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45th ANNIVERSARY! Ridley Scott’s ambitious modern classic blends science fiction, horror and groundbreaking special effects with a star-making performance by Sigourney Weaver. In the distant future the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo are awakened from cryo-sleep by a distress beacon. Obliged to investigate it's source, they discover the hive of an unknown creature secreted deep within a crashed spacecraft from another world. When an egg containing an ALIEN parasite hatches and attaches itself to a Nostromo crew member, they make the error of attempting to save him.
A screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home enters into a fledgling relationship with a mysterious neighbor as he then discovers his parents appear to be living just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before.
A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.
The life and music of Amy Winehouse, through the journey of adolescence to adulthood and the creation of one of the best-selling albums of our time.
A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. A semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death, and creation, in tribute to friendship, from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.
A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. A semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death, and creation, in tribute to friendship, from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki. Japanese language, English subtitles.
From Luca Guadagnino (Call Me BY Your Name, Bones and All) comes a gripping romantic drama set in the high-pressure world of competitive tennis. Tashi Duncan (Zendaya) is a tennis prodigy on the rise, anticipated to become a world champion. Meeting best friends Patrick (Josh O'Connor) and Art (Mike Faist) at a tournament event, the three players become connected in ways that will reverberate throughout their sporting and personal lives. Featuring a score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, and an original frisson-fuelled screenplay by Justin Kuritzkes, CHALLENGERS finds Guadagnino at the top of his game, crafting a dynamic and fresh take on the romantic drama.
From Alex Garland, writer/director of Ex Machina, CIVIL WAR is set in a dystopian America where the states are no longer united. War-weary photographer Ellie (Kirsten Dunst) has been capturing the conflict that has consumed her country for months. Joined by her reporter colleague Joel (Wagner Moura) and aspiring photojournalist Jesse (Cailee Spaeny), Ellie sets off on a cross-country journey that takes them into the heart of darkness. A chilling vision of a nation at war with itself, Garland's speculative thriller is riveting must-see cinema.
Jamie regrets her breakup with her girlfriend, while Marian needs to relax. In search of a fresh start, they embark on an unexpected road trip to Tallahassee, but things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals.
Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.
Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi's house offering city residents a comfortable "escape" to nature.
A stylish supernatural thriller from director Jang Jae-hyun, EXHUMA sees a wealthy family summon shamans Hwa-rim (Kim Go-eun) and Bong-gil (Lee Do-hyun) following a series of paranormal events. Arriving to discover that a newborn baby as become the focus of a malevolent force, Haw-rim senses that the family has a dark connection to the Japanese occupation of South Korea. Recruiting geomancer Sang-duk (Choi Min-sik) and mortician Young-geun (Yoo Hae-jin) to the case, the group are led to a remote grave site concealing more than one secret from the family’s sinister past. Brimming with bewitching South Korean mystic oddity, EXHUMA is as unpredictable as it is creepy. Recalling spooky K-horror The Wailing and Bong Joon-ho’s provincial police procedural Memories Of Murder, Jang’s South Korean box office hit leaves a haunting impression. Korean language, English and Chinese subtitles.
In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.
Robert Connolly reunites with author Jane Harper and star Eric Bana for their follow-up to Australian box office smash The Dry, FORCE OF NATURE. A team-building retreat undertaken by five businesswomen in the remote wilderness goes horribly wrong when one of them is declared missing. Suspecting foul play, Federal Police Agent Aaron Falk (Bana) begins his own investigation as search teams race against time in an inhospitable and dangerous landscape. Co-starring Anna Torv, Debora-Lee Furness and Richard Roxburgh.
Donya works for aChinese fortune cookie factory. Formerly a translator for the U.S. military, she struggles to put her life back in order. In a moment of sudden revelation, she decides to send out a special message in a cookie.
The movie's story sees Freud invite iconic author C.S. Lewis to debate the existence of God. And his unique relationship with his daughter, and Lewis' unconventional relationship with his best friend's mother.
Focuses on the intensely dramatic and high-stakes responsibilities and decisions that Golda Meir, also known as the 'Iron Lady of Israel,' faced during the Yom Kippur War.
Just before the secession of South Sudan, a married former singer, Mona from the north, seeks redemption for causing the death of a southern man by hiring his oblivious wife, Julia as her maid. The two women forge an unusual relationship across devastating divides in this engrossing Sudanese drama. Wracked by guilt after covering up the murder, Mona tries to make amends. Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country’s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.
A cranky history teacher at a remote prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a troubled student who has no place to go.
A Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe.
The lavish new historical drama from writer/director Maïwenn (Polisse), JEANNE DU BARRY is freely inspired by the life of the titular rags-to-riches social climber, a working-class woman who became the mistress of King Louis XV (Johnny Depp). 18th Century, pre-Revolution France. Jeanne Bécu (Maïwenn) hungers for culture and pleasure, and is determined to escape her commoner upbringing. With charm and sharp wit, she builds a reputation as a skilled courtesan and her benefactor, the Comte du Barry (Melvil Poupaud) grows rich through her amorous encounters. Wishing to present her to the widowed King Louis (Depp), a renowned womaniser, the Comte orchestrates a meeting through the influential Duke of Richelieu (Pierre Richard). For Jeanne and Louis, it’s intoxication at first sight; sparking derision and scandal, and jeopardising relations with the newly-arrived Marie Antoinette (Pauline Pollmann). French language, English subtitles.
Tuscany, early 1980s. Arthur (a revelatory Josh O'Connor, The Crown) has just been released from a short stint in prison. During his earlier studies in the region, he fell in love with Beniamina, the daughter of an aging local aristocrat (Isabella Rossellini), but now she's gone. Arthur has fallen in love with the Tombaroli, a rowdy crew of twenty-somethings who pretend to make their living as farmers and entertainers, but instead pilfer the areas' ancient Etruscan tombs for earthenware and ornaments to sell on the black market, hoping to one day strike it rich... Italian language, English subtitles.
31 October 1977. Johnny Carson rival, Jack Delroy, is the host of ‘Night Owls’, a once hugely popular syndicated talk show. A year on from the tragic death of Jack’s wife, ratings have plummeted, and sponsors are getting nervous. Desperate to turn his fortunes around, Jack pulls out all the stops for his annual Halloween special, booking a psychic, a professional skeptic, a parapsychologist, and a young girl allegedly possessed by the devil... What could possibly go wrong?
From director Rose Glass (Saint Maud) and the producers of Poor Things comes a neon-noir set in rural New Mexico, 1989. Lou (Kristen Stewart) wastes her days working at a workout gym, doing her best to avoid past lovers and her criminally-connected father (Ed Harris). When Jackie (Katy O'Brian) shows up to pump iron, Lou is immediately drawn to her. Falling hard for one-another, the two loners plan an escape from their small-town lives until wicked forces threaten to blow up their plans. An electrifying fever-dream with a powerful sense of style, Glass' steamy and extreme thriller must be seen to be believed.
An exploration of Coward's expansive career which features credits across the stage and screen, including Brief Encounter, Blithe Spirit, and Private Lives.
70th ANNIVERSARY! Directed by singular filmmaker Douglas Sirk (homaged by Todd Haynes in Far From Heaven), Rock Hudson's performance in melodrama MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION made him a box office sensation whose career lasted decades. Based on the bestselling novel by Lloyd C. Douglas, Hudson stars as a reckless playboy whose actions inadvertently cause the death of a prominent doctor. Attempting to make amends to the doctor's widow (Jane Wyman), he falls for her before causing a series of unintended events.
Following the success of THE GATE, director Tibor Takacs would return to the genre for his next feature, 1989’s I MADMAN though unfortunately due to a botched release by a struggling studio in legal strife, the film would open with little fanfare and was immediately lost amidst the noise of tentpole slashers like FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN and A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD. Released straight-to-video in Australia under the title HARDCOVER, Monster Fest is proud to present I MADMAN for its 35th Anniversary and for the very first-time on Australian cinema screens. A bookstore clerk's obsession with a supernatural horror novel results in bringing to life its main character, an insane doctor who cuts off people's body parts to impress a woman he loves.
I'm a happy camper, I love the clear blue sky and with the grace of God, I'll camp until I die… Join us as we venture to Camp Arawak in celebration of slasher icon Angela with the SLEEPAWAY CAMP SLASH-A-THON, featuring SLEEPAWAY CAMP, SLEEPAWAY CAMP II: UNHAPPY CAMPERS and a 35th Anniversary Screening of SLEEPAWAY CAMP III: TEENAGE WASTELAND for the first-time on the big screen in Australia. SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983) Welcome to Camp Arawak where teenage boys and girls learn to experience the joys of nature as well as each other. But when these happy campers begin to die in a series of horrible accidents, they discover that someone or something has turned this summer of fun into a vacation to dismember. Has a dark secret returned from the camp's past... or will an unspeakable horror end the season forever? From its grisly special effects to the truly shocking climax, SLEEPAWAY CAMP is no ordinary 'body count' movie. See for yourself why this killer thriller spawned two sequels and became one of the most surprising horror hits of the ‘80s. SLEEPAWAY CAMP II: UNHAPPY CAMPERS (1988) The grisly murders that terrorized Camp Arawak have become favorite ghost stories around Camp Rolling Hills six years later. As each of the campers learn the secrets about the murders, their carefree days at summer camp come to an end. SLEEPAWAY CAMP III: TEENAGE WASTELAND (1989) This time, the camp set in the deep, dark woods is a camp for troubled youths. The psychotic killer that has roamed the woods and been the topic of many ghost stories, is still lurking about. He has come up with a permanent cure for the teens' problems as the body count piles up.
From executive producer Jordan Peele (Get Out, Nope) and writer/director Dev Patel comes SXSW Audience Award-winning revenge thriller MONKEY MAN. Crammed with stylish action, creatively illustrated Hindu culture and commentary on the divide between haves and have nots, MONKEY MAN signals Patel as a filmmaker on the rise. Set in an unnamed contemporary Indian city, Kid (Patel) ekes out a living at an underground fight club where he is regularly beaten by more popular fighters. Motivated by a tragic event from his past, he infiltrates a high-end club that hosts a sinister elite to find the men who took everything from him.
Sam Mendes (The Lehman Trilogy) directs Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud and Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton in this fierce and funny new play. 1964: Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under John Gielgud's exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel. Written by Jack Thorpe (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and designed by Es Devlin (The Crucible), the Evening Standard award-winnig best new play was filmed live during a sold-out run at the National Theatre.
Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens' (Th Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) radical new version of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. Hopes, dreams and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions. Filmed live during its sold out run in London's West End, Vanya will be playing exclusivly in cinemas in 2024.
Written and directed by Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk, Inception, Interstellar), OPPENHEIMER is an epic historical thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it. Starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh and Alden Ehrenreich, Murphy stars as J. Robert Oppenheimer - a skilled theoretical physicist who quickly becomes renown as an expert in his field. As the spectre of Nazi Germany and war in Europe grows, Oppenheimer is approached by the US Military with an offer to head a secret program to create a weapon that will end war as the world knows it, once and for all. The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin.
Written and directed by Academy Award nominee Ava DuVernay, ORIGIN chronicles the tragedy and triumph of Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson as she investigates a global phenomenon of epic proportions. Portrayed by Academy Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (“King Richard”), Isabel experiences unfathomable personal loss and love as she crosses continents and cultures to craft one of the defining American books of our time. Inspired by the New York Times best-seller “Caste,” ORIGIN explores the mystery of history, the wonders of romance and a fight for the future of us all.
From director Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster, Killing of a Sacred Deer) and screenwriter Tony McNamara comes visually stunning black comedy POOR THINGS, based on the novel by Alasdair Gray. Brilliant scientist Dr Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe) introduces one of his students, Max McCandles (Ramy Youssef), to the unusual Bella Baxter (Emma Stone). Seemingly of simple mind, Bella has the body of an adult and the intellect of a child. Quickly falling under Bella’s beguiling spell, Max is romantically gazumped by scoundrel Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo) who takes the curious Bella on a journey across the oceans. Exposed to wonders never before experienced, Bella learns as much as possible about the people and places she is introduced to before becoming wise to Duncan's wicked ways.
When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.
Based on the popular graphic novel by the North American writer Sara Varon, ROBOT DREAMS tells the adventures and misfortunes of Dog and Robot in NYC during the '80s.
Tommy Wiseau's THE ROOM first screened at Cinema Nova in February 2010, where it has since become a cult-favourite, expanded into other Australian states, been introduced by co-star and bestselling author Greg Sestero on countless occasions, and adapted into an Oscar nominated 'making of' comedy/biopic. It is the most outrageous cinema experience you’ll ever have and is like no other film you have ever seen. Written by, directed by and starring the enigmatic Tommy Wiseau, this misguided disaster-piece has garnered a massive cult following the word over, leaving audiences stunned and wondering “how can so bad, be so good?” Johnny (Tommy Wiseau) seems to have it all - a beautiful fiancée, Lisa, great friends and a job with a promotion in the works. But Lisa (Juliette Danielle) isn’t who she seems. Manipulative and restless, Lisa sets her sights on Johnny's best friend Mark (Greg Sestero) and they start a torrid affair that soon causes Johnny’s perfect world to crumble. THE ROOM is an audience interactive event complete with a Room Guide, loud cheering, quoting along lines, yelling at the screen and throwing LOTS of (eco friendly) spoons at the screen. Please note that it is a condition of entry to all sessions of THE ROOM that bags must be presented for inspection if requested.
OSCAR NOMINEE, BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM! Carla Nowak (Leonie Benesch), a dedicated sports and math teacher, stands out among the staff because of her idealism. When a series of thefts occur at the school and one of her students is suspected, Ms Nowak attempts to discover the thief on her own. Setting a trap, she unwittingly triggers a series of unanticipated events that pits her against her colleagues, the students in her class, and their parents. A riveting and taut drama that unfolds like a thriller, director Ilker Catak's acclaimed film was the winner of 5 German Film Awards, including Best Film, Director, Actress, Editing and Screenplay. German language, English subtitles.
Despite being detained, silenced, and hidden from public view in maximum security Belmarsh Prison, multi-award-winning Australian journalist and publisher Julian Assange has become one of the loudest voices for free speech of our times. He has also risked everything to bring truth to light. The disclosures of WikiLeaks and Assange from 2010 onwards ignited a firestorm of controversy and a relentless ongoing pursuit by the most powerful Empire on the planet. Director Kym Stanton's THE TRUST FALL: JULIAN ASSANGE examines the meaning and significance of the insights that WikiLeaks shared with the world, the resulting behaviour of the governments involved, the extraordinary personal risk taken by Assange, and the wider fundamental issues around press freedom that affect all of us and our right to know.
When people in Littlehampton--including conservative local Edith--begin to receive letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting that something is amiss, the town's women investigate.
Winner of the Grand Prix and FIPRESCI prizes at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Under the Skin director Jonathan Glazer’s hypnotic drama THE ZONE OF INTEREST follows Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel), the Nazi commandant who designed Auschwitz, and his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller) as they strive to build a dream life for their family in a house adjacent to the death camp. Loosely based on the Martin Amis novel, Glazer’s film is an unsettling drama that exposes how family routine and luxury take priority over obvious atrocities. German and Polish Languages, English subtitles.