| |  | IT’S GOING TO BE AN EPIC WEEK! Dear <<First Name>>, We have two epic films and the last of our school holiday films this week. And we have a big announcement. The much-anticipated new Avatar film - Avatar: The Way of the Water kicked off on the weekend with great response. We continue screening this 190-minute epic on Wednesday morning and over the weekend. ★★★★ “Pulsates with nuance and drama... An historical epic on a grand scale. It's a big, dark, roiling cauldron of politics and emotion, and satisfying.” Sydney Morning Herald - Don’t miss Margrete: Queen of the North this weekend. It has been wonderful seeing so many young people coming through our doors during the school holidays. This weekend we have our final film for families - The Amazing Maurice. Treat the kids before they head back to school. Don’t forget to book your tickets to our first two live events for 2023 - Sean Choolburra - a free comedy event, and The Dancin’ Man - our first Coffee Concert for the year. In other news, my time at Cowra Civic Centre has come to a close and I will be finishing up on Tuesday 31 January. It has been an absolute pleasure transforming the venue into a thriving arts centre for the community of Cowra. Last year more than 20,000 people came through the doors for cinema, theatre, dance, music, comedy and much more. I’m enormously proud of everything that has been achieved over the last 3 years and of the team that I am leaving behind. I thank the community for their support and to Council for entrusting me with such a significant community asset. Jonathan
Cowra Civic Centre | | WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK |  | AVATAR: THE WAY OF THE WATER
M - Science fiction themes, action violence and coarse language | 190 mins | $15* Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, Avatar: The Way of Water begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure. Directed by James Cameron and produced by Cameron and Jon Landau, the film stars Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Jemaine Clement and Kate Winslet. Wednesday 25 January at 10:30am
Friday 27 January at 7pm
Saturday 28 January at 7pm
Sunday 29 January at 1pm MORE INFO & BOOKINGS |  | THE AMAZING MAURICE
PG Occasional mild coarse language | 115 mins | $15* includes a popcorn Rats! They're everywhere… In the breadbins, dancing across the tabletops, stealing pies from under the cook's noses. So, what does every town need? A good piper to lure them away. That's where Maurice, a streetwise tomcat with the perfect money-making scam, comes in. Everyone has heard of the stories about the pied piper and the town full of rodents. So, Maurice has found his very own pied piper and a plague of rats to trick gullible townsfolk into giving him lots of cash. All is going well until they arrive in the far-flung village of Bad Blintz where they meet a book obsessed girl called Malicia, who enlists their help to solve the mystery of her town. Friday 27 January at 10am
Saturday 28 January at 2:15pm
Sunday 29 January at 11am MORE INFO & BOOKINGS |  | MARGRETE: QUEEN OF THE NORTH
MA15+ - Strong nudity | 120 mins | $15* ★★★★ ½ “Marvellous and intriguing. Beautifully filmed, this game of thrones rooted in 15th-century Nordic history plays out majestically. Trine Dyrholm is unfailingly brilliant.” InDaily. The magnificent Trine Dyrholm (Festen, Love Is All You Need) leads an all-star ensemble cast in the gripping new historical drama by leading Danish director Charlotte Sieling (The Bridge, Homeland, The Man), based on remarkable true events experienced by Queen Margrete the First. Saturday 28 January at 4:30pm
Sunday 29 January at 4:45pm
Wednesday 1 February at 10:30am MORE INFO & BOOKINGS | NEXT WEEK… |  | THE LOST KING
M – Coarse language | 108 mins | $15* In 2012, having been lost for over 500 years, the remains of King Richard III were discovered beneath a car park in Leicester. The search had been orchestrated by an amateur historian, Philippa Langley, whose unrelenting research had been met with incomprehension by her friends and family and with scepticism by experts and academics. The Lost King is the life-affirming true story of a woman who refused to be ignored and who took on the country's most eminent historians, forcing them to think again about one of the most controversial kings in England's history. Friday 3 February at 2pm – Special Screening for Seniors Festival
Saturday 4 February at 2pm
Sunday 5 February at 5:30pm
Wednesday 8 February at 10:30am MORE INFO & BOOKINGS |  | TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
M - Mature themes, crude humour, coarse language and a sex scene | 147 mins | $15* includes a glass of bubbles ★★★★ "deliriously funny" THE SKINNY
★★★★ "hilariously, breathlessly entertaining" EMPIRE MAGAZINE In Ruben Östlund’s wickedly funny Palme d’Or winner, social hierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty. Celebrity model couple, Carl (Harris Dickinson) and Yaya (Charlbi Dean), are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged boat captain (Woody Harrelson). What first appeared instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island and fighting for survival. Friday 3 February at 7pm
Saturday 4 February at 4:30pm MORE INFO & BOOKINGS |  | THE ROAD DANCE
M - Mature themes & violence, including a scene of sexual violence | 117 mins | $15* Based on the best-selling novel and inspired by true events, the film tells the story of Kirsty MacLeod who dreams of a better life away from the suffocating isolation of her small Scottish island village. When several young villagers are conscripted for service in the First World War, including her lover Murdo, a road dance is held in their honour the evening before they depart. It’s on this fateful evening that Kirsty’s life takes a dramatic and tragic turn. Saturday 4 February at 7pm
Sunday 5 February at 3:15pm
Wednesday 8 February at 12:30pm MORE INFO & BOOKINGS | COMING SOON |  | A MAN CALLED OTTO
M - Suicide themes & coarse language | 120mins | $15* Based on the comical and moving # 1 New York Times bestseller, A Man Called Otto tells the story of Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks), a grumpy widower who is very set in his ways. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that will turn his world upside-down. Experience a funny, heartwarming story about how some families come from the most unexpected places. Friday 10 February at 7pm
Saturday 11 February at 4:30pm
Sunday 12 February at 1:30pm
Wednesday 15 February at 10:30am MORE INFO & BOOKINGS |  | WHITNEY HOUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY
M - Drug references & coarse language | 182 mins | $15* A powerful and triumphant celebration of the incomparable Whitney Houston, the film is a no-holds-barred portrait of the complex and multifaceted woman behind The Voice. From New Jersey choir girl to one of the best-selling and most awarded recording artists of all time, audiences are taken on an inspirational, poignant—and so emotional—journey through Houston’s trailblazing life and career, with show-stopping performances and a soundtrack of the icon’s most beloved hits as you’ve never heard them before. Don’t you wanna dance? Saturday 11 February at 1pm
Saturday 11 February at 7pm
Sunday 12 February at 4pm MORE INFO & BOOKINGS |  | THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
M - Mature themes, coarse language, injury detail and brief nudity | 114 mins | $15* ★★★★★ "Swings between the hilarious, the horrifying and the heartbreaking in magnificent fashion" OBSERVER UK From the Oscar-winning writer/director, Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, In Bruges). Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland during the Irish civil war, lifelong friends Padraic and Colm, find themselves at an impasse when Colm unexpectedly puts an end to their friendship. A stunned Padraic endeavours to repair the relationship, refusing to take no for an answer. But Padraic's repeated efforts only strengthen his former friend’s resolve and when Colm delivers a desperate ultimatum, events swiftly escalate, with shocking consequences. Friday 17 February at 10am
Saturday 18 February at 4:45pm
Sunday 19 February at 5pm MORE INFO & BOOKINGS | ![THE FABELMANS - Official Trailer [Australia] In Cinemas Jan 5 2023](https://dim.mcusercontent.com/cs/0cd1572f9659bbd20a6ebf0b9/video_thumbnails_new/71cf7bac3af9db8d734371cba27faea0.png?w=564&dpr=2) | THE FABELMANS
M - Mature themes and coarse language | 150 mins | $15* ★★★★★ "Spielberg’s most personal film yet is a triumph" TIMES UK
Part memoir, part ode to the power of the movies, The Fabelmans finds Steven Spielberg digging at the family roots that helped make him a beloved filmmaker -- and proves he hasn't lost his magic touch. Young Sammy Fabelman falls in love with movies after his parents take him to see The Greatest Show on Earth. Armed with a camera, Sammy starts to make his own films at home, much to the delight of his supportive mother.
Friday 17 February at 12:30pm
Saturday 18 February at 7pm
Sunday 19 February at 2pm MORE INFO & BOOKINGS |  | EMILY
M - | 130 mins | $15* Emily tells the imagined life of one of the world’s most famous authors, Emily Brontë. The film stars Emma Mackey (Sex Education, Death on the Nile) as Emily, a rebel and misfit, as she finds her voice and writes the literary classic ‘Wuthering Heights’. Emily explores the relationships that inspired her – her raw, passionate sisterhood with Charlotte (Alexandra Dowling – The Musketeers) and Anne (Amelia Gething – The Spanish Princess); her first aching, forbidden love for Weightman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen – The Lost Daughter, The Haunting of Bly Manor) and her care for her maverick brother Branwell (Fionn Whitehead – The Duke, Dunkirk), whom she idolises. Friday 24 February at 7pm
Saturday 25 February at 4pm
Sunday 26 February at 2:15pm MORE INFO & BOOKINGS |  | M3GAN
CTC | 105 mins | $15* She’s more than just a toy. She’s part of the family. From the most prolific minds in horror—James Wan, the filmmaker behind the Saw, Insidious and The Conjuring franchises, and Blumhouse, the producer of the Halloween films, The Black Phone and The Invisible Man—comes a fresh new face in terror. M3GAN is a marvel of artificial intelligence, a life-like doll programmed to be a child’s greatest companion and a parent’s greatest ally. Or is she.
Saturday 25 February at 7pm
Sunday 26 February at 5pm MORE INFO & BOOKINGS | | MORE CINEMA EVENTS IN 2023 | Click on each image for details | | | | LIVE EVENTS IN 2023 | | SEAN CHOOLBURRA
WORLD BY STORM
FREE for Cowra residents
$10* for everyone else Sean Choolburra has had a career and life unlike any other. With the skills to back him, he established himself in the world of dance, became one of our First Nations’ leading comic geniuses, and could entertain a microphone stand if he had to. But he doesn’t have to. A comedian, rap singer, dancer & hip-hop didge player, this is the story of Sean Choolburra. Hailing from Townsville, Sean’s ancestors are Gu-Gu-Yalanji, Kalkadoon, Kandju and Bwgcolman from around Townsville and Palm Island. He has toured throughout Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the USA and the UK. “Truly gifted; he can sum up a whole situation in one facial expression” Australian Stage Friday 17 February at 7:30pm | |
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LUKE ALLEVA IN
THE DANCIN’ MAN
All tickets $20* This all singing, all dancing, one-man show takes you through the classic ages when music and dance had style, grace and charisma. The Dancin’ Man celebrates the quintessential song and dance men that graced us on the stage and screen such as Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Donald O'Connor, the Nicholas Brothers, Sammy Davis Jnr and more. Sit back, relax and enjoy this high energy show, while Luke sings and dances his way through high class entertainment, charm, slick, Vaudeville and comedy. Tickets include a delicious morning tea, tea/coffee and the concert. Wednesday 22 February
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