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From: Thursday, 23 August 2018
RBG (PG)
At the age of 84, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. RBG is a revelatory documentary exploring Ginsburg's exceptional life and career.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 23 August 2018
Summer 1993 (PG)
A heartwarming, honest story of a six-year-old’s resilience. After her mother's death, six-year-old Frida is sent to her uncle's family to live with them in the countryside. But Frida finds it hard to forget her mother and adapt to her new life.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 23 August 2018
The Breaker Upperers (M)
Two women cynical in love, set up an agency to break couples up as a way to avoid letting go and moving on with their lives. A New Zealand buddy comedy from the producers of Hunt for the Wilderpeople and Boy.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 13 September 2018
Number One (M)
Engineer, executive, wife and mother, Emmanuelle Blachey, is head-hunted by a club of ultra-accomplished women to jockey for the about-to-open top spot at a world-class water company - something she would never have thought of or attempted on her own.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 13 September 2018
C'est la vie! (M)
A hectic wedding party held in an 17th century French palace comes together with the help of the behind-the-scenes staff.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 13 September 2018
On Chesil Beach (M)
A powerful, insightful drama about two people, both defined by their upbringing, bound by the social mores of another era centers on Florence and Edward, a young couple in their early twenties. Now on their honeymoon, they are preoccupied and terrified by the upcoming consummation of their marriage.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 13 September 2018
BlacKkKlansman (MA 15+)
An incredible true-life story of an American hero. It's early 1970s and Ron Stallworth, the first African-American detective to serve in the Colorado Springs Police department, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and become the head of the local chapter.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 20 September 2018
Ladies in Black (PG)
An alluring and tender-hearted comedy drama about the lives of a group of department store employees in 1959 Sydney. Adapted from the bestselling novel by Madeleine St John.
MoreFrom: Sunday, 23 September 2018
Sense and Sensibility Special Screening (G)
An event screening of one of Jane Austen's finest classics, featuring a special talk by leading dress and textile historian, Hilary Davidson, a dance performance by members of Blue Mountains Heritage Dance and live pre-show music with Wendy Hambly on the organ. Bookings recommended!
MoreFrom: Saturday, 29 September 2018
NTL: Julie (CTC)
Vanessa Kirby (The Crown, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire) and Eric Kofi Abrefa (The Amen Corner) feature in the cast of this brand new production, directed by Carrie Cracknell (NT Live: The Deep Blue Sea) and filmed live from the National Theatre to cinemas.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 4 October 2018
Luis and the Aliens (PG)
Tells the story of an 11-year-old boy who makes friends with three loveable little aliens who crash their UFO into his house. In return for Luis' help in finding the home-shopping channel stuff they came for, they save him from boarding school - and an exciting adventure follows.
MoreFrom: Friday, 5 October 2018
QSFF18: Lesbian Shorts (R18+)
Showcasing six of the best international lesbian shorts for Australian premieres. Highlights include Frameline Audience Award Winner, Masks, Marguerite sees an aging woman make peace with her past; Instinct throws a psychosexual thriller into the mix and Dyke Bars Never Last bemoans what we all know, to a very catchy tune.
MoreFrom: Saturday, 6 October 2018
QSFF18: Gay Shorts (R18+)
QSFF popular gay shorts package is back with 8 superb films. Highlights include the hilarious Matt & Dan: Sex Notes; gay sauna drama Set Me as a Seal Upon Thine Heart; The Things You Think I'm Thinking about an amputee burn survivor's move into the dating world and the bond between a Muslim father and son is tested in Ablution.
MoreFrom: Saturday, 6 October 2018
QSFF18: Life in the Doghouse (MA 15+)
Calling all dog lovers! Meet Danny and Ron, a gay couple who have turned their entire house over to rescue pooches. "We live in the dogs' house" says Ron, "We're the guests". With around 70 canine housemates at any time, they estimate they've facilitated the adoption of around 10,000 dogs, and counting.
MoreFrom: Sunday, 7 October 2018
QSFF18: Becks (MA 15+)
Broke and broken hearted after breaking up with her girlfriend, Becks returns home to stay with her very Catholic mother. Realising that lying on the sofa pining for her ex won't get her back to New York, she takes up buddy Dave's offer to perform in his bar and puts up posters offering guitar lessons.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 11 October 2018
Christopher Robin (G)
Christopher Robin -- now a family man living in London -- receives a surprise visit from his old childhood pal, Winnie-the-Pooh. With Christopher's help, Pooh embarks on a journey to find his friends -- Tigger, Eeyore, Owl, Piglet, Rabbit, Kanga and Roo.
MoreFrom: Saturday, 20 October 2018
MET Opera: Aida (Exempt)
Soprano Anna Netrebko sings her first Met Aida, with mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili as her formidable rival Amneris. Aleksandrs Antonenko is the warrior Radamès, and Nicola Luisotti takes the podium for the Met’s monumental production.
MoreFrom: Saturday, 3 November 2018
NTL: King Lear (Exempt)
Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear sees two ageing fathers – one a King, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends.
MoreFrom: Saturday, 10 November 2018
MET Opera: Samson et Dalila (Exempt)
Saint-Saëns’s biblical epic Samson et Dalila stars Elīna Garanča and Roberto Alagna in the title roles; the pair was last seen together by HD audiences in the acclaimed 2010 transmission of Bizet’s Carmen.
MoreFrom: Saturday, 8 December 2018
MET Opera: La Fanciulla del West (Exempt)
Soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek sings Puccini’s gun-slinging heroine in this romantic epic of the Wild West, alongside star tenor Jonas Kaufmann in the role of the outlaw Dick Johnson. Baritone Željko Lučićis the vigilante sheriff Jack Rance, and Marco Armiliato conducts.
MoreFrom: Saturday, 15 December 2018
NTL: The Madness of George III (Exempt)
Written by one of Britain’s best-loved playwrights Alan Bennett (The History Boys, The Lady in the Van), this epic play was also adapted into a BAFTA Award-winning film following its premiere on stage in 1991.
MoreFrom: Saturday, 9 February 2019
MET Opera: Marnie (Exempt)
Nico Muhly’s Marnie, based on Winston Graham’s novel, which in turn inspired Alfred Hitchock’s suspenseful thriller, has its U.S. premiere at the Met this season. Marnie is a co-commission and co-production with English National Opera, where the production premiered in 2017.
MoreFrom: Saturday, 9 March 2019
MET Opera: La Traviata (Exempt)
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s timeless tragedy La Traviata. Directed by Michael Mayer, this new production features a dazzling 18th-century setting that changes with the seasons.
MoreFrom: Saturday, 6 April 2019
MET Opera: Adriana Lecouvreur (Exempt)
For the first time at the Met, Anna Netrebko sings the title role of Adriana Lecouvreur, the great 18th-century actress in love with the military hero Maurizio, sung by Piotr Beczała. Cilea’s tragedy is directed by Sir David McVicar with Gianandrea Noseda conducting.
MoreFrom: Saturday, 4 May 2019
MET Opera: Carmen (Exempt)
Clémentine Margaine is opera’s ultimate seductress, opposite Roberto Alagna, who captivated Live in HD audiences as Don José in 2010. Louis Langrée conducts Sir Richard Eyre’s lively production, a favorite in the Met’s repertoire.
MoreFrom: Saturday, 1 June 2019
MET Opera: La Fille du Régiment (Exempt)
Bel canto stars Pretty Yende and Javier Camarena team up for a feast of vocal fireworks on the Met stage. Maurizio Muraro is Sergeant Sulplice, with Stephanie Blythe as the outlandish Marquise of Berkenfield.
MoreFrom: Saturday, 29 June 2019
MET Opera: Die Walküre (Exempt)
The second installment of Wagner’s Ring cycle, Die Walküre, stars heroic soprano Christine Goerke as the warrior goddess Brünnhilde, whose encounter with the mortal twins Siegmund and Sieglinde, sung by Stuart Skelton and Eva-Maria Westbroek, leads her on a journey from Valhalla to earthbound humanity.
MoreFrom: Saturday, 27 July 2019
MET Opera: Dialogues des Carmélites (Exempt)
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads an accomplished ensemble in Poulenc’s devastating modern masterpiece of faith and martyrdom. Isabel Leonard is the young Blanche de La Force, opposite Met legend Karita Mattila as the First Prioress.
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