Films & Performances & Exhibitions seen in 2015.

For when memory fails, this growing list is home to films (seen on the big screen at the cinema only), performances and exhibitions seen (in 2015).

DECEMBER
My learned object: collections and curiosities, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne
Mummymania, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne
William Kentridge: Drawn from Africa, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne
Bill Morrison: Archaeologies (1995–2012) (Including Just Ancient Loops (2012), Ghost Trip (2000), and Gotham (2004)), ACMI
RMIT School of Art Graduate Exhibition, Blg. 2, RMIT city campus
Lurid Beauty: Australian Surrealism and its Echoes, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV
Inside the dome (DYE 2)—Murray Fredericks and Tom Schutzinger, Geelong Gallery
A question of scale—maquettes and small sculpture from the permanent collection, Geelong Gallery
Grand designs—architectural subjects in photography, Geelong Gallery
Stars in the river—the prints of Jessie Traill, Geelong Gallery

NOVEMBER
Florence and the Uffizi Gallery (Cinema Nova)
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Director: Roy Andersson)
Rigg Design Prize, and the permanent collection, NGV Australia
Magical: an exhibition of prints by 47 artists curated by Rona Green, neospace
William Shakespeare's Hamlet on film (starring Benedict Cumberbatch, and directed by Lyndsey Turner, at the Barbican)
Beginning in Incompleteness: Works in Formation, RMIT Project Space/Spare Room, RMIT
Red Psalm (Meg kér a nep) (Director: Miklós Jancsó)
SOMA by Amy Macpherson, presented by KAGE, as part of Open Spaces 15 at the Abbotsford Convent
This is What's Happening by Alice Dixon, Caroline Meaden and William McBride, presented by KAGE, as part of Open Spaces 15 at the Abbotsford Convent

OCTOBER
Illuminated, Sydney Dance Company and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, State Theatre
Limbo, Spiegeltent, Alexandra Gardens, as part of Melbourne Festival
Masquerade, Southbank Theatre, as part of Melbourne Festival
Last Work, Batsheva Dance Company (seen not once, but twice), as part of Melbourne Festival
Decadance, Batsheva Dance Company, as part of Melbourne Festival
Canzone: Music as Storytelling, fortyfivedownstairs, as part of Melbourne Festival
The Secret Garden, Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg, ACCA, as part of Melbourne Festival
Masterpieces from the Hermitage: The Legacy of Catherine the Great, NGV International

SEPTEMBER
The Sleeping Beauty, The Australian Ballet, State Theatre (seen not once, but twice)
The Australian Ballet's 2016 season launch (Zinc, Federation Square)
When the Cat Comes (Director: Vojtěch Jasný), as part of the Czech and Slovak Film Festival
Masterpieces from the Hermitage: The Legacy of Catherine the Great, NGV
PAN (Director: Joe Wright)
An Invention for Destruction (Director: Karel Zeman), as part of the Czech and Slovak Film Festival
A Jester's Tale (Director: Karel Zeman), as part of the Czech and Slovak Film Festival
The Outrageous Baron Munchausen (Director: Karel Zeman), as part of the Czech and Slovak Film Festival
Journey to the Beginning of Time (Directors: Karel Zeman, Fred Ladd), as part of the Czech and Slovak Film Festival
Towards Transparency, Chloe Chignell, North Melbourne Town Hall, as part of Melbourne Fringe Festival
Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten) (Director: Ingmar Bergman)
Intermezzo (Director: Gustaf Molander)
20:21, The Australian Ballet, State Theatre (seen not once, but twice)

AUGUST 
2015 Geelong acquisitive print awards, Geelong Gallery (funnily enough)
Mr. Holmes (Director: Bill Condon)
Antigone, Merlyn Theatre, Coopers Malthouse Theatre
Far from the Madding Crowd (Director: Thomas Vinterberg)
Our Little Sister (Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda) *
The Pearl Button (El botón de nácar) (Director: Patricio Guzmán) *
In the Crosswind (Director: Martti Helde) *
Tea Time (La Once) (Director: Maite Alberdi) *
Eisenstein in Gunanjuato (Director: Peter Greenaway) *
These are the Rules (Takva su pravila) (Director: Ognjen Sviličić) *
Li Wen at East Lake (Director: Luo Li) *
The Treasure (Director: Corneliu Porumboiu) *
Louder Than Bombs (Director: Joachim Trier) *
Mediterranea (Director: Jonas Carpignano) *
Don't Tell Me the Boy was Mad (Une Histoire d'un fou) (Director: Robert Guédiguan) *
Melbourne (Director:  Nima Javidi) *
Koza (Director: Ivan Ostrochovsky) *
Angels of Revolution (Director: Alexey Fedorchenko) *
One Floor Below (Director: Radu Muntean) *
Pioneer Heroes (Director: Natalya Kudryashova) *
Sworn Virgin (Director: Laura Bispuri) *
Hill of Freedom (Director: Hong Sang-soo) (screened alongside Voilà l'enchaînement by Claire Denis) *
Theeb (Director: Naji Abu Nowar) *
Tales (Director: Rakhshan Bani-Etemad) *
The High Sun (Director: Dalibor Matanic) *
Body (Director: Malgorzata Szumowska) *
Listen to Me Marlon (Director: Stevan Riley) *
Land and Shade (La Tierra y la Sombra) (Director: César Acevado) *
Song of the Sea (Director: Tomm Moore) *
The Thoughts That Once We Had (Director: Thom Andersen) *
Fehérlófia (Son of the White Mare) (Director: Marcell Jankovics)*
Tyke Elephant Outlaw (Directors: Stefan Moore, Susan Lambert) *
1001 Grams (Director: Bent Hamer) *
Racing Extinction (Director: Louie Psihoyos) *
Peggy Guggenheim — Art Addict (Director: Lisa Immordino Vreeland) *
La Sapienza (Director: Eugène Green) *
Adrian Wootton Talks Hollywood Legends, Fred Astaire — Tapping from Top Hat to living colour, Village Roadshow Theatre, SLV *
Phoenix (Director: Christian Petzold) *
The Volcano (Director: Jayro Bustamante) *
My Golden Days (Director: Arnaud Desplechin) *
The Russian Woodpecker (Director: Chad Gracia) *
Spartacus & Cassandra (Director: Ioanis Nuguet) *
Corn Island (Director: George Ovashvili) *
Gayby Baby (Director: Maya Newell) *
An (Director: Naomi Kawase) *
A Perfect Day (Director: Fernando Leon de Aranoa) *
My Love, Don't Cross That River (Director: Jin Mo-young) *
Cemetery of Splendour (Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul) *
Tehran Taxi (Director: Jafar Panahi) *
The Postman's White Nights (Director: Andrei Konchalovsky) *
* MIFF related posts: Slowly, tenderly;  "The shadow escapes from the body like an animal we had been sheltering"; and 4, 907 minutes

JULY
Iris (Director: Albert Maysles) *
The Second Mother (Director: Anna Muylaert)
Under Electric Clouds (Director: Alexey German Jr) *
The Spiderwebhouse (Director: Mara Eibl-Eibesfeldt) *
A String Section, Reckless Sleepers with Nat Cursio, Bagging Room, Coopers Malthouse Theatre
* MIFF related posts: Slowly, tenderly;  "The shadow escapes from the body like an animal we had been sheltering"; and 4, 907 minutes

JUNE
North by Northwest, MTC, Playhouse Theatre
Cinderella, The Australian Ballet, State Theatre (seen not once, but twice)
A Golden Age of China: Qianlong Emperor, 1736–1795, NGV International
Woman in Gold (Director: Simon Curtis)
Believe not the every spirit, but try the spirits, Marco Pasi and Lars Bang Larsen, MUMA
Dance is My Landscape, Gregory Lorenzutti, Dancehouse
The Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize 2015, The Gallery @ Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre
The Dream, The Australian Ballet, State Theatre (seen not once, but twice)

MAY
Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlos, Opera Australia, State Theatre
Frame of Mind: Sydney Dance Company, Southbank Theatre
Mozart's Don Giovanni, Opera Australia, State Theatre
Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly, Opera Australia, State Theatre
Synthetica: Experimental works by seven of Victoria’s most cutting edge contemporary artists, Counihan Gallery
Exquisite Threads: English Embroidery 1600s–1900s, NGV International
Medieval Moderns: The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, NGV International

APRIL
Indigenous Art: Moving Backwards into the Future, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV
Brook Andrew. Sanctuary: Tombs of the outcasts, Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne
Japanese Art After Fukushima: Return of Godzilla, RMIT Gallery
Concrete Post 2, Project Space/Spare Room, RMIT
Nature/Revelation, Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne
Luminous World: Contemporary Art from the Wesfarmers Collection, Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne
Unfolding: New Indian Textiles, RMIT Gallery

MARCH
Motion Picture: Lucy Guerin, Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall
Merge: Melanie Lane, Arts House, Meat Market
Solos for Other People: Shelley Lasica, Dancehouse, Carlton Baths
On View: Quintet: Sue Healey, Dancehouse
10,000 small deaths: Paula Lay, Dancehouse
Constructed Paintings and Artists Books, Theo Strasser, Langford 120
Elemental: Time Space Presence, Dawn Csutoros, Langford 120
All I wanted was the cut space pinned to the wall, Irene Barberis, Langford 120
Giselle, The Australian Ballet, State Theatre (seen not once, but twice)
Inspiration by Design: Word and Image from the Victoria and Albert Museum, State Library of Victoria
Do You Speak Chinese?: Victoria Chiu and Kristina Chan, Malthouse Theatre
Tiny Slopes: Nat Cursio, (in development), Malthouse Theatre
Catalogue: Rawcus, Arts House, Meat Market
Long Grass: Vicki Van Hout, Arts House, Meat Market
Nothing to Lose: Force Majeure, Malthouse Theatre
NEW15: George Egerton-Warburton, Richard Frater, Jessie Bullivant, Kate Newby, Ash Kilmartin, Paul Bai, Alex Vivian, and Adelle Mills, ACCA
From botanical illustrations to research: Watercolours from the University of Melbourne Herbarium, Noel Shaw Gallery, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne
Meeting: Antony Hamilton & Alisdair Macindoe, Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall
Overworld: Rebecca Jensen & Sarah Aiken, Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall
Depth of Field: Chunky Move, Malthouse forecourt
The Wheeler Centre Body/Language subtexts talk, moderated by Clementine Ford, with Alice Pung, Kelli Jean Drinkwater, and Karina Quinn, Malthouse Theatre

FEBRUARY
Chuck Close — Prints, Process and Collaboration, MCA, NSW
Pulp Confidential: Quick & dirty publishing from the 40s & 50s, State Library of NSW
AMAZE, Michael Crouch Gallery, State Library of NSW
Pop to popism, Art Gallery of NSW
Conversations through the Asian collections, Art Gallery of NSW
Aftershocks: Experiences of Japan’s Great Earthquake, Noel Shaw Gallery, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne
The Theory of Everything (Director: James Marsh)

JANUARY
Advanced Style (Director: Lina Plioplyte)
Mr. Turner (Director: Mike Leigh)
The Imitation Game (Director: Morten Tyldum)

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{In the stained costume of a Young Man from The Rite of Spring, circa 1913, with a Bornean smooth-tailed tree shrew (Dendrogale melanura), 2015.}