Chauvel Cinematheque

Overview

Sydney’s spiritual home of film appreciation is back for 2015. With weekly Monday night screenings at the Chauvel Cinema in Paddington, The Chauvel Cinematheque is the movie buff’s equivalent of a Michelin star restaurant, boasting a tantalising menu of rarely seen screen gems guaranteed to sit well on your palate.

This season’s program was curated by Sydney Film School director Ben Ferris, and is focused primarily on movies made in Australia. It begins on March 2 with Nicolas Roeg’s quintessential Walkabout, the film that launched the career of actor David Gulpilil. Other Australian films in the lineup include Peter Weir’s The Last Wave, Oliver Howes’ On Sacred Ground and Sue Brooks’ Japanese Story.

Titles from further afield include Andrei Tarkovsky’s eerie sci-fi classic Stalker, Akira Kurosawa’s genre-shaping adventure film The Hidden Fortress and Satyajit Ray’s baroque Begali drama Devi. Each screening will also be accompanied by a carefully paired short film. Think of them like celluloid hors d’oeuvres.

Cinematheque memberships start from $17.50 and gain you access into four screenings of your choice. Single session tickets are also available for groups of two people or more.

Image: The Last Wave.