While rugging up in front of the TV is best suited to cooler months, summer doesn’t mean the end of movie nights. In fact, they’re getting a major upgrade this season thanks to a free program of classics, blockbusters and festival screenings that’s set to roll out in Fed Square from January 3 until March 25.
The exciting crop of mini-programs includes three nights of Christopher Nolan’s collaborations with composer Hans Zimmer (Inception, Interstellar, and The Dark Knight), a celebration of the queen of country Dolly Parton (just in time for her 79th birthday), and a trio of boot scootin’ westerns (yee-haw).
On the festival front, you can bring the whole family along to 2000s cult-comedy Best in Show as part of the NGV Kids Summer Festival, or close out your Midsumma celebrations at a showing of 1978 classic The Wiz, starring Diana Ross.
The gem in the program’s crown is three days of silent cinema with live scores – an unusual treat. Gather your picnic supplies, movie buffs and music nerds, and settle in for rare screenings of three transportative, uproarious silent films.
Catch the carefully-restored classical Indian folk story Ramayana and other tales, Hollywood dino-romp The Lost World or rip-roaring Buster Keaton physical comedies One Week and Sherlock Jr. Find out more and start scheduling your free summer movie nights.
