Anniversary Party & Restorations

Experience the best films of decades past with Cinema Nova’s Anniversary Party screenings: a line-up of acclaimed or underrated films celebrating anniversaries  this year. Cinema Nova is your go-to destination in Melbourne for a stimulating selection of retrospectives celebrating the best of cinema on the big screen.

40TH ANNIVERSARY! Directed by master anime filmmaker Momoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell), ANGEL'S EGG is a rediscovered gem of the Japanese animation genre. ... more

Apr 13th, 2026

45TH ANNIVERSARY! Brian De Palma’s BLOW OUT stars a career-best John Travolta and Nancy Allen (Carrie) in a political thriller like no other. Jack Terri (Travolta) is a sound recordist for a b-movie studio, recording effects for low-budget horror films. ... more

Apr 13th, 2026

25TH ANNIVERSARY! David Lynch’s Palme d’Or winning mystery. A dark-haired woman named Rita (Laura Elena Harring) is left amnesiac after a car crash on Mulholland Drive, where she wanders the streets of Los Angeles in a daze before taking refuge in an apa ... more

Apr 13th, 2026

25TH ANNIVERSARY! Led by the eternally charming and commanding Heath Ledger, A KNIGHT’S TALE is a stylised pop-culture heavy interpretation of 14th-century Europe. When his master dies in a jousting tournament, peasant William Thatcher (Ledger), with his ... more

Apr 15th, 2026

Rango

Opening Date: Thursday, 16 Apr 2026

15TH ANNIVERSARY! From director Gore Verbinski (The Ring, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl) comes the Oscar-winning RANGO. Rango (Johnny Depp) is an ordinary chameleon who, after falling out of his owner’s car, accidentally winds up ... more

Apr 16th, 2026
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