Changes possible - please contact the CTC and request to be put on the cinema mailing list, or return to this website for more info.
Next film Sunday 9 October at 2pm
Genius Within - The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (new release)
“The most comprehensive and touching film portrait of the great Canadian pianist in all his glories and miseries” (David Denby, the New Yorker). Rated [G].
Genius Within will be introduced by composer and broadcaster Andrew Ford.
Sunday 9th October at 2pm
Café opens at 1.30 pm
Tea & coffee available. BYO beer/wine.
Adults $10 children $5 (CTC fundraiser).
Bookings recommended
CINEMA 2011
Tony and Anna Williams will again be presenting the Robertson Community Technology Centre cinema program for 2011. Tony Williams, film director, will give talks on the films to be screened.
SUNDAY 17th APRIL at 2pm -
GASLAND
The Southern Highlands is under threat as mining companies search for coal and coal seam gas in our region. This academy award-nominated documentary looks at the devastation across America caused by similar activities. Introduced by Peter Martin from action group ‘Shoo Cockatoo’, this is essential viewing for everyone in our region.
SUNDAY 5th JUNE at 2pm -
TRUFFAUT meets JEAN-PIERRE LEAUD:
LOVE ON THE RUN
Tony Williams discusses the working relationship between new wave director Francois Truffaut and actor Jean Pierre-Leaud. Truffaut discovered Leaud when he was 14 and starred him in the movie The 400 Blows. As Leaud grew older, Truffaut made three more films with Leaud. When Leaud was 34, Truffaut made Love on the Run. For this film Truffaut developed a story that combined his previous three Leaud films as flashbacks.
SUNDAY 3rd JULY at 2pm -
NZ CINEMA:
BOY
Maori cinema comes of age. “The most successful New Zealand film ever, rating in the top ten of all time in the NZ box office, is Boy, written, directed and starring Taika Waititi” (Margaret Pomeranz).
SUNDAY 21st AUGUST 10am – 4pm -
ALL DAY WORKSHOP: 'How the movies are made'
Appreciating the making of a movie. Jan Kenny ACS, former head of cinematography at the Australian Film Television and Radio School, discusses the role of the cinematographer, and Tony Williams, director and former BBC editor, discusses the role of an editor.
SUNDAY 9th OCTOBER at 2pm -
GLENN GOULD
GENIUS WITHIN: THE INNER LIFE OF GLENN GOULD
New release. “The most comprehensive and touching film portrait of the great Canadian pianist in all his glories and miseries” (David Denby, The New Yorker). Genius Within will be introduced by composer and broadcaster Andrew Ford.
For further information about screening dates contact the CTC and request to be put on the cinema email mailing list
Past screenings...............................
Truffaut's Love on the Run (5 June)
Love on the Run [M]
5 June 2 pm
Tony Williams discusses the working relationship between new wave director Francois Truffaut and actor Jean Pierre-Leaud. Truffaut (pictured) discovered Leaud when he was 14 and starred him in the movie The 400 Blows, based on Truffaut’s life. As Leaud grew older, Truffaut made three more films with Leaud. When the actor was 34, Truffaut made Love On The Run. For this film Truffaut developed a story that combined his previous three Leaud films as flashbacks. Rated M.
Sunday 5th June at 2pm - café opens at 1.30 pm
Tea & coffee available. BYO beer/wine.
Adults $10 children $5 (CTC fundraiser).
Bookings recommended
Sunday 17 April 2011
at 2 pm: Gasland [PG]
The Southern Highlands is under threat as mining companies search for coal and coal seam gas in our region. This academy award-nominated documentary looks at the devastation across America caused by similar activities. Introduced by Peter Martin from action group ‘Shoo Cockatoo’, this is essential viewing for everyone in our region.
Café opens at 1.30 pm
Tea & coffee available. BYO beer/wine.
Adults $10 children $5 (CTC fundraiser).
Bookings recommended
4 December 2010 at 7pm
SHINE with guest speaker Geoffrey Simpson
- one of Australia's best cinematographers is coming to Robertson to discuss the making of his film Shine!
Geoffrey Simpson has shot numerous successful films, including Shine, Under the Tuscan Sun, Fried Green Tomatoes, Little Women, Green Card, Oscar and Lucinda, Life, and dozens more. Geoffrey won Best Cinematographer of the Year with SHINE and will introduce the film and talk about the making of this wonderful production.
SHINE won an Academy Award for Geoffrey Rush and was nominated for 6 other Academy Awards. SHINE won 9 AFI Awards. SHINE won awards at BAFTA, Golden Globe, Directors Guild of America, Film Critics Circle of Australia, London Critics Circle, New York Critics Circle, and many, many more.
SHINE is the last film in this year's 'Meet The Filmmaker' series run by Director Tony Williams at the CTC Robertson so don't miss it!
Geoffrey Simpson has found time between his feature film shoots to come to Robbo, so make sure you're present at this very special screening and support our guest speaker program.
Saturday 4 December at 7pm
Café opens at 6.30pm.
Tea & coffee available. BYO beer/wine.
Adults $10 children $5 (CTC fundraiser).
Bookings recommended
23 October 2010 at 7pm
- the art of the producer
with SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER, producer Tim White
Tim White, producer of Map of the Human Heart, Oscar and Lucinda, Ned Kelly and many other feature films, will introduce his film, The Boys Are Back. Tim is also the former head of Mel Gibson's Fox-Icon Studio.
Clive Owen plays Joe Warr, a widower raising his young son alone in Australia, and trying to juggle parenting responsibilities with a career in sports journalism. The picture is tenderly directed by Scott Hicks (Shine).
‘One of the year’s best pictures’ - Baz Bamigboye
Saturday 23 October at 7pm
Café opens at 6.30pm.
Tea & coffee available. BYO beer/wine.
Adults $10 children $5 (CTC fundraiser).
Bookings recommended
An afternoon with Mr Hulot, 19 Sept 2010 at 2pm
Jacques Tati: Mon Oncle
By public demand, Jacques Tati returns!! Tony Williams shows hilarious French actor/director Jacques Tati’s legendary film Mon Oncle and excerpts from Traffic and Playtime. These wonderful films inspired Monty Python, Mr Bean and many others.
Sunday 19th September at 2pm
Café opens at 1.30pm.
Tea & coffee available. BYO beer/wine.
Adults $10 children $5 (CTC fundraiser).
Bookings recommended
Film afternoon: Sunday 11 July 2010 2pm
Enchanted April
Sunday Romance - Enchanted April
A truly enchanting gem by director Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral). Four women rent a chateau on a remote Italian island to try to come to grips with their lives and relationships. They explore the differences in their personalities, reassess their goals, and re-examine their relationships in a sisterly fashion.
Sunday 11th July 2010 at 2pm
Adults $10 children $5 (CTC fundraiser)
Light refreshments available. BYO beer/wine.
Café opens at 1.30pm.
Sunday 27 June 2010 2pm
The Maestros -
Mao to Mozart, part II, plus Bernstein records West Side Story
Isaac Stern returns to China 20 years after his first trip in the 1970s which inspired the documentary Mao to Mozart. The same film crew follow Stern in the 1990s to see what has happened to the young musicians he met on his first trip.
Leonard Bernstein makes a recording of West Side Story with Carreras and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa– Some brilliant and fiery interactions between the Maestro and the singers.
Sunday 27th June 2010 at 2pm
Adults $10 children $5 (CTC fundraiser)
Light refreshments available. BYO beer/wine.
Café opens at 1.30pm.
Cinema Sunday 30 May 2010 at 2pm:
The Art of Alfred Hitchcock
Tony Williams examines and screens virtuoso single shot scenes used by various directors who have been inspired by Alfred Hitchcock, including Orson Wells, Martin Scorcese, Francois Truffaut and Robert Altman. This will be followed by Hitchcock’s legendary movie Vertigo.
Bookings recommended - email info [at] robertsonctc [dot] org [dot] au or call 4885 2665!
Sunday 30th May 2010 at 2pm
Adults $10 children $5 (CTC fundraiser)
Light refreshments available. BYO beer/wine.
Café opens at 1.30pm.
Cinema Sunday 18 April 2010 at 2pm:
An afternoon with Peter Sellers
Tony Williams looks at the genius that is Peter Sellers, including an excerpt from his sound sketches, excerpts from early film work including the experimental Running Jumping Standing Still film, and the Pink Panther followed by the main feature The Party, one of the funniest films ever made.
The Peter Sellers afternoon will be followed by the Art of Hitchcock on 30 May (note correct date!). Bookings recommended - email info [at] robertsonctc [dot] org [dot] au or call 4885 2665!
Sunday 18th April 2010 2pm
Adults $10 children $5 (CTC fundraiser)
Light refreshments available. BYO beer/wine.
Café opens at 1.30pm.
More past screenings
Robertson Community Cinema
Regular cinema showings bring to Robertson films
from classics to animated films, arthouse films and recent favourites. The cinema is also available
for private hire.
The CTC Cafe will be open before and after the film selling hot beverages and cake and serving BYO wine/beer.
