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WATCH is ThreeThousand's guide to movies in Melbourne. While we focus on art-house and independent releases, we never shun our secret pop-culture pleasures. WATCH also has its fingers on the pulse of film-festivals and specially programmed events and we give tickets away every week. We have also been known to organise special preview screenings, which we always chicken out of introducing on the microphone before the previews start playing.
Sauna
Packed with symbolism and almost unbearable tension, this Finnish horror film doesn't confuse atonement with redemption. In 1595, after a 25-year war between Russia and Sweden, two brothers, veteran soldier Eerik (Ville Virtanen) and sheltered geography professor Knut (Tommi Eronen), join a border delegation sent to divide Finland between the two nations.
They Live (1988)
This is a John Carpenter classic from 1988 - simultaneously a searing indictment of 1980s Reaganomics, the cradle of Shepard Fairey's political consciousness, and a truly ridiculous shitstorm. In a good way!
The longest fistfight in film history, the fiercest Rowdy Roddy Piper acting performance in film history, and by far the best bubblegum/ass-kicking quote in film history.
The Universe Of Keith Haring
On the corner of Russell and Little Lonsdale Streets is an 'art' shop where you'll find wonky approximations of New York artist Keith Haring's signature 'Radiant Baby' silhouettes and black-and-white line work. What made this influential 1980s art star's ostensibly simple paintings so much better than any lame rip-offs? Christina Clausen's biodoc leaves us to figure that one out for ourselves.
The Room
There's something shameful about mocking bad movies. As Patton Oswalt points out, even the worst movies had a cast and crew who believed in their work. And Tommy Wiseau has never stopped believing. Although he sounds like Arnie and looks like a cross between Steven Seagal and Fabio, Wiseau sees himself as the heir to Tennessee Williams.
Heavy Metal in Baghdad
If you haven't seen it already, Heavy Metal in Baghdad follows Iraq's first and only metal band, Acrassicauda, as it fights to stay alive in the aftermath of Saddam's overthrow. It's an incredible story and a lot of it's a total bummer. The band only gets to plays three or something gigs in five years, not for lack of enthusiasm but rather a massive surplus of bullets, bombs and rockets.
Rage in Love
Despite its squishy, squeamy, corny nature, ‘Love' is the one subject every musician writes about. It's universal, even if the only thing you love is the next hit off your crack pipe, you love SOME-thing.
One thing I love is a night on the couch with my boyfriend, some beers, and Rage, watching and commenting alternately on the amazing, (‘Yay.
Billy The Kid
Billy is a 15-year-old from small-town Maine. He's a funny, articulate dork with an imagination, a propensity to say exactly what he's thinking, and an appetite for pop culture.
Jennifer Vendetti's documentary portrait has won critical praise and awards across the world (including the audience prize at MIFF 2007).
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