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
Thursday 4 May 2023 – 7.30pm @ Killara Centre, Camperdown
In 19th-century Ireland, painfully shy butler Albert Nobbs (Glenn Close) hides an incredible secret: He is really a she. Terrified that someone will discover her identity, Albert keeps a very low profile, until the arrival of Hubert Page (Janet McTeer) registers a sea change in Albert’s life. Hubert is also secretly a woman and has managed to find a partner who helps her maintain her masquerade. Hoping to find a similar arrangement, Albert begins wooing a hotel maid (Mia Wasikowska).
ALBERT NOBBS is based on a story by George Moore (1852-1933), an Irish realist writer who may have known some real-life parallels in Dublin. Close starred in a stage production of a play based on the book in 1982, and spent years trying to make it into a film. In addition to her starring role, Close is also a producer and co-writer with John Banville.
The 2011 drama/romance film received several accolades for Close and McTeer’s performances. It will be screened on Thursday 4 May 2023 at 7.30pm in the Killara Centre, Camperdown. Rated R 1hr 53min.
$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 6 April 2023 – 7.30pm @ Killara Centre, Camperdown
LOST IN PARIS is a 2016 French-Belgian comedy film written, directed and co-produced by Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon. Fiona (played by Gordon) is a Canadian librarian who’s orderly life is disrupted when she receives a letter of distress from her 88-year-old Aunt Martha who is living in Paris. Fiona hops on the first plane she can and arrives only to discover that Martha has disappeared. As Fiona scours the city looking for her, she encounters Dom (Abel), the affable, but annoying tramp who just won’t leave her alone.
LOST IN PARIS has an infectious absurdity with fanciful light-heartedness and charming performances.
LOST IN PARIS screens at 7.30pm on Thursday 6 April 2023 in the Killara Centre, Camperdown. 1hr 23min (not yet rated)
$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 2 March 2023 – 7.30pm @ Killara Centre, Camperdown
To celebrate International Women’s Day (March 8), a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women – we are screening HIDDEN FIGURES a biographical drama that honours three brilliant African American women at NASA in the 1960s.
As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Based on the true life stories of three of these women, known as “human computers”, we follow these women as they quickly rose the ranks of NASA alongside many of history’s greatest minds specifically tasked with calculating the momentous launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, and guaranteeing his safe return. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U.S. history as true American heroes.
HIDDEN FIGURES screens at 7.30pm on Thursday 2 March 2023 in the Killara Centre, Camperdown. Rated PG 2hr 7min
$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 2 February 2023 – 7.30pm @ Killara Centre, Camperdown
BLIND AMBITION follows four friends who have conquered the odds to become South Africa’s top sommeliers after escaping starvation and tyranny in their homeland of Zimbabwe. Driven by relentless optimism, a passion for their craft and a sense of national pride, they form Zimbabwe’s first national wine tasting team and set their sights on the coveted title of ‘World Wine Tasting Champions’. From the moment they arrive in France to compete in the World Wine Blind Tasting Championships (the Olympics of the wine world), this team of mavericks turns an establishment of privilege and tradition on its head.
BLIND AMBITION is a 2021 documentary from Australian writer-director-producers Robert Coe and Warwick Ross (Red Obsession). It won awards for Best Feature Documentary at Tribeca Festival and Audience Award for Best Feature Documentary at Sydney Film Festival.
BLIND AMBITION screens at 7.30pm on Thursday 2 February 2023 in the Killara Centre, Camperdown. Rated M 1hr 36min. In English, Shona and French with English 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
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