After having the beloved Astor Theatre release its half-yearly lineup (20th March-2nd July) and finally securing my Cinémathèque yearly pass (snatched up a Nova Privilege card too) I am about to ready to bleed my eyes out watching more than my fair share of movies this year. Currently aiming to consume more films than I ever have in a year (and I logged around 400 feature films last year). Wish me luck.
My definite cinema watchlist for this year (so far):
The Astor Theatre
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (Ultra rare film print)
- Re-Animator (35mm) + The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (2K)
- Heaven’s Gate (4K)
- Leon: The Professional (2K) + Subway (2K)
- Inception (35mm)
- Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Ultra rare film print) + The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Ultra rare film print)
- Lolita (35mm)
- The Mirror (Ultra rare film print) + Ivan’s Childhood (Ultra rare film print)
- Taxi Driver (4K)
- Inherent Vice (70mm)
Melbourne Cinémathèque
- APRIL 13 – MAY 02
BEAUTIFUL LOSERS: ROBERT ALTMAN’S PANORAMIC CINEMA- McCABE & MRS. MILLER
- 3 WOMEN
- CALIFORNIA SPLIT (35mm)
- VINCENT & THEO
- SHORT CUTS (35mm)
- ROBERT ALTMAN’S JAZZ ’34 (35mm)
- SEPTEMBER 28
REDUX: THE POETIC CINEMA OF ANDREI TARKOVSKY- ANDREI RUBLEV (35mm)
- MAY 18
BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT: THE FILMS OF MARGOT NASH- THE SILENCES
- VACANT POSSESSION
- OCTOBER 5
UNSETTLING WORLDS: TWO FILMS BY LYNNE RAMSAY- RATCATCHER
- MORVERN CALLAR (35mm)
- NOVEMBER 2 – NOVEMBER 16
THE PAST IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY: THE CINEMA OF HOU HSIAO-HSIEN- A CITY OF SADNESS (35mm)
- THE ASSASSIN
- A TIME TO LIVE, A TIME TO DIE (35mm)
- DUST IN THE WIND (35mm)
- THREE TIMES
- FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON
- MAY 25 – JUNE 08
“EVERY GREY HAIR ON MY HEAD I CALL KINSKI”: THE COLLABORATIONS OF WERNER HERZOG AND KLAUS KINSKI- AGUIRRE, WRATH OF GOD (35mm)
- MY BEST FIEND
- NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE (35mm)
- WOYZECK (35mm)
- FITZCARRALDO (35mm)
- BURDEN OF DREAMS
And there are only the screenings that I am really, really (x2) excited for. Don’t forget the others that I only have a single level of excitement for them. 50 bucks says I’ll need thicker glasses by the time the year is done. This is what I moved to Melbourne for.