Sunday Cinema | The Fifth Element

Sunday 8 October 2023

2:00 PM

In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay. PG – Violence

Space available: 50+

Sunday Cinema | Arrival

Sunday 8 October 2023

4:30 PM

A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world. M – Offensive language

Space available: 50+

Sunday Cinema | Gravity

Sunday 8 October 2023

7:00 PM

Two astronauts work together to survive after an accident leaves them stranded in space. M – Offensive language & content that may disturb

Space available: 50+

Show Me Shorts

Thursday 12 October 2023

7:00 PM

This collection of cinematic delights features some of the top films from this year’s Show Me Shorts festival, which show off rising talent in the filmmaking scene from Aotearoa and abroad.

Space available: 50+

Met Opera: Die Zauberflote

Sunday 5 November 2023

2:15 PM

210m | Nathalie Stutzmann conducts her second Mozart work this season with a new production of Die Zauberflöte. In his Met-debut staging, Simon McBurney incorporates projections, sound effects, and acrobatics to match the spectacle and drama of Mozart’s fable.

Space available: 50+

Artbeats: Prado

Thursday 16 November 2023

7:00 PM

“A painting is canvas, colour, matter, and form, but it is also the story of men and women, painters and kings, palaces and queens, wealth and misery, body and soul.” In this stunning documentary, museum becomes narrator. The Prado takes viewers on a deep dive into its collections to tell the fascinating story of its life and that of Madrid, traversing six centuries of Spanish history through art.

Space available: 50+

Sunday Cinema | Barry Lyndon

Sunday 19 November 2023

12:15 PM

Acclaimed adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel, in which a likeable young Irishman changes into a conniving, manipulative rogue. The protagonist finds himself homeless after taking part in a fake duel and is then captured by a Prussian highwayman, and meets up with a spy, but his fortunes change when he marries a wealthy titled woman in order to secure his future. PG – Violence

Space available: 50+

Sunday Cinema | The Shining

Sunday 19 November 2023

3:45 PM

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future. R16 – Violence, offensive language & horror

Space available: 50+

Sunday Cinema | Full Metal Jacket

Sunday 19 November 2023

6:30 PM

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue. R – Offensive Language

Space available: 50+

Sunday Cinema | No Ordinary Sheila

Sunday 10 December 2023

2:45 PM

The story of Sheila Natusch, the New Zealand writer and illustrator of many ground-breaking natural history books. Her life was defiant, unconventional, and full of adventure. Rated G

Space available: 50+

Sunday Cinema | Hillary: Ocean to Sky

Sunday 10 December 2023

4:45 PM

For this feature-length documentary Michael Dillon revisits his award-winner From the Ocean to the Sky, about Edmund Hillary's Ganges jet boat expedition. Back in 1977, Dillon filmed Hillary and crew (including son Peter Hillary) as they jet boated from the mouth of the Ganges to the base of the Himalayas, then set out to climb peak Akash Parbat. Dillon has remastered existing and unseen footage, and interviewed crew members about Hillary's last big expedition. PG – Course language

Space available: 50+

Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival

Sunday 10 December 2023

7:00 PM

28 lost adventurers must fight for their lives after their only lifeline is destroyed in the most uninhabitable place on Earth - Antarctica.

Space available: 50+