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Screening Art House, Independent Features, Festivals and Documentaries in a variety of locations around Cairns City and regions. CLICK THE EVENT TITLE NAME OR IMAGE TO BUY TICKETS.
Starry Night Cinema - WIZARD OF OZ - (G) 101 mins
Friday 27 September 2024
When a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy (Judy Garland) and her dog, Toto, are whisked away in their house to the magical land of Oz.
They follow the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City to meet the Wizard, and en route they meet a Scarecrow (Ray Bolger) that needs a brain, a Tin Man (Jack Haley) missing a heart, and a Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr) who wants courage.
The wizard asks the group to bring him the broom of the Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton) to earn his help.
BYO Chairs, pillows, blankets and picnic on the grass. Please no glass.
We recommend arriving early to the Botanic Gardens to set-up.
The gates will open at 5:30 PM.
CAIRNS BOTANIC GARDENS
Unseen Cinema - LAHN MAH aka-HTMMBGD - (PG) Thai 125 min
Sunday 29 September 2024
Thai title LAHN MAH released here as HOW TO MAKE MILLIONS BEFORE GRANDMA DIES has swept the box offices of Asia and is now released in Australia.
This beautifully crafted film touches the heart and soul.
Seamkhum and Assaratanakul's performances, combined with Boonnitipat's direction, create a memorable cinematic experience.
Prepare to embrace the power of love, family, and life's transitions.
Young M (Putthipong Assaratanakul), seeks to take care of his dying grandmother/ Amah (Usha Seamkhum) battling Stage 4 cancer.
He hopes that by doing his caregiving duties, he will gain her trust to inherit their family home. But M will soon learn that great fortune isn’t measured by money but by pure love.
In Thai with English subtitles. (PG)
Event Cinemas Cairns Central
Starry Night Cinema - STOP MAKING SENSE - (G) 106 mins
Friday 4 October 2024
A Jonathan Demme masterpiece capturing Talking Heads at the peak of its powers in 1984.
Stop Making Sense is all killer, no filler.
This re-mastered 40th anniversary release widely regarded as the greatest concert movie ever made, an irresistibly uplifting chronicle of a Talking Heads show from 1983 has lost none of its famed ability to move you as it gets you moving.
Originally filmed over four nights, the results are a terrific piece of filmmaking that finds all the right ways to show a performance that begins as minimalist as possible and expands into something truly joyous, as well as weird, funky, and very fun.
It’s difficult to watch Stop Making Sense and not have a great, engrossing time, a fact that’s as true now as it was in 1984. With the benefit of hindsight, it may even be more so.
BYO Chairs, pillows, blankets and picnic on the grass. Please no glass.
We recommend arriving early to the Botanic Gardens to set-up.
The gates will open at 5:30 PM.
CAIRNS BOTANIC GARDENS
Unseen Cinema - MR BLAKE AT YOUR SERVICE (PG) France 110min
Sunday 6 October 2024
Adapting his own 2012 hit novel Complètement cramé!, first-time film-maker Gilles Legardinier’s delightful dramedy is highly likely to be this year’s Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris.
John Malkovich plays a recently widowed and burnt-out business leader whose pilgrimage back to the place where he met his late wife lands him an unexpected new role as a butler.
Features a cadre of memorable moments, witty bon mots and a pitch-perfect cast that also includes Fanny Ardant, Émilie Dequenne and Philippe Bas.
As with Mrs. Harris, it’s that there’s substance behind the crowdpleasing swagger and style that means Mr. Blake leaves a mark. There are crises to be overcome, hard edges to be blunted and tough conversations to be had, as both the visitor and the inhabitants of Domaine de Beauvilier have much to learn from one another.
In the end though, it’s simply an opportunity to just immerse yourself in two hours of life-affirming, pure cinematic joy. - James Croot
In French with English subtitles. (PG)
Event Cinemas Cairns Central
Starry Night Cinema - WHEN HARRY MET SALLY - (M) 92 mins
Friday 11 October 2024
In 1977, college graduates Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) and Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) share a contentious car ride from Chicago to New York, during which they argue about whether men and women can ever truly be strictly platonic friends.
Ten years later, Harry and Sally meet again at a bookstore, and in the company of their respective best friends, Jess (Bruno Kirby) and Marie (Carrie Fisher), attempt to stay friends without sex becoming an issue between them.
Rob Reiner's touching, funny film set a new standard for romantic comedies, and he was ably abetted by the sharp interplay between Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan.
BYO Chairs, pillows, blankets and picnic on the grass. Please no glass.
We recommend arriving early to the Botanic Gardens to set-up.
The gates will open at 5:30 PM.
CAIRNS BOTANIC GARDENS
Unseen Cinema - KNEECAP (MA) Ireland 102min
Sunday 13 October 2024
When a Belfast schoolteacher crashes into the orbit of two unpredictable and raucous best-friends, the needle drops on a hip-hop act like no other.
Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, and JJ Ó Dochartaigh leap onto the screen to play themselves in this heightened comedy-drama about the anarchic group, Kneecap, who become unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save their mother tongue.
Armed with a blend of native Irish and English verses and furious, politically charged rhymes, the trio must overcome police, paramilitaries and politicians trying to silence their defiant ketamine-fuelled sound. In this fiercely original sex, drugs and hip-hop biopic, also starring Michael Fassbender, KNEECAP is a rollicking trip into the meaning of pure defiance.
In Irish/Gaelic with English subtitles and English . (MA)
Event Cinemas Cairns Central
Starry Night Cinema - O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU - (M) 107min
Friday 18 October 2024
Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) is having difficulty adjusting to his hard-labor sentence in Mississippi. He scams his way off the chain gang with simple Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson) and maladjusted Pete (John Turturro).
The trio set out to pursue freedom and the promise of a fortune in buried treasure. With nothing to lose and still in shackles, their hasty run takes them on an incredible journey of awesome experiences and colorful characters.
BYO Chairs, pillows, blankets and picnic on the grass. Please no glass.
We recommend arriving early to the Botanic Gardens to set-up.
The gates will open at 5:30 PM.
CAIRNS BOTANIC GARDENS
Unseen Cinema - BOOKWORM (PG) New Zealand 103min
Sunday 20 October 2024
In the midst of a family crisis, a washed-up American illusionist and his long-estranged precocious daughter venture into the New Zealand wilderness in search of a mythical black panther.
This is great, emotive, and deeply funny stuff. - Grant Watson
Thoughtful, entertaining, humorous...- Stephen Romei
The Australian
A very cluey, well-crafted father/daughter story nicely wrapped in a wily survival tale about how the tranquility of nature and the intimacy of isolation can be overwhelmed by unpredictable, and well-disguised peril.
Jim Schembri
Delightfully quirky and superbly acted with a charming fantastical approach, Bookworm is a fun adventure film with a lovely message behind it,
Rebecca Johnson - Film Focus Online
In English (PG)
Event Cinemas Cairns Central
Starry Night Cinema - CHICAGO - (M) 114 mins
Friday 25 October 2024
When nightclub singing sensation Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones) murders her philandering husband, Chicago's slickest lawyer, Billy Flynn (Richard Gere), is set to defend her.
But when Roxie Hart (Renée Zellweger) also winds up in prison, Billy takes on her case as well -- turning her into a media circus of headlines.
Neither woman will be outdone in their fight against each other and the public for fame and celebrity.
BYO Chairs, pillows, blankets and picnic on the grass. Please no glass.
We recommend arriving early to the Botanic Gardens to set-up.
The gates will open at 5:30 PM.
CAIRNS BOTANIC GARDENS
Starry Night Cinema - ROCKY HORROR - (M) 95 mins
Thursday 31 October 2024
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975)
Join Tim Curry, Barry Bostwick, Susan Sarandon and rock star Meat Loaf in the most popular cult classic of all time.
The film itself is a lot of fun...but the audience-participation phenomenon has turned it into a one-of-a-kind cinematic experience.
Wear your fishnets and pack your water pistols. It's Astounding, and it returns for what is becoming an annual Halloween event. Let's do the Time Warp - AGAIN.
Come dressed up and get involved in the best-dressed competition!
Gates open - 5:30pm
Best Dressed Competition - 7:00pm
Film starts - 7:30pm
BYO: Picnic (please no glass), and a rug, chair, pillows or cushions to make yourself comfortable.
Nick's Souvlaki and Tribal Smokehouse Food Vans will be onsite at this event.
Tickets will also available at the gate (cash or card) IF NOT SOLD OUT!
We recommend arriving early to the Botanic Gardens to set-up.
CAIRNS BOTANIC GARDENS
Unseen Cinema - THE PROMISED LAND - (MA) Denmark 127 min
Sunday 8 September 2024
A romance, a critique of privilege and greed, a big sweeping drama with Mads Mikkelsen stoic, pained, selfish, loving, grizzled, and fierce… another brilliant slice of Denmark’s best.
Proof they can – and do – still make them (period dramas) like they used to (at least in Europe), this is one of the best reasons of the year so far to visit a cinema.
In Danish with English subtitles. (MA)
Event Cinemas Cairns Central
Starry Night Cinema - FLICKERFEST - LAUGHS (M) 120mins
Saturday 7 September 2024
Flickerfest returns with this annual one-off chance to see the Short Laughs Comedy programme officially selected for Flickerfest National Tour in Cairns, before these films continue their journey around the world.
Chortle your way through a clever off-kilter selection of funny shorts from across the world.
This programme is a specially curated selection of highlights from Flickerfest’s Comedy programmes in Bondi 2024.
Celebrating its 33rd year, Flickerfest, Australia’s only Academy® Award and BAFTA qualifying short film festival, and the country’s largest Australian & International short film competition, screens the best of shorts from Australia and the world, selected from 3,400 entries; ensuring the presentation of A-list short film programmes recognised amongst the best in the world.
BYO Chairs, pillows, blankets and picnic on the grass. Please no glass.
We recommend arriving early to the Botanic Gardens to set-up.
The gates will open at 5:30 PM.
CAIRNS BOTANIC GARDENS
Starry Night Cinema - FLICKERFEST - BEST AUS (M) AU 114 mins
Friday 6 September 2024
Flickerfest returns with this one-off chance to see the Best of Australian Shorts, a programme officially selected for Flickerfest National Tour in Cairns, before these films continue their journey around the world.
This programme is a specially curated selection of highlights from Flickerfest’s Australian Academy® Qualifying competition programmes in Bondi 2024.
Celebrating its 33rd year, Flickerfest, Australia’s only Academy® Award and BAFTA qualifying short film festival, and the country’s largest Australian & International short film competition, screens the best of shorts from Australia and the world, selected from 3,400 entries; ensuring the presentation of A-list short film programmes recognised amongst the best in the world.
BYO Chairs, pillows, blankets and picnic on the grass. Please no glass.
The gates will open at 5:30 PM.
Classification: (M) Children under 15yrs must be accompanied by an adult.
CAIRNS BOTANIC GARDENS
Unseen Cinema - MR BLAKE AT YOUR SERVICE - (PG) Fr 110 min (CANCELLED)
Thursday 5 September 2024
A widowed British businessman (John Malkovich) takes a job as a butler of a manor house in France to keep alive the memories of his late French wife.
His life takes a turn as he navigates the eccentric behavior of the lady of the manor and the household staff.
The arrival of this very British guest spurs them back to life, prompting them to start working together to restore the manor’s former beauty. The result will be a new lease of life for the Beauvillier estate and everyone living on it.
Featuring a cadre of memorable moments, witty bon mots and a pitch-perfect cast that also includes Fanny Ardant and Émilie Dequenne, it’s simply an opportunity to just immerse yourself in two hours of life-affirming, pure cinematic joy.
In French with English subtitles. (PG)
Event Cinemas Cairns Central
