There’s bound to be something for everyone this week, with superheroes, Muppets, fast cars, and award-winning documentaries and foreign films all making an appearance at the Film Group.
We’re also on the lookout for volunteers interested in helping out with our Semester Two 2014 booklet, so read on to find out more, but first, here’s what’s on this week:
• Wed 21 May @ 7:30 PM: BLANCANIEVES
In 1920s Seville, a young female bullfighter is shunned by her evil stepmother and runs away with a troupe of dwarves, eventually becoming a legend in this Spanish twist on the Snow White fairy tale.
** NOTE: This screening has been rescheduled from its originally programmed date **
• Thu 22 May @ 7:30 PM: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2
Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) fights to protect New York City from a string of formidable new villains, and comes to realise that all of them have one thing in common: the mysterious corporation Oscorp.
• Fri 23 May @ 7:30 PM: STORIES WE TELL + SISTER
In STORIES WE TELL, writer-director Sarah Polley sets out to make a documentary about her family of storytellers but ends up discovering an unexpected truth about her own life instead.
Then, in SISTER (at approx. 9:30 PM), a young boy works to support his older sister (Léa Seydoux) by stealing from wealthy guests at the Swiss ski resort near where they live, but all is not as it seems.
• Sat 24 May @ **7 PM**: MUPPETS MOST WANTED + NEED FOR SPEED
In MUPPETS MOST WANTED, The Muppets embarks on a grand world tour but soon find themselves caught up in a sinister jewel-heist caper headed by a criminal mastermind impersonating Kermit the Frog.
Then, in NEED FOR SPEED (at approx. 9 PM), a street racer who was imprisoned for a crime he did not commit takes part in a cross-country race in order to take revenge on the man who betrayed him.
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WANTED: REVIEW WRITERS FOR SEMESTER TWO 2014
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Do you like movies? Do you like writing? Do you like writing about movies? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then you might be interested to know that we’re currently seeking review writers for our Semester Two 2014 booklet.
All reviews will be published in our 64-page booklet that all members receive at the beginning of each semester, as well as on our website. Reviews will need to be approximately 200-250 words in length and completed over a period of 7-10 days in early June, so please only volunteer if you think you’ll have time around then to contribute.
Successful volunteers will be sent a list of films from which they can nominate the ones they’d like to write reviews for, and you’re welcome to write just one review or as many as you’d like.
Please also note that:
1. The ANU Film Group does not provide reviewers with tickets to, or a copy of, films that they have been assigned to review.
2. Unsolicited reviews will not be accepted.
So if you love movies or writing -- or both -- and are keen to contribute to the Film Group, be sure to write to us at info@anufg.org.au by SUNDAY 25 MAY.
P.S. Film suggestions also close on Sunday, so don’t forget to suggest films that you’d like to see on our upcoming programme by heading to www.anufg.org.au/suggestions