All of our screenings are free to members and their guests.
Potential members are welcome to attend screenings as guests of the committee.
Free hot and cold drinks are available before screenings and during intervals.
More details about features and short films screened
in our programs are provided in hobart film news,which is posted
to members bi-monthly.
We screen every week starting in late January and finishing in
early December. We screen on alternate Tuesdays and Wednesdays and
also have a Monday screening in most weeks with a Wednesday
screening. The feature film starts at 7.30 pm and is often followed
by a short film. Occasionally there is a Saturday afternoon
screening. R certificate films are indicated in red.
| Tue 22 Jan | Mansfield Park (USA 1999) A most ambitious and successful Jane Austen adaptation delectably performed by a perfect cast -- Frances O'Connor, Embeth Davidtz, Jonny Lee Miller, Harold Pinter -- directed by Patricia Rozema: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0178737/ |
| Wed 30 Jan | Key Largo (USA 1948) Dandy cast -- Bogart, Bacall, Edward G Robinson, Lionel Barrymore, Claire Trevor [Best Supporting Actress] -- in adaptation of Maxwell Anderson's play about hotel guests seized by gangster; dir: John Huston: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0040506/ |
| Tue 5 Feb | Dersu Uzala (USSR 1975) Simple, gentle Goldi hunter-guide (Maksim Munzuk) teaches Russian explorer the rules of survival in Siberia. Originally photographed in 70mm. Directed by Akira Kurosawa Best Foreign Film Oscar: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0071411/ |
| Mon 11 Feb | Pepe le Moko (France 1937) Jean Gabin is magnetic in Julien Duvivier's Casbah classic: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0029453/ plus Le crime de Monsieur Lange (France 1936) Rene Lefevre, Jules Berry in Jean Renoir's charming anti-capitalist drama: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0027478/ |
| Wed 13 Feb | Gold diggers of 1933 (USA 1933) Delirious and delightful backstage musical with Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers and much Depression wisecracking; directed by Mervyn LeRoy & Busby Berkeley: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0024069/ |
| Tue 19 Feb | A Canterbury tale (Britain 1944) Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger's curious and disarming drama about three people whose lives cross in a small English village during WW2, with Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, John Sweet, Dennis Price: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0036695/ |
| Mon 25 Feb | The decalogue (Poland 1988) Part 1: I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt have no other Gods but me. Part 2: Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. with Henryk Baranowski, Krystyna Janda; directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0092337/ |
| Wed 27 Feb | Cat on a hot tin roof (USA 1958) Tennessee Williams's immensely enjoyable study of 'mendacity' still packs a wallop with sensational cast -- Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Judith Anderson, Jack Carson -- directed by Richard Brooks: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0051459/ |
| Tue 4 Mar | Jour de fete (France 1948) Jacques Tati's exquisite first feature about village postman inspired by US postal service: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0040497/ plus Belleville rendezvous (France 2002) Sylvain Chomet's stunning animation based on the Tour de France with nod to Tati |
| Mon 10 Mar | L'avventura (Italy 1959) A young woman disappears on a deserted island and her companions seek her. Subtle, incisive allegory of spiritual and moral decay with Monica Vitti, Gabriele Ferzetti; directed by Michelangelo Antonioni: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0053619/ |
| Wed 12 Mar | King Kong (USA 1933) Merian Cooper & Ernest Schoedsack's unsurpassed 'big ape' story with Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Willis O'Brien's special effects & Max Steiner's music: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0024216/ |
| Tue 18 Mar | The ice storm (USA 1997) Icy adaptation of Rick Moody's much-praised 1973 novel about a real-life ice storm - a sober and absorbing chronicle of sexuality with Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Christina Ricci; directed by Ang Lee: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0119349/ |
| Wed 26 Mar | The ladykillers (Britain 1955) Droll black comedy of not-so-bright crooks involved with seemingly harmless old lady - an Ealing gem with Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Peter Sellers, Katie Johnson; directed by Alexander Mackendrick: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0048281/ |
| Tue 1 Apr | The magician (Sweden 1958) Chilling exploration of charlatanism with Max von Sydow as a 19th century magician/mesmerist on the run with his troupe, with Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Ake Fridell; directed by Ingmar Bergman: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0051365/ |
| Mon 7 Apr | The time to live and the time to die (Taiwan 1985) Subtle, deeply-moving picture of Taiwanese history seen through the eyes of a boy whose family has recently emigrated from mainland China, with You Anshun, Tian Feng, Mei Fang; directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0090185/ |
| Wed 9 Apr | Rio Bravo (USA 1959) Quintessential Howard Hawks western - arguably his greatest film - beautifully acted, wonderfully observed, with John Wayne, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Ricky Nelson, Ward Bond: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0053221/ |
| Tue 15 Apr | Animal Farm (Britain 1954) John Halas & Joy Batchelor's animated version of Orwell's political 'fable' on the hopes and failures of the Soviet revolution narrated by Gordon Heath with Matyas Seiber's music and other voices by Maurice Denham: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0047834/ |
| Mon 21 Apr | The decalogue (Poland 1988) Part 3: Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy. Part 4: Honour thy father and thy mother. with Daniel Olbrychski, Adrianna Biedrynska; dir: Krzysztof Kieslowski: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0092337/ |
| Wed 23 Apr | The purple rose of Cairo (USA 1985) Woody Allen's bittersweet comedy-fantasy about Depression-era movie fan (Mia Farrow) whose latest idol walks right off the screen and into her life!, with Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Dianne Wiest, Van Johnson: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0089853/ |
| Tue 29 Apr | The spider's stratagem (Italy 1970) Thrilling and extraordinary adaptation of Jorge Luis Borges's short story transposed to the Po Valley, with Giulio Brogi (seeking the truth about his father), Alida Valli, Tino Scotti; directed by Bernardo Bertolucci: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0066413/ |
| Mon 5 May | Floating clouds (Japan 1955) Subtle, pessimistic melodrama about Army nurse who seeks out soldier she fell in love with during the war, with Hideko Takamine (star of 17 Naruse films), Masayuki Mori, Mariko Okada; directed by Mikio Naruse: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0048757/ |
| Wed 7 May | Queen Christina (USA 1933) Haunting, memorable performance by Garbo as 17th century Swedish Queen who relinquishes her throne for her lover, with John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, C Aubrey Smith; directed by Rouben Mamoulian: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0024481/ |
| Tue 13 May | The spy who came in from the cold (Britain 1965) John Le Carre's potent account of a Cold War spy's existence with Richard Burton excellent as embittered agent, with Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Peter Van Eyck, Cyril Cusack; directed by Martin Ritt: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0059749/ |
| Mon 19 May | A question of silence (Netherlands 1992) Unsettling account of three women, unknown to each other, who brutally murder the male owner of a clothes shop, with Edda Barends, Cox Habbema, Nelly Frijda, Henriette Toll; directed by Marleen Gorris: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0086369/ |
| Wed 21 May | Topper (USA 1937) Delightfully graceful gimmick comedy with ghosts Constance Bennett and Cary Grant dominating the life of meek banker Roland Young, with Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray, Eugene Pallette; directed by Norman McLeod: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0029682/ |
| Tue 27 May | Shoot the piano player (France 1960) Atmospheric early Francois Truffaut gem with faded pianist Charles Aznavour becoming involved with gangsters and murder, with Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michele Mercier, Albert Remy: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0054389/ |
| Mon 2 Jun | Bashu, the little stranger (Iran 1986) When his parents are killed by an Iraqi bomb, Bashu stows away on a northbound truck and a compassionate woman takes him in, with Susan Taslimi, Parvis Poor Hosseini, Aduan Afravian; directed by Bahram Beizai: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0096894/ |
| Wed 4 Jun | Happiness (USA 1998)(R) Truly remarkable, controversial portrait of an unhappy family and others who come into their orbit, with Jane Adams, Dylan Baker, Lara Flynn Boyle, Jon Lovitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman; directed by Todd Solondz: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0147612/ |
| Tue 10 Jun | A fish called Wanda (Britain 1988) Funny farce about uptight British barrister who becomes involved with sexy con artist, with John Cleese (who also scripted), Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline (Oscar), Michael Palin; directed by Charles Crichton: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0095159/ |
| Mon 16 Jun | The decalogue (Poland 1988) Part 5: Thou shalt not kill. Part 6: Thou shalt not commit adultery. With Miroslaw Baka, Grazyna Szapolowska; dir: Krzysztof Kieslowski: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0092337/ |
| Wed 18 Jun | Shadow of a doubt (USA 1943) Perceptive Americana intertwined with story of young girl and her beloved Uncle Charley -- scripted by Thornton Wilder, with Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Hume Cronyn; directed by Alfred Hitchcock: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0036342/ |
| Tue 24 Jun | Central Station (Brazil 1998) Compelling drama about a woman letter-writer for the illiterate who feels obliged to help a young boy seeking his father, with Fernanda Montenegro, Vincius de Oliveira, Marilia Pera; directed by Walter Salles: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0140888/ |
| Sat 28 Jun | To be announced (afternoon screening - suggestions welcome!) () |
| Wed 2 Jul | Chinatown (USA 1974) Bizarre, fascinating mystery in the Hammett-Chandler tradition with Jack Nicholson as LA private eye led into complex, volatile case by femme fatale Faye Dunaway, with John Huston; directed by Roman Polanski: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0071315/ |
| Tue 8 Jul | Once upon a time in the west (Italy 1968) Sergio Leone's timeless monument to the death of the west with Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, Frank Wolff, Gabriele Ferzetti & Ennio Morricone's greatest music score: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0064116/ |
| Mon 14 Jul | La collectioneuse (France 1966) Eric Rohmer's wryly and delightful witty story of St Tropez nymphet: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0061495/ plus My girlfriend's boyfriend (France 1987) Eric Rohmer's funny, moving, insightful tale of two very different women: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0092550/ |
| Tue 22 Jul | Horse thief (China 1986) A horse thief, expelled from his clan, is forced to become a nomad - a film about the real Tibet and the Buddhist scheme of life and death,: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0090907/ |
| Wed 30 Jul | A day at the races (USA 1937) The Marx Brothers wreak havoc at a sanatorium where wealthy hypochondriac Dumont is the leading patient, with Allan Jones, Maureen O'Sullivan, Margaret Dumont, Sig Ruman; directed by Sam Wood: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0028772/ |
| Tue 5 Aug | The cruel sea (Britain 1953) Documentary-style adaptation of Nicholas Monsarrat's WW2 warship drama in the Atlantic Ocean, with Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, Stanley Baker, Denholm Elliott, Virginia McKenna; directed by Charles Frend: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0045659/ |
| Mon 11 Aug | The Goddess of 1967 (Australia 2000) Black comic road trip featuring a Japanese Citroen DS 19 lover and the Australian owner's blind niece, with Rikiya Kurokawa, Rose Byrne, Nicholas Hope, Elsie McCredie; directed by Clara Law: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0255195/ |
| Wed 13 Aug | The man with a movie camera (USSR 1929) Dziga Vertov's radical & controversial account of Soviet Union: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0019760/ plus Strike (USSR 1924) Sergei Eisenstein's inventive hymn to human dignity and courage: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0015361/ |
| Tue 19 Aug | The Commitments (Ireland 1991) Roddy Doyle's gritty comedy about '60s Dublin soul band - enormously satisfying and disarmingly engaging - with Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle; directed by Alan Parker: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0101605/ |
| Sat 23 Aug | To be announced (afternoon screening - suggestions welcome!) () |
| Wed 27 Aug | The big carnival/Ace in the hole (USA 1951) Unrelentingly cynical, biting, vitriolic tale about mine rescue turned into media scoop by embittered reporter Kirk Douglas, with Jan Sterling, Bob Arthur, Porter Hall, Frank Cady; directed by Billy Wilder: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0043338/ |
| Tue 2 Sep | Shadowlands (Britain 1993) Intelligent, moving, absorbing drama about C S Lewis whose comfortable Oxford life is shaken when he meets a forthright American poet; with Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger; directed by Richard Attenborough: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0108101/ |
| Mon 8 Sep | The decalogue (Poland 1988) Part 7: Thou shalt not steal. Part 8: Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. With Anna Polony, Maria Koscialkowska; directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0092337/ |
| Wed 10 Sep | La regle du jeu (France 1939) Sublime comedy-drama contrasting affaires d'amour of aristocrats and servants during a weekend in the country; with Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Mila Parely, Gaston Modot; directed by Jean Renoir (who also stars): more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0031885/ |
| Tue 16 Sep | Fargo (USA 1996) Disarming comedy about murder in Minnesota with Frances McDormand (Oscar) terrific as a police chief, and William H Macy, Steve Buscemi; directed by Joel Coen (who also won Oscar for script with brother Ethan): more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0116282/ |
| Mon 22 Sep | I was born, but ... (Japan 1932) A comedy of family life -- rebellious kids who feel betrayed by their father -- takes on a darker tone in this early silent feature by Yasujiro Ozu, with Tatsuo Saito, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Hideo Sogawara, Tokkan-Kozo: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0023634/ |
| Wed 24 Sep | I'm all right Jack (Britain 1959) Memorable 'workers' comedy with Peter Sellers wonderful as labour leader, and Ian Carmichael, Irene Handl, Richard Attenborough, Terry-Thomas, Margaret Rutherford, Dennis Price; directed by John Boulting: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0052911/ |
| Tue 30 Sep | Mildred Pierce (USA 1945) Bleak, fastidious adaptation of James M Cain's story of the treacherous life which sets Joan Crawford (Oscar) against her daughter (Ann Blyth); with Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden; directed by Michael Curtiz: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0037913/ |
| Mon 6 Oct | In fading light (Britain 1989) Authentic docu-drama in Loach-ian style set in the fishing community of North Shields in northern England during Thatcher times, with Jo Caffrey, Mo Harold, Joanna Ripley; directed by Murray Martin/Amber Collective: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0097571/ |
| Wed 8 Oct | Full moon in New York (Hong Kong 1989) Rich, imaginative drama about female bonding -- Chinese emigres Maggie Cheung, Sylvia Chang, Siqin Gaowa experience New York's theatre and restaurant life, with Richard Hsiung; directed by Stanley Kwan: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0098187/ |
| Tue 14 Oct | High hopes (Britain 1988) Extraordinary slice-of-life comedy-drama about down-market residents of old King's Cross gathering for a birthday party, with Philip Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Dore, Philip Jackson; directed by Mike Leigh: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0095302/ |
| Mon 20 Oct | The decalogue (Poland 1988) Part 9: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife. Part 10: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's goods. With Ewa Blaszczyk, Jerzy Stuhr; directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0092337/ |
| Wed 22 Oct | The reckless moment (USA 1949) Max Ophuls's first-rate suspenser with James Mason, Joan Bennett : more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0041786/ plus The southerner (USA 1945) Jean Renoir's superb family drama with Zachary Scott, Betty Field: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0038107/ |
| Tue 28 Oct | Water (India 2006) The 3rd film in Deepa Mehta's trilogy -- the others are Fire and Earth -- examines the plight of a group of widows forced into poverty at a temple in '30s India, with Sarala, Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, Buddhi Wickrama: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0240200/ |
| Mon 3 Nov | Nosferatu (Germany 1922) Max Schreck in F W Murnau's classic silent version of Dracula: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0013442/ plus Vampyr (Germany 1932) Julian West in Carl Dreyer's early sound version of Le Fanu's Carmilla: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0023649/ |
| Wed 5 Nov | The awful truth (USA 1937) Zany, sophisticated screwball comedy -- Irene Dunne and Cary Grant divorce, then do their best to spoil the other's plans, with Ralph Bellamy, Cecil Cunningham, Mary Forbes; directed by Leo McCarey (Oscar): more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0028597/ |
| Tue 11 Nov | Greed (USA 1925) Powerful adaptation of Frank Norris's McTeague about a simple man whose wife's obsession with money eventually drives him to madness,: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0015881/ |
| Mon 17 Nov | Life on a string (China 1991) Lyrical, beautifully filmed fable of blind musician who believes he can be cured after he has broken 1000 strings on his instrument, with Liu Zhongyuan, Huang Lei, Xu Qing; directed by Chen Kaige: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0101440/ |
| Wed 19 Nov | Pygmalion (Britain 1938) Perfectly splendid film of Shaw's play with memorable lines and performances by Wendy Hiller, Leslie Howard, Wilfrid Lawson, Scott Sunderland, Marie Lohr, Esme Percy; directed by Anthony Asquith: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0030637/ |
| Tue 25 Nov | My life as a dog (Sweden 1985) Charming, warm-hearted look at the tumultuous life of a 12-year-old boy sent to live with relatives in rural Sweden - a minor gem, with Anton Glanzelius, Manfred Serner, Anki Liden; directed by Lasse Hallstrom: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0089606/ |
| Wed 3 Dec | Annual General Meeting followed by The picture show man (Australia 1977) Nostalgic portrait of early years of travelling movie exhibitors, with John Meillon, John Ewart, Rod Taylor, Judy Morris; directed by John Power: more information at http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0076542/ |
