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Sun 24 March, 8pm: Two Years at Sea Introduced by Ben Rivers

Sun 24 March, 8pm: Two Years at Sea Introduced by Ben Rivers

Shot on black and white 16mm film hand-processed, Ben Rivers’ feature-length documentary debut follows Jake Williams, who lives a life of solitude in the forest of the Scottish Cairngorms after two years working as a merchant at sea.
Tue 19 March, 8.15pm: The Man Who Envied Women

Tue 19 March, 8.15pm: The Man Who Envied Women

Around a familiar theme – the breakup of a marriage – Rainer constructs an honest, graceful and wickedly funny account of a self-satisfied womanizer, Jack Deller, the man “who almost knows too much about women.”
Thu 21 March, 8.15pm: Privilege

Thu 21 March, 8.15pm: Privilege

Yvonne Rainer's sixth feature is a genuinely subversive movie about menopause. Out of a subject that has been virtually invisible on film, Rainer has fashioned a witty, risky work about sexual identity and the unequal economies of race, gender, and class.
Fri 22 March, 8.15pm: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Fri 22 March, 8.15pm: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Continuing his miraculous invention of a dark pastoral, Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, melds the last dying encounters of a farmer, Boonmee, with a gorgeously rendered landscape enlivened by the presence of ghostly apparitions.
Sat 23 March, 8pm: Murder and Murder

Sat 23 March, 8pm: Murder and Murder

Murder and Murder is a middle-aged love story between Mildred, a life-long lesbian, and Doris, who is in love with a woman for the first time. An unflinching meditation on female aging, lesbian sexuality and breast cancer in a culture that glorifies youth and heterosexual romance.
Sun 24 March, 5.30pm: Journeys from Berlin/1971

Sun 24 March, 5.30pm: Journeys from Berlin/1971

To explore the ramifications of terrorism, Rainer employs an extended therapy session – in which an American woman speaks to a series of psychiatrists – to evoke the daily experiences of power and repression.

Calendar

Tue 19 Mar 8:15pm
The Man Who Envied Women
Thu 21 Mar 8:15pm
Privilege
Sat 23 Mar 8:00pm
Murder and Murder
Sun 24 Mar 5:30pm
Journeys from Berlin
Thu 28 Mar 8:15pm
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