BUGONIA
Rating: MA15+ (Strong violence, injury detail, coarse language and a suicide scene)
Duration: 118 mins
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Cast: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, Alicia Silverstone
Genre: Action, comedy sci-fi
Opens: OCT 30
Oscar-nominated provocateur Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Favourite) reunites with stars Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons for a bold and absurdist sci-fi dark comedy-thriller.
Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth. Yep – that kinda sounds crazy, and welcome to the World of Yorgos – can’t wait!
PRIME MINISTER
Rating: M (Mature themes and coarse language)
Duration: 101 mins
Director: Lindsay Utz, Michelle Walshe
Cast: Jacinda Ardern
Genre: Documentary
Opens: Nov 06
Enter Jacinda Ardern’s private world as she leads New Zealand through tumultuous times in this Sundance award-winning documentary. In 2017, as right-wing nationalism dominated world politics, Jacinda Ardern’s rise to the prime ministership of New Zealand promised a far more progressive and cosmopolitan type of government.
The world’s youngest female head of state at just 37, Ardern went from boosting social spending and pursuing stronger international alliances to navigating major crises such as the Christchurch mosque massacre and the COVID-19 pandemic – all as a mum to a young daughter. But the international praise she received for her decisive and compassionate responses didn’t always match perceptions at home; and, in January 2023, amid cratering public approval, she resigned, citing burnout.
Fresh from winning the World Cinema Documentary Competition Audience Award at Sundance, this intimate five-year portrait reveals the private beliefs and emotions underpinning Ardern’s public decisions. An insightful and inspiring view behind the inner workings of a great leader.
DIE MY LOVE
Rating: CTC
Duration: 118 mins
Director: Lynne Ramsay
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, Lakeith Stanfield, Sissy Spacek, Nick Nolte
Genre: Drama, thriller
Opens: NOV 06
It’s been a long time since a trailer sent a shiver down my spine…. This is going to be a spine chilling ride! From visionary director Lynne Ramsay and producer Martin Scorsese. Starring Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence as Grace, a writer and young mother, who is slowly slipping into madness. Locked away in an old house in and around Montana, we see her acting increasingly agitated and erratic, leaving her companion, Jackson (a haunting Robert Pattison), increasingly worried and helpless.
WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
Rating: CTC
Duration: 144 mins
Director: Rian Johnson
Cast: Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin
Genre: Comedy, drama, mystery
Opens: Nov 27
Knives Out Murder Mysteries are just a bucket load of fun… Daniel Craig is back camping it up as world-renowned detective Benoit Blanc for his most dangerous case yet.
When young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott to join forces with Benoit to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.
