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

From master filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Lobster) comes a hilarious and chilling satire starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons. ... more

A funny, heartfelt and fiercely political documentary about growing old in Australia, CARELESS explores what happens when aged care is handed over to big business. Told through the stories of older Australians determined to stay at home, and narrated by ... more

Opening Date: Friday, 5 Dec 2025

Martians (armed with freeze guns and a robot made of cardboard boxes) kidnap Santa Claus and take him to Mars in an attempt to cheer up their miserable offspring. If you like your Christmas movies creepy (and who the hell doesn’t?) this is the best yuleti ... more

Led by an incredibly committed and fearless performance from Jennifer Lawrence, DIE, MY LOVE is the new film from legendary auteur Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here, We Need to Talk About Kevin). Looking for a quieter life, young author Grace (Law ... more

Ari Aster is back with the COVID thriller EDDINGTON, a pressure-cooker look at a town reaching a social boiling point, starring Joaquin Phoenix (Beau Is Afraid), Pedro Pascal (Materialists), Emma Stone (Poor Things), and Austin Butler (The Bikeriders). ... more

The doorway to death is the last great frontier in human life. Intellectually, we all know our lives will end, and yet - in the Western world at least - we act as if death is a mirage, disappearing the closer we move towards it. Two doctors in Australia a ... more

Starring Oscar nominee June Squibb (Thelma), ELEANOR THE GREAT is an emotional exploration of human connection, from first-time director Scarlett Johansson. When the witty and proudly troublesome 94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein (Squibb) loses her best fr ... more

After lifelong couple Joan (Olsen) and Larry (Teller) both die, they’re sent to the afterlife, where they have one week to decide where to spend eternity. But when Joan’s first love Luke (Turner), a war veteran who died young, appears, she’s told she must ... more

A brilliant but egotistical scientist brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation. ... more

Sophie Somerville’s honest and raw debut FWENDS is a Melbourne set festival darling, winning the Berlinale Forum’s Caligari Film Prize for innovation, and co-written by Sommerville and the film’s leads; Emmanuelle Mattana and Melissa Gan. ... more

Neo Sora’s (Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus) narrative debut HAPPYEND is an impressive and urgent look at the age of hyper surveillance and AI that is becoming increasingly prevalent. In a dystopian near-future depiction of Tokyo where the threat of a catastrophi ... more

Looking after her ill daughter while her husband is away for business, Linda (Byrne) is a therapist that’s struggling to hold it all together. When her bedroom ceiling collapses and she’s forced to move into a hotel while caring for her child, the thread ... more

One week out from shooting his upcoming film, world famous actor Jay Kelly (Clooney), decides to shift gears and visit his family in Europe as he begins to reassess his career. Without a warning, he embarks on the trip, first stopping in Italy to accept a ... more

A laugh-out-loud adventure through the far reaches of queer outer space, LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS showcases the incredible talents of debut South Australian writers/directors Leela Varghese and Emma Hough Hobbs. ... more

The debut feature of director Alex Russell (The Bear, Beef), LURKER is a prescient tale of fame and obsession starring Théodore Pellerin (Boy Erased), Archie Madekwe (Saltburn), Havana Rose Liu (Bottoms), and Sunny Suljic (mid90s). ... more

NOVA EXCLUSIVE! With strikingly intimate access, MISTRESS DISPELLER explores the work of a ‘mistress dispeller’ – someone who is tasked with infiltrating and ending an affair. ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 25 Dec 2025

ADVANCE SCREENINGS: Saturday December 6, 6:45pm & Sunday December 7, 3:30pm. Writer/director Emmanuel Courcol's wildly entertaining new film MY BROTHER'S BAND follows two siblings separated by fate and reunited by music, ... more

Starring Russell Crowe, Rami Malek, Michael Shannon, and Richard E. Grant, NUREMBERG is the new WWII biopic from Zodiac writer James Vanderbilt. ... more

From director Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights) comes a darkly comic thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor and newcomer Chase Infiniti. ... more

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Wednesday December 17, 7.00pm. Join director Frank Lotito for a post-film Q&A. From its humble beginnings in 1954 to its revered status as one of Melbourne’s most beloved institutions, Pellegrinis – A Melbourne Legacy chronicl ... more

Going behind the scenes of her administration and her private life, PRIME MINISTER follows Jacinda for seven years as she is catapulted to the top of New Zealand politics, becomes a feminist political icon, resigns suddenly from office and continues to ch ... more

In 2024, acclaimed Iranian director Sepideh Farsi tried to enter Gaza to document the living conditions amidst Israel's war on Palestine. Unable to secure a passage to the city via Cairo, a Palestinian refugee in Cairo introduced Farsi to Fatma Hosanna, a ... more

From the directors of 'Lygon Street – Si Parla Italiano', Angelo Pricolo, Shanon Swan and Jason McFadyen, comes SIGNORINELLA: LITTLE MISS, featuring narration by Greta Scacchi. ... more

Returning to what was once his family home on the Soviet Finnish border in 1946, Aatami Korpi dismantles his now empty house and sets out to rebuild it somewhere safer in their honour. But when the Red Army learns of Aatami’s existence, they dispatch Igor ... more

Led by an incredibly committed performance from Jeremy Allen-White (The Bear) and Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice), SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE follows the star as he makes his writes and records his most intimate album, Nebraska. ... more

From Oscar nominees Clint Bently and Greg Kwedar, the duo behind Sing Sing, comes TRAIN DREAMS, a moving portrait of Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton), a family man whose life unfolds during an era of unprecedented change in early 20th century America. ... more

A poignant, funny and heartwarming family story set in Western Australia, THE TRAVELLERS is the new film from acclaimed director Bruce Beresford (Ladies In Black, Breaker Morant, Driving Miss Daisy). ... more

An intimate, star-studded dive into the birth of an icon, and everything that followed. A look at the life of the greatest it-girl of all time. ... more

James Sweeny’s sophomore feature TWINLESS is an unpredictable comedy about loss and grief, starring Sweeny and Dylan O'Brien (Saturday Night). ... more

In 1937, Kornyev (Alexander Kuznetsov), a young and naïve prosecutor, receives a letter written in blood from a prisoner alleging that the state secret police have abused their power and tortured him. Determined to meet the sender and learn about what’s o ... more

Josh O’Connor (Challengers), Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla), Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers), Josh Brolin (Weapons), Glenn Close (Dangerous Liaisons), Mila Kunis (Black Swan) and Jeremy Renner (American Hustle) star opposite Daniel Craig, returning as detec ... more

WICKED: FOR GOOD is part 2 of John M. Chu's adaptation of the Broadway phenomenon, starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, Ethan Slater, Michelle Yeoh, and Bowen Yang. ... more