Keyword results: Sydney Film Festival
Cyrus
What:
Cyrus
Where:
The State Theatre, 49 Market St, Sydney
When:
Sat Jun 12, 9:30pm
How much:
From $13
Win:
We have two dbls to give away! To enter, email win@twothousand.com.au with the subject line 'I can't tell the difference between Jonah Hill and Seth Rogan'
Description:
Look, I'm just going to put it out there - fat people are funny. It's true, proven by science in fact. So, it's no surprise that when you combine two of the fatter people in show business the result is pure comedic bliss. As is the case with Cyrus, the tale of a young man (Jonah Hill) with some serious mummy issues that come to the fore when his mother (Marisa Tomei) begins to date an awkward, self-deprecating divorcee named John (John C.
Event Type: Screening
Genre: Film
Location: CBD
I Killed My Mother
What:
I Killed My Mother
Where:
Sydney Film Festival, Dendy Opera Quays, 2 East Circular Quay, Sydney
When:
Tues Jun 8, 4.30pm
How much:
Full $17 + bf
Description:
The 'can't live with her, can't live without her' premise of I Killed My Mother definitely hits home. The relationship between a mother and her gay son is revealed through Hubert (writer and director Xavier Dolan), who struggles with his mother's overbearing love and the increasing tension and volatility between them.
Event Type: Screening
Genre: Film
Location: CBD
Life During Wartime
What:
Life During Wartime
Where:
The State Theatre, as part of Sydney Film Festival
When:
Fri June 4, 6.30pm & Sat June 5, 10am
How much:
Full $17 + bf
Watch the trailer:
Here
Description:
A sequel of sorts to his harrowing cult classic comedy Happiness, Life During Wartime guarantees more awkward laughs and inappropriate subject matter from Todd Solondz, the geek chic auteur behind Welcome To The Dollhouse, Palindromes, and Storytelling. Child molestation? Teen pregnancy? Obscene phone callers? Can you say 'hilarious'?.
Event Type: Screening
Genre: Film
Location: CBD
Beautiful Darling
What:
Beautiful Darling
Where:
Event Cinema, 505-525 George St, Sydney
When:
Wed Jun 2, 6pm & Sat Jun 5, 2.30pm
How much:
$17/$15 here
Description:
Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, Tennessee Williams and the Velvet Underground get massive props for their artistic output, but let's give some credit where credit is due - to one sparkling muse who inspired the songs and scenes of that creative crew. Narrated by Chloe Sevigny, this documentary film follows the fast life and times of Candy Darling (born James Lawrence Slattery), who left her dreary Long Island upbringing for the bright lights and bohemia of 1960s New York.
Event Type: Screening
Genre: Film
Location: CBD
Exit Through The Gift Shop
Banksy is street art's Scarlet Pimpernel; and compulsively camera-toting Frenchie Thierry Guetta seeks him here and seeks him there. Or does he? As Banksy - who appears onscreen with his face in darkness and his voice digitally camouflaged, said in his director's statement: "Everything you are about to see is true, especially the bit where we all lie.
SFF Blog
You are a nobody unless you have a blog. Just ask all the people who have blogs and are now somebodies. No one cared that this guy knew what white people liked until he learnt html and, before Blogspot, Facehunter was just another Johnson with a camera.
Blogs are where you go for the real action or - in the case of Sydney Film Festival - the behind-the-scenes action (which we all know is sweet action).
Sydney Film Festival: Black Dynamite
WHAT
SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL: BLACK DYNAMITE
WHERE
GREATER UNION, GEORGE ST, CITY
WHEN
TUES JUN 9, 8.30PM
HOW MUCH
$17/$14.50
WIN
A DOUBLE PASS. TO ENTER, EMAIL WIN@TWOTHOUSAND.COM.AU WITH THE SUBJECT 'POLYBLEND IS MY FRIEND'
We're going to presume that you love using terms like 'The Man' and 'Jive Sucka'. Other favourite things of yours might also include numchucks, sex, and movies that make you go 'woah'. If so, BLACK DYNAMITE ticks all the boxes before you've even considered the plot line or characters. And when you do, you'll find that it's an impressive, uncompromising love letter to a treasured time and genre.
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