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Our Blood Will Not Forgive – Senses of Cinema

Read our annotation by Harrison Ervin on OUR BLOOD WILL NOT FORGIVE (1964) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/cteq/ou...

Join us on Wednesday 30 July for the final night of our Seijun Suzuki season.

7:00pm – OUR BLOOD WILL NOT FORGIVE (1964) on 35mm
8:50pm – PASSPORT TO DARKNESS (1959) on 35mm

Memberships: acmi.net.au/cteq

Gate of Flesh – Senses of Cinema

Read our annotation by Faith Everard on GATE OF FLESH (1964) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/cteq/ga...

On Wednesday 23 July our focus on Seijun Suzuki continues.

7:00pm – GATE OF FLESH (1964)
8:45pm – SMASHING THE O-LINE (1960) on 35mm

Memberships: acmi.net.au/cteq

Branded to Kill – Senses of Cinema

Read our annotation by Peter A. Yacavone on BRANDED TO KILL (1967) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/cteq/br...

On Wednesday 16 July our new season Appetite for Deconstruction: Seijun Suzuki begins.

7:00pm – BRANDED TO KILL (1967)
8:50pm – THE MADNESS OF YOUTH (1960) on 35mm

Memberships: acmi.net.au/cteq

On Screen - 28 June 2025 - On Screen

Listen to Dirk de Bruyn speak about the retrospective with Melinda O'Connor on 3CR's On Screen. With sincere thanks to Dirk, Melinda and 3CR. omny.fm/shows/on-scr...

Telescope – Senses of Cinema

Read our annotation by Sean Redmond on TELESCOPE (2012) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/cteq/te...

Homecomings – Senses of Cinema

Read our annotation by Mike Hoolboom on HOMECOMINGS (1987) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/cteq/ho...

Join us on Wednesday 9 July for a one-night only retrospective of films by Melbourne-based filmmaker Dirk de Bruyn

7:00pm – HOMECOMINGS (1987) 98 mins, preceded by RE-VUE (2017) 6 mins
9:10pm – TELESCOPE (2012) 78 mins, preceded by FLINDERS (2024) 13 mins

Memberships: acmi.net.au/cteq

Calamity Jane & Delphine Seyrig: A Story – Senses of Cinema

Read our annotation by Grace Boschetti on CALAMITY JANE & DELPHINE SEYRIG: A STORY (2020) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/cteq/ca...

Women Talking: Delphine Seyrig’s Be Pretty and Shut Up! – Senses of Cinema

Read our annotation by Isabella Gullifer-Laurie on BE PRETTY AND SHUT UP! (1981) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/cteq/wo...

Join us this Wednesday 2 July for the final night of our Delphine Seyrig season!

7:00pm – BE PRETTY AND SHUT UP! (1981)
9:05pm – CALAMITY JANE & DELPHINE SEYRIG: A STORY (2020) & preceded by SCUM MANIFESTO (1976)

Memberships: acmi.net.au/cteq

Chamber Music for Solo Voices and Distant Party: Baxter, Vera Baxter – Senses of Cinema

Read our annotation by Rolland Man on BAXTER, VERA BAXTER (1977) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/cteq/ch...

The Ghosts of Parties Past: Exorcising India Song – Senses of Cinema

Read our annotation by David Melville on INDIA SONG (1975) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social www.sensesofcinema.com/2009/cteq/in...

Join us on Wednesday 25 June as our focus on actor, director and activist Delphine Seyrig continues with two hypnotic films directed by Marguerite Duras.

7:00pm – INDIA SONG (1975)
9:15pm – BAXTER, VERA BAXTER (1977)

The @melbcinematheque.bsky.social is hoping to secure $23,000 in tax-deductible donations to help with a 2026 program and the future. If you have the means, please consider supporting local film culture in Naarm. We are so close to the goal! artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...

Going to be on 3CR 855AM radio soon talking about Delphine Seyrig at the @melbcinematheque.bsky.social

Muriel ou Le temps d’un retour – Senses of Cinema

Read our annotation by David Ehrenstein on MURIEL OU LE TEMPS D’UN RETOUR (1963) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social www.sensesofcinema.com/2007/cteq/mu...

L’année dernière à Marienbad (Last Year at Marienbad) – Senses of Cinema

Read our annotation by Darragh O’Donoghue on LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (1961) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social www.sensesofcinema.com/2004/cteq/la...

On Wednesday 18 June our new season Rebellious Muse: Delphine Seyrig as Actor, Director and Activist begins.

7:00pm – LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (1961)
8:55pm – MURIEL OU LE TEMPS D’UN RETOUR (1963)

Memberships: acmi.net.au/cteq

The Same Others: Close Your Eyes – Senses of Cinema

Read our annotation by Salvador Carrasco on CLOSE YOUR EYES (2023) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/cteq/th...

Join us on Wednesday 11 June for the final night of Víctor Erice: Come Towards the Light.

7:00pm – PASSING THE TIME: FOUR SHORTS BY VÍCTOR ERICE (2002–18)
8:10pm – CLOSE YOUR EYES (2023)

Memberships: acmi.net.au/cteq

“A country that doesn’t figure on the maps”: Víctor Erice’s La Morte Rouge – Senses of Cinema

Read our annotation by Adrian Danks on LA MORTE ROUGE (2006) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/cteq/a-...

Víctor Erice-Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences – Senses of Cinema

Read our annotation by Jonathan Mackris on VÍCTOR ERICE–ABBAS KIAROSTAMI: CORRESPONDENCES (2007) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/cteq/vi...

El sur – Senses of Cinema

Read our annotation by Miguel Marías on EL SUR (1983) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social www.sensesofcinema.com/2006/cteq/sur/