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2012 SCHEDULE
All screenings at the Paramount, 25 Courtenay Place, at 6.15pm Mondays. All Members Only.
*Except films screened in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut in May, June, August and September
which are also open to the public with admission by donation at the door (notes only)
March 5
THE SKIN I LIVE IN (Pedro Almodovar, Spain 2011) 117 mins Thanks to Paramount.
March 12
Annual General Meeting (approx 30 mins), followed by:
MONSTERS - PorcelainToy (Andrew Armitage, NZ 2011) 3 mins DV Introduced by Andrew Armitage
THE ARTISTS CINEMA (Various, NZ 2010-2011) 46 mins DV Introduced by curator Mark Williams
March 19
MILDRED PIERCE (Michael Curtiz, USA 1945) 111 mins 35mm PG
March 26
WAKE IN FRIGHT (Ted Kotcheff, Australia 1971) 114 mins 35mm R16
April 2
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (Tay Garnett, USA 1946) 113 mins 35mm PG
April 9
No Screening - Easter Monday
April 16
THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (John Huston, USA 1950) 112 mins 35mm PG
April 23
WALKABOUT (Nicolas Roeg, Australia 1971) 100 mins 35mm PG
Aoril 30
THE CONSEQUENCES OF LOVE (Paolo Sorrentino, Italy 2004) 100 mins 35mm M
May 7*
PLUG & PRAY (Jens Schanze, Germany 2010) 90 mins DV doco
May 14*
WORLD ON A WIRE Part One (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, W Germany 1973) 100 mins DV tbc
May 21*
WORLD ON A WIRE Part Two (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, W Germany 1973) 106 mins DV tbc
May 28*
TABU (F W Murnau, USA 1931) 81 mins 35mm M (with soundrack)
June 4
No Screening - Queen’s Birthbay
June 11
LA STRADA (Federico Fellini, Italy 1954) 108 mins 35mm M
June 18
THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS (Vittorio De Sica, Italy 1970) 94 mins 35mm PG
June 25*
HAMLET (Svend Gade, Germany 1921) 111 mins DV tbc Silent
Accompanied by Adrianne Roberts, Piano courtesy NZ Film Archive and Friends of the Film Archive
July 2
STORI TUMBUNA: ANCESTORS’ TALES (Paul Wolffram, NZ 2011) 83 mins DV
Introduced by director Paul Wolffram
July 9
RACHEL (Simone Bitton, France 2009) 100 mins DV doco
July 16
ILSA NEGRA, WHITE ISLAND (Bonaventura Durall i Soler, Chile/Spain 2004) 56 mins DV
A MAO E A LUVA (Roberto Orazu, Brazil/Italy 2010) 66 Mins DV
July 23
NENETTE (Nicolas Philibert, France 2010) 70 mins DV doco
July 27-August 12
NZ International FILM FESTIVAL Embassy, Paramount, etc.
August 20*
VACATION (Thomas Arslan, Germany 2007) 91 mins 35mm tbc
August 27*
JERICHOW (Christian Petzold, Germany 2008) 94 mins 35mm M
Sept 3*
AFTERNOON (Angela Schanelec, Germany 2007) 97 mins 35mm tbc
Sept 10
LE SILENCE DE LA MER (Jean-Pierre Melville, France 1949) 88 mins 35mm G
Sept 17
TWO GREAT SHEEP (Lui Hao, China 2004) 100 mins DV PG
Sept 24
KAMRAN SHIRDEL RETROSPECTIVE (Kamran Shirdel, Iran 1965-2002) 101 mins DV
Oct 1
CASQUE D’OR (Jacques Becker, France 1952) 96 mins 35mm PG
Oct 8
THE COMMITTEE (Mateo Herrera, Ecuador 2005) 93 mins DV
Oct 15
LE PLAISIR (Max Ophüls, France 1952) 97 mins 35mm R16
Oct 22
No Screening - Labour Day
Oct 29
BLERTA REVISITED (Geoff Murphy, NZ 2001) 81 mins DV M
Nov 5
To Be Announced
In association with the Reel Brazil Film Festival
Nov 12
WOODENHEAD (Florian Habicht, NZ 2003) 90 mins DV M
Nov 19
ADDICTED TO LOVE (Lui Hao, China 2010) 112 mins DV PG
Nov 26
HIGH SOCIETY (Charles Walters, USA 1956) 107 mins 35mm G
In memory of Michael Thomas
The Wellington Film Society Inc, PO Box 1584, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Registered as a charitable entity under the Charities Act 2005, with donee status
approved by Inland Revenue. Registration No. CC41407
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