Melbourne Cinematheque

Please note that It’s Not Me and Pierre ou, les ambiguités will now screen on Wednesday 11 March instead.

This change is necessary so that we can include all of the season’s intended films. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the order of the next two weeks of our Leos Carax season will be swapped. This Wednesday 4 March we will now be screening:

7:00pm – HOLY MOTORS (2012)
9:10pm – BOY MEETS GIRL (1984)

Mauvais Sang – Senses of Cinema

Read Inge Fossen’s annotation on Mauvais Sang (1986) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social

Les Amants du Pont Neuf: Paradise Lost and Found – Senses of Cinema

Read Sankeerthna Vedamtam’s annotation on Les Amants du Pont Neuf (1991) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social

Join us this Wednesday 25 February for the first night of our new season: Tales of Modern Love: Leos Carax, Rebirthing Cinema.

7:00pm – LES AMANTS DU PONT-NEUF (1991) 35mm
9:25pm – MAUVAIS SANG (1986) 4K DCP

Wanda – Senses of Cinema

Read Indigo Bailey’s annotation on Wanda (1970) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social

Join us this Wednesday 18 February for the final night of our season exploring early 1970s American road movies.

7:00pm – WANDA (1970)
9:05pm – FIVE EASY PIECES (1970)

Vanishing Point – Senses of Cinema

Read Jeremy Carr’s annotation on Vanishing Point (1971) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social

The Sugarland Express – Senses of Cinema

Read Darragh O’Donoghue’s annotation on The Sugarland Express (1974) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social

Join us this Wednesday 11 February for the second night in our season of 1970s American Road Movies.

7:00pm – THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS (1974)
9:05pm – VANISHING POINT (1971)

Death Comes as an End: Temporality, Domesticity and Photography in Terrence Malick’s Badlands – Senses of Cinema

Read Adrian Danks’ annotation on Badlands (1973)

Two-Lane Blacktop – Senses of Cinema

Ahead of the screening, read John Flaus’ annotation on Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

Cinémathèque returns this Wednesday 4 February! Join us at ACMI for the opening night of our first 2026 season, You Can Never Go Fast Enough: The Early 1970s Road Movie as the Quintessential New Hollywood Genre.

7:00pm – TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (1971)
9:00pm – BADLANDS (1973)

Focus on Lav Diaz Embrace a steady pace at ACMI for a while with a program of Filipino auteur Lav Diaz’s slow cinema films.

ACMI's Focus on Lav Diaz proudly presents six spectacular works, including Diaz’s latest feature Magellan.

Screening fortnightly on Saturday afternoons from 31 January at ACMI Cinemas. Tickets from $14 for ACMI Members – or save with a multi-session pass.

At the Cinémathèque: Faith and Futility in the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema In another instalment of our partnership with the Emerging Writers’ Festival, Liên Ta reflects on the September season’s miracles and tragedies.

As part of our collaboration with @emergingwriters.bsky.social and @melbcinematheque.bsky.social, Liên Ta reflects on themes of religious devotion and sacrifice in several films screened during the Cinémathèque's season ‘Cine de Oro: Treasures of Mexican Cinema’s Golden Age.'

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Visit our website for full details of the program!

The Melbourne Cinémathèque is thrilled to announce our full screening program for 2026, comprising seventeen thoughtfully curated seasons covering major artists of world cinema and under-seen local films, through a mix of new digital restorations and rare original film prints.

AUDIENCE SURVEY 2025 As the year comes to a close, we would like to extend our thanks to all of you for your support. The Melbourne Cinémathèque committee are always looking for ways to improve the Cinémathèque experience...

We’d also like to ask for your help in completing our five minute Audience Survey.

This is a chance to have your suggestions for our programming and general operations heard. Plus, you can go into the draw to win 1 of 15 Mini Memberships!

Survey closes Wednesday 14 January 2026 at 11:59pm.

You can never go fast enough: The Early 1970s Road Movie as the Quintessential New Hollywood Genre - Wed 4 Feb- Wed 18 Feb 2026 ACMI is Australia's national museum of screen culture, located in Fed Square, Melbourne. Navigate the universe of film, TV, videogames and art with us.

We’re excited to announce the first season in our 2026 screening program "You can never go fast enough": The Early 1970s Road Movie as the Quintessential New Hollywood Genre.

Look out for our full 2026 program announcement coming Tuesday 13 of January!

"Happiness, community, and fantasy are no less present in spaces like this."

Sydney Leoli Reyes draws on the sights and sounds of four Filipino masterworks, which screened in October and November as part of the @melbcinematheque.bsky.social Lino Brocka season.

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Join us on Wednesday 17 December for the final Melbourne Cinémathèque program of 2025.

7:00pm – SEED (1931) on 35mm
8:50pm – MEMORY LANE (1926) on 35mm

Magnificent Obsession – Senses of Cinema

Read Martyn Bamber’s annotation on Magnificent Obsession (1935) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social

Leave Her to Heaven – Senses of Cinema

Read Dana Polan’s annotation on Leave Her to Heaven (1945) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social

Join us on Wednesday 10 December for the second night of our focus on the pioneering Hollywood director John M. Stahl.

7:00pm – LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (1945)
9:05pm – MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (1935)

Back Street – Senses of Cinema

Read Jonathan Mackris’ annotation on Back Street (1932) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social

Imitation of Life – Senses of Cinema

Read Amelia Leonard’s annotation on Imitation of Life (1934) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social

Join us on Wednesday 3 December for the first night of our new season, The Courage to Take Things Seriously: John M. Stahl’s Unironic Melodramas.

7:00pm – IMITATION OF LIFE (1934)
9:10pm – BACK STREET (1932)

Protected: The Truth About Palm Island – Senses of Cinema

Adrian Danks’ annotation on Protected: The Truth About Palm Island (1975).

Personal and Poetic: Australian Women’s Animation after 1990 – Senses of Cinema

@ruthelizabeth.bsky.social’s annotation on the program Personal and Poetic: Australian Women’s Animation after 1990.

Breaking Ground: Five Animations from the 1980s – Senses of Cinema

@ruthelizabeth.bsky.social’s annotation on the program Breaking Ground: Five Animations from the 1980s.