This week’s cinema releases include a south of France holiday becoming a comic conflict, Ridley Scott’s new post-apocalyptic survival drama, Bill Nightly plays a famous author who is convinced he is dying and summons his estranged sons, Cooper Hoffman gets more than a job working with Olivia Wilde, villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule in 1936, a disturbing look at laboratory research on animals, and the Winner of the Golden Bear at the 2025 Berlin Film Festival arrives as a young woman navigates the gap between her romantic fantasy and reality.
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New releases include the below.
The Party’s Over! (Classe Moyenne)
Rated M
Distributor: Potential Films
Synopsis: Mehdi had planned to spend a quiet summer in his in-laws’ sumptuous home. But as soon as he arrives, a conflict breaks out between his girlfriend’s family and the villa’s janitor couple. Confident that his modest upbringing gives him the right perspective, Mehdi thinks he can lead the negotiations between the two parties and bring everyone back to their senses. But things start to escalate…
Read Tracey Korsten’s Glam Adelaide review of this film here: Glam Adelaide Review – The Party’s Over! (Classe Moyenne)
The Dog Stars
Rated MA15+
Distributor: 20th Century Studios
Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic world, a virus wipes out humanity. Survivors face roaming scavengers called Reapers. Protagonist Hig, a pilot, survived the flu but lost his wife.
& Sons
Rated M
Distributor: Transmission Films
Synopsis: Andy’s the reason his world-famous father, Andrew, no longer speaks to his adult age sons, nor to his ex-wife. Andrew is a novelist best known to the world as A.N. Dyer. His first book became a best-selling instant classic, creating a cult around its elusive author. Andrew wakes up one morning convinced that he is about to die. He needs to set right the major relationships of his life and so he summons his sons to be with him. However, when his sons arrive, laden with their own problems, Andrew does not seek their forgiveness, as they expected, instead he tells them something so wild it couldn’t possibly be true.
I Want Your Sex
Rated MA15+
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing
Synopsis: When fresh-faced Elliot (Hoffman) lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy (Wilde), his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex, obsession, power, betrayal and murder.
Palestine 36
Rated M
Distributor: Cultural Media
Synopsis: 1936 – As villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless. With rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe, and the Palestinian population uniting in the largest and longest uprising against Britain’s 30-year dominion, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.
Sentient
Rated M
Distributor: Madman Films
Synopsis: Can we still justify harming animals and ourselves in the name of science? A moving journey into laboratory research on animals, exposing a hidden world in which it’s not just the animals getting hurt.
Oslo Stories Trilogy: Dreams
Rated PG
Distributor: Modern Films
Synopsis: Winner of the Golden Bear at the 2025 Berlin Film Festival, DREAMS follows Johanne as she falls in love for the first time, with her teacher. To preserve her feelings, she documents her emotions and experiences in writing. When her mother and grandmother read what she has written, they are initially shocked by its intimate content but soon see that it has literary potential. As they debate whether to publish it, Johanne navigates the gap between her romantic fantasy and reality, and all three women confront their differing views on love, sexuality, and self-discovery.
