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From visionary filmmaker and Nova favourite Luca Guadagnino comes AFTER THE HUNT, is a gripping psychological drama starring a career-best Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, and Andrew Garfield. ... more
Back to the Future
Opening Date: Thursday, 6 Nov 2025
40th ANNIVERSARY! Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend; maverick scientist Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd). Directed by Robert ... more
A defining comedic voice who wrote and appeared in numerous films and TV productions, and who – in a beloved double act with Bryan Dawe – skewered political hypocrisy for almost 30 years on current affairs shows, John Clarke gave away very little about hi ... more
Starring Austin Butler (Dune: Part Two, The Bikeriders) and Zoë Kravitz (The Batman), Darren Aronofsky’s (The Whale) CAUGHT STEALING is a comedic action-lead time capsule of New York in the 90s. Hank Thompson (Butler) was a high-school baseball phenomeno ... more
Deeper
Opening Date: Thursday, 6 Nov 2025
Hold your breath! Thai cave rescue hero Dr Richard “Harry” Harris takes on his most perilous adventure yet in Jennifer Peedom’s latest nail biter (Sherpa, Mountain, River). In a remote part of New Zealand’s South Island, "Harry” and his fellow underwater ... more
Die My Love
Opening Date: Thursday, 6 Nov 2025
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
The cinematic return of the global phenomenon, DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE follows the Crawley family and their staff as ... 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
Amid the haze of fading memory and shifting desires, Ruth (Kathleen Chalfant), a retired cook, quietly navigates her transition to assisted living. With grace, wit, and the enduring threads of her identity, she deals with her changing sense of self and he ... 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
Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) returns after 8-years with A HOUSE OF DYNAMTIE, an ensemble nuclear thriller starring Rebecca Ferguson, Idris Elba, Anthony Ramos, Jared Harris, Greta Lee, Tracy Letts, Jason Clarke, and Kaitlyn Dever. ... more
David Gulpili (Walkabout, The Proposition, Charlie’s Country) was one of Australia’s greatest and most well-known actors, and the first Indigenous actor to make an international stamp. A Yolŋu man, Gulpili led a traditional lifestyle in the Arafura Swamp ... more
Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Beauty and the Beast) returns to the movie musical with KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, a dazzling Technicolor-hued fantasy starring Deigo Luna, Tonatiuh, and Jennifer Lopez. ... 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
Award-winning musician Marlon Williams explores the process of making his first te reo Māori album in MARLON WILLIAMS: TWO WORLDS - NGĀ AO E RUA, a behind-the-scenes glimpse at Williams’ most ambitious project to date. ... more
In a sedate corner of Massachusetts circa 1970, JB Mooney (Josh O’Connor) an unemployed carpenter turned amateur art thief, plans his first big heist. When things go haywire, his life unravels. ... more
Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic. ... more
Prime Minister
Opening Date: Thursday, 6 Nov 2025
Q&A SCREENING: Sunday November 9, 12:45pm. Join Nova for a special post-screening pre-recorded Q&A between former NZ PM Jacinda Arden and host Zak Hepburn.Going behind the scenes of her administration and her private life, PRIME MINISTER follows Jaci ... more
From Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines) comes ROOFMAN, a charming comedy/crime that's based on a true story, starring Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst, and Peter Dinklage. ... more
A reimagining of the 1989 classic The War of the Roses, THE ROSES is a black comedy about the bitterness of divorce, scripted by Australian Tony McNamara (The Favourite, Poor Things) and starring a stellar ensemble cast including Benedict Cumberbatch, Oli ... more
Benny Safdie’s (Uncut Gems, Good Time) solo debut THE SMASHING MACHINE arrives fresh from its world premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, where Safdie won the Silver Lion for best director, and stars a transformed Dwayne Johnson and Emi ... more
From the Oscar Winning producers Adele Romanski (Aftersun) and Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), comes SORRY, BABY, the directorial debut of writer and star Eva Victor. Agnes (Victor) is a graduate student who's become a professor at the college she once attend ... 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
Train Dreams
Opening Date: Thursday, 6 Nov 2025
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
From director Zach Cregger (Barbarian) comes an unpredictable thriller set in a small town where seventeen children disappear in the middle of the night. WEAPONS stars Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Benedict Wong and Amy Madig ... more
