The cultural capital of Australia, Melbourne is inarguably the premiere location for film fans down under (no matter what anyone from Sydney tells you). These weekly posts will take you beyond the multiplex and highlight the Top 5 movie alternatives worth checking out each week.
1. Wolf Childen + Q&A w. director Mamoru Hosada (Cinema Nova)
The director of critically acclaimed anime films Summer Wars and The Girl Who Lept Through Time, Mamoru Hosada travels to Australia for the first time to introduce audiences to his newest film, the multi-award winning Wolf Children. (Wednesday, April 17, 6:45pm)
2. Red Hot Shorts (ACMI)
In conjunction with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Gusto Films and ACMI present this collection of comedically left of centre short films and music videos. Includes locale productions Four and The Op-Shop (pictured.) (Friday, April 12, 7:15pm)
3. Time of the Wolf // Caché (The Astor)
As part of their ongoing retrospective on the work of Palm d’Or winning Austrian director Michael Haneke, this Monday the programmer’s at The Astor pair two of his French language films: his post-apocalyptic drama Time of the Wolf, and his disturbing social triller Caché. (Monday, April 15, 7:30pm)
4. Amityville II: The Possession (ACMI)
Scream and Scream Again is a new program at ACMI that shines a light on overlooked horror movie sequels. The series kicks off this Sunday with a screening of cult favourite Amityville II: The Possession. (Sunday, April 14, 8pm)
5. Play It Like Godard (aka J.C. comme Jesus-Christ) (ACMI)
Vincent Lacoste plays J.C., a fifteen year old filmmaking prodigy struggling to balance the trials of adolescene with producion on his latest masterpiece, in Jonathan Zaccaï’s satirical take on the pitfalls of fame and celebrity. (Fri Apr 12 – Sun Apr 14, start time varies)
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Wolf Children is an incredible film. I’d even call it the best feature anime film since Miyazaki’s Spirited Away. Everyone reading this simply needs to check it out.