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SEASON LAUNCH 2025

First Saturday each month, 4pm

Each film takes a familiar characterisation, scene or trope from the science fiction universe and diverts expectations. From groundbreaking new ideas in portraying space and time, to film settings and cinematography that redefined how audiences experienced a genre that is often only thought of as ‘those Star films’.

11 Films for $75

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FEATURE FILMS

DOUBLE FEATURE: METROPOLIS (1984)

DOUBLE FEATURE: METROPOLIS (1984)

1 Feb 2025

Metropolis is set in the dystopian future of 2000, where hyper-capitalism has taken over society, perpetuating a brutal class divide. 

Director: Giorgio Moroder

Starring: Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, Gustav Frohlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Run Time: 80m 

THE FIFTH ELEMENT

THE FIFTH ELEMENT

5 Apr 2025

In the colourful 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.

Director: Luc Besson

Starring: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Chris Tucker and Milla Jovovich

Run Time: 2hr 6m

SOYLENT GREEN

SOYLENT GREEN

5 July 2025

A nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth.

Director: Richard Fleischer

Starring: Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotten, Brock Peters

Run Time: 1hr 37m 

AKIRA

AKIRA

6 Sept 2025

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.

Director: Katsuhiro Otomo

Starring: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki and Mami Koyama

Run Time: 2h 4m

DOUBLE FEATURE: DARK CITY

DOUBLE FEATURE: DARK CITY

1 Feb 2025

A man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.

Director: Alex Proyas

Starring: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly

Run Time: 1hr 40m

MARS ATTACKS!

MARS ATTACKS!

3 May 2025

Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor.

Director: Tim Burton

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short

Run Time: 1hr 46m

DOUBLE FEATURE: LA JETEE

DOUBLE FEATURE: LA JETEE

2 Aug 2025

The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.

Director: Chris Marker

Starring: Helene Chatelain, Davos Hanich, Jacques Ledoux

Run Time: 28m

BLADE RUNNER

BLADE RUNNER

4 Oct 2025

A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.

Director: Ridley Scott

Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young and Edward James Olmos.

Run Time: 1hr 57m

GATTACA

GATTACA

1 Mar 2025

Vincent, an "In-Valid", assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect.

Director: Andrew Niccol

Starring: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Loren Dean, Ernest Borgnine, Gore Vidal and Alan Arkin

Run Time: 1hr 46m

BRAZIL

BRAZIL

7 June 2025

A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.

Director: Terry Gilliam

Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm

Run Time: 2hr 22m

DOUBLE FEATURE: A SCANNER DARKLY

DOUBLE FEATURE: A SCANNER DARKLY

2 Aug 2025

An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.

Director: Richard Linklater

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr, Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder and Rory Cochrane

Run Time: 1hr 40m

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

1 Nov 2025

When a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans and one supercomputer is sent to Jupiter to find its origins.

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Starring: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester and Douglas Rain

Run Time: 2hr 29m

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After each movie The Establishment invites ticket holders to redeem a 'buy one, get one free' offer as our program supporter. So join us, sit back and enjoy some light discussion & reviews post movie.
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