Monthly Screenings for 2025
The calendars for monthly screenings in 2025 at the Arts Centre Warburton and at the Memo, Healesville are shown below
February 2025:
LA BELLE EPOQUE
Time: 7.30pm Warburton: Tues 11 Feb Healesville: Tues 18 Feb
• France – 2020 • Comedy/drama/fantasy • 115m • M
Victor (Daniel Auteuil), a disillusioned 60-something whose marriage is on the rocks, finds a company that allows clients to return to a time of their choice. He opts to relive the week of his life when, 40 years earlier, he met his true love. This whimsical and amusing piece is directed and written by Nicolas Bedos.
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March 2025:
THE NEW BOY
Time: 7.30pm
Warburton: Tues 11 March
Healesville: Tues 18 March
• Australia – 2023 • Fantasy/Drama • 116m • M
A nine-year-old Indigenous orphan, impressively portrayed by Aswan Reid, arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun - an understated Cate Blanchett (also co-producer) - assisted by Sister Mum (Deborah Mailman). Enigmatic and cryptic with a rousing score by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis. Directed by Warwick Thornton.
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April 2025:
PAST LIVES
Time: 7.30pm Warburton: Tues 8 April Healesville: Tues 15 April
- Korea- 2023
- Comedy/Drama 109m M
Directorial debut and semi-autobiographical film by Celine Song. It follows two childhood friends over the course of 24 years after Na Young’s family immigrates to Toronto and the two lose contact. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, gained five nominations at the 81st Golden Globe Awards and was nominated for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture at the Oscars.
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May 2025:
JEANNE DU BARRY
Time: 7.30pm Warburton: Tues 13 May Healesville: Tues 20 May
- France - 2023
- Historical drama 116m M
Jeanne du Barry, the daughter of an impoverished seamstress, becomes the mistress favourite of King Louis XV (Johnny Depp). Using her intelligence and allure she rises through the king’s court and scandalises French society. Jeanne is played by Maïwenn, who also directs.
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June 2025:
HER
Time: 7.30pm Warburton: Tues 10 June Healesville: Tues 17 June
• USA – 2014 • Comedy/drama/romance• 119m • MA
A sensitive and soulful man earns a living by writing personal letters for other people. Left heartbroken after his marriage ends, Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) becomes fascinated with a new operating system – A.I. (How does this shape up 10 years later?) He meets “Samantha” (Scarlett Johansson), whose bright voice reveals a sensitive, playful personality and a relationship develops. Directed by Spike Jonze.
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July 2025:
FALL
Time: 7.30pm Warburton: Tues 8 July Healesville: Tues 15 July
• USA – 2022 • Adventure/thriller • 107m • M
For best friends Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Hunter (Virginia Gardner), life is all about conquering fears and pushing limits. But after they climb 2,000 feet to the top of a remote, abandoned radio tower, they find themselves stranded with no way down. A vertigo-inducing adrenaline-fueled thriller, directed by Scott Mann.
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August 2025:
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Time: 7.30pm
Warburton: Tues 12 Aug
Healesville: Tues 19 Aug
• Denmark/Norway – 2021 • Comedy/drama • 126m • MA
The film premiered in competition at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival to widespread critical acclaim, with Renate Reinsve winning the award for Best Actress for her performance in the film. Julie, a medical student in Oslo, transitions to psychology and then photography. In her late 20s, she begins a relationship with Aksel Willman, a comic artist 15 years her senior. Now exploring writing, she falls into another relationship with a barista Eivind. Joachin Trier directs.
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September 2025:
REAR WINDOW
Time: 7.30pm
Warburton: Tues 9 Sept
Healesville: Tues 16 Sept
• USA – 1954 • Mystery/suspense • 112m • PG
While confined to his apartment with a broken leg, Jeff (James Stewart) passes the long days looking out the rear window. When he suspects that a man across the courtyard has murdered his wife, his initially sceptical girlfriend Lisa (Grace Kelly), and nurse Stella (Thelma Ritter) join in the intrigue. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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October 2025:
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Time: 7.30pm
Warburton: Tues 14 Oct
Healesville: Tues 21 Oct
• UK – 1975
• Cult Classic Musical/comedy • 95m • M
Sweethearts Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon), discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), a transvestite scientist and his latest creation - “Rocky.” Their innocence is lost as Brad and Janet, through elaborate dances and rock songs meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker (Meat Loaf) and a creepy butler (Richard O’Brien.) Jim Sharman directs this over-the-top homage to the days of Saturday matinee double-features and late night B-grade thrillers.
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November 2025:
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB
Time: 7.30pm
Warburton: Tues 11 Nov
Healesville: Tues 18 Nov
• USA/Germany – 1999 • Documentary/music • 101m • G
This documentary follows renowned guitarist Ry Cooder and his son, Joachim, travelling to Cuba to assemble a group of the country’s finest musicians to record an album. Among the artists included in the project are singer Ibrahim Ferrer and pianist Rubén González who perform in front of rapt audiences. Directed by Wim Wenders.
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December 2025:
LOST IN PARIS
Time: 7.30pm Warburton: Tues 9 Dec Healesville: Tues 16 Dec
• Belgium/France - 2016
• Comedy • 83m • M
This delightful and quirky comedy tells the story of Fiona (Fiona Gordon) arriving in Paris to assist her aunt Martha. Various catastrophes ensue, mainly involving Dom (Dominique Abel), a homeless man living in a tent, who comes into Fiona’s life for better or worse. Gordon and Abel, a couple in real life, write and direct this physical and visual piece.
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Warburton Film Festival
The Warburton Film Festival 2025 is scheduled for June 13-15
Healesville Mini-Film Festival
The 2025 Healesville Mini Film Festival is scheduled for Sunday March 30