Local cool screening thread
Adam Lippe screens some very cool stuff. Where do you get the prints from?
No prints.
Oh, right. “Video library”. Gotcha.
If I can’t get a DVD or HD source, I simply recite the movie from memory for the patrons. Let me tell you, with all of those action scenes, A Bittersweet Life was a challenge. Luckily, my dog was willing to play “the elevator” when we showed The Lift.
PERTH, AUSTRALIA -
The Australian Museum of Motion Picture & Television’s (AMMPT) 2012 Film Programme commences this Sunday, with:
Pillow Talk (1959)
[IMDb, MUBI]
Directed by Michael Gordon
Starring Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall and Thelma Ritter
Sunday, 19th February
Cygnet Cinema, 16 Preston Street, Como
Doors open at 10:00am, screenings commence at 10:30am
Programme includes “other short films and nostalgic items”
Admission prices:
AMMPT members: $5.00, Seniors Card Holders: $8.00, Public: $10.00
Hey New Yorkers:
Daily free 16mm Brakhage screenings at the MOMA Educational building for the next few weeks, thank you very much David Hudson at the Mubi Notebook for being basically the only person anywhere to publicize this (MOMA website=strangely silent).
Enter at 54th Street and 5th Ave near Southwest corner, second floor, daily at 3. Program switches weekly on Wednesdays.
More info about schedule at the Notebook
Again, FREE…what?
New location in Center City. Lower price too.
PERTH, AUSTRALIA -
The 2012 season of Rooftop Movies kicks off this week with The Big Lebowski, followed by screenings of other classic and cult films every night until the end of March. Titles include Suspiria, The Fly, Alien, Casablanca, The Proposition, Dr. Strangelove, Lolita and many more. Price packages range from $10 – $25. See page for more details.
Not far away, the Northbridge Piazza is also commencing its season of screenings, including several Studio Ghibli films, and plenty of classics such as The Truman Show, Back to the Future, Chariots of Fire, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Bright Star, Vicky Cristina Barcelona and many more. Tickets are free! See page for the full programmes.
PERTH, AUSTRALIA -
In celebration of its 60th anniversary this year, the LotteryWest Film Festival is holding a week-long retrospective next week of past festival favourites; one from each decade from the 1950s onwards:
Monday, 5th March (1950s):
Tuesday, 6th March (1960s):
Wednesday, 7th March (1970s):
Thursday, 8th March (1980s):
Friday, 9th March (1990s + Jafar Panahi double bill):
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Saturday, 10th March (2000s):
Sunday, 11th March (Australian finale):
Somerville Auditorium, Nedlands
Screenings commence at 7:30pm
Admission prices:
Standard – $16
Friends – $14
Concession – $13.50
Full-time students – $11.50
Standard 12 Ticket Pack – $164.50
Friends 12 Ticket Pack – $154.50
6 Ticket Pack – $85.50
Lotto Players 6 Ticket Pack – $82.50
See page for full details.
PERTH, AUSTRALIA -
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
[IMDb, MUBI]
Directed by Mark Sandrich
Starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Sunday, 18th March
Cygnet Cinema, 16 Preston Street, Como
Doors open at 10:00am, screenings commence at 10:30am
Programme includes “other short films and nostalgic items”
Admission prices:
AMMPT members: $5.00, Seniors Card Holders: $8.00, Public: $10.00
PERTH, AUSTRALIA -
Kicking off in Perth next Wednesday is this year’s Alliance Francaise French Film Festival.
OPENING NIGHT:
Running from March 21st until April 9th and across three venues (Cinema Paradiso, Luna on SX, Windsor), this year’s line-up will include over 40 new French titles, including Bertrand Bonello’s House of Tolerance, Alain Cavalier’s Pater and Xavier Durringer’s The Conquest, among many others. The festival will culminate in a special retrospective screening:
CLOSING NIGHT:
For full details and programmes, visit the official website.
PERTH, AUSTRALIA -
The Japanese Anime Film Festival starts this week, and will include screenings of two Studio Ghibli classics:
Tuesday, 27th March:
Wednesday, 28th March:
For full details, visit here.
i want to GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! love that poster
wow perth has really good cinema huh. you’re lucky. but i guess u know that :P
;)
some goodies coming my way:)
Adam Lippe