FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY - Bubbly on arrival - Portuguese auteur and Cannes Best Director winner, Miguel Gomes (Arabian Nights), directs a 20th century Asian odyssey, nominated for the 2024 Palme d’Or. - Rangoon, Burma, 1917. Edward, a civil servant for the British Empire, runs away from his fiancée Molly the day she arrives to get married. During his travels, however, panic gives way to melancholy. Contemplating the emptiness of his existence, the cowardly Edward wonders what has become of Molly. Determined to get married and amused by Edward's move, Molly follows his trail on this Asian grand tour. A singular vision, GRAND TOUR is at once a lush kaleidoscopic journey and a thought-provoking interrogation into the intersection of colonialism and filmmaking.

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When 80-year-old Marie announces a family trip to Switzerland to collect a mysterious inheritance, her unreliable son and teenage granddaughter join her in a battered camper van. With a reluctant caregiver as driver, the unlikely group sets off on a chaotic and heartfelt road trip. Along the way, love, laughter, and the messy beauty of being together emerge unexpectedly. Will Marie find the courage to reveal the true purpose of their journey?

CULT CLASSIX ...a presentation of Umbrella films - Widower Shigeharuseeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.

CULT CLASSIX ...a presentation of Umbrella films - Philip Brophy’s hilariously bonkers debut feature makes an oozing, suppurating, bloody mess of Melbourne suburbia. - Everybody needs good neighbours. But if they don’t arrive in time with their warnings about those dietary supplement pills found in your letterbox, you might lose more weight than you bargained for – as the unfortunate residents of Pebbles Court discover. That tardy alarm-raising good Samaritan’s message? “The first phase is hallucinogenic. The second phase is glandular. The third is … arrgghhh!” - “One of the best movies of its type – a cool, sexy, gory, funny horror film.” – Quentin Tarantino, The Movie Show (2003)

Cult Classix: a presentation of Umbrella films - Another unsung masterpiece by the psychedlic, sprawling filmmaking genius Alejandro Jodorowsky (THE HOLY MOUNTAIN) - In Jodorowsky’s notorious acid Western, the desert is a land where a boy becomes a man by burying his childhood in the sand at the age of seven; where all sexuality is predatory and all affection is both the only salvation and an unforgivable weakness; where God’s will is revealed at the point of a gun and the only thing worse than the vast, lawless desert is the barbarism of civilization. - El Topo follows its hero through the shifting sands of a quest which suggests an allegory of religious conflict, a representation of the connection between psychedelic culture and spiritual exploration. Throughout the titular protagonist’s journey, voices come from the wrong mouths and flashes of events hint at motivations which none of the characters are quite realised enough to truly embody. Yet while the dense symbology of the film never fully settles, the story runs on an inexorable internal logic all its own as it moves toward a third act that reveals an unexpected sweetness just before its explosive conclusion.

Cult Classix: ...a presentation of Umbrella films - Sexual deviant Frank (Sean Chapman) inadvertently opens a portal to hell when he tinkers with a box he bought while abroad. The act unleashes gruesome beings called Cenobites, who tear Frank's body apart. When Frank's brother (Andrew Robinson) and his wife, Julia (Clare Higgins), move into Frank's old house, they accidentally bring what is left of Frank back to life. Frank then convinces Julia, his one-time lover, to lure men back to the house so he can use their blood to reconstruct himself.

CULT CLASSIX ...a presentation of Umbrella films - 4k Restoration Hailed by The Guardian as “the last great film of the 90s”, Human Traffic is an unapologetic celebration of club culture and hedonism that has lost none of its energy. - Five Cardiff friends — trapped in dead-end jobs, bad relationships and dysfunctional families — plan a night out to remember. What follows is a wild, funny and surprisingly tender journey through clubs, drugs, pubs and parties, with unexpected epiphanies along the way. - Propelled by a joyous central performance from John Simm and marking Danny Dyer's barnstorming feature debut, the film crackles with authenticity — and an unparalleled soundtrack featuring Underworld, Matthew Herbert, Fatboy Slim, Primal Scream and Orbital.

CULT CLASSIX ...a presentation of Umbrella films - Stunning 4k restoration of this seminal Aussie coming-of-age class. - At seventeen Josie Alibrandi is a girl with attitude about to enter her final year as a scholarship student at an exclusive Catholic College. It's the year her life is turned upside down and changed forever. She meets her father for the first time; discovers some astonishing things about her family heritage; falls in love - with the wrong guy - and has her first painful encounter with grief.

CULT CLASSIX ...a presentation of Umbrella films - Let the love feast begin. - Acclaimed indie director Greg Araki (I WANT YOUR SEX, TOTALLY F***ED UP) charts a day in the hilarious and tragic life of Dark Smith (James Duval), a gorgeous, alienated 18-year-old obsessed with the End of the World and finding his one true and lasting love. The object of his affection, Mel (Rachel True), feels for him deeply but can't commit herself to any one person or gender, splitting her time between Dark and her curvaceous, acid-tongued girlfriend, Lucifer (Kathleen Robertson). Dark, meanwhile, becomes enthralled by the beauteous Montgomery (Nathan Bexton), literally a vision to behold beneath the golden California sun. - NOWHERE stars an ensemble cast from the period including Guillermo Diaz, Alan Boyce, Jeremy Jordan, Chiara Mastroianni, Debi Mazar, Christina Applegate, Scott Cain, Heather Graham, Ryan Phillippe, Traci Lords, Shannen Doherty, Rose McGowan, Jaason Simmons and Jordan Ladd to name a few.

Cult Classix: ...a presentation of Umbrella films - Often referred to as one of the scariest films ever made, PULSE (Japanese title: KAIRO) tells the story of a group of young friends rocked by the sudden suicide of one of their own, and his subsequent, ghostly reappearance in grainy computer and video images. Is he trying to contact them from beyond the grave or is there something more sinister afoot? The mysterious floppy disk they find in the dead man’s apartment may provide a clue, but instead launches a program that seems to present odd, ethereal transmissions of people engaged in solitary activities in their apartments. But there is something not quite right in the appearance and behavior of these lonely souls. Soon, there are more strange deaths and disappearances within the group, terrifying rooms sealed in red tape, and the appearance of more ghosts as the city of Tokyo – and the world – is slowly drained of life.

CULT CLASSIX ...a presentation of Umbrella films - Widely considered to be the most shocking and hallucinatory horror movie in history -and described by Argento as "an escalating experimental nightmare", SUSPIRIA stars Jessica Harper as a young American ballet student who arrives at a prestigious European dance academy and is confronted by a series of bizarre and horrific deaths. Packed with vicious violence, ultra gory effects and dazzling cinematic set pieces, SUSPIRIA is a gruesomely Gothic masterpiece of the macabre.

CULT CLASSIX ...a presentation of Umbrella films - A gang of outlaws roams the countryside of Thailand. Among them is the handsome gunslinger Dum (Chartchai Ngamsan), who became an unwillingly bandit whilst trying to reclaim his beloved, Rumpoey (Stella Malucchi), the posh daughter of a provincial governor who's been married off to a policeman. Dubbed the Black Tiger by his gang, Dum finds himself being pursued by the very same policeman who's taken his love, and does everything in his power to reach her. - Ultra-stylised with richly saturated colour and packed with exuberant sets, stunning shots, a stirring soundtrack, Wisit Sasanatieng's Thai 'western' TEARS OF THE BLACK TIGER was the first Thai film to be selected for competition at the Cannes Film Festival, premiering in 2001.

CULT CLASSIX ...a presentation of Umbrella films - 10th Anniversary Screening: WIN a boxed set of the film + Anna Biller's short film series. - Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However her spells work too well, and she ends up with a string of hapless victims. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder. With a visual style that pays tribute to Technicolor thrillers of the 1960s, THE LOVE WITCH explores female fantasy and the repercussions of pathological narcissism.

Cult Classix: a presentation of Umbrella films - Follow a small group of elderly “Peeping Toms” through the shadows and margins of an unfamiliar world. Crudely documented by the participants themselves, we follow the debased and shocking actions of a group of true sociopaths the likes of which have never been seen before. Inhabiting a world of broken dreams and beyond the limits of morality, they crash against a torn and frayed America.

In 1970s New Zealand, young Brian is devastated by the loss of his mother and determined to stop his dad from marrying the woman he sees as her replacement. Convinced he can reach his mother through prayer and penance, Brian finds refuge at a run-down convent with three delightfully eccentric elderly nuns. But when he overhears plans to shut the convent down and split the sisters apart, sending the most vulnerable to a terrifying institution, Brian sparks an unlikely mission: escape to the Southern Alps to find a former nun-turned-lawyer who might just save them all. For Brian, it’s more than a legal battle—he believes this is the miracle he’s been praying for, a chance to reunite with his mother atop the sacred mountain, Aoraki. What follows is a wild, hilarious, and heartwarming road trip as a boy and three nuns face down their fears, outwit crooked officials, lose a sister to fishmongers, and even cash a bet shop win, all while racing against time to save their beloved convent. With its soul firmly planted in faith, family, and fierce loyalty, Holy Days is a joyful comedy packed with heart, humour, and high-speed hijinks. It’s a story about letting go, holding on, and finding home in the most unexpected places.

TIX AVAILABLE via Rainbow Popcorn or on the night! - https://events.humanitix.com/rainbow-popcorn-live - A poet falls for a beautiful courtesan whom a jealous duke covets in this stylish musical, with music drawn from familiar 20th century sources.

Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award®-winning masterpiece returns to cinemas for a limited time in celebration of its 20th Anniversary. Chihiro thinks she is on another boring trip with her parents. But when they stop at a village that is not all that it seems, her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, and Chihiro is whisked into a world of fantastic spirits, shape-shifting dragons and a witch who never wants to see her leave. She must call on the courage she never knew she had to free herself and return her family to the outside world. The biggest box office hit of all time in Japan (surpassed only recently by Demon Slayer the Movie), Spirited Away helped redefine the possibilities of animation for Western audiences and a generation of new filmmakers. Combining Japanese mythology with Alice in Wonderland-type whimsy, Spirited Away cemented Miyazaki’s reputation as an icon of animation and storytelling.

STOP! THAT! TRAIN! follows best friends Tess (Ginger Minj) and DeeDee (Jujubee), train stewardesses who trade their dreary shifts on the Stank Rail for the glitzy Glamazonian Express. When a catastrophic “Stormaganza” threatens to derail the high-speed train and crash it into Los Angeles, the duo in coach must join forces with the snobby first-class attendants (Symone, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Marcia Marcia Marcia) and President Gagwell (RuPaul) to save the day in this wild ride of camp and comedy.

BUBS SESSION - All welcome! - STOP! THAT! TRAIN! follows best friends Tess (Ginger Minj) and DeeDee (Jujubee), train stewardesses who trade their dreary shifts on the Stank Rail for the glitzy Glamazonian Express. When a catastrophic “Stormaganza” threatens to derail the high-speed train and crash it into Los Angeles, the duo in coach must join forces with the snobby first-class attendants (Symone, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Marcia Marcia Marcia) and President Gagwell (RuPaul) to save the day in this wild ride of camp and comedy.

Everyone’s favourite cops are back with the third instalment of the cult comedy classic from the Broken Lizard crew: SUPER TROOPERS 3. When Farva’s wildly over-the-top Indian engagement to Thorny’s sister spirals into chaos, the Super Troopers must navigate Thorny’s schemes to break up the relationship, while trying to crack a pernicious new drug ring — all to save the day and maybe the wedding itself.

After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director (Hannah Einbinder, Hacks) for resurrection. But when she visits the original movie’s star (Gillian Anderson, The X-Files, Sex Education), a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.

When three upwardly mobile millennial couples descend on a luxury Southern Highlands farmstay to celebrate a joint birthday, the weekend spirals out of control and the dark foibles of the Australian bourgeoisie are laid bare. Sophisticated and sardonic, The Birthday Trip announces itself as Australia’s answer to the intricate and wryly funny cinema of Noah Baumbach and Joachim Trier. - With an acclaimed ensemble cast including Luke Jacobz (Home and Away), David Quirk (Rosehaven, Please Like Me), Annelise Hall (Grease, MammaMia), Ben Gerrard (Wolf Creek, The Fall Guy) and Sapphire Blossom (Mr Inbetween, Slapper), this uniquely Australian drama is equal parts sophisticated and satirical, speaking loudly to the current moment. - “Funny, sharp, incredible performances. Very clever satire, in conversation with Joachim Trier” Jared Richards (ABC, SMH, The Guardian, The Monthly) - “An intense handheld character study taking a leaf from Steven Soderbergh. That rare film that literally gets better with each progressive minute.” FilmInk