For mid August, Raglan Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart Street has four movies screening.
On Saturday afternoon is the final screening of SOMETIMES ALWAYS NEVER starring Bill Nighy.
On Saturday evening, CAMINO SKIES tells the story of 4 Kiwis and 2 Aussies walking to Santiago in Spain.
On Sunday afternoon RORY’S WAY features acclaimed British actor Brian Cox as Rory MacNeil, a rugged old Scotsman. On Sunday night we have an encore screening of THIS MOUNTAIN LIFE.
The screenings at the Old School Arts Centre are:
SOMETIMES ALWAYS NEVER (PG) – Saturday 17th 5.30pm
CAMINO SKIES (PG) – Saturday 17th 8.00pm
RORY’S WAY (M) – Sunday 18th 4.30pm
THIS MOUNTAIN LIFE (Doc. Exempt) – Sunday 18th 7.00pm
(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.
James Croot, Stuff 3/5 Stars “Poignant”
Camino Skies is a walking meditation on life, love and loss.
RAGLAN MOVIES at the OLD SCHOOL, 5 Stewart Street, Raglan
CAMINO SKIES 80 mins PG Coarse Lang., English & French NZ
Saturday 17th August 8.00pm
Sunday 1st September 4.30pm
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).
This New Zealand film explores themes of spirituality, wellbeing and religion. CAMINO SKIES is the inspirational journey of six strangers from New Zealand and Australia walking the 800 km Camino de Santiago to overcome the personal and physical trauma that life has dealt them.
Through blisters, shin splints and heat, the Camino forces pilgrims to defy their age and physical ability, while also acting as a catalyst for change. Both heartbreaking and inspirational, ‘Camino Skies’ is an uplifting story about everyday people doing the extraordinary.
Directed by Fergus Grady, Noel Smyth (feature debuts)
Starring Mark Thompson, Cheryl Stone, Claude Tranchant, Julie Zarifeh, Susan Morris
Documentary, Festival & Independent | 80 mins PG Coarse language | English and French with English subtitles | New Zealand, Australia
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
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)
Sunday 18th August 7.00pm
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)