Film & Television

'Director Nash Edgerton, whose extensive experience as a stunt performer has honed his fine eye for action sequences, delivers on the promise of his short films with this broody, suburban noir. Construction supervisor Ray (David Roberts) is romantically entangled with Carla (Claire Van Der Boom), a flighty femme fatale whose motivations seem born of boredom and self-interest rather than passion. Their illicit affair prompts Ray to act outside his ordinary square and the imploding consequences propel the brilliantly layered plot forward. Matt Dabner and Joel Edgerton's script courageously centres the action on a hapless everyman whose false moves are made with such uncertainty that he will neither be the hero nor redeemed. The seething masculinity and craggy physicality of the ragtag gang of corrupt tradesmen and petty crims (Anthony Hayes, Joel Edgerton and Brendan Donoghue are particularly fine) remains doggedly colloquial while rooted in the 40s tradition of Robert Siodmak and Anthony Mann. The over-heated Christmas backdrop, both exotic and familiar, provides the perfect context for the film's peppering of comic and musical diversions.' Sydney Film Festival
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'The setting is post-war America. As stringent moral codes begin creeping back into private life, members of the upper and middle classes must begin to be careful. But caution can always be overcome by beauty and charm, and this is the theme of Married Life, a stylish, sophisticated drama starring some of the most accomplished actors working today.

Ira Sachs’s third feature is the devilish story of two men driven to villainy by their desire for one woman. Nebbishy Harry Allen (Chris Cooper) is a sentimental fool of a certain age. He has fallen head over heels in love with a beautiful and soulful blonde named Kay (Rachel McAdams from The Notebook), whose husband disappeared during the war; he spoils her unashamedly. The only problem is that Harry is married to the smart and sensual Pat (Patricia Clarkson from The Station Agent), who sees herself as his keeper. Too cowardly to upset her by breaking things off for Kay – Pat begins hyperventilating when he even hints at the gulf between them – Harry soon settles on a drastic means of ending the marriage without causing his wife any undue suffering.' Noah Cowan for he Toronto International Film Festival
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'In a perfect piece of casting, Jim Broadbent and Colin Firth play father and son in Anand Tucker's movie of Blake Morrison's memoirs. Arthur (Broadbent) is a somewhat exasperating, ebullient doctor with a long-suffering wife (Stevenson). His son, Blake (Firth), seems to have spent most of his childhood in a state of embarrassment. Now, as his father is dying, Blake recalls every humiliating moment: the scene where his dad jumps a traffic jam by waving his stethoscope is particularly cringe-worthy. Despite being a successful author, Blake struggles with his father's seeming disinterest in his career. As these pent-up emotions surface, Tucker's direction never falters but allows the story to build and ultimately to reveal a universal truth about parents and children.' Sydney Film Festival
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All tickets $10.50 full | $9.00 concession

The Orphanage plus The Sea Inside
Monday August 25 - 7.30pm - Luna Leederville

The Orphanage delivers chills - both real and supernatural. A crumbling children's home is recently reopened by ex-resident Laura (Belen Rueda who also co-stars in The Sea Inside). Soon, her son makes an invisible friend and things start to get spooky. Produced by Guillermo Del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth) [MA15+] 105mins plus An ill-judged dive into the seas 30 years earlier has left Ramon (Javier Bardem, in his Oscar-nominated role) paralysed from the neck down and in the constant care of his family. Two very different women (Belen Rueda and Lola Duenas) are captivated by Ramon but he knows that only the one who truly loves him will help him fulfill his greatest wish (M) 125mins

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Special Opening Night Event Thurs 14th August at Cinema Paradiso

From writer/director Tom McCarthy (The Station Agent) & from the producers of Sideways comes this soulful new comedy drama.

Richard Jenkins (6 Feet Under) stars as a melancholy professor sleepwalking glumly through his life and career. His terminally beige existence changes when he encounters a vibrant international couple living illegally in an apartment he keeps in New York: an ebullient Arab drummer (Haaz Sleiman) and his understandably skittish African girlfriend (Danai Gurira). In the first of a series of tests of the heart, Walter reluctantly allows the couple to stay with him.

Touched by his kindness, Tarek, a talented musician, insists on teaching the aging academic to play the African drum. The instrument's exuberant rhythms revitalize Walter's faltering spirit and as the friendship between the two men deepens, the differences in culture, age and temperament fall away.

Thurs at Cinema Paradiso [MA15+]

In May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group under the command of Louise Desfontaines (Sophie Marceau) and her brother Pierre (Julien Boisselier). Their mission, to rescue a British army geologist caught reconnoitering the beaches at Normandy, and to kill a German SS colonel, who is close to figuring out the imminent secret of D-Day, proves to be emotional and brutal. The story is inspired by the accomplishments of decorated SOE agent Lisé de Baissac.
(French with English Subtitles)

6:45pm for 7:00pm Tuesday 12th August at Luna Leederville. Join us for a special preview screening of Sharkwater with a Q&A after the film with special guest speakers. All tickets $15 from Luna Leederville and online. Part proceeds go to Sea Shepherd.

There are few films that can completely change your view on something, and this would count among them. It highlights sharks in a completely different light and will give you a new appreciation and admiration for them. Rob Stewart's informative and incredibly entertaining documentary looks at not only our culture's reaction to the massive critters, but he also wisely pays tribute to them by filming beautiful underwater footage of sharks in movement. Add to that, the film gently bends over into the political territory of international shark poaching - and those ignorant fools who consume shark fins.

First Thursday of every month at 10.00am - includes lunch. All tickets $11.00. Bookings are essential so call the cinema at least 2 days prior to reserve your seat.

Welcome to the Sticks - Thurs 4th September @10.00am [M]
Brideshead Revisited - Thursday October 2 @10.00am [TBR]

The world premiere production of Chinese composer, and Oscar winner (for the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon music score), Tan Dun’s epic opera, The First Emperor. It features legendary tenor Plácido Domingo as Emperor Qin, who founded an empire that would survive for 2,000 years. Tan Dun’s music is a fascinating mix of East and West and the monumental production is by revered Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern and House of Flying Daggers) with costumes by designer Emi Wada (Kurosawa’s Ran).

Running Time: 3 hours 15 minutes.
Featuring: Elizabeth Futral, Michelle DeYoung, Susanne Mentzer, Plácido Domingo, Paul Groves, Hao Jiang Tian, Wu Hsing-Kuo.
Zhang Yimou’s world premiere production conducted by composer Tan Dun.
Directed for telecast by Brian Large.

Saturday September 6 at 11.30am & Sunday September 7 at 1.00pm
At both Luna Cinemas Leederville & Luna on SX Fremantle
Cost: Ticket prices: $20 adult ticket | $18 general concession ticket I $16 kids ticket. Also available online at www.lunapalace.com.au

Continuing the Talking Heads series at WAAPA, Angela Punch McGregor takes us on an insightful journey encompassing her distinguished career in the Australian film and television industry. Her film credits include: Newsfront, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, The Island, We of the Never Never, Annie's Coming Out, Double Sculls, The Delinquents and Spotswood.

8 September, 7.30pm
The Geoff Gibbs Theatre
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Cost: Tickets $25 from the WAAPA Box Office on 08 9370 6895

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Featuring High Definition live broadcasts screening world-famous Metropolitan Opera in New York. We are drawing to a close our very successful series of operas from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

With the extraordinary success of the 2007-08 season of The Metropolitan Opera productions, cinema audiences have cried out for more. People who previously thought Nessun Dorma was a type of car are now becoming true opera converts after seeing the New York Met’s Operas captured in HD and screening at their local cinemas. To whet your appetite for the 2008-2009 season of operas direct from New York starting in October, we present this mini-season of highlights from the 2006-2007 season

Tan Dun’s The First Emperor
Saturday September 6 at 11.30am & Sunday September 7 at 1.00pm

Gounod’s Romeo Et Juliette
Saturday September 27 at 11.30am

Puccini’s La Bohème
Sunday September 28 at 1.00pm

All operas are subtitled in English. Screening at both Luna Leederville and Luna On Sx
The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD sereis is made possible by a gnerous grant from the Neubauer Family Foundation.

Luna Cinemas, 155 Oxford St, Leederville    
Luna on SX, Essex St, Fremantle
Tickets are $25 full, $23 conc., $21 child
Available on line at www.lunapalace.com.au
For information and ticketing go to www.lunapalace.com.au or www.theMetInAustralia.info