Oscar season is back in all its star-spangled glory, and this year, the genre-bending sci-fi Everything Everywhere All at Once leads the charge for the...
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Five films that capture the essence of summer
The hot, sultry days of summer are back and what better way to cool off than in the shade of a cinema with a film classic? Luckily for you, ACMI film curator...

Chinese Film Week kicks off this Friday
In great news for international film buffs, Melbourne’s second ever Chinese Film Week (CFW) is set for a big return this month.

Get $5 movie tickets at Classic, Lido and Cameo Cinemas for one week only
Calling all movie buffs: Classic, Lido and Cameo Cinemas are reducing the price of all movie tickets.

The 50 most controversial movies ever made
All press is good press, they say – but the most controversial movies of all-time test the limits of that axiom.
Guides for Melbourne movie lovers

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Check out the latest movie releases, all reviewed by Time Out critics.

Ten dinner and movie combos for a great night in
With the cold weather approaching, choose one of your favourite takeaway options and peruse an extensive catalogue on Aussie streaming services.

Upcoming film festivals in Melbourne
Attention movie buffs: add these excellent Melbourne film festivals to your diary.

Top ten Aussie films to scare off tourists
A sweaty handful of movies making Tourism Australia's job that little bit harder.
Movie reviews
Isabelle Huppert keeps this patchy potboiler bubbling as a real-life whistleblower

The Wicker Man
Fifty years old, the British classic returns to cinemas as a landmark in slow-burn horror

Smoking Causes Coughing
A potty portmanteau movie from the maverick mind behind ‘Rubber’ and ‘Deerskin’

Revoir Paris
Virginie Efira is the survivor of a terrorist attack in a moving meditation on trauma, grief and human connection

No Hard Feelings
Jennifer Lawrence lets it all hang out in a sex comedy that fizzes and then fizzles
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The best cinemas in Melbourne

Cinema Nova
Melbourne's largest arthouse movie complex also hosts regular films events, special screenings and festivals

Lido Cinemas
An arthouse complex complete with a jazz bar, rooftop cinema and Huxtaburger
Melbourne's largest arthouse movie complex also hosts regular films events, special screenings and festivals

Cinema Nova
Melbourne's largest arthouse movie complex also hosts regular films events, special screenings and festivals

Lido Cinemas
An arthouse complex complete with a jazz bar, rooftop cinema and Huxtaburger

The Astor Theatre
A single-screen Art Deco theatre with a program of new and classic films in 35mm, 70mm and digital

Coburg Drive-In
One of Melbourne's last remaining drive-ins, this is a cinematic experience brimming with nostalgia

The Sun Theatre
This pint-sized Art Deco cinema counts Quentin Tarantino among its legion of film-loving fans