Now Playing May 2003

   MAY 2003 NOW PLAYING IN AUSTRALIA

1 MAY - 7 MAY

About Schmidt

Adaption

Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk

AFTRS National

Alexandra's Project (MA) Previews

All Or Nothing

Antartica

Australia: Land Before Time

Baraka

Battle Royale

Bears

Beneath Clouds

Biggie And Tupac

Blue Beard

Blue Velvet

The Blues Brothers

Bowling For Columbine

Bugs 3D

Catch Me If You Can

Chaos

Chinese Takeaway

Cirque Du Soleil: Journey Of Man

City of God

Cowboy Bebop

Crackerjack

Cyberworld 3D

Diva, Ah Hey

Don Quixote, Knight (Spanish Film Fest)

Donnie Darko

The Edge: The Movie

The Emperors Club

Fake

Far From Heaven

The Fountainhead

Frida

Galapagos 3D

Gems From The Archives

Greenfingers

Haunted Castle

The Hero (MA) From May 2 World Cinemas Sydney

The Hours

In Shifting Sands

Into The Deep

Ivan The Terrible

The Jungle Book

Lady From Port Pim

Like Mike

Looking For Mister Perfect

Making Venus

A Man Alone

Man From Elysian Fields

Master of Disguise

Minor Mishaps

Mrs Caldicotts Cabbage War

Mulholland Drive

Mr Mother India

My Mother Likes Women (Spanish FF)

Mysteries Of Egypt

National Security (M) Previews.

North By Northwest

Octavia

One Hour Photo

Open Hearts (M) Previews

The Others

The Pianist

Pink Floyd The Wall

Pixote

Place That Was Paradise

Pollock

Poniente

Possession

Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey

Punch Drunk Love

The Quiet American

Read My Lips

The Recruit

Samsara

Second Name (SFF)

The Sentimental Bloke

Solaris

Son Of The Bride (M): Selected, Spanish Film Festival 1 May. Columbia. 123 mins. Comedy. Ricardo Darín, Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Eduardo Blanco, Natalia Verbeke, Gimena Nóbile, David Masajnik, Claudia Fontán, Atilio Pozzobon, Salo Pasik, Humberto Serrano, Fabián Arenillas, Mónica Cabrera, Giorgio Bellora. D: Juan José Campanella. At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment to his girlfriend. At his lowest point, a minor heart attack reunites him with Juan Carlos, a childhood friend, who helps Rafael to reconstruct his past and look at the present in new ways.

South: Sir Ernest

Space Station 3D

Spirited Away

Spy Kids 2

Storm Boy

Swimming Upstream

Talk To Her

Tape

They're Watching Us

Treasure Planet

Whale Rider (PG): National. Buena Vista. Previews. 169 screens.

Whose Side Are You On

X-Men

Y Tu Mama Tambien

8 MAY - 14 MAY

24 Hour Party People

8 Mile

All Or Nothing

The Animatrix (M) Roadshow. 101 mins. Syd/ Bris/ Adel/ Perth. Plays May 8, 9,10 and 11 only. The Animatrix is a collection of several animated short films, detailing the backstory of the "Matrix" universe, and the original war between man and machines which led to the creation of the Matrix. Taking characters and the premise from the groundbreaking science fiction film, THE MATRIX, this ambitious project compiles nine short films directed by animation specialists from Japan, Korea, and America. The action is rapidly paced and Combining all different styles of animation from CGI to anime to more traditional animation, the program's unique and varied look is even more stunning than its predecessor. A sampling of the talent includes MATRIX creators Larry and Andy Wachowski, Yoshiaki Kawajiri (NINJA SCROLL), Peter Chung (AEON FLUX), and Shinchiro Watanabe (COWBOY BEBOP).

Antartica

Australian Rules

Ballet Russes: 1936-1940

Bears (G) Imax, Melb.

The Big Combo (TBA): Melb, ACMI

Blue Beard

Bob Le Fameur

Cowboy Bebop

Crimes Of Father Amaro

Dillinger (TBA): Melb, ACMI

Dinner Rush (M): Bowral, Empire Twin

Donnie Darko (M)

Don Quixote, Knight Errant (Spanish FF)

The Emperors Club

Enough

The Hero (TBA), World Cinemas Fairfield

Horseplay

I Dreamed Of Africa

I Remember (1948)

Kaante (M) World Cinemas, May 8 Perth/ Adel/Bris/Coffs Harbour/ Canb.

Living Forest

Manufactoring Consent

Metropolis (1927) Melb Astor St Kilda. 118 mins. May 11 to May 31. Opens May 22 Sydney.

Metropolis (2001, anime) Chauvel, Paddington)

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

The Navigators

The Others

The Pianist

Railroaded (TBA) Melb, ACMI

Raw Nerve (TBA) Perth, FTI Cinema Fremalte

Rio Bravo

Roger Dodger

Saathiya (M) May 8 Can/ Bris/ Adel/ Perth/ Coffs Harbour

Second Name (Spanish FF)

Shanghai Express

SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL (SFF) http://www.spanishfilmfestival.com Where: Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth. When & Where: Sydney- Cinema Paris, Fox Studios May 1-11 Melbourne- Nova Carlton May 14-18 Adelaide- Palace Nova May 21-35 Perth- Cinema Paradiso May 28 - June 1 Full schedule.

The Star (TBA) Melb, Kingston Arts Centre, Moorabin

They're Watching Us (Spanish FF)

Thrill Ride: The Science of Fear

Where Paradise Once Was (Spanish FF)

15 - 21 MAY

Amazon (TBA)
Assault on Prescient 13 (TBA) Classic Carpenter, and it's no music!. Re-release. Melb, ACMI.
Baran (Sydney Film Festival)
Battle Royale (R) Japanese thriller, still playing
Best Man's Wedding (TBA) Mout Vic Flicks, Mt Victoria, Blue Mountains
Chaos (TBA) still playing
City of God (TBA)
Confidentially Yours (TBA) Cinematheque. Adel, Mercury.
Crime of Father Amaro (Previews)
Dalkeith (TBA) One screen oz dog racing comedy, permanent season.

Doctor Zhivago (TBA) 1965. Civic Theatre, Gunnedali
Donnie Darko (M) still playing, opened October
Frida (MA) still playing, opened December
Garde A Vue (TBA)
Gentleman (TBA) Syd World Cinemas Fairfield. Bollywood.
Greenfingers (M) still playing
Haunted Castle (G) IMAX flick, will be playing 10 years from now
Honey For Oschun (TBA) Brisbane Schnoll, St Lucia. From May 15.
The Last Waltz (G) re-release of a classic doco
Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (also playing as a double feature)
Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers

The Matrix (M, 1999): National. Roadshow. 92 screens. 15th May ONLY, around 9pm. Leads up to the midnight showing of The Matrix Reloaded. A few cinemas are playing the film until the 21st May.

Metropolis (PG, 1927): Selected, Sydney Chauvel Paddington. From 16 May. Potential. 1 screen. It is the future, and humans are divided into two groups: the thinkers, who make plans (but don't know how anything works), and the workers, who achieve goals (but don't have the vision). Completely separate, neither group is complete, but together they make a whole. One man from the "thinkers" dares visit the underground where the workers toil, and is astonished by what he sees...

Metropolis (M, 2001) Melb- Astor, St Kilda.

Moonlight Mile (M)

Mostly Martha (M) Geelong/ Hunter Valley.

Mrs Caldicots Cabbage War (M) Opens May 15- Can/ Syd/ Bris/ Melb/ Perth. Adelaide opened March 13.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding (G) still being flogged

Phone Booth (M) Previews

The Pianist (MA) still playing, moving around the country

Read My Lips (M) May 15, Perth. Now playing at Syd/ Bris/ Perth.

The Red Violin (M) still playing. Regal, Birmingham Gardens.

Rio Bravo (TBA) re-release of the classic. ACMI, Melb.

Spirited Away (PG) Niche Pictures. Animated. Syd- Chauvel, Paddington.

Sunshine (TBA) Melb, ACMI
Swing (Sydney Film Festival)

The Tracker (MA) still playing

Two Weeks Notice (PG) still playing

When Maryam Spoke (TBA) Melb/ Canterbury.

WWE: Backlash (TBA) May 19 ONLY, GU Civic, Canberra.

WWE: Judgement Day (TBA) May 19 ONLY, national.

Yu Tu Mama Tambien

22 - 28 MAY

102 Dalmatians
15/ 15 Film Festival
8 Mile
About Schmidt
Antwone Fisher
Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress (M) Previews, Syd/ Melb/ Bris. Hopscotch. 4 screens. 23rd, 24th, 25th. Sydney (Palace Verona), Brisbane (Dendy Twin), Melbourne (Como St Yarra/ Kino Melb).
Battle Royale (R) Sydney
Bears
Best of the 16th WA Screen Awards (TBA) 22nd May only, Perth FTI Cinema, Freemantle.
Blue Planet

Bugs 3D (G) IMAX
Canberra: A City Album
Chicago
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man (G) IMAX
Conquest of Everest
Daredevil
Donnie Darko
Dreamcatcher
Exodus
Fake

Far From Heaven
Fat Pizza
Frida
Gangs Of New York
The Gleaners And I
The Gold Rush
The Good Girl
Harder Than Everest
Haunted Castle (IMAX)
The Hero: Love Story Of A Spy (MA) MG Distribution. 183 mins. India. May 22 BCC Indooropilly, Brisbane.

Honesty
The Hours
The Human Body (MAX)
Journeys With George (Novadose)
Kangaroo Jack
Kilimanjaro (IMAX)
L'alibi
L'assassin Habre Au
L'a Commune (Paris 1871)
The Lion King (IMAX)
The Living Sea (IMAX)

LOTR: The Two Towers (M) Roadshow, Adelaide.
Mad Max
The Matrix (M, 1999) 23rd/24th Syd.
Moonlight Mile
My Mother Likes Women
Mysteries of Egypt
The Nameless
Nicholas Nickebly (Cinematheque)
Noam Chomky: Power And Terror
One Hour Photo
The Pianist
Plastic Pulse: Visionary American Film
Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey

Punch Drunk Love
The Quiet American
Read My Lips
Red Carpet Night
Rosemary's Baby
Satin Rouge
The Sky Is Falling
Solaris
The Safety of Objects (MA): Selected. Niche Pictures. Previews.
St Kilda Film Festival
Standing In The Shadows Of Motown
Sydney: A Story Of A City
Turkish Film Festival. May 22- May 28 Hoyts Merrylands. May 29-June 4 Hoyts Broadmeadows.

29 MAY - 4 JUNE

Balseros, Cuban Raffers (Sydney Film Festival)
Bhoot (TBA) May 30, Melb.
Charlotte Gray (M) Melb
Commissioner Shakespeare (Turkish Film Festival)
Daddy Day Care (PG) Tas
Don Quixote
East Of Eden (TBA) Melb, Kingston Art Centre
Feel 100% 2003 (M): Selected. Syd/ Melb. May 29 Syd:- Reading Market City. May 30 Melb: Chinatown Cinema. Yu Enterprises. 2 screens. 98 mins.
Ghosts Of The Civil Dead
The Gold Rush

Hamlet (TBA, 1996) Center, Canberra
Hidden Agenda (Cinematheque)
Holiday
Honesty
Igby Goes Down (MA) Previews
Kes (Cinematheque)
The Kid Strikes
Lady Of The Port Pim
Living Forest (Spanish Film Festival)
Mad Max 2

Memories Of Murder (TBA) Korea
My Fair Lady
My Mother India
Mystery Movie (TBA)
My Tutor Friend (TBA) Korea, no subtitles.
Pink Floyd The Wall (TBA)
Propaganda (Turkish Film Festival)
Raising Arizona
The Red Violin
The Safety of Objects (MA): Selected. Niche Pictures. Previews.

1 MAY - 7 MAY
	About Schmidt Adaption Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk AFTRS National Alexandra's Project (MA) Previews All Or Nothing Antartica Australia: Land Before Time
	Baraka Battle Royale Bears Beneath Clouds Biggie And Tupac Blue Beard Blue Velvet The Blues Brothers Bowling For Columbine Bugs 3D
	Catch Me If You Can Chaos Chinese Takeaway Cirque Du Soleil: Journey Of Man City of God Cowboy Bebop Crackerjack Cyberworld 3D
	Diva, Ah Hey Don Quixote, Knight (Spanish Film Fest) Donnie Darko The Edge: The Movie The Emperors Club Fake Far From Heaven The Fountainhead Frida
	Galapagos 3D Gems From The Archives Greenfingers Haunted Castle The Hero (MA) From May 2 World Cinemas Sydney The Hours In Shifting Sands
	Into The Deep Ivan The Terrible The Jungle Book Lady From Port Pim Like Mike Looking For Mister Perfect
	Making Venus A Man Alone Man From Elysian Fields Master of Disguise Minor Mishaps Mrs Caldicotts Cabbage War Mulholland Drive Mr Mother India
	My Mother Likes Women (Spanish FF) Mysteries Of Egypt National Security (M) Previews. North By Northwest Octavia One Hour Photo Open Hearts (M) Previews The Others The Pianist Pink Floyd The Wall Pixote Place That Was Paradise
	Pollock Poniente Possession Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey Punch Drunk Love The Quiet American Read My Lips The Recruit Samsara Second Name (SFF) The Sentimental Bloke Solaris
	Son Of The Bride (M): Selected, Spanish Film Festival 1 May. Columbia. 123 mins. Comedy. Ricardo Darín, Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Eduardo Blanco, Natalia Verbeke, Gimena Nóbile, David Masajnik, Claudia Fontán, Atilio Pozzobon, Salo Pasik, Humberto Serrano, Fabián Arenillas, Mónica Cabrera, Giorgio Bellora. D: Juan José Campanella. At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment to his girlfriend. At his lowest point, a minor heart attack reunites him with Juan Carlos, a childhood friend, who helps Rafael to reconstruct his past and look at the present in new ways.
	South: Sir Ernest Space Station 3D Spirited Away Spy Kids 2 Storm Boy Swimming Upstream
	Talk To Her Tape They're Watching Us Treasure Planet Whale Rider (PG): National. Buena Vista. Previews. 169 screens. Whose Side Are You On X-Men Y Tu Mama Tambien

8 MAY - 14 MAY
	24 Hour Party People 8 Mile All Or Nothing The Animatrix (M) Roadshow. 101 mins. Syd/ Bris/ Adel/ Perth. Plays May 8, 9,10 and 11 only. The Animatrix is a collection of several animated short films, detailing the backstory of the "Matrix" universe, and the original war between man and machines which led to the creation of the Matrix. Taking characters and the premise from the groundbreaking science fiction film, THE MATRIX, this ambitious project compiles nine short films directed by animation specialists from Japan, Korea, and America. The action is rapidly paced and Combining all different styles of animation from CGI to anime to more traditional animation, the program's unique and varied look is even more stunning than its predecessor. A sampling of the talent includes MATRIX creators Larry and Andy Wachowski, Yoshiaki Kawajiri (NINJA SCROLL), Peter Chung (AEON FLUX), and Shinchiro Watanabe (COWBOY BEBOP).
	Antartica Australian Rules Ballet Russes: 1936-1940 Bears (G) Imax, Melb. The Big Combo (TBA): Melb, ACMI Blue Beard Bob Le Fameur Cowboy Bebop Crimes Of Father Amaro Dillinger (TBA): Melb, ACMI Dinner Rush (M): Bowral, Empire Twin Donnie Darko (M) Don Quixote, Knight Errant (Spanish FF) The Emperors Club
	Enough The Hero (TBA), World Cinemas Fairfield Horseplay I Dreamed Of Africa I Remember (1948) Kaante (M) World Cinemas, May 8 Perth/ Adel/Bris/Coffs Harbour/ Canb. Living Forest Manufactoring Consent Metropolis (1927) Melb Astor St Kilda. 118 mins. May 11 to May 31. Opens May 22 Sydney. Metropolis (2001, anime) Chauvel, Paddington) Molokai: The Story of Father Damien The Navigators The Others The Pianist
	Railroaded (TBA) Melb, ACMI Raw Nerve (TBA) Perth, FTI Cinema Fremalte Rio Bravo Roger Dodger Saathiya (M) May 8 Can/ Bris/ Adel/ Perth/ Coffs Harbour Second Name (Spanish FF) Shanghai Express SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL (SFF) http://www.spanishfilmfestival.com Where: Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth. When & Where: Sydney- Cinema Paris, Fox Studios May 1-11 Melbourne- Nova Carlton May 14-18 Adelaide- Palace Nova May 21-35 Perth- Cinema Paradiso May 28 - June 1 Full schedule. The Star (TBA) Melb, Kingston Arts Centre, Moorabin They're Watching Us (Spanish FF) Thrill Ride: The Science of Fear Where Paradise Once Was (Spanish FF)

15 - 21 MAY
	Amazon (TBA) Assault on Prescient 13 (TBA) Classic Carpenter, and it's no music!. Re-release. Melb, ACMI. Baran (Sydney Film Festival) Battle Royale (R) Japanese thriller, still playing Best Man's Wedding (TBA) Mout Vic Flicks, Mt Victoria, Blue Mountains Chaos (TBA) still playing City of God (TBA) Confidentially Yours (TBA) Cinematheque. Adel, Mercury. Crime of Father Amaro (Previews) Dalkeith (TBA) One screen oz dog racing comedy, permanent season.
	Doctor Zhivago (TBA) 1965. Civic Theatre, Gunnedali Donnie Darko (M) still playing, opened October Frida (MA) still playing, opened December Garde A Vue (TBA) Gentleman (TBA) Syd World Cinemas Fairfield. Bollywood. Greenfingers (M) still playing Haunted Castle (G) IMAX flick, will be playing 10 years from now Honey For Oschun (TBA) Brisbane Schnoll, St Lucia. From May 15. The Last Waltz (G) re-release of a classic doco Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (also playing as a double feature) Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
	The Matrix (M, 1999): National. Roadshow. 92 screens. 15th May ONLY, around 9pm. Leads up to the midnight showing of The Matrix Reloaded. A few cinemas are playing the film until the 21st May. Metropolis (PG, 1927): Selected, Sydney Chauvel Paddington. From 16 May. Potential. 1 screen. It is the future, and humans are divided into two groups: the thinkers, who make plans (but don't know how anything works), and the workers, who achieve goals (but don't have the vision). Completely separate, neither group is complete, but together they make a whole. One man from the "thinkers" dares visit the underground where the workers toil, and is astonished by what he sees... Metropolis (M, 2001) Melb- Astor, St Kilda. Moonlight Mile (M) Mostly Martha (M) Geelong/ Hunter Valley. Mrs Caldicots Cabbage War (M) Opens May 15- Can/ Syd/ Bris/ Melb/ Perth. Adelaide opened March 13. My Big Fat Greek Wedding (G) still being flogged Phone Booth (M) Previews The Pianist (MA) still playing, moving around the country Read My Lips (M) May 15, Perth. Now playing at Syd/ Bris/ Perth.
	The Red Violin (M) still playing. Regal, Birmingham Gardens. Rio Bravo (TBA) re-release of the classic. ACMI, Melb. Spirited Away (PG) Niche Pictures. Animated. Syd- Chauvel, Paddington. Sunshine (TBA) Melb, ACMI Swing (Sydney Film Festival) The Tracker (MA) still playing Two Weeks Notice (PG) still playing When Maryam Spoke (TBA) Melb/ Canterbury. WWE: Backlash (TBA) May 19 ONLY, GU Civic, Canberra. WWE: Judgement Day (TBA) May 19 ONLY, national. Yu Tu Mama Tambien

22 - 28 MAY
	102 Dalmatians 15/ 15 Film Festival 8 Mile About Schmidt Antwone Fisher Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress (M) Previews, Syd/ Melb/ Bris. Hopscotch. 4 screens. 23rd, 24th, 25th. Sydney (Palace Verona), Brisbane (Dendy Twin), Melbourne (Como St Yarra/ Kino Melb). Battle Royale (R) Sydney Bears Best of the 16th WA Screen Awards (TBA) 22nd May only, Perth FTI Cinema, Freemantle. Blue Planet
	Bugs 3D (G) IMAX Canberra: A City Album Chicago Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man (G) IMAX Conquest of Everest Daredevil Donnie Darko Dreamcatcher Exodus Fake
	Far From Heaven Fat Pizza Frida Gangs Of New York The Gleaners And I The Gold Rush The Good Girl Harder Than Everest Haunted Castle (IMAX) The Hero: Love Story Of A Spy (MA) MG Distribution. 183 mins. India. May 22 BCC Indooropilly, Brisbane.
	Honesty The Hours The Human Body (MAX) Journeys With George (Novadose) Kangaroo Jack Kilimanjaro (IMAX) L'alibi L'assassin Habre Au L'a Commune (Paris 1871) The Lion King (IMAX) The Living Sea (IMAX)
	LOTR: The Two Towers (M) Roadshow, Adelaide. Mad Max The Matrix (M, 1999) 23rd/24th Syd. Moonlight Mile My Mother Likes Women Mysteries of Egypt The Nameless Nicholas Nickebly (Cinematheque) Noam Chomky: Power And Terror One Hour Photo The Pianist Plastic Pulse: Visionary American Film Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey
	Punch Drunk Love The Quiet American Read My Lips Red Carpet Night Rosemary's Baby Satin Rouge The Sky Is Falling Solaris The Safety of Objects (MA): Selected. Niche Pictures. Previews. St Kilda Film Festival Standing In The Shadows Of Motown Sydney: A Story Of A City Turkish Film Festival. May 22- May 28 Hoyts Merrylands. May 29-June 4 Hoyts Broadmeadows.

29 MAY - 4 JUNE
	Balseros, Cuban Raffers (Sydney Film Festival) Bhoot (TBA) May 30, Melb. Charlotte Gray (M) Melb Commissioner Shakespeare (Turkish Film Festival) Daddy Day Care (PG) Tas Don Quixote East Of Eden (TBA) Melb, Kingston Art Centre Feel 100% 2003 (M): Selected. Syd/ Melb. May 29 Syd:- Reading Market City. May 30 Melb: Chinatown Cinema. Yu Enterprises. 2 screens. 98 mins. Ghosts Of The Civil Dead The Gold Rush
	Hamlet (TBA, 1996) Center, Canberra Hidden Agenda (Cinematheque) Holiday Honesty Igby Goes Down (MA) Previews Kes (Cinematheque) The Kid Strikes Lady Of The Port Pim Living Forest (Spanish Film Festival) Mad Max 2
	Memories Of Murder (TBA) Korea My Fair Lady My Mother India Mystery Movie (TBA) My Tutor Friend (TBA) Korea, no subtitles. Pink Floyd The Wall (TBA) Propaganda (Turkish Film Festival) Raising Arizona The Red Violin The Safety of Objects (MA): Selected. Niche Pictures. Previews.