Cinema of Solitude - Film Festival

Fri Jun 18 2021 at 08:00 pm to 10:50 pm

Academy Cinemas | Auckland

Academy Cinemas
Publisher/HostAcademy Cinemas
Cinema of Solitude - Film Festival Academy Cinemas' next classic film festival is here to see you through the chilly months of June and July!
Cinema of Solitude is a classic retrospective of some of the most memorable alienated, heartbroken and lonely souls on celluloid.
Opening Night:
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SOLARIS (1972)
166 mins | Rated PG
Friday June 18th, 8:00 PM
The famous Soviet Sci-fi about a psychologist sent to a distant space station to help a crew struggling with insanity.
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NOW, VOYAGER (1942)
117 mins | Rated PG
Sunday June 20th, 6:00 PM
A melodrama for the ages starring Bette Davis as a spinter battling against her puritanical mother for a chance at love. A rapturous Hollywood romance and poignant saga of self-discovery.
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THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO (1985)
82 mins | Rated PG
Tuesday June 22nd, 6:30 PM
Mia Farrow stars as a lonely movie-buff who falls deeply in love with a film character... who feels the same way about her?
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SECRET CEREMONY (1968)
105 mins | Rated M
Thursday June 24th, 6:30 PM
A penniless sex worker meets a strange girl who claims to be her daughter - has she uncovered a web of deception, or madness?
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CHUNGKING EXPRESS (1994)
102 mins | Rated M
Saturday June 26th, 8:15 PM
Wong Kar-wai's famous film about loneliness in a big city and two separate tales of lovesick policemen.
Centrepiece:
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CAT PEOPLE DOUBLE BILL
143 mins | Rated M
Sunday June 27th, 6:00 PM
20min intermission in between films
Two famous atmospheric cult thrillers from Val Lewton together in a double-bill - about a race of people who can transform into big panthers when aroused!
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LA NOTTE (1961)
122 mins | Rated PG
Tuesday June 29th, 6:30 PM
A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship.
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TAXI DRIVER (1976) 45TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING
114 mins | Rated R18
Friday July 2nd, 8:15 PM
Robert DeNiro stars as a mentally unwell taxi driver in this famous Martin Scorsese picture, trying to make sense of a city of decadence and sleaze.
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ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (1955)
89 mins | Rated G
Sunday July 4th, 6:15 PM
An upper-class widow falls into a forbidden love affair with her young landscaper.
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SILENT RUNNING (1972)
89 mins | Rated PG
Tuesday July 06th, 6:30 PM
In a post-apocalyptic future, a man is tasked with protecting the last of the Earth's flora... or destroying it?
Closing Night:
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PARIS, TEXAS (1984)
147 mins | Rated R13
Friday July 9th, 8:00 PM
An aimless drifter reappears in the desert, on a mission to reconnect with his family and his young son.

Event Venue

Academy Cinemas, 44 Lorne Street, Auckland, New Zealand

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