1:38:34

Dante's Peak

9Go August 8, 2017

Geography

Media arts

7-8

9-10

Classification: Mature

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An idyllic town is threatened when a long-dormant volcano erupts, spewing lava and raining destruction on the populace.

1:15:43

The Blair Witch Project

Eleven August 7, 2017

Media arts

11-12

Classification: Mature

A simple walk in the woods for three filmmakers to shoot a documentary film on the local legend, The Blair Witch, becomes an excursion into heart-stopping terror. They were never heard from again.

1:40:05

Micmacs

SBS Viceland August 8, 2017

Media arts

Languages

Ethical understanding

11-12

Classification: Mature

This whimsical fantasy comedy, from acclaimed director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, takes on the arms dealers of the world. While standing in the doorway of the video shop where he works, Bazil has been inadvertently shot in the head. Now homeless and jobless, he is taken in by a troupe of misfits who live in a giant mound of trash. There Bazil begins his quest for revenge against the people who produced the gun that shot him. Stars Dany Boon, Dominique Pinon and Julie Ferrier.

2:02:33

Vertigo

Fox Classics August 7, 2017

Media arts

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

A San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

1:51:25

The Neon Demon

Premiere August 5, 2017

Media arts

11-12

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will use any means necessary to get what she has.

1:37:21

RoboGeisha

SBS August 6, 2017

Media arts

Languages

11-12

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

Two beautiful sisters become mechanised killing machines in this offbeat Japanese horror-comedy. Shy Yoshie plays second-fiddle to her big sister Kikue, a popular hostess at the local geisha house. Both women fall under the sway of Hikaru Kageno, heir to a valuable steel company, who has developed an insane but ingenious secret plan to turn geishas into high-tech robotic assassins in a bid to destroy Japan. In Japanese.

1:45:16

The Family Fang

Masterpiece August 5, 2017

Media arts

Ethical understanding

11-12

Classification: Mature

Adult siblings Baxter and Annie, scarred from an unconventional upbringing, return to their family home. When their parent's - performance artists famous for elaborate public hoaxes - go missing under troubling circumstances, Baxter and Annie investigate. Unsure whether it's foul play or just another elaborate ruse, nothing can prepare them for what they discover.

1:30:39

Irrational Man

Masterpiece August 6, 2017

Media arts

11-12

Classification: Mature

A brilliant but tortured philosophy professor feels like his life is meaningless until he draws the attention of both a fellow lonely professor and a bright young student.

1:50:39

Corrina, Corrina

Family August 4, 2017

Media arts

5-6

Classification: Parental Guidance

A heart warming story about a family devastated by grief and the woman who helps heal the loss.

1:29:01

Deck the Halls

Family August 5, 2017

Media arts

5-6

Classification: Parental Guidance

Steve, an optometrist with rigid concepts about Christmas tradition, is enraged by his new neighbour Buddy, who aims to decorate his house with enough Christmas lights to be visible from space.

1:21:36

Viral

Premiere August 4, 2017

Media arts

Ethical understanding

11-12

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

When a deadly virus invades their hometown, a young teen documents her family's new life in quarantine and tries to hide her infected sister as society begins to crumble around her.

2:41:32

The Horse Whisperer

Masterpiece August 3, 2017

Media arts

7-8

9-10

Classification: Mature

After a devastating riding accident, a young girl and her beloved horse are both left with serious physical and emotional scars. Determined to help, the girl's desperate mother puts her busy, big-city life on hold and travels west to seek out the 'Horse Whisperer'. When she meets this rugged, down-to-earth rancher, she discovers his extraordinary gift with animals also touches the lives of the people around him.

1:38:00

My Girl

Family August 1, 2017

Media arts

5-6

Classification: Parental Guidance

Vada, a hypochondriac tomboy whose best friend is the shy Thomas J., lives in an eccentric household headed by her widower/mortician father, Harry. When Shelly comes to work at the funeral parlour as the new cosmetologist, a change comes over Harry. Emotionally detached, even from his family, since the death of his wife, Harry suddenly becomes happier than Vada has ever seen him, causing a confusing sensation of jealousy in Vada, who craves more love and attention from her dad. With the help of Shelly and Thomas, Vada learns to deal with the changes overtaking her family as well as within herself.

1:34:36

My Girl 2

Family August 1, 2017

Media arts

5-6

Classification: Parental Guidance

In this enchanting sequel to My Girl, Vada, now 13 is given an assignment about the life and achievements of someone she's never met, in which she chooses to study her late mum. This leads her to Los Angeles to stay with her Uncle, his likeable girlfriend and street-smart son.

2:07:51

Tale of Tales

Masterpiece August 1, 2017

Media arts

11-12

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

From the bitter quest of a jealous queen who forfeits the life of her husband, to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of a king, to a king obsessed with a giant flea leading to heartbreak for his young daughter, these stories weave the beautiful with the grotesque, creating a stunning and unique work of gothic imagination.

1:34:33

Agnes of God

Fox Classics July 31, 2017

Modern history

Civics and citizenship

Ethical understanding

9-10

11-12

Classification: Mature

A newborn infant is found dead in a wastebasket in the room of Sister Agnes, a young cloistered nun in a convent outside Montreal. She claims to have no memory of the conception or the birth of the child. Dr Martha Livingston is a psychiatrist who is appointed by the court to determine whether Sister Agnes is fit to stand trial for the murder of the baby. At the convent, this lapsed Catholic, who is very confident of her clinical skills, meets Mother Miriam Ruth, a worldly wise religious woman who wants to protect the fragile Sister Agnes from any further psychological pain. She believes that the young nun is 'touched by God'. After winning the trust of Sister Agnes, Dr Livingston learns about her sheltered life and her obsession with God and suffering. All attempts to find out who is the father of the baby are fruitless. Throughout the investigation, Dr Livingston and the Mother Superior are adversaries; only when they share cigarettes and speculate on what the saints would have smoked do they tear down the wall of distrust that divides them and recognise their mutual concern for Agnes.

1:53:43

American History X

Masterpiece July 30, 2017

Media arts

Intercultural understanding

11-12

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

After going to prison for hate crimes a now reformed Neo-Nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.

1:22:42

Remembering the Man

ABC2/Kids July 30, 2017

Media arts

Health and PE

Personal and social capability

11-12

Classification: Mature

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This is the true story of Tim Conigrave and John Caleo. This feature length documentary is the story of love, loss, and AIDS from a uniquely Australian perspective.