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Saturday, 26 December 2026
Acclaimed author Patricia Highsmith (Mirren) has no desire to leave her sanctum in Switzerland before she dies. But her solitude is interrupted by Edward (Ehrenreich), a young literary agent, who is sent by her relentless publishing company to convince her to pen one last novel in her wildly popular “Ripley” series. Patricia uses her famously macabre imagination to scare Edward away, but Edward proves resilient. Eventually, she gives in and even takes him on as her writing partner. As the pair collaborates, Edward adopts Patricia’s fiendish perspective and finds that the reality she’s constructing for Ripley is indistinguishable from his own.
Saturday, 08 November 2025
ALFF Closing Night! BEARS IN HOT TUBS (17:00) Black bears wander garden paths and soak in backyard tubs across suburban Los Angeles. Centring the bears’ own lives rather than treating them as problems to manage, this tender documentary invites us to rethink boundaries, coexistence and what it means for humans and wildlife to thrive together. FOREVER HOME (56:00) At a North Carolina refuge, an architect and his wife are reimagining “home” for rescued farmed animals. From vertical spaces for goats to sunlit houses for chickens, their animal-centred designs combine empathy, creativity and sustainability — offering a hopeful blueprint for compassionate care.
Friday, 07 November 2025
THE EMPATHY PROJECT (30:00) From farmers and French chefs to radical activists, twelve people re-examine their relationships with animals. Their stories reveal how empathy across species can reshape individual lives, ethical choices and the way we live together. WHAT HAPPENED TO OLIVIA (52:46) When covert investigators place cameras inside a Victorian piggery, they uncover abuse far beyond the routine violence of factory farming. Through testimony, behind-the-scenes footage and legal and political analysis, this documentary traces what happened to a sow named Olivia and the movement for justice that followed.
Thursday, 06 November 2025
After escaping an industrial farm, a determined hen finds refuge in a crumbling Greek seaside restaurant. As she fights to protect her eggs, she becomes an unwitting witness to greed, people-smuggling and the moral failures of the humans around her. György Pálfi’s darkly comic fable is told from its avian heroine’s perspective.
Friday, 07 November 2025
Questioning whether his lifelong compassion for animals has made a difference, filmmaker Lucas Spiegel travels the world to meet people remaking humanity’s relationship with the rest of the animal kingdom. Looking for a little hope, he discovers the beginnings of a quiet revolution.
Friday, 07 November 2025
LIBERATION (04:40) A mysterious young girl races against time to free a doomed calf from a factory farm. This concise animation turns an urgent rescue into a haunting confrontation with confinement, courage and compassion. ANIMAL JUSTICE (1:23:00) After witnessing a brutal act of animal abuse, national park ranger Nick Morgan begins a clandestine campaign of revenge. As his police-officer brother investigates a series of deaths and an extremist group draws Nick deeper into violence, loyalty, morality and his commitment to animals collide.
Saturday, 08 November 2025
MOMO GARDEN: The Cows Who Survived Fukushima (11:11) After the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, farmed animals left inside the evacuation zone were abandoned to starvation or culling. Satsuki Tani refused to accept their fate. Momo Garden follows the cows she rescued and the new life they created together. THE BIRDS WHO LIVED HOME — WHERE DID YOU ALL GO? (1:04:10) Tracing the long history of human relationships with chickens, this documentary turns towards the billions of birds and other beings pushed from view by industrial systems. Their presence challenges despair and asks how we might face ecological crisis with greater attention, care and solidarity.
Saturday, 08 November 2025
As Russia’s full-scale war forces millions to flee Ukraine, animal rescuers move in the opposite direction — towards destroyed villages, active shelling and mined roads. Amid relentless danger, RESCUE documents extraordinary acts of courage and the often-overlooked stakes of saving animals during conflict.
Saturday, 08 November 2025
Veteran Australian journalist Tony Jones enters the secretive world of laboratory animal research, following primatologist Dr Lisa Jones-Engel as she confronts the moral consequences of her former work. Combining rare access, testimony and undercover footage, Sentient asks whether harming animals—and the people who work with them—can still be justified in the name of science.
Thursday, 06 November 2025
ALFF26 Opening Night! SHEPHERD BOY (17:25) Abandoned on the outskirts of Doha, a dog named Shepherd Boy must survive the desert alone. This compassionate documentary reveals a rarely seen side of Qatar through the lives of those pushed to society’s margins — human and non-human alike. ALL THE WORLD IS GREEN (1:08:45) Animal farming has transformed the planet — but what can replace it? Travelling across continents, All The World Is Green examines the environmental costs of the global food system and meets the thinkers and changemakers working towards a more sustainable relationship with food, animals and the Earth.
Friday, 07 November 2025
A collection of shorts screening as part of the Animal Liberation Film Festival. RUNT (6:45) Seven-year-old Molly is eager to help on her family’s farm. After witnessing the death of an animal at her father’s hands, she is told that his actions were merciful. Changed by the experience, Molly tries to apply her newly formed sense of morality. GANIBARRA (19:13) To the Jirrbal people of Far North Queensland, the dingo is Ganibarra: kin, totem and teacher. Jirrbal cultural knowledge-holder Sonya Takau and her family share their enduring relationship with the dingoes of Country, confronting the colonial history of persecution and calling for deep listening, accountability and coexistence. FAULKNER: An Activist Story (20:00) After years of uncompromising animal-rights activism, Andy Faulkner begins to reconsider the methods and personal costs of protest. Moving from the confrontational Cube of Screams to the quiet mourning of The Animals’ Funeral, this intimate portrait follows an activist navigating conviction, cancellation and change. ÅRT (12:14) In the upper reaches of Austria’s Vöckla River, two scientists reintroduce endangered stone crayfish. Through quiet observation above and below the waterline, Årt explores conservation and asks what “home” means when it is shaped by place and the species with whom we share it. TIMOSHA (11:20) Trouble suddenly enters the happy, peaceful world of Timosha the hedgehog. Forced to leave his cosy home and begin again, he must learn to understand and accept a life he never chose. A gentle animated story about displacement, loss and starting over. MYLK (17:20) Lea and her daughter Rae are both newly pregnant and closer than ever. But as Lea’s reality begins to fracture, she becomes convinced that something malevolent lies beneath the nature of their motherhood. A psychological thriller that turns maternal love into an unsettling moral mirror. LEGAME MATERNO (15:00) Silvia lives with her son and a two-month-old calf in a small mountain village. After reporting her husband for domestic violence and animal abuse, she unexpectedly comes face to face with her tormentor in this tense drama about protection, courage and the bonds of care.
Thursday, 19 November 2026
A struggling primary school teacher (Saoirse Ronan) begins to make some questionable decisions after one of her students is injured.
Thursday, 26 November 2026
In 2004, an ad director faces a turbulent Christmas weekend. In 2026, a filmmaker turns her story into a screenplay, blurring the lines between reality, fiction, and the people closest to him.
Thursday, 19 November 2026
In the late 1990s, eight-year-old Sasha and her family relocate to a new home on Vancouver Island, but their fresh start is interrupted by increasingly dangerous behaviour from the eldest son, Jeremy.
Thursday, 22 October 2026
50th ANNIVERSARY! Carrie White (Sissy Spacek), a shy, friendless teenager who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother (Piper Laurie), discovers she possesses telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her high school classmates at her senior prom. Based on the novel by Stephen King and directed by Brian DePalma (Body Double, Blow Out), CARRIE was a box office sensation upon release and was nominated for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress at the Academy Awards. DePalma's phantasmagorical imagery made it one of the defining films of the 1970s, and it is now considered one of the greatest horror movies ever made.
Saturday, 31 October 2026
The Met: Live in HD season kicks off with Mozart’s satirical comedy of fickle young love, one of the composer’s most sublime creations. Phelim McDermott’s “colorful, inventive” (The New York Times) staging, inspired by Coney Island in the 1950s, sets the uproarious story at a boardwalk amusement park, where the two pairs of lovers at the heart of the tale find themselves on one emotional—and literal—thrill ride after another. Soprano Federica Lombardi and mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey sing Fiordiligi and Dorabella, opposite tenor Duke Kim and baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky as Ferrando and Guglielmo. Bass-baritone Gerald Finley stars as the cynical Don Alfonso, with soprano Ana María Martínez as the witty maid Despina.
Thursday, 01 April 2027
Charles De Gaulle's journey as a French army officer from 1940 to 1945, tracking his evolution toward a political career.
Thursday, 29 October 2026
55TH ANNIVERSARY! An enduring masterpiece of cinema starring Academy Award-winner Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed, KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption — and a defining work of art from seminal filmmaker Ken Russell. In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of witchcraft by a sexually repressed nun.
Tuesday, 22 December 2026
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, 08 October 2026
RESTORATION! A married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter (Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland) are holidaying in Venice when they encounter two elderly sisters, one of whom is psychic and brings a warning from beyond in Nicolas Roeg's chilling supernatural thriller DON'T LOOK NOW.
Wednesday, 16 December 2026
From Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures comes Dune: Part Three, bringing Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Denis Villeneuve’s epic trilogy to a breathtaking conclusion. Dune: Part Three is set nearly two decades after Paul Atreides seized control of the Imperium. Now a ruthless Emperor, Paul must face the consequences of his reign as old allies return, terrifying new threats emerge, and betrayal lurks in every shadow. Haunted by visions of Imperial collapse and the reappearance of his long-lost love, Paul is drawn into a sweeping conspiracy, with Chani at the heart of its unfolding mystery. As rebellion brews and enemies close in, Paul must confront the true cost of power and the fate of those he loves the most. The film stars Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Oscar nominee Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, Isaach de Bankolé, with Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling, with Anya Taylor-Joy, and Robert Pattinson, and Oscar winner Javier Bardem. Villeneuve directs from a screenplay by Villeneuve and Brian K. Vaughan, based on the novels written by Frank Herbert. The film is produced by Oscar nominees Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Villeneuve and Tanya Lapointe, and Joe Caracciolo, and executive produced by Joshua Grode, Thomas Tull, Herbert W. Gains, Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt, Kim Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Richard P. Rubinstein, John Harrison and Jessica Derhammer. Joining Villeneuve behind the camera are Oscar-winning director of photography Linus Sandgren, Oscar-winning production designer Patrice Vermette, Oscar-winning editor Joe Walker, Oscar nominated costume designer Jacqueline West, Oscar-nominated casting director Francine Maisler, and Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer. Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures Present A Legendary Pictures Production, A Film By Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Three, only in cinemas December 17, 2026. The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures and in China by Legendary East.
Thursday, 19 November 2026
EXCLUSIVE! The combustible chemistry between a Polish florist and a British tourist in this charming postcard of sapphic synchronicity.
Tuesday, 24 November 2026
Stanley Kubrick's final masterpiece is a mystery thriller starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. After his wife, Alice (Kidman), tells him about her sexual fantasies, William Harford (Cruise) sets out for a night of sexual adventure. After several less than successful encounters, he meets an old friend, Nick Nightingale - now a musician - who tells him of strange sex parties when he is required to play the piano blindfolded. All the men at the party are costumed and wear masks while the women are all young and beautiful. Harford manages to find an appropriate costume and heads out to the party. Once there, however, he is warned by someone who recognizes him, despite the mask, that he is in great danger. He manages to extricate himself but the threats prove to be quite real and sinister.
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Sparkling, dizzying, and deliciously potent, Fallen Angels, Noël Coward’s champagne-fresh comedy of bad manners, shocked and delighted audiences at its 1925 premiere. Two upper-class wives, their husbands away for the day, share a few toasts to their pre-marital dalliances—with the same man, who just may be en route from France to visit. Old rivalries and past scandals bubble to the surface in this intoxicating romp from one of theatre’s comedy masters. Starring Golden Globe-winner Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You) and Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara (The King and I), with Tracee Chimo, Mark Consuelos (making his Broadway debut), Christopher Fitzgerald and Aasif Mandvi, this new Roundabout Theatre and Tony Award-winning production of ‘pure escapist fun’ (The New York Times) was filmed live on stage at Broadway’s Todd Haimes Theatre and now comes to the big screen.
Tuesday, 29 December 2026
Ingmar Bergman's 4-time Oscar winning masterpiece
Thursday, 12 November 2026
Pawlikowski (COLD WAR, IDA) returns to the screen with another highly impactful story exploring identity, guilt, family and love in the tumultuous landscape of post War Europe with FATHERLAND, which has already picked up the prize for Best Director at Cannes. At the height of the Cold War, FATHERLAND centres on the relationship between the writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) - actress, writer and rally driver - as they embark on a road trip in a black Buick cruiser across a Germany in ruins to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of German writer, Goethe. Various languages, English subtitles.
Thursday, 21 January 2027
Mihai and Lisbet Gheorghiu, a Romanian-Norwegian Pentecostal couple, move with their five children from Romania to Norway after Mihai’s parents die, seeking closeness to Lisbet’s family, who share their faith. Settling in an isolated coastal village, they form a bond with their neighbors, the Halbergs. When their daughter Elia appears at school with bruises, suspicions arise about the family's strict religious upbringing. Fjord explores clashing worldviews, conformity, tolerance, and the boundaries of freedom and intimacy.
Thursday, 26 November 2026
Dario Russo, of 'Danger 5' cult fame, draws on Japanese and Korean folktales, as well as his own upbringing in the Adelaide Hills, with this story of a trickster fox let loose in the henhouse of Australian culture. Nick is your average good bloke - heart of gold, a bit thick, a dud root, looks forward to schnitty night at the pub. When his fiancée betrays him, Nick is unwise enough to listen to a fox who has a typically cunning scheme for returning his foxy lady to him. An all-star cast headed by Jai Courtney and Emily Browning, includes Miranda Otto and Kym Gyngell, with the voices of Olivia Colman and Sam Neill. There are also talking magpies, magic holes, and lots of yapping Jack Russells. Russo explores the struggle between domestication, commitment and stability against the wild and primal desire for freedom, novelty and lust-but most importantly, he does it in a very, very funny way.
Thursday, 26 November 2026
A world-famous children's author under threat, a battle of wills in the wake of scandal, and one chance to make amends, GIANT tells the story of Roald Dahl (John Lithgow) and the true controversy that challenged his legacy. It's the summer of 1983. ‘The Witches’ is about to be published and Roald Dahl is making last-minute edits. But the fallout from his recent, explicitly antisemitic article refuses to fade. Across one extraordinary afternoon at his family home, and shaken by an explosive confrontation, Dahl is forced to choose: issue a public apology or risk his name and reputation forever. Inspired by true events, GIANT explores, with wit and intelligence, the fine line between personal conviction and dangerous rhetoric, offering a compelling and deeply complex portrait of one of the world's most celebrated—and controversial—authors.
Thursday, 19 November 2026
Josh O’Connor (The Crown; Challengers) leads the cast in this searing revival of Clifford Odets’ knockout American classic. 1930s New York, at the height of the Depression. Joe Bonaparte is a gifted young violinist with a future in music, until a chance at fame and fortune lures him into the brutal world of professional boxing. He must confront what he’s willing to sacrifice, who he’s willing to become and how to find his place in a world that demands he choose a side. Brought to life with a live string quartet and filmed live from the Almeida Theatre. Olivier Award-winner Sam Yates (Vanya) directs this propulsive drama exploring ambition, identity, and the high price of success.
Tuesday, 17 November 2026
Twentieth century documentaries that broke the mould
Wednesday, 14 October 2026
The live theater capture of the hit musical Hadestown, which won eight Tony Awards in 2019 including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, featuring the five original principals of the Broadway company. The genre-defying new musical blends modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine a sweeping ancient tale. Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone —Hadestowninvites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back.
Friday, 09 October 2026
After attending a writing workshop for Hallmark films, documentarian John Wilson takes the lessons learnt from his class and attemps to pitch, and make, a documentary about concrete.
Tuesday, 15 December 2026
DOUBLE BILL: It's a hair-burning, ice-slipping, glass-decoration-crushing, iron-to-the-face double feature as Macauley Culkin stars as Kevin McAllister, the innocent young moppet left behind by his vacationing family to battle home-invading burgulars in John Hughes and Christopher Columbus' blockbuster comedies HOME ALONE and HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK. Eight-year-old Kevin (Culkin, who went on to become one of the biggest stars of the 90s) must protect his house from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas. THEN, one year after being left home alone to defeat a pair of bumbling burglars, he accidentally finds himself stranded in New York City - and the same criminals are not far behind.
Tuesday, 08 December 2026
Oh the places you'll go with Studio Ghibli
Thursday, 12 November 2026
A crew of professional shoplifters takes aim at a cutthroat fashion maven. It's like community service.
Friday, 09 October 2026
Written, directed by and starring Monica Guerritore (Deceitful Love), this biopic tells the story of acclaimed Italian actress Anna Magnani (Bellissima, Mamma Roma, Rome, Open City), a woman who faced an adversity and fought it with dignity. Set during the evening of 21 March 1956 when Anna Magnani (Monica Guerritore) wins the Oscar for Best Actress in The Rose Tattoo, she spends the night waiting for the news to arrive while wandering the alleys and squares of Rome, encountering the locals who love her and recounting special memories she holds dear. Meanwhile Roberto Rossellini (Tommaso Ragno) remains always present in her mind. Throughout this pivotal evening, there is a young girl by her side who will become her agent Carol Levi (Beatrice Grannò, The White Lotus). Unbeknownst to them, a sudden and unpredictable turn of fate awaits Anna. ANNA MAGNANI – THE UNTOLD STORY retraces the darker side of Anna's life, love, and struggle to defend her talent and authenticity within the world of cinema. Italian language, English subtitles.
Wednesday, 30 September 2026
From Academy Award® winning director Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso, Ennio) and scored by Oscar-winning composer Nicola Piovani (Life is Beautiful), this inspirational documentary delivers an intimate portrait of the life and career of Brunello Cucinelli, a fashion entrepreneur with a humanistic philosophy, who rose from humble rural origins to become celebrated as “The King of Cashmere”. Blending classic documentary and cinematic fiction styles, BRUNELLO: THE GRACIOUS VISIONARY retraces the key places and moments in Cucinelli's life, from his childhood in the countryside village of Solomeo, in rural Perugia, to the founding of his company in 1978, and reaching the heights of success as a fashion luminary. Featuring testimonials, archival footage and intimate recollections from Brunello himself, Tornatore highlights the power of dreams and reveals the extraordinary journey a man who, from humble beginnings, built a world-renowned company and luxury fashion empire while maintaining strong values of dignity, artistry and social justice. Some Italian language, English subtitles.
Saturday, 10 October 2026
Directed by his son Toni D'Angelo, this touching documentary about Neapolitan singer/actor Nino D'Angelo explores the story of an artist who has crossed genres, stages, and generations, while remaining true to his roots. In the 1980s, Nino D'Angelo had the most famous blonde bob in Italy after Raffaella Carrà. Now his hair is grey, he now composes his music in a small studio, and he lives in Rome, surrounded by his large family. In 2024, his concert at the Maradona Stadium in Naples is a definitive farewell to the 1980s, and sharing the moment with him, behind the camera, is his son Toni. In NINO. 18 DAYS, Toni D'Angelo follows his father on this tour around Italy. As Toni questions Nino about who he was and how he rose to success, he also takes him back to his childhood, to San Pietro a Patierno in Naples where he grew up, to Casoria where Nino became a man, a singer, and a father, recording intimate moments as they try to reclaim lost time and reconnect. Italian language, English subtitles.
Tuesday, 13 October 2026
In 2010 best friends Valerio De Simoni, Jamie Kenyon and Kris ‘Ted’ Davant embark on the adventure of a lifetime: a 50,000km quad bike journey across three continents to break a Guinness World Record while fundraising to combat global poverty. Valerio keeps a diary and they carry a video camera, vowing to document everything, no matter what. Starting in Istanbul, they cross Europe, travelling through Italy to Sicily and on to Tunisia, then traverse East Africa to Malawi. Embracing new cultures, making friends in unlikely places and creating memories against everchanging, exquisite landscapes, this is their rite of passage to adulthood, and they are intent on testing their limits. The road obliges, becoming tough and unforgiving, fraught with breakdowns, exhaustion, and personal tensions, until tragedy strikes and changes their lives forever. Now, 16 years later, this Australian/Italian co-produced documentary SAND ROADS shares the intimate road trip footage alongside a rediscovered diary and contemporary reflections to tell their heartfelt story of friendship, adventure, loss, and courage. Some Italian language, English subtitles.
Thursday, 15 October 2026
Direct from competing In Competition at the 2026 Venice International Film Festival, THE ECHO CHAMBER is a spellbinding romantic drama about time and memory starring Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl), Luca Marinelli (The Eight Mountains IFF23) and Susan Sarandon (Thelma & Louise). Directed by Italian filmmaker Andrea Pallaoro and featuring a score composed by Academy Award® winner Clément Ducol (Emilia Pérez), this final work of Bernardo Bertolucci (The Conformist, 1900), who wrote the story and screenplay with Ilaria Bernardini (Beloved) and Ludovica Rampoldi (also directs A Brief Affair), follows a love story where the boundaries between presence and absence, care and dependence, desire and control blur until they dissolve. In an endless cycle of longing and separation, intimacy and distance, Leo (Marinelli) and Anne (Vikander) chase each other, but as they drift apart and search for their way back, they cannot let go nor break free. Meanwhile, songstress Ava’s (Sarandon) voice echoes across time, bringing to the surface that which endures and can no longer be held back. Some Italian with English subtitles.
Sunday, 20 September 2026
Featuring stellar supporting performances from Margherita Buy and Laura Morante, this new comedy from Luca Lucini is a story of family, transformation, modern love, and self-discovery. Achille (Matteo Olivetti) and Stella (Martina Gatti) have been together since they were fifteen. Now at thirty, they have a son, a farm, and a mortgage. While Stella has never stopped dreaming, she has grown increasingly weary of Achille’s immature attitude. So, Stella decides to take a break and visit an old childhood friend in Rome. There, at a party, she meets Gil, a chef with a contagious smile, and is swept up in a passionate night with him. The next morning, guilt overwhelms her, and she returns home to Achille, where their passion rekindles. Soon, Stella discovers that the unthinkable has happened: she is pregnant by both men, an extremely rare occurrence of heteropaternal superfecundation. Caught in an emotional whirlwind, can Stella withstand judgment, nervous breakdowns, and gossipmongers, while searching for her own path? Italian language, English subtitles.
Thursday, 15 October 2026
This is the story of a band that grew up but never grew apart. Jebediah's thirty-year journey is a celebration of friendship, creativity, and staying connected against the odds.
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
DOUBLE BILL: Demonic Double! Join us to watch cult classics JENNIFER’S BODY and the 1992 film BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER on the big screen. The unapologetically campy and queer horror film starring Megan Fox as a high school student turned demon is one of the biggest cult classics of the 21st century and is now returning the big screen in this back to back screening! Before the hit 90s TV show, there was a 1992 film bringing Buffy to life. Watch the original Buffy Summers as she learns that she is her generation's destined battler of vampires.
Thursday, 15 October 2026
Explores what it means to be gay throughout different eras, focusing on "three existences" that are connected through themes of sexuality, desire, pain, and inheritance. Spanish language, English subtitles.
Saturday, 13 March 2027
Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns in a new staging by celebrated British director Richard Jones, marking the company’s first new production of La Fanciulla del West in more than 30 years. Soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė makes an important Met debut as the larger-than-life Minnie, the tough tavern owner with a heart of gold who finds love when she least expects it. Tenor SeokJong Baek is the dashing bandit who rambles into the remote California mining town to steal her heart, opposite baritone Christopher Maltman as the lawman determined to deliver rough justice—and win Minnie for himself. Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson takes the podium to conduct one of opera’s most action-packed adventures.
Friday, 16 October 2026
Cyril Aris’ debut A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD is an exhilarating love story set against decades of turmoil in Lebanon that continue today. Winner of multiple audience awards, including at Venice 2025. Nino and Yasmina were born a minute apart in a Beirut hospital while bombs fell around them and became close childhood friends before tragic circumstance intervened. When fate throws them together decades later, Nino is an irresistibly charming optimist who owns a rowdy restaurant, while Yasmina is a cautious government consultant. Delightful rom-com shenanigans ensue as Nino pursues Yasmina, but in a place where gunfire, missiles and economic chaos are ever-present both must consider if there is any future for them in Beirut. Aris’ film is a beautifully judged mix of romance, humour and stark reality, matched by the immensely appealing performances and magnetic chemistry of Hasan Akil and Mounia Akl.
Saturday, 17 October 2026
Starring Rita Hayek (The Insult) and Carlos Azar, LISTE DE MARIAGE is a light-hearted Lebanese romantic comedy filled with humour, awkward encounters, and unexpected chemistry. When Lana reconnects with her former boyfriend, she finds herself pretending to be in a relationship with a mysterious stranger. What begins as a harmless lie soon becomes something neither of them anticipated. A warm and entertaining celebration of love, second chances and the surprises that unfold when life refuses to follow the plan.
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
Two folk horror favourites from director Robert Eggers
Thursday, 03 December 2026
Palme d’Or-winning director Koreeda Hirokazu ('Shoplifters', 'Like Father Like Son', 'The Truth') brings his signature humanism to LOOK BACK, a deeply moving adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s acclaimed 'one-shot' manga about the wild emotional swings of childhood friendship, and the process of finding your voice through art. Nikaho City, northern Japan. Fourth-grader Fujino enjoys the admiration of her classmates, who delight in the four-panel comics she publishes in the school newspaper. But her confidence is shaken when Kyōmoto. – a reclusive classmate whose social anxiety keeps her from attending school - begins submitting work of extraordinary and superior skill. What starts as quiet rivalry soon evolves into a profound creative partnership, bound by a shared devotion to illustration. As they grow together - and eventually apart - their journey traces the fragile interplay of connection, ambition and regret... First published on Shonen Jump+ in 2021, Look Back sparked immediate buzz, recording 2.5 million views on its first day. It has sold over 900,000 copies in Japan and has been published in 37 countries worldwide with more than 750,000 copies sold internationally. Koreeda’s adaptation follows Oshiyama Kiyotaka’s 2024 animated feature adaptation of the same name, a critical and box office success that earned a Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Animated Feature, and a nomination for Best Animated Feature (Independent) at the Annie Awards.
Saturday, 14 November 2026
Two of opera’s most extraordinary artists star in Verdi’s thrilling take on Shakespeare’s immortal tale. Following past triumphs in many of Verdi’s signature baritone roles, Quinn Kelsey is the Scottish king haunted by the ghosts of his murderous ascent to the throne, opposite Lise Davidsen—the world’s reigning dramatic soprano—as the power-mad Lady Macbeth, whose ruinous ambition damns them both. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium for a penetrating production by Louisa Proske, a brilliant young director making waves around the world. Rounding out the all-star cast are tenor Freddie De Tommaso as the heroic Macduff and bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as Macbeth’s friend-turned-victim Banquo.
Saturday, 29 May 2027
Following her radiant performance in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette—which garnered raves for “high notes that spun like liquid gold… Sierra touched the operatic firmament” (The New York Times)—superstar soprano Nadine Sierra takes on another alluring French heroine, the irresistible title character of Massenet’s passionate drama, live from the Met stage to cinemas worldwide. Leading tenor Matthew Polenzani is her idealistic lover, the Chevalier des Grieux, with rising-star baritone Andrzej Filończyk as her stalwart cousin, Lescaut, in a breathtaking Belle Époque staging by director Laurent Pelly.
Friday, 09 October 2026
Fresh from Point Blank and Deliverance, John Boorman was one of the hottest directors on the planet when Warner Bros handed him the keys to one of Hollywood’s most valuable properties and asked him to make THE EXORCIST II. What could possibly go wrong? Pretty much everything. David Kittredge’s hugely entertaining BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL takes a deep dive into the making, breaking and unlikely resurrection of EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC - the wildly ambitious 1977 sequel that was laughed off screens, savaged by critics and came perilously close to destroying Boorman’s career. Along the way there were technical disasters, illness, an occasionally well-lubricated Richard Burton, furious preview audiences and James Earl Jones dressed as a giant locust. And somehow they still finished the bloody thing. Featuring Boorman himself alongside Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher, Joe Dante, Mike Flanagan, Karyn Kusama and others, BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL makes a compelling case for taking another look at one of cinema’s most notorious failures — not necessarily as a misunderstood masterpiece, but as the kind of gigantic, audacious, auteur-driven swing Hollywood would probably be too terrified to take today. Every filmmaker has a flop in them. John Boorman was just unfortunate enough to make one of the most famous.
Saturday, 10 October 2026
Originally made in Thailand in the late ’90s and under the bizarre title 'My Teacher Eats Biscuits', DOGGOD was banned just one day before its premiere for the apparently rather impressive feat of being deemed 'offensive to all religions'. And then it disappeared for 25 years. Now restored from its original 16mm elements, Ing K’s long-buried black comedy follows a foreign investigator into a bizarre Bangkok ashram, where spiritual enlightenment gives way to manipulation, desire, blind devotion and the very human need to worship something — even if that something happens to be a stray dog. Part cult psychodrama, part surreal satire and part cinematic act of blasphemy, DOGGOD fought censorship all the way to Thailand’s Supreme Court before finally escaping into the wild. Ironically, the film they tried to bury is now recognised as part of Thailand’s National Film Heritage. Sometimes God works in mysterious ways. Sometimes he just cocks his leg.
Saturday, 10 October 2026
Two sisters (Lizzy Caplan & Lucy DeVito) with a contentious relationship decide to rob a rural home in upstate New York. The simple robbery turns into a nightmare when one of them throws out her back and becomes immobilized on the second floor. The night spirals out of control as they embark on a painful journey to make it out before the homeowner returns. Written and directed by Raviv Ullman and Greg Yagolnitzer in their feature debut, DRAG takes an elegantly simple premise and keeps tightening the screws, sending its bickering sisters down an increasingly dark, violent and unpredictable rabbit hole. Caplan and DeVito make a magnificently dysfunctional pairing, joined by Christine Ko and a spectacularly against-type John Stamos, who spends an appreciable amount of the film dancing around in his underwear - and occasionally even less. Fresh from a festival run encompassing SXSW, Overlook, BIFAN, Fantasia and FrightFest - and picking up Best Film at Popcorn Frights along the way - DRAG is a viciously funny and wholly unpredictable thriller where a bad back is merely the beginning of a very, very bad day.
Friday, 09 October 2026
Is EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC really one of the worst films ever made… or have we all been getting it wrong for nearly 50 years? Four years after Regan MacNeil’s unfortunate encounter with the Devil, she’s seemingly doing just fine. Unfortunately, nobody told Father Lamont (a gloriously sloppy Richard Burton), who arrives as a priest determined to discover what really happened during her exorcism, sending the pair on an increasingly bonkers journey involving experimental mind-melding technology, psychic powers, African mysticism, swarms of locusts and James Earl Jones dressed as a giant grasshopper. John Boorman’s spectacularly ambitious sequel to The Exorcist was ridiculed upon release and has spent decades occupying a comfortable spot on lists of the worst movies ever made. But look beyond its reputation and you’ll find a visually extraordinary, utterly sincere and genuinely unique piece of ’70s studio filmmaking, backed by an incredible Ennio Morricone score and possessing more ideas in five minutes than most horror sequels manage in their entire running time. Terrible movie? Misunderstood masterpiece? Magnificent folly? Nearly half a century later, EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC is definitely due a re-evaluation. We’ll let you decide.
Saturday, 10 October 2026
October 31st. Halloween. The not-so-distant future. Three years since a plague wiped humans from the face of the planet. All except for 16-year-old ‘Pumpkin’. The last girl left on earth. Pumpkin (Milly Shapiro) is a teenage girl like any other, craving company, connection and the validation of her friends. But fate has decreed that she must walk alone, scavenging her once picturesque, now deserted suburban neighborhood for vital supplies and making ends meet from the remnants of a lost world. Halloween is her favorite night of the year, and she is determined to make the best of it. She assembles candy cane, firecrackers, Jack-o'-lanterns and fashions the ultimate haunted house party, ready for any Trick Or Treaters she desperately hopes will come by. She issues an open invitation over her radio, just in case there is anyone left to hear it. Careful what you wish for… From the still blackness of the night, a ghoulish family of raiders – led by the seductive, vengeful Thalia (Shannyn Sossamon), and surviving on home-brewed medicine and with a ravenous appetite for mayhem – are drawn like moths to a flame to the house, where they quickly make themselves at home. But they picked the wrong house and the wrong girl. And their invasion is just the spark Pumpkin needs to find her courage, to tool up, fight back and become: The Hallowarrior.
Saturday, 10 October 2026
Join Melbourne Horror Film Society ringleaders Melsy Begg, David Lorensene and Andrew Paynter for a session of fiendish questions, cutthroat competition, and devilish prizes. From slashers to shockers, cult classics to deep cuts, this is the ultimate test of horror knowledge — and bragging rights are on the line. Tickets are $15, the prizes are monumental and the cinema in licensed for day drinking! Need we say more? About The Melbourne Horror Film Society Run by fans, for fans The Melbourne Horror Film Society is a not-for-profit group of horror obsessives dedicated to sharing their passion for terrifying films from all over the world and all moments in time. Hit up their website - melbournehorrorsociety.org - or their socials - to find out about their monthly screenings at the Wildflower Video Bar in Fitzroy North. While screenings are free, memberships are required to attend and are available to purchase on the night.
Saturday, 10 October 2026
Some horror movies have one great title. This one has four. THE DEVIL WITHIN HER. Sharon's Baby. I Don't Want To Be Born. The Monster. Whatever you want to call it, there's really only one important thing you need to know: Joan Collins gives birth to a homicidal 12-pound baby after being cursed by a horny little person whose sexual advances she rejected. Welcome to British horror in 1975. Former stripper Lucy Carlesi thinks she's left her old life behind when she settles down with her Italian husband Gino and gives birth to their first child. But little Nicholas isn't exactly a bundle of joy. He scratches his mother bloody, possesses seemingly superhuman strength and soon begins disposing of anyone unfortunate enough to wander too close to his cot. Lucy becomes convinced it all goes back to Hercules, a performer from her stripping days who promised that after rejecting him, her firstborn would be an evil monster. Turns out he wasn't fucking around. Directed by Hammer veteran Peter Sasdy (Taste the Blood of Dracula, Countess Dracula), THE DEVIL WITHIN HER is a wonderfully unhinged slice of post-Exorcist British horror, somehow assembling a first-class cast including Joan Collins, Donald Pleasence, Ralph Bates, Eileen Atkins and Caroline Munro for a movie about a murderous newborn baby. Pleasence plays the doctor tasked with finding a rational explanation for the increasingly irrational carnage, while Atkins plays an Italian nun who has a rather different diagnosis. THE DEVIL WITHIN HER is shocking, lurid, frequently sacrilegious and built around a premise so extraordinary its relative obscurity may be the most bizarre part of the entire film.
Saturday, 10 October 2026
The little boy who terrified audiences in The Omen is all grown up. And unfortunately for the rest of humanity, he's turned into Sam Neill. OMEN III: THE FINAL CONFLICT finds Damien Thorn at 32, fully aware that he's the Antichrist and no longer particularly troubled by the implications. He's rich, powerful, running Thorn Industries and has just been appointed US Ambassador to Great Britain - the same position once held by the adoptive father he helped send to an early grave. But Damien's ascension is threatened by an astronomical event heralding the Second Coming of Christ, prompting him to launch a decidedly unholy search for the newborn child while seven priests armed with the Daggers of Megiddo set out to stop him. Directed by Graham Baker, the man behind Alien Nation (1988) and the criminally underseen Impulse (1984), OMEN III: THE FINAL CONFLICT takes the series out of haunted-child territory and into something grander and stranger - a full-blown battle between good and evil involving Biblical prophecy, murderous monks, fox hunts, political power, the Second Coming and a Jerry Goldsmith score that just won't quit. But the film belongs to Neill. Still near the beginning of an extraordinary international career that would eventually encompass Possession, Dead Calm, The Piano, Jurassic Park, In the Mouth of Madness and The Hunt for Red October, he makes Damien sophisticated, seductive, arrogant and genuinely frightening - delivering the Antichrist's increasingly grandiose proclamations with such absolute conviction that you can understand why people might actually follow the bastard. Following Sam Neill's passing earlier this year at the age of 78, we're proud to return OMEN III: THE FINAL CONFLICT to the big screen.
Friday, 09 October 2026
Murder City’s ambassador of twisted cinema, Dick Dale, returns to Melbourne with his latest Trasharama program, bursting at the screams with the grossest, goriest and greatest short films to grace a Trasharama yet.
Friday, 09 October 2026
Australian exploitation filmmaker Alby Wrangler (Andrew Leavold) dreams of becoming the next Tarantino. Instead, he finds himself in Ghana, conning his way onto the film set of real-life director Samuel "Ninja" Nkansah's kung fu remake of the Jamaican reggae spaghetti western The Harder They Come... starring little people. As Alby goes "full Kinski", the production (also titled The Taller They Come) hurtles off the rails, and this crazy film-within-a-film transforms into an outrageous portrait of artistic ambition gone completely gonzo, in the tradition of Heart of Darkness and Burden of Dreams. Equal parts action film parody, mockumentary and metatextual self-mockery, it's an anarchic celebration of filmmaking obsession. Following The Search for Weng Weng (2013) and Pub: The Movie (2022), Andrew Leavold delivers another wildly entertaining descent into filmmaking madness that every low-budget filmmaker will appreciate.
Saturday, 26 December 2026
From master director Andrey Zvyagintsev ('Leviathan', 'Elena', 'Loveless'), the powerful new drama MINOTAUR traces the emotional and moral collapse of a Russian businessman under the strain of personal and political upheaval. Provincial Russia, 2022. In the immediate aftermath of his nation’s invasion of Ukraine, wealthy company CEO Gleb (Dmitriy Mazurov) is compelled to support the war machine, tasked with “volunteering” men from his own workforce for conscription. As the demands of the state close in, so too does his private life begin to fracture. His growing suspicion that his wife Galina (Iris Lebedeva) is having an affair with a young artist is soon confirmed, sending his carefully constructed world into a rapid descent. Marking his first feature in close to a decade, the now-exiled Zvyagintsev reunites with longtime collaborators cinematographer Mikhail Krichman and production designer Andrey Ponkratov, on a work that stands as a potent continuation of his incisive exploration of power. Both a merciless thriller for our present times and a formidable artistic achievement, MINOTAUR emerges as a pièce de résistance in more ways than one.
Thursday, 08 October 2026
From the makers of Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings comes another heart-warming stop motion offering – MISSING LINK. Lined with a stellar voice cast (Hugh Jackman, Emma Thompson, Zoe Saldana and Zach Galifianakis) and packed with adventure, MISSING LINK is the story of an explorer and myth investigator, Sir Lionel Frost (Hugh Jackman), who finds himself unpredictably recruited by one of those he seeks – a monster. Mr. Link (Zach Galifiniakis) is 8-foot-tall, covered in fur; the fabled remnant of humankind’s primitive ancestry, and he’s seeking his long lost relatives. The two, along with explorer Adelina (Zoe Saldana), embark on a journey that is funny at times, dangerous at others, and always full of heart.
Thursday, 13 May 2027
To celebrate Tate Britain’s blockbuster Monet and Time exhibition, Exhibition on Screen is delighted to bring the iconic story of Claude Monet to cinema screens in May 2027. Undeniably one of the world’s favourite artists and the figurehead of the Impressionist movement prepare to be dazzled by his spectacular and revolutionary use of light and colour and step into one the most famous gardens in art history. Immerse yourself in iconic masterpieces and discover the incredible story of passion and rebellion in this exciting documentary on the man who named the world’s favourite art movement.
Thursday, 15 October 2026
Filmed at night from Tel Aviv rooftops, this investigative documentary examines the civilian casualties of Israel's military operations in Gaza and the systems behind targeted killings of Palestinians.
Thursday, 26 November 2026
Harry Lehman is an aging pickpocket who plies his trade with ever-diminishing returns in a drastically changed New York. Wallets stuffed with cash have been replaced by easily canceled credit cards, and Harry struggles to make ends meet as he cares for his disabled wife, Rosie. When he unwittingly purloins and fences a valuable USB stick, Harry finds himself in a race against time to return the loot or face the rage of a vengeful crime family.
Saturday, 26 June 2027
One of today’s leading dramatic tenors, Brian Jagde takes on the tour-de-force title role of what many consider the ultimate Italian opera, live to cinemas worldwide. Verdi’s monumental Shakespearean tragedy also features soprano Ailyn Pérez in her company role debut as the long-suffering Desdemona, alongside baritone Artur Ruciński as the sinister Iago. Michele Mariotti leads the full forces of the Met Orchestra and Chorus in the exhilarating score.
Thursday, 21 January 2027
In 1986 New York, devil-may-care former cop Gary Pearl (Adam Driver) pitches a lucrative construction project to his engineer brother Irwin (Miles Teller). The catch? The job is full of legal loopholes and encroaches on Russian-gang territory. Knowing his wife Hester (Scarlett Johansson) wants an easier life, Irwin comes aboard – and the siblings quickly make bank. But when Irwin accidentally spies something he shouldn’t have, the mob starts threatening Hester, their two sons and everything the Pearls hold dear.
Saturday, 31 July 2027
A profound philosophical meditation on compassion and reconciliation, this transcendent rendering of a medieval knight’s heroic quest for the Holy Grail returns in François Girard’s celebrated production, a “thoughtful and intrepid staging, full of striking imagery” (The New York Times). Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a cast of Wagnerian superstars, including tenor Piotr Beczała in the title role, mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča as the enigmatic Kundry, baritone Peter Mattei as the ailing Amfortas, bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as the sorcerer Klingsor, and bass Jongmin Park as the wise Gurnemanz.
Thursday, 22 October 2026
A story of two married couples - a laid-off worker and his spouse and a documentary filmmaker and her spouse - crossing paths to film a documentary and facing their different lives and hidden desires.
Thursday, 29 October 2026
In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, PRESSURE follows General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg as they face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether.
Thursday, 29 October 2026
In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history.
Thursday, 03 December 2026
In Metropia, a gigantic city in an alternate future as seen from 1939, private eye Raymond Gunn is drawn into a case involving aliens, murder, and a multimedia star named Venus Nova.
Thursday, 21 January 2027
Pierre-Auguste Renoir is one of the world’s favourite artists; a founding member of the Impressionist movement and a constantly evolving artist, he is unmatched at depicting human connection. The National Gallery’s blockbuster exhibition brings together vibrant masterpieces which explore love in all its forms, bringing colour and warmth into the cold winter months. With exclusive access to this exciting new show, Exhibition on Screen will bring these world class works to cinema audiences, with close examination of the art and leading experts exploring the immense skill and influence of this master of colour and connection. Be transported back to a Parisian summer of love through the eyes of a true visionary. An unmissable opportunity to fall in love with Renoir this winter. Made in close collaboration with The National Gallery, London and Musee d’Orsay, Paris.
Friday, 05 September 2025
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 nothing you've seen before. Written by, directed by, and starring the enigmatic Tommy Wiseau, this misguided disaster-piece has garnered a massive cult following all over the world, leaving audiences stunned and wondering “how can something so bad be so good?” Johnny (Wiseau) seems to have it all - a beautiful fiancée, Lisa (Juliette Danielle), great friends and a job with a promotion in the works. But Lisa isn’t who she seems. Manipulative and restless, she 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 like no other at Nova. Each screening comes with it's own 'The Room Guide', as well as loud cheering, quoting, and yelling, and LOTS of (eco friendly) spoons to be thrown at the screen. So take a seat and watch THE ROOM as it was (never) meant to be seen! Please note that it is a condition of entry to all sessions of THE ROOM that bags must be presented for inspection if requested.
Saturday, 06 February 2027
Sacred, scandalous, and irresistibly alluring, Saint-Saëns’s spectacular take on the biblical hero of legendary strength and the seductive Philistine whose beauty overpowers him returns in the Met’s larger-than-life production. Featuring a massive orchestra and chorus and some of opera’s most spellbinding tunes, this masterpiece of French grand opera is a feast for the eyes and ears. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts an electrifying cast led by the formidable star pairing of mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina and tenor Clay Hilley.
Thursday, 15 October 2026
An irresistible new take on Jane Austen’s iconic SENSE AND SENSIBILITY: a charming, witty, and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles.
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Signing a contract, Jack Torrance, a normal writer and former teacher agrees to take care of a hotel which has a long, violent past that puts everyone in the hotel in a nervous situation. While Jack slowly gets more violent and angry of his life, his son, Danny, tries to use a special talent, the "Shining", to inform the people outside about whatever that is going on in the hotel.
Saturday, 24 April 2027
Following his smash-hit company debut with The Hours, composer Kevin Puts returns to the Met with his Pulitzer Prize–winning first opera, inspired by the true events of the 1914 Christmas truce, when soldiers spontaneously set aside the horrors of the First World War and crossed the trenches to mingle, exchange gifts, and sing carols with the enemy. A poignant depiction of shared humanity in the most inhumane circumstances, Puts’s grand, cinematic opera—with a libretto by Mark Campbell based on the film Joyeux Noël—has been widely acclaimed since its 2011 premiere, hailed as “an overwhelming emotive experience” by The Guardian. Silent Night receives an evocative staging by James Robinson that takes the audience directly to the battlefields of the Western Front. The star-studded cast, featuring soprano Elza van den Heever and tenors Ben Bliss and Rolando Villazón, among many others, is conducted by debuting maestro Dalia Stasevska.
Thursday, 08 October 2026
A companion piece to the hit film The Social Network, Sorkin’s original screenplay is based on the events that gave rise to the Wall Street Journal’s shocking exposé The Facebook Files. The film is inspired by the true story of how Frances Haugen (Madison), a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz (White), a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the social network’s most guarded secrets.
Thursday, 15 October 2026
Amy Goodman has reported some of the most consequential stories of our time. STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! is a gripping portrait of a journalist whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans three decades of turbulent history.
Thursday, 29 October 2026
The quietly spellbinding new drama from rising Spanish writer/director Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (Lullaby), SUNDAYS deftly captures the rupture within a family after a young woman defies expectations with her chosen vocation, forcing those closest to her to contemplate how they will move forward. Bilbao. Every Sunday when she’s home from boarding school, brilliant and deeply religious 17-year-old Ainiara (compelling newcomer Blanca Soroa) and her extended family gather for lunch at the home of her paternal grandmother (Mabel Rivera). One day, she shocks everyone by revealing that, rather than pursue university, she is considering following her faith to become a cloistered nun. Her bombshell ripples through the family, particularly affecting her widowed restauranteur father (Miguel Garcés), and her aunt Maite (Patricia López Arnaiz), an intelligent and supposedly tolerant woman who has been very active in raising her, challenging their worldviews and igniting long-buried tensions. Featuring beautifully judged and authentic performances, Ruiz de Azúa’s elegant film finds profound meaning in the rich details of her character’s everyday life, offering layered perspectives and no easy conclusions. A major triumph at the Spanish box office in late 2025, SUNDAYS confirms her as a filmmaker of formidable talent, and a vital new female voice in world cinema
Tuesday, 13 October 2026
Visually dazzling adventures from Argento and Tarsem
Tuesday, 01 December 2026
Revenge thriller masterpieces from Welles and Wilder
Thursday, 15 October 2026
Twenty Years of the Met in Cinemas is a celebration of the Met’s two decades of onstage glory as experienced in movie theaters, featuring highlights from the company’s collection of more than 185 extraordinary onscreen performances. Hosted by star soprano Renée Fleming, this special presentation will showcase unforgettable moments from some of opera’s greatest stars, culled from the series’ vast archive of transmissions, featuring such remarkable artists as Lise Davidsen, Natalie Dessay, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez, Elīna Garanča, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Jonas Kaufmann, Peter Mattei, Matthew Polenzani, Sondra Radvanovsky, Nadine Sierra, and, of course, Fleming herself amongst others.
Saturday, 31 October 2026
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.
Tuesday, 03 November 2026
The ultimate "that could never happen here" double
Thursday, 15 October 2026
RESTORATION! David Cronenberg's VIDEODROME is the director's chilling 1983 body horror exploring 'snuff film' culture during the decade's cable TV explosion. The unusual conspiracies, sadomasochism, and erotica of pirate-TV programme VIDEODROME lure in Max Renn (James Woods), the head of a Canadian television station looking for shows suitable for late-night viewers. As audiences start tuning in, deception, mind-control and acts of violence begin to intrude on Max’s reality.
Thursday, 05 November 2026
On the outskirts of a village by the sea, lives a Fisherwoman; smelly, single and perpetually ridiculed. One day, fed up with her stuffy, small-minded neighbors, she commissions herself a husband to be made from wicker. In an otherwise conservative town, this unconventional romance sparks outrage, jealousy and chaos.
Thursday, 05 November 2026
Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.
Thursday, 12 November 2026
The marriage of Derya and Aziz is under pressure after losing their jobs because of state arbitrariness and moving to Istanbul to live with Aziz's parents. They and their 13-year-old daughter Ezgi have to redefine their way of life. Turkish language, English subtitles.
Thursday, 10 December 2026
A midnight phone call from a friend asking for a favor leads a failed writer to be trapped on a surreal subantarctic island, with darkly comedic consequences.