BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20191006T020000 RDATE:20191006T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200217T214000 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200217T193000 DESCRIPTION:** FREE SCREENING PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ANU STUDE NTS’ ASSOCIATION AS PART OF O-WEEK 2020 **\n\nA stellar ensemble cast – including Daniel Craig\, Chris Evans\, Toni Collette\, Jamie Lee Curtis\ , Michael Shannon and Christopher Plummer – make murder mysteries fun ag ain in acclaimed director Rian Johnson’s (Brick\, Looper) clever\, styli sh and masterful modern-day tribute to the work of Agatha Christie.\n\nW hen renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Plummer) is found dead at h is estate after just celebrating his 85th birthday\, debonair detective Benoit Blanc (Craig) is called in to investigate. As Blanc sifts through the evidence\, he soon realises that everyone is a suspect: from Thromb ey’s devoted staff to his dysfunctional family\, all of whom were at the mansion for their patriarch’s birthday party – and all of whom have a m otive for wanting him dead.\n\nNominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay\, Knives Out is not to be missed!\n\n\n- URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200217.html#film-4575 SUMMARY:Knives Out (Free Screening) LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200219T213300 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200219T193000 DESCRIPTION:** FREE SENSORY SCREENING PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE A NU STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION AS PART OF O-WEEK 2020 **\n\nPlease note that t his screening of Jumanji: The Next Level will be presented with dimmed l ighting\, reduced volume levels and on-screen subtitles for a safe and a ccepting cinema environment. An encore screening of the film will take p lace on Saturday 29 February at 7:30 PM.\n\nFor those who seek to find a way to leave their world behind\, Jumanji is the world’s most dangerous game. After smashing the magic video game console that first brought th em together\, our four teenage heroes have gone their separate ways. Lon ely and plagued by self-doubt\, Spencer reassembles the game in an attem pt to restore his confidence\, but unsuspectingly drags his friends and family back in instead.\n\nThe third instalment in the fantasy-adventure series brings back the fantastic quartet of video game avatars in Dwayn e Johnson\, Kevin Hart\, Jack Black and Karen Gillan\, with Danny DeVito \, Danny Glover and Awkwafina now along for the ride. With challenging n ew game play\, new baddies and new bodies\, Jumanji: The Next Level puts a hilarious and entertaining twist on the blockbuster franchise.\n\n\n- URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200219.html#film-4576 SUMMARY:Jumanji: The Next Level (Free Sensory Screening) LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200220T213100 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200220T193000 DESCRIPTION:In the middle of the 18th century\, Marianne (Noémie Merlant) is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of a young woman called H éloïse (Adéle Haenel) on an isolated island in Brittany. Since Heloise h as recently left her convent and faces her upcoming marriage reluctantly \, Marianne must paint the portrait without her subject realising. As He loise enjoys her brief window of freedom\, and Marianne closely observes her under the guise of companionship\, a powerful sense of intimacy gro ws between them.\n \nPortrait of a Lady on Fire has gained critical accl aim for the way writer-director Céline Sciamma captures the intoxicating experience of an impossible first love. If you enjoy love stories that are beautifully filmed and quietly thought-provoking then you may well f all in love with this film too.\n\n\n- URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200220.html#film-4577 SUMMARY:Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200221T212300 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200221T193000 DESCRIPTION:A jabbering tabloid journalist (Hugh Grant) narrates a series of stories about London-based American marijuana kingpin Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey)\, who wants to get out of the business before wee d becomes legal in the UK. But when word gets out about his impending re tirement\, Pearson and his crew get involved in bribery\, blackmail and all manner of shenanigans as everyone – from Russian aristocrats to Asia n mafia dons – attempts to take over his kingdom.\n\nAfter last year’s A laddin remake\, director Guy Ritchie has clearly returned to his roots i n the sharp and gritty London underbelly of organised crime. The Gentlem en is a charming and messy masterpiece\, with a wild script and an up-fo r-anything cast\, including Charlie Hunnam\, Colin Farrell and Henry Gol ding – highlighted by the brilliant\, adrenaline-fuelled performances fr om McConaughey and Grant.\n\n\n- URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200221.html#film-4578 SUMMARY:The Gentlemen LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200222T184300 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200222T170000 DESCRIPTION:[This is a No Guests screening]\n\nIt’s been three years sinc e Queen Elsa’s coronation – and the events that led her to harness her e xtraordinary powers – and all has been well in the Kingdom of Arendelle. Elsa (Idina Menzel) has ruled in peace and prosperity with her sister\, Princess Anna (Kristen Bell)\, by her side. \n\nWhen Arendelle is threa tened by forces coming from within a mysterious enchanted forest\, howev er\, Elsa\, Anna\, her beloved Kristoff (Jonathan Groff)\, his loyal rei ndeer Sven\, and Olaf the Snowman (Josh Gad) must set out on an adventur e to find the origin of Elsa’s powers in order to save their kingdom.\n\ nThe newly-crowned highest-grossing animated film of all time\, Frozen I I is a wonderful follow-up to 2013’s sensationally popular original. Wit h plenty of action\, humour\, heart\, and catchy Oscar-nominated musical numbers\, this will satisfy the original film’s most devoted of fans an d newcomers alike.\n\n- URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200222.html#film-4579 SUMMARY:Frozen II LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200222T210800 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200222T193000 DESCRIPTION:This uplifting 1993 Disney classic is inspired by the remarka ble and improbable real-life Jamaican bobsled team who captivated the wo rld during the 1988 Winter Olympics. \n\nAfter a fall ruins his chances of being picked as an Olympic Sprinter\, Derice Bannock (Leon Robinson) is not quite ready to let go of his dreams of Olympic glory. When he hea rs a theory that track runners make powerful bobsledders\, Derice recrui ts a disgraced former Olympic bobsled champion (John Candy) as coach and assembles a motley crew of fellow Jamaicans to represent their proud Ca ribbean Island in the frosty Calgary Olympics. \n\nLoosely based on actu al events – and the late\, great John Candy’s final film released in his lifetime – Cool Runnings is a nostalgic\, slightly cheesy\, but ever so heart-warming\, testament to the strength of comradery and the human sp irit.\n\n\n- URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200222.html#film-4580 SUMMARY:Cool Runnings LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200225T212200 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200225T193000 DESCRIPTION:Official Secrets tells the true story of Katherine Gun (Keira Knightley)\, the British intelligence specialist who exposed an illegal NSA spying operation aimed at coercing the UN Security Council into sup porting the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the US and their allies. \n\nAfter receiving a memo from the NSA requesting Britain collect compromising in formation on United Nations Security Council members to force their vote s\, Gun leaked this information to the press\, believing her actions wou ld stop a war. Instead\, her plan had disastrous consequences for hersel f and the journalist (Matt Smith) who aided her.\n \nDirected by Gavin H ood (Eye in the Sky) and based on the book ‘The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War’ by Marcia and Thomas Mitchell\, Official Secrets is chillingly rele vant to current news events.\n\n\n- URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200225.html#film-4581 SUMMARY:Official Secrets LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200227T212900 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200227T193000 DESCRIPTION:[This is a No Guests screening]\n\nAt the height of World War I\, two young British soldiers – Schofield (George MacKay) and Blake (D ean-Charles Chapman) – are tasked with a seemingly impossible mission. I n a race against time\, they must cross into enemy territory to deliver a life-saving message that could stop a deadly attack on 1\,600 of their fellow soldiers\, including Blake’s own brother.\n\n1917 is an astonish ing piece of filmmaking\, meticulously choreographed and designed to app ear as a single continuous shot. The result is a spectacularly immersive and hard-hitting depiction of a war not often captured on the big scree n\, based on a story recounted to director Sam Mendes (Skyfall\, America n Beauty) by his own grandfather\, no less.\n\nNominated for 10 Oscars\, including Best Picture – and (as of this writing) winner of countless p recursors to cinema’s highest honour – this is one film you can’t miss.\ n\n- URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200227.html#film-4582 SUMMARY:1917 LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200228T212400 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200228T193000 DESCRIPTION:Luciano Pavarotti was born in Modena\, Italy in 1935 and died there in 2007. He was known to the opera world from his early career si nging with Dame Joan Sutherland and became world famous when The Three T enors (with Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras) sang at the FIFA World Cu p in 1990. He used his fame to raise enormous amounts of money for chari ty\, working with Princess Diana and Bono amongst others.\n\nYou don’t h ave to be an opera fan to enjoy Oscar-winning director Ron Howard’s wond erful documentary. Pavarotti had a messy personal life\, but Howard has somehow managed to get many family members to contribute to this very pe rsonal story. One of the best documentaries ever made on one of the grea test opera singers in history? Maybe.\n\n\n- URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200228.html#film-4583 SUMMARY:Pavarotti LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200228T232000 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200228T213400 DESCRIPTION:In the mid-17th century town of Seaside\, ironically nowhere near the sea\, married puppeteers Judy (Mia Wasikowska) and Punch (Damon Herriman) are attempting to resurrect their once-popular marionette sho w to afford a better life for their new baby.\nThe revival is a hit due to Judy’s superior puppeteering skills but narcissistic Punch neverthele ss revels in the limelight. Fuelled by alcohol and adulation\, Punch ina dvertently triggers a twisted whirlwind of violence and tragedy which se es Judy set out to exact revenge on her deplorable husband.\n\nThis ecce ntric and ambitious debut from actress-turned-director Mirrah Foulkes pu ts a brutally feminist\, darkly comedic spin on a vengeful folk tale. No minated for nine AACTA Awards in 2019\, and winning two including Best A ctor for Herriman\, Judy & Punch is no lightweight.\n\n\n- URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200228.html#film-4584 SUMMARY:Judy & Punch LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200229T190300 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200229T170000 DESCRIPTION:[This is a No Guests screening]\n\nFor those who seek to find a way to leave their world behind\, Jumanji is the world’s most dangero us game. After smashing the magic video game console that first brought them together\, our four teenage heroes have gone their separate ways. L onely and plagued by self-doubt\, Spencer reassembles the game in an att empt to restore his confidence\, but unsuspectingly drags his friends an d family back in instead.\n\nThe third instalment in the fantasy-adventu re series brings back the fantastic quartet of video game avatars in Dwa yne Johnson\, Kevin Hart\, Jack Black and Karen Gillan\, with Danny DeVi to\, Danny Glover and Awkwafina now along for the ride. With challenging new game play\, new baddies and new bodies\, Jumanji: The Next Level pu ts a hilarious and entertaining twist on the blockbuster franchise.\n\n- URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200229.html#film-4585 SUMMARY:Jumanji: The Next Level LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200229T214500 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200229T193000 DESCRIPTION:[This is a No Guests screening]\n\nGreta Gerwig (Lady Bird) d irects and adapts this seventh feature film version of Little Women\, th e beloved classic written by Louisa May Alcott in 1868. For those of you who’ve just escaped from a reclusive cult\, the story follows the four insuppressible March sisters as they come of age during the American Civ il War.\n \nThose wondering why we need yet another adaptation of Little Women will be comforted by the fact that Gerwig delivers a fresh and we ll-executed take on the story. It’s a logical choice for the acclaimed w riter\, director and actress\, whose films typically focus on the emotio nal maturation of unconventional young women\, and their relationship dy namics with others.\n \nNominated for six Oscars – including Best Pictur e\, Best Adapted Screenplay\, Best Actress (Saoirse Ronan) and Best Supp orting Actress (Florence Pugh) – and featuring an all-star cast\, this i s not to be missed.\n\n- URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200229.html#film-4586 SUMMARY:Little Women LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200302T193000 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200302T180000 DESCRIPTION:In case you didn’t know\, the ANU Film Group is run by a dedi cated and hard-working group of volunteers. Our Annual General Meeting ( AGM) is where we report back to our members on how we did in the year ju st past\, and what our plans are for the future. All members are welcome to come along and find out about the inner workings of the Film Group o r ask us any questions you might have.\n\nThe AGM is also an opportunity for members to get in on the action by volunteering to join the Group’s committee\, as we select a new administration to guide us through the n ext 12 months. Being on the committee allows you to be involved in every thing from film selection and booking to marketing\, graphic design\, fu ndraising\, event planning and much more. It’s hard work\, but somebody’ s gotta do it!\n\nIf you have any questions or would like more informati on about the AGM or volunteering for the Group\, please don’t hesitate t o contact us at info@anufg.org.au\n URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200302.html#film-4587 SUMMARY:ANUFG Annual General Meeting LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200303T211800 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200303T193000 DESCRIPTION:** PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE CANBERRA IN CELEBRATION OF THE 2020 ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL **\n\ nWidowed Yvonne (played by the consummately versatile Adèle Haenel\, als o seen this season in Portrait of a Lady on Fire) puts her young son to sleep each night with tales of his late father’s bravery. So she is natu rally horrified to learn that he was far from the crusading hero that th e townspeople of the French Riveria had been led to believe. \n\nIn fact \, she soon discovers that he was actually a deeply corrupt police chief who took bribes and even put an innocent man\, Antoine (Pio Marmaï)\, i n prison. Setting out to right his wrongs\, Yvonne decides to do everyth ing she can to return Antoine to his devoted wife (Audrey Tautou) – whic h is easier said than done.\n \nA critical and box office hit both in Fr ance and locally as part of the 2019 Alliance Française French Film Fest ival\, The Trouble with You is an outrageously funny screwball comedy.\n \n\n- URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200303.html#film-4588 SUMMARY:The Trouble with You (En liberté!) LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200305T211100 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200305T193000 DESCRIPTION:Ken Loach (I\, Daniel Blake) is the undisputed master of grit ty realism\, having directed over 30 films since his debut in 1964 about ordinary people hanging on in quiet desperation. In his latest film\, h e returns to the theme of labour rights\, this time focussing on the lab our exploitation of the gig economy.\n \nThe film follows the fate of Ri cky (Kris Hitchen) and his family who have been struggling to get out of debt since the 2008 financial crash. When he is offered a franchise as a self-employed delivery driver\, he hopes this will be the opportunity that will help him finally succeed – only to find the harsh conditions b ringing him to breaking point.\n \nInspired by real events\, Sorry We Mi ssed You is a film for our times. Don’t be sorry you missed it.\n\n\n- URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200305.html#film-4589 SUMMARY:Sorry We Missed You LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200306T214700 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200306T193000 DESCRIPTION:** PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ANU LAW REFORM AND SOCIAL JU STICE AND FOLLOWED BY PANEL DISCUSSION **\n\nJust Mercy tells the powerf ul true story of Bryan Stevenson (Michael B. Jordan)\, a young Harvard l aw graduate who shuns many lucrative jobs offers to head to Alabama wher e he works to defend the wrongly condemned. One of his first cases is th at of Walter McMillan (Jamie Foxx)\, an African-American man sentenced t o die for the murder of an 18-year-old girl\, despite all evidence point ing to his innocence. As he fights for Walter and others like him\, Brya n encounters unabashed racism and a crooked justice system first-hand\, which threaten to crush his youthful idealism.\n\nAn earnest\, compellin g dramatization of a real-life injustice\, the latest film from director Destin Daniel Cretton (Short Term 12) features strong supporting perfor mances from the likes of Brie Larson\, Tim Blake Nelson and Rafe Spall – but it’s Jordan and Foxx who deliver some career-best work that is not to be missed.\n\n\n- URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200306.html#film-4590 SUMMARY:Just Mercy LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200307T182700 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200307T170000 DESCRIPTION:This is the second feature film featuring the woolly (and not -so-woolly) inhabitants of Mossy Bottom Farm\, based on the popular TV s eries that ran from 2009 to 2016.\n \nThis time around\, a spaceship bea ring an unusual extra-terrestrial creature (Amalia Vitale) with unique p owers crash lands close to the home of Shaun the Sheep (Justin Fletcher) . Can Shaun help his new-found friend return to her home planet before a nefarious corporation captures her for their own gain?\n \nFarmageddon is barn-full of in-jokes and homages to classic sci-fi films\, such as t he name of the town’s local garage\, which should remind you of very a f amous sci-fi author. It also features all the charming word-less exclama tions and stunned sheep faces you’ve come to love. How do they make thos e stick-on eye-buttons so adorably expressive?\n\n\n- URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200307.html#film-4591 SUMMARY:A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200307T211900 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200307T193000 DESCRIPTION:[This is a No Guests screening]\n\nIn July 2016 – a year befo re the allegations against Harvey Weinstein surfaced and sparked the #Me Too movement – dozens of women came forward to accuse Roger Ailes\, chai rman and CEO of the Fox News network\, of sexual harassment. They had be en galvanised by a lawsuit brought by Gretchen Carlson\, former host of the morning show Fox & Friends.\n \nBombshell interweaves the stories of three women working at Fox News – Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron)\, Gretc hen Carlson (Nicole Kidman) and Kayla Pospisil (Margot Robbie) – as they take a stand against the powerful Ailes (John Lithgow) and the toxic at mosphere he fostered.\n \nAlthough not entirely factually accurate\, the stirring and timely film has nevertheless received critical acclaim alo ngside Oscar nominations for Theron (Best Actress) and Robbie (Best Supp orting Actress).\n\n- URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200307.html#film-4592 SUMMARY:Bombshell LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200311T212500 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200311T193000 DESCRIPTION:** PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EMBASSY OF AUSTRIA **\n\ nEarth. It’s our planet’s skin and the base from which all we see around us has grown. Humans also shift several billion tonnes of it around eac h year in their never-ending quest to transform the planet.\n\nIn this A ustrian documentary – screening here for the first time in Australia – d irector Nikolaus Geyrhalter observes and interviews people in mines\, qu arries\, and large construction sites to examine the impact of all this activity.\n \nEarth has won several international awards\, including the Ecumenical Jury Prize at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival. W hether you’re interested in the geography of our planet\, environmental issues\, or simply like watching diggers and dynamite at work\, you’re b ound to find this documentary very grounding.\n\n\n- URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200311.html#film-4593 SUMMARY:Earth (Erde) LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200312T213500 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200312T193000 DESCRIPTION:Birds of Passage is a multi-award-winning tale of love\, war and vengeance. Set and beautifully filmed in Colombia\, and based on a t rue story\, this film covers the origins of drug trafficking there in th e 1970s. \n\nSeduced by the promise of wealth and prestige\, young Rapay et (José Acosta) and his indigenous Wayuu family get involved in the bur geoning drug trade. Before long\, huts and haciendas give way to Art Dec o houses and mansions with pools\, but everything comes at a price. Soon \, increasing competition leads to violence and a war for control\, whic h puts their culture and traditional way of life – as well as their very lives – at risk.\n\nDirected by Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego\, Bird s of Passage has received widespread critical acclaim\, including making the shortlist for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2018.\n\n\n- URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200312.html#film-4594 SUMMARY:Birds of Passage (Pájaros de verano) LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200313T215200 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200313T193000 DESCRIPTION:[This is a No Guests screening]\n\nIt would have been hard fo r even George Lucas to imagine the phenomenon that Star Wars would becom e when A New Hope was released over 43 years ago. And now\, The Rise of Skywalker brings the legendary saga to an end with a nostalgia-fuelled\, emotionally-gratifying bang.\n\nThe fate of the entire galaxy hangs in the balance when the all-powerful Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) – so mehow – returns from the dead. Their only hope: Rey (Daisy Ridley) who i s finalising her training as a Jedi under the tutelage of General Leia ( the late Carrie Fisher\, reprising her role through unused footage from the last two films). But it’s not long before she joins Finn (John Boyeg a) and Poe (Oscar Isaac) on a vital mission to put a stop to the First O rder – leading her towards an inevitable confrontation with an increasin gly-conflicted Kylo Ren (Adam Driver).\n\n- URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200313.html#film-4595 SUMMARY:Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200314T184100 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200314T170000 DESCRIPTION:After losing his wife in a tragic accident seven years earlie r\, famed 19th-century physician Dr. John Dolittle (Robert Downey Jr.) h as retreated into solitude behind the walls of his manor – his only comp any coming from a menagerie of exotic animals that he speaks to on a dai ly basis. When the young Queen Victoria (Jessie Buckley) becomes gravely ill\, Dolittle reluctantly answers the call. Accompanied by his animal friends\, the eccentric doctor embarks on an epic adventure to a mythica l island in search of a cure\, crossing paths with old adversaries and m eeting new creatures along the way.\n\nAn entertaining yet admittedly ju venile adventure\, Dolittle features a whole host of Oscar-winners and A -listers lending their voices to the proceedings\, including Emma Thomps on\, Rami Malek\, Octavia Spencer\, Tom Holland\, Kumail Nanjiani\, John Cena and Ralph Fiennes. \n\n\n- URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200314.html#film-4596 SUMMARY:Dolittle LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200314T212000 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200314T193000 DESCRIPTION:On paper\, everything looked promising: a long-awaited film a daptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s long-running Broadway musical\; the O scar-winning director of The King’s Speech and Les Misérables at the hel m\; and an all-star cast including Judi Dench\, Ian McKellen\, Idris Elb a\, James Corden\, Rebel Wilson and even Taylor Swift.\n\nWhat could pos sibly go wrong? As it turns out\, quite a bit. The film received some of the worst reviews of 2019\, criticising its atrocious CGI\, nightmarish visuals and nonsensical plot about alley cats ascending to heaven.\n\nB ut there is a silver lining: some are already heralding Cats as the next great cult classic\, much in the same way The Rocky Horror Picture Show received a second life. If cats have nine lives\, then surely this one deserves another chance? See it guilt-free at the ANU Film Group and dec ide for yourself.\n\n\n- URL:http://www.anufg.org.au/filminfo/20200314.html#film-4597 SUMMARY:Cats LOCATION:ANU Film Group END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR