bohemian rhapsody social club
  • Home
  • Contact Us
    • Feedback
  • Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly
                                                                                                                           a fragment of a photo by Kevin Best
To receive our newsletter please subscribe to our email list here


GOODFIL.MS 
Picture
A GOOD FILM SHOULD MAKE YOU FORGET YOU ARE SITTING IN THE THEATER
Picture
Ever noticed that most people's favourite films didn't win Best Picture? How a critic can laud a movie that you thought was underwhelming? Goodfilms is an online film review, rating, and recommendation site designed to take advantage of your existing social networks.

Join and rate the movies that you watched or see how your friends rated the movies that you plan to watch

In September 2011 Goodfil.ms was mentioned in Australian Financial Review along with the other Angelcubemelb startups!

190513



A GOOD FILM IS LIKE ANOTHER LIFE YOU LIVE TOGETHER WITH THE ACTORS
JEWISH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014 NEW
website
JIFF 2014 brings you Australian premieres of the cream of the new crop of Israeli and Jewish-themed films. In this year’s program there are 43 major international festival award winners and audience pleasers.
The cinema remains a sacred place. In the dark, without external distractions, we can put ourselves in the shoes of the characters on screen and share an experience with our fellow cinema-goers. We may share the same, joyous ride or have an entirely different response. Once the lights come up we can celebrate or argue together.
A film-festival is an opportunity to challenge the routine of our thoughts on politics, religion, news and whom we choose to sit next to! So dive into the program. Enjoy the obvious hits as well as the smaller, hidden gems.
We are thrilled to launch JIFF in Perth, the Gold Coast and Auckland.

If you have missed any films from festivals past, enjoy our new Video on Demand (VOD) service.
Stay tuned for our Holocaust Film Series in March 2015, which will feature more than 30 Australian premiere feature films and documentaries.
Thanks to all our generous sponsors and friends. Thanks to our JIFF team and in particular Festival Manager Tamar and my partner Lindy.
Melbourne release dates: 5 - 23 November 2014 at Classic Cinema
Program
TRAIER
Winners:  

251015

RUSSIAN RESURRECTION FILM FESTIVAL 2014 NEW
PRESTIGIOUS RUSSIAN FILM FESTIVAL - RESURRECTS FOR ITS 11TH SEASON

Russian Resurrection, the largest and most distinguished celebration of Russian cinema outside of Russia, will launch its 2014 season around the country on October 28, and for the first time, in New Zealand. 
Adding to the excitement, the Festival’s Melbourne season now has a new home at Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) where it will take place from 13 to 23 November.

Celebrating its 11th year, the Festival showcases the best of Russia’s film industry and pays homage to the finest examples of Russia’s vibrant movie culture.  And in 2014, the Festival will commemorate the 90th anniversary of Mosfilm - Russia’s inaugural film studio - with 6 stunning retrospective features and 14 brand new films.

Included within this year’s fabulous line-up are Test, winner of 2014’s Kinotavr Film Festival’s Best Film; Stalingrad, an epic depiction on the battle betweenRussian and German forces during WWII; and the classic Dersu Uzala winner of the 1976 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.   Opening night audiences will be transported to early 19th century Russia with Vasilisa, a sweeping romance set in Napoleonic times, with lavish costumes, large scale battle scenes, an evocative score and a love story between Ivan, a nobleman and Vasilisa, a beautiful serf.

Amidst a festive atmosphere combined with warm Russian hospitality, RussianResurrection enhances and invigorates the relationships between Russia, Australia, and now New Zealand. It is this jubilant mix, combined with the rich culture attached to the brilliant Russian film industry, which makes attendance to this event a must.

“I am proud and honoured to share the best of Russian cinema with Australian & New Zealand audiences,” said Nicholas Maksymow, Russian Resurrection’sManaging Director. “With over 65,000 people having attended the event since our 2003 commencement, it seems Australians really do appreciate what the Russianfilm industry has to offer.  I can’t wait for them to experience the wonderful films we have sourced for our 2014 programme.”

Russian Resurrection was established to support the growing Russian Film Industry, and showcase the talent of Russian filmmakers and actors on a global scale.

Festival dates and venues are as follows:
CANBERRA Greater Union Manuka 28 Oct – 5 Nov
SYDNEY Event George St City & Event Burwood 30 Oct – 9 Nov
BRISBANE Event Cinemas – Brisbane City Myer Centre 6 – 16 Nov
PERTH Event Innaloo 6– 12 Nov
ADELAIDE Event Marion 7 – 9 Nov
MELBOURNE Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) 13 – 23 Nov
NEW ZEALAND Rialto Cinemas 24 – 27 October

Tickets will shortly be on sale at:     http://www.acmi.net.au
Visit the Festival Website at:            http://russianresurrection.com/2014
TRAILER: vimeo.com/107785447
Our friends from RRFF offers Bohemian Rhapsody Club 11 double passes. The total value of this giveaway is $40.00

Winners: Zack van Zyl, Glenn M, Irene Ch, Michael P, Antonia P, Nina M, Maria G, Alex (2 for review), Julie Dargan

221015

SIDDHARTH
website
Synopsis
SIDDHARTH is the spellbinding and gorgeously wrought tale of one father's journey across India in search of his son. Mehendra is a chain-wallah, eking out a living fixing zippers on the bustling streets of New Delhi. To ease his financial woes, he sends twelve-year-old Siddharth to work in a distant factory. When the boy doesn't come home for the Diwali holiday, Mehendra and his wife Suman slowly begin to suspect that he was kidnapped by child traffickers. With little resources and no connections, he travels across India in pursuit, with the hope that whatever force arbitrarily took his child away will return him unharmed.

Movie Details
Release Date:Thursday, 9 October 2014
Genre:Drama
Director:Richie Mehta
Writers:Richie Mehta
Cast:Rajesh Tailang, Tannishtha Chatterjee
Our friends at Pinnacle Films are kindly offering Bohemian Rhapsody Club 10 double passes

Winners:  Rachel Sandey, Julie Dargan, Sylvester K, Nina P, Milan M, Tanya L FD, Andrei BBC, Natasha BBC and Olga BBC; the rest of the passes (2) will be raffled at our Oct 11 event

031015

LAVAZZA ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2014
website

WELCOME TO THE LAVAZZA ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2014

Bringing a dash of Mediterranean romance to 15 superb Palace locations from mid-September to late October, the Festival's 15th edition will premiere 34 show-stopping new features and documentaries plus one glamorous classic, showcasing the charisma of Italy's most engaging actors including Kim Rossi Stuart, Micaela Ramazzotti, Raoul Bova, Monica Bellucci, Sergio Rubini, Giovanna Mezzorgiorno, Valeria Golino, Margherita Buy and Claudio Santamaria.

The selection features four categories: Direct from Cannes with three features direct from the world's most prestigious film festival; Drammatico Italiano including the best contemporary films produced in Italy in the last 12 months; Laughing Italian Style for the funniest, craziest and silliest Italian comedies including a popular cinepanettone title; plus Per Bambini with a family film for younger audiences.

Several stunning feature debuts highlight Italy's hot new talent including Sebastiano Riso's moving drama Darker Than Midnight (Più buio di mezzanotte); Bruno Oliviero's stylish thriller The Human Factor (La variabile umana); Fabio Mollo's restrained and powerful drama South Is Nothing (Il Sud è niente) starring Miriam Karlkvist, recipient of this year's Berlinale Shooting Star award; Alberto Fasulo's docudrama Tir; Sydney Sibilia's hilarious I Can Quit Whenever I want (Smetto quando voglio), Matteo Oleotto's Italian Golden Globe-winning comedy Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot (Zoran, il mio nipote scemo) andThe Mafia Kills Only In Summer (La mafia uccide solo d'estate) by PIF - Pierfrancesco Diliberto - who was recently crowned Best New Director at the David Di Donatello 2014 Awards.

New films from much loved, multi award-winning directors are also featured including these festival highlights: Daniele Luchetti's Those Happy Years (Anni felici), Asia Argento's Incompresa, Edoardo Winspeare's Quiet Bliss (In grazia di Dio), Giovanni Veronesi's The Fifth Wheel (L'ultima ruota del carro), Andrea Segre's The First Snowfall (La prima neve) and Gianni Amelio's A Lonely Hero (L'intrepido). Along with Stijn Coninx director of the hugely entertaining Opening Night SelectionMarina, and Vittorio de Sica whose timeless comedy Marriage Italian Style will close the event nationally.

The festival would not be possible without our wonderful sponsors, and we look forward to celebrating Italian cinema with you at the special events where you can enjoy the premium taste of Lavazza's Barista made coffee, enjoy Peroni beer or Enoteca Sileno Italian wine, dance to live entertainment, be treated to gift bags and more, but hurry because the special events sell out quickly!

Viva il cinema! 

Melbourne from 17 September to 12 October, 2014
Our friends at Lavazza Italian Film Festival would like to offer The Bohemian Rhapsody Social Club 10 double in season passes to the festival movies to give away via our e newsletter or social media outlets. We also review 7 movies. The reviews will be published on our La Premiere page  The tickets will be raffled via email competition and at our August event.

Winners:  Irene C, Michael P, Antonina P, Rachel S, Alex and Natasha (2), Andrei K, Zack VZ (2), Michael M, Maria M, Glem M

050915

BAYSIDE FILM FESTIVAL
website

Cold in July...but red-hot in August at the 
BAYSIDE FILM FESTIVAL
TICKETS
annual Bayside Film Festival just around the corner, there’s no need to venture far afield to get a five star ‘cinematic fix’ as the 2014 Festival has a show-stopping line-up, along with a fabulous new home at Palace Dendy Brighton!

Screening from Wednesday 27 to Sunday 31 August, Artistic Director, Richard Moore, who is helming Bayside for the second consecutive year, has continued to expand the program by sourcing an outstanding and varied slate of independent features from around the globe. There’s also the renowned Youth Documentary and Digital Stories Program, which, in keeping with the event’s proud tradition, continue to showcase the talent of young, local filmmakers.

Opening night will see the Victorian premiere of the US thriller, Cold in July, directed by Jim Mickle (Stake Land, We Are What We Are) and starring Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard and Don Johnson. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and screening courtesy of Umbrella Entertainment, this genre-bending tale follows an average family man whose uneventful life erupts after he accidentally kills a home intruder. Screening with Cold in July will be the award-winning claymation short No More Mr. Mice Guy, from Sydney-based teenage brothers 

Ben and Josh McCarthy – which takes a comic look at a couple’s efforts to rid their home of some pesky, movie-mad mice. Rounding off Bayside’s five-day filmic journey will be a trip of a different kind with the endearing Land Ho (Sony Pictures) in which two aging buddies – Mitch, a lewd American loudmouth and Colin, a gentle, soft-spoken Australian, set off to Iceland in an attempt to reclaim their youth on a tour of Reykjavik nightclubs, trendy spas and rugged campsites. 

Additional highlights of the 2014 Festival include:

ELSA AND FRED (USA) – Australian Premiere
Screening courtesy of StudioCanal
Directed by Michael Radford and starring Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer
The story of two people who discover that it’s never too late to find love. Both set in their ways, 
Fred and Elsa meet when he moves into the same apartment block following the death of his wife. There Fred discovers Elsa, a woman obsessed with the Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini and his film La Dolce Vita. Elsa dreams of playing Anita Eckberg in her famous scene walking through Rome’s Trevi Fountain pursued by the devilishly handsome Marcello Mastroianni. When curmudgeonly Fred meets Elsa’s frenzy, he’s moved to try and make her dream come true. A bittersweet comedy for the young at heart. 

A PROMISE (France) – Australian Premiere
Screening courtesy of Vendetta Films
Directed by Patrice Leconte and starring Alan Rickman, Rebecca Hall & Richard Madden
Acclaimed French filmmaker Patrice Leconte’s first English language film is a haunting, romantic drama set in Germany just before World War 1, which tells the story of a married woman who falls in love with her husband's protégé. 

BLOOD BROTHER (USA) – Victorian Premiere
Screening courtesy of Madman Entertainment
- 2013 Sundance FF Audience Award & Grand Jury Prize, 
- 2013 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival – Best Feature Documentary
This multi-award winning documentary is an intimate portrait of Rocky Braat, a young man whose desire for a family led him to an AIDS hostel in India, a place of unspeakable hardship, where he found almost more love and need than he could bear. 

MYSTERY OF HAPPINESS (Argentina) – Victorian Premiere
Screening courtesy of Potential Films 
Directed by Daniel Burman and starring Guillermo Francella, Ines Estevez, & Alejandro Awada
Santiago and Eugenio are more than deeply devoted friends; they are also life-long business partners...until one day Eugenio disappears leaving no clues behind. Embarking upon a journey to find him, Santiago and Laura, Eugenio’s distressed wife eventually discover a whole lot more in this funny and poignant film about midlife crisis, relationships & dreams.

SOME VELVET MORNING (USA)
Screening courtesy of Umbrella Entertainment
Directed by Neil la Bute and starring Stanley Tucci & Alice Eve 
After an absence of four years, a man surprises his young and beautiful former mistress, claiming to have finally left his wife. But when she rejects his efforts to rekindle their romance, his persistence evolves into obsession, exposing a dark history between the ex-lovers.
our review of Cold In July
TM Publicity would like to offer BRC TEN double in-season passes to KILL THE MESSENGER as a promotion to our members, via social media, eDMs, newsletters etc. The tickets will be raffled via email and announced on facebook upon receiving them from the company. 

Winners: 

150915

POSTMAN PAT

website

Postman Pat a humble and beloved postman, lives an idyllic life in the charming village of Greendale with his wife Sara and his young son Julian. But when new Special Delivery Service (SDS) employee Edwin Carbunkle, obsessed with efficiency, hatches a plot to take over the SDS, Pat’s plans to take his wife on a ‘proper honeymoon’ to Italy topple. Removing the kindly Postal CEO, and installing a workforce of robot postmen, are at the heart of Carbunkle’s evil scheme.  

Meanwhile after viewing an episode of You’re The One, a TV talent contest, Pat decides to compete for the grand prize, which includes a recording contract and, as fate would have it, a trip to Italy!  Patis a singing sensation, (singing voiced by Ronan Keating) and emerges as a finalist to compete at the big finale in London. Along the way, Pat falls prey to the trappings of fame and fortune and becomes an unwitting pawn in Carbunkle’s dastardly plot. Will Pat’s sudden turn in the spotlight  cost him the very things that he holds dearest: his family, his friends and his job?  Only time and fate will tell…!
In Cinemas Nationally from Saturday 16 August, 2014
Pinnacle Films and Ned&Co would like to offer The Bohemian Rhapsody Social Club 10 double in season passes to the movie to give away via your e newsletter or social media outlets. The value of this offer is $400.00  The tickets will be raffled via email competition and at our August event.

Winners:  Rachel Sandey, Reza Samami, Prosper Taruvinga,Juicemaster Australia, Antonina M, Steve Howard

050815

Picture
DEVIL'S KNOT 
website

Director: Atom Egoyan (The Captive, Where the Truth Lies)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon (Mud, Walk The Line), Colin Firth, (The King’s Speech, A Single Man), Stephen Moyer, (TV’s True Blood), Alessandro Nivola, (American Hustle), Dane DeHaan, (The Place Beyond The Pines, Chronicle), Mireille Enos, (The Captive, World Wa

Release Date: 24 July, 2014
In 1993 West Memphis, Arkansas was rocked by the brutal murder of three eight year old boys. The police very quickly accused three teenagers, claiming they had killed the children as part of a satanic ritual.

DEVIL’S KNOT chronicles the harrowing true story of the West Memphis Three from the perspective of one of the mothers, Pam Hobbs (Witherspoon) and the investigator for the accused boys’ defence team, Ron Lax (Firth). Whilst the parents and the community struggle to cope with the heinous nature of this crime and call out for those responsible to be brought to justice, Lax discovers that the prosecutorial case is based entirely on circumstantial evidence and prejudicial assumptions about the accused teenagers’ love of goth culture and heavy metal music.

our review
Icon Film Distribution Australia / http://www.iconmovies.com.au/ is happy to give away 2 packs of a Colin Firth DVD pack – valued at $100 + a double pass to see  Devil's Knot Movie. I will be raffling the pack for BRC VIP members and Goodfil.ms website subscribers and my review followers on the latter website: http://goodfil.ms/

Winners: 

120715


PREDESTINATION
website

PREDESTINATION chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to ensure the continuation of his law enforcement career for all eternity. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time.

Directed by the Spierig Brothers (Daybreakers), starring Ethan Hawke (Before Sunset, Gattaca, Boyhood), Noah Taylor (Game Of Thrones, Shine) and featuring an amazing breakout performance by Aussie newcomer Sarah Snook (Not Suitable For Children), PREDESTINATION hits Australian cinemas on 28 August, 2014.

our review 
Pinnacle Films and Ned&Co would like to offer The Bohemian Rhapsody Social Club 10 double in season passes to the movie to give away via your e newsletter or social media outlets. The value of this offer is $400.00  The tickets will be raffled via email competition and at our August event.

Winners:  Rachel Sandey, Reza Samami, Prosper Taruvinga,Juicemaster Australia, Antonina M, Steve Howard

050815

Picture
STILL LIFE
website

The award-winning new film from Uberto Pasolini (producer of worldwide smash The Full Monty), STILL LIFE is a poignant and life-affirming drama that follows in the best tradition of humanist British cinema. For 22 years, life for the calm and insular John May (the incomparable Eddie Marsan)  has been his work for the local council in South London, finding the next of kin for those who have passed away alone. But in this age of ‘efficiency’, John’s meticulousness is no longer considered an asset. He’s made redundant, and left with one final assignment: a search for the relatives of a neighbour, Billy Stoke. John methodically pieces together fragments of Billy’s life; a mix of mischief, misadventure, love and regret, most of all for an abandoned daughter, Kelly (Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey). John and Kelly are naturally drawn to each other, and as their friendship blossoms, his outlook opens imperceptibly to life’s infinite possibilities...
Beautifully observed, profoundly affecting and laced with moments of Ealing-esque humour, STILL LIFE is a celebration of dignity and personal connection.
Palace Cinemas would like to offer The Bohemian Rhapsody Social Club 5 double in season passes to the movie to give away via your e newsletter or social media outlets. The value of this offer is $200.00  The tickets will be raffled at our September event.

Winners: Rachel Sandey, Juicemaster Australia Julie, Dinky Berlin, Michael P, Michael W, Natasha A, Antonina P

120714

Picture
REACHING FOR THE MOON 
Director: Bruno Barreto
Cast: Miranda Otto, Gloria Pires, Tracy Middendorf

Release Date: 17 July, 2014

Two iconic women. One passion.
Based on the true love story of Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Elizabeth Bishop and Lota de Macedo Soares REACHING FOR THE MOON is a sophisticated tale of an unlikely romance between two extraordinary artists, set against the backdrop of political upheaval and a clash of cultures.

Grappling with writer's block, legendary American poet Elizabeth Bishop (Miranda Otto) travels from New York City to Rio de Janeiro in the 1950s to visit her college friend, Mary (Tracy Middendorf). Hoping to find inspiration on Mary's sprawling estate, Elizabeth winds up with much more - a tempestuous relationship with Mary's bohemian partner, architect Lota de Macedo Soares (Glória Pires), that rocks the staid writer to her foundation. Alcoholism, geographical distance and a military coup come between the lovers, but their intimate connection spans decades and forever impacts the life and work of these two extraordinary artists. The attraction of two polar-opposite women has rarely been so volatile and so erotically charged on the big screen.

Coming Soon to Sun Yarraville, Belgrave Cameo and The Kino Cinemas
Please read our review online. Our friends from the marketing and PR company for this movie are kindly offering 6 double passes for this movie to our readers.

Winners: Mahsan A, Prosper T, Natasha BBCh, Tanya L, Rachel S, Nina P

210715

Picture
THE VOLCANO
website

A divorced couple is going to their daughter big wedding in Greece... separately. Except that their flight will unfortunately not take off... and the only way to make it to the ceremony is to exceptionally get along (for once!) and hit the road together! Needless to say that they’re going to find themselves stuck in a huge amount of troubles, lies, 
adventures, crazy and funny as hell to heat up the screen and set the comedy world on fire! Just as 
Quad knows how to...
Directed by Alexandre Coffre
Starring Dany Boon, Valerie Bonneton & Denis Menochet
National Release Date 26 June
@ the following MELBOURNE VENUES
Palace Cinema Como, Palace Kino Cinemas
Classic Cinema Elsternwick and Cameo Cinema 
I am also happy to announce that Bohemian Rhapsody Club will be receiving 10 double passes to this movie (kind courtesy of Pinnacle Films and Ned&Co) that we will start raffling for our VIP members exclusively upon receiving. Please stay tuned as I will be publishing the movie review soon

Winners:

200614/

Picture
CANOPY
website

A Singapore/Australian co-production, written and directed by Aaron Wilson and starring Khan Chittenden, CANOPY explores the personal wartime experiences of one Australian soldier in the hours after crashing out of the safety of his plane over Singapore during the Japanese invasion of February 1942. The film focuses on the psychological effects of the sudden change in circumstance, injury, disorientation, and fear on the individual’s psyche
Winners: 

Picture
ANY DAY NOW
website

Winner of 10 Audience Awards at film festivals around the country and starring the amazing Alan Cumming, Any Day Now is a powerful tale of love, acceptance and family. When a teenager with Down syndrome (Isaac Leyva) is abandoned by his mother, a gay couple (Alan Cumming and Garret Dillahunt) takes him in and becomes the loving family he's never had. But when their unconventional living arrangement is discovered by authorities, the men are forced to fight a biased legal system to save the life of the child they have come to love as their own. Inspired by a true story from the late 1970s, Any Day Now touches on legal and social issues that are as relevant today as they were 40 years ago.
Movie double pass winners: Victoria S, Zabelle D, Jasna D, Juan O, Michael P, Zee Hassan

AUDI FESTIVAL OF GERMAN FILMS
Picture
Audaciously ambitious in its scope, the 2014 Festival will take place over two weeks in six luxurious Palace cinema locations across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra. Proudly presented by the Goethe-Institut in association with German Films, screening partner Palace Cinemas, and the support of Audi Australia.Read more 
The Audi Festival of German Films, orchestrated by the Goethe-Institut Australia, is the key event for German culture in Australia’s arts calendar.

Showcasing Germany's thriving creative industry, the festival brings a fine selection of contemporary, award-winning, internationally acclaimed German-language movies with English subtitles to Australian cities, towns and their communities.

2014 Festival trailer:View the official trailer for the 2014 Audi Festival of German Films:
Ned & Co Marketing and PR company would like to offer The Bohemian Rhapsody Social Club 6 double in season passes to give away via our e newsletter and social media outlets. The value of this offer is $500.00  The tickets will e raffled at our September event.

Winners: Christine I, Madison G, Penny P, Paul P, Lisa A, Mari M.

080315

Picture
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
website

Release Date: 13 February 2014

Synopsis
Matthew McConaughey will star in THE DALLAS BUYER'S CLUB, the real-life drama from Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallee. The film centers on Ron Woodroof, a Texas electrician diagnosed with AIDS who began smuggling alternative drugs into the U.S. to help himself and other AIDS patients. His actions put him on a collision course with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which was bent on keeping the drugs out of the country.

Movie Details
Pinnacle Films
Genre:Drama
Run Time:117 minutes
Director:Jean-Marc Vallee
Writers:Melisa Wallack, Craig Borten
Cast:Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto

Bohemian Rhapsody Club will be given 6 double passes for this movie, Read our film review online
Winners: 

Picture
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATING 25 YEARS
website
Palace Cinemas
C'EST EXTRAORDINAIRE…C'EST FABULEUX…
It’s the ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL!

Cinephiles and romantics rejoice! Australia’s most glamorous film event is returning to Palace Cinemas for its 25thseason with a tantalising line-up of 46 features and documentaries that make a French ‘affaire’ essential!

Presented by the Alliance Française in association with the Embassy of France in Australia and the generous support of Gold Sponsor Citroën, the Alliance Française French Film Festival will screen across seven cities throughout March and April, launching in Sydney on 4 April.  And to mark our ‘silver’ anniversary we are thrilled that celebrated French/Australian entertainer, Julia Zemiro will be joining us as the Festival’s inaugural Patron.

A slate of French-themed special events, international guests and Première screenings will dominate Palace Cinemas for a glorious two-month period and will include a tribute to François Truffaut, the master of French New Wave Cinema and a Closing Night that will honour the comic genius of Jacques Tati.

The Finishers, a poignant drama with characters inspired by a true story, will take centre stage on Opening Night in each city.  Screening courtesy of Madman Entertainment, directed by Nils Tavernier and starring Jacques Gamblin and Alexandra Lamy, The Finishers follows the journey of an embittered, former Ironman champion, and his disabled son who join forces to compete in a triathlon.  The films thereafter will feature the bewitching talents of a ‘who’s who’ of French and European silver-screen luminaries including Fanny Ardant, Léa Seydoux, Emmanuelle Devos, Romain Duris, Bérénice Béjo, Gabriel Byrne, Mads Mikkelsen, Bruno Ganz, Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Tchéky Karyo, Sandrine Kiberlain, François Cluzet, Jean Dujardin, Cécile de France, Tim Roth, Fabrice Luchini, Lambert Wilson, Thierry Lhermitte, Niels Arestrup, Julie Gayet, Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Nathalie Baye, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Michael Nyqvist, André Dussollier, Isabelle Nanty, Marilou Berry, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Louise Bourgoin and many, many more!
Picture
National dates and venues for the 2014 ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL are:

SYDNEY:            4 – 23 March Palace Norton Street, Palace Verona, Chauvel Cinema & Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace
MELBOURNE:     5 – 23 March Palace Balwyn, Palace Brighton Bay, Palace Cinema, Como, Palace Westgarth & Kino Cinemas
CANBERRA:       6 – 25 March Palace Electric Cinema
BRISBANE:          6 – 25 March Palace Barracks & Palace Centro
PERTH:               18 March - 6 April Cinema Paradiso, Luna on SX & Windsor Cinema
ADELAIDE:         20 March - 8 April Palace Nova Eastend
BYRON BAY:      24 – 28 April Palace Byron Bay
For updates, visit the Festival's official website at:
http://www.affrenchfilmfestival.org/
TICKETS WILL BE ON SALE FROM 31 JANUARY

Festival double pass winners: 

Picture
FILL THE VOID
website

Release Date: 28 November 2013

“I don’t know when I’ve ever seen a film as eerily perfect in tone and taste as Fill the Void.” — The Weekly Standard
Directed by Rama Burshtein.
Classification: M, 90 mins.
Country: Israel.
Language: Hebrew (subtitled).

Sweeping up at the 2012 Ophir Awards (Israel’s Oscars), this ground-breaking feature is the first film to be made by an ultra-orthodox* Jewish woman for a general audience. Following triumphant screenings at last year’s New York and Telluride Film Festivals, Rama Burshtein’s debut affords a glimpse into a somewhat exotic, secret and sealed world. At 18 Shira (Haras Yaron, who won Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival), the youngest daughter of an ultra orthodox family, is faced with a choice not unlike those of a Jane Austen heroine. When her elder sister, Esther (Renana Raz) dies, Shira’s mother, Rivka (Irit Sheleg), suggests a match for her daughter in a desperate attempt to keep her newborn grandchild close to her. Fill the Void boldly emphasises both the loneliness of the heroine’s predicament and its implications for those closest to her.
Winners: Juan O, Rachel S, Nina P, Victoria S, Irina Sh,

Picture
PINNACLE FILMS PRESENTS
NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON


Visit Website
Director:
Bille August
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston, Martina Gedeck, Tom Courtenay, August Diehl, Bruno Ganz, Lena Olin, Christopher Lee and Charlotte Rampling
Duration: 112 mins
Rating: M - Mature themes, violence and brief sex scene
Release Date: 5 December, 2013
Based on Pierre Mercier's bestselling novel NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON, Bille August directs a star-studded international cast headed by Jeremy Irons.

Raimund Gregorius (Jeremy Irons), affectionately called ‘Mundus’ by his students, is a high-school Latin teacher and an expert in ancient languages. His life is transformed following a mysterious encounter with a young Portuguese woman on the old Kirchenfeld Bridge in the beautiful Swiss city of Bern, whom he manages to save from jumping to her death in the icy waters below.

Raimund is intrigued but the woman disappears, leaving behind her coat. Inside it he discovers a book by a Portuguese doctor called Amadeu de Prado, which contains a train ticket. He spontaneously decides to use it, setting off on an adventurous journey to Lisbon.  While looking for the author, Raimund revisits a dark chapter in the country’s history and unveils a tragic love triangle. He is drawn into a mysterious puzzle where the stakes are extremely high, riddled with political and emotional intrigue. Ultimately his journey transcends time and space, touching on matters of history, philosophy, and medicine, encountering love and evolving into a liberating search for the true meaning of life.

Coming Soon to Palace Balwyn, Palace Cinema Como, Palace Dendy Brighton, The Kino Cinema
Movie double pass winners: Michael P, Juan O, Rck I, Haili L-I, Victoria S

Picture
NED & CO MARKETING AND PUBLICITY PRESENTING
THE GILDED CAGE


The Gilded Cage Buy Tickets | Visit Website

Director:
Ruben Alves
Cast: Rita Blanco, Joaquim de Almedia
Duration: 91 mins
Rating: CTC
Release Date: 12 December, 2013
Writer/director Ruben Alves’ enormously charming, semi-autobiographical Parisian comedy is the story of a loving, hardworking married couple whose long-held dream of returning to their homeland finally comes true – only to be secretly undermined by their friends and neighbours.

Maria (Rita Blanco) and José (Joaquim de Almeida) emigrated from Portugal 30 years ago. Ever since, they have lived in the modest ground floor lodgings of a chic apartment building in Paris, raising their now adult daughter and teenage son, and becoming utterly indispensible to all around them.

When José learns he has inherited the family winery and the couple’s dream of returning to Portugal is now possible, they are elated – but struggle with how to reveal the big news. However word spreads anyway, and soon their family, neighbours, friends and employers are scrambling behind the scenes to find ways to prevent them from leaving…

Richly informed by his own upbringing as the son of Portuguese immigrants in Paris, Alves’ warm-hearted, cross-cultural comedy features a terrific ensemble cast, spot-on comic timing and a thoroughly appealing central couple, whose dilemmas are portrayed with great tenderness and affection.

Coming Soon to Palace Balwyn, Palace Brighton Bay, Palace Cinema Como, The Kino Cinemas
Movie double pass winners: Bernardo S, Julie D, Rachel S, Nina P, Jeffry Ya, Juan O, Rck I, Haili L-I, Jasna D, Victoria S

Picture
NED & CO MARKETING AND PUBLICITY PRESENTING
Jewish International Film Festival 2013
website

Welcome to the 2013 Jewish International Film Festival
Sydney — 30 October – 17 November
Melbourne — 6 – 24 November
Buy tickets

JIFF is the home of the most comprehensive range of Israeli and Jewish themed films in Australia and New Zealand. The films premiere in our annual three-week film festival in Sydney and Melbourne in November. JIFF is building on the long and proud 23 history of Jewish film festivals in Australia.

This year there are 51 features, documentaries and shorts that will all have their Australian Premieres at JIFF. We have 12 new categories this year including Brilliant Minds, Women on Film, Quality Schmaltz and The Situation (Hamatzav).

Festival Trailer
Film Festival Passes --
See more, feel more The Film Festival Pass enables you to immerse yourself in the festival experience. You can either go for one category or choose a film from each category, depending on the kind of JIFF you desire.
You can purchase a film festival pass for Sydney by
going into the Event Cinemas Box Office.
You can purchase a film festival pass for Melbourne here.
Our reviews will be published online

Our kind and generous friends at Ned & Co are offering 5 double passes to be raffled to our members. The total value of this offer is not disclosed

Winners:
  Nina P, Alex M, Michael P, Irine C, Glenn M, Alexey R

200614/5125




Picture
PINNACLE FILMS' MOVIE jOBS

jOBS is the powerful and true story of the visionary who set out to change the world and did.

The film chronicles Steve Jobs transformation of character from the enthusiasm and self-discovery of his youth, to the personal demons that clouded his vision and finally to the ultimate triumphs of his later life.

Mark Hulme and Five Star Feature Films launched the production immediately following Jobs retirement in August 2011. Screenwriter Matt Whiteley, while penning the script, utilised a team of expert researchers based on months of exhaustive research and interviews with Steve Jobs friends, colleagues and mentors to develop the most truthful and gripping picture of Jobs life.
Our review is published online

Our kind and generous friends at Pinnacle Films are offering 10 double passes to be raffled to our guests and members. The total value of this offer is $280.00

Winners: 


200614/4000 



IT'S NOT WHAT A MOVIE IS ABOUT, IT'S HOW IT IS ABOUT IT

CURIOUS DISTRIBUTION
NIGHT MOVES 
website

TM Publicity has another terrific film offering in September, the taut environmental thriller NIGHT MOVES from US indie director Kelly Reichardt, which features a stellar cast including Jesse Eisenberg (THE SOCIAL NETWORK), Dakota Fanning (THE RUNAWAYS) and Peter Sarsgaard (GARDEN STATE).

NIGHT MOVES – presented in cinemas from September 18 by our friends at Curious Film – had its world premiere at last year’s Venice International Film Festival, and went on to screen at Toronto, Sydney and Melbourne film Festivals.
This intriguing film asks the question:  when admirable aims lead to disastrous deeds, does the intention or the aftermath win out?

Fringe-dwelling farmhand Josh (Jesse Eisenberg), his high school dropout girlfriend Dena (Dakota Fanning) and their ex-marine mentor Harmon (Peter Sarsgaard) plan an attack on a hydroelectric dam in Portland to protest the environmental devastation in their midst, but they are sidelined by the unforeseen consequences of their actions.

Participating cinemas 
o Palace Nova Eastend
o Cameo Cinema


Our friends at Curious Distribution offer BRC 10 double in-season passes to NIGHT MOVES to give-away to our networks or members, via eNews, social media or newsletters. 

Winners: 

150815

Picture
RISING FROM ASHES 
website
Directed T.C. Johnstone, Rising from Ashes is a feature length documentary about two worlds colliding when cycling legend Jock Boyer moves to Rwanda, Africa to help a group of struggling genocide survivors pursue their dream of creating a national cycling team. As they set out against impossible odds, both Jock and the team find new purpose as they rise from the ashes of their past.

Narrated by the Academy Award winning Forrest Whitaker, Rising from Ashes is a remarkable story of heroism, perseverance and triumph. The documentary was created with the purpose of telling a story of “redemption, hope, and second chances. It was not about the bike, however, the bicycle became a tool that changed a nation.”
TM Publicity and Curious Film Distribution would love to offer Bohemian Rhapsody Social Club  10 double passes to Rising from Ashes to be distributed among our customers however we deem necessary. These passes can be used in season and are subject to terms and conditions provided. 

Winners:

210315

Picture
GOOD VIBRATIONS
website

Directed by Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn, Good Vibrations is a compelling tale of resilience and solidarity. British Academy Award nominated film centers around Terri Hooley, a radical, rebel and music-lover in 1970s Belfast, when the bloody conflict known as The Trouble shuts down his city. As all his friends take sides and take up arms, Terri opens a record shop on the most bombed half-mile in Europe and calls it Good Vibrations.

Through it he discovers a compelling voice of resistance in the city’s blossoming underground punk scene. Galvanising the young musicians into action, he becomes the unlikely leader of a motley band of kids and punks who join him in his mission to form a new community of free spirits, an Alternative Ulster that can bring his city back to life.
TM Publicity would love to offer Bohemian Rhapsody Social Club  10 double passes to Good Vibrations to be distributed among our customers however we deem necessary. These passes can be used in season and are subject to terms and conditions provided. The passes will be raffled for our BRC VIP members exclusively. Total value - $400.00

Winners:


30015

Picture
IDA
website

Ida follows the life of ANNA, who is a beautiful eighteen-year-old woman, living in Poland in 1962 and preparing to become a nun at the convent where she has lived since orphaned as a child. She learns she has a living relative she must visit before taking her vows, her mother’s sister WANDA.

Together, the two women embark on a voyage of discovery of each other and their past. Her aunt, she learns is not only a former hard-line Communist state prosecutor notorious for sentencing priests and others to death, but also a Jew.

ANNA learns that she too is Jewish – and that her real name is IDA. This revelation sets ANNA, now IDA, on a journey to uncover her roots and confront the truth about her family.

IDA has to choose between her birth identity and the religion that saved her from the massacres of the Nazi occupation of Poland. And WANDA must confront decisions she made during the War when she chose loyalty to the cause before family.

Please our review published online
Our friends from Curious Distribution would like to offer The Bohemian Rhapsody Social Club 10 double in-season passes to IDA to give away via our e newsletter or social media outlets. The total value of this offer is $400

IDA – Release date: April 3

Winners: Luke Flanagan, Juicemaster Australia, Rachel Sandey / Sylvester K, Reza Samami, Michael P, Elmira Navid, Milan M, Juan O, 2 extra tickets left

080714

Picture
HANNAH ARENDT 
website
Hannah Arendt is a portrait of the genius that shook the world with her discovery of “the banality of evil.” After she attends the Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trail in Jerusalem, Arendt dares to write about the Holocaust in terms no one had ever heard before. Her work instantly provokes a scandal, and Arendt stands strong as she is attacked by friends and foes alike. But as the German-Jewish émigré struggles to suppress her own painful associations with the past, the film exposes her beguiling blend of arrogance and vulnerability – revealing a soul defined and derailed by exile.

Hannah Arendt provides an insight into the profound importance of her ideas. But even more moving is the chance to understand the warm heart and icy brilliance of this complex and deeply compelling woman.
Genre: Drama
Director: Margarethe Von Trotta
Cast: Barbara Sukowa, Alex Milberg, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch, Ulrich Noethen and Michael DegenWriters: Pam Katz, Margarethe Von Trotta
Rating: TBC
Run Time: 113 min

Our friends at Curious Distribution would like to offer The Bohemian Rhapsody Social Club 10 double in-season passes to HANNAH ARENDT to give away via our e newsletter or social media outlets. 
The total value of this offer is $400

HANNAH ARENDT, in cinemas nationally from Feb 27 2014

Winners: 

120514

Picture
CURIOUS DISTRIBUTION
THE ROCKET

A boy who is believed to bring bad luck to everyone around him leads his family and a couple of ragged misfits through Laos to find a new home. After a calamity-filled journey through a land scarred by the legacy of war, to prove he's not cursed he builds a giant rocket to enter the most dangerous competition of the year: the Rocket Festival.

Set in the rarely seen tribal mountains of Laos, The Rocket is gripping yet heartwarming cinema in the vein of the Oscar winning Salaam Bombay, Central Station, The Motorcycle Diaries and the kids' story in Slumdog Millionaire, with a touch of Little Miss Sunshine.

It is a universal story about the determination of a boy who has the odds stacked against him, about overcoming self-doubt, about forgiveness and the power of unconditional love.

The Rocket stars acclaimed Thai/Lao actor Thep Phongam in the role of a damaged but humorous former CIA soldier who becomes a mentor to our young hero.

Awards
Best First Feature Award - Berlinale 2013
Crystal Bear for Best Feature - Berlinale 2013
Amnesty International Award - Berlinale 2013
Best Narrative Feature - Tribeca 2013
Audience Award & Best Actor Award - Tribeca 2013
Audience Award - Sydney Film Festival 2013

Our friends from Curious Distribution would like to offer The Bohemian Rhapsody Social Club 10 double in-season passes to THE ROCKET to give away via our e newsletter or social media outlets. The total value of this offer is $400

THE ROCKET – AUGUST 29 NATIONAL RELEASE

Winners: 

080714

Picture
THE OTHER SON

“suspenseful and touching… excellent casting and a thoughtful, layered script…” Screen Daily

Two young men, one Israeli and one Palestinian, discover they were accidentally switched at birth.  Two families divided by fate, but united by understanding.

As he is preparing to join the Israeli army for his national service, a blood test proves Joseph is not his parents' biological son.  An investigation reveals he was inadvertently switched at birth with Yacine, the son of a Palestinian family from the West Bank, both having been born in Haifa during a missile attack in the Gulf War.

A touching deeply personal family drama, the filmmakers have steered clear of sentimentality or melodrama as each character is forced to reassess their respective identities, their values and their beliefs.
Our friends from Curious Distribution would like to offer The Bohemian Rhapsody Social Club 10 double in-season passes to THE OTHER SON to give away via our e newsletter or social media outlets. The total value of this offer is $400

THE OTHER SON – APRIL 18 NATIONAL RELEASE

Winners:





TRANSMISSION FILM and ZIP COMMUNICATIONS
WHEN THE QUEEN CAME TO TOWN NEW
website

WHEN THE QUEEN CAME TO TOWN ticket offers
In cinemas nationally NOVEMBER 27, 2014

When the Queen Came to Town offers a striking window into the Australia of the day and meets the real stars; the people who were there, who presented the bouquets, who drove the limousines, who participated in the mass displays and who now share their stories of the biggest event ever staged here in Australia. 
Thanks to Umbrella Entertainment we are giving you the chance to WIN 5 double in-season passes to see the new film WHEN THE QUEEN CAME TO TOWN – in cinemas nationally November 27

Winners:

171015

MY MISTRESS
website
My Mistress is the first feature film from Australian director, Stephen Lance which is an unconventional and provocative love story in which an infatuation between a vulnerable teenage romantic Charlie and S & M mistress Maggie soon becomes something more dangerous. Starring AFI Award –winning actor Harrison Gilbertson (Tim Winton's The Turning) and acclaimed French actress Emmanuelle Beart (Mission Impossible, 8 Women) My Mistress is an unexpected tale ofmisplaced love. 

The film ail be screening at selected Palace Cinema locations in VIC (Palace Brighton Bay, Palace Cinema Como, Kino Cinema). 

Screening locations

It's a long hot summer for Charlie Boyd. He's sixteen and his hormones are racing. When a tragic family event tumbles Charlie into a world of pain, a pain so intense he thinks no-one can help, he tries to escape. Desperate and alone, he meets Maggie, the mysterious woman who lives down the street. She's a professional and she specialises in pain. Giving it, exploring it, and sharing it, all for money.
So Charlie insinuates his way into her life and despite herself Maggie can't stop from going along with his wishes. However dangerous their relationship may be, she knows he needs her. She needs him too. As much as she tries to deny it, she needs his sort of love, because in the part of her life she keeps from Charlie, she has been judged and found wanting, and is paying the price. Maggie is drawn to this troubled boy who takes all the pain she can give and uses it to heal himself. As Charlie heals, he turns that love back onto her, his Mistress.

Bohemian Rhapsody Club is offered 10 double passes by Transmission Films to use as giveaways-these in-season double passes are valued at $38 each

Winners: 

171015

THE DARK HORSE  NEW
website
Starring an extraordinary NZ cast; Cliff Curtis (Whale Rider and Boy), James Rolleston (Boy) and Kirk Torrance (Outrageous Fortune), The Dark Horse is an inspiring true story based on the life of a charismatic, brilliant but little-known New Zealand Hero and Chess champion - Genesis Potini (Gen). The Dark Horse is a provocative, emotionally-charged and inspiring drama about a man who searches for the courage to lead, despite his own adversities - finding purpose and hope in passing on his gift to the children in his community. It is a film about two lost souls finding the strength to carry on through each other's company - believing in themselves; even if no one else does.

RELEASE DATE: in cinemas nationally November 20. 
‘The Dark Horse is an emotionally potent story of redemption anchored by a heart-piercing lead performance from Cliff Curtis’ – The Hollywood Reporter

With thanks to Transmission Films, we would like to offer you the chance to WIN a double in-season movie pass to see THE DARK HORSE

Winners: 

101015

KILL THE MESSENGER 
website

With thanks to Transmission Films, we’d like to offer you a chance to work with us on KILL THE MESSENGER, an intense psychological drama starring two-time academy award nominee Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker), Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Michael Sheen. Opening in cinemas nationally on October 30.

Based on true events, KILL THE MESSENGER tells the remarkable story of a small-town reporter who uncovered one of the most elaborate criminal conspiracies in the history of the US government - unleashing a CIA smear campaign that turned the entire American political and media establishment against him.

Renner stars in this dramatic retelling of the remarkable true story of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb. Webb was a seasoned and respected reporter at the San Jose Mercury News. His career took a startling turn when an upscale cocaine trafficker’s girlfriend slipped him a Grand Jury transcript which revealed a link between U.S. intelligence and Central American cocaine smuggling. Webb soon realised that he has stumbled onto a story which led to the shady origins of cheap, seemingly limitless cocaine on the nation’s streets, all too apparent in South Central Los Angeles...

...and allegations that Nicaraguan rebels working directly with the CIA, were smuggling cocaine into the U.S., using the profits to arm Contra militias back home.
Our friends who manage the PR and Marketing for the movie from Transmission films offer Bohemian Rhapsody Club 10 double passes for this movie that will be raffled shortly. The total value of this giveaway is $400.00

Winners:

150915

WISH I WAS HERE

Wish I Was Here is the story of Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, who at 35 is still trying to find his identity; a purpose for his life. He and his wife are barely getting by financially and Aidan passes his time by fantasizing about being the great futuristic Space-Knight he’d always dreamed he’d be as a little kid. When his ailing father can no longer afford to pay for private school for his two kids (ages 5 and 12) and the only available public school is on its last legs, Aidan reluctantly agrees to attempt to home-school them. The result is some funny chaos, until Aidan decides to scrap the traditional academic curriculum and come up with his own. Through teaching them about life his way, Aidan gradually discovers some of the parts of himself he couldn’t find.
Wish I Was Here in cinemas nationally SEPTEMBER 11
Our friends who manage the PR and Marketing for the movie from Transmission films offer Bohemian Rhapsody Club 10 double passes. The total value of this giveaway is $400.00

Winners: 

270715

Picture
TRANSMISSION FILMS

Transmission Films is a leading independent film distributor bringing the best local and international films to Australian and New Zealand audiences. Joint Managing Directors Richard Payten and Andrew Mackie launched Transmission in 2008 in partnership with Paramount Pictures Australia. The two distributors collaborate on acquisitions with Transmission overseeing the creative marketing and Paramount bringing their muscle and expertise to all stages of the release. The strength of a major with the focus of an independent – truly the best of both worlds. Please read more on this story via this link.
FADING GIGOLO
website

The sophisticated adult comedy Fading Gigolo tells the story of a New York City book store owner (Woody Allen) who manages to convince his friend (John Turturro) that there is a fortune to be made by becoming a professional gigolo. Hilarity ensues as the two friends struggle in their new careers.

A whip-smart comedy written, directed by and starring John Turturro (O Brother, Where Art Thou?) and an all-star ensemble cast including Vanessa Paradis, Woody Allen, Liev Schreiber, Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara.

Please read our review soon
Transmission Films would like to offer The Bohemian Rhapsody Social Club 10 double in season passes to FAING GIGOLO to give away via your e newsletter or social media outlets. The value of this offer is $400.00  The tickets will e raffled at our September event.

Winners: 

Picture
RENOIR

To be released October 24
website
In his twilight years, Pierre-Auguste Renoir is tormented by the loss of his wife, the pains of arthritic old age and the terrible news that his son Jean has been wounded in action. But when a young girl miraculously enters his world, the old painter is filled with a new, wholly unexpected energy. Blazing with life, radiantly beautiful Andrée will become his last model, and the wellspring of a remarkable rejuvenation. Back at the family home to convalesce, Jean too falls under the spell of the new, redheaded star in the Renoir firmament. In their Mediterranean Eden – and in the face of his father’s fierce opposition – he falls in love with this wild, untameable spirit… and as he does so, within weak-willed, battle-shaken Jean, a filmmaker begins to grow.
Bohemian Rhapsody Club will have 10 doubles for giveaways. The value of the offer is included in the total offered by Transmission Films

Winners:

081013





Picture
FRANCES HA

Two of Hollywood’s hottest young actors, Greta Gerwig (Greenberg, To Rome With Love) and Adam Driver (Girls) headline this fast, funny and flirty tale of a group of twenty-something New Yorkers trying to find bliss in the Big Apple. Co-writer Greta Gerwig stars as Frances, a dance company apprentice who throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as their possible reality dwindles. Despite a range of relatable problems with her career, her living situation and her very best friend (Mickey Sumner), Frances lives her life with unaccountable joy and lightness. This endearing comic fable from acclaimed director Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) is a love letter to youth, to New York, to best friends, and to life. 

Official Selection: 
2012 Telluride Film Festival
2012 Toronto International Film Festival
2012 New York Film Festival
2013 Berlinale Panorama
2013 Sydney Film Festival
2013 Melbourne International Film Festival

“…one of the most purely pleasurable films you’ll see all year.” Collider

"It's hard to leave Frances Ha without smiling" Huffington Post
The value of the offer is included in the total offered by Transmission Films

Winners: 

290713



Picture
I'M SO EXCITED

Legendary Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar (All About My Mother, Volver, Talk To Her) is back with a kitsch, camp and outrageously funny comedy set mostly on a plane!

The film stars many of Almodóvar’s greatest Spanish character actors including Javier Cámara (Talk to Her) Cecilia Roth (All About My Mother), Lola Dueñas (Volver), Blanca Suárez (The Skin I Live In) and features special appearances from Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas and Paz Vega.

In cinemas: 19 September 2013

Please read our review soon
Transmission Films would like to offer The Bohemian Rhapsody Social Club 10 double in season passes to I"M SO EXCITED to give away via your e newsletter or social media outlets. The value of this offer is $400.00  The tickets will e raffled at our September event.

Winners: Alex L, Nina P, Irina Sh, Buddy L, Aria T, Teresa V, Ilana M, Rachel S, Sylvester K, Tatiana O, Andrei K 

050914




Picture
BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR
website

Acclaimed French filmmaker Abdellatif Kechiche’s latest, based on Julie Maroh’s graphic novel, was the sensation of this year’s Cannes Film Festival even before it was awarded the Palme d’Or.
Adèle (Adèle Exarchopoulos) is a young woman whose longings and ecstasies and losses are charted across a span of several years. Emma (Léa Seydoux) is the older woman who excites her desire and becomes the love of her life.

Kechiche’s movie is, like the films of John Cassavetes, an epic of emotional transformation that pulses with gestures, embraces, furtive exchanges, and arias of joy and devastation. It is a profoundly moving hymn to both love and life.
CAST:
Léa Seydoux
Adèle Exarchopoulos

Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
Producers: Brahim Chioua, Abdellatif Kechiche, Vincent Maraval
Writers: Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalia Lacroix

Bohemian Rhapsody Club will have 5 doubles for giveaways. The value of the offer is included in the total offered by Transmission Films

Winners: 

081014

Picture
LE WEEK-END

Le Week-End is a beautifully observed, funny and poignant story about the nature of love and commitment where husband and wife yearn to recapture their youthful fearlessness, lack of responsibility and idealism.

A married couple, Meg and Nick (Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan), revisit Paris to revitalise their marriage, and run into an old friend (Jeff Goldblum) who gives them a new vision on life and love.

Le Week-End marks the latest collaboration between Roger Michell and his long-standing partners, writer Hanif Kureishi and producer Kevin Loader – the trio also worked on Venus, The Mother and TV’s The Buddha of Suburbia.

In cinemas: 24 October 2013

Please read our review soon
Transmission Films would like to offer The Bohemian Rhapsody Social Club 10 double in season passes to LE WEEK-END to give away via your e newsletter or social media outlets. The value of this offer is $400.00  The tickets will e raffled at our September event.

Winners: 
Juan O, Natasha M, Antonia M, Mohit A, Haili I, Madison V, Sylvester K, Fred K, Anne N, Melissa R, David L, Reza S, 

050914




Picture
HAUTE CUISINE

Transmission Films invite you to sample the culinary delights of the French film HAUTE CUISINE. Opening in cinemas April 25, this delicious drama with a generous pinch of comedy is based on the extraordinary true story of President François Mitterand's private cook. Hortense Laborie, a renowned chef from Perigord, is astonished when the President of the Republic appoints her his personal cook, responsible for creating all his meals at the Elysée Palace. Despite jealous resentment from the other kitchen staff, Hortense quickly establishes herself, thanks to her indomitable spirit. The authenticity of her cooking soon seduces the President, but the corridors of power are littered with traps...
Transmission Films would like to offer The Bohemian Rhapsody Social Club 10 double in season passes to HAUTE CUSINE to give away via your e newsletter or social media outlets. The value of this offer is $400.00

Find HAUTE CUISINE on Alliance Franciase French Film Festival 2013 website.

Winners:

010314




Picture
IN THE HOUSE

A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy’s intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.

CAST: Fabrice Luchini
Ernst Umhauer
Kristin Scott Thomas

Filmmakers Director: François Ozon
Writer: François Ozon, based on the play by Juan Mayorga
Producers: Eric Altmeyer, Nicholas Altmeyer, Claudie Ossard

In cinemas: 27 June 2013

Please read our review
Transmission Films would like to offer The Bohemian Rhapsody Social Club 10 double in season passes to IN TH E HOUSE to give away via your e newsletter or social media outlets. The value of this offer is $400.00 

Winners:

120514



Picture
FAREWELL, MY QUEEN

At the dawn of the French Revolution, as turmoil brews in Paris, Versailles carries on, careless and unworried as if isolated from the rest of the world. Sidonie Laborde, the Queen’s young reader, carefree and entirely devoted, takes full advantage of the intimate moments which tie her to Marie-Antoinette, whom she admires so much. Sidonie is unaware that she is about to live out the last three days she’ll ever have at her mistress’s side, in the Versailles of pomp, extravagance, games of leisure and luxury. Movie link. 

We also published a full movie review on our La Premiere page. In Cinemas June 3.
Our friends at Transmission Films are kindly offering BRC one double seasonal pass for the movie. The value of the offer is included in the total offered by Transmission Films

Winner:

110516



Picture
THE PARIS OPERA AT PALACE CINEMAS

website link
Please read our review on Carmen by Paris Opera published: La Premiere

2 double passes have been given to BRC with a total value of $110.

Winners: Nina P, Natasha M

Picture
AMOUR

Amour (literally, "Love") is a 2012 French-language drama film written and directed by Michael Haneke, starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert. The narrative focuses on an elderly couple, Anne and Georges, who are retired music teachers with a daughter who lives abroad. Anne suffers a stroke which paralyses her on one side of the body. The film is a co-production between companies in Austria, France, and Germany.

The film was screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival,where it won the Palme d'Or.It has been selected as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. At the 25th European Film Awards, it has been nominated in six categories.

Read more
TRANSMISSION FILMS

Transmission Films is a leading independent film distributor bringing the best local and international films to Australian and New Zealand audiences. Joint Managing Directors Richard Payten and Andrew Mackie launched Transmission in 2008 in partnership with Paramount Pictures Australia. The two distributors collaborate on acquisitions with Transmission overseeing the creative marketing and Paramount bringing their muscle and expertise to all stages of the release. The strength of a major with the focus of an independent – truly the best of both worlds. Please read more on this story via this link.
Our friends at ZIP Comminucations offer BRC 5 double passes to the film Amour which opens in February next year. The value of this offer is $200.

Winners: Michael P, Alex L

171113



REALITY
Picture
Luciano is a Neapolitan fishmonger who supplements his modest income by pulling off little scams together with his wife Maria. A likeable, entertaining guy, Luciano never misses an opportunity to perform for his customers and countless relatives. One day his family urge him to try out for Big Brother. In chasing this dream his perception of reality begins to change.

REALITY movie details link

Awards
Winner Grand Prix Cannes Film Festival 2012

Genre: Drama Director: Matteo Gerrone Cast: Aniello Arena, Loredana Simioli, Nando Paone, Graziella Marina, Nello Iorio, Nunzia Schiano, Rosaria D'urso, Giuseppina Cervizzi, Claudia Gerini, Raffaele Ferrante, Paola Minaccioni, Ciro Petrone, Salvatore Misticone, Vincenzo Riccio, Martina Graziuso, Alessandra Scognamillo

Our friends at Curious Distribution would like to offer The Bohemian Rhapsody Social Club 10 double in-season passes to REALITY to give away via our e newsletter or social media outlets. The total value of this offer is $400

REALITY, in cinemas nationally from July 5 2013

Winners:

120514




FILM! FILM! FILM!
Picture
SCANDINAVIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2014

website

The region of Scandinavia - culturally comprised of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Denmark - has produced some of the most iconic films ever made. From the masterpieces of Ingmar Bergman, to the radical, back-to-basics guerrilla-style filmmaking of the Dogme revolution, to the contemporary and transnational diversity of Nordic cinema, Palace is proud to present local audiences with a brand new event, created to offer a dedicated focus to an area of screen culture that has for too long been under-represented in Australia.

Indeed the mission of the inaugural Scandinavian Film Festival is to ensure that more films from the region are presented where they deserve to be seen: on the big screen. Too often some extraordinary films have never seen the light of day here (or rather, the darkness of a cinema), and Palace considers it an honour and a privilege to help correct this.

So with thanks to the support of SFF sponsors and cultural partners, Palace is proud to present a celebration of Scandinavian screen culture, cuisine and music with you, our world-cinema loving audience, via a curated selection of 21 outstanding films that range from critically acclaimed debuts of risktaking new talent, through to crowd-pleasing local blockbusters.

From our Opening Night Galas to the Special Events, including the live Q&As with our special guest, the fabulous Laura Birn (one of Finland’s rising stars, who was recently profiled by the Berlin Film Festival’s annual talent platform Shooting Stars as one of Europe’s Best Young Actors), there is something for everyone.

Please join us, and celebrate the art of cinema from one of the world’s most breathtaking and talent-rich regions.

Scandinavian Film Festival marketing and publicity team managers organise 10 x admit 2 passes (value of $500), and will be throwing in a few extra so we can review the 100 Year Old Man film too!

Winners: Rachel Sandey (Sylvester), Johnny Sacco, Cassidy Poon,Prosper Taruvinga, Shannon M, Michael P, Michael A, Nina P, Milan M, Natasha M (one movie media review pass), Antonina P, Steve Howard

280615




"IN SPAIN THERE IS THE KING - AND THEN THERE'S ANTONIO..." [BANDERAS]
Picture
SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL 2013 
16th Spanish Film Festival

Festival Dates: 12 June, 2013 - 26 June, 2013

Participating Cinemas: Kino Cinemas, Palace Westgarth, Palace Cinema Como

This year’s Spanish Film Festival, presented by Estrella Damm, is back with a bang – this year expanding to 10 Palace Cinemas locations and for the first time, we’re thrilled to welcome Palace Westgarth into the fold. This year’s program of 22 films boasts an exceptional selection of the very best in contemporary Spanish-language cinema. As always, we are excited to bring you a host of Spanish fiestas throughout the festival – details are listed via this link
Our friends at Spanish Film Festival are happy to give us 8 double in-season passes for the duration of the Festival. The total value of this offer is $320.

Winners:

060614

Displaying page: Hot Announcements >> Movies
Hot Announcements some categories: NEW Ads  *  Art  *  Beauty  *  Coffee  *  Entertainment  *  Food and Snacks  *  Gifts
Health Products *  Kids Goods *  Music and Vocal  *   Places of Interest *  Private Ads  *  Tea  *  Theater  *  Wine and Beer
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.