Sep 17, 18 – movies: HOW TO PLEASE A WOMAN, QUANT, MURU

For mid September, Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart Street, Raglan has three movies. First up is MURU on Saturday 17th at 5pm and also on again Sunday at 6.45pm. For Saturday at 8pm, HOW TO PLEASE A WOMAN is screening. And QUANT is on Sunday 18th at 4.30pm

Book online: http://raglanmovies.nz. 

Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale at these screenings.

Face masks are recommended.

Entry prices: Adults $15, Concession $12, RCAC Members $12, Children $8.The reduced concession rate is for $12 concession (student, seniors or CS cards).


Sep 17: Movie – HOW TO PLEASE A WOMAN

Stuff/ Waikato Times – James Croot. 3.5/5 stars. “Most definitely not for the prudish or faint-hearted, How to Please a Woman is a raucous, if slightly ragged tale.”

HOW TO PLEASE A WOMAN | M, Offensive language, sex scenes, sexual references & nudity 107 mins Australia

Saturday 17th August 8.00pm

$15 Adults, $12 Concession and $8 Children.

Raglan Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart St, Raglan 3225.

Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)

Door sales from 30 mins before session times.

Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale.

Movie screenings are running under the Orange setting with face masks recommended.

Pleasure is a serious business. When her all-male house-cleaning business gets out of control, a mature woman must embrace her own sexuality, if she is to make a new life for herself.

Gina is not feeling fabulous. She has lost her job and feels stuck and frustrated in a passionless marriage. She has always lived life on the sidelines – that is, until she is met with the groundbreaking business opportunity of converting a team of well-built moving guys into well-built housecleaners. Initially the response from her ocean-swimming community is immediate, and her all-male cleaning staff an instant hit. Finally, she is the boss she has always wanted to be.

But, as her business booms, her clientele demands something more – sex, or better yet, pleasure. Faced with something far more than she imagined, Gina and her team, including her foodie manager Steve, launch an enterprise that is all about getting intimacy right between people. For the first time, the women experience desire on their own terms. As Gina faces the highs and lows, the joys and struggles of maintaining such a unique business, she learns to stand up for herself, to look out for her own happiness and pleasure, and to take control of her life.

HOW TO PLEASE A WOMAN is a precarious, often hilarious and revealing journey into the vulnerable world of what women really want and how hard it can be to get it right.

Director: Renée Webster
Cast: Sally Phillips, Myles Pollard, Alexander England, Erik Thomson, Roz Hammond, Caroline Brazier, Tasma Walton, Josh Thomson


One of Britain’s most renowned cultural figures, Quant was at the vanguard of the stylistic revolution of the 60s and 70s, leading the charge away from convention and conservatism through the championing of ground-breaking designs including the miniskirt and hot pants, plus an ingeniously creative partnership with hair stylist, Vidal Sassoon.

London Evening Standard 4/5 Stars. “This is a compelling telling of Quant’s story, merging social commentary, music and high street style to create a story of a distinguished women whose immense impact on modern fashion is worth celebrating.”

QUANT |2021 Documentary Exempt 86 mins UK

Sunday 18th September 4.30pm

$15 Adults, $12 Concession and $8 Children.

Raglan Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart St, Raglan 3225.

Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)

Door sales from 30 mins before session times.

Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale.

Movie screenings are running under the Orange setting with face masks recommended.

QUANT is cinematic and stylistic. This is the fascinating story of the iconic design and retail pioneer, from her very first store on London’s legendary King’s Road, through to the development of a global empire.

Using archive footage, original interviews with Quant’s contemporaries, family and modern day fashion and style leaders, plus dramatized scenes, Quant will be a feature of striking originality that is incredibly ‘of the moment’, revealing Mary’s quest to take on the world of fashion, push boundaries and pave the way for generations of women for decades after.

Evening Standard, “Frost tells the story of Quant’s fashion journey as part of an era of profound social change for women, delving into cornerstones of 1960s social history such as the Women’s Liberation Movement and the introduction of the contraceptive pill. She illustrates how Quant’s innovative designs, from the miniskirt to the hotpants, helped women express their newfound independence and sexual liberation.

This marriage of clothes and culture and Quant’s impact on both is most notably seen through the biggest phenomenon of the 1960s – The British Invasion. Soundtracked by the likes of The Who and The Kinks to name a few, Frost takes us on a journey through the era’s global expansion of British culture, spearheaded by but not limited to The Beatles’ crossing of the Atlantic. As the film notes, “If the Beatles provided the soundtrack, Mary provided the visuals”. Frost wants to make it clear that Quant was one of the masterminds behind the global domination of the mod and youth fashion of London’s Kings Road.”

Director: Sadie Frost
Cast: Vivienne Westwood, Camille Rutherford, Kate Moss
2021 Documentary Exempt 86 mins UK


Sep 17, 18: Movie – MURU

Inspired by actual events, MURU is the story of a local Police Sergeant ‘Taffy’ Tāwharau (Cliff Curtis), who must choose between duty to his badge or his people, when the Government invoke antiterrorism powers to launch an armed raid on Taffy’s remote Urewera community, on a school day.

MURU |2022 M, Viol. & off. lang.104 mins NZ

Saturday 17th September 5.00pm
Extra screening Sunday 18th September 6.45pm

Ticket prices: $15 Adults, $12 Concession and $8 Children.

Raglan Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart St, Raglan 3225.

Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)

Door sales from 30 mins before session times.

Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale.

Movie screenings are running under the Orange setting with face masks recommended.

Tearepa Kahi (Mt Zion) directs Aotearoa action thriller MURU based on the 2007 Tūhoe police raids. Stars Cliff Curtis, Simone Kessell (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Manu Bennett (Arrow), Jay Ryan (It: Chapter Two) and Tame Iti as himself.

Taffy’s father’s close associate, Tame Iti runs a series of boot camps in the valley called ‘Rama’ (fire light). These camps are centred around survival skills and to keep their shared Tūhoe identity alive. Despite many invitations, Taffy has never attended Camp Rama. Unknown to everyone in the valley, Rama has been under police surveillance for six months and when a troubled youth (Rusty) fires a loaded rifle, surveillance footage triggers a response, led by Captain Gallagher and an elite STG unit.

With pressure mounting to intervene, Gallagher starts to doubt the veracity of Tame Iti as a potential domestic terrorist. Tensions heighten when Rusty is caught in a domestic disturbance and rather than locking him up, Taffy takes Rusty to Camp Rama to deal with the situation.

While Rusty joins the Rama circle and learns about his Tūhoe identity, Taffy sees a dark shape beyond the campfire and gives chase.  Taffy pursues the runner through the bush and discovers a surveillance van. Gallagher steps out and confronts Taffy, ‘Are you with us, or are you with Tame?’ Taffy senses the danger to his community and chooses to help Gallagher facilitate a safe round up of Tame and other targets, but the Government betrays this agreement when Gallagher launches the Police Raid on a school day. During the raid, something goes wrong, leading to Taffy to make a bigger choice, ‘serve or protect’.

This gripping action drama is not a re-creation, but a response to the 2007 Tūhoe raids. MURU is a Māori concept for ‘forgiveness’.

Director: Tearepa Kahi

Cast: Cliff Curtis, Simone Kessell, Jay Ryan, Manu Bennett, Tame Iti

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