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ENTERTAINMENT
PLUTO RETROGRADE IN CAPRICORN FOR THE LAST FIVE MONTHS HAS BEEN A PERIOD OF INTENSE RECKONING. NOW THE ICY DWARF’S MOVING FORWARD AGAIN, WHAT MIGHT THAT LOOK LIKE FOR YOU?
IT’S OFFICIAL
FIESTA!
Official Secrets has a stellar cast including Kiera Knightly and Ralph Fiennes who shine in Oscar-winning director Gavin Hood’s ( Tsotsi, Eye in the Sky ) superb true-life political thriller about an accused British whistle-blower who leaked information about the Iraqi invasion. It’s 2003 and British and American politicians are pressing the case for the invasion of Iraq. British intelligence specialist Katharine Gun (Knightly) is a secret service employee who receives a memo from the NSA with a shocking directive: The United States is enlisting Britain’s help in collecting compromising information on U.N. Security Council members to blackmail them into voting in favour of an invasion of Iraq. Aware of the potentially explosive repercussions of this illegal directive, Gun is unable to stand by and watch the world be rushed into war. Making the gut-wrenching decision to defy her government and leak the memo to the press, Gun becomes a reluctant heroine who risks it all in trying to prevent a war and save the lives of thousands. Official Secrets is just one of the great films in the upcoming Mini British Film Festival at Palace Byron Bay, 30 October till 13 November. It screens Thursday 31 October 6.20pm, Tuesday 5 November 1.30pm and Friday 8 November 8.45pm.
The Byron Latin Fiesta is Australia’s longest running Latin dance festival held annually in the heart of Byron Bay. The fiesta is four nights of Latin dance parties; with live bands, performances and social dancing, plus 2 days of Latin dance workshops as well as pre-parties and after-parties, master classes and more.
Session Times: Thu 17 Oct - Wed 23 Oct
BRITISH
GREEN LIGHT 71 min (M) Daily: 6:15PM ANNE FRANK: PARALLEL STORIES 91 min (M) Thu-Sun: 1:30, 6:30PM BILLY CONNOLLY: THE SEX LIFE OF BANDAGES 140 min (MA15+) Fri-Sun: 3:45 ZOMBIELAND 2: DOUBLE TAP 99 min (MA15+) Thu: 2:15, 4:30, 8:50PM Thu Beer Tasting: 6:45PM Fri, Mon: 2:15, 4:30, 6:30, 8:50 Sat, Sun: 1:15, 4:00, 6:30, 8:50 Tue, Wed: 2:15, 4:30, 6:10, 8:50 THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 90 min (MA15+) Horror Month Fri: 8:30PM ABOMINABLE 97 min (G) Thu, Mon-Wed: 10:00AM, 12:15 Fri: 10:00AM, 1:15PM Sat, Sun: 10:00AM AD ASTRA 123 min (M) Thu, Tue, Wed: 1:15, 8:00PM Fri, Mon: 1:15PM Sat, Sun: 11:15AM ANGRY BIRDS 2 97 min (PG) Daily except Sat, Sun: 12:00PM Sat, Sun: 12:10PM
FILM
F E ST I VA L
30 OCT - 13 NOV
AMAZING GRACE 88 min (G) Thu, Mon-Wed: 10:00AM THE AERONAUTS 101 min (CTC) Adv Screening Wed: 10:30AM BIRDS OF PASSAGE 125 min (MA15+) Thu, Tue, Wed: 3:30, 6:00PM Fri, Mon: 3:30PM Sat: 1:00PM Sun: 12:30PM DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD 102 min (PG) Daily except Fri: 10:00AM, 12:00 Fri: 11:00AM, 12:00PM DOWNTON ABBEY 122 min (PG) Daily except Sat, Sun: 1:00PM Sat, Sun: 10:15AM GEMINI MAN 117 min (M) Thu, Tue, Wed: 10:30AM, 8:30PM Fri: 10:30AM Sat, Mon: 10:30AM, 8:15PM Sun: 10:00AM, 7:20PM GOOD BOYS 90 min (MA15+) Daily: 12:00PM JOKER 122 min (MA15+) Daily except Fri, Wed: 10:30AM, 1:00, 3:30, 5:00, 6:00, 7:30, 8:30 Fri: 10:30, 1:00, 3:30, 6:00, 8:30 Wed: 1:15, 3:45, 5:00, 6:15, 7:30, 8:45PM
2019
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HUSTLERS 110 min (MA15+) Thu, Mon, Tue: 2:00, 4:15, 6:30, 8:50PM Fri, Sat, Sun: 2:00, 4:15, 6:30PM Babes In Arms: Wed 11:00AM MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL 119 min (PG) Thu-Sun: 10:45, 3:45, 6:20, 8:45 Mon-Wed: 10:45AM, 1:15, 3:45, 6:20, 8:45PM ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD 161 min (MA15+) Daily: 12:45PM RIDE LIKE A GIRL 96 min (PG) Thu, Mon, Tue: 10:30, 4:00, 6:00 Fri: 10:30, 4:00 Sat: 3:30, 6:00 Sun: 3:00, 5:15 Wed: 4:00, 6:00 STRANGE BUT TRUE 96 min (M) Thu, Mon-Wed: 2:10, 4:20, 8:40 Fri, Sat, Sun: 10:00, 2:10, 8:40 THE DEAD DON'T DIE 105 min (MA15+) Thu, Mon: 11:00AM, 3:45, 8:45 Fri-Sun: 11:00AM, 4:10, 8:45 Tue, Wed: 11:00AM, 3:45, 8:15 THE LION KING 2019 118 min (PG) Daily except Fri: 2:30 Fri: 3:30 UGLY DOLLS 87 min (G) Daily except Sat, Sun: 10:00AM
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JOKER
The 2019 festival features international artists Kim & Geo (Canada) teaching and performing Dominican Bachata and Mambo, plus Chris Py & Sara (France) for Kizomba, along with a huge line-up of Australia’s finest talent. Learn, and dance to the rhythms of Salsa, Samba, Bachata, Kizomba, Zouk, Reggaeton and other popular Latin styles. Everyone is welcome, from beginners to experienced dancers plus friends and spectators. This is a popular event and you can buy your tickets in advance. Tickets available online from byronlatinfiesta.com.au/ tickets/ or at the event until sold out.
CINEMA
ARIES: The planet of soul-searching, digging for the last half-year in your professional sector, has finally let up – now what? Certainly you’ve emerged with some clues about not overheating when someone doesn’t respect the rules of engagement. Anything else? Perhaps the key (or is it core?) concept of strategic boundaries. TAURUS: Now transformational Pluto’s wrapped up its rugged five month retreat you’ll probably feel more optimistic about future ventures, especially anything with an educational or entrepreneurial flavor. Motivational Mars, problem solving Mercury and keenly intuitive Venus all suggest breaking down complicated endeavours into simpler, bite-sized pieces. GEMINI: If the shadowy dwarf planet in your up-close-and-intimate department derailed a collaboration of some kind, possibly with ill feeling, it can be challenging meeting your shadow. This week it’s safe to exhale, while reflecting on your part in the lesson learned, so you’re not doomed to do a repeat. CANCER: It’s okay to come out of the Crab cave now Pluto’s done for the moment with the in-depth self-enquiry, digging into relationship depths if you’re in one, your relationship with yourself if solo. Venus, in a quite frisky mood for the next few weeks is good news for you and your love interest du jour. LEO: Now Pluto’s retro is over for the moment, the power struggles and control issues of recent months, including your own, lose some of their heat. Peace-seeking Venus makes your home-zone this week’s hot spot for recreational amour, creative brainstorming and decisions about changing your living situation. VIRGO: Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the worst guilt-tripper of all? Sorry Mercurians, it is one of your superpowers. But it’s time to double down on blaming yourself or others. This week’s people might not be amused, or even feel hurt, so it could be a wiser idea to offer support, rather than feedback. . LIBRA: With dwarf planet Pluto, the dark lord of astrology, on the move after its annual retrograde, interpersonal intensity is likely to settle, along with the many lessons learned. This week requires clarity, courage and compassion in addressing the balance between being open and knowing when to shield your field.
Directed by Todd Phillips and based on the DC Comics villain, Joker is a stand alone film that follows the dark descent of Arthur Fleck into the Joker. Arthur (Joaquin Phoenix) lives with his mother in Gotham City, working as a clown for a small hire-out business. With the idea in his head that he was put on the earth to spread joy and laughter, but struggling through a very obviously troubled life, Arthur seems to be just holding onto one thread of sanity. However, after funding for his social therapy is cut, that one last thread snaps and he loses all faith in the system, causing him to free fall into insanity. This snowballs after Arthur desperately tries to find out more about his father and his connection to the powerful Thomas Wayne. With Gotham City on the brink of collapse, as the city’s citizens feel like the rich are robbing them of their rights and opportunities – the Joker is born, and becomes the face of a city now home to criminals and the corrupt. This film is not easy to watch. You often forget you’re watching a comic book film, and there are only a few reminders along the way. It questions the system, it questions mental health issues, it questions your moral compass. However, Joaquin Phoenix does a phenomenal job in capturing the poignant essence of all these issues.
SCORPIO: No more walking on eggshells – this week breathes easier, at least for a while… With Venus and Mercury in Scorpio there’s probably a wait-list for your attention, though if things aren’t progressing as fast as you’d like, go easy on the sting. And if talking’s not working, express your message via nonverbal communication. SAGITTARIUS: If Pluto delivered some tough love in your financial sector in recent weeks, now it’s on the move again you’ll get a chance to put the lessons learned into practice. If that includes closing a door and leaving a team project for your own good, the universe isn’t short on new windows of opportunity opening up. CAPRICORN: With potent Pluto winding up a potentially tiring and disquieting sojourn in your sign, this week accelerates your energy out of low-power mode into back-on-track. Time to gather the troops and stir up some social alchemy over a catch-up lunch, spring get-together or power outing. AQUARIUS: Whether or not cathartic Pluto’s taken you to deep and dark places lately, or just on a steep learning curve, hopefully some old baggage has been laid to rest and you can now move forward with a stronger, more flexible and efficient tool kit. This week offers multiple opportunities for a test drive… PISCES: There’s been a lot of hidden agendas operating lately, yours amongst them. Collaborations may have got messy and stressy. As Pluto, the shadow planet, heads out of its annual reversal, some of these issues will recede in the rearview mirror, others you’ll need to do the work on.
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