Raglan Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart Street has the Disney movie MARY POPPINS RETURNS, VAI – the new movie from the producers of WARU, plus by request an encore screening of CELIA for the first weekend in May.
The three films screening at the Old School Arts Centre are:
VAI (PG) – Saturday 4th May 8.30pm
CELIA (Doc) – Sunday 5th May 7.30pm
MARY POPPINS RETURNS (G) – Saturday 4th May 5.30pm, Sunday 5th May 4.30pm
(Scroll down for more info on movies).
Prices are: Adults $15, Concession $12, Children $8.
Book online: raglanmovies.nz, or door sales if any left from 30 mins before session times.
NZ Herald 4/5 Stars “The rich storytelling veins being tapped into here suggest a universe of possibilities.”
Drama from the producers of Waru that tells eight stories about one woman’s journey of empowerment through culture.
RAGLAN MOVIES at the OLD SCHOOL, 5 Stewart Street, Raglan
VAI 90 mins (PG)
Saturday 4th May 8.30pm
Saturday 18th May 6.00pm
Sunday 19th May 7.30pm
Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm.
Door sales from 30 mins before session times.
Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale at all screenings.
Adults $15, Concession $12, RCAC Members $12, Children $8.
The reduced concession rate is for $12 concession (student, seniors or CS cards).
Vai is a film about female empowerment that spans the breadth of the Pacific telling the story of one woman’s life in eight separate moments from the perspective of eight different pacific island cultures. ‘Vai’ is a portmanteau feature film made by 9 female Pacific filmmakers, filmed in 7 different Pacific countries: Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Kuki Airani (Cook Islands), Samoa, Niue and Aotearoa (New Zealand). It is about the journey of empowerment through culture over the lifetime of one woman, Vai, played by a different indigenous actress in each of the Pacific countries. Vai carries the theme of water and connection through her journey across the islands.
Directed by Ofa-ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki, Amberley Jo Aumua, Becs Arahanga, Dianna Fuemana, Marina Alofagia McCartney, Mīria George, Matasila Freshwater, Sharon Whippy, Nicole Whippy
Starring Hinetu Dell, Evotia-Rose Araiti, Betsy Lania Luitolo, Agnes Pele, Ro Mereani Adi Tuimatanisiga
Written by Ofa-ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki, Amberley Jo Aumua, Becs Arahanga, Dianna Fuemana, Marina Alofagia McCartney, Mīria George, Matasila Freshwater, Sharon Whippy, Nicole Whippy
Drama, Festival & Independent | 90mins PG Coarse language | New Zealand, Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga
MARY POPPINS RETURNS is set in 1930s depression-era London (the time period of the original novels) and is drawn from the wealth of material in PL Travers’ additional seven books.
RAGLAN MOVIES at the OLD SCHOOL, 5 Stewart Street, Raglan
MARY POPPINS RETURNS 130 mins (G)
Saturday 4th May 5.30pm
Sunday 5th May 4.30pm
Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm.
Door sales from 30 mins before session times.
Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale at all screenings.
Adults $15, Concession $12, RCAC Members $12, Children $8.
The reduced concession rate is for $12 concession (student, seniors or CS cards).
In MARY POPPINS RETURNS, Michael (Whishaw) and Jane (Mortimer) are now grown up, with Michael, his three children and their housekeeper, Ellen (Walters), living on Cherry Tree Lane. After Michael suffers a personal loss, the enigmatic nanny Mary Poppins (Blunt) re-enters the lives of the Banks family, and, along with the optimistic street lamplighter Jack (Miranda), uses her unique magical skills to help the family rediscover the joy and wonder missing in their lives. Mary Poppins also introduces the children to a new assortment of colorful and whimsical characters, including her eccentric cousin, Topsy (Streep).
Directed by Rob Marshall
Starring Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, Joel Dawson, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep
Written by David Magee (based on the books by P.L. Travers)
Kids & Family, Fantasy, Musical, Blockbuster | 130 mins G | USA
NZIFF 2018 OFFICIAL SELECTION
Graeme Tuckett, Stuff review 4/5 Stars: “Millar’s film is timely, clear-eyed and necessary. Celia should be compulsory viewing for anyone who works in education, social services, incarceration or corrections in New Zealand. It is also an undeniably engrossing, entertaining and often surprisingly funny watch.”
RAGLAN MOVIES at the OLD SCHOOL, 5 Stewart Street, Raglan
CELIA 100 mins (Documentary – exempt)
Sunday 5 May 7.30pm
Directed by award-winning current affairs journalist Amanda Millar, this documentary celebrates the life of equality advocate Celia Lashlie. The first female prison officer in a male prison in New Zealand, Lashlie fought to get people the tools for making responsible decisions, from female prisoners to fatherless boys to impoverished children.Lashlie had a particular focus on empowering mothers. The documentary was filmed over the last months of her life, following a diagnosis of terminal cancer.
Celia premiered at the 2018 New Zealand International Film Festival.
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER Amanda Millar
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Garry Robertson
PHOTOGRAPHY Belinda Walshe, David Paul
EDITOR Lala Rolls
MUSIC Naia Alkhouri, Michel Alkhouri
WITH Celia Lashlie, Salvatore ‘Salvi’ Gargiulo, Gabe Quirke, Rebekah Henderson, Heather Main, Adele Bull
Documentary | 100 mins Exempt | NZ