To-do: The “to do” list
THURSDAY
Duncan Jones’ Moon opens.
Nora Ephron’s Julia & Julia opens.
Gustave de Kervern & Benoit Delepine’s Louise-Michel (winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance) opens.
Peter Billingsley’s Couples Retreat opens.
Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut Whip It opens.
Seniors’ Film Festival has a retrospective of Terence Davies’ films.
South Korean homage to the spaghetti western The Good, The Bad and The Weird is at ACMI until October 20.
FRIDAY
Freaky Fridays presents Michael Crichton’s Westworld (1973) at ACMI.
SUNDAY
Alan Crosland’s The Jazz Singer (1927) at Astor (preceded by an Al Jolson tribute show).
MONDAY
Director Alan Parker double bill: Fame (1980) and The Commitments (1991) at Astor.
WEDNESDAY
Tarantino and Rodriguez’s Grindhouse (2007) at Astor.
Christos Tsiolkas & Spiro Economopoulos curate an evening for Cinematheque: Two documentaries on migrant experiences in Australia followed by Clara Law’s Floating Life (1996).