Reel McCoy Film Society presents bi-monthly film screenings of classic cinema.

Members are invited to purchase an annual Reel McCoy membership at the discounted price of $20 (usually $50/year) upon presentation of their current ACT M&G membership card.

Ninety Nine Percent (1963)
45 Minutes, Australia
Director: Giorgio Mangiamele
Cast: Francesco Pino, Carmelo Pino

Mangiamele was an Italian/Australian photographer who made a unique contribution to Australian art cinema in the 1950s and 1960s. Ninety Nine Percent, his only comedy, is in the style of Jacques Tati, and of Italian stage farce. It follows an Italian father who tries to please his young son by integrating into the mainstream through an arranged marriage.

Clay (1965) 
84 Minutes, Australia
Director: Giorgio Mangiamele
Cast: Jean Lebedew, George Dixon, Sheila Florence

A later production by Mangiamele, Clay was the first Australian film to be nominated for the prestigious Palme d’Or. Moody and complex, it follows a killer on the run who finds refuge in a colony of artists. Films courtesy National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.