For early August, Raglan Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart Street has three movies screening.
On Saturday afternoon is the final screening of THIS MOUNTAIN LIFE.
On Saturday evening, RORY’S WAY features acclaimed British actor Brian Cox as Rory MacNeil, a rugged old Scotsman. On Sunday Bill Nighy stars in SOMETIMES ALWAYS NEVER.
The screenings at the Old School Arts Centre are:
THIS MOUNTAIN LIFE (Doc. Exempt) – Saturday 3rd 5.30pm
RORY’S WAY (M) – Saturday 3rd 8.00pm
SOMETIMES ALWAYS NEVER (PG) – Saturday 4th 4.30pm
(Scroll down for more info on movies).
Prices are: Adults $15, Concession $12, Children $8.
Book online: raglanmovies.nz, or door sales if any left from 30 mins before session times.
Winner Montréal World Film Festival 2018 Special Grand Prize of the Jury Best Film
Dominion Post Graeme Tuckett 3.5/5 Stars “Rory’s Way is a slight, dated and punishingly predictable film. It is also extraordinarily beautiful to look at, winningly performed and doesn’t outstay its welcome by a second.”
RAGLAN MOVIES at the OLD SCHOOL, 5 Stewart Street, Raglan
RORY’S WAY 107 mins M Off. Lang., Sexual Refs USA
Saturday 3rd August 8.00pm
Sunday 18th August 4.30pm
Saturday 31st August 5.30pm
Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm.
Door sales from 30 mins before session times.
Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale at all screenings.
Adults $15, Concession $12, RCAC Members $12, Children $8.
The reduced concession rate is for $12 concession (student, seniors or CS cards).
Rory’s Way stars acclaimed British actor Brian Cox as Rory MacNeil, a rugged old Scotsman who reluctantly leaves his beloved isolated Hebridean island and travels to San Francisco to seek medical treatment. Moving in with his estranged son, Rory sees his life transformed through a newly found bond with his baby grandson.Based on the novel by José Luis Sampedro.
Directed by Oded Binnumn, Mihal Brezis (feature debuts)
Starring Brian Cox, Thora Birch, Rosanna Arquette, Tim Matheson, JJ Feild, Peter Coyote, Treat Williams, Josh Stamberg
Written by Michael McGowan, Michal Lali Kagan, Sarah Bellwood
Drama | 107 mins M Offensive language & sexual references | English and Scottish Gaelic with English subtitles | USA
NZ Listener 4.5/5 Stars “in SOMETIMES ALWAYS NEVER Nighy has the perfect blend of insouciance and sensitivity, wit and charm. ”
His Son Is Missing, His Family Is Lost, But His Dress Sense Is Immaculate.
Able to blend charming gruffness and winning affability with just the raise of an eyebrow, Bill Nighy has long proven himself one of Britain’s best character actors, and now he stars alongside Sam Riley and Alice Lowe in this stylish and heartfelt comedy-drama about a tailor searching for a lost son. Sharp of both suit and vocabulary, Nighy (The Bookshop), is winningly deadpan as Scrabble-obsessed Merseyside tailor Alan, whose eldest son Michael stormed out of the house after a particularly heated round of the popular board game, never to return.
Directed by Carl Hunter (feature debut)
Starring Sam Riley, Bill Nighy, Tim McInnerny, Alice Lowe, Jenny Agutter, John Westley, Oliver Sindcup, Louis Healy
Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Comedy, Drama, Festival & Independent | 87 mins PG Sexual references | UK
THIS MOUNTAIN LIFE: Special Jury Prize at the New Zealand Mountain Film Festival 2019
RAGLAN MOVIES at the OLD SCHOOL, 5 Stewart Street, Raglan
THIS MOUNTAIN LIFE 80 mins (Doc. exempt)
Saturday 3rd August 5.30pm
Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm.
Door sales from 30 mins before session times.
Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale at all screenings.
Adults $15, Concession $12, RCAC Members $12, Children $8.
The reduced concession rate is for $12 concession (student, seniors or CS cards).
The awe that mountainous landscapes evoke is universal, yet most seldom venture into true wilderness. In THIS MOUNTAIN LIFE, Martina and her 60 year-old mother Tania embark on a six-month trek through the mountains of Canada in a journey that has never before been completed by a duo. Their adventure is interspersed with beautifully crafted portraits of high-altitude human endurance and passion—an avalanche survivor, a snowshoe artist, a snowbound convent—that are by turns captivating and inspiring.
“THIS MOUNTAIN LIFE is soul food for anyone who has an affinity for or understanding of mountain life… In a nutshell, it’s a love letter to nature, mountains in particular, and the bounty it feeds us all in a multitude of ways. It’s about leaving the grid and getting in tune with the straight and narrow, as Roger Daltry would say. It’s disjointed at times, stunningly beautiful and mostly about a gratitude for life. Wholly reaffirming, it took me out of my head and put me into my heart. An increasingly difficult task for us all, I fear.”
Documentary-maker Grant Baldwin ventures high into the peaks of British Columbia, Canada to capture the passion of the people who make the journey – and those who choose to dwell there.
Includes a section on Janina Kuzma, New Zealand’s Olympic Freestyle Skier who winters in British Columbia. Janina’s life was changed when her skiing buddy was swept away from her in an avalanche.
“At once alluring and intimidating, the Coast Mountains have served as a muse for artists and explorers for centuries. The stories of unique individuals who have devoted their lives to British Columbia’s rugged terrain elevate Grant Baldwin’s film to the next level, while his breathtaking cinematography and brilliant aerial imagery capture the wonder and scale of this magnificent landscape that soars from sea to sky.” (Hot Docs Film Festival)