GERRINGONG PICS AND FLICKS

Please note that, just for May, the Pics and Flicks film will be on the SECOND Friday of the month. This is because the Surf Life Festival will be using the Town Hall on our usual first Friday. This wonderful Australian film will be screened by Surf Life and also by Pics and Flicks on these two Fridays. Please note that your 10-tixs and annual memberships will only be accepted for entry to the screening on 10th May. Breath, a profound Tim Winton adaptation that swirls with soul and beauty Simon Baker’s directorial debut is poetic without being pretentious, capturing the natural beauty of the WA coast and the complexity of coming of age    The natural beauty of the film’s coastal, Western Australian settings provides scope for symbolic interpretation. But like Winton’s novel, the film is unpretentiously profound, with a very Australian (and very cinematic) regard for allowing natural beauty to speak for itself. It is the rarest kind of sports movi...

Pics and Flicks begins 2019 with an acclaimed film that examines Lebanese conflict and culture, in the courtroom.

We want to know which movies you enjoyed during 2018, which you didn't like as much, and what you would be interested in seeing. Help us provide a better movie-going experience for you by completing this survey. Just 5 minutes of your time and it is anonymous. Survey closes Tuesday 31 January 2019 - results advised at our first Gerringong Pics & Flicks screening on Friday 1st February 2019. Click or tap on this link and rank each film that you saw.  There is also space to add extra comments too, which we would really appreciate. Pics and Flicks films in 2018 - Survey Thanks for your time and support of Gerringong Pics and Flicks.

Study Grants  Whether you’re experienced or just starting out ,  Pics & Flicks is offering financial assistance in 2019 to help locals develop their filmmaking, TV, radio or online production skills.  Where ?  At the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, Moore Park Sydney.    AFTRS offers great short courses in   * Screenwriting        * Directing        * Production        *  Editing       * Animation       * Cinematography  * and much more! Successful applicants will receive a grant of up to $500  to help cover the cost of the course of their choice.  Grants will be available to people from the greater Kiama region, 16 years of age and older.  Some current and coming AFTRS courses include;   ○ Camera and Sound Fundamentals, 2 days  ○ Assistant Directi...

   Finely tuned ensemble comedy that sees the preparations for a wedding go hilariously awry Forget Bridezilla.  C’est la Vie  boasts Groomzilla Pierre (Lavernhe), whose attempts to micromanage his lavish 17th century chateau wedding to Héléna (Judith Chemla), prove trying for the wedding planner and his battalion of catering staff, musicians and serving staff. It looks fabulous but behind the scenes they've lost the DJ, the photographer keeps eating the canapes, the lamb spoils and there's a rumour that someone from the taxation dept is sniffing around the event. The wedding planner's brother-in-law, a depressed teacher coming back from a breakdown, is secretly in love with the bride and the groom's mother is popping up on a dating app. Director:  Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano Starring:  Jean-Pierre Bacri, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve, Vincent Macaigne, Alban Ivanov, Suzanne Clément, Judith Chemla, Eye Haidara, Benjamin Laver...

The critically-acclaimed documentary GURRUMUL, provides insight into the life and legacy of one of Australia's greatest musicians.   ​ With a voice that captured the heart of millions across the world, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu was an enigmatic talent. Blind from birth, the proud Yolngu man spoke through his music. He found purpose and meaning through songs inspired by his community and country in North East Arnhem Land.  The documentary,  GURRUMUL , carries the legacy of this celebrated and important voice, and offers a rare insight into the life of the shy musician beyond the stage and the spotlight. We see a man as he traverses two "different worlds". "One world is Balanda, the other world is Yolngu," as Gurrumul describes it.   Filmed over the course of ten years, the documentary feature by Paul Williams gives us a window into the rich and complex Yolngu culture and ceremonial life, a world that informed the singer's music and voice. As Gu...

When tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin dies in 1953, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. Among the contenders are the dweebish Georgy Malenkov, the wily Nikita Khrushchev and Lavrenti Beria -- the sadistic secret police chief. As they bumble , brawl and back-stab their way to the top, the question remains -- just who is running the government?     Review:  N.Y Times.   By   Manohla Dargis   "The laughs come in jolts and waves in “The Death of Stalin,” delivered in a brilliantly arranged mix of savage one-liners, lacerating dialogue and perfectly timed slapstick that wouldn’t be out of place in a Three Stooges bit. Turning horror into comedy is nothing new, but Mr. Iannucci’s unwavering embrace of these seemingly discordant genres as twin principles is bracing. In “The Death of Stalin,” fear is so overwhelming, so deeply embedded in everyday life that it distorts ordinary expressi...