Summer Cinema

This Summer make the Bondi Pavilion your choice for must see movies, with screenings of classic cinema from around the world in our theatre with Kanopy, across various Wednesday evenings.  

Featuring the horror cult classic Suspiria directed by Dario Argento, catch big waves and best mates in the documentary Storm Surfers, and rediscover an old favourite remake Shin Godzilla from new age Japanese cinema and more. We also have a school holiday pick for families, My Life as a Zucchini.

Check out what's on!
  

STORM SURFERS - 23 November 2022 at 6:30pm 

Big Waves and Best Mates. STORM SURFERS is an epic, real-life adventure following two best friends on their quest to hunt down and ride the biggest and most dangerous waves in Australia. Aussie tow-surfing legend Ross Clarke-Jones and two-time world champion Tom Carroll enlist the help of surf forecaster Ben Matson and together they track and chase giant storms across the Great Southern Ocean. Narrated by Toni Collette, STORM SURFERS is a ground-breaking cinema experience that places the viewer on the wave. 

Documentary. 1 hour 31 minutes. G. 

 

MARILYN HOTCHKISS’ BALLROOM DANCING AND CHARM SCHOOL - 7 December 2022 at 6:30pm

A musical romance starring Academy Award Winner Marisa Tomei, Robert Carlyle and John Goodman that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. 

Frank has been consumed by grief over his wife's death. But everything changes when he pulls over on a rural highway to help a dying stranger entangled in a car wreck. En route to fulfill a forty-year promise to his childhood sweetheart, the stranger shares a compelling tale of adolescent love replete with first kisses, youthful innocence and ballroom dancing. 

"Marilyn Hotchkiss demonstrates that the same old construct can be made thrillingly fresh with the right components." - Sarah Kaufman, Washington Post 

"A surprisingly-moving message movie about love and redemption filled with sentimental and transformational moments leading to tearjerker of a finale." - Kam Williams, Upstage Magazine 

1 Hour 44 minutes. PG. 

PARIS CAN WAIT: BONJOUR ANNE - 21 December 2022 at 6:30pm 

Anne (Diane Lane) is at a crossroads in her life. Long married to successful but inattentive movie producer Michael (Alec Baldwin), she unexpectedly finds herself taking a car trip from Cannes to Paris with a business associate of her husband (Arnaud Viard). 

What should be a seven-hour drive turns into a carefree two-day adventure replete with diversions involving picturesque sights, fine food and wine, humour, wisdom and romance, reawakening Anne's senses and giving her a new lust for life. 

Nominated for the Gamechanger Award at the SXSW Film Festival. Official Selection at the Toronto International Film Festival. 

1 hour 32 minutes. PG. 

SHIN GODZILLA - 4 January 2023 at 6:30pm 

It's a peaceful day in Japan when a strange fountain of water erupts in the bay, causing panic to spread among government officials. At first, they suspect only volcanic activity, but one young executive dares to wonder if it may be something different; something alive. 

Nominated for Best International Film at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. Winner of 7 Awards of the Japanese Academy statues, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Cinematography. 

Note: This is a Japanese language film with English subtitles. 1 hour 59 minutes. Adults (18+). 

SUSPIRIA (1977) - 11 January 2023 at 6:30pm 

Widely considered to be the most shocking and hallucinatory horror movie in history and described by director Dario 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 Classic. Horror Film. 1 Hour 39 minutes. R18+.

MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI - School Holiday Pick -  4 January 2023 at 3:00pm 

After his mother’s sudden death, Zucchini is befriended by a police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home, filled with other orphans his age. At first he struggles to find his place in this at times strange and hostile environment. But with Raymond’s help and his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love, as he searches for a new family of his own. 

Brought to life through memorable character designs and expressive stop-motion animation, the story soars with laughter, sorrow, and joy, and stands as a testament to the resilience of the human heart. 

Animation. 1 Hour 05 minutes. PG.