Coming Soon to
Academy Cinemas
Coming Soon to
Academy Cinemas
This Auckland Film Society double bill is open to the public - AFS members free, public $20 tickets.
1. THE UNKNOWN
Tod Browning • USA • 1927
Silent with English intertitles
Lon Chaney delivers a wrenchingly physical performance as an armless knife-thrower whose infatuation with his beautiful assistant Joan Crawford drives him to unspeakable extremes.
“Races along with the awful momentum of a bad dream” – Chicago Reader
2. FREAKS
Tod Browning • USA • 1932
Probably the most transgressive film produced in 1930s Hollywood, Tod Browning's cult classic remains a truly singular experience with its unforgettable cast of real-life sideshow performers.
“A wild ride… macabre and disturbing” – LA Times
Film Society membership is available to through the Academy Cinemas website, or at the counter. A year long membership entitles you to free admission to all Film Society screenings throughout the year, anywhere in New Zealand. A three-trip pass entitles you admission to three Film Society screenings. Please note that most screenings will be open to members only. Visit www.nzfilmsociety.org.nz/auckland for more info.
In many areas membership also allows you generous concessions at the NZ International Film Festival, and to local cinemas.