Adelaide Cinematheque
Year-round timeless classics, cult favourites & contemporary masterpieces.
Access is exclusive to Mercury Members or via a Mini-Membership. Tickets for Adelaide Cinematheque screenings must be booked in-person at the Box Office.
Showing Mondays and Wednesdays 7:00pm, Tuesdays and Fridays 11:00am & 2:30pm
From Monday June 1, evening sessions commence at 6:30pm for Winter.
2026 Program THREE of Silverscreen & Cinematheque HERE.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- Mon, Jun 22
- Tue, Jun 23
- Fri, Jun 26
Director: John Huston Run Time: 126 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1948
Starring: Barton MacLane, Bruce Bennett, Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt, Walter Huston
The nearer they get to their treasure, the farther they get from the law.
Nightmare Alley
- Tue, Jun 23
Director: Edmund Goulding Run Time: 111 min. Rating: M Release Year: 1947
Starring: Coleen Gray, Helen Walker, Joan Blondell, Taylor Holmes, Tyrone Power
He was all things to all men…But only one thing to all women!
The Master
- Wed, Jun 24
- Fri, Jun 26
- Tue, Jun 30
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Run Time: 137 min. Rating: MA15+ Release Year: 2012
Starring: Amy Adams, Joaquin Phoenix, Laura Dern, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rami Malek
A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future – until he is tantalised...
The Long Goodbye
- Mon, Jun 29
- Tue, Jun 30
- Fri, Jul 3
Director: Robert Altman Run Time: 112 min. Rating: M Release Year: 1973
Starring: Elliott Gould, Henry Gibson, Mark Rydell, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden
Nothing says goodbye like a bullet…
Repo Man
- Wed, Jul 1
- Fri, Jul 3
- Tue, Jul 7
Director: Alex Cox Run Time: 92 min. Rating: M Release Year: 1984
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, Olivia Barash, Sy Richardson, Tracey Walter
It’s 4 a.m. Do you know where your car is?
Inherent Vice
- Mon, Jul 6
- Tue, Jul 7
- Fri, Jul 10
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Run Time: 149 min. Rating: MA15+ Release Year: 2014
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Katherine Waterston, Owen Wilson, Reese Witherspoon
Love usually leads to trouble.
Rebecca
- Wed, Jul 8
- Fri, Jul 10
- Tue, Jul 14
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Run Time: 130 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1940
Starring: George Sanders, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, Laurence Olivier, Nigel Bruce
"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again..."
Gaslight
- Mon, Jul 13
- Tue, Jul 14
- Fri, Jul 17
Director: George Cukor Run Time: 114 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1944
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, May Whitty
Strange drama of a captive sweetheart!
Phantom Thread
- Wed, Jul 15
- Fri, Jul 17
- Tue, Jul 21
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Run Time: 130 min. Rating: M Release Year: 2017
Starring: Camilla Rutherford, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gina McKee, Lesley Manville, Vicky Krieps
Set in 1950s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young,...
Viva
- Mon, Jul 20
- Tue, Jul 21
- Fri, Jul 24
Director: Anna Biller Run Time: 120 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2008
Starring: Anna Biller, Barry Morse, Bridget Brno, Chad England, Jared Sanford
They were housewives seeking kicks, in a world of swingers, orgies, booze and sin that was the sexual revolution!
The Love Witch
- Wed, Jul 22
- Fri, Jul 24
Director: Anna Biller Run Time: 121 min. Rating: MA15+ Release Year: 2016
Starring: Gian Keys, Jared Sanford, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Laura Waddell, Samantha Robinson
She loved men... to death
Fando and Lis
- Mon, Jul 27
- Tue, Aug 4
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky Run Time: 97 min. Rating: MA15+ Release Year: 1972 Language: Spanish
Starring: Diana Mariscal, Juan José Arreola, María Teresa Rivas, Sergio Kleiner, Tamara Garina
In Jodorowsky’s debut feature film, Fando and his partially-paralyzed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar....
El Topo
- Mon, Aug 3
- Tue, Aug 4
- Fri, Aug 7
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky Run Time: 125 min. Rating: MA15+ Release Year: 1970 Language: Spanish
Starring: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, David Silva, Mara Lorenzio, Paula Romo
The definitive cult spaghetti western
The Holy Mountain
- Wed, Aug 5
- Fri, Aug 7
- Tue, Aug 11
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky Run Time: 113 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1973 Language: Spanish
Starring: Adriana Page, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Juan Ferrara, Zamira Saunders
In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the...
Santa Sangre
- Mon, Aug 10
- Tue, Aug 11
- Fri, Aug 14
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky Run Time: 122 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1989
Starring: Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell, Sabrina Dennison, Thelma Tixou
Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen...
The Dance of Reality
- Wed, Aug 12
- Fri, Aug 14
- Tue, Aug 18
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky Run Time: 130 min. Rating: MA15+ Release Year: 2013 Language: Spanish
Starring: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Bastián Bodenhöfer, Brontis Jodorowsky, Jeremias Herskovits, Pamela Flores
In a little Chilean town, the son of an uprooted couple formed by a rigorous communist father and...
The Seventh Seal
- Mon, Aug 24
- Tue, Aug 25
- Fri, Aug 28
Director: Ingmar Bergman Run Time: 96 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1957 Language: Swedish
Starring: Bengt Ekerot, Bibi Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow, Nils Poppe
The story of a challenge to death.
Wild Strawberries
- Wed, Aug 26
- Fri, Aug 28
- Tue, Sep 1
Director: Ingmar Bergman Run Time: 91 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1957 Language: Swedish
Starring: Bibi Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Ingrid Thulin, Jullan Kindahl, Victor Sjöström
After living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his...
The Magician
- Mon, Aug 31
- Tue, Sep 1
- Fri, Sep 4
Director: Ingmar Bergman Run Time: 102 min. Rating: MA15+ Release Year: 1958 Language: Swedish
Starring: Bengt Ekerot, Gunnar Björnstrand, Ingrid Thulin, Max von Sydow, Naima Wifstrand
A traveling magician and his assistants are persecuted by authorities in Sweden of the 19th century. Their capture,...
The Virgin Spring
- Wed, Sep 2
- Fri, Sep 4
- Tue, Sep 8
Director: Ingmar Bergman Run Time: 90 min. Rating: M Release Year: 1960 Language: Swedish
Starring: Axel Düberg, Birgitta Pettersson, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom, Max von Sydow
Ravished innocence... brings terrible revenge!