A psychologist attempts to find out why the crew of a space station went insane in Russian sci-fi drama Solaris (1972), which returns to the silver screen courtesy of the Queenstown Film Society on Tuesday. Photo supplied.
7pm: Nadene Milne Gallery, Arrowtown, screens the British documentary Damien Hirst, Thoughts, Work, Life next door in Dorothy Brown's Cinema before the launch of The Beauty and Brutality of Fact: Damien Hirst and Max Gimblett at 8pm. The exhibition presents the South Island debut of two series of 15 prints by the provocative young British artist and gold and silver quatrefoils and limited edition works by New York-based New Zealander Gimblett. Patrons are asked to book seats by calling the cinema. Admission is $8 per person.
Tuesday
7.30pm: Solaris, Russia's answer to 2001: A Space Odyssey, is screened by the Queenstown Film Society to its members in Dorothy Brown's Cinema, Arrowtown. New members can sign up on the night.
Wednesday
7pm: Television psychic medium Sue Nicholson claims to see, hear and feel spirits from the great beyond for the paying public in the Arrowtown Athenaeum Hall. Answers From the Other Side is R18. Tickets cost $55 plus booking fee from Lakes Leisure and Ticketek.
