Opening Date: Thursday, 17 Sep 2026

From the inventive documentarian duo Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard (20,000 Days on Earth, The Extraordinary Miss Flower) comes BROKEN ENGLISH, an intimate and ingenious exploration of rock icon Marianne Faithfull. A posterchild of counterculture and lead ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 22 Sep 2026

DOUBLE FEATURE! A science fiction epic, and a psychological drama from two of Europe’s greatest arthouse filmmakers, Andrei Tarkovsky’s SOLARIS ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 24 Sep 2026

WE LIKE LAIKA! Boasting an incredible cast of talent, THE BOXTROLLS stars the voices of Elle Fanning, Toni Collette, Jared Harris, Ben Kingsley, Richard Ayoade, and more! In 1897, Eggs (Isaac Hempstead-Wright), an orphan, lives with a community of quirky ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 24 Sep 2026

RESTORATION! Based on the novel by the same name, Stalker director Andrei Tarkovsky's SOLARIS centres around a rundown space station ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 24 Sep 2026

Set in a remote town in China, when a once-proud patriarch suffers a stroke, the burden of his care falls on his estranged wife, who has long wanted to leave their unhappy marriage, and his second daughter, a single mother struggling to make ends meet. TI ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 29 Sep 2026

MOVIE EPIC! In director Christopher Nolan’s vision of the future, the Earth is no longer a reliable source of food as crops continue to die out due to environmental catastrophe. One-time pilot Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) discovers a plan by NASA to ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 29 Sep 2026

20TH ANNIVERSARY GALA SCREENING: Tuesday September 29, 6:45pm. Join us for a double feature of TWILIGHT and NEW MOON to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the cult classic’s sequel (the ticket price includes entry into the double feature and a hard-cover d ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 1 Oct 2026

ADVANCE SCREENINGS: Friday Sep 25 to Sunday Sep 27. Inspired by a remarkable, near-mythic story, THE GREAT ARCH is a darkly comic and thought-provoking tale led by a captivating Claes Bang (The Square). ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 1 Oct 2026

WE LIKE LAIKA! Featuring state of the art stop-motion animation, KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS is a delightful adventure for all ages, starring the voices of Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, Ralph Fiennes, Rooney Mara and George Takei. Young Kubo (Art Pa ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 1 Oct 2026

40th ANNIVERSARY! Inspired by Roger Corman's no-budget horror-comedy and based on the smash-hit off-Broadway show, Frank Oz (Muppets Take Manhattan) ... more

Opening Date: Friday, 2 Oct 2026

Award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) plays the title role in this razor-sharp reimagining of Molière’s classic dark comedy. Telling the truth isn’t always that simple. Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the carefully constructed lies of modern society. ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 6 Oct 2026

IN POSSESSION, a woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behaviour after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon ... more

Opening Date: Wednesday, 7 Oct 2026

On July 27, 1986, Queen performed the largest-ever stadium concert at the Népstadion in Budapest in front of 80,000 ecstatic ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 8 Oct 2026

RESTORATION! A married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter (Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland) are holidaying in Venice ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 8 Oct 2026

Q&A ADVANCE SCREENING: Friday October 9, 7.00pm & Saturday October 10, 7.00pm. Join us for a very special pre-recorded post screening Q&A between director John Wilson and comedian & film critic Alexei Toliopoulos. Tickets a ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 8 Oct 2026

WE LIKE LAIKA! Lined with a stellar voice cast, including Hugh Jackman, Emma Thompson, Zoe Saldana and Zach Galifianakis, MISSING LINK is a wonderous journey through a fabled world. Mr. Link (Galifiniakis), and 8-foot-tall monster covered in fur, is the ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 8 Oct 2026

RESTORATION When Jubei saves a young ninja woman from the unthinkable, he assumes that’s the end of it. To his ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 13 Oct 2026

Visually dazzling adventures from Argento and Tarsem SUSPIRIA is giallo maestro Dario Argento’s most successful export. Suzy (Jessica Harper) travels to Germany to attend ballet school. When she arrives, late on a stormy night, no one lets her in, and sh ... more

Opening Date: Wednesday, 14 Oct 2026

The live theater capture of the hit musical Hadestown, which won eight Tony Awards in 2019 including Best Musical and ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 15 Oct 2026

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Tuesday October 13, 6.40pm Join lead singer Kevin Mitchell and director Arlo Dean Cook live, in-cinema, for a post-film Q&A moderated by Dylan Lewis (ABC’s Recovery). This is the story of a band that grew up but never grew apart. P ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 15 Oct 2026

Joint winner of Best Director at Cannes, Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s LA BOLA NEGRA is a powerful generation hopping exploration of Spain, the self, and those around us. In 1937, a young musician, Sebastián (the debut role of singer Guitarricadelaf ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 15 Oct 2026

Georgia Oakley (Blue Jean) adapts Jane Austen’s gorgeous tale of the Dashwood sisters, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, led by Daisy Edgar-Jones, George MacKay, Esmé Creed-Miles, and Frank Dillane. When the Dashwood patriarch passes away, his three daughters and t ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 15 Oct 2026

Amy Goodman has reported some of the most consequential stories of our time. STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! is a gripping ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 15 Oct 2026

RESTORATION! David Cronenberg's VIDEODROME is the director's chilling 1983 body horror exploring 'snuff film' culture during the decade's cable TV ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 20 Oct 2026

DOUBLE BILL: Demonic Double! Join us to watch cult classics JENNIFER’S BODY and the 1992 film BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 22 Oct 2026

50th ANNIVERSARY! Carrie White (Sissy Spacek), a shy, friendless teenager who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother (Piper Laurie), discovers she possesses telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her high school classmates at her senior p ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 22 Oct 2026

Starring Golden Globe-winner Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You) and Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara (The King and I), Noël Coward’s champagne-fresh comedy of bad manners, shocked and delighted audiences at its 1925 premiere. Two upper-class wives, the ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 27 Oct 2026

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer's block. He settles in along with his wife, Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and his son, Dann ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 29 Oct 2026

55TH ANNIVERSARY! An enduring masterpiece of cinema starring Academy Award-winner Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed, KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS is ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 29 Oct 2026

Detailing the tense 72 hours before D-Day, PRESSURE is a powerfully performed exploration of the weather’s involvement in the most dangerous seaborne invasion in history, incredibly led by Oscar-winner Brendan Fraser (Rental Family) and Adam Scott (Blue M ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 29 Oct 2026

The quietly spellbinding new drama from rising Spanish writer/director Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (Lullaby), SUNDAYS deftly captures the rupture within a family after a young woman defies expectations with her chosen vocation. Every Sunday when she’s home from ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 31 Oct 2026

Melbourne's OG TWILIGHT SAGA movie marathon returns due to enormous popular demand! It started with Cinema Nova revisiting TWILIGHT for a “one-off” event in March 2022 to celebrate Kristen Stewart's Oscar nomination for Spencer and Robert Pattinson's ar ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 3 Nov 2026

The ultimate "that could never happen here" double V FOR VENDETTA is a visually stunning, thematically rich adaptation written by The Wachowskis. Following the world war, London is a police state occupied by a fascist government, and a vigilante known on ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 5 Nov 2026

A delightfully lustful and passionate tale, WICKER is a racy romantic comedy led by Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, and Elizabeth Debicki. In a seaside village lost to time, a fisherwoman (Colman) delivers the food relied on by the townsfolk, who bar ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 5 Nov 2026

Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) returns with WILD HORSE NINE, a dark crime comedy starring returning muse Sam Rockwell, John Malkovich, Parker Posey, and Steve Buscemi. Shortly before the 1973 Chilea ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 10 Nov 2026

Two folk horror favourites from director Robert Eggers THE LIGHTHOUSE stars Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe in a mesmeric exploration of isolation and madness. In a remote island, Ephraim Winslow (Pattinson) arrives as a lighthouse keeper and assists h ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 12 Nov 2026

Paweł Pawlikowski (COLD WAR, IDA) returns to the screen with FATHERLAND, the third film in his spiritual trilogy on identity, guilt, family, and love in the tumultuous landscape of post War Europe. At the height of the Cold War, writer Thomas Mann (Hanns ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 12 Nov 2026

The marriage of Derya and Aziz is under pressure after losing their jobs because of state arbitrariness and moving to ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 17 Nov 2026

DOUBLE FEATURE! Twentieth century documentaries that broke the mould and pushed the genre into new spaces.

GREY GARDENS is a documentary ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 19 Nov 2026

A struggling primary school teacher (Saoirse Ronan) begins to make some questionable decisions after one of her students is injured. ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 19 Nov 2026

ADVANCE SCREENING: Thursday November 5, 7:30pm. NOVA EXCLSUIVE! Charli xcx leads ERUPCJA, an intimate, bittersweet portrait of connection, identity, and Warsaw. When Bethany (Charli) travels to Warsaw, Poland with her boyfriend Rob (Will Madden), he belie ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 19 Nov 2026

Josh O’Connor (The Crown; Challengers) leads the cast in this searing revival of Clifford Odets’ knockout American classic. 1930s New York, ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 19 Nov 2026

The untold story of Australian "OZ" rock is told in this impressive look at the rise into worldwide success of ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 24 Nov 2026

MOVIE EPIC! Stanley Kubrick directs Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in his final film. ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 26 Nov 2026

BITTER CHRISTMAS follows Elsa, an advertising director whose mother dies during a long December holiday. She works non-stop and, without ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 26 Nov 2026

Drawing on Japanese and Korean folktales, Dario Russo’s debut THE FOX is an absurdly comic Australian folktale starring Jai Courtney, Emily Browning, and Damon Herriman, as well as the voices of Olivia Colman and Sam Neill. Nick (Courtney) is a small-tow ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 26 Nov 2026

A world-famous children's author under threat, a battle of wills in the wake of scandal, and one chance to make amends, GIANT tells the story of Roald Dahl (John Lithgow) and the true controversy that challenged his legacy. It's the summer of 1 ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 26 Nov 2026

Harry Lehman is an aging pickpocket who plies his trade with ever-diminishing returns in a drastically changed New York. Wallets ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 1 Dec 2026

Revenge thriller masterpieces from Welles and Wilder TOUCH OF EVIL is a political neo-noir from Orson Welles. When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas (Charlton Heston) begins h ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 8 Dec 2026

DOUBLE FEATURE! Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki present fantastical animated tales of far-away lands. ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 10 Dec 2026

A midnight phone call from a friend asking for a favor leads a failed writer to be trapped on a ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 15 Dec 2026

DOUBLE BILL: It's a hair-burning, ice-slipping, glass-decoration-crushing, iron-to-the-face double feature as Macauley Culkin stars as Kevin McAllister, the innocent young ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 22 Dec 2026

DOUBLE BILL: Ho, Ho, Ho, it's a Die Hard double feature! Bruce Willis stars in his most iconic role - ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 26 Dec 2026

Acclaimed author Patricia Highsmith (Mirren) has no desire to leave her sanctum in Switzerland before she dies. But her solitude ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 29 Dec 2026

Ingmar Bergman's 4-time Oscar winning masterpiece As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny (Pernilla Allwin) and Alexander (Bertil Guve) enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 21 Jan 2027

Mihai and Lisbet Gheorghiu, a Romanian-Norwegian Pentecostal couple, move with their five children from Romania to Norway after Mihai’s parents ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 21 Jan 2027

In 1986 New York, devil-may-care former cop Gary Pearl (Adam Driver) pitches a lucrative construction project to his engineer brother ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 21 Jan 2027

Pierre-Auguste Renoir is one of the world’s favourite artists; a founding member of the Impressionist movement and a constantly evolving ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 1 Apr 2027

After more than five years in the making, Antonin Baudry’s deftly drawn geopolitical thriller DE GAULLE: LIBERTÉ is the second part of a duology about the statesman and former President of France. Charles De Gaulle's (Simon Abkarian) journey as a French ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 13 May 2027

To celebrate Tate Britain’s blockbuster Monet and Time exhibition, Exhibition on Screen is delighted to bring the iconic story of ... more

Opening Date: Sunday, 20 Sep 2026

Written and directed by Peter Marcias, ALMOST GRAZIA portrays her determination and perseverance to fight against prejudice, revealing the profound political resonance of her personal journey, and offering a profound reflection on the relationship between ... more

Opening Date: Sunday, 20 Sep 2026

A box office smash hit in Italy, SEPARATE BEDS is a clever romantic comedy starring Edoardo Leo (Somebody to Love IFF25) and Claudia Pandolfi (also in The Greater Good). Alessandra (Pandolfi) and Valerio (Leo) could not be more different. Alessandra is a ... more

Opening Date: Sunday, 20 Sep 2026

Featuring stellar supporting performances from Margherita Buy and Laura Morante, this new comedy from Luca Lucini is a story of family, transformation, modern love, and self-discovery. Achille (Matteo Olivetti) and Stella (Martina Gatti) have been togeth ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 22 Sep 2026

FASHION ON FILM EVENT SCREENING: Sunday 27 September, 3:45pm arrivals for 4:00pm film Enjoy a glass of Canella Mimosa on arrival before this special screening of insightful documentary Armani and the Birth of Italian Fashion. A must watch for fashion l ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 22 Sep 2026

Directed by Elisa Amoruso (Sirley) and adapted for the screen by Ilaria Bernardini from her own novel, BELOVED tells an intimate story of maternity through two women from different worlds who are facing opposing fertility struggles. Nunzia (Tecla Insolia ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 22 Sep 2026

Starring Jasmine Trinca (Diamonds IFF25) and Filippo Timi (In the Mirror IFF24), this provocative erotic thriller is loosely inspired by sensational true events in 1960s Italy involving high-society couple the Marquises Casati-Stampa, Camillo and Anna. O ... more

Opening Date: Wednesday, 23 Sep 2026

Directed by and starring Fabio De Luigi (When Mum is Away...With the In-Laws IFF25) this tender romantic comedy about parenthood and making a fresh start explores what it means to fall in love after one has already built a family. Tommaso (De Luigi) is a ... more

Opening Date: Wednesday, 23 Sep 2026

Starring a splendid Anna Ferzetti (La Grazia IFF25) and based on Gaja Cenciarelli’s eponymous, autobiographical novel, CLASSMATES is an intergenerational dramatic comedy about the power of education, respect and community that sees the relationship betwee ... more

Opening Date: Wednesday, 23 Sep 2026

Written and directed by Alessandro Aronadio (Ears, Still Time) and based on a true story chronicled in Serenella Antonazzi’s book Un tempo piccolo, FOR YOU is a moving drama about a father and son which celebrates the power of love that transcends time an ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 24 Sep 2026

Inspired by a true story, this Italian box office hit from Riccardo Milani (A World Apart IFF24) sees two different sets of ideals collide on an unspoiled stretch of coastline in southern Sardinia. Efisio is a solitary shepherd who lives in the small hou ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 24 Sep 2026

Written and directed by Margherita Spampinato in her feature film debut, this award-winning drama follows a young boy who discovers ancient mysteries, love and superstition when he is sent to spend his summer holidays with an aunt in Sicily. A lively, ch ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 26 Sep 2026

A compelling coming-of-age drama from Nunzia De Stefano, MALAVIA tells the story of a Neapolitan boy who uses music to try to make something of himself. Sasà, a thirteen-year-old boy from the outskirts of Naples, spends his days listening to rap music wi ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 29 Sep 2026

A magical family tale about the importance of imagination and kindness, INCANTO is the debut feature from writer/director Pier Paolo Paganelli. On his deathbed, Ludovico entrusts his ten-year-old daughter Margot to the housekeeper, Felicia (Vittoria Pucc ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 29 Sep 2026

Directed and co-written by Francesco Lagi, this Rome-set exploration of modern relationships features a stellar ensemble cast including Vanessa Scalera (Diamonds IFF25), Vinicio Marchioni (There's Still Tomorrow IFF24), Isabella Ragonese (Like Sh ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 29 Sep 2026

Starring Matilda De Angelis (Fuori IFF25) and Stefano Accorsi (Diamonds IFF25), THE LESSON is a psychological thriller and legal drama from Stefano Mordini, based on the eponymous novel by Marco Franzoso, reflecting on truth, justice, duplicity and parano ... more

Opening Date: Wednesday, 30 Sep 2026

From Academy Award® winning director Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso, Ennio) and scored by Oscar-winning composer Nicola Piovani (Life is Beautiful), this inspirational documentary delivers an intimate portrait of the life and career of Brunello Cucin ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 1 Oct 2026

Starring Jasmine Trinca (Diamonds IFF25), this intense drama from Francesca Archibugi dives into a murky web of power, desire and lies in the European underworld. On the outskirts of Perugia, a young, beautiful girl (Angelina Andrei) is found in a ditch ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 1 Oct 2026

From director Davide Minnella, this biting ensemble comedic drama explores the blurred lines between entertainment and voyeurism and our relationship with the truth, in public and private. The Morettis, a close-knit, affluent Roman family, featuring pare ... more

Opening Date: Friday, 2 Oct 2026

Written and directed by award-winning director Antonio Capuano, ANDREA’S ISLAND is a moving chamber drama about the legal battle waged by two parents over the custody of their only child. Marta (Teresa Saponangelo, also in For You) and Guido (Vinicio Mar ... more

Opening Date: Friday, 2 Oct 2026

Based on petty and absurd true events in his hometown, this documentary written and directed by Gianluca Matarrese tells a darkly comic and emotionally charged tale of an unhappy Southern Italian family on the verge of implosion. In a remote Calabrian vi ... more

Opening Date: Friday, 2 Oct 2026

Some people leave their hometown with a few fond memories and the promise to keep in touch. Zoe left behind a trail of broken hearts and an alarming number of men - and women - who never quite got over her. Years ago, Zoe scored a television commercial a ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 3 Oct 2026

Filmed with unprecedented access, LA SCALA: THE FORCE OF DESTINY is more than a behind the scenes chronicle. Beautifully capturing the remarkable endeavour of staging a major new production, it reveals the passion, apprehension and brilliance of these art ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 3 Oct 2026

In a world where almost everything is already gone, Keith and Becca still have each other. Then even that is taken away. BLOODLUST follows the couple as they drift through the decaying remains of a post-apocalyptic Australia, surviving from day to day wi ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 3 Oct 2026

BLOODY TENNIS is a gloriously unhinged melange of Suspiria, Girl Fight and Battle Royale, where elite sport, occult weirdness and survival horror meet on centre court. Sophie arrives at an elite European tennis academy with dreams of making it to Wimbled ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 3 Oct 2026

Chad Ferrin delivers his nastiest film since Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill! and Someone’s Knocking at the Door with DEVIL'S DISCIPLE: THE NIGHT STALKER, a remorseless, uncompromising account of a serial killer's real-life reign of terror. Los Angeles, 1985. T ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 3 Oct 2026

Nothing spoils a romantic getaway in the desert faster than the surprise addition of a recently single wild-child sibling - except maybe a horde of randy septuagenarians with a devilish plan for their young and fertile neighbours. GODMOTHER follows Theo ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 3 Oct 2026

One quiet night on Warratah Island, a reclusive man and his over bearing sister find their fragile domestic routine shattered when a mysterious stranger abruptly bursts into their home and refuses to leave. Introducing herself as Nancy Nancy, the intruder ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 3 Oct 2026

At this point, it wouldn’t really be Monster Fest without an Adams family film playing in it. Following Hellbender, Where The Devil Roams and last year’s Golden Monster winner Mother Of Flies, filmmaking family Toby Poser, John Adams, Zelda Adams and Lul ... more

Opening Date: Sunday, 4 Oct 2026

Smart. The series is set in a fading country town that finds itself under siege by an army of murderous garden gnomes on the eve of their first Gnome-a-Palooza festival. At the heart of the story are two police officers, Senior Sergeant Arnold Kipps and ... more

Opening Date: Sunday, 4 Oct 2026

Paris wants to be famous. Unfortunately, nobody else seems particularly interested. A wannabe singer hustling her way through the grungier corners of Paris, she’s told by a festival programmer that what her career really needs is more social media follow ... more

Opening Date: Sunday, 4 Oct 2026

Five years in the making and produced on a budget so small even a micro-budget filmmaker would be shocked, KYLGOR IN THE GRISLY ABYSS is an astonishingly ambitious throwback to the sword-and-sorcery epics of yesteryear, complete with barbarian warriors, h ... more

Opening Date: Sunday, 4 Oct 2026

"There are movies that attempt to grapple seriously with the nature of evil. And then there's SATAN'S CHEERLEADERS, which figured Satan would be considerably more entertaining surrounded by horny teenagers in short skirts. The girls of Benedict High are ... more

Opening Date: Sunday, 4 Oct 2026

There are mad scientist movies, and then there are mad scientist movies where John Carradine builds solar-powered supermen out of stolen corpses in his basement, only for them to escape and go on a killing spree while Tura Satana tries to steal the secret ... more

Opening Date: Sunday, 4 Oct 2026

It's difficult to imagine anyone being more formidable than Varla, the man-hating, ass-kicking, drag-racing force of nature at the centre of Russ Meyer's Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!. Then you discover the life of Tura Satana. Cody Jarrett's TURA! digs ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 6 Oct 2026

Be careful what you summon. Demons, curses, haunted bloodlines and creatures waiting in the dark are unleashed in a program of supernatural nightmares, proving that some things should never be opened. ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 6 Oct 2026

Sometimes a movie comes along with a premise so profoundly outrageous that you simply have to program it. Meet JEFFREY DOLLMER. A group of models arrive for a seemingly routine photo shoot only to find themselves stalked, seduced and molested by a doll ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 6 Oct 2026

Having already transformed Pooh, Peter Pan and Bambi into bloodthirsty psychopaths, Rhys Frake-Waterfield and his merry band of childhood destroyers now turn their attention to poor old Pinocchio - and boy is it glorious. Created by Geppetto (the always- ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 6 Oct 2026

Class is in session, and the curriculum is carnage. Continuing a proud Monster Fest tradition, this year’s student shorts program brings together twelve films from schools around the country for a showcase of emerging Australian genre talent, with plenty ... more

Opening Date: Wednesday, 7 Oct 2026

Bad dates, hangovers, rogue robots and creatures with questionable intentions. A celebration of the fine art of making everything much, much worse, and learning absolutely no lessons. ... more

Opening Date: Wednesday, 7 Oct 2026

If you spent any significant amount of time haunting video stores in the ’80s and ’90s, chances are Charles Band had something to do with messing you up. Puppet Master. Subspecies. Future Cop. Dollman. Demonic Toys. Castle Freak. Tourist Trap. Ghoulies. ... more

Opening Date: Wednesday, 7 Oct 2026

Fractured minds, failing bodies and technology behaving badly. Obsession, paranoia and unchecked progress distort the world beyond recognition, until nothing can be trusted, least of all your own senses. ... more

Opening Date: Wednesday, 7 Oct 2026

Before Puppet Master. Before Future Cop. Before Full Moon. There was PARASITE 3D. The year is 1992. Nuclear war has reduced America to a post-apocalyptic wasteland, evil corporations control what remains of civilisation and scientist Paul Dean has create ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 8 Oct 2026

There was really only one way to follow a documentary about Steve Johnson’s monsters, excesses and marriage to Linnea Quigley: screen the movie where all three collided. It’s Halloween night and ten teenagers have decided that the perfect place for a par ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 8 Oct 2026

You may not know the name Steve Johnson, but if you grew up watching horror movies in the ’80s and ’90s, you sure as hell know his monsters. Videodrome, Ghostbusters, Fright Night, Big Trouble in Little China, Night of the Demons, A Nightmare on Elm Stre ... more

Opening Date: Friday, 9 Oct 2026

Written, directed by and starring Monica Guerritore (Deceitful Love), this biopic tells the story of acclaimed Italian actress Anna Magnani (Bellissima, Mamma Roma, Rome, Open City), a woman who faced an adversity and fought it with dignity. Set during t ... more

Opening Date: Friday, 9 Oct 2026

Fresh from Point Blank and Deliverance, John Boorman was one of the hottest directors on the planet when Warner Bros handed him the keys to one of Hollywood’s most valuable properties and asked him to make THE EXORCIST II. What could possibly go wrong? ... more

Opening Date: Friday, 9 Oct 2026

Is EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC really one of the worst films ever made… or have we all been getting it wrong for nearly 50 years? Four years after Regan MacNeil’s unfortunate encounter with the Devil, she’s seemingly doing just fine. Unfortunately, nobody t ... more

Opening Date: Friday, 9 Oct 2026

Murder City’s ambassador of twisted cinema, Dick Dale, returns to Melbourne with his latest Trasharama program, bursting at the screams with the grossest, goriest and greatest short films to grace a Trasharama yet. ... more

Opening Date: Friday, 9 Oct 2026

Australian exploitation filmmaker Alby Wrangler (Andrew Leavold) dreams of becoming the next Tarantino. Instead, he finds himself in Ghana, conning his way onto the film set of real-life director Samuel "Ninja" Nkansah's kung fu remake of the Jamaican reg ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 10 Oct 2026

Directed by his son Toni D'Angelo, this touching documentary about Neapolitan singer/actor Nino D'Angelo explores the story of an artist who has crossed genres, stages, and generations, while remaining true to his roots. In the 1980s, Nino D'An ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 10 Oct 2026

Originally made in Thailand in the late ’90s and under the bizarre title 'My Teacher Eats Biscuits', DOGGOD was banned just one day before its premiere for the apparently rather impressive feat of being deemed 'offensive to all religions'. And then it di ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 10 Oct 2026

Two sisters (Lizzy Caplan & Lucy DeVito) with a contentious relationship decide to rob a rural home in upstate New ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 10 Oct 2026

October 31st. Halloween. The not-so-distant future. Three years since a plague wiped humans from the face of the planet. All except for 16-year-old ‘Pumpkin’. The last girl left on earth. Pumpkin (Milly Shapiro) is a teenage girl like any other, craving ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 10 Oct 2026

Join Melbourne Horror Film Society ringleaders Melsy Begg, David Lorensene and Andrew Paynter for a session of fiendish questions, cutthroat competition, and devilish prizes. From slashers to shockers, cult classics to deep cuts, this is the ultimate test ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 10 Oct 2026

Some horror movies have one great title. This one has four. THE DEVIL WITHIN HER. Sharon's Baby. I Don't Want To Be Born. The Monster. Whatever you want to call it, there's really only one important thing you need to know: Joan Collins gives birth to a h ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 10 Oct 2026

OMEN III: THE FINAL CONFLICT finds Damien Thorn at 32, fully aware that he's the Antichrist and no longer particularly troubled by the implications. He's rich, powerful, running Thorn Industries and has just been appointed US Ambassador to Great Britain - ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 13 Oct 2026

In 2010 best friends Valerio De Simoni, Jamie Kenyon and Kris ‘Ted’ Davant embark on the adventure of a lifetime: a 50,000km quad bike journey across three continents to break a Guinness World Record while fundraising to combat global poverty. Valerio ke ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 15 Oct 2026

Direct from competing In Competition at the 2026 Venice International Film Festival, THE ECHO CHAMBER is a spellbinding romantic drama ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 15 Oct 2026

Twenty Years of the Met in Cinemas is a celebration of the Met’s two decades of onstage glory as experienced ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 31 Oct 2026

The Met: Live in HD season kicks off with Mozart’s satirical comedy of fickle young love, one of the composer’s most sublime creations. Phelim McDermott’s “colorful, inventive” (The New York Times) staging, inspired by Coney Island in the 1950s, sets the ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 14 Nov 2026

Two of opera’s most extraordinary artists star in Verdi’s thrilling take on Shakespeare’s immortal tale. Following past triumphs in many of Verdi’s signature baritone roles, Quinn Kelsey is the Scottish king haunted by the ghosts of his murderous ascent t ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 6 Feb 2027

Sacred, scandalous, and irresistibly alluring, Saint-Saëns’s spectacular take on the biblical hero of legendary strength and the seductive Philistine whose beauty overpowers him returns in the Met’s larger-than-life production. Featuring a massive orchest ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 13 Mar 2027

Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns in a new staging by celebrated British director Richard Jones, marking the company’s first new production of La Fanciulla del West in more than 30 years. Soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė makes an important Me ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 24 Apr 2027

Following his smash-hit company debut with The Hours, composer Kevin Puts returns to the Met with his Pulitzer Prize–winning first opera, inspired by the true events of the 1914 Christmas truce, when soldiers spontaneously set aside the horrors of the Fir ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 29 May 2027

Following her radiant performance in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette—which garnered raves for “high notes that spun like liquid gold… Sierra touched the operatic firmament” (The New York Times)—superstar soprano Nadine Sierra ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 26 Jun 2027

One of today’s leading dramatic tenors, Brian Jagde takes on the tour-de-force title role of what many consider the ultimate Italian opera, live to cinemas worldwide. Verdi’s monumental Shakespearean tragedy also features soprano Ailyn Pérez in her compan ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 31 Jul 2027

A profound philosophical meditation on compassion and reconciliation, this transcendent rendering of a medieval knight’s heroic quest for the Holy Grail returns in François Girard’s celebrated production, a “thoughtful and intrepid staging, full of striki ... more