The latest films from acclaimed directors Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters, Like Father, Like Son) and Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar) make their way to the ANU Film Group this week with Broker and Beau Is Afraid, respectively. Plus, Michael B. Jordan makes his directorial debut with Creed III, while Sam Neill and Christoph Waltz make magic in the Queensland-shot fantasy family adventure, The Portable Door.
• THU 25 MAY @ 7:30 PM: CREED III (M, 116 MINS)
Now retired, Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) finds his past returning to haunt him when a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy (Jonathan Majors) resurfaces after a long prison sentence, eager to claim his shot in the ring.
• FRI 26 MAY @ 7:30 PM: BEAU IS AFRAID (R, 179 MINS)
After his mother's sudden death, a troubled man (Joaquin Phoenix) embarks on a journey home, but a series of surreal and supernatural encounters along the way force him to confront his darkest fears and decades of generational trauma.
• SAT 27 MAY @ **5 PM**: THE PORTABLE DOOR (PG, 116 MINS)
Two young interns at a mysterious London firm are tasked by their unconventional employers with locating a missing magical door, only to eventually discover the institution's true, hidden agenda to disrupt the world of magic.
• SAT 27 MAY @ 7:30 PM: BROKER (M, 129 MINS)
Two Korean adoption brokers steal an abandoned child to sell him on the black market, but their scheme is discovered by the infant's mother who demands to be let in on the action, in this moving family drama from the director of Shoplifters.