Current Films
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Chuck Chuck Baby
STARTING 5 JUNE
Directed by Janis Pugh
Chuck Chuck Baby is a film of love, loss and music set amongst the falling feathers of a chicken factory.
Set in present day industrial North Wales, Helen (Louise Brealey, Sherlock) spends her nights packing chickens and her days caring for a dying mother-figure Gwen (Sorcha Cusack, Father Brown).
Helen’s world takes an unexpected turn with the return of Joanne (Annabel Scholey, Split). They were the objects of the other’s unspoken teenage passions twenty years ago. One night, encouraged by Helen, Joanne starts a playful wooing game that re-awakens their youthful feelings.
As they fall in love and lust, Helen’s zest for life returns but Joanne feels the walls closing in as she faces something much darker from her past, and Helen’s painful memories cause her to flee.
Separated and alone, will both women reflect on their unfulfilled chance to break their barriers and allow love to win?
WINNER: Best Feature and Breakthrough Cymru BAFTA Cymru Awards -
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Toronto International Film Festival
★★★★ "Joyous singalong celebration of female friendship" - The Observer
Directed by Janis Pugh
Chuck Chuck Baby is a film of love, loss and music set amongst the falling feathers of a chicken factory.
Set in present day industrial North Wales, Helen (Louise Brealey, Sherlock) spends her nights packing chickens and her days caring for a dying mother-figure Gwen (Sorcha Cusack, Father Brown).
Helen’s world takes an unexpected turn with the return of Joanne (Annabel Scholey, Split). They were the objects of the other’s unspoken teenage passions twenty years ago. One night, encouraged by Helen, Joanne starts a playful wooing game that re-awakens their youthful feelings.
As they fall in love and lust, Helen’s zest for life returns but Joanne feels the walls closing in as she faces something much darker from her past, and Helen’s painful memories cause her to flee.
Separated and alone, will both women reflect on their unfulfilled chance to break their barriers and allow love to win?
WINNER: Best Feature and Breakthrough Cymru BAFTA Cymru Awards -
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Toronto International Film Festival
★★★★ "Joyous singalong celebration of female friendship" - The Observer
The King's Speech
DOME SPOTLIGHT SCREENING - one night only!
Sunday, 1 June at 6:30pm
Directed by Tom Hooper
Award winning film from 2010 starring Colin Firth as King George VI, Helena Bonham Carter as Queen Elizabeth and also starring Geoffrey Rush, Guy Pearce and Michael Gambon.
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.
AWARDS
-Winner of Best Film, Director, Actor (Firth) and Screenplay at the 2011 Academy Awards
-Winner of 7 BAFTA Awards 2011 including Best Film, Best Actor (Firth), Best Supporting Actress (Bonham Carter), Best Supporting Actor (Rush) and Best Screenplay
-Winner for Best Actor, Drama (Firth) at the 2011 Golden Globes
-Audience Award winner at Toronto Film Festival 2010
Sunday, 1 June at 6:30pm
Directed by Tom Hooper
Award winning film from 2010 starring Colin Firth as King George VI, Helena Bonham Carter as Queen Elizabeth and also starring Geoffrey Rush, Guy Pearce and Michael Gambon.
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.
AWARDS
-Winner of Best Film, Director, Actor (Firth) and Screenplay at the 2011 Academy Awards
-Winner of 7 BAFTA Awards 2011 including Best Film, Best Actor (Firth), Best Supporting Actress (Bonham Carter), Best Supporting Actor (Rush) and Best Screenplay
-Winner for Best Actor, Drama (Firth) at the 2011 Golden Globes
-Audience Award winner at Toronto Film Festival 2010
DR.STRANGELOVE
FAR OUT! Presents
One Night Only:
DR.STRANGELOVE:
OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING
AND LOVE THE BOMB (1964)
Tuesday, 27 May
Bar open at 5:30pm
Show at 6:30pm
$15 CASH ONLY
In 1964, with the Cuban Missile Crisis fresh in viewers' minds, the Cold War at its frostiest, and the hydrogen bomb relatively new and frightening, Stanley Kubrick dared to make a film about what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button -- and played the situation for laughs. Dr. Strangelove's jet-black satire and a host of superb comic performances (including three from Peter Sellers) have kept the film fresh and entertaining, even as its issues have become (slightly) less timely.
98% on Rotten Tomatoes.
One Night Only:
DR.STRANGELOVE:
OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING
AND LOVE THE BOMB (1964)
Tuesday, 27 May
Bar open at 5:30pm
Show at 6:30pm
$15 CASH ONLY
In 1964, with the Cuban Missile Crisis fresh in viewers' minds, the Cold War at its frostiest, and the hydrogen bomb relatively new and frightening, Stanley Kubrick dared to make a film about what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button -- and played the situation for laughs. Dr. Strangelove's jet-black satire and a host of superb comic performances (including three from Peter Sellers) have kept the film fresh and entertaining, even as its issues have become (slightly) less timely.
98% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Bob Trevino Likes It
STARTING 23 MAY
Directed by Tracie Laymon
When lonely 20-something Lily Trevino accidentally befriends a stranger online who share the same name as her own self-centered father, encouragement and support from this new Bob Trevino could change her life. Lily and Bob’s blossoming friendship becomes a vital source of connection and healing in both their lives. Bob’s small acts of fatherly kindness fill a familial void in Lily's life and hold the power to change her direction forever. In their own ways, these two must both learn they are worthy of extraordinary love exemplified through small acts of kindness.
Inspired by the true friendship that writer/director Tracie Laymon found with a stranger when looking for her father online.
"Delightful" - The Daily Beast
"Barbie Ferreira proves she's the next breakout star" - Indiewire
Winner of the Grand Jury Award (Narrative Feature), SXSW 2024
95% on Rotten Tomatoes!
Directed by Tracie Laymon
When lonely 20-something Lily Trevino accidentally befriends a stranger online who share the same name as her own self-centered father, encouragement and support from this new Bob Trevino could change her life. Lily and Bob’s blossoming friendship becomes a vital source of connection and healing in both their lives. Bob’s small acts of fatherly kindness fill a familial void in Lily's life and hold the power to change her direction forever. In their own ways, these two must both learn they are worthy of extraordinary love exemplified through small acts of kindness.
Inspired by the true friendship that writer/director Tracie Laymon found with a stranger when looking for her father online.
"Delightful" - The Daily Beast
"Barbie Ferreira proves she's the next breakout star" - Indiewire
Winner of the Grand Jury Award (Narrative Feature), SXSW 2024
95% on Rotten Tomatoes!
Tarrac
STARTING 22 MAY
Directed by Declan Recks
A young Irish woman, Aoife, returns home to help her father in his recovery from a heart attack. During this time, Aoife reacquaints with a group of rowers and this all-female team, who against the odds, take on a high stakes Naomhóg rowing competition.
Tarrac is a drama set at the edge of the world, the coastlines and sea of the Dingle peninsula. A place of wild geography, where the weather and the people have a mind of their own.
Tarrac has warmth and a sense of place. An intimate character study of a woman who through a sporting passion finally manages acceptance and love.
Laced with humour, heart break and exciting action set against the stunning landscapes and seas of the Kerry Gaeltacht, Tarrac is about daring to care again and learning the power of forgiveness.
Irish with English subtitles
Directed by Declan Recks
A young Irish woman, Aoife, returns home to help her father in his recovery from a heart attack. During this time, Aoife reacquaints with a group of rowers and this all-female team, who against the odds, take on a high stakes Naomhóg rowing competition.
Tarrac is a drama set at the edge of the world, the coastlines and sea of the Dingle peninsula. A place of wild geography, where the weather and the people have a mind of their own.
Tarrac has warmth and a sense of place. An intimate character study of a woman who through a sporting passion finally manages acceptance and love.
Laced with humour, heart break and exciting action set against the stunning landscapes and seas of the Kerry Gaeltacht, Tarrac is about daring to care again and learning the power of forgiveness.
Irish with English subtitles
La Cocina
STARTING 15 MAY
Directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios
Nominated for the Golden Bear at Berlin 2024, this adaptation of Arnold Wesker's play follows the life in the kitchen of a NYC restaurant where cultures from all over the world blend during the lunchtime rush.
Amidst the lunch rush of a frantic Manhattan restaurant, a series of events threaten to bring the kitchen to a crashing halt. While food orders flood in and pressure mounts to boiling point, the passionate relationship between chef Pedro (Raúl Briones) and waitress Julia (Academy Award nominee Rooney Mara) is starting to fray. But when missing money and shocking revelations cause things to spiral out of control, it’s not long before one of New York’s busiest kitchens is on the verge of imploding. Featuring an array of outstanding performances led by Briones and Mara, La Cocina is a gripping, exhilarating and truly cinematic new film from acclaimed director Alonso Ruizpalacios.
In English and Spanish with English subtitles
Directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios
Nominated for the Golden Bear at Berlin 2024, this adaptation of Arnold Wesker's play follows the life in the kitchen of a NYC restaurant where cultures from all over the world blend during the lunchtime rush.
Amidst the lunch rush of a frantic Manhattan restaurant, a series of events threaten to bring the kitchen to a crashing halt. While food orders flood in and pressure mounts to boiling point, the passionate relationship between chef Pedro (Raúl Briones) and waitress Julia (Academy Award nominee Rooney Mara) is starting to fray. But when missing money and shocking revelations cause things to spiral out of control, it’s not long before one of New York’s busiest kitchens is on the verge of imploding. Featuring an array of outstanding performances led by Briones and Mara, La Cocina is a gripping, exhilarating and truly cinematic new film from acclaimed director Alonso Ruizpalacios.
In English and Spanish with English subtitles
The People We Love
STARTING 2 MAY
Directed by Mike Smith
When a young writer returns to her family’s home after a life-changing day of disappointments, her well-meaning interventions in her family’s relationships drives everything off the rails...
Maddie’s first collection of short stories is rejected by her publisher. Hiding out at the family beach house, Maddie can’t resist getting involved in her family’s fragmenting relationships. Her boyfriend and her best friend are contemplating an affair. Her mother is leaving her father - for a woman. And the guy who betrayed her trust in high school is back in her life. Over the next few days she nearly wrecks her parents’ marriage, rejects and regains her best friend, and reconnects with the guy who might just be the love of her life. However, a crisis occurs when she writes about what is happening around her, and to her, and those stories are uncovered. Her whanau, who are depicted in the stories, feel betrayed. Can this family mend itself? And Maddie faces a heartbreaking choice: Her writing. Or the people she loves...
This tale of family and love was filmed on location in Wellington and the Kāpiti Coast. It marks the feature debut of veteran writer/director Mike Smith (800 Words, Siege, The Brokenwood Mysteries).
"This is absolutely a must-watch movie." - KC News
"That very rare thing, a Kiwi romance....a cracker cast" - RNZ
"The People We Love is a good yarn and looks great. Go have a look" - Stuff
Directed by Mike Smith
When a young writer returns to her family’s home after a life-changing day of disappointments, her well-meaning interventions in her family’s relationships drives everything off the rails...
Maddie’s first collection of short stories is rejected by her publisher. Hiding out at the family beach house, Maddie can’t resist getting involved in her family’s fragmenting relationships. Her boyfriend and her best friend are contemplating an affair. Her mother is leaving her father - for a woman. And the guy who betrayed her trust in high school is back in her life. Over the next few days she nearly wrecks her parents’ marriage, rejects and regains her best friend, and reconnects with the guy who might just be the love of her life. However, a crisis occurs when she writes about what is happening around her, and to her, and those stories are uncovered. Her whanau, who are depicted in the stories, feel betrayed. Can this family mend itself? And Maddie faces a heartbreaking choice: Her writing. Or the people she loves...
This tale of family and love was filmed on location in Wellington and the Kāpiti Coast. It marks the feature debut of veteran writer/director Mike Smith (800 Words, Siege, The Brokenwood Mysteries).
"This is absolutely a must-watch movie." - KC News
"That very rare thing, a Kiwi romance....a cracker cast" - RNZ
"The People We Love is a good yarn and looks great. Go have a look" - Stuff
The Last Showgirl
STARTING 1 MAY
Directed by Gia Coppola
A poignant film of resilience, rhinestones and feathers, stars Pamela Anderson as Shelly, a glamorous showgirl who must plan for her future when her show abruptly closes after a 30-year run. Award winner Jamie Lee Curtis co stars as Shelly’s best friend, who brings her own unique interpretation and brilliance to the story.
"The Last Showgirl is a nearly perfect showcase for Pamela Anderson as a showgirl dancer grappling with ageism, sexism, and parenting regrets, as her long-running job is about to end. This drama realistically depicts an entertainer's mid-life crisis." Culture Mix
"Pamela Anderson’s quietly captivating performance steals the show. “The Last Showgirl” stays with you and truly dazzles as a raw and polarizing character study." This Chix Flix
Directed by Gia Coppola
A poignant film of resilience, rhinestones and feathers, stars Pamela Anderson as Shelly, a glamorous showgirl who must plan for her future when her show abruptly closes after a 30-year run. Award winner Jamie Lee Curtis co stars as Shelly’s best friend, who brings her own unique interpretation and brilliance to the story.
"The Last Showgirl is a nearly perfect showcase for Pamela Anderson as a showgirl dancer grappling with ageism, sexism, and parenting regrets, as her long-running job is about to end. This drama realistically depicts an entertainer's mid-life crisis." Culture Mix
"Pamela Anderson’s quietly captivating performance steals the show. “The Last Showgirl” stays with you and truly dazzles as a raw and polarizing character study." This Chix Flix