Supernova
4 FEB
High Ground
Set against the stunning landscapes of 1930s Arnhem Land, High Ground chronicles young Indigenous Australian, Gutjuk, who in a bid to save the last of his family, teams up with ex-soldier Travis to track down Baywara—the most dangerous warrior in the territory, who is also his uncle. As Travis and Gutjuk journey through the outback they begin to earn each other’s trust, but when the truths of Travis’ past actions are suddenly revealed, it is he who becomes the hunted. Starring Simon Baker and Jacob Junior Nayinggul.
11 FEB
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
Starring Diane Keaton, Jeremy Irons, Maggie Grace, Diego Boneta and Andrew Bachelor, Love, Weddings & Disasters is a multi-story romantic comedy about the people who work on weddings to create the perfect day for a loving couple – while their own relationships are outlandish, odd, crazy and far from perfect.
Ammonite11 FEB
Ammonite
In the 1840s, acclaimed self-taught palaeontologist Mary Anning works alone on the wild and brutal Southern English coastline of Lyme Regis. The days of her famed discoveries behind her, she now hunts for common fossils to sell to rich tourists to support herself and her ailing widowed mother. When one such tourist, Roderick Murchison, arrives in Lyme on the first leg of a European tour, he entrusts Mary with the care of his young wife Charlotte, who is recuperating from a personal tragedy. Mary, whose life is a daily struggle on the poverty line, cannot afford to turn him down but, proud and relentlessly passionate about her work, she clashes with her unwanted guest. They are two women from utterly different worlds.
Yet despite the chasm between their social spheres and personalities, Mary and Charlotte discover they can each offer what the other has been searching for: the realisation that they are not alone. It is the beginning of a passionate and all-consuming love affair that will defy all social bounds and alter the course of both lives irrevocably. Starring Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan.
25 FEB
Supernova
Sam (Academy Award winner Colin Firth) and Tusker (Stanley Tucci, The Children Act, BFF18) have spent 20 years together, and they are as passionately in love as they have ever been. However, in the two years since Tusker was diagnosed with early-onset dementia, their lives have had to change. As Tusker’s condition has progressed, Sam has been forced to place his life on hold and become his partner’s full-time carer, and their time together has become the most important aspect of their lives.
Together, they plan a road trip through England while Tusker is still able to travel, to reconnect with friends and family and visit the places of their past. As their journey progresses, their individual ideas for their future begin to collide. Secrets are uncovered, private plans unravel and their love for each other is tested like never before. Starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci.
