Snow White
Brisbane Festival and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art present two classic adaptations of Snow White — the silent live-action film Snow White 1916 directed by J Searle Dawley and the...
View ArticleCurator’s Pick: Shakespeare on Screen ‘The Merchant of Venice’
This rare 35mm screening of Der Kaufmann Von Venedig (The Merchant of Venice) 1923 [11am Saturday 23 April] will feature live musical accompaniment from David Bailey on the Gallery’s 1929 Wurlitzer...
View ArticleCurator’s Pick: Theo Angelopoulos ‘Landscape in the Mist’
Τοπίο στην ομίχλη (Landscape in the Mist) is a tender film about two young siblings in an unforgiving adult world. The performances by both young actors is deeply felt and extremely moving and matched...
View ArticleCurator’s Pick: Shakespeare on Screen ‘Macbeth’
The film is an illustration of the power Shakespeare still wields in cinema, even when the action is not modernised to the present day. Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel brings the intensity of his...
View ArticleIn Character: Women in cinema who refuse to play by the rules
Production still from Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles 1975 / Director: Chantal Akerman / Image courtesy: British Film Institute ‘In Character’ is a major cinema project, developed...
View ArticleFascinating Female Character Studies now at GOMA Cinema
Production still from Boom! 1968 / Director: Joseph Losey / Image: Courtesy: Universal Pictures To complement the major ‘Cindy Sherman’ exhibition at GOMA, the Gallery’s Australian Cinémathèque will...
View ArticleWomen ‘In Character’
‘In Character’ is a cinema project developed in response to the exhibition ‘Cindy Sherman’. It brings together a cast of actresses and characters who challenge our expectations for the behaviour,...
View ArticleHenry Rollins is coming to GOMA
Henry Rollins is coming to GOMA! The acclaimed American musician and spoken word performer is developing a new project for the Australian Cinémathèque at GOMA, drawing upon his travel experiences and...
View ArticleIn Character: 3 reasons to watch ‘Crimes Of Passion’ (1984)
Savaged by the critics when it was first released, Ken Russell’s Crimes of Passion 1984 is a film that deserves to be rediscovered. Here are three reasons why this cult favourite deserves a rethink: 1...
View ArticleStraight couples are crazy!
Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession 1981 is a difficult film to classify – part high-octane martial drama, suspenseful political allegory and disturbing psychological horror. Adored by fans and critics...
View ArticleYour favourite TV series returns on GOMA’s big screen
What are you doing the next three Friday’s? The Australian Cinémathèque invites you to revisit the first series of Jennifer Saunders’s celebrated sitcom in a special one-off cinema presentation on...
View ArticleCurator’s Pick: ‘Ms. 45′ and ‘Kill Bill: Volume 1′
What are you doing this Friday? View two powerful cinematic vigilante films one after another with Ms. 45 and Kill Bill: Volume 1. ‘In Character’ currently showing at GOMA brings together a cast of...
View ArticleArabian Nights: An ambitious trilogy
Arabian Nights Volume 3: The Enchanted One 2015 Loosely inspired by the stories featured in One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of folktales from the Middle Eastern and South Asia first published...
View ArticleShe lived alone, except for a nameless cat
Who can now walk past Tiffany & Co without thinking of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and who has bought a ‘Return to Tiffany’ heart because of the film? If you haven’t had the pleasure, now don’t miss...
View ArticleKobayashi retrospective at the Australian Cinémathèque, GOMA
Production still from Black River 1957 / Director: Masaki Kobayashi / Image courtesy: Shochiku A passionate filmmaker, Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi’s beautifully crafted films rail against...
View ArticleSnow White: Two classic adaptations to be screened at GOMA
Brisbane Festival and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art present two classic adaptations of Snow White — the silent live-action film Snow White 1916 directed by J Searle Dawley and the...
View ArticleGet What You Want: Music Cinema takes over the Australian Cinémathèque
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains 1982 Awesome; I… Shot That! 2006 The Punk Singer 2013 Presented in conjunction with the Brisbane Festival, ’Get What You Want’ is a selection of documentary...
View ArticleFilmmaker George Gittoes updates us on daily life in Afghanistan
Acclaimed Australian artist and filmmaker George Gittoes visited the Australian Cinémathèque at GOMA for a special screening of his new documentary Snow Monkey 2015 and stayed on after the screening...
View ArticleGet what you need with music cinema
The transformative power of music is amplified in a new multi-genre program of documentaries and feature films screening at the Australian Cinémathèque, GOMA this spring. Tickets are now on sale for...
View ArticleThe power of music in film
Music and cinema go hand-in-hand. Taking place at the Australian Cinémathèque at GOMA (2 September to 2 October 2016) Get What You Want: Music Cinema is a carefully curated selection of documentary and...
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