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Speakeasy Cinema is an independent film series that puts good films on big screens in the amiable surrounds of Melbourne’s best bars, cafes and creative studios. We screen titles that are overlooked or hard to find, often weird, but always some kind of wonderful.

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Rescore 2

25 May 730PM Tickets

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Short films by the next wave of the avant garde rescored by local musicians and performed live

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Girl Walk // All Day

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A feature-length dance music video and tale of urban exploration.

Film Archive

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Wholphin No. 15

24 Apr 8PM

A selection of rare and unseen shorts from the humorists at McSweeney's

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A Matter of Taste

17 Mar 845pm

A look inside the cut-throat world of haute cuisine.

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Marwencol

24 Mar 845pm

A surprising tale of love, secrets, pain, adventure - and dual realities.

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Being Elmo

10 Mar 8.45pm

A behind the scenes look at an international icon with a very fuzzy reputation.

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The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye + A CONVERSATION WITH GENESIS P-ORRIDGE

05 Mar 9.15pm

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge has been one of the most innovative and influential figures in music and fine art for the last 30 years. Celebrated by critics and art historians as the progenitor of industrial music.

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Wholphin No. 14

A selection of rare and unseen short films from the humorists at McSweeney's

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Flooding with Love for the Kid

A one-man Rambo shot for $96 in a 220-square-foot studio apartment in Manhattan.

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The Red Chapel

A subversive comedy tour through North Korea takes a turn for the absurd in this gonzo doco from Denmark.

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The Jeff Koons Show

A documentary about one of the most polarising artists in modern history: the man, the clown, the genius and the ego that is Jeff Koons.

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Last Hope

16 films inspired by the sea, set to music from the Spunk Records catalogue

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The Sounds of Science

The films of Jean Painlevé set to a soundtrack by Yo La Tengo

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The Devil and Daniel Johnston

A heartrending portrait of madness and genius.

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Heavy Metal Gangs of Wadeye

VICE travel north to investigate a remote Aboriginal township with a heavy metal gang problem.

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The Universe of Keith Haring

"Like Andy Warhol, whom he revered and later befriended, Haring was the visual artist as social phenomenon, connecting the gay scene to hip-hop, Madonna to museum culture, the democratic street to the rarefied art world." The New York Times

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Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

"If you want to know who I am, look at the books I published." Barney Rosset

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Beautiful Losers

A film by Aaron Rose (Alleged Gallery, NYC) & Thomas Campbell, Shepard Fairey, Jo Jackson, Chris Johanson, Margaret Kilgallen, Harmony Korine, Geoff McFetridge, Barry McGee, Mike Mills, Stephen Powers & Ed Templeton. With music by Money Mark.