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.
RESTORATION! Directed by master anime filmmaker Momoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell), ANGEL'S EGG is a rediscovered gem of the Japanese animation genre. ... more
40th ANNIVERSARY! A psychological horror starring Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper and Laura Dern, David Lynch's acclaimed 1986 neo-noir has been called 'a masterpiece' by both fans and critics. The discovery of a severed human ear foun ... more
RESTORATION! Everyone's given one special thing...
The adult entertainment industry epic that not only identified director Paul Thomas Anderson as the ... more
35th ANNIVERSARY! Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire), Ice Cube (Friday), and Angela Bassett (Strange Days) deliver breakout performances in writer-director John Singleton’s Oscar-nominated drama set within Los Angeles' gang culture, BOYZ N THE HOOD. Tre (G ... more
30th ANNIVERSARY! Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott co-direct and star in the mouth-watering comedy BIG NIGHT, co-starring Isabella Rossellini, Ian Holm, Minnie Driver, Marc Anthony, Allison Janney, and Liev Schreiber. ... more
Taxi Driver
Opening Date: Thursday, 17 Sep 2026
50th ANNIVERSARY! Isolated ex-marine Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro) applies for a job as a taxi driver, hoping that the nocturnal ... more
Little Shop of Horrors (Director's Cut)
Opening Date: Thursday, 1 Oct 2026
40th ANNIVERSARY! Inspired by Roger Corman's no-budget horror-comedy and based on the smash-hit off-Broadway show, Frank Oz (Muppets Take Manhattan) ... more
Don't Look Now
Opening Date: Thursday, 8 Oct 2026
RESTORATION! A married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter (Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland) are holidaying in Venice ... more
Videodrome
Opening Date: Thursday, 15 Oct 2026
RESTORATION! David Cronenberg's VIDEODROME is the director's chilling 1983 body horror exploring 'snuff film' culture during the decade's cable TV ... more
Carrie
Opening Date: Thursday, 22 Oct 2026
50th ANNIVERSARY! Carrie White (Sissy Spacek), a shy, friendless teenager who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother (Piper Laurie), discovers she possesses telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her high school classmates at her senior p ... more
