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FILMS BOOKINGS: 5446 2025 THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965, G) 172min Genre: Biography, Drama, Family. Dir: Robert Wise. Country: USA. One of the most popular movie musicals of all time; a tuneful, heart-warming story based on the real-life story of the Von Trapp Family singers, one of the world’s best-known concert groups in the era preceding World War II. Julie Andrews is Maria, the tomboyish nun-to-be at an Austrian abbey who becomes a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home. Includes intermission. July 7 A STAR IS BORN (1937, G) 111min Genre: Drama, Romance. Dir: William A. Wellman. Country: USA. » New logo launch. When a young actress (Janet Gaynor) arrives in Hollywood with hopes of stardom, a chance encounter places her under the wing of older actor Norman Maine (Fredric March). She co-stars with him in a major motion picture, but his success is clearly fading as her career begins. After the couple wed, Vicki’s fame grows but Norman descends into alcoholism, and she must decide between pursuing her dream and caring for him. July 2 WE DON’T NEED A MAP (2017, M) 97min Genre: Documentary. Dir: Warwick Thornton. Country: Australia. » NAIDOC Week: Free screening presented by Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. Ever since colonisation, the Southern Cross constellation has been hotly contested for ownership by a wide range of Australian groups. But for Aboriginal people the meaning of this heavenly body is deeply spiritual and a totem that’s deeply woven into their lives. Warwick Thornton challenges us to consider the place of the Southern Cross in the Australian psyche. July 9 DOGS IN SPACE (1986, MA 15+) 104min Genre: Drama. Dir: Richard Lowenstein. Country: Australia. Set against the backdrop of Melbourne’s late ‘70s punk rock scene and chronicling life in a chaotic, squalid share-house. Hippies, addicts, students and radicals fill their days and nights with sex, drugs, parties and television. Its central story is the romance between housemates Sam (Michael Hutchence) and his lover Anna (Saskia Post) as it spirals out of control. Hutchence is a brilliant symbol of reckless youth in this, his first dramatic screen role. July 16 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999, PG) 97min Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Dir: Gil Junger. Country: USA. » 20th Anniversary. Kat (Julia Stiles) is beautiful, smart and quite abrasive to most of her fellow teens. Unfortunately for her younger sister, Bianca, house rules say that she can’t date until Kat has a boyfriend, so strings are pulled to set the dour damsel up for a romance. Soon Kat crosses paths with handsome new arrival Patrick (the late Heath Ledger). Will Kat let her guard down enough to fall for the effortlessly charming Patrick? July 23 RED JOAN (M) 109min Genre: Biog., Drama, Romance. Dir: Trevor Nunn. Country: UK. In a picturesque English village, Joan Stanley (Dame Judi Dench) lives in content retirement. Her tranquil existence is suddenly shattered as she’s arrested by MI5. Joan has been hiding her incredible past as one of the most influential spies in living history. Working at a top-secret nuclear research facility, young Joan was confronted with the impossible: would you betray your country and your loved ones if it meant saving them? July 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 21 ROCKETMAN (M) 121min Genre: Biog., Drama, Fantasy. Dir: Dexter Fletcher. Country: UK/ USA. An epic musical fantasy about Elton John’s breakthrough years with a transformative performance by Taron Egerton. It follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar. This inspirational story, set to Elton John’s most beloved songs and performed by Egerton, tells the universally relatable story of how a small-town boy became one of the most iconic figures in pop. July 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 2040 (G) 92min » ENCORE SESSIONS Genre: Documentary. Dir: Damon Gameau. Country: Australia. Director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) embarks on a journey to explore what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet. Structured as a visual letter to his 4-year-old daughter, it blends traditional documentary with dramatised sequences and high-end visual effects to create a vision board of how these solutions could regenerate the world for future generations. July 6, 8 TOLKIEN (M) 112min Genre: Biog., Drama, War. Dir: Dome Karukoski. Country: USA. Stately, handsome and ferociously romantic, the new biopic of British high-fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school. This takes him into the outbreak of World War I, which threatens to tear the “fellowship” apart. All these experiences would inspire Tolkien to write his famous Middle-Earth novels. July 13, 14, 15, 17, 20, 21 JULY 2019 Eaglehawk Town Hall 2 Peg Leg Rd Eaglehawk Victoria Bookings: 03 5446 2025 Office: 03 5446 2526 E: [email protected] www.starcinema.org.au BOOKINGS: 5446 2025 YESTERDAY (M) 116min Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Music. Dir: Danny Boyle. Country: UK. Jack Malik is a struggling singer- songwriter in a tiny English seaside town whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading. Then, after a freak bus accident during a mysterious global blackout, Jack wakes up to discover that The Beatles have never existed... and he finds himself with a very complicated problem indeed. A total joy of a film that cements Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis as master storytellers of our time. July 25, 26, 27, 28, 31 HAPPY AS LAZZARO (M) 127min Genre: Drama. Dir: Alice Rohrwacher. Country: Italy. English subtitles. It’s summer at rural Inviolata where an extended family of tobacco farmers toil under the rule of a domineering marchesa, and where the handsome and hard-working Lazzaro, a young man imbued with a saint-like innocence, is alternately adored and taken advantage of. The marchesa’s self-absorbed son embroils Lazzaro in a plan that spirals out of control and throws the estate into chaos. A transporting film experience. July 19, 20, 22 MYSTIFY MICHAEL HUTCHENCE (MA 15+) 102min Genre: Documentary. Dir: Richard Lowenstein. Country: Australia. A powerful portrait of the internationally renowned frontman of INXS. Deftly woven from an archive of rich imagery, Michael’s private home movies and those of his lovers, friends, and family, the film delves beneath the public persona of the charismatic ‘Rock God’ and transports us through the looking glass to reveal a multifaceted, intensely sensitive and complex man. Written and directed by Richard Lowenstein (Dogs in Space). July 11, 12, 13, 14 NEVER LOOK AWAY (M) 189min Genre: Drama, History, Romance. Dir: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Country: Germany/Italy. English subtitles. A sweeping romantic historical drama which follows thirty years in the life of a great artist – loosely based on Gerhard Richter, one of the 20th century’s great visual artists. It moves from his childhood in Nazi Germany, to falling in love in post-war East Berlin, to escaping to the West at the time of the Berlin Wall, and ultimately being part of the exciting new movement in contemporary art. July 26, 27, 28 WILD ROSE (M) 100min Genre: Drama, Music. Dir: Tom Harper. Country: UK. A rousing and layered journey of self- discovery, music and truth. 23-year-old Glaswegian Rose-Lynn Harlan is bursting with raw talent, charisma and cheek. She is also fresh out of jail, has two young kids to support and believes her only chance of happiness is as a country singer in Nashville, Tennessee. Her mother Marion (Julie Walters) wants her to settle down and take responsibility but a chance encounter brings Rose-Lynn closer to her dreams. July 27, 28, 29 1987: WHEN THE DAY COMES (2017, M) 129min Genre: Drama. Dir: Joon-Hwan Jang. Country: South Korea. English subtitles. In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student is killed during a police interrogation involving torture, and government officials are quick to cover up the death. A prosecutor raises questions about a 21-year-old kid dying of a heart attack, and begins looking into the case for truth. Despite a systematic attempt to silence everyone involved, the truth gets out, causing an eruption of public outrage. July 30 CLAIRE DARLING (M) 94min Genre: Drama. Dir: Julie Bertuccelli. Country: France. English subtitles. On the first day of summer, reclusive millionaire Claire (the great Catherine Deneuve) impulsively lays all her worldly objects out on the front lawn of her mansion. As curious bystanders and opportunistic neighbours fight over the ridiculously underpriced antiques, each object stirs vivid memories for Claire of her flamboyant life. Soon her long-estranged daughter Marie arrives, determined to stop these proceedings by any means. July 5, 6, 7 APOLLO 11 (G) 93min Genre: Documentary, History. Dir: Todd Douglas Miller. Country: USA. A cinematic event fifty years in the making. Crafted from newly discovered 65mm footage and over 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio recordings, it takes us straight to the heart of NASA’s most celebrated mission. Immersed in the perspectives of the astronauts, the team in Mission Control, and the millions of spectators on the ground, we experience those momentous days and hours in 1969 when humankind took a giant leap into the future. July 20, 21, 24
Transcript of ROCKETMAN (M) 121min MYSTIFY MICHAEL HUTCHENCE (MA … · Dir: Danny Boyle. Country: UK. Jack Malik...
FILMS BOOKINGS: 5446 2025
THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965, G) 172min Genre: Biography, Drama, Family. Dir: Robert Wise. Country: USA.
One of the most popular movie musicals of all time; a tuneful, heart-warming story based on the real-life story of the Von Trapp Family singers, one of the world’s best-known concert groups in the era preceding World War II. Julie Andrews is Maria, the tomboyish nun-to-be at
an Austrian abbey who becomes a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home. Includes intermission. July 7
A STAR IS BORN (1937, G) 111min Genre: Drama, Romance. Dir: William A. Wellman. Country: USA.
» New logo launch. When a young actress (Janet Gaynor) arrives in Hollywood with hopes of stardom, a chance encounter places her under the wing of older actor Norman Maine (Fredric March). She co-stars with him in a major motion picture, but his success is clearly fading
as her career begins. After the couple wed, Vicki’s fame grows but Norman descends into alcoholism, and she must decide between pursuing her dream and caring for him. July 2
WE DON’T NEED A MAP (2017, M) 97min Genre: Documentary. Dir: Warwick Thornton. Country: Australia.
» NAIDOC Week: Free screening presented by Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. Ever since colonisation, the Southern Cross constellation has been hotly contested for ownership by a wide range of Australian groups. But for Aboriginal people the meaning of this
heavenly body is deeply spiritual and a totem that’s deeply woven into their lives. Warwick Thornton challenges us to consider the place of the Southern Cross in the Australian psyche. July 9
DOGS IN SPACE (1986, MA 15+) 104min Genre: Drama. Dir: Richard Lowenstein. Country: Australia.
Set against the backdrop of Melbourne’s late ‘70s punk rock scene and chronicling life in a chaotic, squalid share-house. Hippies, addicts, students and radicals fill their days and nights with sex, drugs, parties and television. Its central story is the romance between housemates
Sam (Michael Hutchence) and his lover Anna (Saskia Post) as it spirals out of control. Hutchence is a brilliant symbol of reckless youth in this, his first dramatic screen role. July 16
10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999, PG) 97min Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Dir: Gil Junger.
Country: USA. » 20th Anniversary. Kat (Julia Stiles) is beautiful, smart and quite abrasive to most of her fellow teens. Unfortunately for her younger sister, Bianca, house rules say that she can’t date until Kat has a boyfriend, so strings are pulled to set the dour damsel up for
a romance. Soon Kat crosses paths with handsome new arrival Patrick (the late Heath Ledger). Will Kat let her guard down enough to fall for the effortlessly charming Patrick? July 23
RED JOAN (M) 109min Genre: Biog., Drama, Romance. Dir: Trevor Nunn. Country: UK.
In a picturesque English village, Joan Stanley (Dame Judi Dench) lives in content retirement. Her tranquil existence is suddenly shattered as she’s arrested by MI5. Joan has been hiding her incredible past as one of the most influential spies in living history. Working at a top-secret
nuclear research facility, young Joan was confronted with the impossible: would you betray your country and your loved ones if it meant saving them? July 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 21
ROCKETMAN (M) 121min Genre: Biog., Drama, Fantasy. Dir: Dexter Fletcher. Country: UK/
USA. An epic musical fantasy about Elton John’s breakthrough years with a transformative performance by Taron Egerton. It follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar. This inspirational story, set to
Elton John’s most beloved songs and performed by Egerton, tells the universally relatable story of how a small-town boy became one of the most iconic figures in pop. July 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10
2040 (G) 92min » ENCORE SESSIONS Genre: Documentary. Dir: Damon Gameau. Country: Australia.
Director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) embarks on a journey to explore what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet. Structured as a visual letter to his 4-year-old daughter, it blends traditional
documentary with dramatised sequences and high-end visual effects to create a vision board of how these solutions could regenerate the world for future generations. July 6, 8
TOLKIEN (M) 112min Genre: Biog., Drama, War. Dir: Dome Karukoski. Country: USA.
Stately, handsome and ferociously romantic, the new biopic of British high-fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school. This takes him into the
outbreak of World War I, which threatens to tear the “fellowship” apart. All these experiences would inspire Tolkien to write his famous Middle-Earth novels. July 13, 14, 15, 17, 20, 21
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E: [email protected] www.starcinema.org.au
BOOKINGS: 5446 2025
YESTERDAY (M) 116min Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Music. Dir: Danny Boyle. Country: UK.
Jack Malik is a struggling singer-songwriter in a tiny English seaside town whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading. Then, after a freak bus accident during a mysterious global blackout, Jack wakes up to discover that The Beatles have never existed... and he finds himself with a very
complicated problem indeed. A total joy of a film that cements Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis as master storytellers of our time. July 25, 26, 27, 28, 31
HAPPY AS LAZZARO (M) 127min Genre: Drama. Dir: Alice Rohrwacher. Country: Italy. English
subtitles. It’s summer at rural Inviolata where an extended family of tobacco farmers toil under the rule of a domineering marchesa, and where the handsome and hard-working Lazzaro, a young man imbued with a saint-like innocence, is alternately adored and
taken advantage of. The marchesa’s self-absorbed son embroils Lazzaro in a plan that spirals out of control and throws the estate into chaos. A transporting film experience. July 19, 20, 22
MYSTIFY MICHAEL HUTCHENCE (MA 15+) 102min Genre: Documentary. Dir: Richard Lowenstein. Country:
Australia. A powerful portrait of the internationally renowned frontman of INXS. Deftly woven from an archive of rich imagery, Michael’s private home movies and those of his lovers, friends, and family, the film delves beneath the public persona of the charismatic ‘Rock God’ and
transports us through the looking glass to reveal a multifaceted, intensely sensitive and complex man. Written and directed by Richard Lowenstein (Dogs in Space). July 11, 12, 13, 14
NEVER LOOK AWAY (M) 189min Genre: Drama, History, Romance. Dir: Florian Henckel von
Donnersmarck. Country: Germany/Italy. English subtitles. A sweeping romantic historical drama which follows thirty years in the life of a great artist – loosely based on Gerhard Richter, one of the 20th century’s great visual artists. It moves from his childhood in Nazi Germany, to
falling in love in post-war East Berlin, to escaping to the West at the time of the Berlin Wall, and ultimately being part of the exciting new movement in contemporary art. July 26, 27, 28
WILD ROSE (M) 100min Genre: Drama, Music. Dir: Tom Harper. Country: UK.
A rousing and layered journey of self-discovery, music and truth. 23-year-old Glaswegian Rose-Lynn Harlan is bursting with raw talent, charisma and cheek. She is also fresh out of jail, has two young kids to support and believes her only chance of happiness is as a country singer in
Nashville, Tennessee. Her mother Marion (Julie Walters) wants her to settle down and take responsibility but a chance encounter brings Rose-Lynn closer to her dreams. July 27, 28, 29
1987: WHEN THE DAY COMES (2017, M) 129min Genre: Drama. Dir: Joon-Hwan Jang. Country: South
Korea. English subtitles. In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student is killed during a police interrogation involving torture, and government officials are quick to cover up the death. A prosecutor raises questions about a 21-year-old kid dying of a heart
attack, and begins looking into the case for truth. Despite a systematic attempt to silence everyone involved, the truth gets out, causing an eruption of public outrage. July 30
CLAIRE DARLING (M) 94min Genre: Drama. Dir: Julie Bertuccelli. Country: France. English
subtitles. On the first day of summer, reclusive millionaire Claire (the great Catherine Deneuve) impulsively lays all her worldly objects out on the front lawn of her mansion. As curious bystanders and opportunistic neighbours fight over the ridiculously underpriced antiques, each
object stirs vivid memories for Claire of her flamboyant life. Soon her long-estranged daughter Marie arrives, determined to stop these proceedings by any means. July 5, 6, 7
APOLLO 11 (G) 93min Genre: Documentary, History. Dir: Todd Douglas Miller. Country: USA.
A cinematic event fifty years in the making. Crafted from newly discovered 65mm footage and over 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio recordings, it takes us straight to the heart of NASA’s most celebrated mission. Immersed in the perspectives of the astronauts, the team
in Mission Control, and the millions of spectators on the ground, we experience those momentous days and hours in 1969 when humankind took a giant leap into the future. July 20, 21, 24
SESSION TIMES
THE SOUND OF MUSIC: SCHOOL HOLIDAY SESSIONDressing up and singing along to movies in the afternoon. These are a few of our favourite things! Join us for a Sunday afternoon session of the much loved 1965 classic musical The Sound of Music. Includes intermission.Dress ups and sing-alongs highly encouraged! Tickets: regular prices. Bookings highly recommended.
Sunday July 7 at 3.30pm
Monday 1 7.00pm Rocketman » $12 tixTuesday 2 7.00pm cinetopia: A Star is Born (1937) » Logo launchWednesday 3 7.00pm Rocketman Thursday 4 7.00pm Fundraiser: Rocketman » $20 tix Friday 5 1.00pm Rocketman 7.00pm Claire DarlingSaturday 6 1.00pm 2040 3.30pm Claire Darling 7.00pm Rocketman Sunday 7 1.00pm Rocketman 3.30pm The Sound of Music 7.00pm Claire DarlingMonday 8 7.00pm 2040 » $12 tixTuesday 9 7.00pm cinetopia: We Don’t Need a Map » Free entryWednesday 10 7.00pm RocketmanThursday 11 7.00pm Mystify Michael Hutchence Friday 12 1.00pm Red Joan 7.00pm Mystify Michael HutchenceSaturday 13 1.00pm Red Joan 3.30pm Tolkien 7.00pm Mystify Michael Hutchence Sunday 14 1.00pm Tolkien 3.30pm Mystify Michael Hutchence 7.00pm Red JoanMonday 15 7.00pm Tolkien » $12 tixTuesday 16 7.00pm cinetopia: Dogs in Space » $12 tixWednesday 17 7.00pm TolkienThursday 18 7.00pm Red Joan Friday 19 1.00pm Happy as Lazzaro 7.00pm Red JoanSaturday 20 1.00pm Happy as Lazzaro 3.30pm Apollo 11 7.00pm Tolkien Sunday 21 1.00pm Red Joan 3.30pm Apollo 11 7.00pm TolkienMonday 22 7.00pm Happy as Lazzaro » $12 tixTuesday 23 7.00pm cinetopia: 10 Things I Hate About You » $12 tix Wednesday 24 7.00pm Apollo 11Thursday 25 7.00pm Fundraiser: Yesterday » $20 tixFriday 26 1.00pm Never Look Away Food & film with Yesterday 5.30pm Food served NFT » $35 food & film (see right) 7.00pm Yesterday NB: film only @ regular pricesSaturday 27 1.00pm Yesterday 3.30pm Wild Rose 7.00pm Never Look Away Sunday 28 1.00pm Wild Rose 3.30pm Yesterday 7.00pm Never Look Away Monday 29 7.00pm Wild Rose » $12 tix Tuesday 30 7.00pm cinetopia: 1987 When the Day Comes » $12 tixWednesday 31 7.00pm Yesterday (Open Caption)
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FUNDRAISER & COMMUNITY SCREENINGSAll bookings through Star Cinema on 5446 2025. No Free Tickets: Film Passes & Vouchers cannot be used at fundaisers.
FUNDRAISING AT THE STAR IS A GREAT WAY TO RAISE MONEY FOR YOUR COMMUNITY GROUP Contact us for more information, or visit the Fundraisers page on our website.World Challenge Fundraiser for expedition to Malaysia and Borneo. All tix $20 Thursday July 4: 6pm doors & complimentary food, 7pm film, Rocketman.Fundraiser for VESA. All tix $20 Thursday July 25: 6pm doors & complimentary food, 7pm film, Yesterday.
Look out for our weekly session times each Friday in the Bendigo Weekly
Box office & licensed bar open 30 mins prior to session times, proudly selling locally produced snacks & beverages. EFTPOS, Visa & Mastercard accepted. Ramp access is available at side of building. No Free Tickets = Film passes and Gift Vouchers cannot be used at these sessions. Compact audio receivers available for the hard of hearing (subject to availability - reservations advisable).Find us on the socials @thestarcinema and join our email list via our website to receive our programme.
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Ticket Prices:Adults: $17
Star Cinema Members: $15Conc / Seniors / Under 16: $12
Family: $48 Mondays & Tuesdays: $12
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Showcasing fantastic cinema from the vault every Tuesday at 7pm. Because nothing compares to the BIG screen.
All tickets $12
NEW LOGO LAUNCH WITH A STAR IS BORNCome and celebrate the launch of our new logo at a screening of the very first A Star is Born from 1937. Also be among the first to see our new TV advertisement! Tickets: Star Cinema members free / Future members $12. Bookings highly recommended.
Tuesday July 2 at 7pm
FOOD AND FILM WITH YESTERDAYJoin us as our resident cooks The Moonlighters serve up an Italian plant based feast of rose sauce pasta, roast vegetables and dessert, followed by a screening of Yesterday. Tickets: $35 for food and film. Bookings are essential by Tuesday July 23. No Free Tickets. NB: tickets for 7pm film only are available at regular prices.
Friday July 26: food served 5.30pm – 6.45pm. 7pm film
COMING SOON:Late Night The Keeper Palm Beach Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
The Big Bike Film Night (Aug 14) Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan MIFF Travelling Showcase (Aug 30 - Sep 1) Margaret Atwood Live (special
film event: September 20 & 22) Maiden Ride Like a Girl & more
