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Tuesday, 29 July 2025
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, 19 June 2025
Gillian Anderson (Sex Education), Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), and Ben Foster (Lone Survivor) lead the cast in Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece, returning to cinemas. As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski. From visionary director Benedict Andrews, this acclaimed production was filmed live during a sold-out run at the Young Vic Theatre in 2014.
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
MOVIE EPIC! James Cameron’s classic 1989 sci-fi epic returns to the big screen fully restored. The crew of an experimental, high-tech submersible is called into action to investigate a mysterious nuclear submarine crash. A series of strange encounters leads the crew to suspect the accident was caused by an extraterrestrial craft, and that they may be participating in an encounter with an alien species.
Saturday, 03 May 2025
RESTORATION! The classic anime cyberpunk action film from 1988 returns to the cinema screen fully remastered and remixed. Set in a dystopian 2019, Kaneda and his motorbike gang tear through Neo Tokyo - a city divided by growing tensions. When Kaneda’s friend has an accident, he discovers a secret government project - and acquires telekinetic abilities. Katsuhiro Otomo’s anime film has a cult following and now, Neo Tokyo will be truly bursting off the screen. Japanese language, English subtitles.
Thursday, 24 April 2025
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.
Thursday, 29 May 2025
60TH ANNIVERSARY! Lemmy Caution, an American secret agent, is sent to ALPHAVILLE, a futuristic city on another planet. His mission is to find Henry Dickson, a missing agent, and kill the creator of ALPHAVILLE.
Thursday, 21 August 2025
25TH ANNIVERSARY! A wealthy New York investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.
Thursday, 01 May 2025
January 2020. A film crew reunites near Wuhan to resume the shooting of a film halted ten years earlier, only to share the unexpected challenges as cities are placed under lockdown.
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
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 realised 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.
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
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.
Wednesday, 07 May 2025
BJÖRK'S CORNUCOPIA is a documentary concert film by legendary Icelandic artist Björk, capturing her 2023 performance at Lisbon's Altice Arena during the four yearlong Cornucopia tour. Directed by Ísold Uggadóttir, the film integrates live footage with immersive visuals, and features songs from Björk's albums Fossora (2022), Utopia (2017) and Vulnicura (2015), presented through elaborate stage designs and multimedia elements. Subtitles for all lyrics appear on screen throughout, in Björk’s own handwriting. In addition to the film, Björk released a live album titled Apple Music Live: Björk (Cornucopia), featuring performances from the show. This album is available exclusively on Apple Music. Björk, a Grammy award-winning Icelandic musician, composer, and producer, has had a profound impact on music, art, and culture over her career. She is known for her unique voice and groundbreaking sound, often combining electronic beats with orchestral arrangements, creating complex, emotional, and futuristic music.
Sunday, 25 May 2025
Based on the 1958 science fiction classic, director Chuck Russell and screenwriter Frank Darabont reimagine the tale of a squishy yet deadly outer space mass which invades a small town before its citizens and a secretive government science agency race to destroy it. Initially dismissed for being another flick in a long list of teenagers-versus-evil releases of the 1980s, it's since been elevated to cult status by horror fans for it's borderline campiness, Cold War paranoia, gruesome special effects and genuine superiority over the original film.
Thursday, 08 May 2025
It's ChalaMAY! Cinema Nova celebrates one of the big screen's brightest stars with four flicks from across the oeuvre of Timothée Chalamet. Based on the novel by Camille DeAngelis, Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name, Challengers) directs Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell in a sensuous gothic-romance. Maren (Russell) is separated from her father following an incident that forces them to flee their home in the middle of the night. Meeting the charismatic Lee (Chalamet) while searching for the mother that abandoned her as a child, Maren discovers they share a primal urge they cannot ignore. Embarking on a thousand-mile odyssey which takes them along the back roads of Ronald Reagan’s America, they attract the unwanted attention of others who share their forbidden desires. Winner: Best Director and Best Newcomer at the 2022 Venice Film Festival.
Thursday, 08 May 2025
ChalaMAY! Nova’s KC remembers: “It was the night after the opening of the 2017 Melbourne International Film Festival. Entering the Comedy Theatre I was pulled aside by a member of the Sony team so they could introduce me to director Luca Guadagnino, who was a guest of the fest. Thrown by the immediacy of the moment we spoke briefly about his prior films I Am Love and A Bigger Splash. He was a shy and humble man but genuinely warm and happy to chat. Taking my seat, I couldn’t have anticipated what was to come. CALL ME BY YOUR NAME moved me to my core; a sweeping queer romance that captured the thrill and emotion of first love. A star-making performance by Timothee Chalamet, career-best support by Armie Hammer and Michael Stuhlbarg, sunny Italian settings and nostalgic needle-drops combined to create sublime cinema. Giving the film a standing ovation as tears flowed, a post-movie wine with the studio locked in how we’d approach the release at Cinema Nova. Kicking off with a ‘Peach Party’ premiere screening, the film played all the way through the award season where it was nominated for Best Picture and won Best Adapted Screenplay at the Academy Awards. Cinema Nova’s audience embraced the film so thoroughly that the theatre out-grossed not only entire countries but whole continents. To this day I still get a chill when I think about the film, and it’s success is a career highlight.” Directed by Luca Guadagnino and based on Andre Aciman’s romantic novel, during the summer of 1983 precocious 17-year-old Elio Perlman (Chalamet) is spending his days with his family at their 17th-century villa in Lombardy, Italy. He soon meets Oliver, a handsome doctoral student who's working as an intern for Elio's father. Amid the sun-drenched splendour of their surroundings, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever. Co-written by James Ivory, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME is a towering work of queer cinema; romantic, sensuous and utterly gorgeous. Some Italian, French language, English subtitles
Thursday, 19 June 2025
Director Todd Haynes' Oscar nominated romantic drama starring Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Carrie Brownstein and Sarah Paulson returns to the screen due to popular demand. Therese Belivet (Mara) works as a sales clerk in a popular Manhattan department store. Dreaming of a more fulfilling life, Therese meets Carol (Blanchett) - a confident woman trapped in a loveless marriage of convenience. Immediately drawn to Carol, Therese begins an intense journey of self-discovery as Carol exposes her to a love and passion never before experienced. Adapted from the novel ‘The Price of Salt’ by Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr Ripley), CAROL is a powerful romance fuelled by the suspense, danger and exhilaration of forbidden love.
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
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, 13 February 2024
No politics, sport or geography - just cinema! Film buffs unite, for Nova's monthly movie trivia event. Join your host, award-winning comedian Alex Hines, for a fabulous evening of laughs, drinks, food, games, surprises and of course trivia. We’ll test your knowledge on all things cinema, from the obscure, to the blockbuster, to the pure art-house to the juicy gossip, so grab a crew, come on down and show off your film expertise. Please note, bookings are per team. Teams can consist of up to four people. Please arrive a few minutes early to register your team (and grab a drink from the in-cinema bar!)
Thursday, 10 July 2025
40TH ANNIVERSARY! Six guests are anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner, but after their host is killed, they must cooperate with the staff to identify the murderer as the bodies pile up.
Thursday, 22 May 2025
After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.
Thursday, 08 May 2025
The legendary Mick “Crocodile” Dundee returns to the big screen! CROCODILE DUNDEE: THE ENCORE CUT features a meticulous restoration that brings new life to this all-time movie classic, allowing audiences to rediscover what made it a global sensation and introduced modern Australia to the world. American reporter Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski) travels to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric bushman who survived a near-fatal crocodile attack. Introduced to Mick "Crocodile" Dundee (Paul Hogan) and the stunning wilderness of the Northern Territory, Sue invites Mick to New York to experience her world of gridlocked streets, dizzying skyscrapers and high-end parties.
Thursday, 24 April 2025
Lia, a retired teacher, has promised to find her long-lost niece, Tekla. Her search takes her to Istanbul where she meets Evrim, a lawyer fighting for trans rights, and Tekla starts to feel closer than ever.
Thursday, 01 May 2025
Dale Frank, a painter known for his irreverent and vulnerable style, faces a whirlwind of tasks, preparing for an exhibition, fulfilling overseas commissions, restoring a mansion, establishing a botanical garden, and managing pain.
Thursday, 12 June 2025
30TH ANNIVERSARY! Jordan White (James Duval) and Amy Blue (Rose McGowan), two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red (Johnathon Schaech). Together, the threesome embark on a sex-and-violence-filled journey through an America of psychos and quickie marts.
Thursday, 24 April 2025
Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove. This explosively funny satire, about a rogue U.S General who triggers a nuclear attack, is led by a world-renowned creative team including Emmy Award-winner Armando Iannucci and Olivier Award-winner Sean Foley. Co-adapted by Armando Iannucci. Co-adapted and directed by Sean Foley.
Thursday, 22 May 2025
45TH ANNIVERSARY! A mysterious blonde woman kills one of a psychiatrist's patients, and then goes after the high-class call girl who witnessed the murder.
Thursday, 01 May 2025
30TH ANNIVERSARY! Because of his eccentric habits and bafflingly strange films, director Edward D. Wood Jr. is a Hollywood outcast. Nevertheless, with the help of the formerly famous Bela Lugosi and a devoted cast and crew of show-business misfits who believe in Ed's off-kilter vision, the filmmaker is able to bring his oversize dreams to cinematic life. Despite a lack of critical or commercial success, Ed and his friends manage to create an oddly endearing series of extremely low-budget films.
Thursday, 22 May 2025
A mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.
Thursday, 12 June 2025
Australian musician Warren Ellis takes us on a guided tour through his world and one very special animal sanctuary. A key member of iconic bands The Dirty Three and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, multi-instrumentalist Ellis has cut a brilliant and unorthodox figure in music for over three decades. Far from the international concert halls in which he has plied his craft lies a very different passion project: a wildlife sanctuary in the forests of Sumatra. Co-founded by Ellis and spearheaded by the indomitable Femke den Haas, whose dedicated team of conservationists rescues trafficked and mistreated animals and then devotes years to nursing them back to health. This fly-on-the-wall documentary offers both a deeply personal insight into one artist's life through the act of creating and an inspiring reminder of how much can be achieved when working together.
Saturday, 24 May 2025
Directed by Denis Villenueve (Dune, Incendies) and starring Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler), ENEMY is a mesmerising psychological thriller based on the novel ‘The Double’ by Nobel laureate José Saramago. Jake Gyllenhaal plays Adam, a university lecturer nearing the end of his relationship with girlfriend Mary (Mélanie Laurent). One night, while watching a film, Adam spots a minor actor who looks just like him. Consumed by the desire to meet his double, Adam tracks down the actor and engages him in a complex and dangerous struggle… Dark, gripping and pulsating with atmosphere, ENEMY is a haunting and provocative psychosexual thriller that has drawn comparisons to both Lynch and Cronenberg.
Thursday, 22 May 2025
An American drug dealer living in Tokyo is betrayed by his best friend and killed in a drug deal. His soul, observing the repercussions of his death, seeks resurrection.
Thursday, 20 March 2025
65TH ANNIVERSARY! Deranged Doctor Génessier (Pierre Brasseur) attempts to replace the disfigured visage of his daughter Christiane (Edith Scob) with stolen faces in Georges Franju's 1960 horror classic EYES WITHOUT A FACE. Acclaimed by critic Pauline Kael as "the most austerely elegant horror film ever made", the film famously made multiple attendees of the Edinburgh Film Festival faint during the screening despite being cleared by the European censors. Now revered as a genre classic thanks to the masterful direction of Franju, it returns to the cinema screen to haunt a new generation. French language, English subtitles.
Saturday, 05 July 2025
A spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitch-hiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes.
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
DOUBLE BILL! A Matthew Broderick double feature featuring the star in two of his most iconic roles. Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) has an uncanny skill at cutting classes and getting away with it. Intending to make one last duck-out before graduation, Ferris calls in sick, "borrows" a Ferrari, and embarks on a one-day journey through the streets of Chicago. On Ferris' trail is high school principal Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), determined to catch him in the act. Alexander Payne directs one of the finest political satires of modern times, ELECTION. Matthew Broderick stars as high school teacher Jim McAllister. Having not quite lost his passion for teaching, the unopposed campaign of over-achieving student Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) to become Class President causes McAllister to intervene. Recruiting a popular jock (Chris Klein) to run against Tracy for the greater good of the democratic process, what should have been a valuable learning experience spirals out of control in unforeseeable ways.
Thursday, 01 May 2025
As Jane prepares to leave a police flat where she was born and raised, she starts to reflect on old memories including a painful story of love and intimacy lost between a handsome young policeman and Ann, the ambitious older girl Jane once secretly loved. These memories bring to light past secrets Jane has never told anyone. Thai language, English subtitles.
Thursday, 29 May 2025
ENCORE SEASON! See the hilarious, award-winning, one-woman show that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, filmed live for cinemas from London’s West End. Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve) and directed by Vicky Jones, FLEABAG is a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life. Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig café struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing to lose. Playing to sold-out audiences in New York and London, don’t miss your chance to see this ‘legitimately hilarious show’ (New Yorker), filmed live from London and heading soon to a cinema near you! ★★★★★ 'Witty, filthy and supreme.' Guardian
Thursday, 22 May 2025
Frankie, a young mother with dyschronometria, struggles to perceive time. Using cassette tapes for guidance, she takes a risky job from a mysterious woman to support her family, unaware of the dark consequences that await.
Friday, 16 May 2025
Deep in the wild Southern Ocean, halfway between Australia and Africa, a snowy volcano nine thousand feet high rears up from the sea like a Great White Whale. Five times it tried to kill the first team that tried to climb it. But back they sailed, through the worst seas in the world, to try again, this time with the legendary Bill Tilman as skipper. This is the gripping tale of both expeditions, told by those that were there, one of whom sings the story too, as befits the epic saga that it was.
Saturday, 24 May 2025
Causing a sensation upon its premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, HEREDITARY has already been called one of the most chilling films of all time. Featuring an incredible performance by Toni Collette, Ari Aster's film has been compared to cinematic masterpieces including The Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby and The Babadook. When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter's family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem to have inherited. Making his feature debut, writer-director Ari Aster unleashes a nightmare vision of a domestic breakdown that exhibits the craft and precision of a nascent auteur, transforming a familial tragedy into something ominous and deeply disquieting, and pushing the horror movie into chilling new terrain with its shattering portrait of heritage gone to hell.
Thursday, 22 May 2025
A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery. He meets a mystical guide who introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful people, each representing a planet in the Solar system. These seven, along with the protagonist, the guide and the guide's assistant, divest themselves of their worldly goods and form a group of nine who will seek the Holy Mountain, in order to displace the gods who live there and become immortal.
Thursday, 22 May 2025
It's ChalaMAY! Cinema Nova celebrates one of the big screen's brightest stars with four flicks from across the oeuvre of Timothée Chalamet. Making its debut at SXSW in 2017, Elijah Bynum directs Timothée Chalamet, Maika Monroe and William Fichtner in a coming-of-age crime thriller about a sheltered teen (Chalamet) who discovers a way to get rich quick during a wild summer in Cape Cod. Set in 1991 and shot-thru with a neon hue that would become a signature of the film’s US distributor A24, HOT SUMMER NIGHTS is an energetic pulp obscurity that showcases Chalamet on the cusp of becoming a major movie star.
Friday, 04 April 2025
In this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.
Friday, 05 September 2025
Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind 'Prima Facie'. Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top of her career. Behind the robe, she is a karaoke fiend, a loving wife and a supportive parent. When an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance, can she hold her family upright? Writer Suzie Miller, director Justin Martin, and composer Self Esteem, reunite following their global phenomenon Prima Facie, with this searing examination of modern motherhood and masculinity.
Thursday, 29 May 2025
Follows the life of a Polish nurse Irene Gut Opdyke who was awarded the Righteous Among the Nations medal for showing remarkable courage in her attempt to save Polish Jews during World War II.
Thursday, 19 June 2025
A desperately single bookseller, lost in a fantasy world, finds herself forced to fulfil her dreams of becoming a writer in order to stop messing up her love life.
Tuesday, 21 October 2025
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 May 2025
Follows the life in the kitchen of a NYC restaurant where cultures from all over the world blend during the lunchtime rush.
Thursday, 15 May 2025
It's ChalaMAY! Cinema Nova celebrates one of the big screen's brightest stars with four flicks from across the oeuvre of Timothée Chalamet. Greta Gerwig’s impressive directorial debut stars Saoirse Ronan as a seventeen-year-old desperate to escape the mundane surrounds of her small Californian town. Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Ronan) dreams of attending university on the American east coast, mostly to frustrate her mother Marion (Laurie Metcalf), and sets about reinventing herself by hooking up with two very different boys (Lucas Hedges and Timothée Chalamet).
Thursday, 01 May 2025
The daunting, rambling estate of Knowl is no home for a young woman on her own, and certainly not for Maud (Agnes O’Casey, The Miracle Club) - just 18 years old. Freshly burdened with the sudden death of her father, and granted inheritance to his entire estate when she comes of age at 21, Maud is alone, unschooled in the ways of society, and vulnerable. The wolves begin to circle… In a bewildering turn of events, Uncle Silas (David Wilmot, The Guard) is revealed as Maud’s guardian in her father’s will. A pariah of ‘society’, he is infamous for being a callous and uncaring man. Silas is furious at being denied his ‘rightful’ inheritance, and in a world designed to constrain women, deploys society’s most underhand weapons to bend Maud to his will. As family secrets are uncovered, Maud discovers and reclaims her fledgling independence. Lies We Tell is a chilling and atmospheric gothic tour de force, featuring a star making turn from Agnes O’Casey.
Thursday, 21 August 2025
A life-affirming, genre-bending story based on Stephen King's novella about three chapters in the life of an ordinary man named Charles Krantz. Written and directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill, Lauren LaVera, Karen Gillan, Matthew Lillard, Harvey Guillén, David Dastmalchian, Mia Sara, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Q'orianka Kilcher, Jacob Tremblay.
Thursday, 01 May 2025
It's ChalaMAY! Cinema Nova celebrates one of the big screen's brightest stars with four flicks from across the oeuvre of Timothée Chalamet. Director Greta Gerwig’s (Lady Bird) acclaimed adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved drama stars Saoirse Ronan alongside Timothée Chalamet, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Laura Dern and Meryl Streep. Shot on location in Massachusetts – where Alcott grew up in real life – Gerwig’s film captures the authenticity and warmth of Alcott’s original story in a new vision that gives it bold modern flair.
Tuesday, 03 June 2025
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
Saturday, 24 May 2025
Marcel is an adorable, 1-inch-tall shell who enjoys a colourful existence with his grandmother, Connie, and their pet lint, Alan. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they are the sole survivors of a mysterious exodus. When a documentary filmmaker discovers them in his short-term rental, a short film he posts online brings Marcel millions of passionate fans and a new hope of finding his long-lost family. Adapted from the series of animated short films, Dean Fleischer-Camp's MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON features the voices of Jenny Slate and Isabella Rossellini in a critically acclaimed, profound and heartwarming tale. "Hilarious and extremely sweet... a feel-good movie that’s not like anything you’ve seen before" - VOX "There is real emotion and purpose pumped into the tiny picture -- it has a heart as big as its title character is small." - GLOBE & MAIL
Saturday, 05 July 2025
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024–25 Live in HD season comes to a close with Rossini’s effervescent comedy. Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside American tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Moldovan baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the ingenious barber of Seville, with Hungarian bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Bartlett Sher’s madcap production.
Saturday, 10 May 2025
Mozart’s timeless comedy returns to cinemas worldwide with a live transmission from the Metropolitan Opera. Conductor Joana Mallwitz, in her Met debut, takes the podium to conduct a stellar ensemble cast including American bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as the clever valet Figaro, Ukrainian soprano Olga Kulchynska as the wily maid Susanna, Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins as the skirt-chasing Count, Italian soprano Federica Lombardi as his anguished wife, and French mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa as the adolescent page Cherubino.
Saturday, 07 June 2025
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium to conduct Strauss’s one-act tragedy, which will be transmitted live from the Metropolitan Opera stage to cinemas worldwide. Leading the company’s first new production of the work in 20 years, Claus Guth, one of Europe’s leading opera directors, gives the biblical story a psychologically perceptive Victorian-era setting. South African soprano Elza van den Heever leads a celebrated cast as the abused and unhinged antiheroine, with Swedish baritone Peter Mattei as the imprisoned prophet Jochanaan; German tenor Gerhard Siegel as Salome’s lecherous stepfather, King Herod; American mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung as his wife, Herodias; and Polish tenor Piotr Buszewski as Narraboth.
Thursday, 10 July 2025
The spectacular sculptures and paintings of Michelangelo seem so familiar to us, but what do we really know about this Renaissance giant? Michelangelo’s genius is evident in everything he touched. Beautiful and diverse works such as the towering statue of David, the moving Pietà in the Papal Basilica of St. Peter and his tour-de-force, the Sistine Chapel ceiling, still leave us breathless today. Spanning his 88 years, Michelangelo: Love and Death takes a cinematic journey through the print and drawing rooms of Europe through the great chapels and museums of Florence, Rome and the Vatican to seek out a deeper understanding of this legendary figure’s tempestuous life, his relationship with his contemporaries and his incredible legacy. Through expert commentary, stunning visuals and Michelangelo’s own words, this film takes a fresh look at a master artist whose life and genius are celebrated in every mark he made. Returning to cinemas in 2025 to celebrate the 550th anniversary of this iconic artist’s birth.
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
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, 15 May 2025
Returning to Saint-Martial for his late boss's funeral, Jérémie's stay with widow Martine becomes entangled in a disappearance, a threatening neighbor, and an abbot's shady intentions. French language, English subtitlles.
Thursday, 08 May 2025
Follows the beginnings of the iconic French-Armenian singer, songwriter and actor, Charles Aznavour, from zero to fame. Some French and Armenian language, English subtitles.
Saturday, 29 April 2000
Melbourne Queer Film Festival invites you to the wedding of the year! Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her wife Lee's expensive IVF. Their plans are upended, however, when Min's grandmother surprises them with an extravagant Korean wedding banquet to celebrate their nuptials. THE WEDDING BANQUET is a joyful, exuberant and fresh take on the romantic comedy genre featuring an acclaimed and hilarious cast of multigenerational talent, led by Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon), Bowen Yang (Wicked), Kelly Marie Tran (The Last Jedi) and Oscar winner Youn Yuh-jung (Minari).
Thursday, 08 May 2025
After seven decades filming every aspect of the natural world, David Attenborough delivers his greatest message of hope in a spectacular new film, OCEAN with David Attenborough, a Global Cinema Release from 8 May, David Attenborough’s 99th birthday. The powerful documentary takes viewers on a breathtaking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean. In the film the celebrated broadcaster and filmmaker reveals how his lifetime has coincided with the great age of ocean discovery. Through spectacular sequences featuring coral reefs, kelp forests and the open ocean, Attenborough shares why a healthy ocean keeps the entire planet stable and flourishing. Stunning, immersive cinematography showcases the wonder of life under the seas and exposes the realities and challenges facing our ocean as never-before-seen, from destructive fishing techniques to mass coral reef bleaching. Yet the story is one of optimism, with Attenborough pointing to inspirational stories from around the world to deliver his greatest message: the ocean can recover to a glory beyond anything anyone alive has ever seen.
Thursday, 27 March 2025
Leonard Fife, one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam, shares all his secrets to de-mythologize his mythologized life.
Friday, 20 June 2025
Set in 1972 New York, this documentary explores John and Yoko's world amid a turbulent era. Centered on the One to One charity concert for special needs children, it features unseen archives, home movies, and restored footage.
Sunday, 11 May 2025
In the summer of 1982, during Israel’s invasion of Beirut, the Israeli army raided the Palestinian Research Centre, looting its entire archive, which contained invaluable documents and visual materials of Palestinian history. The erasure of Palestinian material culture is a more obscured front on Israel’s dispossession of Palestinian peoples, continuing with the recent destruction of archives, libraries, and museums in Gaza. These acts are deliberate violations of Palestinian sovereignty, making it harder for future generations to reclaim their histories. Through a blend of documentary and experimental filmmaking, A FIDAI FILM reclaims and confronts the looted images now held in Israeli archives, offering a counter-narrative to this erasure. Kamal Aljafari’s cinematic sabotage is an act of resistance against the destruction of Palestinian cultural memory, connecting past and present efforts to obliterate Palestinian heritage. Through this archival lens, the film emphasizes the urgent need to preserve and reclaim Palestinian history amid ongoing occupation and displacement. Short film UPSHOT to play before feature. Suleiman and Lubna, a retired couple, lead a quiet life on their remote farm—he works the fields, she manages the home. Their playful debates about their children highlight their close connection. But when a journalist shows up with questions about Suleiman’s past, their tranquillity is shattered. Arabic and Hebrew language, English subtitles.
Sunday, 11 May 2025
In November 2023, Gaza-born Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi (Passing Dreams [PFF’25], Falastine Stereo, Leila’s Birthday) founded the Masharawi Fund to support films and filmmakers in Gaza. FROM GROUND ZERO, their first project, gave displaced artists—survivors of Israel’s assault—a platform for personal expression. The collection features 22 short films, spanning documentary, drama, stop-motion, and experimental video art. These films offer crucial context, countering the gruesome livestreams seen globally. Through allegory and creativity, filmmakers reflect on survival under bombardment. Khamis Masharawi’s Soft Skin shows orphaned children in an art therapy workshop, while Nidal Damo’s Everything is Fine follows a comedian who finds his venue destroyed after a massacre. Ahmed Hassouna’s Sorry Cinema explores a filmmaker’s fractured relationship with the art form. FROM GROUND ZERO provides an urgent response to catastrophe and a powerful portrait of Gaza’s resilient artistic community. Arabic language, English subtitles.
Saturday, 10 May 2025
GARZEN TALES, directed by Mahmoud Nabil Ahmed, is a deeply moving documentary that offers an intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of four men in Gaza. Through its lens, the film captures their pre-war routines, providing a rare and authentic glimpse into a region often overshadowed by narratives of violence. Created by non-professional filmmakers as part of a workshop, GARZAN TALES brings a raw and personal perspective to themes of resilience, love, and survival, showcasing the intricacies of human existence in an environment marked by challenges. The film intertwines the stories of its protagonists, revealing their struggles, hopes, and moments of quiet joy, all set against the backdrop of a complex socio-political landscape. By focusing on the human experience rather than the conflict itself, GARZAN TALES offers a refreshingly unique narrative that celebrates the strength and dignity of Gaza's residents. Its poignant storytelling invites viewers to connect deeply with the lives depicted, fostering empathy and understanding for a community defined by endurance and a profound commitment to life amidst adversity. Through this heartfelt exploration, GARZAN TALES stands as a testament to the enduring spirit of humanity in even the most challenging circumstances. Arabic language, English subtitles.
Saturday, 10 May 2025
In Bethlehem, Sami meets his uncle Kamal, who runs a souvenir shop. With Kamal and his reporter daughter Miriam, they travel to Haifa seeking Sami's lost bird. Masharawi's film highlights everyday Palestinian life amid conflict. Markets bustle, tourists’ shop, and life continues despite challenges. Filmed on location across the West Bank, the road trip evokes Kiarostami's style while revealing Sami's family history, including his father's imprisonment. Though optimistic, the film acknowledges Palestinian reality through checkpoints, searches, and military presence. These elements are treated with resignation and occasional humour. Munajim's bright cinematography enhances the film's warmth, complemented by strong performances from Barhom as the weary but persistent Kamal and Ayyash as the determined Sami. PASSING DREAMS is a heartfelt film celebrating kindness and solidarity in adversity, placing hope at its centre with charm and sincerity. Arabic language, English subtitles.
Friday, 09 May 2025
THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US is a compelling story of two sisters fighting to claim their inheritance amidst patriarchal laws and political tensions under occupation. Blending dark humour with feminist themes, the film highlights their journey of resilience and solidarity, offering a poignant exploration of systemic injustice and the enduring power of sisterly determination. Short film AN ORANGE FROM JAFFA to play before feature. Mohammed, a young Palestinian, is desperately looking for a taxi to take him through an Israeli checkpoint. The driver, Farouk, discovers that Mohammed has already failed to cross the checkpoint. Trouble begins. Some Arabic and Hebrew language, English subtitles.
Saturday, 10 May 2025
THE TEACHER is a powerful political drama that explores the deep emotional and moral complexities of resistance, loss, and survival under occupation. The story follows Basem El-Saleh (played by Saleh Bakri), a beloved Palestinian schoolteacher who leads a quiet double life. By day, he’s a compassionate educator and mentor to a group of teenage boys struggling to come of age under military control. But beneath the calm surface, Basem is involved in a clandestine resistance network, making increasingly dangerous choices to protect his students and his people. When one of Basem’s students, 17-year-old Adam, watches his father violently arrested by Israeli forces, his world begins to unravel. Basem becomes a surrogate father figure to the boy, offering protection and guidance while secretly drawing him closer to the resistance. As Adam becomes more radicalized, Basem faces impossible ethical decisions—how far can he go to safeguard his student, and at what cost? Shot on location in Palestine, THE TEACHER captures the haunting beauty and everyday brutality of life under occupation. With quiet intensity, it explores themes of identity, vengeance, and moral ambiguity, refusing easy answers as it examines the human cost of conflict. Saleh Bakri’s performance anchors the film, portraying a man tormented by duty, compassion, and rage. Farah Nabulsi’s feature debut, based in part on true events, is a gripping and emotionally resonant portrait of resistance, not just as action, but as lived experience. Though infused with moments of tenderness and hope, The Teacher confronts viewers with the harsh reality of systemic injustice and the heartbreak of trying to do right in a world that has long forgotten how. Arabic language, English subtitles.
Friday, 09 May 2025
TO A LAND UNKNOWN, directed by Mahdi Fleifel, is a powerful exploration of the emotional and social challenges faced by Palestinian refugees living in Athens. The film paints a vivid picture of their lives, caught in a liminal space between the haunting memories of their homeland and the uncertainties of their future. Through a masterful blend of storytelling, Fleifel delves deep into themes of displacement, survival, and the erosion of identity, showcasing the profound impact of exile on the human spirit. The narrative weaves together humour and sorrow, offering a poignant portrayal of the immigrant experience while shedding light on the cultural clashes and resilience of individuals striving to adapt and belong. The film's gritty authenticity and layered character studies evoke empathy, inviting viewers to connect with the struggles and aspirations of its protagonists. With compelling performances and socially conscious themes, TO A LAND UNKNOWN captures the raw emotions of those navigating a world that often feels alien yet brimming with the hope of finding a place to call home. It stands as a moving tribute to the strength of the human spirit amidst adversity and loss. Arabic and Greek languages, English subtitles.
Thursday, 08 May 2025
When filmmaker Areeb was four, she travelled to Gaza and saw the sea for the first time. That moment—the magic of the sea and the smile on her Palestinian mother's face—left a lasting impression. Years later, after watching a video of young men doing parkour on Gaza's sandy shores, she is overwhelmed with nostalgia. The joy of the athletes contrasts sharply with the distant echoes of explosions. Longing to reconnect with her past, Areeb contacts the parkour team and befriends Ahmed. Together, they explore what's left of Gaza—navigating a cemetery, a decaying shopping centre, and the ruins of an airport. As their bond deepens, Ahmed reveals the harsh realities of life in Gaza, and Areeb’s curiosity evolves into a profound understanding of his struggles. Ahmed’s desire to escape Gaza triggers conflicting emotions in Areeb, who recognizes the emotional void such a departure can create. Areeb’s journey becomes not just a quest to reclaim memories but an exploration of identity, belonging, and the haunting legacy of a homeland left behind. Arabic and Swedish langauges, English subtitles.
Thursday, 22 May 2025
Winner of the Cannes Grand Prix in addition to Best Actress and Best Actor for stars Isabelle Huppert and Benoit Magimel, Michale Haneke directs a psychological drama of a young man who descends into a masochistic and highly sexual relationship with his piano teacher. French and German language, English subtitles.
Thursday, 24 April 2025
Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII, the groundbreaking 1972 film directed by Adrian Maben, returns to theaters, now digitally re-mastered in 4K from the original 35mm footage with enhanced audio. Set in the hauntingly beautiful ruins of the ancient Roman Amphitheater in Pompeii, Italy, the film captures Pink Floyd performing an intimate concert without an audience. Filmed in October 1971, the performance features unforgettable tracks such as “Echoes,” “A Saucerful of Secrets,” and “One of These Days.” The breathtaking visuals of the amphitheater, captured both day and night, amplify the magic of the performance, creating a unique and immersive experience. Additionally, the film includes rare behind-the-scenes glimpses of the band working on The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios. This meticulous restoration delivers stunning image and sound quality, featuring a theatrical and home entertainment mix from Steven Wilson in 5.1 and Dolby Atmos. These upgrades enhance the film's depth and clarity while preserving the authenticity and spirit of the original 1972 release. Inspired by the golden warmth of Pompeii’s iconic setting, the remaster transforms this timeless piece into a masterpiece of sight and sound. Experience Pink Floyd like never before through this pioneering audio-visual remaster!
Friday, 04 July 2025
A suburban housewife's world falls apart when she finds that her pornographer husband is serially unfaithful to her, her daughter is pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's feet.
Tuesday, 17 June 2025
DOUBLE BILL! Dive into Hayao Miyazaki’s magic with this fantasy adventure double feature of anime classics PRINCESS MONONOKE and NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND. While protecting his village from a rampaging boar-god, the young warrior Ashitaka becomes afflicted with a deadly curse. To find the cure that will save his life, he journeys deep into sacred depths of the Great Forest Spirit's realm where he meets Princess Mononoke, a girl raised by wolves. It's not long before Ashitaka is caught in the middle of a battle between iron-ore prospecting humans and the forest dwellers. Far in the future, after an apocalyptic conflict has devastated much of the world's ecosystem, warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä, under the guidance of the pensive veteran warrior, Lord Yupa, must fight to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet. Japanese language, English subtitles.
Thursday, 31 July 2025
40TH ANNIVERSARY! In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him. Japanese language, English subtitles.
Thursday, 26 June 2025
40TH ANNIVERSARY! The fearless warrior Red Sonja sets out to avenge her family's murder and rid her kingdom from the tyrannical rule of evil Queen Gedren.
Friday, 12 May 2023
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.
Thursday, 22 May 2025
In Britain’s post-punk Thatcher years, the infamous and legendary Scala cinema showed a diverse range of films, from high art to cult classics, sexploitation, horror, Kung-Fu and LGBTQIA+. Nudging boundaries of convention, it became an inspiration for future famous creatives. With interviews from nearly 50 contributors, previously unseen archive footage and film clips, Scala!!! is an anarchic, uproarious documentary telling the riotous inside story, with an original soundtrack by celebrated musician Barry Adamson. Transcending nostalgia, Scala!!! is a universal testament to the power of cinemas, providing refuge and community for outsiders. A place where everyone is welcome.
Thursday, 24 July 2025
30TH ANNIVERSARY! This exceedingly handsome Jane Austen adaptation was scripted by actor Emma Thompson and was the first feature directed by Ang Lee outside his native Taiwan. The impeccable cast includes Thompson herself, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant. Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The older two daughters are the title opposites.
Thursday, 08 May 2025
80TH ANNIVERSARY! A psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory.
Thursday, 06 March 2025
After 20 years on the run overseas, small-time ex-criminal Johnny Spitieri (Spit) slips back into Australia on a false passport only to find himself locked up in an Immigration Detention Centre with a massive target on his back as old enemies come looking for him, determined to settle old scores. As he struggles to stay one step ahead, the resourceful Spit finds new friends in detention, teaching them his version of mateship, and what it means to be truly Australian.
Saturday, 24 May 2025
Four college girls hold up a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation. While partying, drinking, and taking drugs, they are arrested, only to be bailed out by a drug and arms dealer.
Thursday, 03 July 2025
30TH ANNIVERSARY! Lenny (Ralph Fiennes), a former cop, faces dangerous challenges when he finds out that Jeriko, a political activist, was murdered by a group of Los Angeles police officers.
Thursday, 15 May 2025
When a man returns to his beach side hometown in Australia, he is humiliated in front of his teenage son by a local group of surfers who claim ownership over the secluded beach of his childhood.
Thursday, 08 May 2025
The result of a 10 year collaboration from ex-Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke, electronic music legend Mark Pritchard, and Australian multi-disciplinary artist Jonathan Zawada, known for his stunning visuals working across traditional gallery spaces, music videos and major cultural festivals like Coachella, TALL TALES is both a visual album and fairy tale for the modern world, depicting rising tides, kings and queens, amazon logistics and robotic arms under iridescent skies, intertwined with Thom’s echoed chants and Mark’s shimmering electronics.
Thursday, 22 May 2025
Packed with exuberant sets, stunning shots, stirring, unforgettable performances and a stirring soundtrack, Wisit Sasanatieng's Thai 'western' pays homage to the genre while lovingly parodying it at the same time. Thai language, English subtitles
Thursday, 15 May 2025
50TH ANNIVERSARY! A bookish CIA researcher in Manhattan finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.
Thursday, 01 May 2025
Mareta, grieving her daughter's death in the Christchurch quakes, becomes a substitute teacher at an elite school. Unexpectedly, she discovers students lacking guidance and care, prompting her to provide inspiration and support.
Thursday, 17 July 2025
35TH ANNIVERSARY! In the 1990 science fiction film TOTAL RECALL, Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) seeks virtual vacation memories of Mars. Unexpectedly, he is forced to travel to Mars in real life to uncover a conspiracy about his past. The film explores themes of identity, memory, and the nature of reality.
Saturday, 26 April 2025
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.
Saturday, 24 May 2025
From acclaimed filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie comes an electrifying crime thriller about Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler), a charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score. When he makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime, Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides, in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.
Thursday, 22 May 2025
Two women find frozen cash, try to retrieve it. A tour guide leads confused tourists around Winnipeg sites. A man quits his job, visits his mother. Storylines intertwine surreally as identities blur in a disorienting comedy.
Thursday, 22 May 2025
Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor
Thursday, 15 May 2025
ENCORE SEASON! 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.
Thursday, 08 May 2025
Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her wife Lee's expensive IVF. Their plans are upended, however, when Min's grandmother surprises them with an extravagant Korean wedding banquet to celebrate their nuptials. THE WEDDING BANQUET is a joyful, exuberant and fresh take on the romantic comedy genre featuring an acclaimed and hilarious cast of multigenerational talent, led by Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) and Bowen Yang (Wicked).
Tuesday, 02 September 2025
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.
Thursday, 03 July 2025
A young Mongolian couple's lives are uprooted when climate change forces them to leave their rural home for the city, where they must adapt to an unfamiliar way of life.
