Welcome to Auckland Film Society’s 2017 season of classic and contemporary cinema from around the world and on our own doorstep.

Celebrate the big screen experience with us!

• Exciting cinema that pushes the boundaries

• See films you may never have heard of – you’ll be surprised how much you enjoy them

• Weekly screenings give you time to reflect

• Guest speakers and Q&A with filmmakers

• Exceptional value – a full membership subscription works out at around $5 a film (even less with discounted membership)

• Great discounts at local cinemas, Show Me Shorts Film Festival and the NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (20 July – 06 August 2017)

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AUCKlAND FIlm SoCIeTY 2017 taking you further into film

We acknowledge the generous assistance in 2017 of Foundation North, Waitemata Local Board, Weta Digital, the Goethe-Institut, the Institut Français and the Embassy of France, and the Confucius Institute, Victoria University of Wellington. Programming by Michael McDonnell, NZ Federation of Film Societies, nzfilmsociety.org.nz. Brochure published by Auckland Film Society Inc, PO Box 5618, Wellesley St, Auckland 1141. Note: some censorship ratings tbc Website: aucklandfilmsociety.org.nz Contact answerphone: 527 6076 Twitter: @aklfilmsoc Facebook: /aklfilmsoc Instagram: aklfilmsoc

A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE

roY ANDerSSoN TrIlogY proudly sponsored by Weta Digital The Swedish maestro's "Living Trilogy" offers collage-like portraits of surreal characters and bizarre scenarios, at once hilarious and melancholic.

Roy Andersson | Sweden/Norway/Denmark | 2000 | BR | R16 violence and sex scenes An intensely visual, surrealist and frequently uproarious end-of-the-millennium epic about human confusions, regrets, and needs. “Like an Ingmar Bergman film as realized by Monty Python.” – Toronto Globe and Mail

Roy Andersson | Sweden/Germany/France/Denmark/Norway/Japan | 2007 | BR | M sex scenes In a similarly surrealistic vein, this series of tenuously linked sketches is set in a gloomy Scandinavian city blighted by loneliness. “A very funny film – though in the darkest way possible.” – The Guardian

Roy Andersson | Sweden/Germany/Norway/France/Denmark | 2014 | DCP | M content may disturb The final part of Roy Andersson’s deeply eccentric trilogy muses on humanity’s inescapable absurdity. Golden Lion, Best Film, Venice Film Festival 2014. “It shines with a hyperreal beauty – and it made me laugh until I wept.” – Telegraph

SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR Sånger från andra våningen

YOU, THE LIVING Du levande

A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron

NeW ZeAlAND DoCUmeNTArY

Pietra Brettkelly | New Zealand | 2015 | DCP | One man’s journey to restore thousands of hours of film heritage in post-Taliban Afghanistan uncovers the very nearly forgotten history of his ravaged country. “A poetic tribute to a fragile cinema culture and its committed guardians” – Variety

A FLICKERING TRUTH

THE HITCH-HIKER

A NEW LEAF

RIVER OF GRASS

RIVER OF GRASS

THe DeBUTANTeS Three early films from pioneering women directors across three generations

Ida Lupino | USA | 1953 | BR | M violence and offensive language This early film from pioneering director Ida Lupino is a ruthlessly compact noir. Two fishing buddies pick up a hitchhiker, with predictably homicidal results. “Tough, taut, and entirely without macho-glorification” – Time Out

Elaine May | USA | 1971 | BR | PG

Comedian Elaine May made her directing debut with this delightful, unorthodox Hollywood comedy starring Walter Matthau as a cash-strapped playboy with murder on his mind. “A modern screwball on par with the classics” – Little White Lies

Kelly Reichardt | USA | 1994 | BR | M violence, offensive

language and nudity

First feature from Kelly Reichardt (Wendy and Lucy). A 30-something housewife goes on the lam in this atmospheric tale from the Florida swamplands. “Incisive and funny… simultaneously subversive and compassionate” – Boston Globe

BLACK GIRL A noire de…

oUSmANe SemBeNe

Ousmane Sembène | Senegal/France | 1966 | DCP | M content may disturb. Screens with short, Borom Sarret

A young Senegalese woman is led to a dramatic act of resistance in this debut feature from the godfather of African cinema. “At once powerfully of its moment and permanently contemporary” – AO Scott

THE MISSING PICTURE

SoUTH eAST ASIAN CINemA

Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand/UK/Germany/France | 2015 | DCP | M adult themes

A hospital full of sleeping soldiers is haunted by matters both historical and intensely personal in this gentle and entrancingly beautiful enigma from Palme d’Or winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul. “[Its] unforced lyricism could scarcely be more graceful or inviting” – Variety

Ismail Basbeth | Indonesia | 2015 | BR | PG supernatural

themes and violence

Based on Indonesian legends, this dreamy fantasy unfolds without any spoken dialogue. The daughter of a shaman escapes her mother’s clutches by hiding deep in the forest with her lover. “A strangely alluring form of sensual fairy-tale” – Hollywood Reporter

Rithy Panh | Cambodia/France | 2013 | BR This Academy Award-nominated doco from Cambodia draws on many media to recount the terrible legacy of the Khmer Rouge. “A profoundly personal meditation… moving and remarkably resonant” – Sight & Sound

CEMETERY OF SPLENDOUR Rak ti khon kaen

ANOTHER TRIP TO THE MOON Menuju rembulan

THE MISSING PICTURE L’image manquante

THRONE OF BLOOD Kumonosujo

THE HIDDEN FORTRESS Kakushi toride no san-akunin

KUroSAWA

Kurosawa Akira | Japan | 1957 | BR | M violence and horror Kurosawa’s Noh-influenced version of Macbeth stars Mifune Toshiro with Yamada Isuzu as his formidable spouse. “The most brilliant and original attempt ever made to put Shakespeare on screen” – Time

Kurosawa Akira | Japan | 1958 | BR | PG low level violence

This tale of two bumbling peasants tricked into accompanying a general and a princess through enemy territory is famed for its influence on Star Wars. “An epic entertainment by one of cinema’s great sensual poets” – Armond White

Academy Cinemas 44 Lorne St, Auckland Central Mondays at 6:30 pm (Tuesdays after public holidays) March – November

06 Mar 6:30pm PERSEPOLIS13 Mar 6:30pm OUR LITTLE SISTER20 Mar 6:30pm RIVER OF GRASS27 Mar 6:30pm A NEW LEAF

03 Apr 6:30pm THE HIDDEN FORTRESS 10 Apr 6:30pm THE HITCH-HIKER18 Apr 6:30pm THRONE OF BLOOD Tuesday

24 Apr 6:30pm SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR AFS AGM follows

01 May 6:30pm A FLICKERING TRUTH08 May 6:30pm YOU, THE LIVING 15 May 6:30pm BLACK GIRL + BOROM SARRET22 May 6:30pm A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE

29 May 6:30pm THEEB

06 Jun 6:30pm DESTINY Tuesday

12 Jun 6:30pm WILD TALES19 Jun 6:30pm EVERYONE ELSE26 Jun 6.30pm GUN CRAZY

03 Jul 6:30pm LE SAUVAGE 10 Jul 6.30pm MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART

20 Jul - 06 Aug NZ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

07 Aug 6.30pm ABOUT ELLY14 Aug 6:30pm POOR COW 21 Aug 6:30pm FATIMA28 Aug 6:30pm KES

04 Sep 6.30pm STANDING TALL11 Sep 6:30pm ALICE IN THE CITIES18 Sep 6:30pm WRONG MOVE 25 Sep 6:30pm ANOTHER TRIP TO THE MOON

02 Oct 6.30pm THE MISSING PICTURE09 Oct 6:30pm CEMETERY OF SPLENDOUR16 Oct 6:30pm THE LAST COMMAND24 Oct 6:00pm KINGS OF THE ROAD Tuesday early start

30 Oct 6:30pm MINISTRY OF FEAR

06 Nov 6:30pm THE WOMEN13 Nov 6.30pm TANGERINES

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WIm WeNDerS roAD TrIlogY

Wim Wenders | West Germany | 1974 | BR | PG

The first of Wim Wenders’ road movies, which brought him to fame in the ’70s. Rüdiger Vogler plays a German journalist whose American trip is disrupted when he has to take care of a young girl. “An emotionally generous and luminously shot odyssey” – Criterion

Wim Wenders | West Germany | 1975 | BR | PG

This adaptation of a novel by Goethe stars Vogler as a writer on a journey, searching for an escape from a creative funk. “As the writer gropes for the language he can’t speak, the filmmaker reports about … the excitement of carrying on, being alive.” – James Robinson

Wim Wenders | West Germany | 1976 | BR | R16

Roving film projector repairman (Rüdiger Vogler) rescues a depressed psychologist (Hans Zischler) from himself and together they set out on the road around rural Germany. “A love letter to the cinema, a moving and funny tale of male friendship, and a portrait of a country still haunted by war” – Criterion

ALICE IN THE CITIES Alice in den Städten

WRONG MOVE Falsche Bewegung

KINGS OF THE ROAD Im Lauf der Zeit

KINGS OF THE ROAD

germAN CINemA

Maren Ade | Germany | 2009 | BR | M sex scenes

Breakthrough film from the director of festival favourite Toni Erdmann. “A delicious, acutely observed dissection of the mercurial emotional and psychological ties between two young lovers.” – Hollywood Reporter

Fritz Lang | Germany 1921 | BR | tbc The newly restored, first major production from maestro Fritz Lang takes us on a journey to an Arabian Nights-style Baghdad, Renaissance Venice and Imperial China. “Fantastic and dream-like!” – Film Journal International

EVERYONE ELSE Alle Anderen

DESTINY Der müde Tod

German Cinema & Wim Wenders screen in co-operation with the Goethe Institut

STANDING TALL

FreNCH CoNNeCTIoNS

Philippe Faucon | France/Canada | 2015 | BR | PG

coarse language

A beautifully nuanced portrait of an immigrant single mother giving everything to better the lives of her two very different teenage daughters. “A small miracle of a film.” – New York Times. Winner, Best Film 2016 Césars

Emmanuelle Bercot | France | 2015 | BR | tbc A family court judge (Catherine Deneuve) and a social worker (Benoît Magimel) try to save a violent young delinquent (Rod Paradot in a stunning debut) from spending the rest of his life behind bars. “Compelling and intensely moving” – Upcoming

Jean-Paul Rappeneau | France/Italy | 1975 | BR | PG

Catherine Deneuve and Yves Montand star as a pair of ill-matched lovers flung together in this screwball homage set in Venezuela. “An awful lot of fun… a joy to watch” – This Week in New York

gloBAl ArT CINemA

Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi | France/USA | 2007 BR | M offensive language

An animated feature based on Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel, this memoir of growing up during the Iranian Revolution is more richly populated, vigorous, succinct and shrewdly funny than many a flesh-and-blood drama. “Alive with humor and a fierce independence of spirit” – New York Times

Asghar Farhadi | Iran/France | 2009 | BR | PG violence

and coarse language

This gripping mystery from the director of A Separation, is set among a group of old friends on a holiday retreat. “Outstanding... Superbly acted, morally challenging, packed with legitimate suspense” – The Observer

PERSEPOLIS

ABOUT ELLY Darbareye Elly

French Connections screens in co-operation with the Institut Français and the Embassy of France

FATIMA

STANDING TALL La tête haute

LE SAUVAGE

OUR LITTLE SISTER

gloBAl ArT CINemA

Zaza Urushadze | Estonia/Georgia | 2013 | BR | M

violence and offensive language

This poignant and slyly witty drama set in the war-torn, former Soviet Republic of Georgia was nominated for an Academy Award in 2015. “Magnificent… Remarkable piece of anti-war cinema.” – Wall Street Journal

Damián Szifron | Argentina/Spain | 2014 | BR | R16

violence, offensive language and sex scenes A surprise sensation from Argentina, this compendium of six lavishly produced shorts is united by a theme of vengeance. “Wickedly delightful… for pure viewing pleasure, the one wild card in the Cannes competition this year is unlikely to be beaten.” – Jay Weissberg

Jia Zhangke | China/France/Japan | 2015 | BR | tbc

This epic from Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke leaps from the recent past to a speculative near-future. “Staggeringly ambitious piece of work from a filmmaker who is creatively evolving before our eyes.” – The Guardian

Mountains May Depart screens in co-operation with the

Confucius Institute, Victoria University of Wellington

Naji Abu Nowar | Jordan/Qatar/UAE/UK | 2015 | BR M violence Set in 1916, this suspenseful, historically freighted Jordanian film concerns a watchful young Bedouin obliged to guide a British officer through the spectacular desert of Wadi Rum. Best Foreign Language Oscar Nominee 2016. “A classic adventure film of the best kind” – Variety

Kore-eda Hirokazu | Japan | 2015 | BR | PG Three sisters in their 20s get to know their teenage half-sister in this charming family drama, beautifully accentuated with the flavours and sensations of its unmistakably Japanese setting. “Full of quiet joy and simple pleasures” – The Telegraph

TANGERINES Mandariinid

WILD TALES Relatos salvajes

MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART Shan he gu ren

THEEB

OUR LITTLE SISTER Umimachi Diary

POOR COW

THE LAST COMMAND

THE WOMEN

MINISTRY OF FEAR

GUN CRAZY

POOR COW

KES

ClASSICS

Josef von Sternberg | USA | 1928 | BR | PG violence

An ex-Russian general down-and-out in 20s Hollywood clashes with an old adversary from the revolution. “One of the strangest, greatest, and cruelest films about Hollywood during the silent era” – Janet Bergstrom

George Cukor | USA | 1939 | BR | PG

This venomous Hollywood comedy features an all-star, all-female cast (Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Norma Shearer) as scheming, idle rich Park Avenue matrons. “A full-on drag queen production… the only women nowadays who act like this are men” – Jeanette Winterson

Fritz Lang | USA | 1944 | BR | PG low level violence Ray Milland stars in this ultra-noir adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel about Nazi saboteurs in wartime London, perhaps Fritz Lang’s most Kafka-esque work. “A tour de force of paranoia” – Cinematheque Ontario

Joseph H Lewis | USA | 1950 | BR | PG

Famous for its audacious bank robbery sequence shot in a single take, this exhilarating noir classic stars Peggy Cummins as a carny girl who leads dim-witted gun buff John Dall into a life of crime. “Its intensity borders on the subversive and surreal” – Time Out

Ken Loach | UK | 1967 | BR | M

Newly restored debut feature from Ken Loach (I, Daniel Blake) stars Carol White as a downtrodden wife and mother who finds a new lease of life when her husband is jailed. “A time-capsule character study of great warmth and compassion” – Time Out

Ken Loach | UK | 1969 | BR | PG coarse language

Loach’s breakthrough film follows a tormented young boy whose bond with a wild kestrel gives him a spiritual escape from his dead-end life. “A masterpiece! More luminous, more impassioned than ever!” – The Guardian

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