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Proprietors: Shirley Swallow and Kevin Smith Telephone: 03 5768 2415
Email: swanpoolcinema@gmail.com
Click here for April - May 2010 program (pdf)
Click here for June - July 2010 program (pdf)
| Friday 7.30 pm 28 May Sat 7.30 pm Sunday 5.00 pm |
A Single Man M 100mins US 2009 Dir Tom Ford Stars Colin Firth Julianne Moore Mathew Goode Torn apart by the shattering impact of the death of his long-time partner, college professor George Falconer decides to end it all , and experiences the most transformative day of his life. Tom Ford’s stylish debut as a director is a moving adaptation of Christopher Isherwood’s novel, which emerged from the turmoil of the gay liberation movement of the 1960’s. Colin Firth was nominated for an Academy Award and won a BAFTA Award for best actor for his role. |
Looking for Eric MA 115mins UK 2009 Dir Ken Loach Stars Steve Everts Burdened with two teenage stepsons who walk all over him, postman Eric Bishop has lost his purpose in life. Turning for inspiration to the poster of legendary footballer Eric Cantona on his wall, he is granted a guiding angel, and a chance to get his life back. A crowd pleasing story of football, abiding love and rock-solid mateship. |
| Friday 7.30 pm 4 June Sat Sunday 5.00 pm | The Hurt Locker (MA) 130mins USA 2009 Dir Kathryn Bigelow Stars Jeremy Renner Guy Pearce This nail-biting Iraq war drama is one of the best films yet about soldiers and the addictive nature of war. Unknown actor Jeremy Renner plays a bomb disposal expert who is happy to put his small crew at risk for the sake of an adrenalin rush. Won three Academy awards for Best film, director, and original screenplay. |
Brothers (M) 105mins USA 2010 Dir Jim Sheridan Stars Toby Maguire Jake Gyllenhaal Natalie Portman This is a taut drama about two brothers who have nothing in common. Sam is a captain in the US army, happily married with two children, whilst his brother, Tommy has just been released from prison for assault. When Sam is called up for another tour of duty in Afghanistan, the dynamics of the family are turned upside down |
| Friday 7.30 pm 11 June Sat 7.30 pm Sunday 5.00 pm |
Welcome (M) 110mins France 2009 Dir Philippe Lioret Stars Vincent Lindon Audrey Dana Firat Ayverdi One of the most celebrated French films of the year, Welcome is a compassionate and inspirational story about the indomitable nature of the human spirit. It centres on a young man’s quest to be reunited with his girlfriend, who has moved with her family to London, but it’s also a stunning portrait of racism and people – smuggling in northern Europe. |
Genova (M) 95mins UK 2009 Dir Michael Winterbottom Stars Colin Firth Catherine Keener Hope Davis Willa Holland A moving drama about a university lecturer who decides to relocate to the Italian city of Genova to teach, after the death of his wife in a car accident. With him are his two daughters, who struggle to come to terms with their loss, and try to find their way into a new life. |
Friday 7.30 pm Sat 7.30 pm Sunday 5.00 pm |
Beneath Hill 60 (M) 120mins Aust 2010 Dir Jeremy Sims Stars Brendon Cowell Anthony Hayes Gyton Grantley Based on the little known story of a group of Queensland engineers who tunnelled under German lines during WW1 to plant huge mines. The group consisted of a ragtag collection of engineers and miners, with only the most basic military training between them. These salt of the earth men were charged with bringing down a vast network of German tunnels, and achieving victory from below. An amazing, true story. |
Charlie & Boots (M) 100mins Aust 2009 Dir Dean Murphy Stars Paul Hogan Shane Jacobson An Australian comedy/drama about a father and his estranged son, who finally get to take the fishing trip to Cape York Peninsula they had always planned. Along the way, as old differences are revisited, Charlie and Boots begin to form a bond. |
Friday 7.30 pm Sat 7.30 pm Sunday 5.00 pm |
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (MA) 150mins Sweden 2010 Dir Niels Arden Oplev Stars Michael Nyqvist Noomi Rapace Peter Haber Based on the best – selling Swedish detective story by the late author Stieg Larsson, about a disgraced financial journalist who embarks on one last investigation , looking into the unsolved murder of a member of a Swedish business dynasty. He is aided by the tattooed, ruthless computer hacker, Lisbeth Salander. |
Mid-August Lunch (PG) 75mins Italy 2009 Dir Gianni Di Gregorio Stars Gianni Di Gregorio Valeria De Franciscis This comedy, which won best Italian film at the Venice film festival, is about a middle aged bachelor living at home with his elderly mother, who finds himself in considerable debt. He agrees to look after his landlord’s mother during the summer public holidays in return for having his debts wiped clean. Over the course of the day, he somehow becomes the unwilling servant to four old ladies, each intent on having their own way. |
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The Concert (M) 120mins France 2010 Dir Radu Mihaileanu Stars Alexi Guskov Melanie Laurrent This touching film tells the story of Andrei Filipov, a cleaner at Russia’a Bolshoi Orchestra. Twenty years earlier he was a celebrated conductor at the Bolshoi, but was fired during the communist era for refusing to expel his Jewish musicians. Years later, Andrei conjures a brilliant plan to play one last concert in Paris. The stirring finale set against Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is magnificent. |
Micmacs (M) 105mins France 2010 Dir Jean – Pierre Jeunet Stars Dany Boon Andre Dussollier Julie Ferrier From the director of Amelie and Delicatessen comes this amusing and imaginative story about a gunshot survivor who comes up with an intricate and original revenge plan to destroy two big arms manufacturers. He is helped by his gang of eccentric friends who show what people can achieve when they work together. |
| Friday 7.30 pm 9 July Sat 7.30 pm Sunday 5.00 pm |
The Last Station (M) 110mins Russia/UK 2010 Dir Michael Hoffman Stars Helen Mirren Christopher Plummer James McAvoy Kerry Condon Nominated for two Academy awards, the story, set in pre-Revolutionary Russia, is a moving account of the great novelist Leo Tolstoy’s struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things. It’s a complex, rich, and emotional love story set during the last year of his life and turbulent marriage to the Countess Sofya. |
Female Agents (MA) France 2008 Dir Jean – Paul Salome Stars Sophie Marceau Julie Depardieu Marie Gillain This French war – time drama mixes adventure with feminism as it follows the exploits of a group of female operatives during the second world war. |
Friday 7.30 pm Sat 1.30 & 7.30 pm Sunday 5.00 pm |
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Departures (PG) 130mins Japan 2009 Dir Yojiro Takita Winner of the 2009 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. A delightful journey into the heartland of Japan, as well as an astonishingly beautiful look at a sacred part of its cultural heritage. The film follows a devoted cellist who is suddenly without a job. He answers an ad, thinking it is for a travel agency, only to discover that the job is actually for a funeral assistant. The film follows his profound and sometimes comical journey with death. |
Friday 7.30 pm Sat 7.30 pm Sunday 5.00 pm |
I, Don Giovanni (M) 120mins Italy/Spain 2010 Dir Carlos Saura Stars Lorenzo Balducci Lino Guanciale Emilia Verginelli Beautifully filmed in Venice, it gives an illuminating, behind –the-scenes account of the writing of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Eighteenth century libertine Lorenzo da Ponteis is ousted from Venice for his scandalous behaviour, and sent to exile in Vienna, where he teems up with a talented young composer, Mozart, to write the libretto for what would become his most famous opera. |
Noodle (PG) 100mins Israel 2009 Dir Ayelet Menahemi At age 37, Miri is a twice – divorced flight attendant. Her well-regulated life is suddenly turned upside down by an abandoned Chinese boy, whose migrant worker mother has been deported from Israel. This is a touching comedy/drama, in which two human beings from opposite cultures, accompany each other on a remarkable journey. |
| Friday 7.30 pm 30 July Sat 7.30 pm Sunday 5.00 pm |
The White Ribbon (M) 145mins Austria/Germany 2010 Dir Michael Haneke Stars Leonie Benesch Ulrich Tukur Christian Friedel Rainer Bock Set in a small German village on the eve of World War 1, this mysterious and absorbing drama is narrated by an elderly man looking back on a series of events that happened in the village that puzzled and disturbed him. Beautifully photographed in black and white, it explores the origins of violence. |
An Education (M) 100mins UK 2009 Dir Lone Scherfig Stars Peter Sarsgaard Emma Thompson Carey Mulligan Set in the London suburb of Twickenham in 1961, the story centres around Jenny, a smart but naïve sixteen year-old schoolgirl. When she meets an older man who introduces her to the glamour of London’s high life, she dreams of becoming a cultured socialite. All is not how it seems however, and for Jenny her real education has just begun. Nominated for an Academy award for best film. |
| Winter break - we will be closed for August only, re-opening 3 September. | ||