama is set in 1970s Australia and stars Joan Chen.
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Paul Verhoeven's boldly conceived World War II resistance thriller.
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The Graduate meets Harold and Maude in a comedy starring Julie Walters and Rupert Grint.
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A visually stunning epic by Zhang Yimou, director of Hero and House of Flying Daggers.
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An imaginative exploration of Beethoven's life in the final stages of the Symphony's creation.
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Winner, Audience Award for Best Film at the Sydney Film Festival.
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Daniel Auteuil stars in a charmingly entertaining buddy film directed by Patrice Leconte.
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Classy '50s Hollywood noir based on the real-life demise of George Reeves, TV's Superman.
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