Press Release:
This January, Golden Age Cinema is presenting Wes Days, a series devoted to the distinctive body of work of American filmmaker Wes Anderson. Taking place on Wednesday nights in January commencing January 6, Golden Age Cinema will be revisiting some of the director’s best-loved works, from Rushmore (1998) all the way up to Isle of Dogs (2018), in preparation for his latest film, The French Dispatch.
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Wednesday 6 January, 8:15pm – BOOK NOW
Gene Hackman plays Royal Tenenbaum, a charismatic yet self-centered divorcée whose three gifted offspring were successful prodigies as children before succumbing to eccentricity, neuroses and depression. Wait, this is a comedy? Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Luke Wilson bring the three wounded adult Tenenbaums to sympathetic life with deadpan humour and a remarkably clever script.
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Wednesday 13 January, 6:15pm – BOOK NOW
Set on a New England island in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom is the story of Sam Shakusky (Jared Gilman), an orphaned 12-year-old boy scout who flees camp to meet Suzy (Kara Hayward), the girl of his troubled dreams. In hot pursuit are Sam’s scout master Randy (Edward Norton) and Suzy’s parents, a dream team of Bill Murray and Frances McDormand, who play up their characters’ idiosyncrasies to the subtle hilt.
Rushmore (1998)
Wednesday 13 January, 8:30pm – BOOK NOW
Rushmore is the story of Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman). He’s 15, wildly ambitious, and a scholarship student at the Rushmore Academy, a private school for boys. The captain of every extracurricular activity available, Max spends all his time doing anything but keeping up his grades. Embarrassed by his warm-hearted barber dad (Seymour Cassel), he forms an unlikely bond with Herman Blume (Bill Murray), the wealthy father of some of Max’s least favourite classmates, who wants to help him realise his dreams.
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Wednesday 20 January, 6:15pm – BOOK NOW
Wes Anderson takes Roald Dahl’s much-loved children’s novel and spins it into a beautifully warm stop-motion form. Ex-con Mr Fox (George Clooney) aches for an above-ground life with his family – Mrs Fox (Meryl Streep) and son Ash (Jason Schwartzman) – and risks it all when opposed by meddling humans.
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Wednesday 20 January, 8:30pm – BOOK NOW
This is the story of Zero Moustafa (F. Murray Abraham), owner of the now-dilapidated Grand Budapest, whose mysterious past lingers through the hallways, suites and servants’ corners. The story that unfolds harks back to the tail-end of the hotel’s 1930s glory days when the fictional Republic of Zubrowka was on the edge of a major war. Pulling the hotel’s strings with effortless charm is Gustave (Ralph Fiennes), concierge and devotee of the hotel’s elder patrons, in particular Madame D (Tilda Swinton) who fears her death is near.
Isle of Dogs (2018)
Wednesday 27 January, 8:30pm – BOOK NOW
Wes Anderson returns to the curious pleasures of stop-motion animation with this canine odyssey. In a dystopian future Japan, a deadly virus outbreak causes the entire dog population to be banished to the hellish Trash Island. A young boy (Koyu Rankin) goes in search of his missing pup (Liev Schreiber) and befriends the exiled community of canines in the process.
Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) also screens Saturday 9 January, as part of our upcoming Ciao Europa! summer film series. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)will also screen in February, tickets on sale soon.
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