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CONTENTS

Frame by FrameFrom anthropomorphic feelings to revisited nightclubs, our winter slate will intrigue

Creative DifferencesThe price of fame differs for people working across the showbiz spectrum

Rule BritanniaDavid Stratton hand-picks nineteen of the finest British features ever made

Enlightening CinemaThree documentaries explore very different forms of modern spirituality

Page TurnerNew adaptations of great literary works star actresses on the rise

Whats Old Is NewEssential cinematic icons return in high definition digital

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Cinema Nova Bar

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GILLIAN ARMSTRONGthe director live at Nova!

An Australian Oscar winner from Hollywoodsgolden age iscelebrated inArmstrongsenlightening new documentary

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THE SEASON FOR DIVERSITY

The seasoned film-goer will identify that a year is broken up into two parts: AwardsSeason and Blockbuster season. Originally Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winterdiversified the calendar with studio blockbusters occupying our Winter, upscale filmsdated in Spring, Oscar contenders opening in Summer and niche entries arriving inMarch. Now a longer Blockbuster period runs from March (think: Furious 7) to August(Guardians of the Galaxy) while awards campaigns now run the gauntlet for theremaining six months.

For Cinema Nova, winter provides for the opportunity to bring audiences a widearray of titles that are the antithesis of the big-budget comic book adaptation,including black comedy WILD TALES, sexy cyber thriller EX_MACHINA and StudioGhiblis heartfelt WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE. New releases including Beach Boys biopicLOVE & MERCY, Muppet tell-all I AM BIG BIRD, Thomas Vinterbergs FAR FROM THEMADDING CROWD and local documentary WOMEN HES UNDRESSED will only add tothe diversity on offer. Also helping to augment the Cinema Nova line-up will be theimminent advent of our 16th screen! Expected to open this July, we continue to bringmoviegoers the widest range of quality cinema available in Australia, if not the world.But dont think youll emerge into the sunlight come Spring; the 2015/16 awards seasonpromises to be one of the most competitive yet!

The smash hit drama from writer Peter Morgan (The Queen)and director Stephen Daldry(Billy Elliot), captured live in HDduring the West End season,returns to the screen

Season commences July 18

A must see for fans Rolling Stone

From the creator of the classic Pink Floyd album comes the immersive concertexperience, screeningworldwide for onenight only!

Tickets on sale June 19Tuesday September 29: 8.00pm Book now!

Helen Mirren in her multi-awardwinning role as Queen Elizabeth II

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FRAME BY FRAME

54 The Directors Cut (M)

In 1998, director Mark Christophercreated a cinematic monumentto the famous New York nightclubStudio 54, an ostentatious mixtureof Art Deco and plush, frivolous1970s hedonism and drug-induced24-hour party people. At theproducers behest, his film waschanged considerably prior to itstheatrical release, with 40 minutescut and an extra 25 minutes ofnew studio produced materialadded including an ending thatdiffered wildly from the one in theoriginal screenplay. Now,seventeen years after the premiereof the producers version thattanked horribly at the box office,for the first time audiences canfinally see the painstakinglyreconstructed original versiontelling the story of young, curly-haired Jersey boy Shane OShea(Ryan Phillippe) who loses himselfin the bewitchingly glamorousworld of sex, drugs and disco.Premiering at this years Berlinale,this 54 is a weightier, darker, moredrug-addled and above all queererfilm. June 11, exclusive MORE

Inside Out (CTC)

Anew film from animationpowerhouse Pixar is alwayssomething to look forward to, andINSIDE OUT represents a return toform for the studio after ravereviews from the films Cannespremiere. We are all ruled byemotions, and inside ten year oldRileys mind her dominantemotion has always been Joy(voiced by Amy Poehler). But with across-country move and a newschool to deal with, Joy is findingherself competing for Rileys stateof mind with Sadness (PhyllisSmith, continuing her delightfullymopey persona from the USversion of The Office). With Fear(Bill Hader), Disgust (Mindy Kaling)and Anger (Lewis Black) allrunning interference, Joy mustfind a way for her and Sadness tofind the right balance, or Rileycould descend into emotionalturmoil.June 18 MORE

The Nightingale (G)

Chinas official entry in the BestForeign Language category forthe 2015 Oscars, French filmmakerPhilippe Muyl (The Butterfly) tells atouching tale set mostly in Chinaspicturesque south-westernprovince of Guangxi. Zhu Zhigen(Li Baotian) is a widower living amodest existence in Beijing, acrosstown from his estranged sonChong Yi (Hao Qin). Whenimportant business calls Chong Yiaway, he is forced to rely upon hisfather to care for his spoilt,materialistic daughter Ren Xing.Taking the opportunity tointroduce his grandchild to theprovincial village of hisupbringing, Zhigen and Ren Xingbegin a journey cross-country,swapping electronic devices andchauffeured travel for wildlife andthe kindness of strangers. June 18, exclusive MORE

COMMENCES JUNE 25

Ruben Guthrie (CTC)

Based on writer/directorBrendan Cowells stageproduction, Patrick Brammall starsin the title role of creative directorRuben Guthrie, a Sydney ad manriding high off his latest award-winning campaign. When drunkenego lands him in hospital withbroken bones, Rubens exasperatedfianc issues him a challenge: if hecan go a whole year without adrink, shell give him anotherchance. Shining a light ontoAustralias drinking culture, Cowelldares to ask whether we can havea good time without alcohol, andwhether wed even want to.Featuring an all-star cast includingJack Thompson, Robyn Nevin,Abbey Lee, Alex Dimitriades,Jeremy Sims and BrentonThwaites, RUBEN GUTHRIE was theopening night selection for the2015 Sydney Film Festival. July 16 MORE

Mr Holmes (M)

Sir Ian McKellen and his Godsand Monsters director BillCondon reunite with an elegantadaptation of Mitch Cullins novel,inspired by Arthur Conan Doyleslegendary Sherlock Holmes. WithEngland returning to life asnormal after the events of WorldWar II, the 93 year old detective(McKellen) returns to his Sussexfarmhouse following a journey tobattle-scarred Japan. The curiosityof his housekeepers son Roger(Milo Parker) reveals that Holmes is revisiting a case that came latein his career, made famous by DrWatsons literary retelling. Co-starring Laura Linney, Frances DeLa Tour and Hiroyuki Sanada,Condons acclaimed mysterybrings new dimension to thedetective, as he looks back on a life which he feels has beenhijacked by imprecise depictionsand assumptions of hisexperience. July 23 MORE

Love & Mercy (M)

Legendary producer Bill Pohlad (Brokeback Mountain, The TreeOf Life) turns his hand to directingwith an unconventional account ofBeach Boys musician Brian Wilson.Following the chart-toppingsuccesses of Surfin Safari,California Girls and GoodVibrations, Wilson (Paul Dano)wants to take the band in a newmusical direction. Despiteresistance from band membersand his manager, the musicianseccentric approach leads to therecording of Pet Sounds; widelyacknowledged to be amongst thegreatest albums of all time. Yearslater, an addled Wilson (nowplayed by John Cusack) has comeunder the medical care of DrEugene Landy (Paul Giamatti).Introduced to Cadillac salespersonMelinda Ledbetter (ElizabethBanks in an award-worthyperformance), Wilson makes aconnection before revealing thequestionable treatment beingprescribed by the controlling Dr Landy. June 25 MORE

FRAME BY FRAME

Freedom Stories (PG)

When talking about refugeesand Australia, mostdiscussion tends to focus on thehorrors of Australias refugeepolicy. But what of those refugeeswho do manage to make a home inAustralia? FREEDOM STORIESfocuses on several former refugeesand the lives they have been ableto build since being allowed tosettle here. Many of those profiledcame to Australia around the timeof the Tampa crisis and PrimeMinister John Howards infamousWe will decide speech, and wereonly children when they wereexposed to the detention centresin Woomera or Nauru. Directed bydocumentarian Steve Thomas,FREEDOM STORIES brings to lightthe good that these refugees havebrought to their new communities,and is a call for compassion,dignity, and giving voice to thosewhose stories need to be heard.July 23, exclusive MORE

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Far From Men (M)

If its been far too long since yourlast intense Viggo Mortensen fix,FAR FROM MEN is the film for you.A gripping tale of morality andfriendship set during the AlgerianWar, against an unforgivingmountainous landscape,Mortensen stars as Daru, an ex-French army soldier now workingas a schoolteacher in a remotedesert village. Born in Algeria, butSpanish by lineage, Daru is a manout of place and time, perceived asalien by both the locals andcolonisers. Asked to escort adissident prisoner (Reda Kateb, ofA Prophet and Zero Dark Thirty)accused of murder to a regionalpolice station, Daru reluctantlyagrees, and in the course of thejourney a series of incidents andrevelations will determine whereDarus loyalties truly lie. July 30 MORE

Coming Home (M)

Chinese filmmaker ZhangYimou is best known foropulent visuals, including thosefound in martial arts spectaclesHero and House of Flying Daggers.In the multi award winningCOMING HOME, set during theCultural Revolution, Zhang pullsback from historical epics to craftan intimate family drama. LuYanshi (Chen Daoming) has beenimprisoned for twenty years as adissident against the Party, leavingbehind his wife Feng Wanyu (GongLi) and daughter. Escaping a prisoncamp, his return home results inan incident that causes Feng tolose much of her memory including recognition of Lu. Whatfollows is a touching story of lovedefying the odds and rising abovedire political upheaval, as Lu caresfor the love of his life with noguarantee that she will everremember who he is. July 30, exclusive MORE

CREATIVITY UNDER PRESSURE

Jack Kelly left Australia behindearly in the 20th century, boundfor New York with dreams ofbecoming a part of the cityshappening arts scene. Hoping tobecome an actor, he instead foundwork painting nightclub muralsand crafting mens ties with thehelp of his roommate Archie Leach.Eventually gaining work as acostume designer, Kelly made themove to Los Angeles to work in theflourishing motion pictureindustry. Changing his name toOrry Kelly he soon became arenowned costumer, working oncountless golden age productionsincluding Busby Berkeleys GoldDiggers of 1935, The Maltese Falcon,Casablanca, Some Like It Hot,Auntie Mame and An American InParis. His remarkable career isdocumented by filmmaker GillianArmstrong (Love, Lust & Lies, LittleWomen) in WOMEN HESUNDRESSED, bringing a uniquelytalented Australian to light.Revealing a colourful history of

The desire for fame is as old as creativity itself. As theperforming arts were electrified by the creation of recordedmusic, cinema and television, fame was amplified andaudiences became larger. This has led to a desire to knowmore about those behind the songs, films and shows we holddear. Three new documentaries explore the benefits andtrapping of a life in the amplified arts, with each subjectrising to unexpected levels of success during different eras.

remarkable opportunities andfriendships, Kellys induction intothe rarefied circles of theHollywood elite was undercut by astruggle with alcohol that causedhim the loss of many employers,friends and lovers.

When Caroll Spinney suffereda technical malfunction atthe 1969 Puppeteers of Americafestival, little did he know thatMuppets creator Jim Henson wasin attendance. Instead of doominghis career, Spinneys quick thinkingentertained the audience throughmime, leading to an offer to jointhe inaugural season of SesameStreet. Subsequently performingthe roles of Big Bird and Oscar theGrouch since 1969, Spinneys iconiccharacters have had an impactupon countless millions ofchildren. In Dave LaMattina andChad N. Walkers expansivedocumentary I AM BIG BIRD: THECAROLL SPINNEY STORY, thepuppeteer recounts his notablecareer including the rocky

beginnings of his most famouscreations, a remarkable journeyinto communist China, his closebrush with death aboard the SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster and adesire to keep wearing the yellow-feathered suit into his 80s. Adelightful journey through popculture history, Spinneysdelightfully unaffected personalitywill inspire nostalgia withinSesame Street fans of all ages.

Introduced to jazz music at ayoung age, Amy Winehouseapplied her training to write herown music at fifteen before shewas signed to Simon Fullers 19Management only four years later.Debuting with the jazz influencedalbum Frank at age 21,Winehouses career soared off theback of platinum sales, multipleawards and international fame.Asif Kapadia (Senna) examines themusicians miraculous rise andtragic fall in his comprehensivedocumentary AMY, fresh from itscelebrated premiere at the 2015

Cannes Film Festival. Practicallydevoid of talking heads, Kapadiasmeticulously edited film tellsWinehouses story chronologicallythrough a remarkable assemblageof home movies, behind the scenesrecordings, television interviewsand paparazzi footage. Throughthe words of Amy Winehouse andthe people who played a part inthe various stages of her life, themental and physical expectationsthrust upon an artist unpreparedfor fame - and the subsequentopen season on her personal lifeinflicted by print tabloids, talkshow hosts and her own family islaid-bare with rare clarity andrespect for its late subject.

AMY (CTC)July 2I AM BIG BIRD: The Caroll Spinney Story (CTC)July 9, exclusiveWOMEN HES UNDRESSED (PG)July 16

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RULE BRITANNIA

Coming to Nova in August is David Strattons Great BritainRetro Film Festival. Featuring films stretching the breadth ofBritains grand filmmaking tradition, from David Lean and Powell &Pressberger, to the Merchant Ivory team and Danny Boyle, this series seesthe British-born critic bring to audiences the best cinema from his homeland,all digitally restored and on the big screen where they belong. While David is afan of all the films featured, the below is a special selection of those in thefestival he feels are especially worth your notice.

THE TALES OF HOFFMANN (1951)The apotheosis of the Powell-Pressburgercollaboration, this sumptuous filmed version ofOffenbach is a visually exhilarating combination ofopera and ballet, not to mention exceptionalproduction design. Moira Shearer and RobertHelpmann are among the talented artists onscreen. This is screening in a newly restored copy.MORE

THE RED SHOES (1948)In this masterpiece from the team of MichaelPowell and Emeric Pressburger, Moira Shearerplays a young ballerina torn between twocontrolling men, played by Anton Walbrook andMarius Goring. Australian Robert Helpmannmakes a memorable on-screen contribution andthe sublime Technicolor photography is by JackCardiff. This is perhaps the greatest of all filmsabout the world of ballet. MORE

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)If ever a film demanded to be seen on a big cinemascreen its David Leans great epic about theextraordinary career of T.E. Lawrence and the shaping ofthe post-World War I Middle East. In his first major role,Peter OToole is a mesmerising Lawrence and thesupporting cast includes Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn,Claude Rains and Omar Sharif. The film won Oscars forBest Film, Director, Cinematography (Freddie Young),Music (Maurice Jarre) and Art Direction. MORE

A ROOM WITH A VIEW (1986)One of the best of the films made by the team of James Ivory (director), Ismail Merchant (producer)and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (writer), this sophisticatedand witty adaptation of E.M. Forsters novelshowcases memorable performances from MaggieSmith, Daniel Day Lewis, Judi Dench and HelenaBonham Carter, with key scenes beautifully filmed inFlorence. MORE

GOSFORD PARK (2001)Near the end of his career the great Americandirector Robert Altman made this deliciously old-fashioned British film based on an originalscreenplay by Julien Fellowes. The setting is a statelyhome, and the characters, above and below stairs,are played by a dazzling ensemble that includesMaggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emily Watson,Alan Bates, Stephen Fry, Helen Mirren, Derek Jacobiand many more. MORE

David Strattons Great Britain Retro Film Festivalcommences Thursday August 6 and screens for 2 weeks.Collect a copy of the full program at the cinema or checkour website. MORE

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WALKING THE CAMINO: SIXWAYS TO SANTIAGO is anaward winning film by Lydia B.Smith, which may even have youexploring the notion of going on apilgrimage yourself. Alex Gibneycontinues his controversialcuriosity with GOING CLEAR:SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OFBELIEF, highlighting the Church'sorigins, the history of science-fiction author (and churchfounder) L. Ron Hubbard and the

faiths exponential popularity inHollywood. AWAKE: THE LIFE OFYOGANANDA is a unique biopicthat comes to focus on Hindumystic Paramahansa Yogananda,who brought yoga and meditationto the West in the 1920s.

For over 1200 years, millions ofpeople have travelled to northernSpain to walk the Camino deSantiago as a pilgrimage forpersonal development andspiritual self enlightenment.

Although originally acknowledgedas purely a Christian pilgrimage,the Camino now attracts people ofall faiths and backgrounds. Thisambitious journey is known to bedeeply enlightening, spirituallynourishing, and physicallychallenging. As such, were privyto the personal struggles on andoff the trail in Smiths film; theecstasies, pains and revelationsthat these modern day pilgrimsencounter along the way.

THE POWER OF THE HUMAN

SPIRIT ON-SCREEN

What is it that lures humans to believe in a higher power,the universe or, in fact, nothing at all? Three films look atthe notion of faith, doctrine and spirituality and touchupon this inherent need.

WALKING THE CAMINO not onlyillustrates the utmost importancethat we must each follow our ownpath in life; it also encourages andinspires us to do sounconditionally.

GOING CLEAR is based on thePulitzer Prize winning journalistLawrence Wright's book GoingClear: Scientology, Hollywood, andthe Prison of Belief. Gibneycollaborated with Wright toexplore the book's underlyingtheme of "how people becomeprisoners of faith in various ways".The film interviews eight formermembers of the Church, shining alight on how the church cultivatesdevotees and what they are willingto do in the name of religion.Whether you view Scientology as acult that entraps vulnerable andsusceptible people or in a morepositive fashion - as a faith of self-empowerment, the films insights

make for fascinating viewing.Today in the West, yoga is seen to

be very much about health andfitness; and yet almost a centuryago, it was first presented to theWest as a religion. Filmed overthree years in over 30 countries,AWAKE examines Yoganandas lifeand his influence on yoga, religionand science. The film explores whymillions today have turned theirattention inwards in pursuit ofSelf-Realisation, largely due to histeachings, including high profilemusicians, performers andentrepreneurs such as GeorgeHarrison, Ravi Shankar and SteveJobs. Yogananda claimed thatregardless of religious background,the harnessing of Kriya yoga (thescience of meditation) allows thehuman spirit to chart a pathinward, which then connects uswith our own divinity.Undoubtedly, Yoga is about the

mind and expandingconsciousness, an objective whichis ever-present today. Indeed,scores of people strive to realizeand express more fully in theirlives the beauty, grandeur, anddivinity of the human spirit.

Ultimately, WALKING THECAMINO, GOING CLEAR and AWAKEare stories of humankind itself -the expanded universe that unitesus all - that is, the universalstruggle of all of us to freeourselves from hardship and toseek lasting peace and happiness.

WALKING THE CAMINO: SIX WAYS TO SANTIAGO (PG)June 11, exclusiveAWAKE: THE LIFE OF YOGANANDA(PG) July 2, exclusiveGOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF (M) June 18

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The classics of the book world tend to come back tothe big screen in regular cycles, always ready to berediscovered by audiences hungry for a good literaryadaptation. The last time we saw Thomas Hardys FarFrom the Madding Crowd on the big screen, it starredJulie Christie as Bathsheba Everdeen, had herromantically choosing between Alan Bates, Peter Finch,and a particularly dashing Terence Stamp, and wasdirected by John Schlesinger, who went on to makeMidnight Cowboy and Marathon Man. Schlesinger was part of the 1950s/1960s British filmmovement of kitchen sink drama; films that drew onsocial realism techniques, focusing on industrial orworking class settings, with angry young menprotagonists and dark criticisms of the stratification ofBritish society. It may be set in the nineteenth century,but Schlesingers Madding Crowd has far more to tellaudiences about the state of then-contemporary Britainthan Hardys original sheep farmers. The newest version of Far From the Madding Crowd alsohas a director of iconoclastic renown: Danish raconteurThomas Vinterberg, who last screened at Nova with theOscar-nominated The Hunt. He might initially seem anunusual choice for a sweeping period drama, led by abravura Carey Mulligan who this time round hasMatthias Schoenaerts, Tom Sturridge and Michael Sheencompeting for her affections, but what has resulted issomething along the lines of Martin Scorseses The Ageof Innocence, or Ang Lees Sense and Sensibility. Whenauteurs take on literary adaptations, their ownpreoccupations tend to bleed through and mingle withthose of the author, resulting in some of the most meaty,intriguing, and flat out enjoyable examples of the genre.Gustave Flauberts Madame Bovary has been an evenmore persistent favourite with filmmakers, with the firstmajor film adaptation being undertaken by French

The perennial popularityof the literary adaptationFILMING THE PAGE

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (M)After the Academy Awardwinning The Hunt, Danishdirector Thomas Vinterberg hasdone something unexpected intaking the reins on an opulentperiod drama adapted from anovel by one of Britains mostrenowned writers, Thomas Hardy.Starring Carey Mulligan asBathsheba Everdeen, a headstrong,independent young woman, thefilm follows Bathshebasinheritance of a farm from heruncle, and the three differentsuitors she attracts: solid anddependable shepherd Gabriel Oak(Matthias Schoenaerts),established wealthy landownerWilliam Boldwood (MichaelSheen), and the debonair,flirtatious soldier Frank Troy ((TomSturridge). FAR FROM THEMADDING CROWD follows onewomans search for love and theman who can match her, and canbe compared in terms of periodsplendour to the likes of The Age ofInnocence and Sense and

auteur Jean Renoir, before the story migrated to Hollywoodand Emma Bovary was played by Jennifer Jones. Directed byVincente Minnelli, known for his lavishly extravagantmusicals with MGM, the 1949 Bovary is intriguing for itsconceit on running the story of the novel alongside that ofthe real life incident of the obscenity trial mounted againstFlaubert, played here by James Mason. Originally a plotdevice contrived to placate the censors, it instead allows fora unique means of engaging with the authors own story.Its been nearly twenty-five years since the last MadameBovary big screen adaptation (1991, French, directed byClaude Chabrol, and with the incomparable Isabelle Huppertas Emma), and this newest version sees the story helmed bya woman for the first time, in director Sophie Barthes (ColdSouls). Unlike the lavish productions of yore, Barthes haselected to create something more in the mould of JoeWrights Pride and Prejudice, more visually gritty, perhapsmore historically accurate, and focusing all the visualbeauty into Emmas costuming, which becomes moreelaborate as she gradually imprisons herself in debt. What is also striking and worth looking forward to inBarthes version is her Emma Mia Wasikowska. TheAustralian actress has been giving powerful performancesin films as varied as Jane Eyre, Tracks, and Stoker, and hereher Emma Bovary seems younger than any seen on screenbefore, accentuating her naivety, frustration and eventualdespair. It is moving cinema, and worthy of standingalongside its fine line of predecessors.

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recently announced NOVA ICONICline-up gives movie lovers thechance to revisit a selection ofessential and important cinemafrom across history. Jim Henson transfixed andterrified a generation with the firstlive action feature devoid ofhuman characters, THE DARKCRYSTAL. Set in a magicalfantasyland designed by renownedartist Brian Froud, a young warriorsets out on a quest to restore themythical qualities of a fracturedgem that has divided his planet.Featuring some of the mostaudacious examples ofmuppeteering ever seen,Hensons 1982 film returns in timefor the June school holidays.Winner of the Palme dOr in 1969,Lindsay Andersons IF , a tale ofrebellion led by a schoolboy played

KICKIN IT OLD-SCHOOL

The arrival of high definitiondigital projection heralded anew age for motion pictureexhibition. However, given the filmindustrys enormous backcatalogue, the availability of oldertitles not yet transferred from35mm prints to high definitiondigital files meant past classicscould not be revisited on thecinema screen as easily. Thankfully, with over a decade ofcommercial digital projection inthe rear-view mirror, theimportance of restoring andpreserving cinemas past has beenrecognised and pre-digitalfeatures are being made availableto cinemas audiences once again.As Cinema Nova prepares topresent David Strattons carefullycurated Great Britain Retro FilmFestival (see separate story), the

by Malcolm McDowell, inspiredfilmmaker Stanley Kubrick to casthim in Clockwork Orange. Asubversive delight that switchesbetween colour and black & whiteand builds to a surreal conclusion,IF. exemplifies a shift betweenthe questioning decade of the 60sand the me decade of the 70s.

Skipping forward a quarter ofa century with Ben Stillers

comedy of Gen X manners, REALITYBITES presents a retrospectivelyquaint snapshot of an era wheregrunge music was cool, the coldwar was thawing and technologywas increasingly moving into thehands of consumers. Starringpixie-princess it girl WinonaRyder and Ethan Hawke, REALITYBITES reminds of a time whenadolescents exhibited angstdespite having very little to

worry about.Considered Martin Scorsesesmasterpiece, GOODFELLAS returnsto the screen in ultra highdefinition digital. Ray Liotta starsopposite Robert DeNiro and anOscar winning Joe Pesci, capturinga true story of a wise-guys risethrough the mobster ranks beforebecoming a target for both the FBIand the Mob. Widely consideredthe best film of 1990, it lost theBest Picture Oscar to KevinCostners revisionist westernDances with Wolves.THE DARK CRYSTAL (G)from June 26IF. (M)from July 10REALITY BITES (M)from July 25GOODFELLAS (R18+) from August 13

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