From the Director of The Full Monty and the Writer of Philomena comes THE PENGUIN LESSONS, a delightful story with wit and warmth.

Experience one Englishman’s personal and political awakening after he adopts a penguin during a cataclysmic period in Argentine history.

Opens 17 April at Dendy Cinemas Coorparoo and Dendy Cinemas Portside.

The Penguine Lessons – Seniors Morning Tea Preview
Thursday 10 April – 10am arrival for 10.30am screening
Dendy Cinemas Coorparoo and Dendy Cinemas Portside
www.dendy.com.au/

Join us for a preview of Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie’s stunning new film from the acclaimed director of Jackie and Spencer.

Delving into the life and psyche of legendary opera singer Maria Callas, be among the first to see the final entry in Larrain’s intensely artistic trilogy of iconic women who shaped 20th century culture. Straight from a critically lauded run at Venice, Telluride, New York, and BFI London film festivals, this is an unmissable biographical drama that hits all the right notes.

“Jolie dazzles as the opera diva in her finest performance in a decade” – The Daily Telegraph

“Daring and unconventional” – The Hollywood Reporter

“Jolie’s performance is both immersive and self-revealing, with a delicate unravelling that beautifully channels Maria Callas.” – Indiewire

Maria – Seniors Morning Tea
Thursday 23 January @ 10.30am
Dendy Coorparoo and Dendy Portside
www.dendy.com.au

In 18th-century Denmark, impoverished war hero Capt. Ludvig Kahlen (Mikkelsen) sets out to tame a vast, uninhabitable land on which seemingly nothing can grow. This beautiful but forbidding area is under the rule of Frederik De Schinkel, a merciless nobleman who realizes the threat Kahlen represents to his power.

As a new community starts to settle in, De Schinkel swears vengeance, leading to a violent and intense confrontation between the two men.

The Promised Land Senior’s Morning Tea Preview Screening
14 June 2024
Dendy Cinemas Cooparoo
www.coorparoo.dendy.com.au

Each screening includes morning tea at 10am with the film commencing at 10.30am.

GOLDA is the powerful new biopic starring Academy Award winner Helen Mirren as one of history’s most powerful and polarising female figures. Based on the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Mirren shines as the one woman who stood between victory and defeat.

Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir (Mirren), faced with the potential of Israel’s complete destruction, must navigate overwhelming odds, a sceptical cabinet, and a complex relationship with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (Liev Schreiber), with millions of lives in the balance. Her tough leadership and compassion would ultimately decide the fate of her nation and leave her with a controversial legacy around the world. Screening at Dendy Coorparoo and Dendy Portside Thursday, April 18.

“Tense and absorbing.” – Variety
“Engrossing. Mirren is near-perfect.” – Deadline

THE TASTE OF THINGS is the acclaimed new French romantic drama starring Academy Award winner Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel. Blending cooking with romantic love, this deliciously sensual and captivatingly dreamy adaptation of Marcel Rouff’s classic 1924 novel is a veritable feast for the senses.

Set in France in 1889, the film follows the life of Dodin Bouffant (Magimel) as a chef living with his personal cook and lover Eugénie (Binoche). They share a long history of gastronomy and love but Eugénie refuses to marry Dodin, so the food lover decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her. Screening at Dendy Coorparoo and Dendy Portside Friday, April 26.

“So rich and romantic, it’ll leave you woozy.” – Time Out
“A mouth-watering banquet of full-fat foodie cinema.” – Daily Telegraph

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Screening includes morning tea at 10am with the film commencing at 10.30am. Please click on the above venue links to purchase tickets.

THE GREAT ESCAPER is an uplifting new British drama starring Academy Award winners Michael Caine and the late Glenda Jackson in their final film roles. An inspiring true story of one man’s unlikely quest to honour D-Day and his fallen comrades, this classical narrative explores the horrors of war and reality of aging with charming wit and a very big heart.

The summer of 2014 marked the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings – octogenarian Bernie Jordan (Caine) made global headlines as he staged a “great escape” from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades. It was a story that captured the imagination of the world. Bernie seemed to embody the defiant “can-do” spirit of a generation that was fast disappearing. Bernie’s Big Adventure only spanned a mere 48 hours, but it also marked the culmination of his 60-year marriage to Rene (Jackson, who passed shortly after production concluded) – the story celebrates their love with a touching sincerity.

“A moving and surprisingly nuanced drama offering far more than flag-waving nostalgia.” – Empire

“Caine and Jackson and their ineffable class give this film some real grit.” – The Guardian

“A salute to a generation who we should cherish.” – The Sun

Seniors morning tea preview screening of The Great Escaper
15 February 2024
Dendy Cinemas Coorparoo and Portside
www.dendy.com.au

With a film title almost as long as the distance he travels, take a journey with Harold Fry as he leaves home, walking to his post office to send a letter and out of the blue decides to keep walking, all the way to his dying friend who is 450 miles away.

This heartfelt tale is a cross between a late-life coming-of-age story and a universal love story of partnership, children, parents, neighbours, friends and strangers.

Join Dendy Coorparoo or Dendy Portside on Thursday June 1st for a special Preview Screening including a complimentary morning tea including cake & baked delights before the screening.

“One of the great movies about ageing and regret” – The Guardian

“It’s impossible not to love this movie” – The Lady UK

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry opens at Dendy Cinemas 8 June.

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Seniors morning tea preview
1 June 2023 – 10am
Dendy Coorparoo or Dendy Portside
www.dendy.com.au