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Want to relax on a deckchair, in the middle of Melbourne and watch a film under the night sky?
has you sorted.
So here is the drill - on Wednesdays at 8pm during March 2011, there will be four
free screenings on the 'Big Screen' at
Federation Square . The screenings are composed of some of the
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2010 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) favourites and this event is a great lead-up to the upcoming MIFF 2011, which will be celebrating 60 years this July/August!
So what exactly is screening? On
March 9, the black comedy
Four Lions is scheduled. Directed by Christopher Morris (aka Denholm Reynholm of the
IT Crowd) and starring Will Adamsdale, Riz Ahmed and Adeel Akhtar, the
acclaimed feature was described by Eli Glasner of
CBCNEWS as "
try to imagine The Three Stooges
as suicide bombers. That's the volatile concept behind the prickly new British farce Four Lions
. "
This somewhat controversial feature was Morris' attempt to find the humour in modern day terrorism - "
there is this Dad's Army
side of terrorism and that's what this film is exploring ." This feature is certainly going to be considered offensive by some, but I imagine if you enjoy the musings of
Jeff Dunham's character 'Achmed the Dead Terrorist,' you might just enjoy this British comedy.
The following week, on
March 16, the brilliant
Boy , directed by Taika Waititi and starring Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu, Ei Kura Albert and Maakariini Butler will screen. This popular title which was a box-office hit in
New Zealand , was described by James Greenberg of the
Hollywood Reporter as "
a cross between The 400 Blows
and Slumdog Millionaire
(though not quite in their class)."
Waititi previously directed
Eagle vs Shark in 2007, which received mixed reviews but he seems to have captured the audiences imaginations, particularly in New Zealand, which this coming of age tale, which is based on his own childhood. Boy is currently the
highest grossing New Zealand film of all time !
On
March 23, there is a change of pace with the screening of the acclaimed drama
Women Without Men , directed by Shirin Neshat and Shoja Azari and starring Shabnam Toloui, Pegah Ferydoni and Arita Shahrzad. Ernest Hardy of the
Village Voice , noted the film featured "
stellar acting from the ensemble and gorgeously composed and shot images."
This is the first feature film from Neshat, a renowned visual artist. The film is based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Iranian author
Sharnush Parsipur .
The final screening of this month-long event which takes place on
March 30, is
Summer Wars , a Japanese animated science fiction feature, directed by Mamoru Hosoda, who had great success the 2006 feature
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time . This latest feature from Hosoda has received stellar reviews in Japan and in the USA - Peter Hartlaub of the
San Francisco Chronicle , proclaimed,
"It's easy to see why Summer Wars
was such a huge hit when it premiered in Japan last year. It's ... [a] fun and quirky film."
The family feature has won many awards including a
Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year in 2010. Like the classic works of
Hayao Miyazaki which are regularly released outside of Japan, Hosoda's films are also quickly gaining popularity with Western audiences - which led Todd Brown of
[LINK=http://twitchfilm.com/reviews/2009/10/sitges-09-summer-wars-review-1.php Twitch Film][/LINK] to defiantly proclaim "
Hosoda is the new king, the best storyteller working within the animated medium in Japan and - quite possibly - the world."
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