SURPRISE FILM SCREENING - Catch one of the winners of the 2026 Academy Awards at Eclipse Cinema: all tickets $15 - Amongst the contenders are: ARCO HAMNET IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS MARTY SUPREME ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER SENTIMENTAL VALUE SINNERS - The bubbly will be flowing with $10 flutes of French blanc de blancs & a special pre-show video!

TICKETS VIA LINK BELOW - ACC presents... https://events.humanitix.com/asian-cinema-collective-presents-chungking-express-1994/tickets TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE NIGHT - The whiplash, double-pronged CHUNGKING EXPRESS is one of the defining works of nineties cinema and the film that made Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai an instant icon. Two heartsick Hong Kong cops (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung), both jilted by ex-lovers, cross paths at the Midnight Express take-out restaurant stand, where the ethereal pixie waitress Faye (Faye Wong) works. Anything goes in Wong’s gloriously shot and utterly unexpected charmer, which cemented the sex appeal of its gorgeous stars and forever turned canned pineapple and the Mamas and the Papas’ “California Dreamin’” into tokens of romantic longing.

Asian Cinema Collective presents the final screening of NO OTHER CHOICE at the Eclipse. Screens with a short film by Park Chan-Wook. - SOJU DRINKS SPECIAL and authentic fresh KOREAN BUTTER GARLIC POPCORN available on the night! - Man-su (Lee Byung-hun from Squid Game) thinks he has it all – a loving wife, two children, two Golden Retrievers, and a dream home. When he is abruptly laid off from a paper company after 25 years of service, he vows to find a new job in the industry within the next three months. After a long and fruitless job search, Man-su risks losing the family home. Out of desperation, he hits on a solution to find work: eliminate the competition. - Park Chan-wook, the legendary director of Decision to Leave, The Handmaiden and Oldboy, delivers another stylish and biting satire of contemporary capitalism.

In 2075, a ten-year-old girl, Iris, witnesses Arco, a mysterious boy in a rainbow suit, fall from the sky. Arco comes from an idyllic far future where time travel is possible. Becoming fast friends, the two young children embark on a thrilling adventure to return Arco safely back to his home.

From Academy Award® winning writer/director Chloé Zhao, HAMNET tells the powerful love story that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance at this year’s Berlinale Film Festival, Rose Byrne delivers a tour de force in A24’s visceral IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU – writer-director Mary Bronstein’s darkly comic and unflinchingly honest portrait of modern motherhood. Linda (Byrne) is a therapist who can barely help herself, let alone anyone else. With her life crashing down around her, Linda attempts to navigate her child's mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing patient, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her own therapist (played by funnyman Conan O’Brien in his dramatic film debut). When her bedroom ceiling collapses, forcing her and her daughter into a sterile hotel room, Linda’s fragile sense of control begins to slip completely. Chaotic, bitingly funny, and laced with surreal dread, IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU is a nerve-shredding yet profoundly human exploration of anxiety, identity, and the impossible expectations of motherhood. The psychological black comedy also features standout performances from A$AP Rocky, Christian Slater and fellow Australian Danielle Macdonald.

Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, is suddenly reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid rounds up a few of his fellow ex-prisoners to try and confirm Eghbal's identity. Master filmmaker Jafar Panahi creates a deeply felt moral thriller, where high stakes tension combines with unexpected flurries of humour and thoughtful, sometimes devastating questions regarding persecution and revenge.

Named after the Sonic Youth song about supposedly good girls who hide how they feel inside, Slovenian director Urška Djukic’s debut is keenly attuned to the impulses of youth. Shy teen Lucia (Jara Sofija Ostan) is a model Catholic girl, whose innocence is tested when her choir group goes on a trip to a secluded convent in Northern Italy. Surrounded by sweaty construction workers and drawn into the circle of seductive queen bee Ana-Maria (Mina Švajger), Lucia navigates a new world of guilt, tantalising gossip and nascent desire. Evoking the early films of Céline Sciamma, Djukic builds a powerful sensory world of ethereal voices, sly gazes and lush symbolism, speaking to the exhilaration and shame of female desire.

Live It Up is a new feature documentary celebrating Mental as Anything, the art-school band whose irreverent humour, visual art and clever pop songs made them one of Australia’s most distinctive cultural forces. Following the release of Nips Are Getting Bigger in 1979, the Mentals rose quickly from inner-city Sydney pubs to national fame, becoming masters at capturing Australian suburban life with warmth, wit and playfulness. While success came fast, they never treated it with reverence. Funny, warm and unexpectedly moving, Live It Up explores how Mental as Anything navigated fame, longevity and the pressures of the music industry while holding fast to their humour and creative spirit — revealing why their music continues to resonate today.

This is quite simply the most anticipated film this Summer: Director Josh Safdie (Uncut Gems, Good Time) brings an epic sports drama that follows Marty Mauser (Timothee Chalamet), a young ping pong prodigy, in his relentless quest to prove himself as the best table tennis player in the world. - Inspired by real-life pro table tennis legend Marty Reisman, - known as 'the Needle' for his lithe build and 'hardbat' style of play - the film is set in 1950s New York City and features an all-star cast with Oscar-nominee Timothee Chalamet in the lead role, alongside Oscar-winner Gwyneth Paltrow in her first substantial film role since 2019, Fran Drescher, and Tyler Okonma (Tyler the Creator) in his film debut.

From Matt Johnson (BlackBerry, Operation Avalanche) and Jay McCarrol's cult comedy series comes an adventure 17 years in the making. When their plan to book a show at The Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008. - When Matt presses Jay to partake in their most death-defying publicity stunt yet, it goes spectacularly sideways, and the fallout inspires Jay to strike out on his own. But thanks to Matt’s inadvertent intervention with a short-lived Canadian novelty beverage, the boys find themselves travelling through time where they risk compromising their very own origin story. - Utilising meticulous visual effects, costuming, and the judicious integration of archival footage, Johnson and his collaborators have crafted a satirically sobering and riotously funny cultural mirror that reflects just how much (and how little) things have changed, all the while celebrating the infectious joy of living for your dreams… with a little help from your friends.

Man-su (Lee Byung-hun from Squid Game) thinks he has it all – a loving wife, two children, two Golden Retrievers, and a dream home. When he is abruptly laid off from a paper company after 25 years of service, he vows to find a new job in the industry within the next three months. After a long and fruitless job search, Man-su risks losing the family home. Out of desperation, he hits on a solution to find work: eliminate the competition. Park Chan-wook, the legendary director of Decision to Leave, The Handmaiden and Oldboy, delivers another stylish and biting satire of contemporary capitalism.

When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunites to rescue one of their own's daughter.

A shoe salesman struggles to save his small business and pass on his values to his son in this quintessentially Melbourne tale of life in a migrant community. Heritage, identity and survival collide as a Nigerian father and son navigate life in suburban Melbourne. Azubuike has run his suburban Melbourne shoe shop for two decades, carving out a modest but fulfilling life. When his 12-year-old son Obinna comes to live with him, he is eager to pass on lessons in business, Igbo culture, and what it means to be a man. But as financial pressures mount and an eviction notice threatens his livelihood, father and son must navigate estrangement, pride, and expectation in this heartfelt story of family, tradition, and resilience. Nigerian stand-up comedian and actor Okey Bakassi stars in this touching portrait of African-Australian life. *Screens with Short Film WHAT'S IN A NAME*

Colin is a weedy wallflower letting life pass him by. That is, until Ray, the impossibly handsome leader of a motorcycle club, takes him on as his submissive. Ray uproots Colin from his dreary suburban life, introducing him to a community of kinky, queer bikers and taking all sorts of virginities along the way. But as Colin steps deeper into Ray’s world of rules and mysteries, he begins to question whether the life of a 24/7 submissive is for him. Has he found his calling, or has he simply swapped one form of suffocation for another?

From Academy Award® nominee Joachim Trier, director of The Worst Person in the World. Sisters Nora (Renate Reinsve) and Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas) reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav (Stellan Skarsgård), a once renowned director. When Nora turns down a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star (Elle Fanning). Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

A father and his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco. They're searching for Mar - daughter and sister- who vanished months ago at one of these endless, sleepless parties. Surrounded by electronic music and a raw, unfamiliar sense of freedom, they hand out her photo again and again. Hope is fading but they push through and follow a group of ravers heading to one last party in the desert. As they venture deeper into the burning wilderness, the journey forces them to confront their own limits.

4k Restoration - Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.

30th Anniversary Screening - A furious, hyper-realistic window into the very bottom of the Copenhagen underworld, the blockbuster hit Pusher, the debut feature from its 25-year-old director, was instrumental in putting Danish cinema back on the international map post-Dogma. It tells the story of Frank (Kim Bodia), a grunting, down-on-his-luck pusher who defaults on a major deal after his dim-witted friend Tonny (Mads Mikkelsen) turns him into the cops. The consequences prove to be dire. Propulsive, kinetic and constantly threatening to spiral out of control, this film is tough-minded and sharp, satirising the twisted conservatism of its criminal denizens.

A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in ninjitsu, must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan.

Matt Johnson’s (Blackberry, Operation Avalanche, Nirvana the Band the Show) first feature, THE DIRTIES is one of the most haunting coming-of-age films of the decade.Told with equal parts satire and warning through a raw, painfully authentic feeling found-footage style, and with almost no scripted dialogue, THE DIRTIES is a darkly comic and deeply disturbing exploration of friendship, obsession, and the power of storytelling.

A young college student who’s struggling financially takes a strange babysitting job which coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret, putting her life in mortal danger.