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Tuesday 9 Feb
Ghostbusters (PG)
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria! After being kicked out of their university, parapsychology
professors Spengler, Stantz and Venkman go into business trapping ghosts. When the end of the world is nigh, nobody's
better placed to save humankind from a giant marshmallow man than four dudes with proton packs.
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Wednesday 10 Feb
Stalker (M)
In Andrei Tarkovsky's meditative and occasionally surreal drama, a Stalker is a guide who shows paying clients into and out
of the Zone, a cordoned-off area where, thanks to an unnamed anomaly, a certain room is said to grant visitors their
innermost desires. But can we ever know what's truly in our hearts? Stalker is part of Rooftop Cinema's Film Appreciation
Night program and is hosted by FAT. Film Appreciation Nights screen each Wednesday in February and March.
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Thursday 11 Feb
Nowhere Boy (M)
Liverpool, 1957. John Lennon is a lost, angry teenager ricocheting between his stern guardian Aunt Mimi, his feckless mum Julia - who'd given him up when he was small - and his newfound love: rock'n'roll. We all know how this story ends, but it's an unexpectedly colourful, sensuous ride.
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Saturday 13 Feb
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (MA)
'80s kids all fell for Matthew Broderick's baby-faced charm as smart, precocious teen Ferris Bueller, who decides to pull a
sickie and spend the day with his girlfriend Sloane and lugubrious best friend Cameron. Only his pissed-off sister Jeanie
and school principal Mr Rooney suspect what Ferris is really up to. Will today be the day he finally gets caught?
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Sunday 14 Feb
Valentine's Day - True Romance (MA)
When flowers and chocolates just aren't enough, perhaps the ultimate romantic gesture is slaying your Valentine's vicious pimp, stealing his suitcase of cocaine, selling it to a Hollywood producer and moving to Cancun. Well, that's Quentin Tarantino's idea of true love. You could do worse, my friend. You could do much worse.
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Tuesday 16 Feb
Visual Acoustics (M)
Iconic buildings didnt get that way by accident. Architectural photographer Julius Shulman, who died only last year,
captured the beautiful Californian modernism of Frank Lloyd Wright, Charles Eames, Pierre Koenig and more, and this
documentary presents his art as a vital record of the way buildings work within landscapes and embody the hopes of
generations.
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Wednesday 17 Feb
Art & Copy (PG)
What, you thought Mad Men was the only love letter to American advertising's golden age? This doco might make you think
twice. In lively interviews, the real Don Drapers and Peggy Olsons whose campaigns became pop-cultural touchstones
explain that advertising isn't just about manipulating people; it's about the power of a simple idea. Art & Copy is part of
Rooftop Cinema's Film Appreciation Night program and is hosted by Australian INFront.
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Thursday 18 Feb
Stand By Me (PG)
Now a freelance writer, Gordie reminisces about the time when, aged 12, he and three misfit buddies embarked on an adventure to find a kid their age who was presumed dead. But the bad kids in town are on their tail, and the quest becomes a race to see who'll recover the body first.
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Saturday 20 Feb
The Graduate (M)
Before MILFs, before cougars, there was Mrs Robinson. Yes, Dustin Hoffman, she is trying to seduce you. But this sparkling
social satire is much more than American Pie, Sixties-style. Its an affectionate but surprisingly bittersweet take on that age-
old dilemma, What do I do now?
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Sunday 21 Feb
Let the Right One In (MA)
This isn't your average tween romance. Puny, achingly vulnerable Oskar is mercilessly bullied in a dark Swedish winter. Will
his new friend Eli be his salvation, or has Oskar invited a far worse demon into his life? A disturbing, sad, and profoundly
moving story.
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Tuesday 23 Feb
Whatever Works (M)
Woody Allen and Larry David, together at last! When paranoid, obsessive misanthrope Boris Yellnikoff meets wide-eyed Southern belle Melodie - and her straitlaced parents - the scene is set for a fluffy, old-fashioned and surprisingly entertaining farce. If you've ever agonised over making life choices, Whatever Works is a sparkling paean to compromise.
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Wednesday 24 Feb
Phase IV (PG)
1974. Designer Saul Bass, creator of iconic movie title sequences, is about to direct his first feature, and it's... a sci-fi thriller about super-intelligent killer ants! But surprisingly, Phase IV isn't a B-grade schlockfest. Shot using real ants, it slowly builds an almost unbearably tense atmosphere of dread. A triumphant subversion of the sci-fi genre. Phase IV is part of Rooftop Cinema's Film Appreciation Night program and is hosted by The Narrows.
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Thursday 25 Feb
Sympathy for the Devil Presented by Triple R (MA)
Jean-Luc Godard's first English film bottles the lightning of the Rolling Stones at the height of their powers. But this is 1968, when people really did believe that lame graffiti slogans and spoken word happenings could spark revolution. So scenes of the Stones in the studio are spliced with abstract skits exploring radical ideas.
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Saturday 27 Feb
Milk (M)
Harvey Milk is the gay community's Martin Luther King: an openly gay politician who agitated for equal civil rights before being gunned down in 1978. Gus Van Sant's simultaneously intimate and sweeping biopic moves forward as inexorably as social change itself, and Sean Penn is astonishingly exuberant and witty in the title role.
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Sunday 28 Feb
Adventureland (M)
It's the summer of '87 in Pittsburgh, where erudite but dorky comparative literature graduate James is stuck working at the local crappy amusement park. This sweet and shaggy rom-com from the director of Superbad is about emotional development rather getting high and punching people in the nads... although there's heaps of that, too.
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Tuesday 2 Mar
Public Enemies (MA)
Michael Mann movies are glamorous, crisply shot cat-and-mouse chases between criminals and cops. His hunt for notorious Depression-era heistmeister John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) becomes a kind of western, complete with gunplay and extreme closeups. Even if dogged FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale) gets his man, he'll never kill Dillinger's legend.
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Wednesday 3 Mar
Beautiful Losers (R18)
When the artists associated with New York's Alleged Gallery were starting out, conquering the art world was the last thing on their minds. They just wanted to do cool stuff, work with their mates and listen to their favourite tunes. Then 'street culture' really blew up. Now they're doing commercial work, they've never lost that DIY spirit. Beautiful Losers is part of Rooftop Cinema's Film Appreciation Night program and is hosted by The Internetwork.
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Thursday 4 Mar
Shaun of the Dead Presented by Bulmers (MA)
Simon Pegg's zom-com wrings so many witty moments from the zombie genre that it's irresistible to anyone who loves braiiiiinnnns. When his girlfriend dumps him and the zombie apocalypse hits, it's up to mild-mannered slacker Shaun to turn things around the only way he knows how... by heading down to the pub.
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Saturday 6 Mar
A Fish Called Wanda Presented by Bulmers (M)
This effervescent trans-Atlantic crime caper is packed with farcical fun. American con artists Otto and Wanda try to swindle English bank thieves George and Ken, and become entangled with George's uptight lawyer Archie. In an Oscar-winning turn, Kevin Kline steals the show as moustachioed maniac Otto, who can't bear to be called stupid.
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Sunday 7 Mar
Withnail and I Presented by Bulmers (MA)
In 1969, two unemployed, drug-addled actors take a 'rejuvenating' trip to a country house belonging to Withnail's uncle. Can their friendship - not to mention their wits - survive bad weather, altercations with locals, the fabled Camberwell Carrot and the amorous advances of Uncle Monty?
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Tuesday 9 Mar
In The Loop (M)
Never has the fire of a teenage heart burned brighter than when Duckie lip-syncs to Otis Redding in the record shop! That rosy-garmented Andie could ignore her lovestruck best friend for preppie dweeb Blane is one of cinema's greatest injustices... worse, even, than Andie's extremely '80s prom dress.
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Wednesday 10 Mar
Suspiria (R18)
The nightmarish dance academy in Dario Argento's cult horror film is worlds away from Fame or Center Stage! To the strains of Italian prog-rock band Goblin, watch American ballet student Suzy attempt to dance away from the occult terrors and elaborate, gruesome deaths that claim her classmates. Suspiria is part of Rooftop Cinema's Film Appreciation Night program and is hosted by Noise In My Head.
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Thursday 11 Mar
Valentino: The Last Emperor (PG)
This intimate and hilarious documentary portrait shows Valentino Garavani doing what he does best - dreaming up fabulous frocks. Meanwhile, his partner in life and business, Giancarlo Giammetti, takes care of the practicalities. But as this wizened Oompa-Loompa and his entourage celebrate 45 years in the business, the corporate wolves are at the door.
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Saturday 13 Mar
The September Issue (PG)
\"September is the Jaaaaaanuary in fashion!\" drawls one insider in this delicious observational documentary about US Vogue's annual, coffee-table-book-sized issue. Watch legendary editor Anna Wintour humiliate staffers and boss designers and photographers about, while her feisty creative director Grace Coddington fights for her gorgeously styled shoots to stay in the magazine.
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Sunday 14 Mar
The Devil wears Prada (PG)
You'd better know your cerulean from your turquoise if you want to work for Miranda Priestly, the glacially cruel fashionista who turns her magazine editorship into a reign of terror. Will earnest journalism graduate Andy sacrifice her dignity and integrity to be the best-dressed shitkicker in New York?
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Tuesday 16 Mar
The Royal Tenenbaums (MA)
Royal Tenenbaum is such a terrible dad that his wife Etheline kicks him out to raise their brood of child prodigies herself. Years later Chas, Richie and Margot have become burnt-out recluses, and Royal decides to fake a terminal illness so he can bond with them again. Family dysfunction has never been so much fun! The Royal Tenenbaums is part of our Wes Anderson-athon week.
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Wednesday 17 Mar
F.A.N 7: Eat Drink Man Woman presented by The Melbourne Food & Wine Festival
Renowned chef Chu muses on two basic human desires: love and good food. He's living with his three adult daughters, who are struggling to find love and lead independent lives. As Chu loses his sense of taste, he's also losing touch with his children; how many more mouthwatering meals will he get to cook for them? Eat Drink Man Woman is part of Rooftop Cinema's Film Appreciation Night program and is hosted by the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival
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Thursday 18 Mar
The Darjeeling Limited (M)
After surviving a serious motorcycle crash, Francis Whitman drags his depressed, narcissistic brothers Peter and Jack on a \"spiritual journey\" to India. Surly and heavily medicated, but with the world's most glamorous matched luggage, they bicker, cause havoc on the train, seek their long-lost mother, and finally begin to tolerate one other. The Darjeeling Limited is is part of our Wes Anderson-athon week.
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Saturday 20 Mar
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (M)
Part Captain Ahab, part Jacques Cousteau, Steve Zissou is a beanie-clad oceanographer bent on hunting down the \"jaguar shark\" that killed his partner Esteban. Between pirates, onboard tensions, rival undersea documentarians, a pregnant journalist and a polite young man who could be Steve's son, Steve's quest is about to take an unexpected turn. This film is part of our Wes Anderson-athon week.
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Sunday 21 Mar
Rushmore (M)
Max Fischer is the precocious king of extra-curricular activities at his prep school, Rushmore Academy. Put on academic probation, he falls in love with preschool teacher Ms Cross. But his mentor, depressed millionaire Herman Blume, falls for her as well, and neither of them plans to take this affront lying down... Rushmore is part of our Wes Anderson-athon week.
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Tuesday 23 Mar
Jamesons Short Film Night (MA)
John Jameson Productions challenged Australian filmmakers to dream up a three-minute short with a twist in the tail and youll be treated to the disturbing and whimsical results! From octopus affairs to unusual pest infestations, from the trickiest multiple-choice exam to a dog wholl fetch your hearts desire, this is storytelling at its simple best.
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Wednesday 24 Mar
F.A.N 8: Fear(s) of the Dark presented by Jacky Winter Group (PG)
Six internationally acclaimed comic-book artists contributed to this spine-tingling collection of black-and-white animated shorts. As you watch hand-drawn hounds, computed-animated insects, a Japanese girl with horrific nightmares, mysterious marshlands and haunted houses, sit next to someone who won't mind if you clutch their hand in terror! Fear(s) of the Dark is part of Rooftop Cinema's Film Appreciation Night program and is hosted by Jacky Winter Group
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Thursday 25 Mar
Labyrinth (G)
DATE

Thursday 25 March - 9PM
DIRECTOR

Jim Henson
CAST

David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly
SYNOPSIS

Three words: David Bowie's crotch. Revisit your confusing childhood tingly feelings and dive into a fantastical Muppet-filled world as 15-year-old Sarah tries to rescue her baby half-brother Toby from the roguish, leather-clad Goblin King. Thanks to Bowie, the soundtrack is also amazing - we bet you'll be singing along with 'Magic Dance'.
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Saturday 27 Mar
A Serious Man (M)
Surreal, richly allusive and cruelly hilarious, Joel and Ethan Coen's grim comedy narrates a struggle by decent physics professor Larry Gopnik to reason his way out of a maze of absurd injustice. You'll laugh, you'll cringe, and like Larry, you'll ponder what it all means. But as one character says, \"Please, accept the mystery.\"
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