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
G'DAY MAY! Four friends leave their share house to explore the pool rooms, drag shows and bars of Sydney before crash-landing in Bondi. It’s the night before Karli goes to New York and the lives of this tight knit group will change to forever after a ... more
PRIDE MONTH EVENT SCREENINGS! A star-making performance by Timothee Chalamet, career-best support by Armie Hammer and Michael Stuhlbarg, sunny Italian ... more
Tokyo Story
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Jul 2026
RESTORATION! An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their children and are confronted by indifference, ingratitude and selfishness. When ... more
Kiki's Delivery Service
Opening Date: Thursday, 9 Jul 2026
RESTORATION! From the legendary Studio Ghibli and director Hayao Miyazaki comes "Kiki’s Delivery Service", the beloved coming-of-age story of a ... more
Highlander
Opening Date: Friday, 17 Jul 2026
40TH ANNIVERSARY! Initially a box office bomb which was later discovered by audiences on home video, Christopher Lambert stars as ... more
Tokyo Drifter
Opening Date: Thursday, 23 Jul 2026
60TH ANNIVERSARY! Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo (Tetsuya Watari) is free of his bloody life after his boss decides to dissolve ... more
Le Samouraï
Opening Date: Thursday, 30 Jul 2026
RESTORATION! A classic staple of French noir, LE SAMOURAÏ follows the enigmatic Jef (Alain Delon) after he’s witnessed carrying out ... more
Blue Velvet
Opening Date: Thursday, 13 Aug 2026
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 found in a field leads ... more
Boogie Nights
Opening Date: Thursday, 20 Aug 2026
25th ANNIVERSARY SCREENING: Everyone's given one special thing... The adult entertainment industry epic that not only identified director Paul Thomas Anderson ... more
Boyz n the Hood
Opening Date: Thursday, 27 Aug 2026
Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire), Ice Cube (Friday), and Angela Bassett (Strange Days) deliver breakout performances in writer-director John Singleton’s iconic snapshot of gang culture in 1990s Los Angeles. Tre (Gooding Jr.) is sent to live with his fa ... more
