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
1 THURS
General Release:
Resurrection - Limited
(Bi Gan, 2025)
2 FRI
No screening of note.
3 SAT
Fed Square
Mamma Mia
6pm - Free
+
Mission Impossible Rogue Nation
8pm - Free
4 SUN
Fed Square
Mamma Mia 2
6pm - Free
+
Mission Impossible Fallout
8pm - Free
5 MON
Fed Square
Grease
6pm - Free
+
Point Break
8pm - Free
6 TUES
Fed Square
Grease 2
6pm - Free
+
The Matrix
8pm - Free
7 WED
Thornbury Picture House
Spongebob Movie
Derek Drymon, 2025
1.30pm - Tix
-
Brunswick Picture House
Paris Texas
Wim Wenders, 1984
3.15pm - Tix
-
8 THURS
General Release:
Nouvelle Vague - Wide
Richard Linklater, 2025
Christy - Wide
David Michod, 2025
-
Opening at Chinatown Cinema plus others:
The Fire Raven
Boon-lip Quah, 2025
Escape from the Outland
Shen Ao, 2025
Back to the Past
Jack Lai, Ng Yuen-Fai, 2025
-
Retrospective / Second Run Release:
Urchin
Harris Dickinson, 2025
Starting at Eclipse and Sun Theatre
Thelma and Louise
Ridley Scott, 1991
Nova exclusive
-
Fed Square
Labyrinth
6pm - Free
+
Terminator 2
8pm - Free
9 FRI
ACMI
‘Best of 2025’ program
Sinners
Ryan Coogler, 2025
6.30pm - Tix
-
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
No Other Choice
Park Chan Wook, 2025
Lido & Classic 7pm
Tix here
-
Previews:
No Other Choice
Park Chan Wook, 2025
Nova - 6.40pm
-
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
10 SAT
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
+
Matewan
John Sayles, 1987
7pm - Tix
Director in attendance
-
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
-
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
Joint Security Area
Park Chan-wook, 2000
Lido & Classic 7pm
Tix here
-
Ecipse Cinema
‘Retro Classix’ program
The Club
Bruce Beresford, 1980
9pm - Tix
-
Artist Film Workshop
Dot Matrix
Richard Tuohy, 2013
6pm- Free
ACMI - Tix
11 SUN
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:
Sympathy for Mr. Vengance
Park Chan-wook, 2002
Lido & Classic 7pm
Tix here
12 MON
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
-
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
Old Boy
Park Chan-wook, 2003
Lido & Classic 7pm
Tix here
-
Astor Theatre
Le Samouraï
Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967
7pm - tix
13 TUES
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
+
Sanjuro
Akira Kurosawa, 1962
Screening from 7pm - Tix
14 WED
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
-
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
I’m a Cyborg, But That’s Ok
Park Chan-wook, 2006
Lido & Classic 7pm Tix
15 THURS
General Release:
No Other Choice - Wide
Park Chan Wook, 2025
Dreams - Limited
Dag Johan Haugerud, 2025
-
Retrospective / Second Run Release:
Labyrinth
Jim Henson, 1986
Nova exclusive
-
Preview:
It Was Just an Accident
Jafar Panahi, 2025
Cinema Nova - 7pm
-
ACMI
‘Best of 2025’ program
Sentimental Value
Joachim Trier, 2025
6.30pm - Tix
-
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
Thirst
Park Chan-wook, 2009
Lido & Classic 7pm
Tix here
-
Astor Theatre
The Holy Mountain
Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973
+
Trash Humpers
Harmony Korine, 2009
7pm - Tix
17 SAT
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
-
ACMI
‘Best of 2025’ program
Flow
Gints Zilbalodis, 2024
5pm - Tix
Two Prosecutors
Sergei Loznitsa, 2025
6.30pm - Tix
‘Psychedelic Cinema’ program
Lucifer Rising
Kenneth Anger
+
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
Kenneth Anger
7pm - Tix
-
Thornbury Picture House
Breathless
Jean-Luc Godard, 1960
6.10pm - Tix
-
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
The Handmaiden
Park Chan-wook, 2016
Lido & Classic 7pm - Tix
18 SUN
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
-
Astor Theatre
Twin Peaks: The Return
Episodes 10- 18
David Lynch, 2017
1pm - Tix include coffee and donut
-
ACMI
‘Psychedelic Cinema’ program
El Topo
Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1970
3pm - Tix
-
Thornbury Picture House
Wings of Desire
Wim Wenders, 1987
3.25pm - Tix
-
Brunwick Picture House
Wings of Desire
Wim Wenders, 1987
4.50pm - Tix
19 MON
No screening of note yet
20 TUES
Preview:
It Was Just an Accident
Jafar Panahi, 2025
All Palace Cinemas - 6pm
-
ACMI
‘Focus on Tony Lueng Chiu-wai’
Infernal Affairs
Wai Keung Lau & Alan Mak, 2002
6.30pm - Free for members
-
Cinema Nova
Breathless
Jean-Luc Godard, 1960
6.30pm - Free for members
+
Contempt
Jean-Luc Godard, 1963
Double screening from 7pm - Tix
-
Astor Theatre
Topsy-Turvy
Mike Leigh, 1999
6.30pm - Tix
21 WED
70mm Release:
Marty Supreme
Josh Safdie, 2025
70mm season commences at the Astor
-
Astor Theatre
The Lord of the Rings
Extended Edition Marathon
Peter Jackson, 2001-03
11am - Tix
-
ACMI
‘Best Films of 2025’
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Mohammad Rasoulof, 2024
6.30pm - Tix
-
Brunwick Picture House
Wings of Desire
Wim Wenders, 1987
8.35pm - Tix
-
Thornbury Picture House
Wings of Desire
Wim Wenders, 1987
8.55pm - Tix
22 THURS
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
-
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
-
I am Eleven
Gabrielle Bailey, 2015
Nova exclusive
-
26 MON
27 TUES
ACMI
ACMI & Gaba Musik present:
Blaktivism is Film
65,000 Years Strong
Laura Thompson, 2023
+
Echoes of Dissent
Dylan Nicholls, 2025
+
The Moogai
Jon Ball, 2024
6.30pm Tix
28 WED
No screening of note yet
29 THURS
General Release:
Blue Moon - Limited
Richard Linklater, 2025
It Was Just an Accident - Limited
Jafar Panahi, 2025
-
Opening at Chinatown Cinema:
Busted Water Pipes
Difei Zhou, 2026
-
Retrospective / Second Run Release:
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
30 FRI
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
31 SAT
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