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Watch the trailer for The Beatles: Get Back – The Rooftop Concert, coming to cinemas for limited season from February 10!

“I’m thrilled that the rooftop concert from ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ is going to be experienced in IMAX, on that huge screen,” says director/producer Peter Jackson. “It’s The Beatles’ last concert, and it’s the absolute perfect way to see and hear it.”   //   “Ever since Peter Jackson’s beautiful and illuminating docuseries debuted, we’ve heard non-stop from fans who want to experience its unforgettable rooftop performance in IMAX,” says Megan ...

Watch the trailer for Stray – screening exclusively at Dendy Coorparoo from 25 November!

As they search for food and shelter, Zeytin, Nazar and Kartal embark on inconspicuous journeys through Turkish society that allow us an unvarnished portrait of human life — and their own canine culture. The disparate lives of Zeytin, Nazar and Kartal intersect when they each form intimate bonds with a group of young Syrians who share the streets with them.   //   Whether they lead us into bustling streets or decrepit ruins, the gaze of these strays act as windows ...

British Film Festival – My Father And Me Movie Review

Telling the tale of his father Maurice Broomfield who is now considered one of history's finest industrial photographers, filmmaker Nick Broomfield delivers a brilliant story that works on so many levels. His father vividly recorded the post World War II height of the British industrial age with still photos that are amazing in their technical brilliance and humanist subject matter. These frame the most human of stories, that of father and son.   //   Nick's relationship ...

Watch the trailer for The Lost Leonardo – in cinemas from December 2!

From the moment the painting is bought for $1175 at a shady New Orleans auction house, and the restorer discovers masterful Renaissance brush strokes under the heavy varnish of its cheap restoration, the Salvator Mundi’s fate is determined by an insatiable quest for fame, money and power.   //   As its price soars, so do questions about its authenticity; is this painting really by Leonardo da Vinci? Unravelling the hidden agendas of the richest men and most powerful ...

Watch the Trailer for Julia, the Delectable New Julia Child Documentary!

Julia tells the story of the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who changed the way Americans think about food, television, and even about women.   //   Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography, the film traces Julia Child’s surprising path, from her struggles to create and publish the revolutionary Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) which has sold ...

Watch the trailer for Summer of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)

Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park). The footage was never seen and largely forgotten–until now.   //   SUMMER OF SOUL shines a light on the importance of history to our spiritual well-being and stands as a testament to the healing power of music during times of unrest, both past and present. The feature includes never-befor...

The Sparks Brothers Movie Review

Along the way, they have helped to invent numerous musical styles that other bands have used to find great financial success while the Mael brothers, Ron and Russell have experienced no real sustained financial or popularity benefit. Their change styles at will approach have made them outsiders but influential to other members of the musical community with both the press and their peers taking a closer look.   //   With their sustained creative efforts over the years (25 ...

Watch the trailer for The Sparks Brothers, a film by Edgar Wright!

Take a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with brothers Russell & Ron Mael, celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks: your favorite band's favorite band. www.facebook.com/UniversalPicturesAU

Watch the trailer for Oscar-shortlisted documentary film Gunda!

As with Oscar nominated documentary, My Octopus Teacher, GUNDA truly is a must see for animal lovers and documentary film fans alike. GUNDA offers up a radically recalibrated moral universe where encounters with a mother sow, two ingenious cows, and a scene-stealing, one-legged chicken, remind us of the inherent value of life. The beguiling and game-changing, black and white documentary film, has swiftly garnered positive reviews from top international critics and acclaimed filmmakers ...

White Riot Movie Review

The lines were drawn between the Callaghan government and their passive support of the anti-immigrant National Front and the opposition to this status quo by the more forward-thinking youth of the time. This situation found its champions in Red Saunders, Jo Wreford, Pete Bruno, and others. They conceived a one-off concert called Rock Against Racism as a reaction to the racist rhetoric put forth by Eric Clapton, yes that Eric Clapton.   //   That concert helped start a ...