The Movie Group meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month.
VENUE: Dendy Quays Cinema (between Circular Quay and the Opera House)
COST: Please buy your ticket when you arrive at the theatre
RSVP: Iolanda Capodanno and Grace Mroz (contactable on [email protected]) are the Movie Group Convenors but there is no need to RSVP – just come along. Meet before the film in the foyer of the cinema
APRES FILM (Optional): After the movie screening, we meet at Buckley’s Pub/Cafe, East Circular Quay, 7 Macquarie Street – a four-minute walk from Dendy Cinema Opera Quays. See the website at https://www.buckleyssydney.com.au
Movies for this month are shown below.
10.10am: Amazing Grace G General/Documentary (1hr 28mins)
FINISH approx 12noon
10.15am: The NightingaleMA15+ Mature Audiences (2hrs 16mins)
FINISH approx 12.45pm
10.30am: Downton Abbey (AD, CC)PG Parental Guidance (2hrs)
FINISH approx 12.45pm
10.10am: AMAZING GRACE-G General/Documentary (1hr 28m)
The late director Sydney Pollack’s behind-the-scenes documentary about the recording in 1972 of Aretha Franklin’s best-selling album Amazing Grace finally sees the light of day more than four decades after the original footage was shot.
Cast: Aretha Franklin, Sydney Pollack, James Cleveland
Director: Sydney Pollack
Release date: 29 August 2019
10.15am: THE NIGHTINGALE-MA15+ Mature Audiences, Violence (2hrs 16m)
In 1829, Claire, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her and her family. She enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
Ultimately, The Nightingale is a bold and savage film, dealing with issues that haven’t been explored in such an incendiary fashion since Fred Schepisi’s notorious The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978). Boasting strong performances and superb direction, this is an important Australian movie that is very much not going to be for everyone. If, however, you can handle this dark trip back into Tasmania’s bloody history, it’s a journey very much worth taking.
Cast: Aisling Franciosi, Baykali Ganambarr, Sam Clafin, Damon Herriman, Ewen Leslie
Director: Jennifer Kent
Release date: 29 August 2019
10.30am: DOWNTON ABBEY-PG Parental Guidance (2hrs)
It is 1927 and the Crawleys and their servants prepare for a royal visit from King George V and Queen Mary.
The film follows the hugely popular series which ran for six seasons from 2010 to 2015, offering an exportable social history of Britain between 1912 and 1926.
Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Jim Carter
Director: Michael Engler
Release date: 12 September 2019
