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  • Petone
  • Cuba
  • Pauatahanui
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  • The Old Oak
  • Jack Mimoun & the Secrets of Val Verde
  • Napoleon
  • The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
  • Saltburn
  • CALLAS - PARIS 1958
  • Ms. Information
  • One Life
  • Killers Of The Flower Moon
  • Wonka
  • Simone: Woman of the Century
  • Uproar
  • A Great Friend
  • A Good Doctor
  • Andre Rieu's White Christmas
  • Oppenheimer
  • RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ
  • Next Goal Wins
  • Dream Scenario
  • The Boy and the Heron
  • The Boy and the Heron (Subbed)
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The Old Oak

- OFFICIAL SELECTION: Festival De Cannes -  ★★★★ - The Guardian   The Old Oak is a special place. Not only is it the last pub standing, but it’s also the only…
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Jack Mimoun & the Secrets of Val Verde

Indiana Jones meets Monty Python in this hilarious comedy adventure. Having found fame as a modern-day Robinson Crusoe by seemingly surviving alone on the…
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Napoleon

Napoleon is a spectacle-filled action epic that details the checkered rise and fall of the iconic French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, played by Oscar®-winner…
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Return to The Hunger Games, the landmark film franchise that has earned over $3 billion globally, with Lionsgate’s adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ #1 New York…
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Saltburn

Academy Award winning filmmaker Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) brings us a beautifully wicked tale of privilege and desire. Struggling to find his…
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CALLAS - PARIS 1958

Witness Maria Callas' mesmerising voice and presence as she made her Paris debut, performing a selection of arias from iconic operas. This historic moment,…
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Ms. Information

Back by popular demand. Join us for another special Q&A screening of Ms. Information with director Gwen Isaac Wednesday 6pm @ Light House Pauatahanui.   As the…
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Killers Of The Flower Moon

★★★★★ "One of the best Westerns ever made and almost certainly the best film of 2023 so far." – London Evening Standard.  At the turn of the 20th century, oil…
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RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ

RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ accentuates the journey of RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR, from its inception, to the opening in Stockholm, Sweden, to the finale in…
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Andre Rieu's White Christmas

For many, Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. This year it will come early with André Rieu’s cinema special White Christmas—a celebration you will…
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Simone: Woman of the Century

The biopic about Simone Veil, one of the prominent women in France in the 20th Century. Simone Veil’s life story, from her childhood to her major political…
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Uproar

★★★★½ "Funny, poignant and emotional, this thoroughly entertaining '80s-set dramedy deserves to be seen by Kiwis of all ages." - Stuff.  Uproar is a story…
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A Great Friend

From Éric Besnard (Delicious), comes A Great Friend (Les Choses Simples). Packed with laughs, A Great Friend lets audiences experience the stunning vistas of…
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A Good Doctor

★★★★ "An enjoyable, well-assembled and genuinely emotional French romp... you might appreciate this one a lot" - Stuff.  A feel-good Christmas film unlike…
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Oppenheimer

★★★★★ "A masterfully constructed character study from a great director operating on a whole new level." - Empire Magazine.  Written and directed by Christopher…
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One Life

- Q&A screenings with former Wellington Deputy Mayor Helene Ritchie - We have limited special Q&A screenings with former Wellington Deputy Mayor Helene…
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Next Goal Wins

Preview Screenings Sunday 03 December - All sites Directed by Academy Award Winner Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit, Thor: Ragnarok), Next Goal Wins follows the…
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The Boy and the Heron (Subbed)

A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new…
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Next Goal Wins

  • All Sites:
    07 Dec 2023
Preview Screenings Sunday 03 December - All sites Directed by Academy Award Winner Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit, Thor: Ragnarok), Next Goal Wins follows the…
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The Boy and the Heron

  • Petone:
    07 Dec 2023
  • Cuba:
    07 Dec 2023
A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new…
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The Boy and the Heron (Subbed)

  • Cuba:
    07 Dec 2023
A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new…
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Dicks: The Musical

  • Petone:
    07 Dec 2023
  • Cuba:
    07 Dec 2023
A pair of business rivals discover that they're identical twins and decide to swap places in an attempt to trick their divorced parents to get back together.
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Wonka

  • All Sites:
    14 Dec 2023
Based on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl’s most iconic children’s book and one of the best-selling…
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One Life

  • All Sites:
    26 Dec 2023
- Q&A screenings with former Wellington Deputy Mayor Helene Ritchie - We have limited special Q&A screenings with former Wellington Deputy Mayor Helene…
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Two Tickets to Greece

  • Petone:
    26 Dec 2023
  • Cuba:
    26 Dec 2023
Three fabulous femmes - Laure Calamy, Olivia Côte and Kristin Scott Thomas – star in the wildly entertaining new comedy from writer/director Marc Fitoussi…
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Wish

  • Petone:
    26 Dec 2023
  • Pauatahanui:
    26 Dec 2023
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Wish” is an all-new musical-comedy welcoming audiences to the magical kingdom of Rosas, where Asha, a sharp-witted idealist,…
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Migration

  • Petone:
    26 Dec 2023
  • Pauatahanui:
    26 Dec 2023
This holiday season, Illumination, creators of the blockbuster Minions, Despicable Me, Sing and The Secret Life of Pets comedies, invites you to take flight…
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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

  • Pauatahanui:
    26 Dec 2023
Having failed to defeat Aquaman the first time, Black Manta, still driven by the need to avenge his father’s death, will stop at nothing to take Aquaman down…
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Poor Things

  • Petone:
    01 Jan 2024
  • Cuba:
    01 Jan 2024
- Best Film at 2023 Venice Film Festival -  “Everything in it – every frame, every image, every joke, every performance – gets a gasp of excitement.” – Peter…
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Dream Scenario

  • Petone:
    01 Jan 2024
  • Cuba:
    01 Jan 2024
Hapless family man Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage) finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when…
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The Boys in the Boat

  • Petone:
    04 Jan 2024
  • Pauatahanui:
    04 Jan 2024
Based on the non-fiction novel about the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympic games, this true story…
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Ferrari

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    04 Jan 2024
Set during the summer of 1957. Ex-racecar driver, Ferrari, is in crisis. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing ten years…
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The Holdovers

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    11 Jan 2024
From acclaimed director Alexander Payne (Sideways, Election, About Schmidt), The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a prestigious…
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All Of Us Strangers

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    18 Jan 2024
"an enormously satisfying and affecting experience." ★★★★★ - The Guardian "The chemistry between Scott and Mescal is feverish, rapt and tender." ★★★★★ - Time…
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The Iron Claw

  • All Sites:
    25 Jan 2024
Follows the story of the Von Erichs, a dynasty of wrestlers who made a great impact on the sport from the 1960s to the present day.
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Perfect Days

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    25 Jan 2024
The new film by Wim Wenders (Pina, Buena Vista Social Club). Hirayama seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo. Outside of…
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Argylle

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    01 Feb 2024
From the twisted mind of Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman franchise, Kick-Ass) comes Argylle, a razor-witted, reality-bending, globe-encircling spy thriller. Bryce…
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Priscilla

  • All Sites:
    01 Feb 2024
When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in…
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Force of Nature: The Dry 2

  • All Sites:
    08 Feb 2024
After receiving a distressing call from an informant, Federal Agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head deep into the Giralang Ranges to investigate the…
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Charcoal

  • Petone:
    08 Feb 2024
  • Cuba:
    08 Feb 2024
An appealingly twisted crime-thriller in which a poor rural family agree to a diabolical deal to shelter an Argentinian drug lord. This Brazilian debut feature…
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Bob Marley: One Love

  • All Sites:
    14 Feb 2024
BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE celebrates the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity. On the big screen for the first…
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ArtBeats | Borromini and Bernini: The Challenge for Perfection

  • All Sites:
    15 Feb 2024
Borromini and Bernini: The Challenge for Perfection is the story of an architectural revolution carried out by a solitary genius who changed the appearance of…
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May December

  • All Sites:
    15 Feb 2024
Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under the pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a…
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The Zone of Interest

  • Petone:
    22 Feb 2024
  • Cuba:
    22 Feb 2024
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
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Dune: Part Two

  • All Sites:
    29 Feb 2024
The saga continues as award-winning filmmaker Denis Villeneuve embarks on the next chapter of Frank Herbert’s celebrated novel Dune, with an expanded all-star…
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Let The Dance Begin

  • Petone:
    07 Mar 2024
  • Cuba:
    07 Mar 2024
The reunion of three friends, among tango, dance, music and the opportunity of a trip that will take them as in their good old days to travel the route of the…
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Golda

  • All Sites:
    14 Mar 2024
Focuses on the intensely dramatic and high-stakes responsibilities and decisions that Golda Meir, also known as the 'Iron Lady of Israel' faced during the Yom…
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Wicked Little Letters

  • All Sites:
    21 Mar 2024
- OFFICIAL SELECTION: Toronto International Film Festival -  When hundreds of obscene letters mysteriously blight the picturesque British seaside town of…
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ArtBeats | Perugino: Eternal Renaissance

  • All Sites:
    21 Mar 2024
A tribute to an artist who inspired great painters in a decisive way, by creating works of immortal beauty. His art straddles two worlds: on the one hand the…
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ArtBeats | The Immortals: The Wonders of the Museo Egizio

  • All Sites:
    18 Apr 2024
Kha, architect and builder of tombs for the pharaohs, has to undertake the journey to the Underworld, amid a thousand dangers. Eternal life is at stake, but the…
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Mad About the Boy — The Noël Coward Story

  • All Sites:
    25 Apr 2024
Sir Noël Coward grew up in poverty and left school when he was only nine years old. He was queer in a very straight world. And yet by the age of 30, he was the…
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Jackie Stewart

  • All Sites:
    09 May 2024
Jackie Stewart is the compelling documentary film on Formula 1 World Champion, team owner and legend of the sport, Sir Jackie Stewart. Using immaculately…
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Book a Film

Location
  • Petone
  • Cuba
  • Pauatahanui
Film
  • The Old Oak
  • Jack Mimoun & the Secrets of Val Verde
  • Napoleon
  • The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
  • Saltburn
  • CALLAS - PARIS 1958
  • Ms. Information
  • One Life
  • Killers Of The Flower Moon
  • Wonka
  • Simone: Woman of the Century
  • Uproar
  • A Great Friend
  • A Good Doctor
  • Andre Rieu's White Christmas
  • Oppenheimer
  • RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ
  • Next Goal Wins
  • Dream Scenario
  • The Boy and the Heron
  • The Boy and the Heron (Subbed)
Times
  • Please select a location and film
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