Dedicated to screening rare & significant films in their original format.
Dedicated to screening rare & significant films in their original format.
The Melbourne Cinémathèque is a not-for-profit, volunteer-run film society.
The Melbourne Cinémathèque is a membership-based film society based in Melbourne, Australia.
We hold screenings at ACMI, Fed Square every Wednesday night for most of the year.
Admission is by membership, which can be obtained on a short-term or yearly basis.
We are a volunteer-run, not-for-profit organisation.
7:00pm KLUTE
Alan J. Pakula (1971) 114 mins – M
At the height of her fame as an actor and anti-war activist, Jane Fonda starred in her Oscar-winning role as a high-class Manhattan sex worker embroiled in a murder case. Commercially and critically successful on release, this is celebrated as much as a “neo-woman’s film” (Molly Haskell) as it is a neo-noir. The innovative score by Michael Small, combined with a stylistic focus on aural surveillance, prophetically reflects the political paranoia of the era. Cinematography by frequent Pakula collaborator Gordon Willis (often called the “prince of darkness” for his work on this, The Godfather and several other films). With Donald Sutherland and Roy Scheider.
CTEQ ANNOTATION
Klute
by Karli Lukas
9:10pm THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE
Peter Yates (1973) 102 mins – M
Based on the celebrated novel by George V. Higgins, Yates’ tersely directed, moodily scored (by Dave Grusin), fatalistic, gritty and suspenseful drama, set in Boston’s criminal underworld, is now widely regarded as one of the key 1970s neo-noirs, despite being largely ignored by audiences on first release. Robert Mitchum plays a low-level middleman who gets caught behind the wheel of a truck full of stolen goods. As he tries to navigate the intricacies of staying out of jail, it becomes apparent just how many of his “friends” are caught in the same web of non-existent loyalties. With Peter Boyle.
The Melbourne Cinémathèque started out as the Melbourne University Film Society (MUFS) in 1948 and changed its name to Cinémathèque in 1984.
The Melbourne Cinémathèque aims to present films in the medium they were created and as closely as possible to screen films the way they would have originally screened (i.e. big screen, celluloid prints, not video or DVD).
Programmes include a diverse selection of classic and contemporary films showcasing director retrospectives, special guest appearances and thematic series including archival material and new or restored prints.
We have on occasion hosted numerous seminars featuring renowned film scholars such as David Bordwell, Adrian Martin and Ian Christie. We are also dedicated to providing new annotations on the films we screen via the CTEQ annotations, hosted as a part of the quarterly online film journal Senses of Cinema.
The Melbourne Cinémathèque is self-administered and membership-driven relying on support from individuals, foundations, corporations and government funding to maintain its high standard of excellence. If you would like to be involved, or to offer donations or sponsorship, please contact us.
Presented by The Melbourne Cinémathèque and ACMI
Curated by Michael Koller, Adrian Danks, Eloise Ross, Cerise Howard and Andréas Giannopoulos for the Melbourne Cinémathèque
Music Synchronisation: Michael Koller
State Government support by VicScreen.
Supported by the City of Melbourne Annual Arts Grants Program.
The Melbourne Cinémathèque receives funding from Creative Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund.
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State Government support by VicScreen.
Supported by the City of Melbourne Annual Arts Grants Program.
The Melbourne Cinémathèque receives funding from Creative Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund.