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Tuesday, 30 July 2024
MOVIE EPIC! Arguably one of the greatest films ever made, fifty years ago director Stanley Kubrick released his ground-breaking sci-fi epic, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. To celebrate this momentous anniversary, this seminal classic is being re-released fully restored so a new generation of cinema goers can discover a screen experience unlike any other. On a mysterious mission in outer space, astronaut Dr Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea) finds himself in a battle of man against machine with the ship’s sinister computer HAL… and that’s just the beginning this this ultimate cinematic journey through time and space. Please note, this film is presented without an intermission.
Thursday, 06 June 2024
25th ANNIVERSARY! A film by Almodóvar. Winner of the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, Pedro Almodóvar's ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER starring Cecilia Roth and Penélope Cruz is considered the filmmaker's finest. In an instant, nurse Manuela's life is turned upside down by tragedy. Grief-stricken, she sets out to reconnect with a long-lost lover she last saw in Barcelona. In her search she unexpectedly becomes the head of a surrogate family that includes a pregnant, HIV-positive nun; an illustrious star of the stage; and a transgender sex worker. Spanish language, English subtitles.
Tuesday, 25 June 2024
MOVIE EPIC! Francis Ford Coppola's iconic Vietnam war epic returns to the cinema screen, revisited by the director to create the 'Final Cut'. Restored from the original negative for the first time ever, this is Coppola’s most realized version of his acclaimed classic -a haunting journey into madness that fascinated generations of movie lovers. Nominated for eight Academy Awards (including Best Picture) and winner of Best Cinematography and Best Sound, two BAFTAs for Best Direction and Best Supporting Actor and the Palme d’Or in Cannes. Starring Academy Award winners Marlon Brando and Robert Duvall, Golden Globe winner Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper, Laurence Fishburne and Harrison Ford, the film follows Army Captain Willard (Sheen), a troubled man sent on a dangerous and mesmerizing odyssey into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade American colonel named Kurtz (Brando), who has succumbed to the horrors of war and barricaded himself in a remote outpost.
Thursday, 30 May 2024
"The plot is set partly in a near future in which artificial intelligence is in control of everyone's lives and human emotions are perceived as a threat. French language, English subtitles."
Tuesday, 13 August 2024
DOUBLE BILL! The ghost with the most, BEETLEJUICE turned Tim Burton into one of Hollywood's hottest directors and made Michael Keaton a star. Co-starring Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Catherine O'Hara and Winona Ryder, a newly deceased couple enlist the help of a poltergeist to scare away a couple who've just moved into the home they left behind. Based on the hit off-Broadway musical, Frank Oz directs Rick Moranis, Steve Martin and Ellen Greene in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. Sad-sack botanist Seymour Krelborn (Moranis) discovers a strange and mysterious plant that attracts the attention of customers and the media, turning him and the plant into a sensation. Little does the public know that the plant survives on the blood of humans.
Tuesday, 09 July 2024
DOUBLE FEATURE! Richard Linklater's first two installments of the 'Before Trilogy' return to the screen for a romantic double feature. Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) meet on a train journey across Europe before spending one evening together wandering the streets of Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together... Nine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other once more on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.
Tuesday, 31 December 2024
MOVIE EPIC! Billed as 'the entertainment experience of a lifetime', director William Wyler's adaptation of Lew Wallace's BEN-HUR stars Charlton Heston in the titular role. One of the largest productions of its era, it went on to become the second highest grossing film of all time after Gone With The Wind. It won a record eleven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Director and Actor. Wealthy prince and merchant Judah Ben-Hur (Heston) is unjustly imprisoned by his Roman childhood friend following a tragic accident. Separated from his family and made a slave of the Empire, Judah's journey takes him across the known world before fate affords him a chance at redemption.
Tuesday, 12 November 2024
DOUBLE BILL! Humphrey Bogart stars in two of the greatest films of the 20th century, CASABLANCA and THE MALTESE FALCON. A cynical expatriate American cafe owner (Bogart) struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco. Starring Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Conrad Veidt. Directed by John Huston, San Francisco private detective Sam Spade (Bogart) takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered. Starring Peter Lorre, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet and Gladys George.
Tuesday, 16 July 2024
DOUBLE FEATURE! It's a double feature of two Stanley Kubrick classics. Malcolm McDowell stars in the sci-fi satire nased on the novel by Anthony Burgess. Gang leader Alex (McDowell) lives a life filled with crime, sex and the music of Ludwig Van Beethoven. When his crimes catch up with him, an opportunity to participate in an experiment goes awry. Banned from release when made in 1971, Stanley Kubrick's film has since become recognised as a masterpiece of cinema. A pragmatic U.S. Marine (Matthew Modine) observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits, from their brutal boot camp training led by Sgt. Hartman (R Lee Ermey) to the bloody street fighting in Hue, in Stanley Kubrick's 1987 wartime epic FULL METAL JACKET.
Thursday, 09 May 2024
35th ANNIVERSARY! Peter Greenaway's high-art countercultural classic returns to the cinema screen in all its opulent glory. Starring Helen Mirren, Michael Gambon, Tim Roth, Cirian Hinds and Richard Bohringer, Greenaway writes and directs this black comedy of an English gangster whose boorish behaviour is threatening the success a high-class restaurant he has taken over. When the gangster discovers his wife is having an affair with a regular visitor to the restaurant, he plots his revenge. Featuring a series of iconic set pieces, a score by Michael Nyman and costumes by Jean-Paul Gaultier, THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER is a cinematic feast not to be missed.
Tuesday, 08 October 2024
DOUBLE BILL! Pack your bags for love and laughs with this crazy rich double feature! Based on the bestselling novel CRAZY RICH ASIANS, Constance Wu stars as an American woman who falls for a dashing Singaporean bachelor (Henry Golding). Not realising he is the heir to a family fortune, she must face-off against his intense and judgemental mother (Michelle Yeoh). Co-starring Gemma Chan, Awkwafina, Ken Jeong, Ronny Chieng, Jimmy O. Yang, NIco Santos and Chris Pang. Acclaimed upon its debut at the SXSW Film Festival, JOY RIDE stars Ashley Park, Stephanie Hsu, Sherry Cola and Sabrina Wu as four friends who set off on a trip to Asia to find the birth mother of Audrey (Park), who was adopted as a child by an American couple.
Tuesday, 01 October 2024
DOUBLE BILL! Kenneth Branagh directs and stars as legendary sleuth Hercule Poirot in a double feature of the detective's most recent investigations. While on vacation on the Nile, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress in DEATH ON THE NILE, based on the Agatha Christie bestseller. Co-starring Annette Bening, Jennifer Saunders, Gal Gadot, Dawn French, Letitia Wright and Armie Hammer. In post-World War II Venice, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to once again uncover the killer. Co-starring Tina Fey, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan, Riccardo Scamarcio and Kelly Reilly.
Tuesday, 24 December 2024
DOUBLE BILL: Ho, Ho, Ho, it's a Die Hard double feature! Bruce Willis stars in his most iconic role - that of off-duty NYPD Detective John McClane - in the first two instalments of the DIE HARD series, exploding back onto the big screen for Christmas. NYPD officer John McClane (Willis) tries to save his wife and her colleagues when a group of German terrorists take a Christmas party hostage at Los Angeles' Nakatomi Plaza. Making a movie star of Willis when DIE HARD became a smash hit in 1988, it was also the feature debut of Alan Rickman as charismatic terrorist ringleader Hans Gruber. History repeats when John McClane finds himself in the midst of another terrorist takeover, this time at Washington D.C.'s Dulles International Airport in the midst of the Christmas rush. And, wouldn't you know it, his wife (Bonnie Bedilia) is on-board one of the planes caught up in the emergency. Are you ready to Die Harder this holiday season?
Thursday, 20 June 2024
At 17, Zahia Ziouani dreams of becoming a conductor while Fettouma, her twin sister, a professional cellist.
Thursday, 23 May 2024
35th ANNIVERSARY! Writer and director Spike Lee’s enduring 1989 Oscar nominated film was the winner of over 21 awards at the time and has since become recognised as one of the best - if not the best - films from the 1980s. As powerful today as when it was released, the film co-stars Spike Lee, Ossie Davis, John Turturro, Bill Nunn, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez. Salvatore "Sal" Fragione (Danny Aiello) is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito), becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees and tensions rise.
Tuesday, 17 December 2024
DOUBLE BILL! A sophisticated British pairing, can you guess the dark forces that inhabit these classic horror movies? A married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter (Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland) are in Venice when they encounter two elderly sisters, one of whom is psychic and brings a warning from beyond in Nicolas Roeg's DON'T LOOK NOW. The original folk-horror, Robin Hardy's THE WICKER MAN sees a puritan police sergeant (Edward Woodward) arrive on a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, who the pagan locals claim never existed.
Thursday, 02 May 2024
From acclaimed writer/director Alex Garland (screenwriter of 28 Days Later, Sunshine and Never Let Me Go) comes EX MACHINA, a chilling vision of the not-too-distant future of artificial intelligence. Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson – Frank) is a young coder at the world’s largest internet company. He wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to the reclusive CEO of the company and gifted internet billionaire Nathan (Oscar Isaac – Inside Llewyn Davis). But when Caleb arrives at the remote location, he discovers he is required to to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment: testing the world’s first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl (Alicia Vikander – A Royal Affair). Soon, the experiment twists into a dark emotional battle, where loyalties are torn between man and machine. An intense psychological thriller, EX MACHINA explores the nature of consciousness, emotion, sexuality, truth and lies.
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
DOUBLE BILL! Wes Anderson's stop-motion animated spectaculars screen back-to-back! Adapted from Roald Dahl's beloved children's tale, George Clooney voices the FANTASTIC MR FOX; a crafty critter whose thieving exploits drive a trio of farmers to obsessively hunt him down. Co-starring Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray and Michael Gambon. An original adventure set in a unique world where dogs have been eradicated from society, a young Japanese boy travels to the ISLE OF DOGS to track down his beloved pooch. Voiced by an all-star cast including Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Scarlett Johansson, Greta Gerwig, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Harvey Keitel, Ken Watanabe, Tilda Swinton and Yoko Ono.
Tuesday, 03 September 2024
DOUBLE BILL! Hunter S. Thompson's gonzo tale of an oddball journalist (Johnny Depp) and his psychopathic lawyer (Benicio Del Toro) who travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades is brought to the screen by director Terry Gilliam in FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS. Joel and Ethan Coen direct Jeff Bridges as 'The Dude' in THE BIG LEBOWSKI, a madcap comedy of a bowling-obsessed stoner who becomes embroiled in the kidnapping of a millionaire's trophy wife. John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, Tara Reid and Philip Seymour Hoffman co-star.
Sunday, 05 May 2024
SAVE THE DATE! Sunday May 5, 5.55pm. Super green! Luc Besson's visually spectacular intergalactic adventure THE FIFTH ELEMENT returns to Cinema Nova for a five-star fifth of the fifth screening event. Since its debut in 1997 THE FIFTH ELEMENT has gone on to become a cult favourite thanks to lavishly detailed production and creature design, incredible Jean-Paul Gaultier costumes, manic turns by Chris Tucker and Gary Oldman, Bruce Willis at his dead-pan best and the debut of B-movie queen Milla Jovovich. Military man turned cab drive Korben Dallas (Willis) is thrust into a world-saving, galaxy-spanning adventure after picking up an unusual fare in the form of the mysterious Leeloo (Jovovich). A must-see on the big screen, don't forget your Multipass!
Tuesday, 26 November 2024
MOVIE EPIC! Directed by Academy Award winning filmmaker George Stevens, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean star in an epic drama covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family. After meeting and falling in love with socialite Leslie Lynnton (Taylor), rancher Jordan "Bick" Benedict (Hudson) marries Leslie and takes her back to his sprawling property. Struggling to adjust to her new life, a series of events caused by Leslie's presence sees a parcel of Benedict's land bequeathed to her husband's rival, Jett Rink (Dean). Offering to buy the land off Rink for twice its value, Benedict's offer is declined before Rink strikes oil and prospers at Benedict's expense. Dean's final performance before his untimely death, the actor earned a posthumous Oscar nomination.
Tuesday, 27 August 2024
MOVIE EPIC! Winner of 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actress and Supporting Actress, Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh and Hattie McDaniel star in the epic (and controversial) adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's bestselling novel. A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods. Although the film has been criticized for glorifying slavery, it has been credited with triggering changes in the way in which African Americans were depicted cinematically - particularly by Hattie McDaniel, who won an Oscar for her performance.
Thursday, 02 May 2024
Official selection: Cannes Film Festival. Celebrated filmmakers Josh and Ben Safdie return to the mean streets of New York City with GOOD TIME, a hypnotic crime thriller that explores with bracing immediacy the tragic sway of family and fate. After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Constantine Nikas (Robert Pattinson) embarks on a twisted odyssey through the city's underworld in an increasingly desperate—and dangerous—attempt to get his brother out of jail. Over the course of one adrenalized night, Constantine finds himself on a mad descent into violence and mayhem as he races against the clock to save his brother and himself, knowing their lives hang in the balance. Anchored by a career-defining performance from Robert Pattinson, GOOD TIME is a psychotic symphony of propulsive intensity crafted by two of the most exciting young directors working today.
Thursday, 23 May 2024
"Vincent is a famous successful entrepreneur. One day, a car breakdown on a mountain road temporarily interrupts his frantic lifestyle. Pierre, who lives apart from the modern world in the middle of sublime nature, comes to his aid and offers him his hospitality. The meeting between these two men, who are opposites will upset their respective beliefs and they will find themselves laughing. The question is...deep down, are they really each living the lives they want to live? French language, English subtitles."
Thursday, 23 May 2024
An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, THE GREEN KNIGHT tells the story of Sir Gawain (Dev Patel), King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men. Gawain contends with ghosts, giants, thieves, and schemers in what becomes a deeper journey to define his character and prove his worth in the eyes of his family and kingdom by facing the ultimate challenger. From visionary filmmaker David Lowery comes a fresh and bold spin on a classic tale from the knights of the round table.
Thursday, 30 May 2024
Examines the rapid ascent, fall from grace, and journey forward for controversial fashion designer John Galliano.
Thursday, 09 May 2024
"Despite never aspiring to be a mother, Dita finds herself compelled to raise her girlfriend's two daughters. As their individual wills clash, a heartwarming story unfolds about an unlikely family's struggle to stay together. Various languages, English subtitles"
Tuesday, 03 December 2024
DOUBLE BILL! Two classic animated fantasies directed by Hayao Miyazaki. When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle. Based on the book HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE by Diana Wynne Jones. Miyazaki's most enduring animated adventure, SPIRITED AWAY sees a 10-year-old girl wander into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, where humans are changed into beasts. Japanese language, English subtitles.
Saturday, 01 June 2024
Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room, Going Clear, Taxi To The Dark Side) directs IN RESTLESS DREAMS: The Music of Paul Simon - the definitive documentary about Simon’s legendary Grammy Award-winning career. Gibney and Simon journey through a dreamlike world in an absorbing portrait of the artist, moving between present and past. Showcasing both his music making in the here-and-now and a unique retrospective of his career - from Tom & Jerry to Simon & Garfunkel to the solo career triumphs of Graceland and Rhythm of the Saints. Wynton Marsalis, Lorne Michaels, Art Garfunkel, Carrie Fisher and Paul’s wife, Edie Brickell offer fascinating insights about the man and his music.
Thursday, 16 May 2024
90th ANNIVERSARY! Spoiled Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert) escapes from her millionaire father (Walter Connolly), who wants to stop her from marrying a worthless playboy. En route to New York, Ellie gets involved with an out-of-work newsman, Peter Warne (Clark Gable). When their bus breaks down, the bickering couple set off on a madcap hitchhiking expedition. Directed by Frank Capra, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT was the first movie to be honoured with all five major Oscars: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.
Thursday, 11 July 2024
From director Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Favourite) comes a cinematic triptych starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Hong Chau, Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn, co-written by Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou (Alps, Dogtooth, The Lobster) Three fables explore how acts intended as kindness might have unforeseen consequences: A man seeks to break free from his predetermined path, a policeman questions his wife's demeanour after she return from time away, and a woman's quest to locate an extraordinary individual takes her on a full-circle journey.
Thursday, 09 May 2024
Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), known as Prisoner 24601, is released from prison and breaks parole to create a new life for himself while evading the grip of the persistent Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe). Set in post-revolutionary France, the story reaches resolution against the background of the June Rebellion. Co-starring Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen and Eddie Redmayne. Directed by Tom Hooper.
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
DOUBLE BILL! A double dose of Witches! Elaine (Samantha Robinson), a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment, she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However, her spells work too well, leaving her with a string of hapless victims. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder. Dario Agento's 1977 horror is a landmark 'giallo' horror of an dancer (Jessica Harper) who travels to Germany to join a prestigious ballet academy, only to discover that it contains sinister secrets that threaten the life of the student and those around her. Various languages. English subtitles
Tuesday, 11 June 2024
DOUBLE BILL! Start your engines for two post-apocalyptic thrillers directed by George Miller. Featuring the stunts, production design and effects caused a global sensation, MAD MAX 2 is set in an Australian wasteland where a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community escape a horde of bandits. Winner of six Academy Awards, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD sees a woman rebel against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper and a drifter named Max.
Tuesday, 10 December 2024
DOUBLE BILL! Go back to school with two comedies that defined their respective generations. Written by Tina Fey and starring Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams, MEAN GIRLS is among one of the most quoted movies of the 21st century. Fearlessly depicting the difficulties of high school hierarchies, Lohan stars as a Caddie; a previously home-schooled student taken under the wing of a 'Queen Bee' (McAdams) who rules the campus with an iron fist. Creating instant stars from it's cast of unknowns, Amy Heckerling's 1995 CLUELESS adapts Jane Austen's Emma - the tale of a confident young woman who plays matchmaker among her classmates and teachers. Starring Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd, Brittany Murphy, Wallace Shawn, Jeremy Sisto and Breckin Meyer.
Tuesday, 05 November 2024
DOUBLE VILL! Academy Award-winning director Bong Joon Ho’s breakout feature plus his Oscar winner back-to-back. MEMORIES OF MURDER follows two detectives in a small Korean province, 1986 as they struggle with the case of serial killer who targets young women. PARASITE is a portrait on the economic divide in South Korea. Greed and class discrimination threatens the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan. Korean language. English subtitles.
Friday, 21 June 2024
WINTER SOLSTICE SCREENINGS! Written and directed by visionary filmmaker Ari Aster (Hereditary) comes a dread-soaked cinematic fairytale where a world of darkness unfolds in broad daylight. A young American couple, Dani (Florence Pugh) and Christian (Jack Reynor), are on the brink of their relationship falling apart when they travel to Sweden to visit a rural hometown's fabled midsummer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult; turning a pastoral paradise into a disturbing nightmare that they can’t wake up from.
Thursday, 09 May 2024
"When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to know what's going on. But as the story unfolds through the eyes of mother, teacher and child, the truth gradually emerges. Japanese language, English subtitles."
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
MOVIE EPIC! A comedy that forever changed cinema in the mid 1970s, Robert Altman utilization of an ensmble cast empowered to improvise to expand their characters and the movie's plot was revolutionary. A satire set over a five day period leading up to concert promoting a US Presidential candidate, it features musical numbers, multiple storylines and an ensemble cast including David Arkin, Barbara Baxley, Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Timothy Brown, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert DoQui, Shelley Duvall, Allen Garfield, Henry Gibson, Scott Glenn, Jeff Goldblum, Barbara Harris, David Hayward, Michael Murphy, Allan F. Nicholls, Dave Peel, Cristina Raines, Bert Remsen, Lily Tomlin, Gwen Welles, and Keenan Wynn.
Saturday, 25 May 2024
Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state. From campaigning at the coalfield to leading the battle to create the National Health Service, Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan is often referred to as the politician with greatest influence over the UK without ever being Prime Minister. Confronted with death, Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament, and fights with Churchill. Written by Tim Price and directed by Rufus Norris (Small Island), this epic new Welsh fantasia will be filmed live at the National Theatre in London.
Tuesday, 19 November 2024
DOUBLE BILL! A 'back from the dead' double feature! Park Chan-wook directs Choi Min-sik in the action mystery that kicked-off the Korean new-wave, OLDBOY. Kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years without any understanding of his captor's motive, Oh Dae-su (Choi) is released back into a world that long assumed him to be dead. Aided by a young woman, he sets off on a mission to find who robbed him of his life. Korean language, English subtitles. Sophie Wilde stars as Mia, a teenager mourning the untimely death of her mother. Made aware of a mysterious mummified hand that opens a portal to the afterlife, Mia attempts to contact her mother only to put the lives of her friends in danger. Directed by brothers Danny and Michael Philippou, this Australian-made horror was a breakout sensation at home and abroad.
Tuesday, 28 May 2024
MOVIE EPIC! Directed by Sergio Leone, Robert DeNiro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern and Treat Williams star in an epic drama of a former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster who returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Tuesday, 06 August 2024
DOUBLE BILL! Sergio Leone's 'spaghetti western' ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, starring Henry Fonda, Jason Robards and Charles Bronsen, sees a mysterious stranger with a harmonica join forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for 'Big Rail'. Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef reunite with Sergio Leone for FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE, in which two bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down an escaped Mexican outlaw.
Thursday, 16 May 2024
Filmmaker Ti West returns with another chapter from the twisted world of X, in this astonishing follow-up to the year’s most acclaimed horror film. Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, PEARL must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, PEARL finds her ambitions, temptations, and repressions all colliding in this stunning, technicolor-inspired origin story of X’s iconic villain.
Tuesday, 11 June 2024
MEET THE FILMMAKER: Tuesday June 11, 6.45pm. Join filmmaker Molly Reynolds for a post-film Q&A. “We were the best for each other”...Roberto. For over twenty years, Archibald Prize-winning artist Craig Ruddy and his partner Roberto Meza Mont filmed their life together to share with friends and family. They documented events big and small, from celebrations and travel to the inner workings of a significant artist, illustrating a vibrant, joyous life that was filled with love. To tell their story, their friend, documentary-maker Molly Reynolds (My Name is Gulpilil), spent months immersed in Roberto’s footage and crafted her most intimate film to date. An extraordinary insight into a prolific artist and the relationship that inspired him, the film is a rich and spirited portrait of life, love, and loss that draws you into its open embrace.
Thursday, 20 June 2024
The story of Ludvig Kahlen who pursued his lifelong dream: To make the heath bring him wealth and honor.
Thursday, 23 May 2024
In a Mexican border town plagued by neglect, corruption, and violence, a frustrated teacher (Eugenio Derbez) tries a radical new method to break through his students’ apathy and unlock their curiosity, their potential… and maybe even their genius. Based on a true story. Spanish language, English subtitles.
Thursday, 30 May 2024
70th ANNIVERSARY! Alfred Hitchcock's voyeristic classic starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly returns to the screen, fully restored. L.B. Jeffries (Stewart), a photographer with a broken leg, takes up spying on his Greenwich Village neighbours while confined to his home during a summer heat wave. Matters heat up when he suspects one neighbour of murdering his invalid wife and burying the body in a flower garden.
Tuesday, 04 June 2024
DOUBLE BILL! What’s better than one audacious cult musical? Two audacious cult musicals, of course! No need to shiver with anticipation, because ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW is up first. Blissfully affianced and delightfully dull couple Janet (Susan Sarandon) and Brad (Barry Bostwick) are in for a shock when car trouble lands them in the eerie lair of mad scientist Dr Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry) – just in time for him to reveal his greatest creation, paragon of masculinity, ultimate sex symbol…Rocky Horror. Chaos, seduction, hilarity, Meat Loaf, and glam rock ensues. Met with a violently negative reception when it hit screens in 1975, the film has spent the last four decades building up a fervent international cult following and is now the longest-running theatrical release of all time. The music made him do it! Next up is phantastical rock opera odyssey from Brian De Palma, pre-Carrie and Scarface fame: THE PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE! In this rock opera hybrid of ‘Phantom of the Opera’ and ‘Faust’, fledgling singer-songwriter Winslow Leach finds himself double-crossed by the nefarious music producer Swan, who steals both his music and the girl Leach wants to sing it, Phoenix, for the grand opening of his rock palace, The Paradise. Weird, wild, camp, heartfelt and dazzling, this is a fever dream you won’t want to miss.
Saturday, 04 May 2024
Ryuichi Sakamoto's last performance, a concert film featuring just him and his piano playing for the last time before passing away.
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
MOVIE EPIC! Steven Spielberg directs an all-star cast led by Tom Hanks in the wartime drama that changed cinema forever. Following the Normandy Landings during World War II, a group of U.S. soldiers (Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Barry Pepper, Jeremy Davies, Adam Goldberg, Vin Diesel) go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper (Matt Damon) whose brothers have all been killed in action. Co-starring Paul Giamatti, Ted Danson and Dennis Farina.
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
DOUBLE BILL! The horror hit that reignited a genre plus the acclaimed homage that reignited the franchise. Starring Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox and David Arquette, Wes Craven directs SCREAM. A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl from Woodsboro, Calif. is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game. Starring Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox and David Arquette, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet direct SCREAM. 25 years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, Calif., a new killer dons the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town's deadly past.
Saturday, 04 May 2024
Tony and BAFTA Award winner Ralph Fiennes and Olivier Award winner Indira Varma star in a brand-new ‘full-voltage visceral’ (★★★★ Daily Telegraph) production of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Filmed live at Dock X, a custom-built theatre space in London, this critically acclaimed staging of Macbeth ‘that quickens the pulse, then goes for the jugular’ (★★★★ Financial Times) will be unmissable on the big screen. Directed by Simon Godwin with set and costume design by Frankie Bradshaw, this is a cinematic and ‘beautifully staged’ (★★★★ WhatsOnStage) production that brings ‘Shakespeare’s tragedy pulsing into the present day’ (★★★★★ The I). Macbeth is coming. A couple corrupted by their relentless lust for power have blood on their hands. Witness the gripping tale of greed, murder, deception, and superstition in cinemas for a limited time only. Once you cross the line, you can never turn back.
Tuesday, 20 August 2024
DOUBLE BILL! Guillermo del Toro directs an all-star cast in the Oscar-winning romance of a lonely janitor (Sally Hawkins) who forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity in a top secret research facility. Winner of 4 Academy Awards, del Toro's film stars Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg and Doug Jones. David Cronenberg directs Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis in a gross-out romance of a journalist (Davis) who meets a scientist (Goldblum) on the verge of a scientific breakthrough.
Friday, 17 May 2024
INTERACTIVE GODDESS EDITION SCREENING! Join us at Cinema Nova on Friday May 17 for an audience interactive screening of critically derided cult favourite SHOWGIRLS, hosted by Cinema Nova’s own Koko. Gift-bag and guide on arrival to help you get into the mood. Nomi Malone (Elizabeth Berkley), a young drifter, arrives in Las Vegas with dreams of becoming a dancer before learning the realities of life on the sin-city stage. Setting her sights on becoming a star no matter the cost, Nomi claws and pushes her way to the top. Co-starring Kyle MacLachlan and Gina Gershon, director Paul Verhoeven (Robocop) and screenwriter Joe Eszterhas (Basic Instinct) created one of the most notorious box office bombs of the mid-nineties. Full of gawdy set-pieces, god-awful characters and gratuitous dialogue, join us as we celebrate the "so bad it's great" disaster that is SHOWGIRLS. Contains high impact scenes. Please refer to classification website for detailed information.
Thursday, 04 July 2024
"While on a book tour in Japan, Sidonie Perceval, still haunted by the ghost of her late husband, begins an affair with her mysterious Japanese publisher. French and Japanese language, English subtitles."
Thursday, 27 June 2024
Astrid, the wife of a renowned lawyer, has been silenced for 25 years. Her family's equilibrium suddenly collapses when her children start looking for justice.
Thursday, 13 June 2024
"A thriller investigation set in the world of nuclear power and politics. French and Hungarian language, English subtitles"
Thursday, 02 May 2024
From director Sean Price Williams and writer Nick Pinkerton. A picaresque journey of self-discovery through the cities and woods of the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. Lillian, a high school senior from South Carolina. She gets her first glimpse of the wider world on a class trip to Washington, D.C.
Thursday, 02 May 2024
"The story of Eugenie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin, the fine gourmet with whom she has been working for over the last 20 years. French language, English subtitles."
Thursday, 16 May 2024
Based on Bill Bennett’s book of the same name, THE WAY, MY WAY is the charming and captivating true story of a cantankerous Australian man's transformative experience walking the Camino de Santiago, and the people he meets along the way that changed his life forever. At times laugh-out-loud funny, at other times deeply emotional, The Way, My Way is an authentic account of walking the Camino, using a mix of actors and true pilgrims. Starring Chris Haywood.
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
DOUBLE BILL! Head back to the early 80s for a double feature highlighting two of the greatest genre filmmakers of all time. John Carpenter directs Kurt Russell in THE THING; a creepy snowbound horror set in Antarctica where a research team discover the remains of what could be an spacecraft. Not realising that the occupant might already be among them, they must hunt down the shape-shifting menace. David Cronenberg's 1983 cult classic stars James Woods and Debbie Harry in a body-horror techno-thriller set at a television station specialising in adult entertainment. Discovering a satellite broadcast of a program called VIDEODROME, the President of Channel 83 attempts to discover its mysterious source.
Sunday, 19 May 2024
MEET THE FILMMAKER: Sunday May 19, 6.00pm. Join director Lucie McMahon, Gabrielle Di Vietri from the Victorian Greens, and Jordan van den Berg from Shit Rentals for a post-film Q&A. Things Will Be Different documents two neighbours’ experiences of displacement as they are forced to relocate from the Walker Street public housing estate in Northcote, Melbourne when it is sold for private redevelopment. The film explores the impact of losing one’s home and the important role public housing plays in our communities. The film is made by local filmmakers Celeste De Clario Davis and Lucie McMahon.
Thursday, 16 May 2024
Alexandre Dumas’s thrilling and beloved classic novel The Three Musketeers has been adapted multiple times, but none have approached the scope and spectacle of director Martin Bourboulon's wildly entertaining adventure. Set in the early 17th century kingdom of France, the opening instalment THE THREE MUSKETEERS: D’ARTAGNAN follows a spirited young swordsman, Charles D’Artagnan (François Civil), on his journey from Gascony to Paris to join the King’s elite Musketeers of the Guard. Along the way, he narrowly escapes death whilst heroically saving a woman from being kidnapped. In his efforts to enlist, D’Artagnan manages to offend the sensibilities of three of the most formidable Musketeers in the ranks, Athos (Vincent Cassel), Porthos (Pio Marmaï) and Aramis (Romain Duris)… But D'Artagnan soon wins them over, and his dedication to help his newfound friends and serve King Louis XIII (Louis Garrel) will lead him not only into the path of the mysterious Milady de Winter (Eva Green) and the Queen's consort Constance (Lyna Khoudri), but the heart of a conspiracy where the future of the nation itself is at stake… French language, English subtitles.
Thursday, 06 June 2024
Part Two of director Martin Bourboulon's thrilling adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel. Following the events of THREE MUSKETEERS: D’ARTAGNAN, a secret from the past shatters old alliances in THREE MUSKETEERS: MILADY, the spectacular second chapter to Martin Bourboulon’s lavish, all-star adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic adventure, leading to an emotional and highly thrilling conclusion. French language, English subtitles.
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
DOUBLE BILL! Top Gun Tom Cruise will take your breath away in a breathtaking double feature. Go back to where it all began with Tony Scott's 1986 high-flying bromance of 'TOP GUN' fighter pilots who will stop at nothing to be the best. Starring Tom Cruise in the role that made him the biggest star of modern times, the Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer smash-hit features astonishing in-camera action that still dazzles to this day, a synth-tastic score by Harold Faltermeyer, songs by Giorgio Moroder and cinematography that defined a decade. But wait, there's more! Now the third biggest film of all time at the Australian box office (at the time of writing), TOP GUN: MAVERICK ups the stakes as Cruise returns as Captain Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell - called in to train a group of ace pilots for a mission that's down-right, uh, impossible.
Saturday, 23 September 2023
Melbourne's OG TWILIGHT SAGA movie marathon returns (again) due to enormous popular demand! "Where the hell have you been, loca?" It started with Cinema Nova revisiting TWILIGHT for a “one-off” event in March to celebrate Kristen Stewart's Oscar nomination for Spencer and Robert Pattinson's arrival as The Batman. Now, after months of sell-out sessions, double features and a particularly unhinged triple feature, Cinema Nova's overnight movie marathon spectacular returns! Experience what is fast becoming the 2010s cult favourite with a communal experience that just might be the new Rocky Horror – you’re among Twihards here, and these fans don't mess around. This is, after all, the TWILIGHT Renaissance and it all started at Cinema Nova! Expect singalongs, giveaways, dress-ups, sparkly torsos, an early morning cereal bar to keep your energy levels up and much, much more. IMPORTANT: Seating is allocated and applies for all five movies. Complimentary cereal bar breakfast will be available to guests during a thirty minute break between Breaking Dawn Part 1 and Breaking Dawn Part 2. An email containing information about the event will be sent to ticketholders who purchased tickets online in the week prior to the event.
Thursday, 09 May 2024
A mysterious young woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. However, events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery.
Tuesday, 18 June 2024
DOUBLE BILL! Two Taika Waititi favourites back-to-back! Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement star, write and direct the hilarious mockumentary set in a delapidated mansion inhabited by immortal vampires and their servants. Hundreds of years old, the vampires are finding that beyond sunlight catastrophes, hitting the main artery, and not being able to get a sense of their wardrobe without a reflection - modern society has them struggling with the mundane like paying rent, chore wheels and overcoming flatmate conflicts. Sam Neill, Julian Dennison and Rachel House star in the hilarious comedy of two fugitives from justice on the run from an overzealous Child Services officer. Based on the novel by Barry Crump, Waititi's breakout film is one of Cinema Nova's most popular films of all time.
Tuesday, 02 July 2024
DOUBLE BILL! Two Studio Ghibli animated features back-to-back. Based on the manga with the same title, THE WHISPER OF THE HEART follows Shizuku, an inquisitive young girl and a voracious reader, who longs to be a writer when she grows up. One day she notices that all of her library books have previously been taken out by one Seiji Amasawa. Amid chasing after a large cat, befriending an eccentric antiques dealer and writing her first novel, Shizuku aims to find this mysterious boy who may well be her soul mate. In THE CAT RETURNS, high school student Haru rescues a cat that was about to be run over by a truck and discovers the cat is actually a prince named Lune. Out of gratitude, Lune's father, the Cat King, asks her to marry Lune. Haru is brought to the Cat Kingdom, where she starts to develop feline features. When she is prevented from leaving, the Baron and Toto, two statues that have magically been given life, provide assistance in gaining her freedom. Japanese language, English subtitles
Tuesday, 28 May 2024
MOVIE EPIC! The first winner of the Best Film Academy Award, WINGS is a triumph of silent filmmaking, an exciting and thrilling wartime drama of two WWI flying aces and the girl who follows them to the battlefields of France. David Armstrong (Richard Arlen) and Jack Powell (Charles "Buddy" Rogers) are rivals for the town beauty Sylvia, while Jack is blind to the attentions of the plucky girl-next-door, Mary Preston (Clara Bow). Enlisting into the air force with an eye toward flying fighter planes, David and Jack are dispatched to France as newly minted pilots. Thrown together in the frenzy and fear of battle, the former rivals become inseparable, while Mary, unable to bear not contributing to the war effort, enlists herself as an ambulance driver. With climatic air battles a-plenty, love triangles, a passionate pre-Code same-sex kiss, fantastic performances – particularly from ‘It Girl’ Bow - and a tissue-shredding finale, WINGS has it all!
Thursday, 02 May 2024
In 1630s New England, a farmer is cast out of his colonial plantation and forced to move his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of an ominous forest. Almost immediately, strange and unsettling things begin to happen - the animals turn violent, the crops fail, and one of the children disappears, only to return irrevocably changed. As suspicion and paranoia mount, the family begins to suspect the farmer’s teenage daughter Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy). They accuse her of witchcraft, which she adamantly denies... but as circumstances become more and more treacherous, each family member's faith, loyalty, and love will be tested in shocking and unforgettable ways. A truly creepy and heart-stopping horror that unspools like the harshest of Puritan fables, THE WITCH proves that the current revitalisation of American indie horror is far from a one-trick pony.
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
DOUBLE BILL! "Say, why is it bad luck to kill a gull?" Idiosyncratic director Robert Eggers declared his unique approach to filmmaking with his dread-soaked feature debut The Witch (a breakout Cinema Nova exclusive) in 2015 before hoisting his relentless monochromatic fever-dream The Lighthouse on audiences four years later. In anticipation of his latest assault on the senses, The Northman, we bring Eggers’ cult favourites back to the screen. Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe star as two lighthouse keepers stationed on a remote island far from home. Each harbouring their own fears and foibles, the elements soon drive them both to the edge of their sanity. Winner of multiple awards, Anya Taylor-Joy (Last Night In Soho) is one of five children who accompany their parents into the seventeenth-century New England wilderness with the hope of making a good Christian home. As their crops fail and a newborn child disappear, the family soon turn on one another.