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! In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, ... more

May 1st, 2025

RESTORATION! Brutal, uncompromising and stunning, director Ted Kotcheff's WAKE IN FRIGHT finds young teacher, John Grant (Gary Bond) arriving in ... more

May 1st, 2025

20TH ANNIVERSARY! A musician from San Francisco finds meaning to his life when he starts to care for dozens of ... more

May 1st, 2025

RESTORATION! Original Theatrical Cut re-release! Ridley Scott’s ambitious modern classic blends science fiction, horror and groundbreaking special effects with a ... more

May 1st, 2025

30TH ANNIVERSARY! Tim Burton's Oscar Winning biopic ED WOOD depicts the fantastical life of cult filmmaker, actor, and novelist, Edward Davis Wood Jr. ... more

May 1st, 2025

Akira (Remastered)

Opening Date: Saturday, 3 May 2025

RESTORATION! The classic anime cyberpunk action film from 1988 returns to the cinema screen fully remastered and remixed. Set in ... more

May 3rd, 2025

Spellbound

Opening Date: Thursday, 8 May 2025

80TH ANNIVERSARY! Alfred Hitchcok's six-time Oscar nominated psychological thriller features the timeless and captivating Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck. ... more

May 8th, 2025

Three Days of the Condor

Opening Date: Thursday, 15 May 2025

50TH ANNIVERSARY! Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway are captivating in Sydney Pollack's taut paranoia thriller THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR. ... more

May 15th, 2025

Dressed to Kill

Opening Date: Thursday, 22 May 2025

45TH ANNIVERSARY! Brian De Palma's luxurious erotic thriller DRESSED TO KILL is as stylish as it is nightmarish. When Liz Blake (Nancy Allen), a sex worker, sees a mysterious woman brutally slay homemaker Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson), she finds herself ... more

May 22nd, 2025

Alphaville

Opening Date: Thursday, 29 May 2025

60TH ANNIVERSARY! Winner of the Golden Bear at the 1965 Berlin International Film Festival, Jean-Luc Godard's satirist science fiction-film noir ALPHAVILLE is back with a newly released restoration! ... more

May 30th, 2025

Brokeback Mountain

Opening Date: Thursday, 5 Jun 2025

20TH ANNIVERSARY! The story of a forbidden and secretive relationship between two cowboys, and their lives over the years. ... more

Jun 5th, 2025

Doom Generation, The

Opening Date: Thursday, 12 Jun 2025

30TH ANNIVERSARY! Jordan White (James Duval) and Amy Blue (Rose McGowan), two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier ... more

Jun 12th, 2025

Carol

Opening Date: Thursday, 19 Jun 2025

10TH ANNIVERSARY! Director Todd Haynes' Oscar nominated romantic drama starring Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Carrie Brownstein and Sarah Paulson returns ... more

Jun 19th, 2025

Red Sonja

Opening Date: Thursday, 26 Jun 2025

40TH ANNIVERSARY! The fearless warrior Red Sonja sets out to avenge her family's murder and rid her kingdom from the ... more

Jun 26th, 2025
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