Outings to films are arranged on the first Tuesday of each alternate month. Commonly we attend the Nova Cinema, Carlton; however the Kino Palace Cinema, Melbourne, is an alternate venue. Members often stay to enjoy luncheon together to discuss the film. Films are commonly chosen by popular vote at the preceding normal Club meeting.
The first Film Outing for 2019, was held in February. Our group went to see Green Book – an excellent film which, a week after our visit, was awarded the Oscar for Best Motion Picture of the Year.
In April, some members went to see Sometimes Always Never, starring Bill Nighy.
In June, some members went to see All Is True, a film about Shakespeare’s life after the Globe Theatre burnt down in 1631. It was written by Ben Elton, with Kenneth Branagh directing and starring. Judi Dench and Ian McKellen also star. Others went to see Rocketman – the life story of Elton John.
In August, our group went to see Who Do You Think I Am, starring Juliette Binoche. She plays Claire, a 50-year-old divorced teacher, who creates a fake Facebook profile of a 24-year-old woman. She finds a photo of a pretty young brunette and uses it. She has created an entirely fictional character, and the reasons (and the difference between truth and reality) are intriguing.
The next film outing will be on the first Tuesday of October.
For further information about these films, please click the poster images.
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Here is some information about films attended in 2018.
For the first Film Outing for 2018, in February, some members and friends attended a screening of Sweet Country, and others went to see Phantom Thread. Sweet Country is a new film by Warwick Thornton. It is an Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self defence and goes on the run as posse gathers to hunt him down.
Phantom Thread is a drama set in London’s couture world in the 1950s. Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day Lewis) is a renowned dressmaker, who lives with his sister (Lesley Manville). Women come and go through Woodcock’s life until he meets a young waitress (Vicky Krieps) who soon becomes his muse and lover. For information about these films please click on the images.
In June, some members attended the Nova Cinema to see The Book Shop. This is English film is set in a small village and is about a lady who loves books and opens a bookshop in a heritage building. The move meets with opposition as the building was intended by some people in the town as an Arts Centre. For more information about the film, please click on the image at left.
A record number of members and friends attended the film outing in August. The film, The Wife, was very thought provoking, as many of our age group could relate to women of our era staying in the background while their husband’s career flourished. Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce were outstanding in their roles. For further information about the film, please click on the image at right.
In October, some members went to see the recent Australian film Ladies in Black. Adapted from the bestselling novel by Madeleine St John, Ladies in Black is an alluring and tender-hearted comedy drama about the lives of a group of department store employees in 1959 Sydney. Others went to see the gripping French film Custody. In this film, a broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.
For further information about these films, please click the poster images.
