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Thursday 1 February 2024 – 7.30pm @ Killara Centre, Camperdown

A BOY CALLED SAILBOAT is a 2018 American-Australian comedy-drama film written and directed by Cameron Nugent and starring Lew Temple, Elizabeth De Razzo, Noel Gugliemi, Jake Busey and J. K. Simmons. 

In a slanted dwelling beyond the outskirts of a drought-ridden town, a close Hispanic family accept an impossible blessing and name their only son Sailboat. Sailboat stirs new love and hope in his family who forge a simple but proud life in the deep South West of America. One afternoon he brings home a “little guitar” and from this moment, Sailboat and his ukulele are inseparable. When his gravely ill grandmother instructs him to write a song for her, Sailboat meanders through adversity to deliver the unimaginable – the greatest song ever written.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2020, the soundtrack from A BOY CALLED SAILBOAT was nominated for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album.

A BOY CALLED SAILBOAT screens at 7.30pm on Thursday 1 February 2024 in the Killara Centre, Camperdown. Rated PG 1hr 32min.

$10 entry for guests or $30 for a 3 x film membership subscription. The entry fee includes supper and refreshments after the screening. No bookings required, just turn up before 7.30pm at the Killara Centre, Camperdown.

For more information, contact thursdaypictures@gmail.com

Thursday 7 December 2023 – 7.30pm @ Killara Centre, Camperdown

Our gift to you…  our FREE film for December will be EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE. 

Incredible acting, stunning visuals, and a really deep, powerful story – Everything Everywhere All at Once has it all!

Everything Everywhere All at Once is a 2022 American independent absurdist comedy-drama film written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. The film incorporates elements from a number of genres and film mediums, including surreal comedy, science fiction, fantasy, martial arts, an immigrant narrative, and animation.

Evelyn Quan Wang, a middle-aged Chinese-American immigrant who, while audited by the IRS, discovers that she must connect with parallel universe versions of herself to prevent a powerful being from destroying the multiverse. 

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE screens at 7.30pm on Thursday 7 December 2023 in the Killara Centre, Camperdown.  2hr 19min (MA15+) Action/Adventure/Comedy

FREE entry (including supper and refreshments after the screening). 

No bookings required, just turn up before 7.30pm at the Killara Centre, Camperdown. 

For more information, contact thursdaypictures@gmail.com

Thursday 2 November 2023 – 7.30pm @ Killara Centre, Camperdown

A STITCH IN TIME is an Australian drama from 2022 described as ‘one of the most heart-warming films of the year’, that beautifully celebrates the joys of friendship, culture and never giving up on your dreams.

Former dressmaker Liebe (Maggie Blinco) reinvents herself after befriending young Chinese fashion designer Hamish (Hoa Xuande). When Liebe’s partner Duncan (founding frontman of Little River Band Glenn Shorrock) loses his job singing at the local pub, Liebe throws herself into helping Duncan realise his dream to record an album. Inspired by Hamish, Liebe decides to make clothes again to support Duncan financially, but quickly reignites a long-forgotten passion for her craft.

A STITCH IN TIME is a joyful and moving journey that beautifully celebrates age, culture, and the diversity of Australian life. From the executive producer of Ladies in Black and writer/director Sasha Hadden, and expertly shot by cinematographer Don McAlpine ACS ASC (The Dressmaker, Moulin Rouge!) A STITCH IN TIME is an ode to the power of community and friendships that come from the most unexpected places.

A STITCH IN TIME screens at 7.30pm on Thursday 2 November 2023 in the Killara Centre, Camperdown.  1hr 38min (M)

$10 entry for guests or $30 for a 3 x film membership subscription. The entry fee includes supper and refreshments after the screening.

For more information, contact thursdaypictures@gmail.com

Thursday 5 October 2023 – 7.30pm @ Killara Centre, Camperdown

A tender and sweeping story, MINARI follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks, MINARI shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.

Led by arresting performances from Steven Yeun and Yeri Han, MINARI offers an intimate and heart-wrenching portrait of family and assimilation in 1980s America.

MINARI screens at 7.30pm on Thursday 5 October 2023 in the Killara Centre, Camperdown. 

USA 2020 (PG) Drama 1hr 55min English and Korean with some subtitles.

$10 entry for guests or $30 for a 3 x film membership subscription. The entry fee includes supper and refreshments after the screening.

REMINDER: The 2022/2023 Annual General Meeting of the Corangamite Film Society will be held from 6.45pm – 7.15pm just prior to the screening of MINARI. All are welcome to attend the AGM.

For more information, contact thursdaypictures@gmail.com

The 2022/2023 Annual General Meeting of the Corangamite Film Society will be held on Thursday 5 October 2023 at 6.45pm at the Killara Centre, Camperdown.
This will coincide with our October ‘Thursday Pictures’ film screening of Minari at 7.30pm.

All are welcome to attend the AGM, and of course the film.

For any enquiries email thursdaypictures@gmail.com

Thursday 7 September 2023 – 7.30pm @ Killara Centre, Camperdown

In this 2017 charming French comedy, written and directed by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, Max (Jean-Pierre Bacri) is a battle-weary wedding planner working on his last luxury wedding in a 17th century French castle. The celebration soon gets out of control, as Max must deal with a volatile, foul-mouthed assistant, missing staff, rebellious waiters, an egocentric groom, broken electrical system and substitute DJ, turning every moment of joy and emotion into a disaster ending in chaos. They tackle it all, sometimes successfully, other times failing spectacularly, as the night builds toward an unexpected climax.

C’EST LA VIE! screens at 7.30pm on Thursday 7 September 2023 in the Killara Centre, Camperdown. 1hr 57min (M) French with subtitles.

$10 entry for guests or $30 for a 3 x film membership subscription. The entry fee includes supper and refreshments after the screening.

For more information, contact thursdaypictures@gmail.com

UPDATE: Friday 4 August 2023 ‘The Covenant’

We are now screening ‘The Covenant’ at 7.30pm in the Theatre Royal, 2 Bath St CAMPERDOWN.

If you purchased your ticket via Trybooking.com you will be fully refunded.
Tickets are available at the door at the Theatre Royal. Entry $10 BYO

1 – 6 AUGUST 2023

Thursday 6 July 2023 – 7.30pm @ Killara Centre, Camperdown

National NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia in the first week of July each year to celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC Week is an opportunity for all Australians to learn about First Nations cultures and histories and participate in celebrations of the oldest, continuous living cultures on earth. 

THE DROVER’S WIFE: The Legend of Molly Johnson is a 2021 Australian drama film written and directed by Leah Purcell. The plot is a reworking of Henry Lawson’s 1892 short story The Drover’s Wife, but deviates significantly from the original story as developed in Purcell’s earlier award-winning play and novel of the same name. It tells the story of a woman living with her children in an isolated location in the High Country in the colony of New South Wales near the border of the colony of Victoria. Purcell reimagines Lawson’s story through an Indigenous feminist lens, inspired by her own lived experience and the stories of her ancestors.

A searing Australian western thriller asking the question: how far do you go to protect your loved ones?

THE DROVER’S WIFE screens at 7.30pm on Thursday 6 July 2023 in the Killara Centre, Camperdown.  1hr 49min (MA15+) Drama/History/Thriller

$10 entry for guests or $30 for a 3 x film membership subscription. The entry fee includes supper and refreshments after the screening.

For more information, contact thursdaypictures@gmail.com

Thursday 1 June 2023 – 7.30pm @ Killara Centre, Camperdown

Anthony is 80, mischievous, living defiantly alone and rejecting the carers that his concerned daughter, Anne, encouragingly introduces. Anthony is gradually succumbing to dementia and feels abandoned when Anne tells him she’s moving to Paris. Confused and upset, against the backdrop of a warped perspective and his rapid mental decline, Anthony is starting to lose his grip on reality. He struggles to navigate the present and the past and as faded memories and glimpses of lucidity trigger sudden mood swings, Anthony’s surroundings and even time itself become distorted. Why has his younger daughter stopped visiting? Who are the strangers that burst in on Anthony?

THE FATHER warmly embraces real life, through loving reflection upon the vibrant human condition; heart-breaking and uncompromisingly poignant. Led by towering performances from Academy Award Winners Anthony Hopkins (Elephant Man, Silence of the Lambs) and Olivia Coleman (The Favourite) and artfully helmed by writer-director Florian Zeller, THE FATHER delivers a devastating yet compassionate portrayal of dementia that will leave audiences floored.

THE FATHER screens at 7.30pm on Thursday 1 June 2023 in the Killara Centre, Camperdown.  1hr 37min (M) Drama USA/France 2020

$10 entry for guests or $30 for a 3 x film membership subscription. The entry fee includes supper and refreshments after the screening.

For more information, contact thursdaypictures@gmail.com