Seniors' Cinema Archive 2009
Fine films for grown-up tastes.
Drawing on the best of Australian and international cinema, screenings feature well-crafted, character-driven stories, elegant period dramas, quirky comedies and fascinating documentaries.
Seniors $5 (carers admitted free of charge)
All other tickets $10
Curated by Roberta Ciabarra
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A wonderful adaptation of the Edwardian-era tale by Lord Dunsany, with Peter O'Toole and Sam Neill.
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The extraordinary Cannes prize-winning film set in the Kazakh steppes.
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A gentle, whimsical Norwegian comedy about a man rediscovering unexpected possibilities in life.
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The wonderful debut feature from Academy Award winning animator and national treasure, Adam Elliot.
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Stephan Elliott's hilariously high-toned comedy of manners, based on the 1924 Noel Coward play.
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This wonderful Gene Kelly vehicle works in as many Gershwin tunes as the running time will allow.
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Arnaud Desplechin's accomplished family drama, starring Catherine Deneuve and Mathieu Amalric.
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One man's conflicted attempts to reconcile emotionally with a father diagnosed with cancer.
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Fabulous sets, original songs and a leading man who is fourth generation Bollywood royalty.
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A young man overcomes deprivation and prejudice in the slums of Mumbai.
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Frenchman Philippe Petit's illegal high-wire 'ballet' is recounted in this thrilling documentary.
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Julian Jarrold's superb new adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's acclaimed novel.
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Thirty-year-old Antoine reluctantly returns to the family home in Provence to help out when his father takes ill.
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ACMI salutes Charles 'Bud' Tingwell with a tribute screening of Paul Cox's acclaimed film Innocence.
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Ron Howard's suspenseful account of the historic 1977 television interviews between David Frost and disgraced U.S. president Richard Nixon.
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Loyalty and a male heir are all that is expected of the young Duchess of Devonshire, though she is inclined to pursue greater personal happiness.
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This1967 UK production is considered the best performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera to have been captured on (Technicolor!) celluloid.
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Based on the book by John Bingham, Ira Sach's stylish 1940s-set melodrama features a top notch cast including Patricia Clarkson and Pierce Brosnan.
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Eran Riklis' wry, poignant allegory of the Israeli Palestinian conflict won the Audience Award at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2008.
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Narrated by Nicole Kidman, this documentary about Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal is a heartfelt chronicle of his life and legacy.
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The sublime directorial debut by French novelist Philippe Claudel tells the story of two sisters tentatively reconnecting after years of estrangement.
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Based on the true life exploits of Salomon Sorowitsch, this compelling drama took out the Best Foreign Language Film prize at the 2008 Academy Awards.
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A British filmmaker travels to Massachusetts to film a choir, average age 80, who are giving the Godfather of Soul's I Feel Good a whole new spin.
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Vanessa Redgrave, Imelda Staunton, Brenda Fricker and Joss Ackland star as feisty ladies in a residential home, running young Hayley Atwell ragged.
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Nadine Labaki's bittersweet 2007 comedy follows five women friends who regularly meet in a beauty parlour in modern Beirut.
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David Lean's sparkling 1945 comedy scripted by Noel Coward from his Broadway play and starring Rex Harrison, screens in an imported Technicolor print.
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A generous-hearted film from Mike Leigh anchored by a winning performance from Sally Hawkins, as an irrepressibly optimistic primary school teacher.
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