Cinema Paideia presents a series of three films with a difference
Philosophy meets film! In the company of good conversation and good wine be inspired, share your views and hear the views of our panel.
Where
The Morrow Theatrette (above the Geelong library), Little Malop St, Geelong
When
Wednesday 18 May 2011 – ‘Winter in Wartime’
Wednesday 15 June 2011 – ‘Noi the Albino’
Wednesday 20 July 2011 – ‘The Machinist’
Time
7pm – 10pm
Tickets for sale at
Philosophy Café (cash only)
At the door on the night, unless sold out prior (cash only)
Below, via PayPal (credit card or PayPal account)
Price
$20.00 / $18.00 concession
$50.00 / $45.00 concession if you purchase tickets to all 3 movies in advance
All tickets can be purchased below
Email dylan@paideiaaustralia.org.au if you have any questions.
Winter in Wartime
In a snow-covered village in Nazi-occupied Holland thirteen-year-old Michiel is drawn into the Resistance when he aids a wounded British paratrooper. Michiel’s boyish sense of defiance and adventure soon turns to danger and desperation as he is forced to act without knowing whom to trust. Wartime’s harsh reality encroaches on childhood innocence as Michiel confronts good and evil, courage and duplicity, and his own burden of responsibility. (Rated M — mature themes, violence and coarse language)
Winter in Wartime (2008) is screening on Wednesday 18 May 2011 from 7pm in the Morrow Theatrette (above the Geelong library), Little Malop St, Geelong. A panel discussion and conversation will follow the film screening.
Noi the Albino
Is he the village idiot, or a genius in disguise? Seventeen-year-old Noi drifts through life in a remote fjord in Iceland. During winter the fjord is completely cut off from the outside world. Noi dreams of escaping from this white prison together with Iris, a city girl who works at the local filling station. But Noi’s clumsy attempts to escape don’t get him anywhere. Maybe only an enormous natural disaster can destroy his world and, in this way, offer him a prospect of a better life. (Rated M — adult themes, low level coarse language)
Noi the Albino (2003) is screening on Wednesday 15 June 2011 from 7pm in the Morrow Theatrette (above the Geelong library), Little Malop St, Geelong. A panel discussion and conversation will follow the film screening.
The Machinist
Trevor Reznik has not slept for a year. His every waking minute has become an unrelenting nightmare of confusion, paranoia, guilt, anxiety and terror — each of which is part of an escalating series of clues that will lead to the source of his mysterious affliction. (Rated M — adult themes, moderate coarse language, moderate violence, sexual references)
The Machinist (2004) is screening on Wednesday 20 July 2011 from 7pm in the Morrow Theatrette (above the Geelong library), Little Malop St, Geelong. A panel discussion and conversation will follow the film screening.
Purchase Tickets to All Three Screenings
Films screened in the previous Cinema Paideia series include
In the Loop
In the Loop (2009) is a foul-mouthed comedy that draws on non-specific events to create a world that is terrifyingly familiar: The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war, but not everyone agrees that war is a good thing. US General Miller (James Gandolfini) certainly doesn’t think so and neither does the British Secretary of State for International Development, Simon Foster (Tom Hollander). But when the mild-mannered minister inadvertently appears to back the war on prime-time television, he immediately attracts the attention of the Prime Minister’s venomously aggressive communications chief Malcolm Tucker who latches onto him like a hawk. Soon, the Brits are in Washington, where diplomatic relations collide with trans-Atlantic spin doctors and Fosters off-hand remark quickly spirals into an insurmountable conflict. (MA 15+ Strong Course language)
Happy Go Lucky
In this latest movie from Mike Leigh we are introduced to the very sweet Poppy. Poppy is a teacher, a good laugh, a bit of a loon and a really annoying person all rolled into one but try as you might you won’t hold that against her. There are plenty of knockabout gags which, when coupled with Poppy’s infectious giggling and quick asides, had the audience laughing along quite genuinely. Characters come and go throughout the movie with an especially good performance from Stanley Townsend, but it’s Eddie Marsan who gives the stand out performance in the movie with his darkly obsessive narratives and non-sequiturs which expose his sinister persona. The rest of the cast are also splendid, they all fit in just right to make this a very watchable and enjoyable movie (2008). (M Course language, threatening scene)
Soul Kitchen
Young Hamburg restauranteur Zinos (Adam Bousdoukos) is down on his luck. His girlfriend Nadine (Pheline Roggan) has moved to Shanghai, his Soul Kitchen customers are boycotting the new gourmet chef, and he’s having back trouble! Things start looking up when the hip crowd embraces his revamped culinary concept, but that doesn’t mend Zinos’s broken heart. He decides to fly to China for Nadine, leaving the restaurant in the hands of his unreliable ex-con brother Illias (Moritz Bleibtreu). Both decisions turn out to be disastrous. (MA 15+ Strong sex scene)