Smokescreen 2026 - Ordinary People

Join us for our next film for the 2026 Season of Smokescreen at the WPCC Saturday, 4th July. This year’s theme is 'Breaking the Reel'. The selected films celebrate the transformative power of actors and directors who defy expectations, break free from typecasting, and reinvent themselves in groundbreaking ways.

This year’s Smokescreen will feature connected pairings of films, which highlight a specific transformative aspect of ‘Breaking the Reel’. This week’s film focuses on the second of 'Sudden Shifts'; where actors or actresses go from one genre and acting range to a completely different style in a single film. This week’s film is Ordinary People (1980), starring Mary Tyler Moore whose sudden departure from previous roles as a comedienne to a bitter mother dealing with the death of her son and a dysfunctional affluent family.

Warning: this film deals with suicide and self-harm.

Run time: 2 hr 4 minutes

Classification: R

In partnership with The Establishment Bar Dubbo.