THE SUBSTANCE
19 September
A fading celebrity decides to use a black-market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
Directed by Coralie Fargeat, and starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid. Winner of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay.
A MISTAKE
10 October
Based on the page-turning novel, A Mistake is a thrilling exploration of the dangerous ripple effects that can be triggered by a single human error. When expert surgeon Elizabeth Taylor (Elizabeth Banks) makes the decision to allow her young registrar, Richard Whitehead, to take charge of one small but delicate step during a routine surgery on a very sick young woman, a mistake is made that can’t be undone. Elizabeth’s efforts to protect Richard and herself come into conflict with the desperate need for black-and-white answers from the patient’s parents and the hospital’s single-minded attempts to protect their reputation. A film about human fallibility, and forgiveness.
STRANDED PEARL
12 September
An island paradise, big business, and love and betrayal set the scene for this romantic comedy shot in the beautiful Cook Islands. A woman learns that her life is half lived after meeting a reclusive man who has closed himself off from the world to hide from the pain of his past. Featuring a stellar cast which includes Australian actress Kristy Wright (Home and Away) and Kiwi screen and theatre legends Rawiri Paratene (Whale Rider) and Ray Woolf.
MEGALOPOLIS
26 September
A film by Francis Ford Coppola.
A Roman Epic set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina, a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare.
Starring Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmaneul, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf and Jon Voight.
