May 21, 22 – movies: BELFAST, BERGMAN ISLAND, HELMUT NEWTON

For the early May screenings, Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart Street, Raglan has three movies. First up is BERGMAN ISLAND at 5.00pm on Saturday the 7th, then at 8pm BELFAST and on Sunday afternoon HELMUT NEWTON at 4.30pm.

Book online: http://raglanmovies.nz. Door sales available from 30 mins before session times.

Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale at these screenings.

Face masks are recommended.

Adults $15, Concession $12, RCAC Members $12, Children $8.The reduced concession rate is for $12 concession (student, seniors or CS cards).


Movie – BERGMAN ISLAND

Graeme Tuckett, Stuff 4 1/2 / 5 Stars. “A clever, funny, romantic and thought-provoking movie”.

An American filmmaking couple retreat to the island for the summer to each write screenplays for their upcoming films in an act of pilgrimage to the place that inspired Ingmar Bergman. As the summer and their screenplays advance, the lines between reality and fiction start to blur against the backdrop of Fårö Island’s wild Baltic Sea landscape.

BERGMAN ISLAND | 2021 | M, Sex scenes, offensive language & nudity | 113 mins France, Mexico

  • Saturday 21st May 5.00pm

Raglan Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart St, Raglan 3225.

Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)

Door sales from 30 mins before session times.

Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale.

Adults $15, Concession $12, RCAC Members $12, Children $8.
The reduced concession rate is for $12 concession (student, seniors or CS cards).

Movie screenings are running under the Orange setting with face masks recommended. (Check in is not required. Vaccine Passes are not required.)

BERGMAN ISLAND follows a couple of American filmmakers, Chris (Vicky Krieps) and Tony (Tim Roth), who retreat to the mythical Fårö island for the summer. In this wild, breathtaking landscape where Ingmar Bergman lived and shot his most celebrated pieces, they hope to find inspiration for their upcoming films. As days spent separately pass by, the fascination for the island operates on Chris and souvenirs of her first love resurface. Lines between reality and fiction will then progressively blur and tear our couple even more apart.

The couple settles into a routine with Bergman’s shadow and filmography following them everywhere. And as they make their own way through the island—Tony takes the safari, Chris prefers the company of a young student and less touristy outings—subtle marital difficulties percolate with a healthy dose of sharp humor. Chris wonders whether the society would ever allow her (or women filmmakers in general) to have nine children from six different romantic partners like Bergman did in his time. Tony, meanwhile, circulates talks and screenings with the slightest hint of haughtiness, mingling amongst fans eager to rub shoulders with him. In a suggestive and fiendishly funny incident, the duo settles in for what they assume would be a light-hearted viewing, only to be shown a print of Bergman’s cutting psychodrama, “Cries and Whispers.”

Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
Writer: Mia Hansen-Løve
Cast: Tim Roth, Mia Wasikowska, Anders Danielsen Lie, Vicky Krieps, Wouter Hendrickx, Gabe Klinger, Joel Spira, Oscar Reis, Teodor Abreu, Clara Strauch
2021 | M, Sex scenes, offensive language & nudity | 113 mins France, Mexico


Movie – HELMUT NEWTON, The Bad and the Beautiful

Graeme Tuckett, Stuff 3 1/2 / 5 Stars. “Likeable, mischievous, often very funny and well-assembled.”

HELMUT NEWTON: THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL | M Nudity 93 minutes, Germany

  • Sunday 22nd May 4.30pm

Raglan Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart St, Raglan 3225.

Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)

Door sales from 30 mins before session times.

Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale.

Adults $15, Concession $12, RCAC Members $12, Children $8.
The reduced concession rate is for $12 concession (student, seniors or CS cards).

Movie screenings are running under the Orange setting with face masks recommended. (Check in is not required. Vaccine Passes are not required.)

German-Australian photographer Helmut Newton is revealed through candid interviews with Grace Jones, Charlotte Rampling, Isabella Rossellini, Anna Wintour, Claudia Schiffer, Marianne Faithfull, and Newton’s Australian wife June, this documentary captures his legacy and seeks to answer questions.
The film features Newton’s own home movies, archival footage (including a pointed exchange with Susan Sontag) and, of course, scores of iconic Newton photographs. The result: a wildly entertaining portrait of a controversial genius.

“A fascinating film.” – The Guardian

“An engaging and surprisingly playful documentary about the man who was arguably the most transgressive photographer to emerge from the 1960s and ’70s…” – Variety

Director: Gero von Boehm
Cast: Isabella Rossellini, Charlotte Rampling, Anna Wintour, Grace Jones, Hanna Schygulla, Claudia Schiffer
2021 M, Nudity 93 mins Germany


Movie – BELFAST

Our memories make us

Winner: 2022 OSCAR – BEST SCREENPLAY

Winner: 2022 BAFTA – Outstanding British Film of the Year

BELFAST | 2021 | M, Offensive language | 98 mins UK | TKBC

  • Saturday 21st May 8.00pm

Raglan Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart St, Raglan 3225.

Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)

Door sales from 30 mins before session times.

Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale.

Adults $15, Concession $12, RCAC Members $12, Children $8.
The reduced concession rate is for $12 concession (student, seniors or CS cards).

Movie screenings are running under the Orange setting with face masks recommended. (Check in is not required. Vaccine Passes are not required.)

Written and directed by Academy Award winner Branagh, BELFAST is a poignant story of love, laughter and loss in one boy’s childhood, amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960s. The cast stars Golden Globe nominee Caitriona Balfe, Academy Award winner Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Ciaran Hinds, and introduces 10 year old Jude Hill. Dornan and Balfe play a passionate working-class couple caught up in the mayhem, with Dench and Hinds as sharp-witted grandparents. The film is produced by Branagh, Laura Berwick, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas.

Director: Kenneth Branagh (‘Murder on the Orient Express’, ‘Thor’, ‘Cinderella’)
Writer: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Jamie Dornan, Caitriona Balfe, Judi Dench, Ciarán Hinds, Lara McDonnell, Gerard Horan, Turlough Convery, Gerard McCarthy, Bríd Brennan, Sid Sagar
2021 | M, Offensive language | 98 mins UK | TKBC

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