Films showing on Thursday, 17th July

Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle and Academy Award-nominated writer Alex Garland reunite for 28 YEARS LATER, a terrifying new story ... more

Australian brothers Danny and Michael Philippou (Talk to Me) return with the year’s most intense film, starring Sally Hawkins (Paddington) in her most wicked and disturbing performance to-date. ... more

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Pierre Niney leads a stellar cast in Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière’s thrilling new adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ epic adventure ... more

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40TH ANNIVERSARY! Starring Madonna in her first major on-screen role, cult classic DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN is a time-capsule of New York in the 80s. ... more

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From the boundless imagination of the award-winning Gints Zilbalodis (Away) comes a thrilling animated spectacle as well as a profound meditation on the fragility of the environment and the spirit of friendship and community. ... more

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Four Letters of Love

Opening Date: Thursday, 24 Jul 2025

MATINEE FILM CLUB: Thursday July 17, 10.30am. Join your host, film critic Jan Epstein, for an advance screening of FOUR LETTERS OF LOVE with complimentary morning tea and post-movie chat. Based on Niall Williams' best-selling novel, FOUR LETTERS OF L ... more

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Friendship

Opening Date: Thursday, 17 Jul 2025

ADVANCE SCREENINGS: Wednesday July 16, 7.00pm. Andrew DeYoung's whip-smart debut feature FRIENDSHIP has quickly become one of the most anticipated comedies of the year, starring Tim Robinson (I Think You Should Leave), Paul Rudd (Death of a Unicorn, Clue ... more

A blockbuster hit in Japan, GRANDE MAISON PARIS is an entertaining and mouthwatering culinary drama from director Ayuko Tsukahara, with ... more

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With an undeniable tour-de-force performance from Jessica Lange (All That Jazz, King Kong), and starring Kathy Bates (Misery) and Pierce Brosnan (Black Bag, Mamma Mia!), THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL is a powerful and poignant embrace of life and art. ... more

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WHAT THE FEST! A deeply allegorical exploration of the human condition, THE HOLY MOUNTAIN is a rich, surreal, and symbolic work directed, written, produced, co-scored, co-edited by and starring Jodorowsky. ... more

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The directorial debut of Laura Piani, JANE AUSTEN WRECKED M ... more

Featuring an array of outstanding performances led by Raúl Briones and Academy Award nominee Rooney Mara, LA COCINA is a gripping, exhilarating and truly cinematic new film from acclaimed director Alonso Ruizpalacios. Amidst the lunchtime rush of The Gri ... more

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A subversive take on J.S. Le Fanu's gothic sensation novel, LIES WE TELL shrouds a chilling mystery inside of an Irish period thriller. Ireland, 1864. When her father suddenly dies, the 18-year-old Maud (Agnes O’Casey) inherits his grand and rem ... more

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Academy Award nominated director of Past Lives, Celine Song, once again draws from her own past with this tale of a N ... more

From Oscar winning filmmaker Bong Joon Ho (Parasite, The Host, Snowpiercer) comes a satirical science fiction comedy starring Robert Pattinson, ... more

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40th ANNIVERSARY! Years ahead of its time, Stephen Frears (The Crying Game) directs Daniel Day Lewis and Gordon Warnecke in ... more

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A tender and heartfelt portrayal of queer and cross-cultural love, A NICE INDIAN BOY stars Karan Soni (Deadpool) and Jonathan Groff (Mindhunter, Knock at the Cabin). ... more

After seven decades filming every aspect of the natural world, David Attenborough delivers his greatest message of hope in a spectacular new film, OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH. ... more

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On Swift Horses

Opening Date: Thursday, 17 Jul 2025

Daniel Minahan's period romance ON SWIFT HORSES stars Daisy Edgar-Jones (Fresh), Jacob Elordi (Saltburn), Will Poulter (Warfare), Diego Calva (Babylon), and Sasha Calle. ... more

From Oscar winner Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scottland) and Sam Rice-Edwards (Meet Me in the Bathroom) comes ONE TO ONE: JOHN AND YOKO, an insightful and expansive look at John Lennon and Yoko Ono' ... more

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From one of the world's most beloved filmmakers, Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), comes a comic thriller of a wealthy industrialist targeted by nefarious individuals and shady organisations as he sets out to realise his most ambitious project of h ... more

Based on Raynor Winn's 2018 titular memoir, nature, and travel book, THE SALT PATH is a touching and profound story of love, loss, and hope. An honest and life-affirming true story of the healing power of the natural world, Marianne Elliott's di ... more

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From body horror maestro David Cronenberg comes his most personal film yet; THE SHROUDS, a new vision of the future starring Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, and Guy Pearce. ... more

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From one of the most exciting new voices in filmmaking, Ryan Coogler's (Creed, Black Panther) SINNERS is an adventerous, mystifying, and unpredictable supernatural horror set 1930s Mississippi. ... more

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Returning to the screen for his first role since his Oscar-winning performance in Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy is outstanding in this adaptation of Claire Keegan's Booker Prize nominated novel, SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE. Christmas 1985. Bill Furlong (Murphy ... more

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STELARC - SUSPENDING DISBELIEF explores the works of Melbourne based artist Stelarc, who burst into prominence ... more

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30TH ANNIVERSARY! Lenny Nero (Ralph Fiennes) is a policeman turned black-market hustler who sells illegal devices that record memories and physical sensations directly from the user’s brain. ... more

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The directorial debut of Samoan-born, Aotearoa-based Miki Magasiva, TINĀ is an uplifting and inspiring story of love and perseverance. ... more

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Total Recall

Opening Date: Thursday, 17 Jul 2025

35TH ANNIVERSARY! Paul Verhoeven's 1990 science fiction classic TOTAL RECALL stars a dynamite paring of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone. ... more

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Matthew Rankin’s absurdist triptych UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE was the winner of major awards at Cannes, Toronto, and Melbourne Film Festivals! ... more

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Adapted from Ang Lee's classic cross-cultural comedy, director Andrew Ahn (Spa Night) and screenwriter James Schamus put a fresh spin on THE WEDDING BANQUET, starring comedic sensation Bowen Yang (Wicked), Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flow ... more

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Isabella Tree and her husband, Charlie Burrell, bet on nature for the future of their failing, four-hundred-year-old estate. Battling entrenched tradition, the duo dares to place the fate of their farm in the hands of nature. ... more

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A young nomadic couple, Davaa and Zaya, live in the Mongolian desert with their four children, sheep and horses. Their loving and harmonious lifestyle, guided by ancestral traditions, is threatened by an unpredictable weather event and encroaching animal ... more

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MDFF Her Shark Story

Opening Date: Thursday, 17 Jul 2025

Her Shark Story (Dir: Ignacio Walker – 76m)

A young marine biologist in Galapagos reconnects with her father through their shared ... more

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MDFF Hot Water + Lifeblood

Opening Date: Thursday, 17 Jul 2025

Hot Water: Investigating Australia's Marine Ecosystem (Dir: Ash Dunn – 51m)

A vibrant journey across Australia’s marine wonders, Hot Water highlights ... more

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