Catch She-Devil at the NFSA on Friday 20 February. Photo: NFSA.
M | 99 Mins | Cult Classics with Venus Mantrap | Seidelman Retrospective | 1989 | DCP | USA | D: Susan Seidelman
Arc Cinema presents a series of irreverent Friday night filmic feasts, curated and hosted by drag artist and culture warrior Venus Mantrap.
Cult Classics with Venus Mantrap explores the archives to showcase cinema with bite: films that unnerve, push buttons, ask questions and just look good on the big screen! Gather your tribe of misfits and rowdy rebels and join Venus for edgy movies, fan favourites and hidden gems.
When frumpy housewife Ruth Patchett’s (Roseanne Barr) husband leaves her for glamorous romance novelist Mary Fisher (Meryl Streep), she decides to take revenge and bring underestimated women everywhere with her.
Susan Seidelman’s dark comedy, based on Fay Weldon’s novel, is a biting critique of gender stereotypes and unattainable beauty standards.
‘The casting is a real coup, with Barr going her everywoman TV persona one better by breaking the big screen heroine mold, and Streep blowing away any notion that she can’t be funny.’ – Variety
The details
What: Pre-screening introduction and live performance by Venus Mantrap followed by screening of She-Devil
When: Fri 20 Feb 8:00 PM
Where: Arc Cinema, NFSA Acton
Cost: $19.50 Full / $16.50 Concession (+$1.50 booking fee). Tickets available via NFSA.
We provide specialised equipment for a range of accessibility needs. Arc Cinema is fully wheelchair accessible. For more information, call 02 6248 2000 or email tickets@nfsa.gov.au
