Cinema
Movie night looks even better on our screens. Watch family favourites, timeless classics, blockbuster hits and quirky indie films all here. Whether paired with a live orchestral score, a filmmaker Q&A or screening an underrated gem, discover a cinema that’s anything but ordinary.
5 Sep 2026
Alphabet Lane + Q&A
Launching a regular series platforming new and recent Australian films, Alphabet Lane is the feature debut of director James Litchfield, delivering a funny, twisted and often jaw-dropping take on the perils of tree-change.
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Shortwave: A different kind of cinema
At a time where algorithms increasingly flatten creativity, Shortwave offers something rarer – a deliberate encounter with the unexpected. Established in 2021, it gives artists the freedom to experiment with the moving image, expanding and evolving their practice, functioning less as a traditional film festival and more like a living, breathing artists laboratory.
Pavements tells the truth by telling a bunch of lies
There’s no “story” to Pavement as a band, really, other than a very brief bit of tension with the Smashing Pumpkins. Nor is their music overly primed for analysis: a song like ‘Cut Your Hair’ isn’t about anything more than the textural pleasures of its scuzzed-out guitar riffs, and choruses that go off like car bombs. What does it all mean? Well, is it a cop-out to say both everything, and absolutely nothing at all?
Love List: Ryuichi Sakamoto by Groovescooter
Paris Pompor and Georgie Zuzak from co-presenters Groovescooter have put together a Love List dedicated to Ryuichi Sakamoto.
