What's on at the Chauvel!
February 16th 2010 05:45
So you are getting sick and tired of the weather in Sydney and want to go somewhere where you won't get soaking wet!
The Chauvel cinema is about to put on a whole series of Dario Argento masterpieces staring Friday week.
So if you like a good scare you know where to go!
Each night includes a double feature with George Romero up first on Feb 26 followed by Tobe Hooper and Wes raven on subsequent Friday Nights.
Also, check what else is on. From the New York Met, to some old classics and some briliant new releases.
A new Friday Night season of bloodletting, screams and mayhem.
The essential films of Italian horror auteur Dario Argento are paired with classics from Tobe Hooper, Wes Craven & George A. Romero for big-screen scares every Friday night at Chauvel from Feb 26-Mar 19.
Tickets just $12 each evening (for one or both films!). Click on the dates below to purchase advance tickets online.
ARGENTO
8.30pm SUSPIRIA (1977) (R18 ) dir: Dario Argento
The only thing more terrifying that the last 12 minutes of this film are the first 92.
10.15pm DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978) (R18 ) dir: George A. Romero
When there’s no more room in HELL, the dead will walk the EARTH.
8.30pm TENEBRE (a.k.a. UNSANE) (1982) (R18 ) dir: Dario Argento
Terror beyond belief.
plus
10.15pm TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974) (R18 ) Tobe Hooper
Who will survive and what will be left of them?
8.30pm PHENOMENA (a.k.a. CREEPERS) (1985) (R18 ) dir: Dario Argento
Evil is alive and killing.
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10.20pm LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (1972) (R18 ) dir: Wes Craven
To avoid fainting keep repeating, “It’s only a movie… It’s only a movie…”
8.30pm DEEP RED (1975) (R18 ) dir: Dario Argento
Flesh ripped clean to the bone… and the blood runs red.
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10.40pm EATEN ALIVE (1977) (R18 ) dir: Tobe Hooper
Meet the maniac and his friend.
Tickets (per evening): $12.00 (for one or both films).
Advance tickets now on sale! In person at Chauvel, or click on the link below/
Full season details at www.chauvelcinema.net.au
FILMS COMING SOON TO CHAUVEL
BEING IN HEAVEN (G) (2009/AUS/93mins/35mm)
Written, produced and directed by best-selling self-development author & presenter Michael D Rowland (Absolute Happiness), BEING IN HEAVEN is a new narrative that expands on the concepts introduced in his book – that a life of enjoyment, success and wellbeing is available to anyone who is willing to awaken the true self and live consciously. Jason Masterman (Daniel Whyte) is a young and successful New York stockbroker whose career comes to a bitter and humiliating end. Having lost everything, he retreats to the other side of the globe, to his home town of Sydney, where a chance meeting with a mysterious man in a local restaurant will transform the way he will live the rest of his life.
NORTH FACE (M) (2008/GER/121mins/35mm)
Based on a true story, NORTH FACE is a gripping adventure drama about a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps. In July of 1936 - less than a year after the most recent and fatal attempt, two top German mountaineers, Toni Kurz (Benno Fürmann) and Andi Hinterstoisser (Florian Lukas), take up the challenge to become the first to scale the infamous rock face, as the international press, and the Nazis, look on.
"A mountaineering adventure more tense, more edge-of-the-seat suspenseful, than Touching the Void? Almost incredibly, this German drama, based on a true story, is that film.” Anthony Quinn, THE INDEPENDENT (UK)
Exclusive Sydney Premiere Season commences Feb 18.
MID-AUGUST LUNCH (PG) (2008/ITAL/75mins/35mm)
Acclaimed screenwriter Gianni Di Gregorio’s multi-award winning debut is an utterly charming tale of good food, feisty ladies and unlikely friendships during a very Roman holiday. Broke, and armed with only a glass of wine and a wry sense of humor, middle-aged Gianni (Di Gregorio) is forced to entertain his 93-year-old mother and three other lively mamas in their ancient apartment during Italy’s biggest summer holiday, Pranzo di Ferragosto.
Sydney Premiere Season commences Mar 4
FIVE MINUTES OF HEAVEN (CTC) (2009/IRE/90mins/35mm)
WINNER! – AUDIENCE AWARD (BEST FEATURE) –SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL
From acclaimed director Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall) and starring Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt, FIVE MINUTES OF HEAVEN is a story inspired by two extraordinary lives, which explores the challenges of coming to terms with Northern Ireland’s troubled past. In 1975, 11-year-old Catholic Joe Griffin witnessed the killing of his brother by a young Ulster Volunteer Force member, Alistair Little. The impact of the murder destroyed the lives of Joe and his family, who could not come to terms with the loss. Working closely with both men, screenwriter Guy Hibbert creates a unique and compelling film that moves from a powerful re-enactment of these tragic events to a fictional interpretation of what might happen should these two men ever come face to face.
Sydney Premiere Season commences Mar 18 at Chauvel!
View the trailer
THE RED SHOES (G) (1948/US/136mins/35mm)
Restored and back on the big screen – Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger’s sumptuous technicolour triumph! "Why do you want to dance?" "Why do you want to live?" Moira Shearer is absolutely dazzling as Vicky, a dancer torn between an authoritarian teacher who loves her work (Anton Walbrook), and a young composer who just loves her (Marius Goring). The former cannot allow her a personal life; the latter can't make room for her devotion to her art. Caught in the middle, the vivacious Vicky faces impossible choices from which neither her charm nor her talent can save her. "Truly the most beautiful technicolour film ever made. Enduring & enthralling" Martin Scorsese.
Exclusive Sydney Premiere Season commences Mar 18 at Chauvel!
View the trailer
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