On this day, 74 years ago, Rashomon (1950), directed by Akira Kurosawa, premiered in the United States. Originally released in Japan in August 1950, the film gained international attention after winning the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1951. Its American premiere on 26 December 1951 marked the beginning of Kurosawa’s global recognition and introduced Western audiences to Japanese cinema on an unprecedented scale. | History of Cinema

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This silent footage is one of the earliest films shot in Australia. It’s from the 1896 Melbourne Cup and shows that year’s winner, Newhaven, after the race with his trainer Walter Hickenbotham and jockey Harry Gardiner. The film was one of several shot by Marius Sestier, who travelled from France to Australia in 1896 to capture slices of local life for the Lumière brothers. They displayed the work of Sestier and their other representatives in theatres around the world: these were the first cinem

N-O-W Playing at the Lumiere | MY BROTHER'S BAND " This is cinema for the soul. One to go along to with people you love. A crowd-pleaser in the old-fashioned sense of the word, (with) shades of 'Billy Elliot'. Some films feel good for the psyche, repairing and restorative. This is one of them. I left the cinema sobbing, in a good way; uplifted and buoyant..." Nikki Gemmell THE WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN - Get Tickets HERE https://www.lumierecinemas.co.nz/movie/my-brothers-band | Lumière Cinemas