tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46166862009623534612024-03-16T15:39:07.174+11:00GERRINGONG PICS AND FLICKSWhat's on at the moviesPics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-42742665071626410782024-03-16T15:36:00.006+11:002024-03-16T15:38:24.549+11:00LADIES OF STEEL 5th April 2024<p><span style="background-color: #efefef; color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijMroncTzcfdXFJDA-xdLl2nIQUKFpa8m1o4gcGYqZoF9HIhdH93BKfVqUFs582ha_zUUkoh8Xvaa_aq0ezfpOq9MXOJf0qdsa3MCgGXi43R6WAhv1cbHEa9FyS3pM0-vaCDKgREmANtfRKBIPxWrwVsAXOa2UYKdYkP4-U5ztGt0YPGB2PIddA18f5u_Y/s324/Ladies%20of%20Steel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="155" data-original-width="324" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijMroncTzcfdXFJDA-xdLl2nIQUKFpa8m1o4gcGYqZoF9HIhdH93BKfVqUFs582ha_zUUkoh8Xvaa_aq0ezfpOq9MXOJf0qdsa3MCgGXi43R6WAhv1cbHEa9FyS3pM0-vaCDKgREmANtfRKBIPxWrwVsAXOa2UYKdYkP4-U5ztGt0YPGB2PIddA18f5u_Y/s320/Ladies%20of%20Steel.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: #efefef; color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Inkeri, 75, has hit her husband on the head with a solid iron frying pan and is planning to bury him in their garden -a reasonable, but panicked solution after being belittled and picked on by him for almost 50 years. Suddenly Inkeri realises that burying Tapio is not a solution, and she will be spending the rest of her life in prison.</span></p><span style="background-color: #efefef; color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">But there may yet be a moment left to really live. Inkeri makes her sisters Sylvi and Raili join her on a trip to the Koli National Park. To do that one last ride.</span><br style="background-color: #efefef; color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: #efefef; color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">So the trip begins, travelling through Finland: charming overly young hitchhikers, cars breaking down, and sinful dancing in restaurants. It’s a journey to confront the past and present where the siblings have to overcome their conflicts and reveal their secrets. During the journey, Inkeri comes across her university writings. Seeing in them a free woman with dreams, that later were suppressed by a patriarchal marriage.</span><br style="background-color: #efefef; color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: #efefef; color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">In the meantime, Tapio has awoken. He’s not dead. With a sore head he embarks on a journey with a small plane to find Inkeri. In the meantime the sisters journey ends to meet Eino, who was Inkeri’s crush in her youth. Unfortunately, shy Eino lost and Tapio won.</span><br style="background-color: #efefef; color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: #efefef; color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">But will Eino still remember Inkeri and is Eino only madness and illusion, and would Inkeri be happier with Tapio who seems to be sincere in his effort to find reconciliation? Or will Inkeri find again that free young woman in her that desired a feminist revolution in the 70s?</span><br style="background-color: #efefef; color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: #efefef; color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">With a pounding heart, Inkeri has to make the biggest choice concerning the rest of her life, a choice between happiness and convention.</span>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-73737947109586367992024-02-10T15:22:00.006+11:002024-02-10T15:23:13.617+11:00EVERYBODY HATES JOHAN 1st March 2024<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkkVKxJ83pTFr1eC5UewMFtTPD-qQre7uqCzqPMYpD3COcijmjCPUTdzyQqXDUINjVmhxdxcypk1EpwPYoLY6qtiN73niqSe7d_KLjpFm2UE9Pv0oRSRTnq7HTcnzX1nLxYdLRAyKtENCse4sA29DcyCnQ2AdUhyphenhyphenbYIuozB7eAdzAwqs9ZIL3mXWf_sahL/s1280/Everybody%20Hates%20Johan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkkVKxJ83pTFr1eC5UewMFtTPD-qQre7uqCzqPMYpD3COcijmjCPUTdzyQqXDUINjVmhxdxcypk1EpwPYoLY6qtiN73niqSe7d_KLjpFm2UE9Pv0oRSRTnq7HTcnzX1nLxYdLRAyKtENCse4sA29DcyCnQ2AdUhyphenhyphenbYIuozB7eAdzAwqs9ZIL3mXWf_sahL/w509-h286/Everybody%20Hates%20Johan.jpg" width="509" /></a></div><p></p><p><em>Everybody Hates Johan</em> is a Norwegian comedy of charm and wisdom.<br />The setting is a small barren island, far from most other Norwegians. The gross regional product appears to be wind. How the people make a living is a mystery, as we see no fishing boats. The weather has not made everyone kind: in fact, they mostly enjoy baiting each other, especially Johan and his family.<br />By the time Johan is about five, he is an orphan, cared for by his aunt and uncle. His only friend is the girl next door, Solvor. Their love affair will run long but not smooth, through more thick than thin. The adult Johan just adores lighting sticks of dynamite and lobbing them into the nearby bogs. No wonder the neighbours hate him.<br />It’s hard to describe the charm of this small but clamorous film. The beauty of the setting contrasts with the puny side of the people. Nature has not ennobled them. Johan is the constant victim of awful behaviour, which makes sure we are always on his side. The explosions take characters off the board with shocking regularity, so we don’t know who’s next – a good source of tension.<br />Woven through the narrative is a strong sense of goodness and love, such that it becomes a folktale and a saga – for once, a word that really does apply. There are characters who know how to love and characters who cannot find the generosity and forgiveness: that’s always a moving basis for a story. And every so often, there’s a loud bang. It’s a clever cocktail, a sort of Molotovian romance with nasty pockets of wind.</p>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-62813201536374962192024-01-08T14:26:00.000+11:002024-01-08T14:26:01.379+11:00REDEMPTION OF A ROGUE 2nd February 2024<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJV63WelCZjgFUu3SmuSLnUUwrLTdnwPwc3kJ3r4TR_Y1WiOHhdrvZxTS8F3Aa-f5sdGbcRm2qdMallMYFUWWsRiTRzDgMoB5OFH_ZtTB8SLs_OZPLTeL6q10_JNwFZkvXyF2tQKaFDnz2RfSKgelSxVJaGKhLAocY11tG9WF8mLMreX7OraMsGnVcgooz/s1200/Redemption%20of%20a%20Rogue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJV63WelCZjgFUu3SmuSLnUUwrLTdnwPwc3kJ3r4TR_Y1WiOHhdrvZxTS8F3Aa-f5sdGbcRm2qdMallMYFUWWsRiTRzDgMoB5OFH_ZtTB8SLs_OZPLTeL6q10_JNwFZkvXyF2tQKaFDnz2RfSKgelSxVJaGKhLAocY11tG9WF8mLMreX7OraMsGnVcgooz/w462-h346/Redemption%20of%20a%20Rogue.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><div><div>The exhilarating, Bible-inspired, pitch-black comedy 'Redemption of a Rogue' centers on a prodigal son returning to his rural Ireland hometown to seek redemption for his sins. </div><div><br /></div><div>It’s been seven years since Jimmy Cullen (Aaron Monaghan) set foot in (the fictional) Ballylough, a godforsaken spot of near-perpetual rain. Back then, he departed in disgrace, leaving behind younger brother Damien (Kieran Roche), a brutal father who raised them with his fists (Hugh O’Brien) and embittered, onetime girlfriend Patricia (Liz Fitzgibbon). Helmer Doherty cleverly doles out information about Jimmy’s shameful past in the form of flashbacks in a 16mm format that reveal his wrongdoings. Amusingly, although these episodes show events from years ago, he’s still pictured as his current bearded, battered, adult self.</div><div><br /></div><div>Forced by the terms of his deceased father’s will to hang around Ballylough until the rain stops and the old man can be buried, Jimmy suffers through a personal purgatory of suicidal thoughts and savage encounters until he meets sultry singer Masha (Aisling O’Mara), a Mary Magdalene-ish figure, in a local pub. As the rain continues for a dismal, Noah-esque 40 days and 40 nights and Ballylough’s children stop talking and eating, Jimmy takes the advice of a saucy, cigarette-smoking Virgin Mary (Lorna Quinn) who comes to life in a local church and comes up with a plan to save the children and engineer his own salvation.</div></div>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-24587093379610802762023-11-19T13:38:00.009+11:002023-11-19T16:43:24.665+11:00MY OLD SCHOOL 1st December 2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaGMf2TdBzHCn9WMZE6YcIzxc8dD32S_7WPJV3T-SRH6AL8jYK-TMAzwBqwCfqLJaWbSeTxmGR-vqTGlbi0Y_rVydP6AjVYh3wNE1lzggXZ9IG_V2kHDypnyAvXRi2iXHQYW59-7iY1v50lpaebYbpzS_2E4tEd4k0Umgo2HiQyx-tYeKKCHesA8xQ684l" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="980" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaGMf2TdBzHCn9WMZE6YcIzxc8dD32S_7WPJV3T-SRH6AL8jYK-TMAzwBqwCfqLJaWbSeTxmGR-vqTGlbi0Y_rVydP6AjVYh3wNE1lzggXZ9IG_V2kHDypnyAvXRi2iXHQYW59-7iY1v50lpaebYbpzS_2E4tEd4k0Umgo2HiQyx-tYeKKCHesA8xQ684l" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: #efefef; color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: 100%;">In 1995, a 32-year-old failed medical student called Brian MacKinnon became a global news story and a legend when it emerged he had, two years earlier, posed as a teenager called Brandon Lee to reattend his old school, Glasgow’s Bearsden Academy, taught by his old teachers who did not recognise him, just so that he could retake his Higher exams and reapply to medical schools, which would not admit people over 30.</p><p style="background-color: #efefef; color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: 100%;">One of his classmates was Jono McLeod, and it is McLeod who has directed this film about MacKinnon’s extraordinary true-life tragicomedy, interviewing his school contemporaries and using animated sequences with Lulu and Clare Grogan voicing incidental characters. He also interviews MacKinnon himself who did not want to appear on camera, lip-synched instead by the actor Alan Cumming. <br /><br />With staggering chutzpah, this grown man put on a school uniform and bluffed his way through class, befuddled pupils who didn’t want to mention how weirdly old he looked, delighted teachers with his intelligence and maturity and even took the starring role in the school play, South Pacific, to universal acclaim, singing the line: “Younger than springtime am I …!” <br /><br />‘Brandon Lee’ had a good reason for doing what he did. It wasn’t some prank, in that sense. It sprang from a deep need. The film is compelling. Don't miss it!</p></div><br /><br />Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-46688254802700578892023-10-09T11:15:00.000+11:002023-10-09T11:15:37.832+11:00THE ROAD DANCE 3rd November 2023<p> </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUvdCqSSer9erd-WQNlHJ5rKY7xxdXSffbd48p1HkPu5ZqrzbRChbwWyWNc1sm4UxRXPqjlmfInAN9fK-hWB2coUCngKAYAg8LEjlRYB66mYf-Y96eEXpfqvFAe6IC358jOIl1FnMnbbIp1M4T3l-1rDUgJXg6zoXPITYm7y4XMpAMVkeCsZysWA94ARYN/s736/Road%20Dance%20poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="495" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUvdCqSSer9erd-WQNlHJ5rKY7xxdXSffbd48p1HkPu5ZqrzbRChbwWyWNc1sm4UxRXPqjlmfInAN9fK-hWB2coUCngKAYAg8LEjlRYB66mYf-Y96eEXpfqvFAe6IC358jOIl1FnMnbbIp1M4T3l-1rDUgJXg6zoXPITYm7y4XMpAMVkeCsZysWA94ARYN/s320/Road%20Dance%20poster.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> Based on actual events, this 1916 story is set in a small, tight-knit community in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. Kirsty McLeod (Hermoine Corfield) lives a difficult life in a remote village with her hard-working mother, Mairi (Morven Christie) and her sister, Annie (Ali Fumiko Whitney).<br />Ever since the days of sitting on the beach with her late father, listening to him talk about the world beyond their shore, she has been a dreamer. And while her father may be gone, she still dreams of more than planting potatoes. She wants bigger things but those dreams seem so far out of reach as the outside world is bracing for the First World War, bringing brutality and tragedy.<br /><br />The Road Dance is filmed in an exquisitely realised setting on the Isle of Lewis, from the stone houses with grass covered rooftops to the people who make up the community. They bring an authenticity and character to the film.</p>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-34353773311508042532023-09-18T12:17:00.002+10:002023-09-18T12:17:42.944+10:00A MAN CALLED OTTO Friday, 6th October 2023<p> A memorable performance from Tom Hanks, backed by a crackling good supporting cast.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUAyxxHS5HnDjAx1j9ow_W7xYPQ_cB3aDQKJmnBW5DBqsfI1462wUifB4gpgBT4t4DorPvxurMaEDbmNPjnfveLeTajKN40VSwLVRE8Fbh3JGBh85nyxbR9HhB7m70Igt229RKU0dzYKHMY57tP9fpT8njiPKUgV-JJH2UESWvSJqtq18VVVvl0JnBkDFY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="633" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUAyxxHS5HnDjAx1j9ow_W7xYPQ_cB3aDQKJmnBW5DBqsfI1462wUifB4gpgBT4t4DorPvxurMaEDbmNPjnfveLeTajKN40VSwLVRE8Fbh3JGBh85nyxbR9HhB7m70Igt229RKU0dzYKHMY57tP9fpT8njiPKUgV-JJH2UESWvSJqtq18VVVvl0JnBkDFY" width="320" /></a></div><em>A Man Called Otto</em> is a well-crafted and an emotionally involving remake of a book and film about a widowed old grump who begins to grow and change after experiencing some major life setbacks. It's a small gem of wry humour and human insight.<br /><br />Otto is that curmudgeonly neighbour who never just lets things go, whether he’s barking at a woman for letting her dog urinate on his lawn, chastising a neighbor for his too-tight exercise outfit, yelling at a delivery truck driver for unauthorized parking or telling a stray cat to leave him alone. Recently forced out of his managerial engineering position and now retired, Otto has nothing but time on his hands, and he spends much of that time patrolling his gated neighborhood in an unnamed Rust Belt town in suburban America, growling about bicycles that aren’t parked in the rack, garbage that hasn’t been properly sorted into the recycling bin, etc., etc.<br /><br />However his neighbours work around him with quiet and consistent humanity to drag the reluctant Otto back into life. Perhaps they can detect the basic decency of Otto.<br /><br /><em>A Man Called Otto </em>is a sad/happy, heart-warming dramedy.<br /> <br /><br />Directed by the versatile Marc Forster (“Finding Neverland,” “World War Z”).<p></p>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-26962424781547906662023-08-22T09:31:00.001+10:002023-08-22T09:31:52.752+10:00UKRAINISTAN ARTIST WAR 1st September 2023<p> </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiVBCqEQp9e8c77Ydm0qvCRvd-IY81k3ZieeyMSs9LoGvdpxgectWeVneC9z1RTjeO-8SelVpnf4DDjz0y--XvnXJVVsr5OT8QJAzi8qM83B7VUluxl3W0kue_a6BHCoHJwJmzqlf87SV8DiVY7ZiMeeQfjBwdIm4_DohdexuYhZBY0-sIN2R_7avWHUqL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiVBCqEQp9e8c77Ydm0qvCRvd-IY81k3ZieeyMSs9LoGvdpxgectWeVneC9z1RTjeO-8SelVpnf4DDjz0y--XvnXJVVsr5OT8QJAzi8qM83B7VUluxl3W0kue_a6BHCoHJwJmzqlf87SV8DiVY7ZiMeeQfjBwdIm4_DohdexuYhZBY0-sIN2R_7avWHUqL=w400-h268" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><h3 style="color: #303030; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the latest in George Gittoes' award-winning documentaries about war and the human stories of hope and redemption (<em>Soundtrack to War</em>,<em> </em>2005 and <em>Love City</em>,<em> Jalalabad</em>, 2013). <em>Ukrainistan Artist War </em>continues this vital focus, showing the wars raged by artists against invasion. It<em> </em>is an urgent<em> </em>and essential film that delivers an outcry of optimism that humanity can end violent conflict and embrace peace through creativity.<br /><br /><em>Ukrainistan Artist War</em> is an anti-war film in the tradition of Picasso’s <em>Guernica.</em> Gittoes and partner, producer/musician Hellen Rose, go beyond the headlines and behind battle lines of Ukraine and Afghanistan to candidly capture the tragedy of those now displaced and separated by the Russian-Ukrainian war.<br /><br />This screening will be a very special event as the documentary makers (local residents of Gerringong area) will be with us to talk about their work, their art and to answer questions.</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;">Independent Sydney curator Reverend Rod Pattenden, who has written extensively about Gittoes, says the artist has been a leading international “artist/activist” for 30 years with an accumulated level of on-the-ground experience that allows him to survive in perilous situations.</span></p><p style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;">“I don’t like describing him as a war artist because that makes him out to be an adventurer, or hungry for the heightened danger and drama,” Pattenden says. Rather, Gittoes has sought to find human stories of hope and redemption, he says.</span></p></div>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-45359281089916100132023-06-12T09:46:00.000+10:002023-06-12T09:46:53.314+10:00MARGRETE QUEEN OF THE NORTH 7th July 2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvI0M1qJmV0YYOgvFXpt2saYL04WNteSJ47jvy8SlbCgf_3vf-s5ama6CLf0BgQDchJeUaGiBWz3wo8-pv4s0ptbcurP4eK8bQe7pytTyPagt-5LdvD5j4E_F4uocFTJv8qKWrsliTiP3T7CZmNlK9qXnsjGFMsdasYVvcpeyUhYt4xitUUasjTtfYg/s300/Margrete3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvI0M1qJmV0YYOgvFXpt2saYL04WNteSJ47jvy8SlbCgf_3vf-s5ama6CLf0BgQDchJeUaGiBWz3wo8-pv4s0ptbcurP4eK8bQe7pytTyPagt-5LdvD5j4E_F4uocFTJv8qKWrsliTiP3T7CZmNlK9qXnsjGFMsdasYVvcpeyUhYt4xitUUasjTtfYg/s1600/Margrete3.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Margrete, Queen of the North</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">A grand, sweeping, historical drama from Denmark</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">1402. Queen Margarete is ruling Sweden, Norway and Denmark through her adopted son, Erik, but a conspiracy is in the making. Margrete finds herself in an impossible dilemma that could shatter her life's work - the Kalmar Union.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Trina Dyrholm is magnificent as the queen who has only her piety, courage and strength to guide her.</span></p></span></h2><p></p>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-76083400219584835152023-05-19T16:09:00.000+10:002023-05-19T16:09:28.020+10:00THE LOST KING Friday, 2nd June 2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBJsuMyDf-xPVRnTvnreo2ZCPS6-0i2CNroMmaV1QMdy9_aVUnv2DUKjcLL1TN1M02RKyPLOlAMm_nfYZSn3hPghUI8zZrubYYnFqOOQScCDQjKXt0d5UHPFavss34lYcNueUZAPFArdU6GDs_ej35LDuf6rfKH45iUoX9q6DKxMyvCaiaziMgfb5K_A/s603/Lost%20king.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="537" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBJsuMyDf-xPVRnTvnreo2ZCPS6-0i2CNroMmaV1QMdy9_aVUnv2DUKjcLL1TN1M02RKyPLOlAMm_nfYZSn3hPghUI8zZrubYYnFqOOQScCDQjKXt0d5UHPFavss34lYcNueUZAPFArdU6GDs_ej35LDuf6rfKH45iUoX9q6DKxMyvCaiaziMgfb5K_A/s320/Lost%20king.png" width="285" /></a></div><p></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><p data-qa="movie-info-synopsis" slot="content" style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">FILM INFORMATION<br />In this inspiring true story, amateur historian Philippa Langley believes she has made the archeological find of the century: the lost burial site of King Richard III. She takes on Britain's most eminent historians, forcing them to rethink the legacy of one of the most controversial rulers in English history.<br /><br />Rating: PG-13 (Brief Suggestive References,Some Strong Language)<br /><br />Genre: Comedy, Drama<br /><br />Original Language: English</p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong data-qa="movie-info-item-label">Runtime</strong><strong data-qa="movie-info-item-label">:</strong> 1h 49m</p><p data-qa="movie-info-synopsis" slot="content" style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Director: Stephen Frears<br /><br />Producer: Steve Coogan, Christine Langan, Dan Winch, Wendy Griffin<br /><br />Writer: Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnButtonBlock" style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9p4lFqYB3QoxlRX6t5evB-43hCBwK8JDUCw6ZUMf8105XwHXm3mN9H8Q2wzyCrseEGOeyo-8bAw9kL-WmjvB7X6MMoz7VchG44tycdk_22R51WewG5dYOHDUbVtz9Q5jRSowMTsCsqXyL5uirKyiTGM2IW62tf0NO19Itc-byw2ilaTJw2ckX-gGeQ/s749/Decision%20to%20Leave.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="568" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9p4lFqYB3QoxlRX6t5evB-43hCBwK8JDUCw6ZUMf8105XwHXm3mN9H8Q2wzyCrseEGOeyo-8bAw9kL-WmjvB7X6MMoz7VchG44tycdk_22R51WewG5dYOHDUbVtz9Q5jRSowMTsCsqXyL5uirKyiTGM2IW62tf0NO19Itc-byw2ilaTJw2ckX-gGeQ/w304-h400/Decision%20to%20Leave.png" width="304" /></a></div><p></p><h3 style="color: #303030; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Gloriously-shot, stylish, romantic, and mysterious, with a shocking finale you might not see coming.</span></h3><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Murder, perhaps suicide, upscale sushi, failing/failed relationships, “angel of mercy”, love at first arrest, chronic insomnia and crow’s feathers are all important elements in Chan-wook’s and cowriter Chung Seo-kyung's story of a weekend marriage and detective’s quest to put the nasty amongst us away for good.</span></div>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-26312208695760045142023-03-31T16:16:00.003+11:002023-03-31T16:16:54.851+11:00VELVET QUEEN Friday 14th April 2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieVy70SXSVvM2Yri4cRE4NdqDJSzYAqMPdGMwMvAmI6FTfDdt2Bi0OSL5Cf00uTedE_9AJcB1c2IJLHXnkE3qesMWaI0t-KrW-7cNIM5ma3rIvrvNH_jthvuZzZU2tAw0v3alBe1N-lKAi1J5O5wdWrxSjY0fnYQEXSWdyArW395LmGTl6uGSQnC1JDA/s2880/Velvet%20Queen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieVy70SXSVvM2Yri4cRE4NdqDJSzYAqMPdGMwMvAmI6FTfDdt2Bi0OSL5Cf00uTedE_9AJcB1c2IJLHXnkE3qesMWaI0t-KrW-7cNIM5ma3rIvrvNH_jthvuZzZU2tAw0v3alBe1N-lKAi1J5O5wdWrxSjY0fnYQEXSWdyArW395LmGTl6uGSQnC1JDA/s320/Velvet%20Queen.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h1 style="color: rgb(216, 56, 38) !important; font-size: 38px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 38px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6699cc;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">The Velvet Queen</span></span></h1><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6699ff;">This is more than just a nature documentary — it enters the realm of mysticism and the images of the leopard itself provide an immensely satisfying conclusion. [David Stratton]</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="line-height: 22.5px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><p style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">In the heart of the Tibetan highlands, multi-award-winning nature photographer Vincent Munier guides writer Sylvain Tesson on his quest to document the infamously elusive snow leopard. Munier introduces Tesson to the subtle art of waiting from a blind spot, tracking animals, and finding the patience to catch sight of the beasts. Through their journey in the Tibetan peaks, inhabited by invisible presences, the two men ponder humankind's place amongst the magnificent creatures and glorious landscapes they encounter along the way.</p><ul style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;"><li data-qa="movie-info-item" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Genre: Documentary</li><li data-qa="movie-info-item" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Original Language: French (France)</li><li data-qa="movie-info-item" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Writer/Directors: Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier</li><li data-qa="movie-info-item" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Producer: Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin</li><li data-qa="movie-info-item" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Runtime: 1h 32m</li></ul><div style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Join us on Friday 14th April</div><div style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Doors open at 6.45pm and film starts at 7.30pm.</div><div style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Tickets at the door, cash or card.</div><div style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Also available at Trybookings.</div><div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Join us </span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-69613476391669069392023-02-15T09:43:00.000+11:002023-02-15T09:43:19.291+11:00BOTH SIDES OF THE BLADE 3rd March 2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJvASKtMi58KW94eryFAOiOe8r41F4vS4gyX04QFiV902mjLvfw6KN6lWJpputEn9ZQmG0bdvm7IPXPfetc_LjudBMuQwaq4FNDGHxN3RY_3WXvmUvyam06WjnFvUvi0j4rhW-9mX7Qm_UbUuaxW3vLx49ZjJVPPonmrxSiCDB04Sdp3aDmyXGLxB5A/s584/Both%20Sides.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="504" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJvASKtMi58KW94eryFAOiOe8r41F4vS4gyX04QFiV902mjLvfw6KN6lWJpputEn9ZQmG0bdvm7IPXPfetc_LjudBMuQwaq4FNDGHxN3RY_3WXvmUvyam06WjnFvUvi0j4rhW-9mX7Qm_UbUuaxW3vLx49ZjJVPPonmrxSiCDB04Sdp3aDmyXGLxB5A/w379-h439/Both%20Sides.png" width="379" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: #3d85c6;">REMEMBER: FILM SCREENINGS NOW START AT 7.30PM EACH MONTH.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>The original French title of this film is <strong>With love and fury</strong> (<em> Avec amour et acharnement</em> , France, 2022). This direct translation perhaps better captures the focus of director Claire Denis, who is examining the anarchic drift of desire when an old love reappears in an established marriage and reignites inner fires. <br /><br />In this love triangle, the characters of <strong>Vincent Lindon </strong>and Juliette Binoche experience these fires in a brutal way. Sara - a truly exquisite work by Juliette Binoche, is experiencing all that seems contradictory, diffuse and difficult to explain at first sight. She is pleased with her marriage, but at the same time she is magnetically attracted to a man who until recently was just part of the past.<br /><br />But this is no conventional melodrama. In the hands of this director it explores whether the power of desire and passion can be the salt of this marriage that deepens and enriches it or, with the same power, is it its destruction?<br /><br /><br /> <strong>Directed by:</strong> Claire Denis. <br /><strong>Screenplay:</strong> Christine Angot, Claire Denis.<br /> <strong>Photography:</strong> Eric Gautier. <br /><strong>Cast:</strong> Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon, Grégoire Colin, Bulle Ogier, Mati Diop, Issa Perica, Hana Magimel. <br /><strong>Duration:</strong> 117 minutes.<br /></p><p><b>Film trailer: </b><a href="https://youtu.be/OWEqBhstjP0">Both Sides of the Blade</a></p>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-55950094154299888312023-01-19T21:40:00.001+11:002023-01-26T12:47:41.146+11:00FULL TIME Friday 3rd February
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-style: italic;">FULL TIME </span> (À PLEIN TEMPS)</h2><div><h2 class="css-101uvz e302dtw18" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: DMSans, Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">À PLEIN TEMPS</h2></div><div><h2 class="css-101uvz e302dtw18" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: DMSans, Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDQKhSDbBgELqxgj6KQ4ZrUkmzjosb7bzHR_zQoJjzAmZLw3eRYqxARnMAXvdz695LF-NlkUnhRuxHyZyr7Vz65hRxqE_WYQt43Xexfcnk7DYJMwL6I4-dq75c2ztmEVhiF099xdOoiOF9aCbF8fO3ft3HpGH0RIK3VwuRLhVT3DpOmoUIqTEAQ9FZ2Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="752" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDQKhSDbBgELqxgj6KQ4ZrUkmzjosb7bzHR_zQoJjzAmZLw3eRYqxARnMAXvdz695LF-NlkUnhRuxHyZyr7Vz65hRxqE_WYQt43Xexfcnk7DYJMwL6I4-dq75c2ztmEVhiF099xdOoiOF9aCbF8fO3ft3HpGH0RIK3VwuRLhVT3DpOmoUIqTEAQ9FZ2Q=w307-h419" width="307" /></a></div>À PLEIN TEMPS</h2></div><div><br /></div><div><b>
WINNER</b> - 2021 VENICE FILM FESTIVAL (ORRIZONTI) - Best Actress, Best Director </div><div><b>WINNER</b> - 2021 LES ARCS FILM FESTIVAL - Cineuropa Award (Best Film), Best Actress </div><div><br /></div><div> In his second feature film, <i>Full Time</i>, French writer-director Éric Gravel transforms a week in the life of a working mother into a heart-pounding thriller. Laure Calamy (Sybil; My Donkey, My Lover, and I; Call My Agent) stars as Julie, a single mother of two who lives in the suburbs and commutes to Paris to work as head chambermaid at a five-star hotel. Over the course of the week we spend with her, everything that could go wrong does go wrong as she balances life and prepares for a job interview that can give her and her children a better life. </div><div><br /></div><div> We’re used to going to the movies to watch men do conventionally stressful male tasks – like fight a war — but the care work that women so often do is rarely acknowledged as equally high stakes and stressful. </div><div><br /></div><div>Full Time serves as a welcome entry into the canon of films about rendering women’s invisible work visible.
Laure Calamy has an extraordinary ability to project warmth, as well as strength. Her character here is down but never out, no matter how hard life pushes her.</div><div><br /></div><div> Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama </div><div>Original Language: French (France) </div><div>Runtime: 1h 27m<br />
</div>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-1676127359411062082022-08-26T10:31:00.018+10:002022-08-26T10:41:24.817+10:00THE OLIVE TREE Friday 2nd September 2022<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7TlGlfWAIPBHAYkGOrQ2oWaSd6Tt-mq1b99r-cH1zvg36LADOKKc7u5SuhCADrqHTpFETy9f4Ybaethdd4hahCSZE5vqIlFxZC7CQdsBqxawNlQ35zgajG31GY9fWEpD0-pXKHF6dd182bdurVahZ8BWNd7GsV0vSUAse4tuK7hn8JHqpFFgC-ZIN5g/s305/The%20Olive%20Tree.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="305" data-original-width="206" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7TlGlfWAIPBHAYkGOrQ2oWaSd6Tt-mq1b99r-cH1zvg36LADOKKc7u5SuhCADrqHTpFETy9f4Ybaethdd4hahCSZE5vqIlFxZC7CQdsBqxawNlQ35zgajG31GY9fWEpD0-pXKHF6dd182bdurVahZ8BWNd7GsV0vSUAse4tuK7hn8JHqpFFgC-ZIN5g/w285-h422/The%20Olive%20Tree.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_3702017122661203931mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_3702017122661203931mcnTextContent" style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h1 style="color: #d83826; font-size: 38px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 38px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: green;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">The Olive Tree</span></span></h1><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: green;">This is a small, soulful film that has two stars: the feisty Spanish actress Anna Castillo and a vast, gnarled, thousand-year-old <em>olive tree.</em></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_3702017122661203931mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_3702017122661203931mcnTextContent" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><p style="color: #606060; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /> <em>The Olive Tree</em> is a deeply human story about the broken and unbroken bonds between generations. It follows a young Spanish woman’s literal and spiritual quest to recover a symbolically significant olive tree from its new owners, a German energy company. What triggers her quest is a minor incident that has major significance. <em>The Olive Tree</em> ends as a joyful, life-affirming film that shows the power of personal conviction and positive action. <span style="font-size: 10px;">[Alexa Dalby, Dog and Wolf magazine</span>]</p><ul style="color: #606060; font-size: 15px;"><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Genre:<br />Comedy, Drama</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Original Language:<br />Spanish (Spain)</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Director:Icíar Bollaín</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Producer:Juan Gordon, Michael Weber</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Writer:Paul Laverty</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Runtime:<br />1h 38m</li></ul><div style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b>Join us for our regular first Friday of the month film.</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #e69138;"><b style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Gerrringong Town Hall, Fern Street Gerringong</span><br style="font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" /><br style="font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Friday, 2nd September</span></span><br style="font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" /><br style="font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Doors open at 7.20 and</span><br style="font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">film starts at 8pm.</span><br style="font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Tickets just $12, memberships and 10-tix all available at the door - cash or card.</span></b></span><br style="font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" /><br style="font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">The Hall is heated!</span></span><br style="font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" /><br style="font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Stay after the film for good company, coffee, tea and home made cake. Just $4!</span><br style="font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" /><br style="font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;">And don't miss our October film,<br /></span><em><span style="color: #38761d;">The Duke</span>.</em></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-49315874101638578722022-07-10T12:19:00.001+10:002022-07-10T12:19:48.441+10:00PARALLEL MOTHERS 5th August 2022<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFq6uczZtKvDyLwGW6ZdXnZcrVcweAHHgvkuDXSQlRDTCs4WQDDNwcCsD-pCX0ZPM5IZEyrxlwIhwbB5UM28I_2P2PyRTqcjGcw27lqnxTRkDuvCo8UG84nslHc_-t_HBUvMUwwbEPcRvWxqKjwClh3rR-Y7ckFisNpi8FU3XRneKX7JkhFPSBMO0ybQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="585" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFq6uczZtKvDyLwGW6ZdXnZcrVcweAHHgvkuDXSQlRDTCs4WQDDNwcCsD-pCX0ZPM5IZEyrxlwIhwbB5UM28I_2P2PyRTqcjGcw27lqnxTRkDuvCo8UG84nslHc_-t_HBUvMUwwbEPcRvWxqKjwClh3rR-Y7ckFisNpi8FU3XRneKX7JkhFPSBMO0ybQ=w285-h400" width="285" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">A sensual, savvy and always sublime film by the great Spanish director, Pedro </span>Almodóvar<span style="font-size: 14px;">.</span></h3><b>Parallel Mothers</b> tells a story that’s simultaneously personal and political. <br />It’s an intimate tale of two women and their intertwined lives, but it’s also about Spain’s troubled history and the way strong women are linked for generations through the past, even as they help each other forge a happier future.<br /><br />Penelope Cruz plays Janis, an accomplished photographer living in Madrid. On the verge of turning 40, she happens to give birth on the same day as another single mum, 17-year-old Ana (the striking Milena Smit), her roommate at the hospital.<br /><br />Both are accidental mothers and they unexpectedly find themselves connecting in myriad, unexpected ways <br />during one of the most vulnerable and thrilling times in their lives. They share all the elation and exhaustion and more.<br /><br /><b>Parallel Mothers</b> is the latest great film created by the magical connection between director Pedro Almodóvar and Penelope Cruz. It is their eighth film together over the past quarter century. The Spanish maestro knows precisely how to get all the colours out of his charismatic muse, and in turn, the veteran star takes his material and makes it feel both fiery and grounded.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p>Join us for our regular first Friday of the month film.<br /><span style="color: lightsalmon;">The Hall is heated!!!</span><br /><br />Friday, 5th August<br /><br />Doors open at 7.20 and<br />film starts at 8pm.<br />Tickets, memberships and 10-tix at the door - cash or card.<br /><br />Stay after the film for good company, coffee, tea and home made cake. Just $4!</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #674ea7;">D<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">on't forget our Annual General Meeting on Weds 17th Aug, 7.30pm at the Town Hall.</span></span></div><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">All welcome. Contact us for more details.</span></div></span><p></p>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-52702781620459596702022-04-08T16:36:00.002+10:002022-04-08T16:36:44.146+10:00A STITCH IN TIME<p> </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGINhV39wZbJghDU3zkU-Y3IoWzyx4zbC7yxNyKjJa-MjwpDcOuHTjaDZC0Z6eO9Ea0dQGcqH1z1ujDMM7FGkgPvcXdgwP9ldnb4aC_0V7mILUb1g8bJ7eSE5HoHq4mBal6q_3XA0KC64aYL_yEttq1iK-E0itWyQrNADdMNg24jHZQMaNSaI8aBp8nQ/s526/Waveteller.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGINhV39wZbJghDU3zkU-Y3IoWzyx4zbC7yxNyKjJa-MjwpDcOuHTjaDZC0Z6eO9Ea0dQGcqH1z1ujDMM7FGkgPvcXdgwP9ldnb4aC_0V7mILUb1g8bJ7eSE5HoHq4mBal6q_3XA0KC64aYL_yEttq1iK-E0itWyQrNADdMNg24jHZQMaNSaI8aBp8nQ/s526/Waveteller.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0yDdZWePsP6KoENCmF6ePRSbWKq1H6PY_QfHW4fTwAqHu5BHV3M_LHI-E8hMQKmPUhDU-5olVHeeeYEOuI_2hHc0XqRCPhKBNjhBlm7jCVlfheKX2_V44R9A0kfUEYWd4V31s9Qg1VNAkFAMHbXFM79Wo24o3mcs4W19raw2GsIT0tzOPsuMMQR1RrA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0yDdZWePsP6KoENCmF6ePRSbWKq1H6PY_QfHW4fTwAqHu5BHV3M_LHI-E8hMQKmPUhDU-5olVHeeeYEOuI_2hHc0XqRCPhKBNjhBlm7jCVlfheKX2_V44R9A0kfUEYWd4V31s9Qg1VNAkFAMHbXFM79Wo24o3mcs4W19raw2GsIT0tzOPsuMMQR1RrA" width="240" /></a></div><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="526" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGINhV39wZbJghDU3zkU-Y3IoWzyx4zbC7yxNyKjJa-MjwpDcOuHTjaDZC0Z6eO9Ea0dQGcqH1z1ujDMM7FGkgPvcXdgwP9ldnb4aC_0V7mILUb1g8bJ7eSE5HoHq4mBal6q_3XA0KC64aYL_yEttq1iK-E0itWyQrNADdMNg24jHZQMaNSaI8aBp8nQ/s320/Waveteller.jpg" width="320" /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p><span style="color: #0b5394;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Pics and Flicks is having a special "Revel in May" performance </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">by jazz trio </span><span style="font-size: large;">Waveteller </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">to entertain you before the film so don't be late!</span></i></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><br /><div link="#0563C1" style="text-align: center;" vlink="#954F72"><span face="merriweather sans,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><em><strong><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">A Stitch in Time</span></strong></em></span></div><div link="#0563C1" style="text-align: center;" vlink="#954F72"><span face="merriweather sans,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><em><strong><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUk9_dhHWQVoK5B3PL8FvHG0dP6XHMzG04cVSwsNULeE4P8KW0IKZeKRHPeWsiJpmkuZ8ioUYA3Zr5BZPb6NQabVyXzts06Grqw32ZS8RCWS-3LcLkMinalxReCk_3zXrwcUFdvv39UfA_yEkkjXaW4GSOW4aDWdxa4SfNRyA05jkVzdIT2pVOBTkNA/s678/A-Stitch-in-Time-Hoa-Xuande-and-Maggie-Blinco.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="678" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUk9_dhHWQVoK5B3PL8FvHG0dP6XHMzG04cVSwsNULeE4P8KW0IKZeKRHPeWsiJpmkuZ8ioUYA3Zr5BZPb6NQabVyXzts06Grqw32ZS8RCWS-3LcLkMinalxReCk_3zXrwcUFdvv39UfA_yEkkjXaW4GSOW4aDWdxa4SfNRyA05jkVzdIT2pVOBTkNA/s320/A-Stitch-in-Time-Hoa-Xuande-and-Maggie-Blinco.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong></em></span></div><div link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><p>A heart-warming story about a former dressmaker who reinvents herself after befriending a young Chinese fashion designer, who inspires her to follow her dream. <em>A Stitch in Time</em> is a joyful and moving journey that beautifully celebrates age, culture, and the diversity of Australian life.</p><p>When Liebe’s (Maggie Blinco) partner Duncan (Glenn Shorrock) loses his job singing at the local pub, the former dressmaker is inspired by Hamish (Hoa Xuande), a young Chinese fashion designer who she meets at the local markets. She decides to make clothes again to compensate for the loss of income.</p><p>Friction arises as her long-compressed creativity is again allowed to bloom while Duncan's ebbs.</p><p>Will their relationship survive?</p><p>From the executive producer of <em>Ladies in Black</em> and writer/director Sasha Hadden, and expertly shot by cinematographer Don McAlpine ACS ASC (<em>The Dressmaker</em>, <em>Moulin Rouge!</em>) <em>A Stitch in Time</em> is an ode to the power of community and friendships that come from the most unexpected places.</p><p>Liebe’s touching story will remind audiences of all ages that it is never too late to follow your dreams. [Australian Arts Review]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Thanks to Revel in May, Destination Kiama and Kiama Council.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiNIuCh9Qyk2FatvBI4NumW0ocOeEF6vqWD8Djn1dYGFLC7MxRe_OjWsTGNjBihylVmZFb0sXLdCXqy_taXscfnKqqhbl0JXVY3VrJPonZmVj9yf-ji5NntsNw1wALNJEbgudmWI2xCc4GDjjvmSJPqcfKvLJYwfk87KT8PmCnle3AYYaOeAqQQD5V2Q/s170/DestK%206cm.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="76" data-original-width="170" height="76" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiNIuCh9Qyk2FatvBI4NumW0ocOeEF6vqWD8Djn1dYGFLC7MxRe_OjWsTGNjBihylVmZFb0sXLdCXqy_taXscfnKqqhbl0JXVY3VrJPonZmVj9yf-ji5NntsNw1wALNJEbgudmWI2xCc4GDjjvmSJPqcfKvLJYwfk87KT8PmCnle3AYYaOeAqQQD5V2Q/s1600/DestK%206cm.png" width="170" /></a></div><p></p></div>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-78237928468937216142022-03-15T15:30:00.000+11:002022-03-15T15:30:38.334+11:00NOMADLAND 1st April 2022<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Welcome back to the movies with Gerringong Pics and Flicks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our next film will be on 1st April, 2022.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgp3KugwdnjjTStJ-vYx4RLXyeXdDyBQETyioDaqSd2GxgO7H0NxAbU3sdCsZg4ZFJuKbzfHGwta1gR9lW9KH0gNOEBA4JNh04dPyJsXhR4TDHC0N34gXosq8RLvaoB7gQNniTt_Lsx1iBT8ZMQf6OGszvo4bb9UmXdQ9FGKYoVuDDvrb6CuhMCgNfz1Q=s387" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="260" height="463" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgp3KugwdnjjTStJ-vYx4RLXyeXdDyBQETyioDaqSd2GxgO7H0NxAbU3sdCsZg4ZFJuKbzfHGwta1gR9lW9KH0gNOEBA4JNh04dPyJsXhR4TDHC0N34gXosq8RLvaoB7gQNniTt_Lsx1iBT8ZMQf6OGszvo4bb9UmXdQ9FGKYoVuDDvrb6CuhMCgNfz1Q=w311-h463" width="311" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #ff6600; text-align: center;">Nomadland</span></span></p><div link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><p>Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad.<br /><br />At first, life on the road seems perilous and bleak, with inclement weather and cold economic realities giving Fern the chills. Yet she gradually discovers the warmth of America’s travelling community, helped by inspirational figures such as the charismatic Bob (Bob Wells), at whose communal desert rendezvous new life skills are passed around by those who are not “homeless” but simply “houseless”.NOMADLAND features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern’s mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.<br /><br />Frances McDormand is typically convincing as Fern – another indomitable outsider role in which she immerses herself completely, earning her third best actress Oscar. <br />This is the third feature film from director Chloé Zhao.</p><p><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> ___________________________________________________</span><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tickets, 10-tix cards and memberships will be available at the door on film nights. Cash or card.<br /></span>Please note that, after 20 years, we are increasing our ticket prices.<br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #0b5394;">$12 each.</span></li><li><span style="color: #0b5394;">Annual memberships $75.</span></li><li><span style="color: #0b5394;">10-tix $100</span></li></ul><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /><br />Doors open 7.20pm.<br />Film starts 8pm.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Gerringong Town Hall, Fern Street, Gerringong, NSW.</span></p></div>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-79017666877734147672021-08-17T17:01:00.000+10:002021-08-17T17:01:28.155+10:00CANCELLATION for rest of 2021<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUR2Sm0aLU9pIJ-kPisUAgnEKt_0xS_n8yo_WoRhljhQtX4vddOkrSQi77PfCpL_Z_ErVdHkGvq8ijaJtQCW4W6fZ_xk2diOMAPVg1l2MZkfd0hv7dfBCBZFLa_TXNjmKe3mVBiSgfbne/s2048/tai-s-captures-0I52FCHNjoU-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUR2Sm0aLU9pIJ-kPisUAgnEKt_0xS_n8yo_WoRhljhQtX4vddOkrSQi77PfCpL_Z_ErVdHkGvq8ijaJtQCW4W6fZ_xk2diOMAPVg1l2MZkfd0hv7dfBCBZFLa_TXNjmKe3mVBiSgfbne/s320/tai-s-captures-0I52FCHNjoU-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><em style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: mediumblue;"><span style="background-color: #efefef;">We </span><span style="background-color: white;"> were hoping to be back to film screenings by now but it's not to be.</span></span></em><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">COVID has popped up again, and the increasing risk to us all is serious. If you are eligible for a vaccination, please get it, wear a mask, sign-in, and keep your distance. It's your responsibility to protect yourself and everyone around you.</span><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Pics and Flicks has decided that in the interests of everyone's health and safety we will defer our film screenings for the rest of 2021. So, sadly, there will be no film in September, October, November or December 2021.</span></span><div><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica;">As we usually do not screen a film in January, we will be back in action on 4th February.<br /></span><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">* All annual memberships will be deferred and restart in February 2022.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">* Holders of 10-tix cards will be able to use them as soon as we are back in 2022.<br /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /></span><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Please keep yourselves safe until we're all together again at Pics and Flicks.</span> </p></div></div>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-85537626092274962402021-07-16T17:15:00.003+10:002021-07-16T17:15:59.607+10:00CANCELLATION 6TH August 2021<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUR2Sm0aLU9pIJ-kPisUAgnEKt_0xS_n8yo_WoRhljhQtX4vddOkrSQi77PfCpL_Z_ErVdHkGvq8ijaJtQCW4W6fZ_xk2diOMAPVg1l2MZkfd0hv7dfBCBZFLa_TXNjmKe3mVBiSgfbne/s2048/tai-s-captures-0I52FCHNjoU-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUR2Sm0aLU9pIJ-kPisUAgnEKt_0xS_n8yo_WoRhljhQtX4vddOkrSQi77PfCpL_Z_ErVdHkGvq8ijaJtQCW4W6fZ_xk2diOMAPVg1l2MZkfd0hv7dfBCBZFLa_TXNjmKe3mVBiSgfbne/s320/tai-s-captures-0I52FCHNjoU-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><em style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: mediumblue;"><span style="background-color: #efefef;">We </span><span style="background-color: white;"> were hoping to be back for a film screening in August but it's not to be.</span></span></em><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">COVID has popped up again, and the increasing risk to us all is serious. If you are eligible for a vaccination, please get it , wear a mask, sign-in, and keep your distance. It's your responsibility to protect yourself and everyone around you.</span><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Pics and Flicks has decided that in the interests of everyone's health and safety we will defer our next great film until September (or when it is safe to get together again).</span><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Refunds will be processed for all trybooking purchases.</span><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /></span><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Please keep yourselves safe until we're all together again at Pics and Flicks.</span> </p>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-83154325241900087232021-06-30T14:14:00.000+10:002021-06-30T14:14:27.163+10:00CANCELLATION: Parasite on 2nd July 2021<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUR2Sm0aLU9pIJ-kPisUAgnEKt_0xS_n8yo_WoRhljhQtX4vddOkrSQi77PfCpL_Z_ErVdHkGvq8ijaJtQCW4W6fZ_xk2diOMAPVg1l2MZkfd0hv7dfBCBZFLa_TXNjmKe3mVBiSgfbne/s2048/tai-s-captures-0I52FCHNjoU-unsplash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUR2Sm0aLU9pIJ-kPisUAgnEKt_0xS_n8yo_WoRhljhQtX4vddOkrSQi77PfCpL_Z_ErVdHkGvq8ijaJtQCW4W6fZ_xk2diOMAPVg1l2MZkfd0hv7dfBCBZFLa_TXNjmKe3mVBiSgfbne/s320/tai-s-captures-0I52FCHNjoU-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><em style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: mediumblue;"><span style="background-color: #efefef;">W</span><span style="background-color: white;">e were so excited to be screening the award-winning Korean film, 'Parasite" on 2nd July.</span></span></em><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">However that other health problem, COVID, has popped up again, too close to Gerringong for comfort.</span><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Pics and Flicks has therefore decided that in the interests of everyone's health and safety we will defer this great film until next month (or as soon as it is safe to get together again).</span><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Refunds will be processed for all trybooking purchases.</span><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /></span><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Please keep yourselves safe until we're all together again at Pics and Flicks.</span> </p>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-80726836311969691812021-06-14T16:22:00.000+10:002021-06-14T16:22:16.857+10:00PARASITE Friday, 2nd June 2021<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZqj2i_59pGPI1by9TmYgFFcswet7TJuWNQTQ1bUUvzftQM0dzTBb5wanOiPh5Vgu3FunOm-_9YsJN8Sk-EO1HUw6-rmeSEb4_dzEzjzC5Q25IYMm99QH6lijNrCZFdn-FCa4oJ-mwelCN/s682/Parasite3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="442" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZqj2i_59pGPI1by9TmYgFFcswet7TJuWNQTQ1bUUvzftQM0dzTBb5wanOiPh5Vgu3FunOm-_9YsJN8Sk-EO1HUw6-rmeSEb4_dzEzjzC5Q25IYMm99QH6lijNrCZFdn-FCa4oJ-mwelCN/w259-h400/Parasite3.JPG" width="259" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">"In Bo</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">ng Joon-ho’s flawless tragicomedy, a poor yet united family bluff their way into the lives of a wealthy Seoul household</span></p><address aria-label="Contributor info" style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />The ideal way to experience South Korean auteur <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jan/31/parasite-director-bong-joon-ho-korea-seems-glamorous-but-the-young-are-in-despair&source=gmail&ust=1623731529944000&usg=AFQjCNG78zoTYfJZ6MfKmdkEcGbxRnvVPw" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jan/31/parasite-director-bong-joon-ho-korea-seems-glamorous-but-the-young-are-in-despair" style="color: #6acc3b;" target="_blank" title="">Bong Joon-ho</a>’s awards-garlanded, international box-office smash is with as little prior knowledge as possible. So if you’re reading this before seeing the film, and you’ve managed to avoid the whirlwind of publicity it has attracted since winning the Palme d’Or last May, it may be simpler to just stop and head straight to [Pics and Flicks]. Because, at the risk of adding to the hype, <em><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DisOGD_7hNIY&source=gmail&ust=1623731529944000&usg=AFQjCNF4k4jwgij5tLSkwCdPtuUB0sWqbQ" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isOGD_7hNIY" style="color: #6acc3b;" target="_blank" title="">Parasite</a></em> really is the kind of remarkable experience that makes modern movie-going such a joy."</span></address><span style="background-color: white;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/markkermode&source=gmail&ust=1623731529944000&usg=AFQjCNHOBw5RsoWHS6T_SvM6Urr87Tj0ag" href="https://www.theguardian.com/profile/markkermode" rel="author" style="color: #6acc3b; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">Mark Kermode</a><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">, Observer film critic</span><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">The Guardian 11.02.20</span><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> </span><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Bookings only available online: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.trybooking.com/BRINF&source=gmail&ust=1623731529944000&usg=AFQjCNHzZF6Av3IykkmTbNqdiv9eY2gL0Q" href="https://www.trybooking.com/BRINF" style="color: #6acc3b; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">https://www.trybooking.com/BSFCV</a><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> </span><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Book now for your tickets to our 2nd July film screening.</span></span>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-84351150557937471962021-05-18T20:18:00.000+10:002021-05-18T20:18:33.241+10:0021st Birthday and Secret film Friday 4th June 2021<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We are celebrating 21 years of Gerringong Pics and Flicks at our June 2021 film screening.</span></p><div class="gs" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; width: 1183px;"><div class=""><div class="ii gt" id=":on" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 0.875rem; margin: 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="a3s aiL msg-2085686324276530397" id=":mm" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: hidden;"><div lang="EN-AU" link="#0563C1" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_-2085686324276530397WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><u></u> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5LxASvft1H6rKHUqAlN9GqocDFJ0Jx2T7XDY4tH3ZdSnAKL0zSoM6eyW9oYROlaEsutJ7daLXn6c8MyXICButtvsLqZqahKG7V-JjyCxQK2-g5whDGChyphenhyphenVK3z4qXaUoWQSBjkUT4cbYN/s940/21st+66percent.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5LxASvft1H6rKHUqAlN9GqocDFJ0Jx2T7XDY4tH3ZdSnAKL0zSoM6eyW9oYROlaEsutJ7daLXn6c8MyXICButtvsLqZqahKG7V-JjyCxQK2-g5whDGChyphenhyphenVK3z4qXaUoWQSBjkUT4cbYN/s320/21st+66percent.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><u></u><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;">Our President has been involved since the inception of Pics and Flicks, so we’ve decided to let Charles select the film </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;">we’ll screen in June.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;">Want to know what it is? You’ll have to come along on Friday 4 June to find out </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;">as we are keeping this one a secret until the night.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;">Bookings only available online: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.trybooking.com/BRINF&source=gmail&ust=1621419129996000&usg=AFQjCNFozHggmXttw_Frhvn_sE4UO1K_JQ" href="https://www.trybooking.com/BRINF" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.trybooking.com/<wbr></wbr>BRINF</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><u></u> <u></u></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;">Book now for your tickets to our 4 June film screening – and 21<sup>st</sup> birthday.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;">Tickets available at: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.trybooking.com/BRINF&source=gmail&ust=1621419129996000&usg=AFQjCNFozHggmXttw_Frhvn_sE4UO1K_JQ" href="https://www.trybooking.com/BRINF" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.trybooking.com/<wbr></wbr>BRINF</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;">As the film is a President’s Choice film, we know you’ll love it. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;">Charles has been instrumental in the selecting the films we screen each month over the past 21 years </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;">and knows what you love to see, as well as maintaining the ethos of </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;">providing entertaining, informative and thought provoking films.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div><div class="yj6qo"></div></div><div class="hq gt a10" id=":pd" style="clear: both; font-size: 0.875rem; margin: 15px 0px;"><div class="hp" style="border-top: 1px dotted rgb(216, 216, 216); width: 1183px;"></div><div class="a3I" style="height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: -10000px; width: 1px;">Attachments area</div><div id=":pg"></div><div class="aQH" id=":pf" style="margin-bottom: -16px; margin-left: -16px; padding-top: 16px;"><div class="aZK" style="clear: both; height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div></div><div class="hi" style="background: rgb(242, 242, 242); border-bottom-left-radius: 1px; border-bottom-right-radius: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"></div></div></div>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-88086861303424708552021-04-07T13:02:00.000+10:002021-04-07T13:02:05.069+10:00The Camino Voyage, Friday 7th May, 2021<p> </p><div><i>Welcome back to Pics and Flicks for our first film screening since March 2020.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Our first film will be <b>The Camino Voyage</b>.</i></div><div><i> </i></div><div><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RiV375g94qXCRrOiXRI1cv6RAjkatsfBw4L-JJ-BUnJ8XmXYu-F_rYe7Wzofzv1HKk1aOsiBDu_QjCgBP7KFKMhZuMDdc3wJX9X0hdFwRL_ZGaoc4Xv_s9FKpN-vFtTmvBvCf9qQ91nn/s640/Camino.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RiV375g94qXCRrOiXRI1cv6RAjkatsfBw4L-JJ-BUnJ8XmXYu-F_rYe7Wzofzv1HKk1aOsiBDu_QjCgBP7KFKMhZuMDdc3wJX9X0hdFwRL_ZGaoc4Xv_s9FKpN-vFtTmvBvCf9qQ91nn/s320/Camino.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </i></div><div><i> </i></div><div>"
This is an extraordinarily beautiful film - showcasing the bonds of 5
men as they row a traditional Irish curragh to undertake the Camino
pilgrimage by sea from West Kerry to the Cathedral of Saint John in
Compostela di Santiago." <i>clare-63 on Imdb.com<br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>To keep us all COVID-safe a few things have changed but the most important parts of Pics and Flicks will be just the same:</i></div><div><ul><li><i>an interesting, informative, entertaining film</i></li><li><i>8pm screening on first Friday of each month, except January<br /></i></li><li><i>in Gerringong Town Hall<br /></i></li><li><i>shared on a big screen with other film lovers, and<br /></i></li><li><i>provided by welcoming, local volunteers</i></li></ul></div><div><i>A
few things will be different and we hope you understand the importance
of these changes. If not, just ask (phone, email, sms, facebook or on
the night):</i></div><ul><li><i>Fewer seats - the hall capacity is now 102 people and seats will be spaced <br /></i></li><li><i>Contactless transactions - tickets will only be available online - no cash at the door</i></li><li><i>Members
and 10-tix holders need to register online so we can save your seat -
no extra charge and please bring your card on the night<br /></i></li><li><i>Ticket sales and also member/10-tix registrations will be at</i><i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.trybooking.com/BQDNA&source=gmail&ust=1617849202066000&usg=AFQjCNH2fM4ReIulABqvOolN6-4qv9o3RQ" href="https://www.trybooking.com/BQDNA" target="_blank">https://www.trybooking.com/<wbr></wbr>BQDNA</a> from 7th April<br /></i></li><li><i>A booking fee of 50 cents will apply on ticket sales<br /></i></li><li><i>QR sign in and bookings checks will be required on the night<br /></i></li><li><i>Hand sanitiser will be available and we will be meeting the cleaning requirements for community halls</i></li><li><i>There will be no supper after the film so support local shops and get an icecream or coffee before you come into the Hall.</i></li></ul><div><i>So,
put Pics and Flicks back in your diary, get a ticket or reserve your
seat and we will see you on Friday 7th May at Gerringong Town Hall.</i></div><p> </p>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-88996664608806173232021-03-17T15:59:00.000+11:002021-03-17T15:59:45.729+11:00Pics and Flicks back on the big screen<p> </p><h2 style="color: #303030; display: block; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 22px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 125%; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;"><strong><em>Pics and Flicks is just about ready to open the doors again!</em></strong></h2>
<p style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;"><img class="CToWUd a6T" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjRZ7DD78joeA9YSmG6Oi8VMjvj9pu6CQEIhhFbz7I-PVae5949SqxFCOJKWg-c4qPIRpe7wXp7yQpYXRZtUEwBHuuCaploT_9OMrx4fHEUYmgbM-Vgbf66Isxfh6gyPrgV6ceRc6R0eo0MZWmuIOydwqavyYC0ljVdSyxmOwXVw3hcj0KTjFsEr2g6y8ElrNazWBOMcTxkBk-pj4NKd5A-8Oh1=s0-d-e1-ft" style="border: 0px; height: 277px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 370px;" tabindex="0" width="370" /></p><h2 style="color: #303030; display: block; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 22px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 125%; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Screenings will restart on Friday, 7th May 2021.</span></h2><p>
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Many have been asking and yes, we are well underway with the plans to recommence monthly screenings.<br />
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Of course, attending our films will be a little different now, so that we can all continue to keep safe and healthy.<br />
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Systems are just about in place and we will soon advise of our new procedures for:</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>contactless ticket sales</li><li>sign in system <br /></li><li>hygiene</li><li>distance</li></ul><p>
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There will be no changes to the 'first Friday' date, the 8pm screen time nor the venue at Gerringong Town Hall.<br />
In the meantime, take care of yourself and everyone around you.
</p>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616686200962353461.post-90455346287903624082020-06-25T11:43:00.000+10:002020-06-25T11:43:24.868+10:00STAYING SAFE AS WE HOPE FOR CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ePqDUF7fHl_JFJRHWLX7etJ9Ulq42Z_FR2oqpBT7jYJeGEF-8kjJdZwHC_xGHvv71KUsHbfT_R5FXMOYHV1q0GerGUcbuxMIj0zhoouIl8wTaV7c9eKkE7MeWAjdOVgRw_D2PztYPUWo/s251/chaplin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ePqDUF7fHl_JFJRHWLX7etJ9Ulq42Z_FR2oqpBT7jYJeGEF-8kjJdZwHC_xGHvv71KUsHbfT_R5FXMOYHV1q0GerGUcbuxMIj0zhoouIl8wTaV7c9eKkE7MeWAjdOVgRw_D2PztYPUWo/" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font color="#0b8043" face="verdana"><b><i>"When can I go to a Pics and Flicks screening?"</i></b></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes Charlie, we're impatient too but there's still a while to go until the Town Hall is fully available </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the virus is not a continuing risk to everyone's health.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pics and Flicks committee has reviewed our options, following the advice from Council that socially-distanced, limited number events can now be held at Gerringong Town Hall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's been decided that we're not yet able to restart screenings for the next few months, depending on further advice from Council.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> If you are on the Pics and Flicks email you will be advised of any changes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Otherwise please check back with us on facebook or this website.</div>Pics and Flickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801974777450453370noreply@blogger.com0