CINEMANIACS Returns To Melbourne This March!
Melbourne film collective, CINEMANIACS are back in 2021 with a hybrid program of what was to be their two 2020 themed seasons, being ‘Cut The Protesting – Films That Inspired Protest’ and ‘I’m Gonna Get Off This Merry-Go-Round – Suicide In Film‘.
What’s more CINEMANIACS will now be holding all future events at newly renovated ACMI complex in the heart of Melbourne city.
Tissues are a mandatory requirement for Cinemaniacs first film of 2021 on March 26th with William Wyler’s THE CHILDREN’S HOUR (1961), starring Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine & James Garner.
Lillian Hellman’s tragic play comes to life for the silver screen and showcases one of the most heartbreaking performances put to film by Shirley MacLaine. A child’s lie (or is it?) destroys the lives of two respectable young women in this breathtaking tear jerker.
The screening will be preceded by a lecture with film historian Lee Gambin on on lesbian representation in cinema of the 1920s–60s.
For those unfamiliar with Cinemaniacs’ monthly events, they are more than just a screening of film (curated in a program by theme), they also include lectures, presentations and/or panels. They are also a great opportunity to meet like-minded film fans from in-and-around Melbourne and talk cinema before-and-after the screenings.
Pencil in April 16th for John Waters’ DESPERATE LIVING (1977) on 35mm and May 28th for Sidney Lumet’s NETWORK (1976).
