2009

Courtesy of Film & Arts Mackay, a subsidiary of CQUniversity Mackay Library Society.

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Title	Film Running Time	Date	Time
Happy Go Lucky (M) (Rialto)	118 mins	6th February	7.30pm CQUniversity Mky Cook Theatre
Mamma Mia! (PG) (Roadshow)	108 mins	24th February	6.00pm CQCM Theatre
Caramel (M) (Roadshow)	92 mins	6th March	7.30pm CQUniversity Mky Cook Theatre
Love in the Time of Cholera (M) (Rialto)	138 mins	3rd April	7.30pm CQUniversity Mky Cook Theatre
Welcome to the Sticks (M) (Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis) (Roadshow)	102 mins	1st May	7.30pm CQUniversity Mky Cook Theatre
At the Flicks - Silent Film Afternoon		24th May	2.00pm CQUniversity Mky Cook Theatre
Easy Virtue (PG) (Roadshow)	93 mins	5th June	7.30pm CQUniversity Mky Cook Theatre
Appaloosa (M) (Roadshow)	115 mins	3rd July	7.30pm CQUniversity Mky Cook Theatre
Oklahoma
Lemon Tree (G) (Potential Films)	106 mins	7th August	7.30pm CQUniversity Mky Cook Theatre
Noodle (Potential Films)	90 mins	4th September	7.30pm CQUniversity Mky Cook Theatre
Of Time and the City (M) (Sharmill Films)	74 mins	2nd October	7.30pm CQUniversity Mky Cook Theatre
Summer Hours (M) (Palace Films)	99 mins	6th November	7.30pm CQUniversity Mky Cook Theatre

Venue:

CQUniversity Mackay Campus
Cook Lecture Theatre

Admission:

Members: $5.00
Non Members: $9.00

Enquiries: 4940 7536

Email: CQUniversity Library Mackay

Film Suggestions:

We value suggestions for new films from our members. Our policy is that we aim to screen only arthouse/non-commercial films which aren't to be screened at local theatres. For any suggestions, please email the Library.

Happy Go Lucky

Language: English
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Andrea Riseborough, Samuel Roukin, Sinead Matthews, Kate O'Flynn, Sarah Niles, Eddie Marsan and Joseph Kloska
Director: Mike Leigh

Poppy (Sally Hawkins) is a life-loving, irrepressibly cheerful, Pollyanna-type primary school teacher who is thirty years old, single, and infinitely optimistic and accepting. Whilst Poppy's sense of humour gets the better of her at times, she takes her role of working with children very seriously and deals with things as they come along, demonstrating the possibilities that follow as a result. She lives with her best friend and flatmate Zoe (Alexis Zegerman) in London. She is tested by a repressed driving instructor with anger problems (Eddie Marsan), and tests him in turn. She has exciting flamenco lessons, an encounter with a homeless man, a row with her pregnant sister, and a love-affair with the social worker guiding one of her students.

Vastly entertaining and very funny - Margaret Pomeranz, At the Movies

Mamma Mia

A fancy dress extravaganza to celebrate CQ University Orientation week. To be held at the CQCM theatre.

Language: English
Genre: Musical

Starring: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters, Dominic Cooper, Amanda Seyfried and Christine Baranski
Director: Phyllidia Lloyd

Longing to discover the identity of her true father before she exchanges her wedding vows, the daughter of a once-rebellious single mother secretly invites a trio of paternal candidates to her upcoming wedding in this feature adaptation of the beloved stage musical. Independent-minded single mother Donna (Meryl Streep) has always done her best to raise her spirited daughter, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), while simultaneously running a successful hotel on a small Greek island, but now the time has come for this hardworking mom to finally let go. In just a few days, Sophie will be married, and Donna will stand by bittersweetly as her little girl takes flight. When Sophie walks down the aisle on that fateful day, she wants her father to hand her off. Now, as three key figures from Donna's past return to the picturesque Mediterranean shores they all walked 20 years prior, one beautiful bride will discover the secret of her past while one lonely mother finds out that it's never too late for a little romance.

Caramel

Language: Arabic (English Subtitles)
Genre: Romantic Comedy

Starring: Nadine Labaki, Yasmine Elmasri, Joanna Moukarzel, Gisèle Aouad, Adel Karam, Sihame Haddad, Aziza Semaan, Fatmeh Safa, Dimitri Staneofski, Fadia Stella, Ismaïl Antar, Yousra Karam and Victoria Bader
Director: Nadine Labaki

A romantic comedy set in a Beirut beauty saloon, the "Si Belle", which while comfortable, has definitely seen better days. The film gives us a glimpse into the secret lives of five women whose paths cross at the parlour and their quests to find happiness. Among them is Layale who owns the salon. She still lives at home and is hiding a furtive affair with a wealthy married man. Also in the group is a 40-ish divorced actress, Jamale, who's terrified of aging and the only Muslim , Nisrine, who's worried her fiancé will discover she's not a virgin. While it might sound like a cross between "Sex In The City" and "Beauty Shop" or maybe a Middle East answer to a Hollywood "chick flick", most critics agree it has much more to offer the viewer. You be the judge. And the title, that refers to the hot syrupy sugar substance that can be eaten as caramel, but is used like hot wax to remove hair.

Love in the Time of Cholera

Language: English
Genre: Romantic Drama

Starring: Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Benjamin Bratt, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Hector Elizondo
Director: Mike Newell

Based on the best-selling novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love In The Time Of Cholera is a smouldering love-story spanning half a century in the magical and sensual city of Cartagena, Colombia. It tells the story of a man who waits over 50 years for his one true love. Staring Academy Award Winner, Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men), John Leguizamo (Romeo & Juliet) and Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Love in The Time Of Cholera is a thrilling, sensual and complex journey into the very heart of love.

Welcome to the Sticks

Language: French (English Subtitles)
Genre: Comedy/Drama

Starring: Kad Merad, Dany Boon, Zoé Félix, Philippe Duquesne, Line Renaud, Michel Galabru, Stéphane Freiss, Guy Lecluyse, Anne Marivin, and Patrick Bosso
Director: Dany Boon

In trying to please his demanding wife by putting in a transfer request to the south of France, Post Office administrator Phillippe Abrams's (Kad Merad) plans come undone when he is accused of impersonating a 'handicapped person' when applying. As punishment, Abrams is transferred to Berques up north, which is the last place he wants to be. Here the locals have their own way of doing things, and saying things. The townspeople speak a dialect called Ch'ti, which to Philippes ears is little more than gibberish. Despite the 'cold' and the indecipherable accents, Abrams starts to like the place; so much so that he never wants to come home again. The director's own turn as a particularly dim-witted mailman is also a piece of terrific comedy.

"Genuinely affecting... fiendishly funny." -- The Guardian

At the Flicks - Silent Film Afternoon

Your chance to while away a delightful afternoon in the style of yesterday as Buster Keaton tries to save his favourite train engine, his girl and defeat a dastardly enemy plot, in the classic silent comedy "THE GENERAL" plus A LAUREL AND HARDY short and an extra Buster Keaton short.

Free afternoon tea will be served during interval.

Admission:
CQUniversity Library Society members, children, students, CON friends - $10.00
Concession card holders: $12.00
Adults: $15.00
Family of Four: $20.00 (extra child $2.00)
PLUS your choice of a movie treat of either popcorn, jaffas, fantales or choc-ices included in admission price.

Easy Virtue

Language: English
Genre: Comedy Romance

Starring: Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth, Kimberley Nixon, Katherine Parkinson, Kris Marshall, Christian Brassington, Charlotte Riley, Jim McManus and Pip Torrens.
Director: Stephan Elliott

EASY VIRTUE directed by Stephen Elliott (Adventures of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert") is adapted from an early Noel Coward comedy of the same name. It's been described as a story of Old World Manners (England ) vs New World Freedom (USA). Set in 1929 it tells of the arrival home of John Whitaker and his new wife whom he married while on an overseas jaunt. John (Ben Barnes) is the eldest son of a prim and proper English family.. his wife, Larita (Jessica Biel) is an American...not only American, but a divorced, feisty American female race car driver. Needless to say John's mother (Kristin Scott Thomas) is not very impressed with her new daughter-in-law. In fact his father (Colin Firth) is the only member of the family who seems to approve and he's suffering from shell shock after the War. Larita tries hard to impress Mrs Whitaker but nothing seems to work and then one of the sisters discovers something scandalous from her new sister-in-law's past.

"Fizzing with droll humour, pithy observations on the class system and some brilliantly acidic one-liners, it's wall-to-wall wit on a grand scale." -- UK Mirror

Appaloosa

Language: English
Genre: Action/Western

Starring: Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger, Jeremy Irons, Timothy Spall and Lance Henriksen.
Director: Ed Harris

The good old fashioned western makes a welcome return to the big screen with Appaloosa . Directed by Ed Harris , who also stars in the movie, APPALOOSA is the story of two mercenary lawmen attempting to bring peace to a small New Mexico town in the late 1880s. Virgil Cole (Harris) and Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen) ride into Appaloosa to find it under a reign of terror from Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons) and his cut throat gang. The last straw for the townsfolk is when Bragg shoots three lawmen sent to arrest two of his henchmen for murder and rape. Cole and Hitch are hired to bring him to justice, which is not that easy. Things are also complicated when a widow, Allison French (Renee Zellweger) arrives in town and woos all three men.

"Ed Harris delivers a splendid film, filled with nuances, complexities and substance." -- Louise Keller of Urban Cinefile

Oklahoma

Lemon Tree

Language: Arabic (English Subtitles)
Genre: Drama

Starring: Hiam Abbass, Doron Tavory, Ali Suliman, Rona Lipaz-Michael, Tarik Kopty, Amos Lavi, Amnon Wolf, Smadar Jaaron, Danny Leshman and Hili Yalon.
Director: Eran Riklis

LEMON TREE is the story of a lemon grove on the green line between Israel and Palestine. The trees have been in Palestinian widow Salma Zidane's (Hiam Abbass) family for decades. Then one day her world is thrown into turmoil when the Israeli Defence Minister Navon (Doron Tavory) and his wife, Mira, (Rona Lipaz-Michael) move next door. The Minister's Security Officer suggests the lemon trees could provide cover for a terrorist attack and must be torn down. Salma is offered compensation, but as a proud Palestinian she won't accept Israeli money. Instead she decides to take the case, with the help of a young Palestinian Lawyer Zaid Daud (Ali Suliman) all the way to the Israeli Supreme Court. Along the way romance blossoms between the two. Eventually Salma's struggle to save her trees attracts the sympathy of Mira Navon and a bond is created between them.

"Lemon Tree is an impressively directed, superbly acted drama that carries a powerful message and deserves to be seen." -- Matthew Turner from View London"

Noodle

Language: Hebrew/Mandarin (English subtitles)
Genre: Drama

Starring: Mili Avital, BaoQi Chen, Alon Abutbul, Sinaya Ben-Dor, Yiftach Klein, Daphna Shpigelman, Sarit Vino-Elad, Anat Waxman, Roni Yuria.
Director: Ayelet Menahemi

NOODLE tells the story of the dramatic change in the life of widowed El Al Airlines flight attendant Miri who finds her cleaning lady, a Chinese Foreign worker, has gone off suddenly leaving behind her young son. To her horror she discovers the mother has been deported. The son, who can't speak Hebrew or English gains the nickname "Noodle" because of the way he slurps his Noodles. Miri and her friends decide rather than hand him over to authorities, they'll try and find his mother.

Of Time and the City

Language: English
Genre: Documentary

Director: Terence Davies

Film maker Terrance Davies takes his camera back to the city he grew up in the 40s and 50s... Liverpool... and records the changes down the years in a film that's been described as an elegiac eulogy to a city.

Summer Hours

Language: French (English Subtitles)
Genre: Drama

Starring: Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling, Jérémie Renier, Edith Scob, Dominique Reymond, Valérie Bonneton, Isabelle Sadoyan, Kyle Eastwood, Alice de Lencquesaing, Emile Berling, Jean-Baptiste Malartre, Gilles Arbona and Eric Elmosnino.
Director: Olivier Assayas

Three siblings must come to terms with their mother's mortality as they decide what to do with her valuable belongings in this warm family drama from filmmaker Olivier Assayas. Helene Berthier (Edith Scob) is about to turn 75, and her children are gathering at her home in the country for a party. Adrienne (Juliette Binoche) has flown in from New York City, where she lives with her boyfriend James (Kyle Eastwood). Jeremie (Jeremie Renier) has taken a rare break from his globe-trotting business interests to stop by with his wife (Valerie Bonneton). And Frederic (Charles Berling), the only one who lives close enough to visit regularly, has also come with his spouse Lisa (Dominique Reymond). Helene has inherited a large and valuable collection of art from her brother, and with her health beginning to fail, she approaches Frederic and asks that he, Jeremie and Adrienne come up with a plan to deal with the pieces after her death. Frederic wants to keep the collection together and see if they can persuade a gallery to purchase and present them as a set. Jeremie and Adrienne have other ideas, but as he's pondering a business opportunity in China and she's planning on settling in America for good, they don't have as much influence over the final decision as Frederic. L'heure d'ete (aka Summer Hours) was produced in part by the celebrated French art gallery Musee d'Orsay, and was one of a handful of films created to honor the museum in its twentieth anniversary year. -- Mark Deming, All Movie Guide