Header Image: Tropical Malady (2004), directed by Apitchatpong Weerasethakul. Image courtesy TAMASA films.

Cinema Alley at Golden Age Cinema & Bar is a night of cinematic wonder presented in the architectural grandeur of the art deco Paramount Pictures building in the ‘Hollywood Quarter’ of Surry Hills.

Cinema Alley at Golden Age Cinema & Bar presents two feature films by acclaimed Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Tropical Malady (2004) and Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010). Lyrical and mysterious, his nonlinear works explore memory, history, sexuality and dreams. Join us for drinks and dinner in the elegant surrounds of a ‘golden age’ as we experience the works of one of Thailand’s foremost cinematic visionaries.

Cinema Alley at Golden Age Cinema & Bar is produced by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in partnership with Golden Age Cinema & Bar and is an associated event of the Sydney Chinese New Year Festival.

Cinema Alley at Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Event: Thursday 26 February 2015, 5pm – late
Venue: Golden Age Cinema & Bar, 80 Commonwealth St, Surry Hills
Bar open 5pm – late
Film Screenings 6pm & 8.30pm
Ticketed event, booking links below

Tropical Malady (2004), directed by Apitchatpong Weerasethakul. Image courtesy TAMASA films.

TROPICAL MALADY (2004)
Thursday 26 February, 6pm-8pm
duration 118 mins
ticketed screening ($20 + bf)
view trailer here

Tropical Malady explores the passionate relationship between two men with unusual circumstances. The film is split into two segments – the first charts a burgeoning romance between a soldier and a country boy in north-eastern Thailand, and the second, a mysterious folk-tale about a soldier lost in the jungle, possessed by the spirit of a shape-shifting shaman.

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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010), directed by Apitchatpong Weerasethakul. Image courtesy Kick The Machine.

UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES (2010)

Thursday 26 February, 8.30pm-10.30pm
duration 113 mins
ticketed screening ($20 + bf)
view trailer here

Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his family in the countryside. Together with his loved ones – including the ghost of his deceased wife, and his long lost son who has returned home in a non-human form – Boonmee contemplates the reasons for his illness as he treks through the jungle with his family to the birthplace of his first life.

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Apichatpong Weerasethakul (b.1970, Bangkok, Thailand) is a renowned Thai independent film director, screenwriter and producer. Working outside the Thai commercial film industry, he is active in promoting experimental and independent filmmaking through his company Kick the Machine. He has garnered international praise for his feature films, including Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, winner of the prestigious Palme d’Or prize at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival; Tropical Malady, winner of a 2004 Cannes jury prize; Blissfully Yours which won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard program at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival; and Syndromes and a Century which premiered at the 63rd Venice Film Festival and was the first Thai film to be entered in competition there.