Williamstown Film Society

FEBRUARY  29       

MY YEAR WITHOUT SEX   

AUSTRALIA 2010

Comedy/drama highlights the realistic ups and downs of an Australian family in the year following a parent's emergency medical procedure. Directed by local filmmaker Sarah Watt who died in 2011      

MARCH 28              

MIKEY AND NICKY            

USA 1976

Mikey (John Cassavetes) sits in a shoebox hotel room, a price now on his head, scared stiff. In desperation he calls his gangster childhood pal Nicky (Peter Falk) to help him get out of town. Starring Peter Falk  who died in 2011  

APRIL  25                 

GONE WITH THE WIND  

USA 1939 {7pm start }

American classic in which a manipulative woman and a roguish man carry on a turbulent love affair in the American south during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Starring  Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable  

MAY   30                  

ANIMATION  SPECIAL

THE  ILLUSIONIST                               

THE LOST THING      Shaun Tang                   

SMALL TREASURES    Sarah Watt                        

FRANCE 2011

AUSTRALIA 2010

AUTRALIA  1995

A series of contrasting shorter animated films

JUNE 27                   

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW  

USA  1967

Opulent Zeffirelli adaptation of the Shakespeare romp, starring  Elizabeth Taylor who died in 2011  and Richard Burton.

JULY 25                  

THE DEFIANT ONES          

USA 1958

Two escaped convicts chained together, white and black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture. Starring  Tony Curtis who died in 2011, and Sydney Poitier.

AUGUST  29            

THE WEEPING CAMEL  

MONGOLIA  

When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind. Narrative Documentary

SEPTEMBER 26        

NEWSFRONT                     

AUSTRALIA 1978

Surprisingly adventurous saga of an intrepid group of cinematographers and reporters who risk life and limb to capture footage of breaking news for the movie-going public. Starring Bill Hunter  who died in 2011

OCTOBER 31            

YOJIMBO                           

JAPAN  1961

Toshiro Mifune, one of the world's most charismatic actors, is perfection as a tough loner of a samurai who takes it upon himself to clean up a town corrupted by two gambling clans. Swirling through and around him is a story that is technically flawless, humorously observed and profoundly moving.Directed by Kurosawa

NOVEMBER 28      

TOPSY TURVEY               

BRITAIN 1999

After Gilbert and Sullivan's latest play is critically panned, the frustrated team threatens to disband until it is inspired to write the masterpiece "The Mikado." Directed by Mike Leigh, story of a legendary stressed collaboration, a series of fascinating characters and  glimpse into a lovingly-recreated time and place.