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  • <p>Matthew McConaughey is MUD, exclusive to Nova!</p>

    Matthew McConaughey is MUD, exclusive to Nova!

  • <p>Baz Lurhmann's THE GREAT GATSBY showing in 2D & 3D, Nova Deluxe & High Tea</p>

    Baz Lurhmann's THE GREAT GATSBY showing in 2D & 3D, Nova Deluxe & High Tea

  • <p>Diane Kruger stars in FAREWELL MY QUEEN, exclusive to Nova!</p>

    Diane Kruger stars in FAREWELL MY QUEEN, exclusive to Nova!

  • <p>Mira Nair's adapts Mohsin Hamid's thriller in THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST</p>

    Mira Nair's adapts Mohsin Hamid's thriller in THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST

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	Ryan Gosling stars in Derek Cianfrance's thriller THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES</p>

    Ryan Gosling stars in Derek Cianfrance's thriller THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES

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Errors Of The Human Body - Exclusive

Obsessively struggling to develop a cure for a rare genetic ailment, which caused the death of his infant son, Geneticist Geoff Burton (played by Michael Eklund from The Call) is forced to...

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Thursday, June 20, 2013 17:20 19:25 21:35 more...

Director: Eron Sheean

Running Time: 101 mins

Rating: MA15+

Satellite Boy

Pete and his Grandfather (David Gulpilil) live in an abandoned drive-in cinema just outside Wyndham. When a new development threatens their way of life, Pete embarks on a quest to save their home...

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Thursday, June 20, 2013 15:30 17:25 19:15 more...

Director: Catriona McKenzie

Running Time: 1hr 30 mins

Rating: PG

Mud - Exclusive

From the director of the critically acclaimed drama Take Shelter comes the all-star thriller Mud. Two teenage boys, Ellis and Neckbone, find a strange man (Matthew McConaughey) hiding out on an...

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Thursday, June 20, 2013 16:10 18:50 21:20 more...

Director: Jeff Nichols

Running Time: 2hrs 10 mins

Rating: M

Farewell My Queen - Exclusive

Farewell, My Queen marks the return of acclaimed director Benoît Jacquot and brilliantly captures the passions, debauchery, occasional glimpses of nobility and ultimately the chaos that...

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Thursday, June 20, 2013 15:10 17:10 19:10 more...

Director: Benoît Jacquot

Running Time: 1hr 40 mins

Rating: M

The Great Gatsby 2D

Group & Private Bookings available in both 3D and 2D! Book now. Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" follows would-be writer Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) as he leaves the...

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Thursday, June 20, 2013 15:15 16:45 18:30 more...

Director: Baz Luhrmann

Running Time: 142 mins

Rating: M

The Great Gatsby 3D

Group & Private Bookings available in both 3D and 2D! Book now. Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" follows would-be writer Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) as he leaves the...

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Thursday, June 20, 2013 17:45 20:30 Friday, June 21, 2013 17:45 more...

Director: Baz Luhrmann

Running Time: 142 mins

Rating: M

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Set in the years following 9/11, The Reluctant Fundamentalist follows a young Pakistani man, Changez, chasing corporate success on Wall Street. Living in the suspicious, terrorism-altered...

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Thursday, June 20, 2013 16:00 18:35 21:00 more...

Director: Mira Nair

Running Time: 2hrs 6 mins

Rating: M

The Place Beyond The Pines

The highly anticipated new drama from director Derek Cianfrance ("Blue Valentine") powerfully explores the consequences of motorcycle rider Luke's (Academy Award nominee Ryan...

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Thursday, June 20, 2013 16:20 19:00 20:45 more...

Director: Derek Cianfrance

Running Time: 140 mins

Rating: MA15+

Evil Dead - Exclusive

A remote cabin in the woods becomes a blood-soaked chamber of horrors when a group of 20-something friends unwittingly awakens an ancient demon in Evil Dead, the highly anticipated reboot of Sam...

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Thursday, June 20, 2013 17:40 19:35 21:30 more...

Director: Fede Alvarez

Running Time: 1hr 30 mins

Rating: R18+

Tabu

Acclaimed director Miguel Gomes returns with a sumptuous, eccentric two-part tale centered on Aurora, shown first as an impulsive, cantankerous elderly woman in present-day Lisbon. When Aurora...

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Thursday, June 20, 2013 18:25 Friday, June 21, 2013 11:05 13:30 more...

Director: Miguel Gomes

Running Time: 113 mins

Rating: MA15+

Broken

BROKEN was winner of the 2012 British Independent Best Film Award and takes its place among the finest of new British cinema. Directed by multi-award winning theatre director, Rufus Norris, and...

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Thursday, June 20, 2013 18:55 20:55 Friday, June 21, 2013 10:50 more...

Director: Rufus Norris

Running Time: 1hr 30 mins

Rating: MA15+

The Hunt

Mads Mikkelsen (A ROYAL AFFAIR) delivers a superb, award-winning performance in this electrifying new film from Thomas Vinterberg, the acclaimed director of THE CELEBRATION. Lucas...

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Thursday, June 20, 2013 15:45 21:00 Friday, June 21, 2013 11:20 more...

Director: Thomas Vinterberg

Running Time: 1hr 56 mins

Rating: MA15+

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet - Exclusive

From the mind of Alain Resnais (Wild Grass) comes You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet. Featuring an all-star French cast including Sabine Azéma, Pierre Arditi, Michel Piccoli, Lambert Wilson,...

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Thursday, June 20, 2013 18:45 Friday, June 21, 2013 11:40 14:00 more...

Director: Alain Resnais

Running Time: 110 mins

Rating: PG

Happiness Never Comes Alone

Sacha (Gad Elmaleh) likes his friends, his piano and partying. He spends his evenings playing in a jazz club where he seduces pretty girls. He is happy and free, living in the thrill of the...

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Thursday, June 20, 2013 16:05 20:50 Friday, June 21, 2013 11:20 more...

Director: James Huth

Running Time: 1hr 50 mins

Rating: M

Spring Breakers

Director Harmony Korine (Gummo) returns with his highly-anticipated thriller centred on the annual American college ritual of ‘Spring Break’. Four students (Vanessa Hudgens, Selena...

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Thursday, June 20, 2013 21:40 Friday, June 21, 2013 21:40 23:35 more...

Director: Harmony Korine

Running Time: 1hr 34 mins

Rating: R18+

A Lady in Paris

Still queen of the screen, Jeanne Moreau illuminates this stylish comedy drama as a haughty old dame with an acid wit.  Moreau turned 84 this year, but effortlessly steals the show in this...

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Thursday, June 20, 2013 15:50 Friday, June 21, 2013 10:35 15:50 more...

Director: Ilmar Raag

Running Time: 1hr 34 mins

Rating: TBA

The Company You Keep

Robert Redford stars as Jim Grant, a former member of the 1970's revolutionary militant group the Weather Underground. When another member of the group is captured after evading authorities...

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Thursday, June 20, 2013 21:20 Friday, June 21, 2013 13:15 23:15 more...

Director: Robert Redford

Running Time: 2hrs 2 mins

Rating: M

No - Oscar nominee!

A prizewinner at the Cannes, San Paolo and Abu Dabi Film Festivals, Gael García Bernal ( The Motorcycle Diaries ) stars as René Saavedra, an advertising executive who risks his...

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Thursday, June 20, 2013 16:40 Friday, June 21, 2013 13:50 16:40 more...

Director: Pablo Larraín

Running Time: 108 mins

Rating: M

The Other Son

Lorraine Levy's prize-winning film is a graceful and touching drama of family love and self-acceptance. As Joseph (Jules Sitruk) prepares to join the Israeli army for his national service,...

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Thursday, June 20, 2013 16:15 Friday, June 21, 2013 10:45 16:15 more...

Director: Lorraine Levy

Running Time: 1hr 45 mins

Rating: M

First Position

Winner of the Jury Prize at the San Francisco Documentary Festival and the audience award at DOCNYC. First Position is a documentary that follows six young dancers from around the world as they...

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Thursday, June 20, 2013 16:00 Friday, June 21, 2013 12:55 16:00 more...

Director: Bess Kargman

Running Time: 90 mins

Rating: G

Still Mine

In his first lead after decades of supporting roles, James Cromwell delivers a stand out performance in Still Mine, a deeply affecting love story about a couple in their twilight years. Based on...

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Thursday, June 20, 2013 15:35 Friday, June 21, 2013 11:30 15:35 more...

Director: Michael McGowan

Running Time: 1hr 42 mins

Rating: PG

The 25th Reich - Meet the Filmmaker

Two 'cultastic' screenings of time-travel adventure THE 25th REICH, followed by a Q&A with writer/director Stephen Amis, actors Jim Knobeloch and Serge Denardo, and Cinematographer...

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Today, Jun 20, 2013  18:45 

Director: Stephen Amis

Running Time: 1hr 24 mins

Rating: MA15+

The Look of Love

Welcome to the scandalous world of entrepreneur, impresario, and the “king of Soho.” Seeing mediocrity in the smutty sex parlours of London, Paul; Raymond (Steve Coogan in a career...

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Jun 27, 2013

Director: Michael Winterbottom

Running Time: 1hr 41 mins

Rating: MA15+

In the House

Director Francois Ozon (Swimming Pool) enjoys a return-to-form with this tightly-wound thriller based on the play by Juan Mayorga. Bored high school teacher Germain (Fabrice Luchini) continually...

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Jun 27, 2013

Director: François Ozon

Running Time: 1hr 43 mins

Rating: MA15+

Everybody Has A Plan

Agustín (Viggo Mortensen) is a married doctor secretly desperate to escape what he sees as a frustrating domestic existence in Buenos Aires. Facing pressure from his wife to accept...

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Jun 27, 2013

Director: Ana Piterbarg

Running Time: 113 mins

Rating: MA15+

The Great Gatsby 3D - Meet the Filmmakers

Australian Screen Editors presents in conjunction with Cinema Nova, "The Great Gatsby Editor's Q & A", with editors Matt Villa ASE and Jason Ballantine ASE. Learn the intricacies...

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Jun 29, 2013

Director: Baz Luhrmann

Running Time: 142 mins

Rating: M

Days Of Heaven - Event Screenings

To celebrate the release of Terrence Malick's new film TO THE WONDER, Cinema Nova is proud to present the first screening of Malick's seminal 1978 work DAYS OF HEAVEN in high definition...

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Jun 29, 2013

Director: Terrence Malick

Running Time: 94 mins

Rating: M

Much Ado About Nothing - Q&A event

Join Nova for an advance screening of Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing , followed by an exclusive Q&A with via Skype with producer and Whedon’s wife Kai Cole. This is...

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Jul 2, 2013

Director: Joss Whedon

Running Time: 107 mins

Rating: M

To The Wonder - Exclusive

Award winning filmmaker Terrence Malick returns to the screen, following-up his Palme d'Or winning epic The Tree Of Life with this breathtakingly beautiful drama. Featuring an all-star cast...

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Jul 4, 2013

Director: Terrence Malick

Running Time: 112 mins

Rating: M

We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks

Filmed with the startling immediacy of unfolding history, Academy Award®-winning director Alex Gibney’s documentary details the creation of Julian Assange’s controversial website,...

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Jul 4, 2013

Director: Alex Gibney

Running Time: 2hrs 10 mins

Rating: M

Reality - Exclusive

In Matteo Garrone's acclaimed comic follow-up to the striking Italian underworld thriller Gomorrah, Aniella Arena stars as Luciano; a charming fishmonger whose unexpected and sudden obsession...

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Jul 4, 2013

Director: Matteo Garrone

Running Time: 1hr 56 mins

Rating: M

A Gun in Each Hand

Featuring one of the most star-studded, talented casts assembled in modern Latin American cinema, including the phenomenal Ricardo Darín, Luis Tosar, Javier Cámara, Eduardo Noriega,...

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Jul 4, 2013

Director: Cesc Gay

Running Time: 1hr 35 mins

Rating: M

Blind Detective - Exclusive

Before he was forced to retire four years ago after an accident that impaired his vision, Chong Si-teun (Andy Lau) was a gifted police detective. He now handles cold cases for bounty fees, via his...

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Jul 4, 2013

Director: Johnnie To

Running Time: 1hr 29 mins

Rating: TBA

Beserk: The Golden Age Arc II - Event screening

Following up on our sold-out screening of Berserk Golden Age Arc I: The Egg of the King , Nova is proud to present the second in the Golden Age Arc series, The Battle for Doldrey . For three...

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Jul 7, 2013

Director: Toshiyuki Kubooka, Michael Sinterniklaas

Running Time: 1hr 33 mins

Rating: MA15+

The Best of St Kilda Film Festival

Fifteen of the Best Films to emerge from Melbourne's top short film festival. Don't miss this outstanding collection of comedies, dramas, documentaries and experimental films...

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Jul 10, 2013

Director: Various

Running Time: 140 mins

Rating: MA15+

Much Ado About Nothing

In his follow-up to the enormously successful blockbuster The Avengers, director Joss Whedon changes gear with a modern interpretation of William Shakespeare’s classic comedy Much Ado About...

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Jul 11, 2013

Director: Joss Whedon

Running Time: 1hr 37 mins

Rating: M

Cloudburst - Exclusive

A beautifully crafted romantic comedy with stunning performances from Academy award winning actresses Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker, Cloudburst sees Stella (Dukakis) and Dot (Fricker)...

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Jul 11, 2013

Director: Thom Fitzgerald

Running Time: 93 mins

Rating: CTC

Only God Forgives

Following the international hit Drive, director Nicolas Winding Refn reunites with Ryan Gosling for this brutal story of rage, betrayal and redemption. Set almost entirely in a neon-lit...

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Jul 18, 2013

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn

Running Time: 1hr 30 mins

Rating: TBA

Before Midnight

It has been nine years since Celine (Julie Delpy) and Jesse (Ethan Hawke) reconnected on the streets of Paris in Before Sunset, having met on a train to Vienna nine years earlier in Before...

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Jul 18, 2013

Director: Richard Linklater

Running Time: 1hr 48 mins

Rating: TBA

Behind The Candelabra

Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh directs Michael Douglas in what is sure to be an award-winning performance as show business legend Liberace. Scott Thorson (Matt Damon) is a young man coming to...

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Jul 25, 2013

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Running Time: 1hr 59 mins

Rating: MA15+

What's In a Name?

Vincent (Patrick Bruel), a successful forty-something, is about to become a father for the first time. His sister Élisabeth (Valérie Benguigui) invites him to a dinner party at her...

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Jul 25, 2013

Director: Matthieu Delaporte

Running Time: 1hr 49 mins

Rating: M

The Way Way Back

A funny and poignant coming of age story, 14-year-old Duncan's (Liam James) summer holiday with his mother, Pam (Toni Collette), her overbearing boyfriend, Trent (Steve Carell), and his...

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Aug 1, 2013

Director: Nat Faxon & Jim Rash

Running Time: 1hr 43 mins

Rating: M

The Bling Ring

From Oscar winning writer and director Sofia Coppola comes the satirical comedy THE BLING RING, based on an incredible true story. Emma Watson leads a fresh young cast starring as fashion and...

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Aug 8, 2013

Director: Sofia Coppola

Running Time: 1hr 27 mins

Rating: MA15+

Beyond the Hills - Exclusive

Inspired by true events, this slow-burn drama received critical acclaim at this year's Cannes film festival, earning an award for Best Screenplay and two for Best Actress. Palme d'Or...

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Aug 8, 2013

Director: Cristian Mungiu

Running Time: 2hrs 30 mins

Rating: M

The Rocket

The Rocket won Best Narrative Feature at the TriBeca Film Festival in New York and also took out the Audience Award.  The film's young lead actor, 10-year-old Sitthiphon Disamoe, won Best...

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Aug 29, 2013

Director: Kim Mordaunt

Running Time: 1hr 36 mins

Rating: TBA

Pompeii: Captured in HD from the British Museum

An exclusive private view in high definition of the British Museum’s major exhibition Life And Death In Pompeii And Herculaneum. The exhibition focuses on the homes and lives of the...

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Aug 29, 2013

Director:

Running Time: 80 mins

Rating: n/a

The Room

SCREENS FIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH, LATE. Written, directed and starring Tommy Wiseau, The Room is like no other film you’ve seen. Johnny (Tommy Wiseau) seems to have it all- a...

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May 14, 2020

Director: Tommy Wiseau

Running Time: 1hr 49 mins

Rating: M

This House

A new play by James Graham. It’s 1974 and the corridors of Westminster ring with the sound of infighting and backbiting as Britain’s political parties battle to change the future of...

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013 18:30 more...

Director:

Running Time: 3hrs 25 mins

Rating: NR

The 25th Reich - Meet the Filmmaker

Two 'cultastic' screenings of time-travel adventure THE 25th REICH, followed by a Q&A with writer/director Stephen Amis, actors Jim Knobeloch and Serge Denardo, and Cinematographer...

more...

Thursday, June 20, 2013 18:45 Sunday, June 23, 2013 18:45 more...

Director: Stephen Amis

Running Time: 1hr 24 mins

Rating: MA15+

The Great Gatsby 3D - Meet the Filmmakers

Australian Screen Editors presents in conjunction with Cinema Nova, "The Great Gatsby Editor's Q & A", with editors Matt Villa ASE and Jason Ballantine ASE. Learn the intricacies...

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Saturday, June 29, 2013 12:00 more...

Director: Baz Luhrmann

Running Time: 142 mins

Rating: M

Days Of Heaven - Event Screenings

To celebrate the release of Terrence Malick's new film TO THE WONDER, Cinema Nova is proud to present the first screening of Malick's seminal 1978 work DAYS OF HEAVEN in high definition...

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Saturday, June 29, 2013 12:30 Sunday, June 30, 2013 12:30 more...

Director: Terrence Malick

Running Time: 94 mins

Rating: M

The Bolshoi Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

Based on the play by William Shakespeare,  Romeo and Juliet is one of the most popular ballets in the world. Nevertheless, its creation was difficult. Originally commissioned by the...

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Saturday, June 29, 2013 11:00 Sunday, June 30, 2013 11:00 more...

Director:

Running Time: 2 hrs 25 mins

Rating: NR

Much Ado About Nothing - Q&A event

Join Nova for an advance screening of Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing , followed by an exclusive Q&A with via Skype with producer and Whedon’s wife Kai Cole. This is...

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013 19:00 more...

Director: Joss Whedon

Running Time: 107 mins

Rating: M

We Steal Secrets - Q&A Event

Be the first to see the controversial new film from Academy Award-winning director and acclaimed documentarian Alex Gibney (Silence in the House of God, Taxi To The Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest...

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Wednesday, July 3, 2013 18:30 more...

Director: Alex Gibney

Running Time: 130 mins

Rating: M

I Don't Want to be Born

Joan Collins is an ex-stripper whose affair with her former boss might be the reason she’s had a possessed baby.  The little brat bites and scratches everyone, pulls the head off his...

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Friday, July 5, 2013 19:30 more...

Director: Peter Sasdy

Running Time: 1hr 35 mins

Rating: M

The Audience

OLIVIER AWARD - BEST ACTRESS (Helen Mirren) Helen Mirren reprises her Oscar winning role of Queen Elizabeth II in a new play written by Peter Morgan (The Queen, Frost Nixon) and directed by...

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Friday, July 5, 2013 18:30 Saturday, July 6, 2013 13:00 Sunday, July 7, 2013 13:00 more...

Director: Stephen Daldry

Running Time: 2hrs 32 mins

Beserk: The Golden Age Arc II - Event screening

Following up on our sold-out screening of Berserk Golden Age Arc I: The Egg of the King , Nova is proud to present the second in the Golden Age Arc series, The Battle for Doldrey . For three...

more...

Sunday, July 7, 2013 19:00 more...

Director: Toshiyuki Kubooka, Michael Sinterniklaas

Running Time: 1hr 33 mins

Rating: MA15+

The Best of St Kilda Film Festival

Fifteen of the Best Films to emerge from Melbourne's top short film festival. Don't miss this outstanding collection of comedies, dramas, documentaries and experimental films...

more...

Wednesday, July 10, 2013 18:45 more...

Director: Various

Running Time: 140 mins

Rating: MA15+

Behind the Candelabra - Privilege Member Screening

See Steven Soderbergh's acclaimed drama first at this special member screening!  Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh directs Michael Douglas in what is sure to be an award-winning...

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Thursday, July 11, 2013 19:00 more...

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Running Time: 2 hrs 0 mins

Rating: MA15+

After The Battle

Tahrir Square February 2011: Pro-Mubarak forces attack protesters in a historic moment screened around the world. One of them, Mahmoud, is a horseman who’s been struggling to make a living...

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Friday, July 12, 2013 18:45 more...

Director: Yousry Nasrallah

Running Time: 116 mins

Rating: TBA

Munch: 150th Anniversary

This year, all of Norway celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944), one of the towering figures of modern art.  Munch 150, co-hosted by the National Museum...

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Saturday, July 13, 2013 13:00 Sunday, July 14, 2013 13:00 Tuesday, July 16, 2013 18:30 more...

Director: Phil Grabsky

Running Time: 1hr 30 mins

Rating: TBA

The Repentant

Short film: Sanctity (37 mins) screens prior to feature. The Repentant: Filmed in the stunning and vast highlands of Algeria, this fast-paced drama is set during the ‘black...

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Saturday, July 13, 2013 18:45 more...

Director: Merzak Allouache

Running Time: 124 mins

Rating: TBA

Rough Hands

Short film: Baghdad Messi (19 mins) screens prior to feature. Rough Hands  (2011) Morocco   Mustapha is a hairdresser in Casablanca, but it’s his small corruptions on...

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Sunday, July 14, 2013 14:45 more...

Director: Mohamed Asli

Running Time: 97 mins

Rating: TBA

Pompeii: Captured in HD from the British Museum

An exclusive private view in high definition of the British Museum’s major exhibition Life And Death In Pompeii And Herculaneum. The exhibition focuses on the homes and lives of the...

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Thursday, August 29, 2013 18:30 Friday, August 30, 2013 18:30 Saturday, August 31, 2013 13:00 more...

Director:

Running Time: 80 mins

Rating: n/a

Othello

The National Theatre presents a major new production of William Shakespeare’s celebrated play about the destructive power of jealousy. Olivier Award-winning actor Adrian Lester (Henry V at...

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Saturday, October 12, 2013 13:00 Sunday, October 13, 2013 13:00 Tuesday, October 15, 2013 18:30 more...

Director: Nicholas Hytner

Running Time: TBC - approx 3 hours 30 mins

Rating: NR

Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure

The National Gallery exhibits one of the most startling and fascinating artists of all-time - Johannes Vermeer, painter of the Girl with a Pearl Earring. Vermeer painted little more than 30...

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Saturday, October 19, 2013 13:00 Sunday, October 20, 2013 13:00 Tuesday, October 22, 2013 18:30 more...

Director: Phil Grabsky

Running Time: 1hr 40 mins

Rating: TBA

Macbeth

Kenneth Branagh returns to the stage as Macbeth, for his first Shakespeare performance after more than a decade. Directed by Olivier and Tony Award-winner Rob Ashford and BAFTA Award-winner...

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Saturday, November 2, 2013 13:00 Sunday, November 3, 2013 13:00 Wednesday, November 6, 2013 18:30 more...

Director: Rob Ashford & Kenneth Branagh

Running Time: mins

Rating: NR