Shadows Cinema – Catch it before the lights go up

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SHADOWS WINTER PROGRAMME

Six cinematic dissertations on the proposal: people ain’t no good even when they’re god.

With a selection of short subjects.

Do you miss cinemas like the Lumiere, the Carlton Movie House and the Valhalla as much as I do? Well come along to Shadows, a screening of unusual and locally unavailable films every Friday over winter. Bursting with opinions? Stay afterward for good music and a drink at the bar.

The Place:

ABC Gallery is an ex warehouse/factory set deep in the heart of auld Collingwood, now serving as a Gallery for the painter Milos Manojlovic who also serves fine drinkables and worldly wisdom at the bar.

Location:
ABC Gallery 127 Campbell St Collingwood (See map at end of post or follow link to Google Maps with street view picture of the Gallery)
Melway Ref. 2C G8

Dvds projected on to a white wall. A selection of couches and tables. A bar with reasonable prices and a coffee machine.

All of these films will be accompanied by shorts. No shorts, no film.

“This ain’t multiplex, this is gold class art house!” — David Bowie, Diamond Dogs (paraphrase).

All that for a gold coin donation?
“Holy guacamole in a bowl of ravioli!” Pope Pius XV Celestine Decree

Ufologists take note: Spiritual Cinema is here!

This is a notice I received for a cinema group with a difference… those into UFOs and conspiracy culture: this might be the cinema night for you!

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Announcing a new Meetup for Truth Consciousness Cinema Group!

What: CONTACT HAS BEGUN: 3 FILMS 1 NIGHT 6 HOURS + 316 ALIEN UFO’s

When: July 4, 2009 6:00 PM

Price: AUD15.00 per person

Where: Click the link below to find out!

Meetup Description: CONTACT HAS BEGUN 3 FILMS 1 NIGHT 6 HOURS + 316 ALIEN UFO’s Saturday 4th July 2009 @ Glitchbar + Cinema $15.00 | 6:00pm – 12:00pm Contact Kelly: 0402 509 247 | weheartstuff@live.com.au

More Information: www.spritualcinema.wordpress.com

Join Truth Consciousness Cinema Group in a night of Alien and UFO exploration.

Front Bar: 630pm  STAR DREAMS STAR DREAMS, the movie is a precocious attempt at making definitions in the crop circle debate by illuminating various perspectives and insights gained by the major researchers in the field. This feature documentary by Genesis Communications on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia seeks to present the latest circles, for all to see, by lifting them off the fields so to speak and putting them into public imagination through the medium of television and video release and public screenings. To date, there have been almost 11,000 recorded crop circles world-wide since 1980. There is a consensus among researchers that a higher intelligence is sending a communiqué to us. How are we to respond to this? By closing up, or opening up to these remarkable phenomena at this point in human history.

Robert Nichol’s take on it: “Crop Circles are the realization of a higher consciousness presented to humanity at this time to aid in a universal awakening to higher dimensions of being.”

Main Cinema: 730pm JZ KNIGHT IN UFO’S – Understanding our brains’ connection to alien life JZ Knight’s remarkable insights on UFOs and alien contact presented in this film bring the discussion of this subject to a whole new level: 1.What is the common ground that connects us to intelligent life scattered across space? 2.How does our brain work differently or similarly to theirs? 3.How come some people see UFOs and others do not? What is happening at a neurological level? 4.What UFO technology has quantum physics unraveled? What about time and timelines of possibility? 5.What can we do to advance forward as a civilization to meet our “future Now” and reach for the stars? JZ Knight’s multiple experiences of going through the tunnel or wormhole while channeling Ramtha, similar to near-death experiences, have given her a unique framework for understanding these questions. JZ Knight on UFOs is a candid and exciting DVD presentation of her knowledge, originally recorded live at Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment for the Extraterrestrial Civilizations & World Peace Conference held in Hawaii in June 2006.

Main Cinema: 930pm CONTACT HAS BEGUN “Contact Has Begun” is a documentary that DCT Enterprises LLC has done on James Gilliland. James has had contact with ETs and “off worlders”. The film also covers near death experiences, orbs, and the topic of coming Earth changes. Changes that will effect each and everyone of us. This film delivers a message that will change your world. • Earth Changes – the ones the Mainstream knows about but won’t address (even though scientists present compelling evidence that BIG changes are coming in the next two years – and that’s what our benevolent ET friends are concerned about as well). • SEE GENUINE FOOTAGE OF UFOs over James’ Trout Lake Sanctuary in Washington state. • See them “power up” in response to people on the ground – and learn how you can experience this too. • Learn how to film UFOs yourself. “Anyone can do it,” says James. • See an awesome fleet of UFOs filmed over Mexico. • See experts and authors reveal secrets of ancient history…AND coming earth changes. • Learn about UFOs literally turning off Nuclear Weapons. • Get a hint from Astronaut Gordon Cooper – he chased UFOs himself. • Understand – through superb animations – the effects of ice melt at the north and south poles. • See what will happen to our planet when the sun erupts – possibly as soon as 2010. • Learn who the “good guys” are, and where they come from – PLUS see photographs of their inter-dimensional craft.

Learn more here: http://www.meetup.com/truth-consciousness-cinema/calendar/10542237/

Free Electronix and Film @ Acmi Thursdays till June

Synaesthesia @ Late Night Thursdays

Selected Thursdays between 2 April – 18 June 2009 from 6.30pm
Studio 1, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne
Free – limited capacity. Pick up tickets at ACMI Box Office on the day to ensure entry.

The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) will present an exciting fusion of sight and sound as part of Late Night Thursday’s program from April to June.

Synaesthesia is a program of free live performances exploring different forms of the moving image, including media art, newly interpreted live film scores and works that draw on sound and film archives. The program will feature intimate showcases from Mink Engine, Outpost Collective, Robin Fox, Abject Leader, the Ang Fang Quartet, Jean Poole with DJ CanCut, Gossip Pop, Paul Robertson and a live collaboration between Qua and Isobel Knowles, all live in Studio 1.

Thur 2 April
Mink Engine Acres of Diamonds DVD launch + Q and A
Thur 9 April
Mink Engine (live performance)
Thur 23 April
Outpost Collective + Robin Fox (live performances)
Thur 7 May
Abject Leader (QLD) (live performance + screening of films)
Thur 14 May
Ang Fang Quartet (live score to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari)
Thur 4 June
Jean Poole with DJ Cancut + Gossip Pop
Thur 18 June
Qua with Isobel Knowles (live performance) + Paul Robertson (screening)

Free Films at the State Library!!! – Swanston St Melbourne

 

Appropriated from Live Journal for your informatory pleasure!

Outside-In Cinema

Immerse yourself in the popular music scene at free screenings of contemporary documentaries from around the world, on the big screen in Experimedia. These are free events but bookings are required.

August 6 - Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme 
Made over 7 years, Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme traces underground Hip Hop from the early 80s to the present day. From neighbourhood ciphers to the most notorious MC battles, Freestyle explores the rarely recorded art form of improvisational rap. Already an underground cult film in the hip hop world, Freestyle shows hip-hop artists weaving their stories from a mix of language, politics and spirituality. (82 mins)
Book for Freestyle now!

August 20 - loudQUIETloud
The Pixies cut an unparalleled path through modern music. Four and a half albums, a few tours, some breathtaking music and endless speculation about the relationship between the four founding members led many fans to scratch their heads in wonderment at their abrupt and acrimonious disbanding in 1992. In 2004, to the amazement of their fans, the Pixies reunited. loudQUIETloud is an intimate portrait of the band members and their difficult, tense and ultimately triumphant return as one of rock music’s greatest bands.(82 mins)
Book for loudQUIETloud now!

September 3 - DIG!
Dig! is the feature-length documentary shot over seven years about musicians Anton Newcombe, leader of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Courtney Taylor, head of the Dandy Warhols, star crossed friends and bitter rivals. From the moment they met, The Dandy Warhols and the Brian Jonestown Massacre quickly bonded over a desire to not conform to the tastes of the recording industry. Yet, the bands, choices over how to express their creativity and originality in a profit-driven industry eventually put them at irreconcilable odds. (105 mins)
Book for DIG! now!

September 17 - Joy Division
In 1976 four young men from ruined, post-industrial Manchester, England went to see the Sex Pistols. They formed a band, Joy Division. Three years later it was a matter of art, life and death. Now thirty years later, they are enjoying a larger audience and more influence than ever before with a profound legacy that resonates fiercely in today’s heavily careerist music industry and over-mediated pop culture. Pieced together from archival footage as well as new interviews with the remaining band members and musical experts, Joy Division is the definitive documentary about this influential and timeless band. (74 mins)
Book for Joy Division now!

All screenings start at 6:30pm
BYO picnic dinner and rug or cushion and kick back in Experimedia
Minors must be accompanied by an adult. 
The Outside-In Cinema facebook group.

‘Super 8 Day’ Film Festival 2008 – Moving Image Coalition.

For anyone who laments Super 8 as a dying visual medium… you’ll be very happy to know that there is still a Melbourne cinema club devoted to that lovely grainy atmospheric stuff: there are people who make this kind of film and others (this blogger included) who love to watch beautifully filmed super 8.  This Super 8, 16mm and film-making-generally collective is called The Moving Image Coalition .  I’ll let them describe themselves, as they do very well indeed on their website: 

Moving Image Coalition is based in Melbourne, Australia. It invites independent/alternative super 8 film, 16mm, VHS (PAL format only), mDV, & DVD image/soundmakers to present their works at our quarterly screenings. Contact us now and spread the word. There are no joining fees or exhibition fees involved.The main impetus of the Coalition is to see that each film/video is screened in its original format/medium. As each work will be part of a screening we request that works be of a reasonable length, i.e around 20 mins or less.The strength of any coalition is its generosity of spirit, the sharing of the workload and the creative input by each coalition member, not taking for granted that someone else would do this or that.If you’re interested in joining the coalition and having your works presented at our screenings, contact via movingimagecoalition@hotmail.com or phone 03 9419 6504.

If you have a mind to make  some super 8, 16mm or other kinds of film – this club is for you.  If you want to see some local Super 8, there is a screening coming up  in the tiny town of Chiltern from the Moving Image Coalition in 2008: 

Wednesday 25th April 2008 – Film Day Deadline for May 4th Film Day (see Below)

Deadline for Film Entries to Super 8 Film Day, Chiltern, VIC. VHS and DVD can be sent in NTSC or PAL, but must originate from Super 8 transfer. (also any original Super 8/ Single 8 films must be registered by Post, to avoid being lost). All original films sent in will receive a DVD transfer.

NO ENTRY CHARGE, but if you want your video’s or Films returned then you must send stamps or International Postal Coupons for Return Postage. All entries not returned will be put into the AWMIC Archives. AWMIC c/o Rodney Bourke P.O Box 1231, Albury, NSW. 2640. For more details. or call 0429 136 880 Or email awmic@hotmail.com

Sunday 4th May “SUPER 8 DAY” FILM FESTIVAL

 

CHILTERN RUTHERGLEN CONTINUING EDUCATION

In conjunction with Chilternwood Studios, Chiltern

presents

The day is aimed at

• New & Existing Film Makers,
• Film Collectors,
• Anyone just interested in films or the Film Industry

MORNING SESSION“INTRODUCTION TO FILM MAKING” WORKSHOP10am – 12noonWith Rodney Bourke and Paul DickinsonThe Workshop will include information about Types of cameras available, how to use your camera, different types of film to buy & processing costs, animation, using fast & slow motion, Editing, Splicing, Projecting and Transfer to DVD.Cost $25 (includes both morning & afternoon sessions) AFTERNOON SESSION Cost: $8 children 12 & under free.2pm SCREENINGS OF SHORT FILMS BY SUPER 8 FILMMAKERSProgram Will Include Films By :

• Local, Australian and Overseas Filmmakers: 

We also have SPECIAL GUESTSOnce screening is finished around 4pm Visitors can enjoy a TOUR of the Studio and Film & Television Museum.Bookings to Lois Hotson – Phone (03) 5726 1358     or email hotson@westnet.com.auBookings also available at Chiltern Post Office & Gillman Real Estate, RutherglenOnly 900m from Chiltern Railway Station.http://www.chilternbusinessjournal.com.au/business/dickinson.htm

 Plus, in July they’re having a Film Swap Meet – how often do you get an invite to something like this? It’s a collector’s celluloid dream !… 

Sunday 27^th JULY 2008 at 9.30amAnnual MOVIE SWAP MEET & AUCTION by CATHS & RD(Cinema and Theatre Historical Society & Reel Deals)
Swap meet 9.30-11am
Auction 11am-12noonat the SCOUT HALLOpposite the Seddon Railway Station in Belairs Ave Seddon, Melbourne. Admission is $2.00 for CATHS members and $5.00 for Non-members.

* No auction commissions* Free Coffee/Tea and Bikkies* Easy parking*Open to all Collectors and Film Enthusiasts

Sales tables and auction of items will include–

Films in 8mm, Super 8, 16mm and Video-Books and magazines – Projectors – Editors-Splices- Cameras- Posters- and Equipment

For more detailshttp://www.caths.org.au/ orEditor Mike Trickettfilmman@ncable.net.auReel Deals MagazineKeeping Film Collectors in Touchwww.reeldeals.com.au  

Metropolis Books and Music – Swanston Street, Melbourne

Metropolis Books and Music (website here) is tucked away in Curtin House on Swanston Street in the city.  It’s just a couple of doors up from record store Collectors Corner, and is above beloved watering hole Cookie by a couple of floors.  Curtin House is becoming quite the culture-consumption nexus, what with food and drink (Cookie), burlesque and performance (The Toff in Town) and clothing, jewellery, books and music on level 3, including Metropolis. 

 

Some people might remember the days when Metropolis was in St Kilda, and for those who do the city store will need little introduction as the basic ideas behind the curation of materials on offer are the same.  For those who don’t:  Metropolis is divided into two parts: part one is a bookshop centred broadly around The Arts:  film, graphic design, music, photography, visual art, music and cult crafts.   From small colourful gifty-books about pretty nonsense  (most book shops have these, but Metropolis’ selection are prettier, odder and often locally produced) to impressive hardbacks on architecture, film directors eg Tim Burton, David Lynch, typography, photography and much more.   If you’re after a present or are a little light on the pocket, they also stock fantastic cards and postcards – eg ‘hard boiled’ crime covers on postcards, local artists work, indian kitsch and many more.  

 

In the other part of the store is Metropolis music, sourcing some truly obscure sounds.  A large experimental section includes an admirably large amount of vinyl LPs, featuring much Sun O))), industrial artists, breakcore, some field recordings and more.  New York No Wave rereleases, ambient, psychedelia and indie classics are also on offer – again many on cd – plus the occasional tshirt or other paraphernalia.  

 

Both sections sell gig tickets for numerous events, many at The Toff In Town one floor below.

 

The best thing about Metropolis:  many, many pretty things.  I particularly like the cult film section, but am impressed by the solid selection in visual art, photography, textiles… also the experimental music section which, since the closure of synaesthesia records, may be the most contemporary experimental available over the counter (new, particularly).

 

The downside: can there be a down side to great books and music?  It would be fantastic if it were open the same hours as Cookie and Toff – late night book and music browsing would be ideal.  

 

Details:

 

Metropolis Bookshop

Level 3 Curtin House

252 Swanston Street

Melbourne 3000

Australia

ph: 03 9663 2015

fax: 03 9639 0024

books@metropolisbookshop.com.au

music@metropolisbookshop.com.au

Opening hours:

Mon – Thurs: 10 – 6

Fri: 10 – 7

Sat: 10 – 6

Sun: 12 – 5

 

 

 

Inferno DVDs/Videos – Elizabeth Street

Inferno’s website says the following:

SPECIALISING IN RARE & DELETED DVDs & VIDEOS:Cult Movies, Horror, Sci-Fi, World Cinema, Animation, Music Videos,Wrestling, UFC & Pride, Drive-In Movies, Blaxploitation,

HK & Martial Arts, Classics from 1940s to 1970s, Films of Great Directors

It’s one of those shops you really don’t find much anymore – where product placement hasn’t yet slimed its insidious way into the shop arrangements, slickness and strategy are lacking completely.  Comparing Inferno to alternaculture counterparts like Minotaur, it seems almost quaint and old fashioned in decor.  If it’s like the shop time forgot visually, that’s because all the effort is going into the video, cd and DVD selections.  Inferno sells CD albums, compilations and soundtracks from psychedelia to heavy metal – always with an emphasis on the alternative. Their selection of CDs is smallish though and by no means comprehensive. What they do have an astonishing range of is actual new Videos of cult cinema.  In the day where it seems to be DVD or dodo, it’s really rare to see such a comprehensive range of new videos.  I’m not sure whether they’re legit or dubs, but regardless they’re sitting there on the shelves, winking at you.   DVD or video format  - whichever you prefer there’s a jaw dropping array of schlock horror,  fantasy and art house films on display.  My partner’s cultometre was going crazy over the horror/scifi collection of zombie, robot and killer alien films, plus an impressive array of  Russ Meyer sexploitation.  My aesthetic spider senses were tingling over the arthouse collection from Europe and the UK 65 to 75:  films like the Quiller Memorandum, Fellini’s Satyricon, staples like Quadrophenia, Performance, Blow Up, Get Carter.  They also stock second hand cult books: including rarities, film books, and a whole lot of other sections you’ll just have to explore for yourself.  The obligatory collectables abound: magazines, metal cases, rare packaging, figurines etc sit behind the counter squashed into a monolith of dreams,the occasional discernible name or title peeking out like a diamond in a coal stack – except in this case what is diamond and what is coal is definitely in the eye of the collector. 

Open odd hours during the week and weekends, it is definitely worth seeking out Inferno – it sits resolutely between the narrow cracks of the major chain stores by maintaining its idiosyncratic obsessive collector’s approach. It differs from counterpart further down Elizabeth Minatour by aiming unashamedly at a more specific collector crowd  and in many ways a more adult demographic interested in the truly obscure. Of course, their second hand section is also lovingly curated.  

A weighty and impressive kookster anachronism in the gloss-age of the 21st century and all the better for it.  

SHOP:1st Floor349 Elizabeth St.Melbourne(near LaTrobe St., opp Melbourne Central)   SHOP HOURS:Tues 12:00 – 5:00Thurs 12:00 – 5:00Friday 12:00 – 6:00Saturday 12:00 – 5:00 PHONE/FAX 03 9640 0304 EMAIL: infernovideo@hotmail.com