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Tuesday, 28 July 2026
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, 15 January 2026
As Spike is inducted into Jimmy Crystal's gang on the mainland, Dr. Kelson makes a discovery that could alter the world.
Tuesday, 21 April 2026
DOUBLE BILL! The original theatrical cut of Ridley Scott's original outer-space thriller followed by James Cameron's Director's Cut of his chest-bursting sequel, presented back-to-back! Ridley Scott’s ambitious modern classic blends science fiction, horror and some stunning effects with a star turning performance from Sigourney Weaver. In the distant future, the crew of commercial starship Nostromo are heading home when they are awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules by a distress call. The crew are under obligation to investigate and the spaceship descends on the moon. Here they discover a hive colony of a mysterious creature and the ship's computer deciphers the message to be a warning, not a distress call. When one of the creature’s eggs is disturbed, the crew must deal with the consequences. Master filmmaker James Cameron takes on the sequel to the hit 1979 science fiction horror film Alien. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is the sole survivor of an alien attack on her ship. Fifty-seven years later, she awakens from hyper-sleep and agrees to return to the site with a troop of colonial marines to investigate.
Saturday, 17 January 2026
Giordano’s passionate tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution. Following their celebrated recent partnership in Giordano’s Fedora in the 2022–23 Live in HD season, Beczała reunites with soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Chénier’s aristocratic lover, Maddalena di Coigny, with baritone Igor Golovatenko as Carlo Gérard, the agent of the Reign of Terror who seals their fates. Met Principal Guest Conductor Daniele Rustioni takes the podium to lead Nicolas Joël’s gripping staging. Umberto Giordano | Libretto by Luigi Illica
Thursday, 04 June 2026
ENCORE SEASON. Helen Mirren reprises her Academy Award-winning role as Queen Elizabeth II in encore screenings of the original West End production of The Audience, captured live in London in 2013, and featuring an exclusive new Q&A with key members of the cast and creative team. For sixty years, Queen Elizabeth II has met with each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a private weekly meeting. This meeting is known as The Audience. No one knows what they discuss, not even their spouses. From the old warrior Winston Churchill, to the Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher, Blair right up to today’s meetings with the current incumbent David Cameron, the Queen advises her Prime Ministers on all matters both public and personal. Through these private audiences, we see glimpses of the woman behind the crown and witness the moments that shaped a monarch. The Audience is written by Peter Morgan (The Queen) and directed by two-time Tony Award winner and Academy Award-nominated director Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours) and was presented in the West End by Matthew Byam Shaw for Playful Productions, Robert Fox and Andy Harries.
Thursday, 25 June 2026
An All-American trucker gets dragged into a centuries-old mystical battle in Chinatown.
Tuesday, 11 August 2026
Iconic science fiction from the early 80s
Thursday, 29 January 2026
Tells the story of Lorenz Hart's struggles with alcoholism and mental health as he tries to save face during the opening of "Oklahoma!".
Tuesday, 02 June 2026
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.
Thursday, 01 January 2026
1916. As war rages on the Western Front, the Choral Society in Ramsden, Yorkshire has lost most of its men to the army. The Choral’s ambitious committee, determined to press ahead, decides to recruit local young males to swell their ranks. They must also engage a new chorus master, and despite their suspicions that he has something to hide, their best bet seems to be Dr. Henry Guthrie (Ralph Fiennes) – driven, uncompromising, and recently returned from a career in Germany. As conscription papers start to arrive, the whole community discovers that the best response to the chaos that is laying waste to their lives is to make music together. Directed by BAFTA, Olivier and Tony Award winner Nicholas Hytner (The Crucible) and written by BAFTA, Olivier and Tony Award winner Alan Bennett, The Choral marks their fourth writer-director collaboration following the acclaimed films The Madness of King George, The History Boys, and The Lady in The Van.
Thursday, 08 January 2026
Tells the story of Christy Martin, the most successful female boxer of the 90s.
Friday, 09 January 2026
Any movie based on a dance craze is a Cinema Fiasco shoo-in; and, in this instance, when it’s an 80’s dance craze and gets the Mickey-and-Judy-putting-on-a-show treatment, you’ve got an entertainment that’s irresistible. Kelly is a talented street dancer. She may be working as a waitress but she’s on a mission: to prove to the fuddy-duddies that what she and her street-dancing homies do is just as legitimate as classical ballet. All sorts of obstacles stand in her way (a horny dance teacher, a disillusioned colleague, lots of bad 80s clothes) but it all ends happily with an “amazing” dance spectacular that will have you jumping out of your seat – and running for the exit! Typically for a dance movie, there’s a cameo appearance by Jean-Claude Van Damme. Director: Joel Silberg Cast: Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quinones, Michael Chambers
Tuesday, 14 July 2026
DOUBLE FEATURE! It's a double feature of two Stanley Kubrick classics. Malcolm McDowell stars in the sci-fi satire nased on the novel by Anthony Burgess. Gang leader Alex (McDowell) lives a life filled with crime, sex and the music of Ludwig Van Beethoven. When his crimes catch up with him, an opportunity to participate in an experiment goes awry. Banned from release when made in 1971, Stanley Kubrick's film has since become recognised as a masterpiece of cinema. A pragmatic U.S. Marine (Matthew Modine) observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits, from their brutal boot camp training led by Sgt. Hartman (R Lee Ermey) to the bloody street fighting in Hue, in Stanley Kubrick's 1987 wartime epic FULL METAL JACKET.
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, 12 March 2026
DOGS IN SPACE is an iconic 1986 Australian film set in Melbourne's "Little Band" music scene in 1978. It was directed by Richard Lowenstein (Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard, He Died with a Felafel in His Hand) and starred Michael Hutchence as Sam, the drug-addled frontman of the fictitious band from which the film takes its name. A stylish and chaotic film, DOGS IN SPACE is about a group of alternative music fans sharing a house in the inner Melbourne suburb of Richmond. The plotless and artistic style of the film is a legacy of Lowenstein's background in advertising and music video production. Guest Bio: Glenys Rowe is a film enthusiast who turned her favourite past time into a career. She has produced Australian feature films and documentaries (Dogs in Space, Idiot Box), commissioned new forms of network television as General Manager of SBS Independent, programmed independent cinemas and also worked in advertising and loved it. Producing Dogs in Space was her first job as a producer.
Tuesday, 15 September 2026
Star-making cult classics ahead of their time
Tuesday, 21 July 2026
Mind-bending black comedies from Charlie Kaufman
Saturday, 23 May 2026
Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin. Baritone Igor Golovatenko reprises his portrayal of the urbane Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. The Met’s evocative production, directed by Tony Award–winner Deborah Warner, “offers a beautifully detailed reading of … Tchaikovsky’s lyrical romance” (The Telegraph). Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Libretto by the composer and Konstantin Stepanovich Shilovsky
Tuesday, 29 December 2026
Ingmar Bergman's 4-time Oscar winning masterpiece
Tuesday, 05 May 2026
SAVE THE DATE! Annual May 5 screening! Super green! Luc Besson's visually spectacular intergalactic adventure THE FIFTH ELEMENT returns to Cinema Nova for a five-star fifth of the fifth screening event. Since its debut in 1997 THE FIFTH ELEMENT has gone on to become a cult favourite thanks to lavishly detailed production and creature design, incredible Jean-Paul Gaultier costumes, manic turns by Chris Tucker and Gary Oldman, Bruce Willis at his dead-pan best and the debut of B-movie queen Milla Jovovich. Military man turned cab drive Korben Dallas (Willis) is thrust into a world-saving, galaxy-spanning adventure after picking up an unusual fare in the form of the mysterious Leeloo (Jovovich). A must-see on the big screen, don't forget your Multipass!
Tuesday, 12 May 2026
I have only one rule, don't talk about this double feature
Saturday, 25 July 2026
Who was Frida Kahlo? Everyone knows her face but who was the woman behind the bright colours, the big brows and the floral crowns? Take a journey through the life of a true icon, discover her art, and uncover the true story of her rebellious, passionate and turbulent life. Making use of the latest technology to deliver previously unimaginable quality, we take an in-depth look at key works throughout her career. Using letters Kahlo wrote to guide us, this definitive film reveals her deepest emotions and unlocks the secrets and symbolism contained within her art. Exhibition on Screen’s trademark combination of interviews with those who knew her and world experts, commentary and a detailed exploration of her art, combined with new special bonus footage from the 2026 Tate exhibition, delivers a treasure trove of colour and emotion. This personal and intimate film offers privileged access to her works, her home, her studio and highlights the source of her feverish creativity, her resilience and her unmatched lust for life, beauty and revolution.
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
Step into the world of legendary fashion designer Gianni Versace with this evocative new docu-drama from writer/director Mimmo Calopresti (Aspromante: Land of the Forgotten) which cleverly intertwines past and present, fiction and documentary to tell the story of an artist who transformed fashion into theatre and glamour into a language of freedom. 1960s, Reggio Calabria, Southern Italy. Gianni (portrayed by rising star Leonardo Maltese, Kidnapped) spends his youth observing his seamstress mother, Franca (Vera Dragone), and studying the classics. While evading the judgment of his fellow townspeople about his never-hidden and proudly lived sexuality, he immerses himself in the remnants of ancient Greece in search of identity, and takes his first steps in the world of fashion. 1970s Milan, the Versace brand begins to rise, with forays into theatre, music, cinema, and television, taking him to the United States. Featuring a series of interviews with his friends, colleagues and models, including Carla Bruni, Naomi Campbell, Elton John, Pedro Almodóvar and many others, as well as precious archival images of runway shows and interviews, GIANNI VERSACE - EMPEROR OF DREAMS reconstructs the world, life and creativity of a dreamer whose arrival on the world scene was a turning point, offering an insight into both a cultural icon and the turbulent, intoxicating age that made him.
Tuesday, 03 March 2026
Big-G's latest obliteration plus the original classic
Tuesday, 17 November 2026
Twentieth century documentaries that broke the mould
Saturday, 28 February 2026
Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy. Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultimate question – you know the one. National Theatre Deputy Artistic Director, Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Operation Mincemeat) directs this sharp, stylish and darkly funny reimagining.
Thursday, 15 January 2026
From Academy Award® winning writer/director Chloé Zhao, HAMNET tells the powerful love story that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
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, 22 January 2026
Do you remember when you were 11? Australian filmmaker Genevieve Bailey travelled the world for six years talking with 11-year-olds to compose this insightful, funny and moving documentary portrait of childhood. From an orphanage in India, to a single-parent household in inner-city Melbourne, to bathing with elephants in Thailand, I AM ELEVEN explores the lives and thoughts of children from 15 countries. I AM ELEVEN weaves together deeply personal and at times hilarious portraits of what it means to sit at this transitional age. These young minds provide us with a powerful insight into the future of our world. These children share their thoughts on a range of subjects such as love, war, global warming, music, terrorism, culture, family, happiness, religion and the future. As straight up and personal as the ’7 Up’ series, and with the comedy and honesty of ‘Spellbound’, this documentary enables us to explore an age where these ‘not quite kids, not quite teenagers’ briefly linger, between the frank openness and sometimes naivety of childhood, and the sharp and surprisingly brave wisdom and knowing of adulthood. As much as it is a story about them, it is a story with them, of what it is like to be eleven today.
Tuesday, 05 May 2026
Psychological horrors from Kim Jee-woon
Monday, 26 January 2026
Like many teens, 15-year-old Kim is overwhelmed by digital noise, constantly called back to bouts of scrolling by the pings of their phone – until a claw rips through their bedroom and drags them off to a kaleidoscopic otherworld. There, a sardonic alien dog called Jeff sets Kim on a cryptic quest for freedom: to travel to five islands over the course of 24 hours. Guided by Aboriginal Elders and crossing surreal, symbolic realms – a sentient library, a battlefield of ideologies and an ocean of memories – Kim confronts their fears and addictions. From rune-wielding Viking chefs to fascist pirates and a cyborg shaman, each encounter unveils deeper truths about nature, time and spirit. This multidimensional animated odyssey comes from two First Nations filmmakers: Bundjalung man Jack Manning Bancroft, children’s author and founder of the award-winning Indigenous mentoring program AIME; and scholar Tyson Yunkaporta, who belongs to the Apalech clan in Far North Queensland. Their script was developed during the pandemic through a global collaborative project involving over 150 young people, with supporting details drawn from conversations on Yunkaporta’s podcast The Other Others. Offering sage lessons for a generation seeking clarity in the chaos, Imagine features an impressive voice cast including Yael Stone, Wayne Blair and guest performers Ian Thorpe and Taika Waititi.
Thursday, 25 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 and director Justin Martin reunite following their global phenomenon Prima Facie, with this searing examination of modern motherhood and masculinity.
Thursday, 05 February 2026
As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex (Will Arnett) faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene, while Tess (Laura Dern) confronts the sacrifices she made for their family—forcing them to navigate co-parenting, identity, and whether love can take a new form. Directed by Bradley Cooper and written by Bradley Cooper and Will Arnett & Mark Chappell from a story by Will Arnett & Mark Chappell & John Bishop, “Is This Thing On?” also stars Andra Day, Bradley Cooper, Amy Sedaris, Sean Hayes, Christine Ebersole, Ciarán Hinds and Scott Icenogle.
Thursday, 29 January 2026
What begins as a minor accident sets in motion a series of escalating consequences.
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, 19 February 2026
Hannah, a mother takes her trans non-binary teenager Frances to Amsterdam to visit their gay grandfather Jimpa. But Frances’ desire to stay with Jimpa for a year abroad means Hannah is forced to reconsider her beliefs about parenting and finally confront old stories about the past.
Thursday, 05 February 2026
A girl group find themselves in the middle of a conspiracy to deliver subliminal messages through popular music.
Thursday, 19 March 2026
A sweeping exploration of love, morality, and one man’s legacy, LA GRAZIA is the latest masterwork from Academy Award-winner Paolo Sorrentino, powered by a Venice Film Festival awarded performance from Toni Servillo as the highly regarded outgoing president of Italy. Italian language, English subtitles.
Thursday, 15 January 2026
From director Jim Henson, screenwriter Terry Jones, designer Brian Froud and musician David Bowie comes and unforgettable fantasy adventure of a young woman (Jennifer Connelly) who unexpectedly has a wish granted. Featuring incredible puppetry, you're invited to enter the land of the Goblin King Jareth (Bowie), who kidnaps the baby brother of Sarah (Connelly). Following them to a vivid fantasyland, Sarah has only thirteen hours to solve an enormous labyrinth and find her brother.
Saturday, 20 June 2026
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025–26 Live in HD season comes to a close with American composer Gabriela Lena Frank’s first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, with libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz. Fashioned as a reversal of the Orpheus and Euridice myth, the story depicts Frida, sung by leading mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead and reuniting with Diego, portrayed by baritone Carlos Álvarez. The famously feuding pair briefly relive their tumultuous love, embracing both the passion and the pain before bidding the land of the living a final farewell. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Met-premiere staging of Frank’s opera, a “confident, richly imagined score” (The New Yorker) that “bursts with color and fresh individuality” (Los Angeles Times). The vibrant new production, taking enthusiastic inspiration from Frida and Diego’s paintings, is directed and choreographed by Deborah Colker. Gabriela Lena Frank | Libretto by Nilo Cruz
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
Two folk horror favourites from director Robert Eggers
Thursday, 05 March 2026
In a quiet Australian river town, two sisters become attracted to Ken Sherry, a detached middle-aged radio DJ. Dimity, 20, and Vicki-Ann pursue him separately, but something seems suspicious.
Thursday, 29 January 2026
A graduate history student is unwittingly caught in the middle of an international conspiracy involving stolen diamonds, an exiled Nazi war criminal, and a rogue government agent.
Thursday, 22 January 2026
Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
Beautiful, bizarre and strangely addictive, the film begins as a botched hit which results in the meeting of brunette amnesiac Rita (Laura Harring) and blonde would-be Hollywood actress Betty (Naomi Watts). Taking the viewer on a memorable neo-noir trip through Hollywood’s dark underbelly, Lynch dispenses with a conventional narrative in favour of a hallucinogenic assault on the senses that will stay with you long after the credits roll. Recently voted the best film of the 21st Century in a BBC Culture poll, MULHOLLAND DRIVE is essential viewing by one of the masters of contemporary American cinema. David Lynch’s scary and seductive vision of Hollywood is a true masterpiece, weaving together a tale of love, jealousy, and revenge like no other.
Tuesday, 06 January 2026
Adventures in Studio Ghibli's magical worlds
Thursday, 15 January 2026
After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition.
Tuesday, 04 August 2026
DOUBLE BILL! Alfred Hitchcock directs two must-see thrillers that forever changed cinemas. Starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason, a New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt in NORTH BY NORTHWEST. Adapted from the novel STRANGERS ON A TRAIN by Patricia Highsmith, a psychopathic man tries to forcibly persuade a tennis star to agree to his theory that two strangers can get away with murder by submitting to his plan to kill the other's most-hated person.
Thursday, 26 March 2026
Shakespeare’s OTHELLO rages to life like never before in a compelling new production starring David Harewood OBE (Best of Enemies), Toby Jones OBE (Mr Bates vs the Post Office), Caitlin FitzGerald (Succession), Vinette Robinson (Boiling Point) and Luke Treadaway (A Street Cat Named Bob). Directed by Tony Award-winner Tom Morris OBE with music by PJ Harvey, this epic story of manipulation, jealousy and toxic masculinity explores the darker side of power, rage and desire. Filmed live at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London especially for the cinema screen.
Tuesday, 14 April 2026
DOUBLE BILL! Attention all Bong-heads: Oscar-winning Korean director Bong Joon Ho’s modern classic Parasite – the biggest box office hit in Cinema Nova’s history – shares the screen in a thrilling/hilarious double bill with the filmmaker’s second feature (and first collaboration with Parasite star Song Kang-Ho) Memories Of Murder. Winner of 4 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Director, International Feature and Original Screenplay, as well as Cannes’ Palme d’Or, Parasite is a gripping social satire that observes how four destitute adults worm their way into the lives of a wealthy Seoul family. By turns shocking and side-splittingly funny, the film is an all-time Cinema Nova favourite that screened for nine straight months before its run was rudely cut short by the pandemic. Loosely based on the true story of Korea’s first serial killer, director Bong’s Memories Of Murder takes place in the country’s rural outskirts. Song Kang-Ho stars as a small town police detective reluctantly paired with an investigator from Seoul (Kim Sang-kyung) – two officers with vastly different approaches who attempt to solve a series of grisly murders. Featuring the filmmaker’s now signature creepy-comic tone, it’s considered one of the greatest Korean films ever made. Korean language, English subtitles.
Thursday, 19 February 2026
Colin is a weedy wallflower letting life pass him by. That is, until Ray, the impossibly handsome leader of a motorcycle club, takes him on as his submissive. Ray uproots Colin from his dreary suburban life, introducing him to a community of kinky, queer bikers and taking all sorts of virginities along the way. But as Colin steps deeper into Ray’s world of rules and mysteries, he begins to question whether the life of a 24/7 submissive is for him. Has he found his calling, or has he simply swapped one form of suffocation for another?
Tuesday, 09 June 2026
Surrender your heart to Céline Sciamma
Thursday, 26 February 2026
In 1990s Iraq, 9-year-old Lamia must bake Saddam Hussein's birthday cake. She scrambles to find ingredients for this compulsory task while facing potential punishment if she fails.
Tuesday, 07 April 2026
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.
Saturday, 07 February 2026
For gorgeous melody, spellbinding coloratura, and virtuoso vocal fireworks, I Puritani has few equals. The first new Met production of Bellini’s final masterpiece in nearly 50 years — a striking staging by Charles Edwards, who makes his company directorial debut after many successes as a set designer — arrives in cinemas worldwide. The Met has assembled a world-beating quartet of stars, conducted by Marco Armiliato, for the demanding principal roles. Soprano Lisette Oropesa and tenor Lawrence Brownlee are Elvira and Arturo, brought together by love and torn apart by the political rifts of the English Civil War, with baritone Artur Ruciński as Riccardo, betrothed to Elvira against her will, and bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as Elvira’s sympathetic uncle, Giorgio. Vincenzo Bellini | Libretto by Carlo Pepoli
Thursday, 01 January 2026
In a future where humanity has surrendered its ability to dream in exchange for immortality, an outcast (Jackson Lee) finds illusion, nightmarish visions, and beauty in an intoxicating world of his own making. A work of staggering imagination from visionary Chinese director Bi Gan (Long Day’s Journey Into Night), Resurrection conjures vast and ever-shifting worlds on the brink of collapse in an era-spanning journey through our deepest and most human desires.
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.
Thursday, 05 February 2026
On the eve of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the Irish captain Roy Keane forfeits his place in the squad at the team's preparation base in Saipan, following a heated disagreement with the Irish manager Mick McCarthy.
Thursday, 22 January 2026
1977. In a Brazil tormented by the military dictatorship, Marcelo, a man in his forties fleeing a troubled past, arrives in the city of Recife where he hopes to build a new life and reconnect with his family. That's without taking into account the death threats that lurk and hover over his head.
Thursday, 12 February 2026
Young FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice attempts to gain a better insight into the twisted mind of the killer by talking to another psychopath: Hannibal Lecter, who used to be a respected psychiatrist. FBI agent Jack Crawford believes that Lecter, who is also a very powerful and clever mind manipulator, has the answers to their questions and can help locate the killer. However, Clarice must first gain Lecter's confidence before the inmate will give away any information.
Thursday, 26 February 2026
A father, accompanied by his son, goes looking for his missing daughter in North Africa.
Thursday, 22 January 2026
After the global success of 2016’s 'Perfect Strangers', writer/director Paolo Genovese has struck gold again with his record-breaking hit SOMEBODY TO LOVE, an hilarious, all-star romantic comedy that reveals the innermost thoughts and uncertainties of an Italian couple on their awkward first date.
Thursday, 01 January 2026
Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson) form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it's never too late to find love and follow your dreams.
Tuesday, 13 October 2026
Visually dazzling adventures from Argento and Tarsem
Thursday, 26 February 2026
An epic fable about religious leader Ann Lee, the founding leader of the Shaker Movement, who was proclaimed by her followers as the female Christ and went on to build one of the largest utopian societies in American history. Lee — one of the rare female religious leaders at the time —and her followers worshipped through exuberant song and dance.
Thursday, 08 January 2026
A 'buddy comedy' and a 'road movie' like no other, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Ridley Scott's girl-power milestone with a restored, high-definition digital Nova Iconic season. Nominated for 6 Academy Awards including dueling Best Actress nominations for stars Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, Best Director for Scott and a winning nod for Best Original Screenplay, THELMA & LOUISE follows two best friends as they hit the road for a life-changing adventure throughout the stunningly photographed American West. Co-starring Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Christopher McDonald and a young Brad Pitt, in his break-out performance.
Tuesday, 01 December 2026
Revenge thriller masterpieces from Welles and Wilder
Saturday, 11 April 2026
After years of anticipation, a truly unmissable event arrives in cinemas worldwide as the electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s transcendent meditation on love and death. Heroic tenor Michael Spyres stars opposite Davidsen as the love-drunk Tristan. The momentous occasion also marks the advent of a new, Met-debut staging by Yuval Sharon—hailed by The New York Times as “the most visionary opera director of his generation” and the first American to direct an opera at the famed Wagner festival in Bayreuth—as well as Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s first time leading Tristan und Isolde at the Met. Mezzosoprano Ekaterina Gubanova reprises her portrayal of Brangäne, alongside bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny, who sings Kurwenal after celebrated Met appearances in Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer and Ring cycle. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green makes an important role debut as King Marke. Richard Wagner | Libretto by the composer
Tuesday, 03 November 2026
The ultimate "that could never happen here" double
Thursday, 05 March 2026
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 5-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival and shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best International Film, Kaouther Ben Hania's harrowing drama blends real footage with an outstanding cast to create an urgent, heartbreking film. Arabic language, English subtitles.
Thursday, 08 January 2026
The first film to encompass the remarkable story of one of the true icons of our time - fashion designer Vivienne Westwood - as she fights to maintain her brand's integrity, her principles and her legacy. Since igniting the punk movement with ex-partner and Sex Pistols’ manager Malcolm McLaren, Dame Vivienne Westwood has been redefining British fashion for over 40 years, and is responsible for creating many of the most distinctive looks of our time. The film blends archive, beautifully crafted reconstruction, and insightful interviews with Vivienne’s fascinating network of collaborators, guiding us on her journey from a childhood in postwar Derbyshire to the runways of Paris and Milan. This is an intimate and poignant homage to one of the true cultural icons of our time, as she fights to maintain her brand’s integrity, her principles and her legacy in a business driven by consumerism, profit and global expansion.
Tuesday, 30 December 2025
Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.
Tuesday, 01 September 2026
The ultimate road trips from the trippiest directors
