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Scream
retro screening. What’s your favourite scary movie? Thirty years after it redefined modern horror, horror master Wes Craven’s SCREAM remains as wickedly funny, self-aware and terrifying as ever. Blending razor-sharp satire with genuine suspense, SCREAM resurrected the slasher genre by turning its rules inside out, introducing audiences to Ghostface, a killer who knows every horror cliché and isn’t afraid to weaponise them. What begins as a quiet night in the town of Woodsboro erupts into a chilling game of cat-and-mouse, where film trivia can mean the difference between life and death. Smart, shocking and endlessly quotable, SCREAM is more than a horror classic, it’s a pop-culture landmark. Featuring an all-star cast, including Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, Drew Barrymore, Matthew Lillard and Skeet Ulrich, SCREAM is the film that made audiences afraid to answer the phone and proved that knowing the rules doesn’t mean you’ll survive.
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Hadestown: The Musical
Hadestown: The Musical. It’s an old tale from way back when. And we’re gonna sing it again. The 2020 Grammy winner for Best Musical Theatre Album and eight-time Tony Award winning musical, HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL, makes its enchanting live capture theatrical debut, featuring the five original principals of the Broadway company. The genre-defying new musical blends modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine a sweeping ancient tale. Following two intertwining love stories - that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone – Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Haunting, heartbreaking and beautifully tragic, HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL is not only a story about love, but more than that it’s a story about faith. It expresses the evergreen themes of love, sacrifice, oppression, addiction and devotion, juxtaposing the tragedy of the way things are against a hope of the way they could be. Watching the journey we in the audience contemplate what any of us might do, asking ourselves, what does it mean…to look back? “It’s a sad song, but we sing it anyway,” Hermes reminds us, and it’s a sentiment worth repeating. There may be tragedy, but the spring will inevitably return.
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Cinema Sessions
Pass the popcorn! Cinema Sessions are hitting the big screen Tuesday nights from 7pm in Felons Barrel Hall. Sit back with a selection of punchy snacks & order a frosty Felons beer directly to your seat! Hit the button below to pre-book your bean bag or walk in and snap up a spot in front of the big screen.
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Big Screen: Recent Experimental 3D Films
Big Screen: Recent Experimental 3D Films, Various, 2014-26, 89m Container X IMA Tickets here but see below. A showcase of recent experimental (and largely) 3D films by Johann Lurf, Victor Van Rossem, and Blake Williams that push against the concept of 3D realism seen in more narrative films, to instead explore the possibility of spatiality, contradictory vision, and histories of seeing. (We have to concede Lurf’s latest film Forever…Forever is two-dimensional, but we could not resist the chance to present his latest work on a cinema screen and in the context of his other recent works, and so erred on opportunism over rigor.) Twelve Tales Told – Johann Lurf (2014, 4m) Johann Lurf’s maximalist, 35mm barrage of Hollywood studio logos, transforms the iconic corporate prelude to the big production-to-come into a sustained, stuttering spectacle in which fractured and fantastical worlds collide into a bombastic anti-climax. Forever…Forever – Johann Lurf (2025, 21m) Over the course of twenty-two months, Johann Lurf fixed the gaze of a specially developed 65mm camera on a single fragment of the world: the Ottenstein Reservoir. What begins as a quiet observation of nature gradually transforms into a monumental image of cosmic motion. At first, the lake appears familiar – a place suspended between sky and water. But as the exposures grow longer, the dimensions themselves shift: stars begin to draw delicate lines, the sun inscribes bright arcs, the moon traces soft, almost calligraphic diagonals. The water surface becomes a perfect mirror that folds sky and landscape symmetrically into one another – above and below, light and shadow, becoming and fading. Revolving Rounds – Christina Jauernik and Johann Lurf (2024, 11m) Revolving Rounds is a cyclical film in both form and content. Shot at an agricultural field on the outskirts of Vienna, Johann Lurf and Christina Jauernik’s 3D short begins as it ends, tracking a planimetric path alongside three greenhouses as the early morning sun beams across the surrounding lands. Cavalcade – Johann Lurf (2019, 5m) Lurf designed and constructed a 150cm-diameter water-wheel, with one face divided into various patterned circles of varying shapes and colour. It was then fixed in place in a stream; we observe the wheel in rest, motion and rest again from a single vantage-point, as it is illuminated by strobe-lights synchronised with 35mm cameras. Clockwise and anti-clockwise movement disorientingly, magically interweave. Toward a Fundamental Theory of Physics – Victor Van Rossem (2025, 13m) Shot on 16mm film using a handcrafted Time-Slice camera with 293 lenses—a modern reinterpretation of the original device built by Tim Macmillan in the early 1980s—this experimental (3D) short offers a unique, tactile exploration of time and light as the raw materials and fundamental paradoxes of cinema. Laberint Sequences – Blake Williams (2023, 20m) Shot in and around the Laberint d’Horta in Barcelona, the film charts several journeys into the garden in search of its centre, where a statue of Eros waits. As the film navigates the maze’s false pathways, its recursive structure begins to crack, and a mysterious underworld floods its gates. Felt – Blake Williams (2025, 15m) A man sees mountains and sets out to recreate them. During a traverse across the Western United States, we observe familiar sites in a new light, and the world gets lost in the fold. Unrated 15+ and presented in partnership with the I nstitute of Modern Art. With thanks to Johann Lurf, Victor Van Rossem, Blake Williams, and sixpackfilm. This is a ticketed screening with an option for free attendance. Paid tickets are available through New Farm Cinema’s counter or website here. Free concession entry is also available on the night—simply request that option and we will arrange it. Concession is based on self-identified requirement—whether a student, pensioner or low income—and needs no proof of concession entitlement or identity.
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Angelika Archive - The 'Burbs (1989)
Angelika Archives celebrates the films that shaped cinema, bringing iconic classics and cult favorites back to the big screen every Tuesday and Friday. An overstressed suburbanite and his neighbors are convinced that the new family on the block is part of a murderous Satanic cult.
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Hadestown: The Musical
New Farm Cinemas & Tower Cinemas Newcastle. The live theater capture of the hit musical Hadestown, which won eight Tony Awards in 2019 including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, featuring the five original principals of the Broadway company. The genre-defying new musical blends modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine a sweeping ancient tale. Following two intertwining love stories, that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back.
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Hadestown: The Musical
New Farm Cinemas & Tower Cinemas Newcastle. The live theater capture of the hit musical Hadestown, which won eight Tony Awards in 2019 including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, featuring the five original principals of the Broadway company. The genre-defying new musical blends modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine a sweeping ancient tale. Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back.
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Hadestown: The Musical
New Farm Cinemas & Tower Cinemas Newcastle. The live theater capture of the hit musical Hadestown, which won eight Tony Awards in 2019 including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, featuring the five original principals of the Broadway company. The genre-defying new musical blends modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine a sweeping ancient tale. Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back.
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Hadestown: The Musical
New Farm Cinemas & Tower Cinemas Newcastle. The live theater capture of the hit musical Hadestown, which won eight Tony Awards in 2019 including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, featuring the five original principals of the Broadway company. The genre-defying new musical blends modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine a sweeping ancient tale. Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back.
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Journey to the Stars
This dazzling space show launches visitors through space and time to experience the life and death of the stars in our night sky, including our own nurturing Sun. Tour familiar stellar formations, explore new celestial mysteries, and discover the fascinating, unfolding story that connects us all to the stars. Those who come along for the journey may never see the night sky in the same way again. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg. Session concludes with a virtual tour of the Brisbane night sky. Journey to the Stars was developed by the American Museum of Natural History, New York in collaboration with the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; GOTO INC, Tokyo, Japan; Papalote Museo del Niño, Mexico City, Mexico; and Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. Journey to the Stars was created by the American Museum of Natural History, with the major support and partnership of NASA, Science Mission Directorate, Heliophysics Division.
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Hadestown: The Musical
Hadestown: The Musical. It’s an old tale from way back when. And we’re gonna sing it again. The 2020 Grammy winner for Best Musical Theatre Album and eight-time Tony Award winning musical, HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL, makes its enchanting live capture theatrical debut, featuring the five original principals of the Broadway company. The genre-defying new musical blends modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine a sweeping ancient tale. Following two intertwining love stories - that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone – Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Haunting, heartbreaking and beautifully tragic, HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL is not only a story about love, but more than that it’s a story about faith. It expresses the evergreen themes of love, sacrifice, oppression, addiction and devotion, juxtaposing the tragedy of the way things are against a hope of the way they could be. Watching the journey we in the audience contemplate what any of us might do, asking ourselves, what does it mean…to look back? “It’s a sad song, but we sing it anyway,” Hermes reminds us, and it’s a sentiment worth repeating. There may be tragedy, but the spring will inevitably return.
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Wednesday 28 Oct15
Strangers on a Train - Hitchcocktober 2026
Hitchcocktober returns to Angelika Cinemas for a season of thrills and chills, from the master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock! Bruno Antony thinks he has the perfect plot to rid himself of his hated father, and when he meets tennis player Guy Haines on a train he thinks he's found the partner he needs to pull it off. His plan is relatively simple: two strangers each agree to kill someone the other person wants gone. For example, Guy could kill his father and he could get rid of Guy's wife Miriam, freeing him to marry Anne Morton, the beautiful daughter of a U.S. Senator. Guy dismisses it all out of hand, but Bruno goes ahead with his half of the bargain and disposes of Miriam. When Guy balks, Bruno makes it clear that he will plant evidence to implicate Guy in her murder if he doesn't get rid of his father. Guy had also made some unfortunate statements about Miriam after she had refused to divorce him. It all leads the police to believe Guy is responsible for the murder, forcing him to deal with Bruno's mad ravings.
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Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning
special event screening. OZZY & BLACK SABBATH: BACK TO THE BEGINNING documents a landmark moment in music history: Ozzy Osbourne’s historic final farewell performance for his fans at Villa Park stadium in his Birmingham hometown—captured just 17 days before his untimely passing. The film highlights the historic day with performances from Ozzy, Black Sabbath, and some of the most influential names in rock, along with personal reflections from the superstar musicians they inspired and a behind-the-scenes look at the day itself. This is an historic and intimate farewell to Ozzy and the band that changed music forever.
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Russell Hobbs British Film Festival Opening Night: My Duchess
special event screening. Make a royal entrance at the 2026 Russell Hobbs British Film Festival Opening Night with complimentary sparkling wine & more on arrival! From acclaimed director Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral), MY DUCHESS reveals the turbulent final chapter in the extraordinary life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor (Dame Joan Collins), the American socialite whose romance with Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (formerly King Edward VIII) changed the course of British history. Following the Duke’s death in 1972, Wallis retreats to her Paris château, surrounded by her colourful confidant Jean-Claude (Laurent Lafitte, The Count of Monte Cristo) and devoted butler Louis (Buom Tihngang). Into this increasingly fragile world steps Maître Suzanne Blum (Academy Award nominee Isabella Rossellini, Conclave BFF24), Wallis’ trusted lawyer whose apparent devotion takes a sinister turn. As protection begins to give way to manipulation, Blum isolates Wallis and tightens her grip over her increasingly vulnerable life. Also starring Academy Award nominee Miranda Richardson and BAFTA-nominated Charles Dance, MY DUCHESS transforms a notorious chapter of royal history into a gripping battle of loyalty, deception and control.
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Curator's Pick
A curated film screening selected by the Australian Cinémathèque team, focusing on artistic and experimental cinema.
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Neo Sora’s Happyend
Happyend, Neo Sora, 2024, 113m Queensland Premiere Set in a near-future Tokyo where the threat of a catastrophic earthquake pervades daily life, two rabble-rousing (including gatecrashing an appropriate ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U gig) best friends attend are about to graduate high school. One night, they pull a consequential prank on their Principal, which leads to a surveillance system being installed in their school and requires a response. M 15+ With a virtual introduction from Neo Sora. This is a ticketed screening. M15+ and in partnership with Plainwater and Neo.
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Hadestown: The Musical
New Farm Cinemas & Tower Cinemas Newcastle. The live theater capture of the hit musical Hadestown, which won eight Tony Awards in 2019 including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, featuring the five original principals of the Broadway company. The genre-defying new musical blends modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine a sweeping ancient tale. Following two intertwining love stories, that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back.
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Hadestown: The Musical
New Farm Cinemas & Tower Cinemas Newcastle. The live theater capture of the hit musical Hadestown, which won eight Tony Awards in 2019 including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, featuring the five original principals of the Broadway company. The genre-defying new musical blends modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine a sweeping ancient tale. Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back.
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Hadestown: The Musical
New Farm Cinemas & Tower Cinemas Newcastle. The live theater capture of the hit musical Hadestown, which won eight Tony Awards in 2019 including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, featuring the five original principals of the Broadway company. The genre-defying new musical blends modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine a sweeping ancient tale. Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back.
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Hadestown: The Musical
New Farm Cinemas & Tower Cinemas Newcastle. The live theater capture of the hit musical Hadestown, which won eight Tony Awards in 2019 including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, featuring the five original principals of the Broadway company. The genre-defying new musical blends modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine a sweeping ancient tale. Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back.
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Wild Horse Nine
special event screening. From Academy Award and six-time BAFTA winning writer-director Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) comes WILD HORSE NINE, a blistering dark comedy about aging, guilt, friendship and the impossible attempt to negotiate with one’s own past. Spearheaded by powerhouses, Academy Award nominee John Malkovich and Academy Award winner Sam Rockwell, in two phenomenal, Oscar-worthy performances. Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (Malkovich) and Lee (Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ (Golden Globe winner Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island's iconic statues, the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies and Chris begins to question whether he and Lee were ever friends, and whether there is an ulterior motive behind the trip. As Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways, Lee must grapple with the secret mission he has been tasked to complete. An unexpectedly moving reckoning of friendship, morality, and lives spent doing terrible things, WILD HORSE NINE is an absurdly poetic, deeply melancholy, and ultimately devastating exploration of what it means to be human, beautifully showcasing how we are all just living one day at a time until time runs out. With a wickedly entertaining and cynical yet soulful performance from Malkovich, with many calling it his finest performance of the 21st century.
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Hadestown: The Musical
Hadestown: The Musical. It’s an old tale from way back when. And we’re gonna sing it again. The 2020 Grammy winner for Best Musical Theatre Album and eight-time Tony Award winning musical, HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL, makes its enchanting live capture theatrical debut, featuring the five original principals of the Broadway company. The genre-defying new musical blends modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine a sweeping ancient tale. Following two intertwining love stories - that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone – Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Haunting, heartbreaking and beautifully tragic, HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL is not only a story about love, but more than that it’s a story about faith. It expresses the evergreen themes of love, sacrifice, oppression, addiction and devotion, juxtaposing the tragedy of the way things are against a hope of the way they could be. Watching the journey we in the audience contemplate what any of us might do, asking ourselves, what does it mean…to look back? “It’s a sad song, but we sing it anyway,” Hermes reminds us, and it’s a sentiment worth repeating. There may be tragedy, but the spring will inevitably return.
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Primetime
In “Avengers: Doomsday,” beloved heroes from three distinct universes will be set on a deadly collision course and face an existential threat unlike anything they’ve ever encountered.
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Primetime
In “Avengers: Doomsday,” beloved heroes from three distinct universes will be set on a deadly collision course and face an existential threat unlike anything they’ve ever encountered.
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Primetime
In “Avengers: Doomsday,” beloved heroes from three distinct universes will be set on a deadly collision course and face an existential threat unlike anything they’ve ever encountered.
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Primetime
In “Avengers: Doomsday,” beloved heroes from three distinct universes will be set on a deadly collision course and face an existential threat unlike anything they’ve ever encountered.
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Thursday 29 Oct11
The Devils
An enduring masterpiece of cinema starring Academy Award®-winner Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed, THE DEVILS is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption — and a defining work of art from seminal filmmaker Ken Russell. Assembled from the original camera negative, this new 4K restoration presents Ken Russell's definitive vision of THE DEVILS by referencing the edit he privately constructed in 2004. THE DEVILS is the uncut and unfiltered theatrical experience that Russell always envisioned – and the first time the film will be presented restored and in 4K.
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Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning
special event screening. OZZY & BLACK SABBATH: BACK TO THE BEGINNING documents a landmark moment in music history: Ozzy Osbourne’s historic final farewell performance for his fans at Villa Park stadium in his Birmingham hometown—captured just 17 days before his untimely passing. The film highlights the historic day with performances from Ozzy, Black Sabbath, and some of the most influential names in rock, along with personal reflections from the superstar musicians they inspired and a behind-the-scenes look at the day itself. This is an historic and intimate farewell to Ozzy and the band that changed music forever.
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The Devils
An enduring masterpiece of cinema starring Academy Award®-winner Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed, THE DEVILS is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption — and a defining work of art from seminal filmmaker Ken Russell. Assembled from the original camera negative, this new 4K restoration presents Ken Russell’s definitive vision of THE DEVILS by referencing the edit he privately constructed in 2004. THE DEVILS is the uncut and unfiltered theatrical experience that Russell always envisioned – and the first time the film will be presented restored and in 4K.
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The Devils
An enduring masterpiece of cinema starring Academy Award®-winner Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed, THE DEVILS is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption — and a defining work of art from seminal filmmaker Ken Russell. Assembled from the original camera negative, this new 4K restoration presents Ken Russell’s definitive vision of THE DEVILS by referencing the edit he privately constructed in 2004. THE DEVILS is the uncut and unfiltered theatrical experience that Russell always envisioned – and the first time the film will be presented restored and in 4K.
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The Devils
An enduring masterpiece of cinema starring Academy Award®-winner Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed, THE DEVILS is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption — and a defining work of art from seminal filmmaker Ken Russell. Assembled from the original camera negative, this new 4K restoration presents Ken Russell’s definitive vision of THE DEVILS by referencing the edit he privately constructed in 2004. THE DEVILS is the uncut and unfiltered theatrical experience that Russell always envisioned – and the first time the film will be presented restored and in 4K.
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The sum of us (MA)
A widowed father has to deal with two complex issues: while he is searching for "Miss Right" his son, who is in his 20's and gay, is searching for "Mr Right".
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Pressure
Advance Screenings. Sat 24 October: Red Hill Cinemas & Elizabeth Picture Theatre. Sun 25 October: New Farm Cinemas & Regal Graceville. In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, Pressure follows General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg as they face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether.
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Pressure
Advance Screenings. Sat 24 October: Red Hill Cinemas & Elizabeth Picture Theatre. Sun 25 October: New Farm Cinemas & Regal Graceville. In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, Pressure follows General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg as they face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether.
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Opening Day Offer: Primetime
movie club screening. Witness television history and see one of Venice’s most talked about thrillers for less on Thursday 29 October, with discounted tickets all day for Palace Movie Club Members! Straight from its critically acclaimed premiere at the Venice Film Festival, the feature film directorial debut from acclaimed filmmaker Lance Oppenheim (Some Kind of Heaven), PRIMETIME is a tense psychological thriller based on the 2007 Esquire Article, ‘Tonight on Dateline This Man Will Die’. With Robert Pattinson starring as a fictionalised version of Chris Hansen, the host of the hit reality television series, To Catch a Predator, in an oscar-worthy performance. In 2006, NBC Dateline correspondent Chris Hansen sets out to make television history with the creation of a reality television series where he goes undercover to catch and shame predators on live television. After his groundbreaking investigations become a cultural phenomenon and he books the prime spot on air, Hansen slowly descends into a mutant of envy and ambition, masked as a righteous crusader. Eager to gain fame and recognition, the line between what is journalism and what is public humiliation becomes blurred, and public opinion begins to influence the way his investigations are conducted and filmed. Featuring electrifying performances from an all-star cast, including Phoebe Bridgers, Skyler Gisondo, Anna Faris and Merritt Wever, PRIMETIME asks us to consider the ethics and dangers of crusading reality television shows, and how complicit we might be as an audience howling for justice. Oppenheim turns PRIMETIME into an audacious, imaginative, stylish and darkly funny American nightmare, with Robert Pattinson at his most magnetic and unhinged, giving one of his best performances yet.
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Pressure
Advance Screenings. Sat 24 October: Red Hill Cinemas & Elizabeth Picture Theatre. Sun 25 October: New Farm Cinemas & Regal Graceville. In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, Pressure follows General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg as they face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether.
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Pressure
Advance Screenings. Sat 24 October: Red Hill Cinemas & Elizabeth Picture Theatre. Sun 25 October: New Farm Cinemas & Regal Graceville. In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, Pressure follows General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg as they face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether.
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Friday 30 Oct6
Angelika Archive - Donnie Darko (2002)
Angelika Archives celebrates the films that shaped cinema, bringing iconic classics and cult favorites back to the big screen every Tuesday and Friday. A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after he narrowly escapes a bizarre accident.
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Quiet on Set
Melting Pot is a welcoming space that celebrates LGBTQIA+ creativity - bringing together emerging and established Queer artists through art, fashion, sound and more!
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Encounters in the Milky Way
Discover the chance encounters that have shaped our place in the universe. Narrated by Pedro Pascal, Encounters in the Milky Way is a time-traveling journey about the cosmic movements that shape our galactic neighborhood. Session concludes with a virtual tour of the Brisbane night sky. Encounters in the Milky Way was developed by the American Museum of Natural History with the major support and partnership of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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BFF26 Wicker
Olivia Colman (The Favourite) and Alexander Skarsgård (The Northman) deliver wildly funny and wonderfully unexpected performances in WICKER, a fantastical and deliciously raunchy romantic comedy adapted from Ursula Wills-Jones’ acclaimed short story. In a remote seaside village bound by tradition and small-minded convention, Fisherwoman (Colman) is relentlessly ridiculed for her single, unloved status. Fed up with her stuffy neighbours, she commissions the local Basketmaker (Peter Dinklage) to weave her the perfect husband from wicker. When her creation arrives beyond even her wildest dreams, their unconventional romance sends shockwaves through the village. Jealousies flare, passions ignite and the increasingly unhinged townspeople turn against the unlikely couple. This visually sumptuous celebration of desire, individuality and finding love in the most unexpected form, is brought spectacularly to life through breathtaking cinematography from Academy Award winner Lol Crawley (The Brutalist), extraordinary visual effects from Joe Dunckley (Avatar) and Wētā Workshop. Featuring an ensemble cast that embraces every glorious absurdity, WICKER is bold, strange, romantic and deeply human.
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Awards Season Preview: Wild Horse Nine
special event screening. See it first with a complimentary glass of wine on arrival! PLUS, any ticket purchased online will go in the draw to win a trip to VENICE itself! From Academy Award and six-time BAFTA winning writer-director Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) comes WILD HORSE NINE, a blistering dark comedy about aging, guilt, friendship and the impossible attempt to negotiate with one’s own past. Spearheaded by powerhouses, Academy Award nominee John Malkovich and Academy Award winner Sam Rockwell, in two phenomenal, Oscar-worthy performances. Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (Malkovich) and Lee (Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ (Golden Globe winner Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island's iconic statues, the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies and Chris begins to question whether he and Lee were ever friends, and whether there is an ulterior motive behind the trip. As Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways, Lee must grapple with the secret mission he has been tasked to complete. An unexpectedly moving reckoning of friendship, morality, and lives spent doing terrible things, WILD HORSE NINE is an absurdly poetic, deeply melancholy, and ultimately devastating exploration of what it means to be human, beautifully showcasing how we are all just living one day at a time until time runs out. With a wickedly entertaining and cynical yet soulful performance from Malkovich, with many calling it his finest performance of the 21st century.
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Russell Hobbs British Film Festival Preview: Wicker
See it first with a complimentary glass of wine on arrival! Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård deliver wildly funny and wonderfully unexpected performances in WICKER, a fantastical and deliciously raunchy romantic comedy adapted from Ursula Wills-Jones’ acclaimed short story. In a remote seaside village bound by tradition and small-minded convention, Fisherwoman is relentlessly ridiculed for her single, unloved status. Fed up with her stuffy neighbours, she commissions the local Basketmaker to weave her the perfect husband from wicker. When her creation arrives beyond even her wildest dreams, their unconventional romance sends shockwaves through the village. Jealousies flare, passions ignite and the increasingly unhinged townspeople turn against the unlikely couple. This visually sumptuous celebration of desire, individuality and finding love in the most unexpected form is brought spectacularly to life through breathtaking cinematography from Academy Award winner Lol Crawley, extraordinary visual effects from Joe Dunckley and Wētā Workshop. Featuring an ensemble cast that embraces every glorious absurdity, WICKER is bold, strange, romantic and deeply human.
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Saturday 31 Oct10
Psycho - Hitchcocktober 2026
Hitchcocktober returns to Angelika Cinemas for a season of thrills and chills, from the master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock! A Phoenix secretary steals $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.
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Met Opera 2026-27: Così fan tutte
special event screening. 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 uproarious story at a boardwalk amusement park, where the two pairs of lovers at the heart of the tale find themselves on one emotional—and literal—thrill ride after another. Soprano Federica Lombardi and mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey sing Fiordiligi and Dorabella, opposite tenor Duke Kim and baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky as Ferrando and Guglielmo. Bass-baritone Gerald Finley stars as the cynical Don Alfonso, with soprano Ana María Martínez as the witty maid Despina.
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Encounters in the Milky Way
Discover the chance encounters that have shaped our place in the universe. Narrated by Pedro Pascal, Encounters in the Milky Way is a time-traveling journey about the cosmic movements that shape our galactic neighborhood. Session concludes with a virtual tour of the Brisbane night sky. Encounters in the Milky Way was developed by the American Museum of Natural History with the major support and partnership of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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Wild Horse Nine
Sneak Peek screening. Previews Friday 30th October, Saturday 31st October and Sunday 1st November, 2026. Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.
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Wild Horse Nine
Sneak Peek screening. Previews Friday 30th October, Saturday 31st October and Sunday 1st November, 2026. Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.
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Wild Horse Nine
Sneak Peek screening. Previews Friday 30th October, Saturday 31st October and Sunday 1st November, 2026. Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.
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Wild Horse Nine
Sneak Peek screening. Previews Friday 30th October, Saturday 31st October and Sunday 1st November, 2026. Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone's trip to this remote paradise sideways.
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Awards Season Preview: Wild Horse Nine
special event screening. See it first with a complimentary glass of wine on arrival! PLUS, any ticket purchased online will go in the draw to win a trip to VENICE itself! From Academy Award and six-time BAFTA winning writer-director Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) comes WILD HORSE NINE, a blistering dark comedy about aging, guilt, friendship and the impossible attempt to negotiate with one’s own past. Spearheaded by powerhouses, Academy Award nominee John Malkovich and Academy Award winner Sam Rockwell, in two phenomenal, Oscar-worthy performances. Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (Malkovich) and Lee (Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ (Golden Globe winner Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island's iconic statues, the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies and Chris begins to question whether he and Lee were ever friends, and whether there is an ulterior motive behind the trip. As Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways, Lee must grapple with the secret mission he has been tasked to complete. An unexpectedly moving reckoning of friendship, morality, and lives spent doing terrible things, WILD HORSE NINE is an absurdly poetic, deeply melancholy, and ultimately devastating exploration of what it means to be human, beautifully showcasing how we are all just living one day at a time until time runs out. With a wickedly entertaining and cynical yet soulful performance from Malkovich, with many calling it his finest performance of the 21st century.
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Wild Horse Nine
Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone's trip to this remote paradise sideways.
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Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy Marathon
Set sail with Captain Jack Sparrow for an epic Pirates of the Caribbean marathon! Experience three action-packed adventures back to back, filled with pirates, treasure and mayhem. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: 2.45pm - 5.23pm. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: 5.30pm - 8.05pm. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End: 8.15pm - 11.08pm.
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Sunday 1 Nov10
Artavazd Peleshian’s Nature + Helena Wittmann’s Drift
At its essence, Nature is a stunning collage of nature footage at its most classically sublime: we see images of volcanic eruptions, sweeping deserts, swirling floods, waves of earthquakes, and collapsing icebergs and glaciers. Presented in black and white, mostly sourced from found footage, the immediate pleasure of Nature is the grandeur of these images. In the hands of Armenian legend Artavazd Peleshian—a contemporary of Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Parajanov, but whose innovations took him away from his peer’s experiments in staging and instead back to abandoned editing possibilities of Soviet montage—it becomes something else. His first film in nearly thirty years, Peleshian uses Nature to expand on his concept of “Montage-at-a-Distance” and its structural use of repetition to suggest patterns of thought. In doing so, he creates a film both wilfully universal and distinctly the work of one person. Unrated 15+ With thanks to Fondation Cartier
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Russell Hobbs British Film Festival Mystery Mixer: A Talent for Murder
special event screening. A killer night awaits at the 2026 Russell Hobbs British Film Festival's Mystery Mixer screening with a complimentary gin and tonic or mocktail on arrival! Academy Award winner Helen Mirren (The Queen) leads A TALENT FOR MURDER, a mysterious thriller from acclaimed director Anton Corbijn (Control), based on Joanna Murray-Smith's acclaimed play Switzerland that imagines a strange confrontation between a literary agent and the legendary author behind The Talented Mr Ripley, Patricia Highsmith. In 1995, Highsmith (Mirren), has retired to the Swiss Alps, where she largely confines herself to her study, surrounded by her books, cats, and collection of antique weapons. Edward Ridgeway (Alden Ehrenreich), emissary for a New York publisher, is sent to persuade her to craft the final instalment in her bestselling series of mysteries featuring the murderous antihero, Tom Ripley. Irritated by this youthful, overly eager visitor, Highsmith refuses the offer — unless Ridgeway can dream up the perfect murder along with her. Darkly funny, thrilling, and an unrepentantly seductive mystery that asks the audience to question who the true antagonist is, A TALENT FOR MURDER is a deeply intriguing foray into the realm where history and myth become deliciously entangled.
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Encounters in the Milky Way
Discover the chance encounters that have shaped our place in the universe. Narrated by Pedro Pascal, Encounters in the Milky Way is a time-traveling journey about the cosmic movements that shape our galactic neighborhood. Session concludes with a virtual tour of the Brisbane night sky. Encounters in the Milky Way was developed by the American Museum of Natural History with the major support and partnership of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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Wild Horse Nine
Sneak Peek screening. Previews Friday 30th October, Saturday 31st October and Sunday 1st November, 2026. Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.
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Wild Horse Nine
Sneak Peek screening. Previews Friday 30th October, Saturday 31st October and Sunday 1st November, 2026. Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.
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Wild Horse Nine
Sneak Peek screening. Previews Friday 30th October, Saturday 31st October and Sunday 1st November, 2026. Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.
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Wild Horse Nine
Sneak Peek screening. Previews Friday 30th October, Saturday 31st October and Sunday 1st November, 2026. Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone's trip to this remote paradise sideways.
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Wild Horse Nine
Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone's trip to this remote paradise sideways.
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Wild Horse Nine
special event screening. From Academy Award and six-time BAFTA winning writer-director Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) comes WILD HORSE NINE, a blistering dark comedy about aging, guilt, friendship and the impossible attempt to negotiate with one’s own past. Spearheaded by powerhouses, Academy Award nominee John Malkovich and Academy Award winner Sam Rockwell, in two phenomenal, Oscar-worthy performances. Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (Malkovich) and Lee (Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ (Golden Globe winner Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island's iconic statues, the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies and Chris begins to question whether he and Lee were ever friends, and whether there is an ulterior motive behind the trip. As Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways, Lee must grapple with the secret mission he has been tasked to complete. An unexpectedly moving reckoning of friendship, morality, and lives spent doing terrible things, WILD HORSE NINE is an absurdly poetic, deeply melancholy, and ultimately devastating exploration of what it means to be human, beautifully showcasing how we are all just living one day at a time until time runs out. With a wickedly entertaining and cynical yet soulful performance from Malkovich, with many calling it his finest performance of the 21st century.
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Future Stars Film Festival
Lights. Camera. Brisbane! The Future Stars Film Festival 2026 is a celebration of short films made by emerging high school filmmakers from across Queensland, bold storytelling, and giving our next generation of storytellers a platform to continue their journey. Bringing together audiences, artists, students, and industry professionals, the festival showcases a diverse selection of Queensland high school student films, short films, documentaries, animations, that challenge, inspire, and entertain. More than just a film festival, Future Stars is a platform for discovery - a place where our state's rising directors, writers, actors, and creators can share their voices, connect with audiences, and gain recognition within the film community. From powerful dramas and thought-provoking documentaries to experimental cinema and innovative digital storytelling, the festival highlights fresh perspectives and original ideas shaping the future of film. Attendees can experience exclusive film screenings, red carpet premieres, networking opportunities and awards presentations celebrating outstanding talent. Whether you are a passionate film lover, an aspiring filmmaker, or someone looking to discover the stars of tomorrow, Future Stars Film Festival 2026 offers an unforgettable experience filled with creativity, inspiration, and cinematic excellence. This isn't just a festival - it's a celebration of our State's best future independent voices. Don't miss your chance to experience the next wave of film greatness. Please note: Wheelchair accessible tickets must be purchased by contacting the festival directly. Location: Palace Cinemas, 39 James Street, Fortitude Valley Queensland. Proudly sponsored by Brisbane City Council.
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Monday 2 Nov1
V for Vendetta
Beneath this mask, there is an idea… and ideas are bulletproof. Returning to cinemas two decades on from its release, Australian director James McTeigue’s critically acclaimed dystopian thriller V FOR VENDETTA, a dark, stylized, provocative and visually exhilarating adventure. Following the world war, London is a police state occupied by a fascist government, and a vigilante known only as V conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressors of the world in which he now lives. When V saves a young woman named Evey from the secret police, he discovers an ally in his fight against England's oppressors. Featuring outstanding and powerful performances from Academy Award winner Natalie Portman and Australian screen legend Hugo Weaving, V FOR VENDETTA is a striking political thriller, filled with riveting visuals, a brilliant screenplay and a message that becomes increasingly more relevant in the current decade. It is a reminder of our vulnerability as a species, as a society, and of our own will, reminding us to continue the fight against our oppressors, and to keep in our minds the true value of our freedom.
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Tuesday 3 Nov4
Angelika Archive - Donnie Darko (2002)
Angelika Archives celebrates the films that shaped cinema, bringing iconic classics and cult favorites back to the big screen every Tuesday and Friday. A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after he narrowly escapes a bizarre accident.
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Met Opera 2026-27: Così fan tutte
special event screening. 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 uproarious story at a boardwalk amusement park, where the two pairs of lovers at the heart of the tale find themselves on one emotional—and literal—thrill ride after another. Soprano Federica Lombardi and mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey sing Fiordiligi and Dorabella, opposite tenor Duke Kim and baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky as Ferrando and Guglielmo. Bass-baritone Gerald Finley stars as the cynical Don Alfonso, with soprano Ana María Martínez as the witty maid Despina.
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Journey to the Stars
This dazzling space show launches visitors through space and time to experience the life and death of the stars in our night sky, including our own nurturing Sun. Tour familiar stellar formations, explore new celestial mysteries, and discover the fascinating, unfolding story that connects us all to the stars. Those who come along for the journey may never see the night sky in the same way again. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg. Session concludes with a virtual tour of the Brisbane night sky. Journey to the Stars was developed by the American Museum of Natural History, New York in collaboration with the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; GOTO INC, Tokyo, Japan; Papalote Museo del Niño, Mexico City, Mexico; and Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. Journey to the Stars was created by the American Museum of Natural History, with the major support and partnership of NASA, Science Mission Directorate, Heliophysics Division.
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Love on Deck - Q&A
After a devastating professional betrayal, ex-lawyer Samara has rebuilt her life from the ground up - trading courtrooms for creativity as the owner of her own event-planning business. When her longtime friend hires her to plan her parents' lavish 40th wedding anniversary celebration aboard a luxury yacht in tropical Queensland, Samara thinks it's the perfect job… until she discovers the charter captain is Nate, the former colleague she blames for destroying her career. Forced together at sea, their stubborn banter gives way to undeniable chemistry neither can ignore. Q&A panellists: Director Colin Budds & Head of Development Sophie Tilson. Filmed: Entirely on the Gold Coast.
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Wednesday 4 Nov2
BFF26 Hamlet
Celebrating its 30th Anniversary, this four-time Oscar nominated masterpiece by director-actor Kenneth Branagh is a gripping and visually stunning adaptation of the classic tragedy. Utilising a refreshed 19th century setting, while preserving the original Elizabethan English dialogue, Branagh breathes new life into the tragic tale of the Prince of Denmark alongside a stunning Ophelia (Kate Winslet). After his father’s death, Prince Hamlet is horrified to find his mother Gertrude (Julie Christie) hastily betrothed to his uncle Claudius (Derek Jacobi). Already overwhelmed with the looming prospect of war with neighbouring Norway and, egged on by the ghost of his father who reveals Claudius to be his killer, Hamlet dances with madness in his pursuit of justice as his house falls into the control of his uncle, the usurper. Featuring gorgeous visuals, gripping performances, masterful direction and a stellar soundtrack, this critically acclaimed adaptation is regarded as one of Branagh’s greatest works in his distinguished career. Please note the film includes a 15 minute intermission.
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Pressure
One decision changed history. From acclaimed Australian director Anthony Maras (Hotel Mumbai), comes the incredible true story, PRESSURE, a nail-biting war-thriller that follows the tense 72 hours in the lead up to D-Day. General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Academy Award winner Brendan Fraser) employs chief meteorologist Captain James Stagg (BAFTA winner Andrew Scott) to advise him on when to launch the largest seaborne invasion in history. With the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, Captain Stagg must cut through military egos, crushing uncertainty and terrifyingly high stakes to make an impossible call. Featuring an all-star supporting cast, including Academy Award nominee Kerry Condon and Golden Globe winner Damian Lewis, PRESSURE is a tense historical thriller about weather, warfare and the burden of responsibility, turning a pivotal moment in modern history into gripping, muscular cinema. An edge-of-your-seat view of a world-changing event.
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Thursday 5 Nov2
Wicker
Academy Award winner Olivia Colman and Golden Globe winner Alexander Skarsgård deliver wildly funny and wonderfully unexpected performances in Wicker, a fantastical and deliciously raunchy romantic comedy adapted from Ursula Wills-Jones’ acclaimed short story. In a remote seaside village bound by tradition and small-minded convention, Fisherwoman (Colman) is relentlessly ridiculed for her single, unloved status. Fed up with her stuffy neighbours, she commissions the local Basketmaker to weave her the perfect husband from wicker. When her creation arrives beyond even her wildest dreams, their unconventional romance sends shockwaves through the village. Jealousies flare, passions ignite and the increasingly unhinged townspeople turn against the unlikely couple. Brought spectacularly to life through breathtaking cinematography from Academy Award winner Lol Crawley (The Brutalist), extraordinary visual effects from Joe Dunckley (Avatar) and Wētā Workshop, and an ensemble cast that embraces every glorious absurdity, Wicker is bold, strange, romantic and deeply human. A visually sumptuous celebration of desire, individuality and finding love in the most unexpected form.
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BFF26 Last Orders
Based on Graham Swift's 1996 Booker Prize-winning novel and directed by Australian Fred Schepisi (Six Degrees of Separation), in this reflective ensemble drama London butcher Jack Dodds’ (Michael Caine) life story is told through the profound impact he made on his closest friends and family, as his four pub mates come together on a reflective journey to honor his ‘last orders’. We follow Jack’s best friend from WWII professional gambler Ray ‘Lucky’ Johnson (Bob Hoskins) who is accompanied by former boxer Lenny (David Hemmings), funeral director Vic (Tom Courtney), Jack’s son Vince (Ray Winstone) who struggled with his relationship with his father. While the lads are on their mission, Jack’s wife Amy (Helen Mirren) is on her own emotional journey to visit their daughter June (Laura Morelli), who was largely neglected by Jack. Interweaving flashbacks of memories with the characters' present-day reflections on how their complex relationships with Jack led them to where they are today, LAST ORDERS is a touching depiction of lifelong friends portrayed by a stellar ensemble.
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Friday 6 Nov3
BFF26 Shirley Valentine
In tribute to the late Pauline Collins, we present her iconic Oscar-nominated performance in the 1989 comedic drama SHIRLEY VALENTINE. Collins plays Shirley, a bored housewife in Liverpool, England, who dares to take a chance on a trip of a lifetime to the sunny and sensual Greek islands. Adapted from the one-woman play of the same name (also starring Collins), the film follows Shirley who is offered a last-minute ticket to Greece by her adventurous friend Jane (Alison Steadman). Taking the chance to trade her mundane life as housewife for cocktails by the Mediterranean Sea with a Greek bachelor, Shirley embarks on a journey of mid-life self-discovery. With a career spanning six decades across film, television, and theatre, Pauline Collins leaves behind a distinctive legacy. Much like her character Shirley, Collins was given a new lease on life with the widespread success of both the original play and the later film. For her standout performance in SHIRLEY VALENTINE, Collins won the Best Actress BAFTA and was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe.
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Encounters in the Milky Way
Discover the chance encounters that have shaped our place in the universe. Narrated by Pedro Pascal, Encounters in the Milky Way is a time-traveling journey about the cosmic movements that shape our galactic neighborhood. Session concludes with a virtual tour of the Brisbane night sky. Encounters in the Milky Way was developed by the American Museum of Natural History with the major support and partnership of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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Angelika Archive - Reservoir Dogs (1993)
Angelika Archives celebrates the films that shaped cinema, bringing iconic classics and cult favorites back to the big screen every Tuesday and Friday. After a simple jewelry heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
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Saturday 7 Nov4
Kelly Reichardt’s Showing Up
Showing Up, Kelly Reichardt, 2022. 108m An artist (Lizzy, played by Michelle Williams in a typically apt performance) on the verge of an exhibition navigates family, friends and colleagues in the lead-up to her show and finds that the chaos of life becomes the inspiration for art. A comedy drama about the life and death stakes felt by a minor artist preparing for a minor exhibition. Kelly Reichardt brings her clear-eyed sense of realism—helped by Reichardt also teaching at an arts school—to the alienating pressure of being an artist within the educational sector. We do believe her housemate, landlord and fellow artist Jo is deliberately undermining Lizzy, when she saves the pigeon. “A master of her craft contemplating the myriad difficulties endemic to creating anything, and then making it look effortless.” The Ringer Unrated 15+. With thanks to Park Circus. Attendance: as with all our Container screenings, admission is free to all members, and membership can be found at our website or at the box office counter on the night. Membership ranges from $30 (six months concession) to $100 (annual regular).
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Encounters in the Milky Way
Discover the chance encounters that have shaped our place in the universe. Narrated by Pedro Pascal, Encounters in the Milky Way is a time-traveling journey about the cosmic movements that shape our galactic neighborhood. Session concludes with a virtual tour of the Brisbane night sky. Encounters in the Milky Way was developed by the American Museum of Natural History with the major support and partnership of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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La Scala: La Traviata
Opera in three acts (1853). A blessing and a challenge for every major opera house, ‘La traviata’ holds a special place in La Scala’s history, marked by the legendary 1953 production conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini, directed by Luchino Visconti, and starring Maria Callas. That iconic interpretation seemed untouchable until 1990, when Riccardo Muti commissioned a new, lavish production from director Liliana Cavani, with sets and costumes by Academy Award-winners Dante Ferretti and Gabriella Pescucci respectively. This evocative and poetic staging returns in 2026 under Michele Gamba, with an unmissable cast: the charismatic Nadine Sierra as the courtesan Violetta, Piero Pretti as the idealistic Alfredo with whom she falls in love, and Boris Pinkhasovich as Giorgio Germont, whose intervention changes the course of their lives.
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Russell Hobbs British Film Festival Special Presentation: Ink
Join us for a Special Presentation screening of the new award-winning explosive drama with complimentary drinks, popcorn, ice-cream & more! In this explosive drama, Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting) strikingly adapts playwright James Graham’s tumultuous account of the meteoric rise of The Sun newspaper and how Rupert Murdoch (Guy Pearce, The Brutalist) and Larry Lamb (Jack O’Connell) moulded it to become Britain’s most influential tabloid. In 1969, rising media tycoon Rupert Murdoch persuades newspaper editor Larry Lamb to oversee his newly acquired but failing newspaper. Eager to gain traction in the highly competitive media market, they decide to publish the extreme, printing any story that would divide opinion. When Joyce Hopkirk (Claire Foy, The Crown) is brought in to widen the newspaper's appeal, she begins to contest the limits of the prevailing boys’ club culture within the industry. But as readership numbers rise, so too do the paper’s disparagers. A fierce, funny and increasingly unsettling examination of the moment news learnt how profitable it could be to provoke outrage, INK is an intoxicating watch, filled with Boyle’s signature visceral filmmaking and electric performances.
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Sunday 8 Nov4
Russell Hobbs British Film Festival World Premiere and Q&A: Parky
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Encounters in the Milky Way
Discover the chance encounters that have shaped our place in the universe. Narrated by Pedro Pascal, Encounters in the Milky Way is a time-traveling journey about the cosmic movements that shape our galactic neighborhood. Session concludes with a virtual tour of the Brisbane night sky. Encounters in the Milky Way was developed by the American Museum of Natural History with the major support and partnership of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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La Scala: La Traviata
Opera in three acts (1853). A blessing and a challenge for every major opera house, ‘La traviata’ holds a special place in La Scala’s history, marked by the legendary 1953 production conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini, directed by Luchino Visconti, and starring Maria Callas. That iconic interpretation seemed untouchable until 1990, when Riccardo Muti commissioned a new, lavish production from director Liliana Cavani, with sets and costumes by Academy Award-winners Dante Ferretti and Gabriella Pescucci respectively. This evocative and poetic staging returns in 2026 under Michele Gamba, with an unmissable cast: the charismatic Nadine Sierra as the courtesan Violetta, Piero Pretti as the idealistic Alfredo with whom she falls in love, and Boris Pinkhasovich as Giorgio Germont, whose intervention changes the course of their lives.
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Rocky (1976) - 50th Anniversary
The bell rings again! Celebrate 50 years of one of cinema’s greatest underdog stories as Sylvester Stallone’s legendary Rocky returns to Palace for a special Cult Vault Anniversary screening, ahead of the highly anticipated release of I Play Rocky. Winner of three Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for John G. Avildsen, Rocky follows small-time Philadelphia boxer Rocky Balboa (Stallone), who gets the chance of a lifetime when he’s offered a shot at heavyweight champion Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). With the odds stacked against him and everything to prove, Rocky embarks on a gruelling journey of determination, courage and self-belief, finding unexpected love with the shy Adrian (Talia Shire) and discovering that sometimes going the distance is the greatest victory of all. Five decades on, Rocky remains one of cinema’s most celebrated sports dramas, spawning a nine-film franchise and inspiring generations of audiences. From the original Balboa saga to the Creed films, revisit the Academy Award-winning classic that started it all, 50 years after Rocky first stepped into the ring.
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Screened to be Believed: The Jim Henson Company
For more than 70 years, The Jim Henson Company has delivered compelling stories and engaging world building that has captivated audiences for generations. By combining traditional puppetry arts with animatronics and real-time digital animation, the Company continues to be an unparallelled leader in the fields of practical and special effects-based performance for stage and screen. Presented as part of the Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company exhibition (12 September 2026 – 18 April 2027), Screened to be Believed: The Jim Henson Company showcases productions made by the Company that shine a light on the vast array of technical skills and artistry used to create unforgettable cinematic worlds. Building from strong foundations laid by the Company’s founders, The Jim Henson Company continues to foster a culture of innovation, experimentation and exploration to forge new pathways in performance-led family entertainment, making for some of the most memorable on-screen moments in cinematic history. QAGOMA acknowledges the generous assistance of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Canberra and the NBCUniversal Archives & Collections, Los Angeles in providing materials for this program. Program curated by Victoria Wareham, Australian Cinémathèque with additional film note writing by Rebekah Brammer.
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Beyond Henson: Puppetry and World Cinema
Inspired by the work of The Jim Henson Company and Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, the film program Beyond Henson: Puppetry and World Cinema surveys the rich international history of storytelling through the artforms of cinema and puppetry. Presented in conjunction with the Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company exhibition (12 September 2026 – 18 April 2027), the film program delves into crafted narratives that harness traditions of puppetry and cinema to move beyond belief and into the realms of the imagination. To trace the anatomy of onscreen puppetry is to draw from millennia of performance and craft traditions that extend across the globe. From the marionette puppetry of France and the Bunraku theatre of Japan, to the Wayang Kulit puppetry of Indonesia and the British Punch and Judy show, the democratised nature of the puppet theatre has enabled an unbridled style of performance that can enact the truthful and the taboo. Taking direction from the television series Jim Henson Presents the World of Puppetry 1985, the selected titles include films that precede and sit adjacent to productions by The Jim Henson Company, positioning the Company’s work within the broader canon of on-screen puppetry. QAGOMA acknowledges the generous assistance of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Canberra; the Academy Film Archive, Los Angeles; the British Film Institute, London; the NBCUniversal Archives & Collections, Los Angeles; the Library of Congress, Washington; the National Film Archive, Prague, the Australian Film Television and Radio School, Sydney and the Revival House, Perth in providing materials for this program. Program curated by Victoria Wareham, Australian Cinémathèque with additional film note writing by Rebekah Brammer.
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Where the Wild Things Are Made: Jim Henson’s Creature Shop
Presented alongside the Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company special exhibition (12 September 2026 – 18 April 2027), Where the Wild Things Are Made: Jim Henson’s Creature Shop celebrates the skill and craftsmanship of the artisans at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. Highlighting the diverse portfolio of expressive characters and creatures made by the Company for external productions, the selected films showcase the work of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop and how it continues to shape the landscape of cinematic storytelling. An important facet of The Jim Henson Company, Jim Henson’s Creature Shop is internationally renowned for creating pioneering techniques that bring extraordinary characters and stories to life. Formally established following the release of Labyrinth in 1986, Jim Henson’s Creature Shop continues to be an enduring creative hub where performance and craftsmanship is paired with experimentation and ground-breaking technical innovation to transform the imaginary into reality. QAGOMA acknowledges the generous assistance of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Canberra; the Norwegian Film Institute, Oslo and the Revival House, Perth in providing materials for this program. Program curated by Victoria Wareham, Australian Cinémathèque with additional film note writing by Rebekah Brammer.
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