March Screenings: Notes on Tenderness

85min | PG13 |Spanish with English subtitles
 

Showtimes
2 Mar, Sat, 2pm
10 Mar, Sun, 2pm
16 Mar, Sat, 2pm
24 Mar, Sun, 2pm
30 Mar, Sat, 2pm

* Sundance Winner *
 

Paulina and Augusto have been together for 23 years. She is a former Minister of Culture and an actress. He was a popular TV journalist for many years. They live in the beautiful house they built together, filled with memories that Augusto is slowly forgetting – he has been struggling with Alzheimer’s for some time now. But even though Augusto is alone in his head, Paulina is constantly by his side. The more he forgets, the more her love for him grows, because even though he forgets, her feelings remain the same. The Eternal Memory is a touchingly beautiful film about the love of two people cast in the purest form.

98 minutes | M18 (Some Homosexual Content)
 

Showtimes
2 Mar, Sat, 4pm
10 Mar, Sun, 4pm
16 Mar, Sat, 4pm
17 Mar, Sun, 2pm
31 Mar, Sun, 2pm

An uncommon love story that takes place between a young South London Pakistani man (Gordon Warnecke), who decides to open an upscale laundromat to make his family proud, and his childhood friend, a skinhead (Daniel Day-Lewis, in a breakthrough role) who volunteers to help make his dream a reality. This culture-clash comedy is also a subversive work of social realism that dares to address racism, homophobia, and sociopolitical marginalization in Margaret Thatcher’s England.

120 minutes | M18 (Nudity and Sexual References)
 

Showtimes
3 Mar, Sun, 2pm
9 Mar, Sat, 2pm
17 Mar, Sun, 4pm

A sensitive and soulful man earns a living by writing personal letters for other people. Left heartbroken after his marriage ends, Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) becomes fascinated with a new operating system which reportedly develops into an intuitive and unique entity in its own right. He starts the program and meets "Samantha" (Scarlett Johansson), whose bright voice reveals a sensitive, playful personality. Though "friends" initially, the relationship soon deepens into love.

An exceedingly modern romance, Her is part commentary on humanity’s entanglement with technology, part unconventional love story. Spike Jonze imbues warmth and empathy in lonely, conflicted characters who struggle to find connection in an increasingly connected world, grounded by a quietly moving performance by Joaquin Phoenix.

90 minutes | PG
 

Showtimes
9 Mar, Sat, 4.30pm

A beautiful college bound girl disturbingly preoccupied with the threat of nuclear destruction falls in love with a handsome ex-con who is rumored to have murdered the father of his high school sweetheart. A warm-hearted satire about idealistic young love, capitalist moralizing in the home, and the need for work one loves.

A singular directorial voice of the mid-nineties, Hal Hartley's first feature and one of his most beloved comedies The Unbelievable Truth captures the ennui of small towns and the oddness of ordinary life, with a healthy dose of heart and sincerity.
 

Featuring the late Adrienne Shelly in her first mesmerising film role, Edie Falco, and frequent Hartley collaborator Robert John Burke. 

128 minutes | R21 (Sexual Scenes and Drug Use) | Norwegian with English subtitles
 

Showtimes
3 Mar, Sun, 4.30pm
23 Mar, Saturday, 2pm

Julie is turning thirty and her life is an existential mess. Several of her talents have gone to waste and her older boyfriend, Aksel – a successful graphic novelist – is pushing for them to settle down. One night, she gatecrashes a party and meets the young and charming Eivind. Before long, she has broken up with Aksel and thrown herself into yet another new relationship, hoping for a new perspective on her life. But she will come to realize that some life choices are already behind her.

Joachim Trier delves into the messy, dull, exciting, emotional life of a modern woman with sensitivity and nuance, while Renate Reinsve gives a transcendent and all too relatable performance as the eponymous ‘Worst Person’. About to retire from acting before Trier approached her to do the film, Reinsve subsequently won the Cannes Best Actress Award in 2021 for the role.