GERRINGONG PICS AND FLICKS

Explore human emotions around issues of work and survival. Starring Marion Cotillard, Oscar nominee for leading actress, in this French film. The Dardenne brothers, Luc and Jean-Pierre, have made some of the most affecting films of the past couple of decades with two Palm d'Ors to their credit. Their latest is TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT, starring Marion Cotillard as Sandra, a young working class wife and mother, who, just as she is recovering from depression and preparing to go back to work, learns on Friday afternoon that her factory co-workers have voted to accept a one thousand euro bonus by agreeing to her redundancy. A last-minute plea to the manager by a friend ensures a recount first thing Monday morning. Sandra has the weekend to try to convince her fellow employees to change their minds and support her. Everyone has a reason for wanting or needing the cash, some understandable, some selfish. But many of them feel torn by their decision. (Margaret Pomeranz,...

  PRIDE is inspired by an extraordinary true story. It's the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support the strikers' families. Initially rebuffed by the Union, the group identifies a tiny mining village in Wales and sets off to make their donation in person. As the strike drags on, the two groups discover that standing together makes for the strongest union of all. (C) CBS Awards: scooped the outstanding debut award at the Bafta Film Awards.  Nominations: GLAAD and GALECA UK.  Rating: R (for language and brief sexual content) Genre: Drama , Comedy Dir...

We thought you might be interested to know that we're about to donate DVDs of some of the recent Pics and Flicks screenings, to the Kiama Libraries. We do this regularly so you should be able to find DVDs of many of our screenings over the last 10 or so years - all in the library for members to borrow! Look for the Pics and Flicks sticker on the DVD. If you missed one of our films or would like to see one again then here's your chance! The latest donations are: Nebraska The Great Beauty Still Life Stories We Tell Blancanieves The Gilded Cage Flickerfest 20th Anniversary DVD Enjoy!

For its first screening in 2015 Pics and Flicks is pleased to present : Mumbai’s famously efficient lunchbox delivery system transports thousands of meals every day from kitchens to offices. A Harvard University study found that just one in a million lunchboxes is ever delivered to the wrong address. This is the story of that one lunchbox. Ila, a neglected housewife, attempts to spice up her marriage by preparing a special lunch for her husband. When it is accidentally delivered to Saajan, a lonely widower on the brink of retirement, they exchange notes to each other to get to the bottom of the mistaken delivery. Their notes gradually evolve into a series of intimate little confessions about their loneliness, memories, regrets, fears and small joys. Still strangers physically, Ila and Saajan become swept up in a relationship built on the fantasy of their letters. Charming and whimsical, it's a feast for the eyes. -David Parkinson, EM...

Pics and Flicks has no film screening in January as we take a break to enjoy the festivities with  families and friends. We look forward to seeing you at our next film on Friday 6th February 2015 . We thank you for the pleasure of your company through 2014 and hope that some of the films you've seen have: challenged your mind,  moved your heart and  lifted your spirit  - these are the goals of Pics and Flicks. With our best wishes to you for a happy and peaceful festive season.

Pics and Flicks is proud to present: Still Life WINNER – 2013 VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Art Cinema Prize for Best Film, Best Director (Horizons) & Pasinetti Critics’ Prize WINNER – 2013 REYKJAVIK FILM FESTIVAL – Best Film WINNER – 2014 EDINBURGH FILM FESTIVAL – Best Actor WINNER – 2014 VOICES FILM FESTIVAL – Grand Prix & Best Actor Don't ignore the quiet ones; this film hides a tenderness and humanity that is extraordinarily powerful A delightful and tender tale of a man who cares for the lonely dead, this film – which won Best Film at last year’s Venice Film Festival – is so far from the action-orientated Hollywood blockbuster that it’s an important reminder of just how wonderfully diverse filmmaking can be. Contemplative and graceful, it’s also a showcase for English character actor Eddie Marsan who plays John May, a council worker who has – for 22 years – been looking after the affairs of those who have died alone: people with no friends ...

Join us for the third instalment of Rolf de Heer's Aboriginal film trilogy.   Winner Best Actor: Un Certain Regard at Cannes (David Gulpilil) Rolf de Heer's latest collaboration with David Gulpilil is an honest yet uplifting depiction of modern Australian indigenous culture. Blackfella Charlie (Gulpilil) is getting older, and he's out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws that don't generally make much sense, and Charlie's kith and kin seeming more interested in going along with things than doing anything about it. So Charlie takes off, to live the old way, but in doing so sets off a chain of events in his life that has him return to his community chastened, and somewhat the wiser. Charlie's Country took Cannes by storm. .