Following the success of the 2015 Winter Season of Sunday Night Film at Saint John Craft Beer Barrel Room, this popular way of enjoying a winter Sunday with food and refreshments provided by St John Craft Beer and fine films provided by BOFA will recommence on Sunday 17 July.
The BOFA at The Barrel Room Winter Film Series will be held every Sunday at SAINT JOHN CRAFT BEER for 6 weeks, from the 17th July – 21st August.
All films start at 7pm. Tickets ($15) on sale at the bar. Food Available from 5.00PM
133 St. John Street, Launceston.
Sunday 17th July
PHOENIX – 7pm
Drama | GERM | 98 mins | M15+
Set in the aftermath of world war two, a disfigured holocaust survivor sets out to find her husband who believes her to be dead. Lead character Nelly walks into a dangerous game of duplicity and disguise as she tries to figure out if the man she loves may have been the one who betrayed her to the Nazis. Directed by Christian Petzold, the film’s screenplay is loosely based on Hubert Monteilhet’s 1961 French detective novel, The Return From the Ashes, dosed in film noir.
Sunday 24th July
THE LADY IN THE VAN – 7pm
Comedy/Drama | UK | 104 mins | M15+
The Lady in the Van tells the true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years. Featuring Maggie Smith, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in this film; Bennet’s comedic adaptation of his own iconic memoir and honoured stage play… riddled with English wit.
Sunday 31st July
STEVE JOBS – 7pm
Biography | USA | 120 mins | M15+
A portrait of a man at the epicenter of the digital revolution - Steve Jobs. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac. Jobs is represented by Michael Fassbender, with Kate Winslet in tow. “Fassbender, in a superb performance, portrays Jobs as a genius - but also as a painfully flawed human being” David Stratton, The Australian. Directed by Aaron Sorkin, acclaimed for his work The Social Network.
Sunday 7th August
LOOKING FOR GRACE – 7pm
Comedy/Drama | AUS | 100 mins | M15+
16 year old Grace runs away from home in an act of rebellion and her parents employ a close-to-retirement detective, and begin the long drive from Perth out to the West Australian wheatbelt to try to find her. On the journey, the two must confront the realities of their changing relationship to one another, and to their daughter. An unflinching reflection on the disruptive nature of both adolescence and middle age, featuring Richard Roxburgh from Rake and rising star Odessa Young.
Sunday 14th August
THE WALK – 7pm
Biography | USA | 120 mins | MA15+
Based on the true story of French high-wire artist Phillippe Petit in 1974, whose dream it is to walk the immense void between the NY World Trade Centres. With little more than nerve and blind ambition, Petit and his ragtag crew overcome daunting physical obstacles, betrayals, countless close calls and overwhelming odds to beat the system and execute their mad plan. Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man has walked between the twin towers.
Sunday 21st August
THE END OF THE TOUR – 7pm
Drama | USA | 106 mins | M15+
The story of the five day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace (Jason Segal). Brilliantly performed and smartly unconventional, with poignant observations on the human condition. Ironically, the interview was never published, and five days of audio tapes were packed away in Lipsky’s closet. The two men did not meet again, but the memoir was released in 2008 following Wallace’s suicide.
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