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 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): We go for a coffee or light lunch to the upstairs section of the City Extra Cafe opposite the Circular Quay Ferry Terminals
Movies for 25 September are shown below.
1.10.00am: Book Club (1hr 44m)
2.10.10am: Ladies in Black (1hr 49m)
3.11.00am: The Insult (1hr 54m)
1.BOOK CLUB M:Romance/Comedy (1hr 44m)
The next chapter is always the best.
Diane (Diane Keaton) is recently widowed after 40 years of marriage, Vivian (Jane Fonda) enjoys her men with no strings attached, Sharon (Candice Bergen) is still working through her decades-old divorce, and Carol’s (Mary Steenburgen) marriage is in a slump after 35 years. The lives of these four lifelong friends are turned upside down after reading the infamous “50 Shades of Grey,” catapulting them into a series of outrageous life choices.
Cast:Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen
Director:Bill Holderman
Release date: 23 August 2018
- LADIES IN BLACK PG:Drama/Comedy (1hr 49mins)
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.
Set in the summer of 1959, when the impact of European migration and the rise of women’s liberation is about to change Australia forever, a shy schoolgirl (Lisa) takes a summer job at the prestigious Sydney department store, Goode’s. There she meets the ‘ladies in black’, who will also change her life. Beguiled and influenced by Magda, the vivacious manager of the high-fashion floor, and befriended by fellow sales ladies Patty and Fay, Lisa is awakened to a world of possibilities. As Lisa grows from a bookish schoolgirl to a glamorous and positive young woman, she herself becomes a catalyst for a cultural change in everyone’s lives.
Cast: Rachael Taylor, Julia Ormond, Angourie Rice, Ryan Corr
Director: Bruce Beresford
Release date: 20 September 2018
- THE INSULTM Drama/Court (1hr 54m)
Words Change Everything
In today’s Beirut, an insult blown out of proportions finds Toni, a Lebanese Christian, and Yasser, a Palestinian refugee, in court. From secret wounds to traumatic revelations, the media circus surrounding the case puts Lebanon through a social explosion, forcing Toni and Yasser to reconsider their lives and prejudices.
Cast: Adel Karam, Kamel El Basha, Rita Hayek, Christine Choueiri
Director: Ziad Doueiri
Release date: 30 August 2018
(This film is in Arabic with English subtitles)
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE- 2018: Best Foreign Language Film
WINNER- 2018 SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL: Audience Award (Best Film)
WINNER- 2018 AFI FESTIVAL: Audience Award (Best Film)
WINNER- 2017 VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Silver Lion (Best Actor)
