Saturday, February 28, 2009

Melbourne Cinémathèque 2009 Calendar

This page lays out the Melbourne Cinémathèque calendar in one complete summarised list.
To view the list with film synopses, check out the detailed list.
To view screenings using drop-down lists according to special seasons, titles or dates, check out the Melbourne Cinémathèque website.

FEBRUARY 11 OPENING NIGHT
7:00 BIGGER THAN LIFE Nicholas Ray (1956) 95 mins PG
8:45 SOME CAME RUNNING Vincente Minnelli (1958) 136 mins PG

FEBRUARY 18 BELMONDO!

7:00 LÉON MORIN, PRÊTRE
Jean-Pierre Melville (1961) 130 mins
9:20 BREATHLESS Jean-Luc Godard (1960) 90 mins PG

FEBRUARY 25 IMAGINING INDIA
7:00 THE RIVER
Jean Renoir (1951) 99 mins
8:50 BLACK NARCISSUS Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger (1947) 100 mins PG
Preceded by Calcutta Paul Cox (1970) 22 mins

MARCH 4–18 BETWEEN SHADOW & LIGHT: THE WORLD OF INGMAR BERGMAN
MARCH 4
7:00 THE SEVENTH SEAL
Ingmar Bergman (1957) 96 mins PG
8:50 THE SILENCE Ingmar Bergman (1963) 95 mins
Preceded by The Dove George Coe & Anthony Lover (1968) 14 mins

MARCH 11
7:00 FANNY & ALEXANDER
Ingmar Bergman (1982) 188 mins M

MARCH 18
7:00 SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT
Ingmar Bergman (1955) 108 mins PG
9:00 WINTER LIGHT Ingmar Bergman (1963) 81 mins PG
Preceded by Foto: Sven Nykvist (Bayley Silleck) 28 mins

MARCH 25 ARTISTS ON FILM
7:00 CONNER & CORNELL (1936–78) 71 mins
8:25 ARTISTS’ FILM (1945–98) 51 mins
9:30 8 X 8 Hans Richter (1957) 70 mins

APRIL 1 LOVE CLASSICS
7:00 SHOP AROUND THE CORNER
Ernst Lubitsch (1940) 97 mins PG
Preceded by Wrong Again Leo McCarey (1929) 21 mins
9:10 EROTIKON Mauritz Stiller (1920) 97 mins

APRIL 8 JOHN HEYER
7:00 JOHN HEYER: JOURNEY TO THE BACK OF BEYOND
Various shorts
Introduced by Monash University’s Dr Deane Williams, author of Australian Post-War Documentary Film: An Arc of Mirrors (2008)
9:10 JOHN HEYER: BUILDING NATIONAL UNITY Various shorts

APRIL 15–29 ELECTIVE AFFINITIES: THE CINEMA OF LOUIS MALLE
APRIL 15
7:00 LIFT TO THE SCAFFOLD
Louis Malle (1957) 88 mins PG
8:40 LACOMBE, LUCIEN Louis Malle (1974) 137 mins M

APRIL 22
7:00 THE LOVERS
Louis Malle (1958) 90 mins
Preceded by Station 307 Louis Malle (1955) 18mins
9:00 LE FEU FOLLET Louis Malle (1963) 108 mins

APRIL 29
7:00 AU REVOIR, LES ENFANTS
Louis Malle (1987) 104 mins PG
Preceded by Vive le tour Louis Malle (1962) 19 mins
9:15 ZAZIE DANS LE MÉTRO Louis Malle (1960) 88 mins PG

MAY 6 DANISH MASTERS
7:00 HÄXAN: WITCHCRAFT THROUGH THE AGES
Benjamin Christensen (1922) 104 mins
Preceded by The Danish Village Church Carl Dreyer (1947) 14 mins
9:10 THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE Carl Dreyer (1925) 107 mins PG
Preceded by The Seventh Age Torben Anton Svendsen (1947) 16 mins

MAY 13 VISIONARY TRAVELLERS
7:00 ZABRISKIE POINT Michelangelo Antonioni (1970) 112 mins
9:00 THE STATE OF THINGS Wim Wenders (1982) 121 mins M

MAY 20 LATE SILENTS
7:00 CHICAGO
Frank Urson (1927) 118 mins
9:10 THUNDERBOLT Josef von Sternberg (1929) 95 mins
Preceded by The Town Josef von Sternberg (1943) 12 mins

MAY 27 – JUNE 10 JAPANESE NOIR: VIOLENT COPS & PISTOL OPERAS
27 MAY
7:00 VIOLENT COP
Takeshi Kitano (1989) 103 mins R
8:55 PALE FLOWER Masahiro Shinoda (1964) 96 mins

JUNE 3
7:00 BLACK RIVER
Masaki Kobayashi (1957) 114 mins
9:05 THE SUN’S BURIAL Nagisa Oshima (1960) 87 mins

JUNE 10

7:00 PISTOL OPERA Seijun Suzuki (2001) 112 mins
9:05 I, THE EXECUTIONER Tai Kato (1968) 90 mins

JUNE 17–24 SEARCHING FOR PARADISE LOST: THE FILMS OF JOSÉ LUIS GUERÍN
17 JUNE
7:00 IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA
José Luis Guerín (2007) 84 mins
8:35 SOME PHOTOS IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA José Luis Guerín (2007) 67 mins
9:50 TREN DE SOMBRAS José Luis Guerín (1997) 88 mins

24 JUNE
7:00 WORK IN PROGRESS
José Luis Guerín (2001) 125 mins
9:15 INNISFREE José Luis Guerín (1990) 110 mins

JULY 1–15 POETRY, PARADOX, POLITICS: THE FILMS OF JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI
JULY 1
7:00 FOUR NIGHTS WITH ANNA Jerzy Skolimowski (2008) 87 mins
8:40 DEEP END Jerzy Skolimowski (1971) 88 mins M

JULY 8
7:00 IDENTIFICATION MARKS: NONE
Jerzy Skolimowski (1964) 76 mins
8:25 WALKOVER Jerzy Skolimowski (1965) 77 mins
9:55 BARRIER Jerzy Skolimowski (1966) 83 mins

JULY 15
7:00 MOONLIGHTING
Jerzy Skolimowski (1982) 97 mins PG
8:50 HANDS UP! Jerzy Skolimowski (1967/1981) 90 mins

AUG 19 – SEPT 2 A VISIONARY JOURNEY WITH ROBERTO ROSSELLINI
19 AUGUST
7:00 ROME, OPEN CITY Roberto Rossellini (1945) 103 mins M
8:55 STROMBOLI Roberto Rossellini (1949) 107 mins
Preceded by Envy Roberto Rossellini (1952) 17 mins

26 AUGUST
7:00 VOYAGE IN ITALY
Roberto Rossellini (1953) 97 mins PG
8:50 PAISÀ Roberto Rossellini (1946) 115 mins

SEPT 2
7:00 THE MACHINE THAT KILLS BAD PEOPLE Roberto Rossellini (1948/1952) 80 mins
8:30 GERMANY YEAR ZERO Roberto Rossellini (1947) 78 mins
10:00 L’AMORE Roberto Rossellini (1948) 78 mins

SEPT 9–16 THE WRITTEN IMAGE: THE CINEMA OF MARGUERITE DURAS
SEPTEMBER 9
7:00 INDIA SONG Marguerite Duras (1975) 120 mins
9:10 LES ENFANTS Marguerite Duras, Jean Mascolo & Jean-Marc Turine (1985) 94 mins

SEPTEMBER 16
7:00 AGATHA ET LES LECTURES ILLIMITÉES
Marguerite Duras (1981) 85 mins
8:35 DESTROY, SHE SAID Marguerite Duras (1969) 100 mins
Preceded by Aurélia Steiner (Melbourne) Marguerite Duras 1979 28 mins

SEPT 23 – OCT 7 RUN FOR COVER: SAMUEL FULLER, TABLOID POET
SEPTEMBER 23
7:00 WHITE DOG
Samuel Fuller (1982) 89 mins M
8:40 FALKENAU, THE IMPOSSIBLE Emil Weiss (1988) 52 mins
9:45 THE STEEL HELMET Samuel Fuller (1951) 84 mins

SEPTEMBER 30
7:00 SHOCK CORRIDOR
Samuel Fuller (1963) 101 mins M
8:50 HOUSE OF BAMBOO Samuel Fuller (1955) 102 mins
Preceded by Beyond Fuller Barrett & Bruce Hodsdon (1972) 23 mins

OCTOBER 7
7:00 UNDERWORLD U.S.A.
Samuel Fuller (1961) 99 mins
8:50 PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET Samuel Fuller (1953) 80 mins PG
10:20 VERBOTEN! Samuel Fuller (1959) 93 mins

OCTOBER 14 MIGRANT EXPERIENCES
Curated by Christos Tsiolkas & Spiro Economopoulos

7:00 AUSTRALIA HAS NO WINTER
Sherine Salama & Amos Cohen (1999) 55mins
8:10 WINTER'S HARVEST Brian McKenzie (1979) 38mins
9:10 FLOATING LIFE Clara Law (1996) 95 mins MA 15+

OCT 21 – NOV 4 “FROM A FAR-OFF COUNTRY”: THE ECCENTRIC VOYAGES OF CHRIS MARKER
OCTOBER 21
7:00 BORDER CROSSINGS Chris Marker (1953-63) 106 mins
9:00 SUNLESS Chris Marker (1982) 100 mins
Preceded by Les Astronauts Walerian Borowczyk & Chris Marker (1959) 14 mins

OCTOBER 28
7:00 DESCRIPTION OF A STRUGGLE Chris Marker (1960) 60 mins
Preceded by The Train Rolls On Chris Marker (1971) 32 mins
8:45 IF I HAD FOUR CAMELS Chris Marker (1966) 49 mins
9:45 LETTER FROM SIBERIA Chris Marker (1958) 62 mins

NOVEMBER 4
7:00 À BIENTÔT, J’ESPÈRE
Chris Marker & Mario Marret (1968) 43 mins
7:55 A GRIN WITHOUT A CAT Chris Marker (1977/88) 180 mins

NOVEMBER 11–25 THE ROMANTIC WORLD OF FRANK BORZAGE
NOVEMBER 11
7:00 THE MORTAL STORM
Frank Borzage (1940) 100 mins
8:50 STREET ANGEL Frank Borzage (1928) 102 mins
Preceded by The Pitch o’ Chance Frank Borzage (1915) 25 mins

NOVEMBER 18
7:00 LAZYBONES
Frank Borzage (1925) 80 mins
Preceded by The Pilgrim Frank Borzage (1916) 28 mins
9:00 HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT Frank Borzage (1937) 97 mins
Preceded by Nugget Jim’s Pardner Frank Borzage (1916) 20 mins

NOVEMBER 25
7:00 MOONRISE
Frank Borzage (1948) 90 mins PG
8:40 UNTIL THEY GET ME Frank Borzage (1917) 58 mins
9:50 THE GUN WOMAN Frank Borzage (1918) 50 mins

DECEMBER 2–16 DISSENT IN THE REVOLUTION: SOVIET CINEMA OF THE 1960s
DECEMBER 2
7:00 ASYA’S HAPPINESS
Andrei Konchalovsky (1966) 99 mins
8:50PM THE COMMISSAR Aleksandr Askoldov (1967) 110 mins

DECEMBER 9
7:00 HEAT
Larissa Shepitko (1963) 85 mins
8:35 THE STEAMROLLER & THE VIOLIN Andrei Tarkovsky (1961) 46 mins
9:25 WINGS Larissa Shepitko (1966) 85 mins

DECEMBER 16
7:00 THE COLOUR OF POMEGRANATES
Sergei Paradjanov (1969) 79 mins
8:30 ANDREI ROUBLEV Andrei Tarkovsky (1966) 165 mins

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