Carol (2015) / All Of Us Strangers (2023) - A Sad Gay Christmas Double Bill
Schedule
Sat Dec 21 2024 at 06:00 pm to 10:15 pm
UTC+13:00Location
44 Lorne Street, Auckland, New Zealand 1010 | Auckland, AU
Back by popular demand: once again celebrate the coming of Christmas at Academy with two modern masterpieces of melancholy LGBT romantic cinema! We start with Todd Haynes' (SAFE, VELVET GOLDMINE) acclaimed, Oscar-nominated Patricia Highsmith adaptation CAROL (2016) with Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, and follow it up with Andrew Haigh's (WEEKEND, 45 YEARS) similarly acclaimed ALL OF US STRANGERS with Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal.Insane pricing - two films for the price of one!
Rated R16 Drug use, sex scenes, offensive language & nudity
223 minutes
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CAROL (2016)
dir. Todd Haynes
118mins
In an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's seminal novel The Price of Salt, CAROL follows two women from very different backgrounds who find themselves in an unexpected love affair in 1950s New York. As conventional norms of the time challenge their undeniable attraction, an honest story emerges to reveal the resilience of the heart in the face of change. A young woman in her 20s, Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara), is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol (Cate Blanchett), an alluring woman trapped in a loveless, convenient marriage. As an immediate connection sparks between them, the innocence of their first encounter dims and their connection deepens. While Carol breaks free from the confines of marriage, her husband (Kyle Chandler) begins to question her competence as a mother as her involvement with Therese and close relationship with her best friend Abby (Sarah Paulson) come to light.
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ALL OF US STRANGERS (2023)
dir. Andrew Haigh
105mins
One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam (Andrew Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry (Paul Mescal), which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell), appear to be living, just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before.
Nominated for 14 British Independent Film Awards.
"Filmmaker Andrew Haigh strikes gold in this moving, heart-wrenching drama about the lasting trauma of grief, isolation and the all-too-human fear of loneliness." [Observer]
Where is it happening?
44 Lorne Street, Auckland, New Zealand 1010, New Zealand
