Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits—Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Momoa), Henry (Hansen), Natalie (Myers) and Dawn (Brooks)—find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they’ll have to master this world (and protect it from evil things like Piglins and Zombies, too) while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve (Black). Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be bold and to reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative…the very skills they need to thrive back in the real world.

This multi award-winning show captured recently at the Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre is an extraordinary musical journey paying homage to Janis Joplin and her biggest musical influences. Like a comet that burns far too brightly to last, Janis Joplin exploded onto the music scene in 1967 and, almost overnight, became the queen of rock & roll. The unmistakable voice, filled with raw emotion and tinged with Southern Comfort, made her a must-see headliner from Monterey to Woodstock. Fuelled by such unforgettable songs as “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Piece of My Heart”, “Mercedes Benz”, “Cry Baby” and “Summertime”, a remarkable cast and breakout performances. A Night with Janis Joplin, written and directed by Randy Johnson, is a musical journey celebrating Janis and her biggest musical influences—icons like Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Odetta, Nina Simone and Bessie Smith, who inspired one of rock ‘n roll’s greatest legends.

Ada Karmi Melamede is one of the most accomplished female architects in the world, but very little is known about her outside her home country of Israel. ADA - MY MOTHER THE ARCHITECT is a deeply moving portrait of an extraordinary woman directed by her daughter, filmmaker, and former architect, Yael Melamede. Ada is a true pioneer who, like many successful working mothers of her time, was forced to make impossible choices. Despite personal sacrifices, Ada's work gave physical form to some of Israel's highest democratic ideals, most notably in the acclaimed Supreme Court building in Jerusalem, the Open University, Ben Gurion airport, and numerous civic institutions around the country. ADA - MY MOTHER THE ARCHITECT profiles a woman and artist deeply tested by the realities of career and motherhood, and a unique mother-daughter bond.

André Rieu celebrates his 75th Birthday! The King of the Waltz invites you to a boat party with him and his beloved Johann Strauss Orchestra as they sail through his hometown of Maastricht. This brand-new cinema special is a tribute to André's childhood dream of one day forming his own orchestra and travelling the world. The film features a selection of André's favourite and most spectacular global performances along with some of the finest moments the Maestro and his Johann Strauss Orchestra have shared during their many decades together. Most of the concerts featured in this film – The Dream Continues - have never been shown on the big screen before. To mark this amazing milestone, this is your chance to see these iconic André classics for the first time. Come aboard and celebrate André’s 75th in style at your local cinema!

Through the material of concrete and its ancestor: stone, comes an epic and poetic meditation on architecture around the globe. Looking at how the design and construction of buildings from the ancient past reveal our destruction, it raises a fundamental question: ‘How do we build, and how can we build better?’

Known for his visionary designs and groundbreaking architectural philosophy, Erickson’s work profoundly shaped the modernist landscape as one of the 20th century’s most captivating architects. Through intimate interviews, archival footage and a look at his most famous creations, the film reveals the delicate balance Erickson maintained between his creative genius and the challenges of his personal life, reflecting on the human experience of creativity, ambition and the price of greatness.

Starring Tony-Nominee Jeremy Jordan and Olivier-Nominee Frances Mayli McCann, this award-winning production (including Best New Musical - What’s On Stage Awards 2023) re-tells the unbelievable true story of America's most infamous couple, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Recorded live at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane, discover the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire nation.

Dale Frank - Nobody’s Sweetie is a visual extravaganza showcasing the life and work of one of Australia’s most successful and prolific contemporary artists. This is an intimate portrait of a very private man and reveals his well-guarded life behind his work. The film follows Dale at home and in his studio creating new work for his 36th solo exhibition at the exclusive Roslyn Oxley9 gallery in Sydney. Whilst organising and orchestrating his art empire, Dale gives us a rare view of what it takes to be a professional artist at the top of their game. The stakes are high, the art world is fickle and Dale spends as lavishly as he creates. His ever-evolving rural estate is home to the largest private Natural History collection in Australia and he’s creating an exotic arid zone Botanical gardens in the surrounding fifty hectares. But where the light shines brightest, shadows are the darkest: on top of a crushing workload, Dale has inner demons and health struggles to contend with. Due to a debilitating neurodegenerative illness, Dale battles chronic and excruciating pain. With the help of prescribed morphine and the support of his good-humoured assistants James and Trev, Dale’s relentless creative drive, resilience and capacity for hard work bulldozes through each day to get the job done. Dale is reclusive. Socially phobic, he has recently received a diagnosis involving neurodiversity. The last thing in the world he wants to do is go to Sydney and have to talk to people. The film culminates with the opening night of the art exhibition which Dale must attend to face the art-world crowds he both dreads... and depends on. This is a vivid, inspirational story of a young boy from the bush who dreamt up a big creative career and audaciously went out and made it happen. For Dale, his work is his life and he has successfully pursued his dreams with talent, ambition and dogged determination. Now due to illness, his capacity to create is rapidly diminishing and the clock is ticking to complete the legacy of his life's work.

A father (Paul Rudd) and daughter (Jenna Ortega) accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss (Richard E. Grant) seeks to exploit the creature's miraculous curative properties.

E. 1027 - Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea (89 mins) PRECEDED BY Her Blueprint, Aotearoa (16 mins). E. 1027 - Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea - Eileen Gray’s villa, E.1027, on the Côte d’Azur is considered a milestone in architectural history. Enjoy a cinematic journey into the mind of Eileen Gray, offering a story about the power of female expression and men’s desire to control it. Her Blueprint, Aotearoa - A moment in time depicting the everyday professional lives of some of the key female players in the design and construction sector in Aotearoa.

Ten years after its cinematic release, we revisit the powerful story of Ngāi Tūhoe as they undertake the design and construction of a building that will enhance the connection between their people and their land. The result is an architectural gem of a community centre that utilises radically sustainable methods. Tradition and environmentalism are brought together, and the film gives us a stirring depiction of Indigenous pride.

Since the 1970s, English photographer Martin Parr has held up a sometimes tender, sometimes critical and always mischievous mirror to our times, forcing us to take a hard look at how consumer society has shaped our lives. Discover the maverick behind some of the most iconic images of the past century on an intimate and exclusive road trip across England with the uncompromising Parr, whose subjects, frames and colours have revolutionised contemporary photography and invented a political, humanist and accessible photographic language.

Jacquemus: The Prince of Today's Fashion (52 mins) PRECEDED BY Richard Serra: You are the Subject (22 mins). Jacquemus: The Prince of Today's Fashion - The film retraces the story of fashion designer, Simon Porte Jacquemus, founder and artistic director of his brand Jacquemus. Told through 10 years of exclusive archives and backstage footage, we get front row seats from his creative process and how he works with his teams, to the heart of a Jacquemus fashion show. Richard Serra: You are the Subject - A Richard Serra installation calls into question not only the legacy of the artist, but of humanity itself.

Sigurd Lewerentz (1885-1975) is internationally renowned as one of Sweden’s greatest architects, but due to his aversion to being interviewed and recorded, he has long been shrouded in mystery. Recently, however, a treasure trove of film and sound recordings of Lewerentz was found in a cellar in Lund; these never-seen-before recordings form the basis of this unique portrait of a figure often described as: enigmatic, mystical, and technical.

The daunting, rambling estate of Knowl is no home for a young woman on her own, and certainly not for Maud (Agnes O’Casey, The Miracle Club) - just 18 years old. Freshly burdened with the sudden death of her father, and granted inheritance to his entire estate when she comes of age at 21, Maud is alone, unschooled in the ways of society, and vulnerable. The wolves begin to circle… In a bewildering turn of events, Uncle Silas (David Wilmot, The Guard) is revealed as Maud’s guardian in her father’s will. A pariah of ‘society’, he is infamous for being a callous and uncaring man. Silas is furious at being denied his ‘rightful’ inheritance, and in a world designed to constrain women, deploys society’s most underhand weapons to bend Maud to his will. As family secrets are uncovered, Maud discovers and reclaims her fledgling independence. Lies We Tell is a chilling and atmospheric gothic tour de force, featuring a star making turn from Agnes O’Casey.

Influenced by 1960s counterculture, the Beatniks, and the free speech movement, Mary Heilmann ranks amongst the most influential abstract painters of her generation. Offering a visually immersive journey, using rare archival material and in-studio conversations—taking place in the artist’s studios in Bridgehampton and Tribeca—this film explores her approach to art and her life’s practice.

American soprano Angel Blue headlines as the Ethiopian princess torn between love and country in a new production of Verdi’s Aida by Michael Mayer that brings audiences inside the towering pyramids and gilded tombs of ancient Egypt with intricate projections and dazzling animations. Romanian-Hungarian mezzo-soprano Judit Kutasi also stars as Aida’s rival, Amneris, alongside Polish tenor Piotr Beczała as the soldier Radamès—completing opera’s greatest love triangle. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium to conduct.

Following a string of awe-inspiring Live in HD performances, Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Leonore, the faithful wife who risks everything to save her husband from the clutches of tyranny in Beethoven’s Fidelio. Completing the distinguished cast is British tenor David Butt Philip as the political prisoner Florestan, Polish bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny as the villainous Don Pizarro, veteran German bass René Pape as the jailer Rocco, Chinese soprano Ying Fang and German tenor Magnus Dietrich as the young Marzelline and Jaquino, and Danish bass Stephen Milling as the principled Don Fernando. Susanna Mälkki conducts.

The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024–25 Live in HD season comes to a close with Rossini’s effervescent comedy. Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside American tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Moldovan baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the ingenious barber of Seville, with Hungarian bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Bartlett Sher’s madcap production.

Mozart’s timeless comedy returns to cinemas worldwide with a live transmission from the Metropolitan Opera. Conductor Joana Mallwitz, in her Met debut, takes the podium to conduct a stellar ensemble cast including American bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as the clever valet Figaro, Ukrainian soprano Olga Kulchynska as the wily maid Susanna, Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins as the skirt-chasing Count, Italian soprano Federica Lombardi as his anguished wife, and French mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa as the adolescent page Cherubino.

Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium to conduct Strauss’s one-act tragedy, which will be transmitted live from the Metropolitan Opera stage to cinemas worldwide. Leading the company’s first new production of the work in 20 years, Claus Guth, one of Europe’s leading opera directors, gives the biblical story a psychologically perceptive Victorian-era setting. South African soprano Elza van den Heever leads a celebrated cast as the abused and unhinged antiheroine, with Swedish baritone Peter Mattei as the imprisoned prophet Jochanaan; German tenor Gerhard Siegel as Salome’s lecherous stepfather, King Herod; American mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung as his wife, Herodias; and Polish tenor Piotr Buszewski as Narraboth.

From Oscar winning filmmaker Bong Joon Ho (Parasite, The Host, Snowpiercer) comes a satirical science fiction comedy starring Robert Pattinson, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, Naomi Ackie and Steven Yuen, based on the novel by Edward Ashton.As Earth is pummeled by increasingly erratic environmental catastrophe, Mickey Barnes (Pattinson) joins the crew of an intergalactic mission to a new world on the other side of the cosmos. Signing up as an "expendable', Mickey's role is to be a highly disposable employee who can be 'reprinted' with his memories intact in the event of his demise. Arriving at their intended destination, the seventeenth version of Mickey is sent to explore the planet before an accident triggers a premature regeneration that leads to chaos within the colony.

A multi-award winning and eye-opening documentary that follows a Palestinian community’s forced expulsion from their homes through the eyes of West Bank lawyer and activist, Basel, and his friend Yuval, an Israeli journalist. Made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective, NO OTHER LAND shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between Basel and Yuval. Using hand-held cameras and archival footage, NO OTHER LAND captures the interplay of despair and determination felt over time from their vastly different lived contexts. This hauntingly cinematic gut-punch is at once a moving account of a bond formed across conflict lines and a must-watch chronicle of human tenacity amid hostilities. Arabic language, English subtitles. OSCAR WINNER: Best Documentary Feature!

Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name, Challengers) and screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes (Challengers) reunite for QUEER, an adaptation of William Burroughs' complex novella of a lonely man's search for connection. In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee (Daniel Craig), an American expat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. The arrival in town of Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey), a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone. Some Spanish and French language, English subtitles.

Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works. Fool’s Paradise, The Two of Us, Us, An American in Paris: four works showing the remarkable choreographic range of The Royal Ballet's Artistic Associate, Christopher Wheeldon.

On a stormy night, fate brings two strangers together, unleashing a love with the power to end worlds. Meanwhile, in the realm of the gods, an epic battle ensues between their ruler Wotan and his rebellious daughter, Brünnhilde.

The Capulets and Montagues are sworn enemies. Yet it is love at first sight for Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet when they meet each other at the Capulet ball, into which Romeo has snuck. The two fall in love and they profess their devotion to each other at Juliet’s balcony. They secretly get married. The stakes are raised for the young couple when Romeo avenges the death of his friend Mercutio who has been killed by Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin. For this, Romeo is exiled from Verona. Meanwhile, Juliet’s parents are forcing her to marry another suitor. In order to be together, Romeo and Juliet must risk it all.

The beautiful but icy Princess Turandot will only marry a man who can correctly answer three riddles. Those who fail are brutally beheaded. But when an unknown prince arrives, the balance of power in Turandot’s court is forever shaken, as the mysterious stranger does what no other has been able to.

A true original, Austrian-born and educated R.M. Schindler laid the foundation for what is now known as the Californian style of indoor-outdoor living. This documentary explores the bohemian genius of the highly acclaimed Schindler House in Los Angeles, investigating Schindler’s philosophy of Space Architecture, while also raising questions about domestic architecture as a living entity that can shape culture and humanity.

Get inside the mind of distinguished artist, scholar, author, and one of the most renowned and significant landscape architects practicing in the world today, Laurie Olin, whose concerns have defined his life’s work: urbanisation, a lost connection to nature, economic marginalisation, and the grave necessity of humanity in design. In a time when global values increasingly reflect profit over people, Olin’s vision has always been to create a more democratic and egalitarian society through healthy, shared public space.

In 1985 devoted father Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers shocking truths of his own.

Aoife Ni Bhraoin (Kelly Gough, Broadchurch) returns home to help her father Brendan ‘The Bear’ O’Briain (Lorcan Cranitch, Róise & Frank) in his recovery from a heart attack. During this time, Aoife faces the grief of her mother’s death that she hasn’t dealt with until now. Aoife reacquaints with a group of rowers and this all-female team, who against the odds, take on a high stakes Naomhóg rowing competition. Tarrac is a drama set at the edge of the world, the coastlines and sea of the Dingle peninsula. A place of wild geography, where the weather and the people have a mind of their own. Tarrac has warmth and a sense of place. An intimate character study of a woman who through a sporting passion finally manages acceptance and love. Laced with humour, heart break and exciting action set against the stunning landscapes and seas of the Kerry Gaeltacht, Tarrac is about daring to care again and learning the power of forgiveness.

Gokogu is a small, ancient Shinto shrine in Ushimado, Japan. Home to dozens of street cats, it is also known as Cat Shrine. While Gokogu looks peaceful on the surface, it is also the epicentre of a sensitive issue that divides the local community, as some residents care for them while others complain about the waste that they leave around the neighbourhood. A meditative exercise in filmmaking, THE CATS OF GOKOGU SHRINE is a joyous and thought-provoking observation of coexistence that premiered to great acclaim at the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival. Japanese language, English subtitles.

A documentary about the design and building of a unique private holiday home in New Zealand. Darryl Church, founder of DCA Architects of Transformation, leads the narrative on the designing and building of a unique award-winning home on the picturesque banks of Lake Whakamaru. The film captures the essence of the location and landscape in a raw, honest, and often humorous, portrait. A one-of-a-kind vision 15 years in the making creates a meeting point and sanctuary for a family to gather.

The Documerica Project (52 mins) PRECEDED BY Tāwharau Lane: A Sustainability Exemplar (14 mins). The Documerica Project - In the 70s, 100 photographers roamed America to document the environmental movement after 30 years of unbridled consumerism.Nearly 80,000 images encompassed the immensity of a time when America was at its most fragile, in the midst of a social, economic, and political crisis, exacerbated by the Vietnam War. Tāwharau Lane: A Sustainability Exemplar - A short film about a multi-award winning project in the Highbrook Business Park.

DOUBLE FEATURE The House: 6 Points of Departure (48 mins) screens with This Is Not a House (30 mins). The House: 6 Points of Departure - Inspired by ‘land art’ sculptors such as Michael Heizer and Robert Smithson, Thom Mayne was guided by the notion of house-to-natural-topography connection when designing the Crawford House. This Is Not a House - Art collectors Bruce Heavin and Lynda Weinman work with architect Robin Donaldson on an ambitious project and create an impressive, if slightly unconventional house. Organised in two levels, it is as much about working with the topography of the site as it is about creating a spectacular object.

Pamela Anderson gives the performance of her career in Palo Alto director Gia Coppola's THE LAST SHOWGIRL. After performing in Las Vegas stage production 'Le Razzle Dazzle' for over thirty years, dancer Shelly (Anderson) is startled to learn that the show will suddenly close. Consoled by jaded cocktail waitress Annette (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Le Razzle Dazzle performers Mary-Anne (Brenda Song) and Jodie (Kiernan Shipka), Shelly's attempts to find a new revue are derailed by the unexpected arrival of her estranged daughter Hannah (Billie Lourd) and the romantic intentions of stage manager Eddie (Dave Bautista).

Starring Oscar nominee Steve Coogan, this poignant dramedy from director Peter Cattaneo follows an Englishman’s personal and political awakening after he adopts a penguin during a cataclysmic period in Argentine history.

Reunited for the first time since The English Patient, Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche star in this gritty retelling of Odysseus' return home from war. After 20 years away, Odysseus (Fiennes) washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognisable. The King has finally returned home but much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan war. His beloved wife Penelope (Binoche) is now a prisoner in her own home, hounded by her many ambitious suitors to choose a new husband, a new king. Their son Telemachus, who has grown up fatherless, is facing death at the hands of the suitors who see him as an obstacle in their relentless pursuit of Penelope and the kingdom. Odysseus has changed too. Scarred by his experience of war, he is no longer the mighty warrior his people remember. But he is forced to face his past in order to rediscover the strength needed to save his family and win back the love he has lost. You won't want to miss two of the greatest actors of their generation take on Homer's classic tale in The Return.

Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child's puppet to abuse the home's residents with deadly consequences.

- OFFICIAL SELECTION: Toronto International Film Festival - Based on the Sunday Times best-seller by Raynor Winn, The Salt Path is the profound true story of husband and wife, Raynor (Gillian Anderson) and Moth (Jason Isaacs) Winn’s 630 mile trek along the beautiful but rugged English coast, from Dorset to Somerset. After losing their home and livelihood, Raynor and Moth make the desperate decision to keep walking in the hope that, in nature, they will find solace and a sense of acceptance. With depleted resources and only a tent and the bare essentials between them, every step along the path is a testament to their growing strength and determination. This is a strikingly cinematic tale of a couple braving the elements, brought to life by two incredible actors. This is Anderson and Isaacs as you’ve never seen them before, conveying physical exhaustion on their faces as much as their bodies. The Salt Path is a journey that is exhilarating, challenging, and liberating in equal measure. A portrayal of home and how it can be lost and rediscovered in the most unexpected ways.

Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.

Architect Bijoy Jain, of Studio Mumbai, welcomes us into his house and sheds light on the surprising human systems behind the chaos of Mumbai, and highlights the tendency to work with local materials, such as clay bricks. Along the way, he explains how spaces influence our emotional and physical wellbeing, revealing his life philosophy in a candid and profound manner.

Marvel Studios and a crew of indie veterans who sold out present “Thunderbolts*,”an irreverent teamup featuring depressed assassin Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) alongside the MCU’s least anticipated band of misfits.The film also returns to the screen Marvel Cinematic Universe characters Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Red Guardian (David Harbour), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) and Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), in addition to some exciting new faces. Jake Schreier directs “Thunderbolts*”with Kevin Feige producing. Louis D’Esposito, Brian Chapek,Jason Tamez and Scarlett Johansson serve as executive producers. Marvel Studios’ “Thunderbolts*” opens in New Zealand cinemas May 1, 2025.

Tinā is the story of Samoan teacher Mareta Percival. Struggling after the death of her daughter in the Christchurch earthquakes, Mareta reluctantly takes on the role of substitute teacher at an elite, wealthy private school and is surprised to find children crying out for guidance, inspiration, and love. Using the symphony of her culture to empower her students, she forms a choir, bringing them together while unexpectedly rediscovering her passion for being a teacher and mother.

Investigating the monumental Tarot Garden and the Stravinsky Fountain in Paris, Japanese director Michiko Matsumoto guides us on a joyous retrospective of her friend and French American artist Niki de Saint Phalle, by combining photographs from her personal archive, with new footage. The film is a heart-warming celebration of de Saint Phalle’s ability to mix serious feminism with playful frivolity, and the decorative with the disturbing.

'We the Others (55 mins) PRECEDED BY Fruitvale: A Community for Regeneration (12 mins). We the Others - Brazilian design duo Fernando and Humberto Campan are renowned as ground-breaking figures in today’s creative landscape. Over the past 40 years, the brothers have not only left an indelible mark on the design world but have also been engaged in social initiatives, including developing Campana Park in Brotas – a sustainable space dedicated to nature and community. In the park they have planted 20,000 native tree seedlings and are constructing pavilions made with live plants. Through a series of interviews, and through the voice and presence of Humberto, the film aims to provide an overview on the prolific and remarkable lives of the two artists.

Explore the remarkable life and legacy of the late feminist author Ursula K. Le Guin. Heralded as a ‘world builder’ and an ‘architect of language’, Le Guin is best known for her groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy works, such as A Wizard of Earthsea, The Left Hand of Darkness, and The Dispossessed. Her countless essays and poems depict alternative worlds in politics, the natural environment, gender, religion, sexuality, and ethnography.