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  • One Life
  • Ms. Information
  • Killers Of The Flower Moon
  • Stop Making Sense
  • Simone: Woman of the Century
  • Uproar
  • A Great Friend
  • Wonka
  • A Good Doctor
  • CALLAS - PARIS 1958
  • Andre Rieu's White Christmas
  • Oppenheimer
  • RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ
  • Next Goal Wins
  • The Boy and the Heron
  • The Boy and the Heron (Subbed)
  • Jack Mimoun & the Secrets of Val Verde
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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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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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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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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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The Marvels

Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences…
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EO

With his first film in seven years, legendary director Jerzy Skolimowski (Deep End, Moonlighting) directs one of his most free and visually inventive films to…
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Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War

One of Britain’s greatest landscape artists, Eric Ravilious, was killed in a plane crash while on commission as Official War Artist in Iceland in 1942. His life…
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The Old Oak

Senior Wednesday previews 29 Novmeber! - OFFICIAL SELECTION: Festival De Cannes -  ★★★★ - The Guardian The Old Oak is a special place. Not only is it the…
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Stop Making Sense

Newly restored to coincide with its 40th anniversary, the 1984 film was directed by renowned filmmaker Jonathan Demme and is considered by critics as the…
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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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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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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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One Life

- Q&A screenings with former Wellington Deputy Mayor Helen Ritchie - We have limited special Q&A screenings with former Wellington Deputy Mayor Helene Ritchie,…
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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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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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The Old Oak

  • All Sites:
    29 Nov 2023
Senior Wednesday previews 29 Novmeber! - OFFICIAL SELECTION: Festival De Cannes -  ★★★★ - The Guardian The Old Oak is a special place. Not only is it the…
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Jack Mimoun & the Secrets of Val Verde

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    30 Nov 2023
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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RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ

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    01 Dec 2023
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

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    02 Dec 2023
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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Next Goal Wins

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    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)

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    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

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    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

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    26 Dec 2023
- Q&A screenings with former Wellington Deputy Mayor Helen Ritchie - We have limited special Q&A screenings with former Wellington Deputy Mayor Helene Ritchie,…
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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 -  From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of…
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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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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

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    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

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    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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ArtBeats | Borromini and Bernini: The Challenge for Perfection

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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