[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]The films for Tuesday 26 July 2016 at the Dendy Opera Quays cinema are at the following times:
10.00am – Goldstone
10.00am – Love and Friendship
10.00am – Sing Street
TIME: 10.00am -12noon (movie) and 12noon -2.00pm (lunch)
COST: Approx. $15 (seniors discount available), plus lunch. We usually go for a light lunch or drink at the ECQ Bar in the Pullman Quay hotel (3nd floor, entrance from the quay), with its lovely view of the harbour
PAYMENT: Buy your own ticket at the box office on the day. Lunch at own expense.
RSVP BY: Monday at the latest for cinema and lunch to Jill Surgeon at [email protected]
TRANSPORT: Train, bus or ferry to Circular Quay and 5 minute walk
THE FILMS:
GOLDSTONE
Starring David Wenham, Alex Russell, Jacki Weaver.
Directed by Ivan Sen.
Classification: M (Mature themes, violence and coarse language ), 110 mins.
Language: English (subtitled).
Indigenous Detective JAY SWAN arrives in the frontier mining town of “Goldstone” on a missing persons enquiry.
What seems like a simple “light duties” investigation soon opens into a web of crime and corruption implicating the local Mayor, Mining Boss and Aboriginal Land Council.
LOVE & FRIENDSHIP
Release: 21 July 2016
Starring Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel.
Directed by Whit Stillman.
Classification: PG.
Official Site: http://loveandfriendshipmovie.com/
Set in the opulent drawing rooms of eighteenth-century English society, Love & Friendship focuses on the machinations of a beautiful widow, Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale), who, while waiting for social chatter about a personal indiscretion to pass, takes up temporary residence at her in-laws’ estate. While there, the intelligent, flirtatious, and amusingly egotistical Lady Vernon is determined to be a matchmaker for her daughter Frederica—and herself too, naturally. She enlists the assistance of her old friend Alicia (Chloë Sevigny), but two particularly handsome suitors (Xavier Samuel and Tom Bennett) complicate her orchestrations.
Adapting Jane Austen’s unpublished early novella Lady Susan, Whit Stillman returns to the Sundance Film Festival (where his Metropolitan premiered in 1990) in top form with his latest comedy of manners. Kate Beckinsale excels in her role as the deliciously devious Lady Vernon and delivers each line with relish. With exquisite period detail and a script teeming with bon mots and witty dialogue, Love & Friendship is a rare—and rarified—treat.
SING STREET
Starring Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy.
Directed by John Carney.
Classification: M (Coarse language ), 105 mins.
SING STREET takes us back to 1980s Dublin seen through the eyes of a 14-year-old boy named Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) who is looking for a break from a home strained by his parents’ relationship and money troubles, while trying to adjust to his new inner-city public school where the kids are rough and the teachers are rougher. He finds a glimmer of hope in the mysterious, über-cool and beautiful Raphina (Lucy Boynton), and with the aim of winning her heart he invites her to star in his band’s music videos. There’s only one problem: he’s not part of a band…yet. She agrees, and now Conor must deliver what he’s promised – calling himself “Cosmo” and immersing himself in the vibrant rock music trends of the decade, he forms a band with a few lads, and the group pours their heart into writing lyrics and shooting videos. Inspired by writer/director John Carney’s (ONCE, BEGIN AGAIN) life and love for music, SING STREET shows us a world where music has the power to take us away from the turmoil of everyday life and transform us into something greater.
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