KINO CALENDAR 2026
KinoTopia presents our curated monthly calendar of films screening in Melbourrne.
Movies generally open on a Thursday. ‘Wide’ means its playing on lots of cinemas, ‘Limited’ means not many and ‘Exclusive’ means just the one.
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JANUARY
General Release:
Resurrection - Limited
(Bi Gan, 2025)
No screening of note.
Fed Square
Mamma Mia
6pm - Free
+
Mission Impossible Rogue Nation
8pm - Free
Fed Square
Mamma Mia 2
6pm - Free
+
Mission Impossible Fallout
8pm - Free
Fed Square
Grease
6pm - Free
+
Point Break
8pm - Free
Fed Square
Grease 2
6pm - Free
+
The Matrix
8pm - Free
Fed Square
Breakin’
6pm - Free
+
The Terminator
8pm - Free
ACMI
‘Best of 2025’ program
Bird
Andrea Arnold, 2024
6.30pm - Tix
Astor Theatre
Shin Godzilla
Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi
2016
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Flow
Gints Zilbalodis, 2024
7pm - Tix
Thornbury Picture House
Spongebob Movie
Derek Drymon, 2025
1.30pm - Tix
Brunswick Picture House
Paris Texas
Wim Wenders, 1984
3.15pm - Tix
General Release:
Nouvelle Vague - Wide
Park Chan Wook, 2025
Christy - Wide
David Michod, 2025
Chinatown Cinema
The Fire Raven
Boon-lip Quah, 2025
Escape from the Outland
Shen Ao, 2025
Back to the Past
Jack Lai, Ng Yuen-Fai, 2025
Second Run, Retrospective Release:
Urchin
Harris Dickinson, 2025
Starting at Eclipse and Sun Theatre
Thelma and Louise
Ridley Scott, 1991
Nova exclusive
Ridley Scott, 1991
Nova exclusive
Fed Square
Labyrinth
6pm - Free
+
Terminator 2
8pm - Free
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
No Other Choice
Park Chan Wook, 2025
Lido & Classic 7pm
Tix here
Preview:
No Other Choice
Park Chan Wook, 2025
Nova - 6.40pm
ACMI
‘Best of 2025’ program
Sinners
Ryan Coogler, 2025
6.30pm - Tix
Astor Theatre
Twin Peaks S1
Pilot + Episodes 1 and 2
David zlynch, 2017
7pm - Tix
Eclipse Cinema
‘Retro Classix’ program
The Virgin Suicides
Sofia Coppola, 1999
9pm - Tix
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
Joint Security Area
Park Chan-wook, 2000
Lido & Classic 7pm
Tix here
ACMI
‘Best of 2025’ program
Two Prosecutors
Sergei Loznitsa, 2025
4pm - Tix
A House of Dynamite
Kathryn Bigelow, 2025
6.30pm - Tix
‘Psychedelic Cinema’ Program
2001: A Space Odyssy
Stanley Kubrick, 1968
7pm - Tix
Astor Theatre
Passion Fish
John Sayles, 1992
+
The Secret of Roan Inish
John Sayles, 1994
2pm - Tix
Director in attendance
Lone Star
John Sayles, 1996
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Matewan
John Sayles, 1987
7pm - Tix
Director in attendance
Eclipse Cinema
‘Retro Classix’ program
The Club
Bruce Beresford, 1980
9pm - Tix
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
Sympathy for Mr. Vengance
Park Chan-wook, 2002
Lido & Classic 7pm
Tix here
ACMI
‘Best of 2025’ program
Flow
Gints Zilbalodis, 2024
1.30pm - Tix
Astor Theatre
Casablanca
Michael Curtiz, 1942
+
Singin’ in the Rain Stanley Doonan, 1952
2pm - Tix
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
David Lynch, 1992
7pm - Tix
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
Old Boy
Park Chan-wook, 2003
Lido & Classic 7pm
Tix here
Preview:
No Other Choice
Park Chan Wook, 2025
All Palace Cinemas - 6pm
ACMI
‘Best of 2025’ program
All We Imagine as Light
Payal Kapadia, 2024
6.30pm - Tix
Astor Theatre
Le Samouraï
Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967
7pm - tix
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
Lady Vengance
Park Chan-wook, 2005
Lido & Classic 7pm
Tix here
Preview:
Marty Supreme
Josh Safdie, 2025
All Palace Cinemas - 7pm
Lido* & Classic* - 7.30pm
Lido & Classic audiences get free Marty Supreme A3 poster
ACMI
‘Best of 2025’ program
The Wolves Always Come at Night
Gabrielle Brady, 2025
6.30pm - Tix
Brunswick Picture House
Paris Texas
Wim Wenders, 1984
8.15pm - Tix
Cinema Nova
Yojimbo
Akira Kurosawa, 1961
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Sanjuro
Akira Kurosawa, 1962
Screening from 7pm - Tix
Yojimbo
Akira Kurosawa, 1961
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Sanjuro
Akira Kurosawa, 1962
Screening from 7pm - Tix
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
I’m a Cyborg, But That’s Ok
Park Chan-wook, 2006
Lido & Classic 7pm
Tix here
Preview:
Marty Supreme
Josh Safdie, 2025
Nova - 6.30pm
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Nia DaCosta, 2026
All Palace - 6.3pm - Tix
Nova - 7pm - tix
ACMI
‘Best of 2025’ program
Life After
Reid Davenport, 2025
6.30pm - Tix
General Release:
No Other Choice - Wide
Park Chan Wook, 2025
Dreams - Limited
Dag Johan Haugerud, 2025
Preview:
It Was Just an Accident
Jafar Panahi, 2025
Cinema Nova - 7pm
Retrospective / Second Run Release:
Labyrinth
Jim Henson, 1986
Nova exclusive
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
Thirst
Park Chan-wook, 2009
Lido & Classic 7pm
Tix here
ACMI
‘Best of 2025’ program
Sentimental Value
Joachim Trier, 2025
6.30pm - Tix
Astor Theatre
The Holy Mountain
Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973
+
Trash Humpers
Harmony Korine, 2009
7pm - Tix
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
Stoker
Park Chan-wook, 2013
Lido & Classic 7pm
Tix
Brunwick Picture House
Breathless
Jean-Luc Godard, 1960
6.10pm - Tix
Preview:
Marty Supreme
Josh Safdie, 2025
Sun Theatre Yarraville 8.15pm - Tix
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
The Handmaiden
Park Chan-wook, 2016
Lido & Classic 7pm
Tix
ACMI
‘Best of 2025’ program
Flow
Gints Zilbalodis, 2024
5pm - Tix
Two Prosecutors
Sergei Loznitsa, 2025
6.30pm - Tix
‘Psychedelic Cinema’
Lucifer Rising
Kenneth Anger
+
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
Kenneth Anger
7pm - Tix
Astor Theatre
Twin Peaks: The Return Episodes 1-9
David Lynch, 2017
1pm - Tix include coffee and donut
Brunwick Picture House
Breathless
Jean-Luc Godard, 1960
2.00pm - Tix
Thornbury Picture House
Breathless
Jean-Luc Godard, 1960
6.10pm - Tix
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
Decision to Leave
Park Chan-wook, 2022
Lido & Classic 7pm
Tix here
Preview:
Blue Moon
(Richard Linklater, 2025)
All Palace Cinemas - 2pm
ACMI
‘Psychedelic Cinema’ program
El Topo
Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1970
3pm - Tix
Astor Theatre
Twin Peaks: The Return Episodes 10- 18
David Lynch, 2017
1pm - Tix include coffee and donut
Thornbury Picture House
Wings of Desire
Wim Wenders, 1987
3.25pm - Tix
Brunwick Picture House
Wings of Desire
Wim Wenders, 1987
4.50pm - Tix
No screening of note yet.
ACMI
‘Focus on Tony Lueng Chiu-wai’
Infernal Affairs
Wai Keung Lau & Alan Mak, 2002
6.30pm - Free for members
Astor Theatre
Topsy-Turvy
Mike Leigh, 1999
6.30pm - Tix
Preview:
It Was Just an Accident
Jafar Panahi, 2025
All Palace Cinemas - 6pm
Cinema Nova
Breathless
Jean-Luc Godard, 1960
6.30pm - Free for members
+
Contempt
Jean-Luc Godard, 1963
Double screening from 7pm - Tix
ACMI
‘Best Films of 2025’
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Mohammad Rasoulof, 2024
6.30pm - Tix
Astor Theatre
The Lord of the Rings - Extended Edition Marathon
Peter Jackson, 2001-03
11am - Tix
Marty Supreme
Josh Safdie, 2025
70mm season commences
Thornbury Picture House
Wings of Desire
Wim Wenders, 1987
8.55pm - Tix
Brunwick Picture House
Wings of Desire
Wim Wenders, 1987
8.35pm - Tix
General Release:
Marty Supreme - Wide
Josh Safdie, 2025
The Secret Agent - Limited
Kleber Mendonça Filho, 2025
Opening at Chinatown Cinema:
Unexpected Family
Tayyan Li, 2026
Retrospective / Second Run Release:
I am Eleven
Gabrielle Bailey, 2015
Nova exclusive
Eclipse Cinema
Linda Linda Linda
Nobuhiro Yamashita, 2005
6pm - Tix
ACMI
‘Matinees’
Ran
Akira Kurosawa, 1985
1.30pm - Tix
‘Psychedelic Cinema’
3 Women
Robert Altman, 1977
7pm - Tix
Astor Theatre
Stop Making Sense - Dance Party
Jonahan Demme, 1984
7pm - Tix
ACMI
‘Matinees’
Ran
Akira Kurosawa, 1985
11am - Tix
‘Psychedelic Cinema’
3 Women
Robert Altman, 1977
7pm - Tix
Preview:
Blue Moon
Richard Linklater, 2025
Nova - 5pm
ACMI
‘Matinees’
Ran
Akira Kurosawa, 1985
11am - Tix
Psychedelic Cinema
2001: A Space Odyssy
Stanley Kubrick, 1968
3pm - Tix
ACMI
ACMI & Gaba Musik present:
Blaktivism is Film
65,000 Years Strong
Laura Thompson, 2023
+
Echoes of Dissent
Dylan Nicholls, 2025
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The Moogai
Jon Ball, 2024
6.30pm
Tix
No screening of note.
General Release:
Blue Moon - Limited
Richard Linklater, 2025
It Was Just an Accident - Limited
Jafar Panahi, 2025
Chinatown Cinema:
Busted Water Pipes
Difei Zhou, 2026
Retrospective / Second Run Release:
Marathon Man
John Schlesinger, 1976
Nova exclusive
Marathon Man
John Schlesinger, 1976
Nova exclusive
ACMI
‘Focus on Tony Lueng Chiu-wai’
Chunking Express
Wong Kar-wai, 1994
6.30pm - Free for members
Eclipse Cinema
Asian Cinema Collective Preseent:
No Other Choice
Park Chan-wook, 2026
6.30pm
ACMI
‘Matinees’
Ran
Akira Kurosawa, 1985
1.30pm - Tix
‘Focus on Tony Lueng Chiu-wai’
A City of Sadness
Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 1989
6.30pm
ACMI
‘Matinees’
Ran
Akira Kurosawa, 1985
11am - Tix
‘Focus on Lav Diaz’
Magellan - VIC Premiere
Lav Diaz, 2025
1.30pm
‘Focus on Tony Lueng Chiu-wai’
Lust, Caution
Ang Lee, 2007
3pm - Tix
Presented by the Chinese Independent Film Foundation:
Three Summers
Lawrence Ah-Mon, 1992
6.30pm - Tix