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From: Saturday, 26 May 2018
David Stratton presents Buster Keaton's THE GENERAL (G)
Introduced by David Stratton and presented with a live musical score, this 1926 comedy masterpiece was Buster Keaton's favourite and perhaps one of the best train films ever made. Come dressed in your vintage finest and join us for an authentic silent movie experience on Mount Victoria's Great Train Weekend. Bookings recommended!
MoreFrom: Thursday, 31 May 2018
Breath (M)
Based on Tim Winton's award-winning and international bestselling novel set in mid-70s coastal Australia. Two teenage boys, hungry for discovery, form an unlikely friendship with a mysterious older adventurer who pushes them to take risks that will have a lasting and profound impact on their lives.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 31 May 2018
Gurrumul (PG)
A portrait of an artist on the brink of global reverence, and the struggles he and those closest to him faced in balancing that which mattered most to him and keeping the show on the road.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 31 May 2018
Loveless (MA 15+)
The searing new drama from Russian master Andrey Zvyagintsev (Leviathan, Elena, The Return), is a razor-sharp portrayal of a marriage, and a country, in a state of collapse. A couple going through a divorce must team up to find their son who has disappeared during one of their bitter arguments.
MoreFrom: Saturday, 2 June 2018
MET Opera: Così fan tutte (Exempt)
Phelim McDermott returns to the Met staging Mozart’s comedy Così fan tutte, lead by David Robertson. Così fan tutte is a co-production with the English National Opera.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 7 June 2018
I Kill Giants (PG)
Based on Joe Kelly and Ken Niimura’s internationally acclaimed graphic novel about an oddball teenage girl named Barbara Thorson who chooses to escape the realities of school and a drab family life by retreating into her magical world of Titans and Giants.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 7 June 2018
Tully (M)
Marlo, a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a unique bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny named Tully.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 7 June 2018
On Body and Soul (CTC)
An eccentric, dreamy portrait of love and loneliness. Two introverted people find out by pure chance that they share the same dream every night. They are puzzled, incredulous, a bit frightened. As they hesitantly accept this strange coincidence, they try to recreate in broad daylight what happens in their dream.
MoreFrom: Saturday, 9 June 2018
Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf (CTC)
An immersive and meditative documentary that reveals how the revolutionary landscape designer, Piet Oudolf, upends our conventional notions of nature, public space, and, ultimately, beauty itself.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 14 June 2018
Cargo (MA 15+)
Stranded in rural Australia in the aftermath of a violent pandemic, an infected father desperately seeks a new home for his infant child, and a means to protect her from his own changing nature. Based on Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke's 2013 Tropfest short.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 14 June 2018
BPM (MA 15+)
An engrossing look at a pivotal period in history. Nathan is a young man who joins an AIDS activist group in 1990s Paris. As he attends the weekly meetings, he learns that some members prefer a more radical approach to their protests.
MoreFrom: Friday, 15 June 2018
Aurore (M)
A hugely entertaining blend of humour, truthfulness and sensitivity, Blandine Lenoir’s warm-hearted romantic comedy Aurore centres on a middle-aged woman in the midst of major personal and professional life changes.
MoreFrom: Saturday, 16 June 2018
MET Opera: Luisa Miller (Exempt)
A revival of Luisa Miller, which has not been seen at the Met since 2006. Starring Sonya Yoncheva as a peasant girl Luisa opposite Piotr Beczala as Rodolfo in Verdi’s tragedy about a young woman who sacrifices her own happiness in an attempt to save her father’s life.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 21 June 2018
The Bookshop (PG)
Based on Penelope Fitzgerald’s novel of the same name. Set in a small town in 1959 England, it is the story of a woman who decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 21 June 2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story (M)
Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in Solo: A Star Wars Story, an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Screening in 2D and 3D!
MoreFrom: Thursday, 21 June 2018
Midnight Oil 1984 (M)
Midnight Oil 1984 is the story of the sweat-soaked, hardworking rock and roll band whose music galvanised a generation of young Australians and inspired them to believe in the power of music to change the world.
MoreFrom: Sunday, 24 June 2018
Hare Krishna! (CTC)
Hare Krishna! explores the life of Srila Prabhupada – the 70-year-old Indian Swami who arrived in America without support or money in the turbulent 1960s. It explores how he ignited the worldwide cultural revolution of spiritual consciousness, known as the Hare Krishna movement.
MoreFrom: Friday, 29 June 2018
The Leisure Seeker Rotary Fundraiser (CTC)
A Rotary Fundraiser movie night. Travelling in their family vintage recreational vehicle, John and Ella Spencer take one last road trip before his Alzheimer's and her cancer can catch up with them.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 5 July 2018
Tea With the Dames (CTC)
From time to time four old friends, meet up in the English countryside to gossip, to remember and to laugh. For once they let the cameras in. A unique celebration of the lives and careers of four of our most iconic actresses; Dame Eileen Atkins, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Joan Plowright and Dame Maggie Smith.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 5 July 2018
Hereditary (MA 15+)
When Ellen passes away, her daughter's family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem to have inherited.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 12 July 2018
Upgrade (MA 15+)
Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when Grey, a self-identified technophobe, has his world turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant called Stem.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 12 July 2018
Disobedience (M)
Based on Naomi Alderman’s book of the same name. A woman returns to the community that shunned her for her attraction to a childhood friend. Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality.
MoreFrom: Saturday, 14 July 2018
MET Opera: Cendrillon (Exempt)
Joyce DiDonato adds another role to her Met repertory as the title character, a role she has sung to acclaim at the Grand Teatre del Liceu, Santa Fe Opera, and Royal Opera, Covent Garden.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 19 July 2018
Brother's Nest (CTC)
A razor-sharp black comedy from Shane and Clayton Jacobson (Kenny). On a cold morning in the middle of country Victoria, two brothers arrive at the family home intent on murdering their stepfather Roger but there is one thing the boys didn't take into account; spending the entire day together.
MoreFrom: Thursday, 19 July 2018
Foxtrot (MA 15+)
A visually bold and emotionally powerful exploration of war, grief and family. A knock on the door leads to unfathomable grief as a man and his wife learn that their son died in the line of duty as a soldier.
MoreFrom: Saturday, 21 July 2018
NTL: Macbeth (Exempt)
Shakespeare’s most intense and terrifying tragedy, directed by Rufus Norris, will see Rory Kinnear and Anne-Marie Duff return to the National Theatre to play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The ruined aftermath of a bloody civil war. Ruthlessly fighting to survive, the Macbeths are propelled towards the crown by forces of elemental darkness.
MoreFrom: Friday, 27 July 2018
I'll Push You (CTC)
It all started with three little words. I'll Push You is an up-close and personal look into the dynamics of a lifelong friendship between two best friends – Justin Skeesuck and Patrick Gray – as they travel across the Camino de Santiago. Hosted by the Blue Mountains Supporters of the Camino.
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: 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, 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.
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Ticket Prices
- 2D screenings:
Adults $12 • Seniors $11 • Children (aged 3 to 12) $10 • Two movies same day/person $20 - includes tea or coffee (3D films excluded) - 3D screenings:
All tickets $13 or $45 for family of four (max two adults, children aged 3 to 12) - NT Live:
Adults $25 • Seniors $23 • Full-time students/children $15 • Student groups (10+) $12 each - MET Opera:
Adults $28 • Seniors $23
Most cards accepted.
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