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Mickey 17

From Oscar winning filmmaker Bong Joon Ho (Parasite, The Host, Snowpiercer) comes a satirical science fiction comedy starring Robert Pattinson, Mark Ruffalo,…
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Black Dog

- WINNER: Un Certain Regard Cannes 2024 - Featuring a canine cast of hundreds as well as a literal zoo-full menagerie of other creatures, the animal wranglers…
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The Last Journey

Selected as Sweden's entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards, The Last Journey is the most-watched documentary in Swedish history. …
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Tinā

Tinā is the story of Samoan teacher Mareta Percival. Struggling after the death of her daughter in the Christchurch earthquakes, Mareta reluctantly takes on the…
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White Bird: A Wonder Story

From director Marc Forster (Finding Neverland and Christopher Robin), screenwriter Mark Bomback, and based on R.J. Palacio’s book. White Bird is an uplifting…
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William Tell

As the nations of medieval Europe struggle for power, the ruthless Austrian Empire invades neighbouring Switzerland, and a peaceful huntsman, William Tell, is…
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I'm Still Here

- Winner of Best International Feature at the 97th Academy Awards - - Winner of Best Screenplay at the Venice International Film Festival 2024 - Winner of the…
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Neneh Superstar

Set within the Paris Opera Ballet School, one of France’s most prestigious cultural institutions, this inspiring family-friendly film will resonate with anyone…
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Bridget is alone once again, widowed four years ago, when Mark was killed on a humanitarian mission in Sudan. She’s now a single mother to nine-year-old Billy…
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Anora

🌿 Winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes 2024 🌿 Winner of five Oscars! - Best Picture - Best Director - Best Actress - Best Original Screenplay From director Sean…
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The Brutalist

Winner of three Oscars! - Best Lead Actor - Best Cinematography - Best Original Score Winner of three Golden Globes! - Best Motion Picture - Drama - Best…
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Conclave

- WINNER: Best Adapted Screenplay at the 97th Academy Awards - - WINNER: Best Screenplay at the 2025 Golden Globes! - - OFFICIAL SELECTION: Toronto…
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Flow

- Winner Best Animated FEature at the 97th Academy Awards - - Winner of Best Motion Picture - Animated at the 2025 Golden Globes - The world seems to be…
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A Complete Unknown

Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s, A Complete Unkown follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Timothée Chalamet) meteoric…
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Widow Clicquot

- OFFICIAL SELECTION: Toronto International Film Festival - Based on the New York Times best-selling biography, Widow Clicquot is a visually impressive tale of…
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André Rieu's 75th Birthday Celebration: The Dream Continues

André Rieu celebrates his 75th Birthday! The King of the Waltz invites you to a boat party with him and his beloved Johann Strauss Orchestra as they sail…
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The Haka Party Incident

In 1979, group of young Māori and Pasifika activists sought to stop Pākehā students at the University of Auckland performing a parody of haka each capping week.…
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There's Still Tomorrow

Winner of the 2024 Sydney Film Festival and Italy's highest grossing film of 2023, There’s Still Tomorrow is a vibrant, moving drama starring Paola Cortellesi…
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All We Imagine as Light

- Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes 2024 - The first Indian film to screen in competition at Cannes in 30 years is a melancholic musing of two nurses set…
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Lucky Winners

SENIOR WEDNESDAY PREVIEWS 12 MARCH | ALL SITES The chance of winning the lottery is one in 19 million - less likely than being struck by lightning, they say.…
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Firebrand

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    13 Mar 2025
- OFFICIAL SELECTION: Festival de Cannes - In blood-soaked Tudor England, Katherine Parr (Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander), the sixth and last wife of King Henry…
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Hard Truths

  • Petone:
    13 Mar 2025
  • Cuba:
    13 Mar 2025
Legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh returns to the contemporary world with Hard Truths; a fierce, compassionate, and often darkly humorous study of family and the…
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Lucky Winners

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    13 Mar 2025
SENIOR WEDNESDAY PREVIEWS 12 MARCH | ALL SITES The chance of winning the lottery is one in 19 million - less likely than being struck by lightning, they say.…
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EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: Dawn of Impressionism Paris 1874

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    20 Mar 2025
The Impressionists are the most popular group in art history – millions flock every year to marvel at their masterpieces. But, to begin with, they were scorned,…
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The Last Showgirl

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    20 Mar 2025
SENIOR WEDNESDAY PREVIEWS 19 MARCH | ALL SITES - OFFICIAL SELECTION: Toronto International Film Festival - Pamela Anderson gives the performance of her career…
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The Rule of Jenny Pen

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    20 Mar 2025
PINOT PREVIEW WEDNESDAY 19 MARCH | ALL SITES Tickets include a glass of Spy Valley Pinot Gris, Satellite Pinot Noir or Sparkling Grape Juice. Confined to a…
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The Cats of Gokogu Shrine

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    27 Mar 2025
- OFFICIAL SELECTION: Berlin International Film Festival - Gokogu is a small, ancient Shinto shrine in Ushimado, Japan. Home to dozens of street cats, it is…
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The Return

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    27 Mar 2025
SENIOR WEDNESDAY PREVIEWS 26 MARCH | ALL SITES - OFFICIAL SELECTION: Toronto International Film Festival - Reunited for the first time since The English…
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig

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    27 Mar 2025
- Winner of the Jury Special Prize and Fripresci awards at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival! - - Nominated for Best International Feature Film 2025 Academy Awards…
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A Minecraft Movie

  • Petone:
    03 Apr 2025
  • Pauatahanui:
    03 Apr 2025
Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits—Garrett “The Garbage Man”…
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Queer

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    03 Apr 2025
- OFFICIAL COMPETITION: Venice International Film Festival - Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name, Challengers) and screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes…
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Death of a Unicorn

  • Petone:
    10 Apr 2025
  • Cuba:
    10 Apr 2025
A father (Paul Rudd) and daughter (Jenna Ortega) accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss (Richard E.…
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Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.

  • Petone:
    10 Apr 2025
As the world teeters on the brink of annihilation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer is swept into the epicenter of a deadly plot to assassinate Hitler. With his faith and…
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Dog Man

  • Petone:
    10 Apr 2025
  • Pauatahanui:
    10 Apr 2025
From DreamWorks Animation—creators of the beloved blockbuster franchises Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon and The Boss Baby—comes the…
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André Rieu's 75th Birthday Celebration: The Dream Continues

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    12 Apr 2025
André Rieu celebrates his 75th Birthday! The King of the Waltz invites you to a boat party with him and his beloved Johann Strauss Orchestra as they sail…
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The Penguin Lessons

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    17 Apr 2025
SENIOR WEDNESDAY PREVIEWS 09 APRIL | ALL SITES Starring Oscar nominee Steve Coogan, this poignant dramedy from director Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty,…
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Small Things Like These

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    24 Apr 2025
- OFFICIAL SELECTION: Berlin International Film Festival -  In 1985 devoted father Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and…
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Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua - Two Worlds

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    01 May 2025
Directed by Ursula Grace Williams (Zealandia, Still Here, The King), Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua - Two Worlds is an intimate four-year portrait of performer…
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Thunderbolts*

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    01 May 2025
Marvel Studios and a crew of indie veterans who sold out present Thunderbolts*, an irreverent teamup featuring depressed assassin Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh)…
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Lies We Tell

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    08 May 2025
Winner of Best Director, Best Script, Best Lead Actor & Best Lead Actress at the Irish Film & Television Awards. The daunting, rambling estate of Knowl is no…
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The Salt Path

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    15 May 2025
- OFFICIAL SELECTION: Toronto International Film Festival - Based on the Sunday Times best-seller by Raynor Winn, The Salt Path is the profound true story of…
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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

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    22 May 2025
Ethan Hunt and the IMF team must track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future…
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Tarrac

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    22 May 2025
Aoife Ni Bhraoin (Kelly Gough, Broadchurch) returns home to help her father Brendan ‘The Bear’ O’Briain (Lorcan Cranitch, Róise & Frank) in his recovery from a…
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Chuck Chuck Baby

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    05 Jun 2025
- OFFICIAL SELECTION: Toronto International Film Festival - Chuck Chuck Baby is a film of love, loss and music set amongst the falling feathers of a chicken…
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How to Train Your Dragon

  • Petone:
    12 Jun 2025
  • Pauatahanui:
    12 Jun 2025
From three-time Oscar® nominee and Golden Globe winner Dean DeBlois, the creative visionary behind DreamWorks Animation’s acclaimed How to Train Your Dragon…
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28 Years Later

  • Cuba:
    19 Jun 2025
It's been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found…
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Merchant Ivory

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    19 Jun 2025
Merchant Ivory is the first definitive feature documentary to lend new and compelling perspectives on the partnership, both professional and personal, of…
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F1

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    26 Jun 2025
Follows a Formula One driver (Brad Pitt) who comes out of retirement to mentor and team with a younger driver (Damson Idris). Also starring Tobias Menzies and…
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EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: Michelangelo: Love and Death

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    10 Jul 2025
The spectacular sculptures and paintings of Michelangelo seem so familiar to us, but what do we really know about this Renaissance giant? Michelangelo’s genius…
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Picasso: A Rebel in Paris. Story of a Life and a Museum

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    24 Jul 2025
Fifty years after his passing, we embark on a journey through his Paris, amidst sunshine and shadow, convictions, and contradictions. From a young, impoverished…
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Andy Warhol - American Dream

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    09 Oct 2025
By exploring Andy Warhol’s enigmatic persona and his deep-rooted family ties, this documentary reveals unseen aspects of the life and inspiration of this iconic…
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Book a Film

Location
  • Petone
  • Cuba
  • Pauatahanui
Film
  • Mickey 17
  • The Last Journey
  • Black Dog
  • Tinā
  • White Bird: A Wonder Story
  • William Tell
  • I'm Still Here
  • Neneh Superstar
  • Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
  • Anora
  • The Brutalist
  • Flow
  • Conclave
  • A Complete Unknown
  • André Rieu's 75th Birthday Celebration: The Dream Continues
  • Widow Clicquot
  • The Haka Party Incident
  • There's Still Tomorrow
  • All We Imagine as Light
  • Lucky Winners
  • The Return
  • The Last Showgirl
  • The Rule of Jenny Pen
  • The Penguin Lessons
  • EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: Dawn of Impressionism Paris 1874
  • EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: Michelangelo: Love and Death
  • National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
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