Cult Classics: Eyes Wide Shut (35MM) + Performance R 18+

Slip on your mask and join Venus Mantrap for the best Halloween screening in town, starring Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise.  

Shrouded in secrecy during production, this surreal and suspenseful '90s classic explores desire, intimacy and the shadowy horrors of Manhattan's upper echelons. The final film from legendary director Stanley Kubrick, this erotic thriller takes place during a single evening, as a doctor (Cruise) embarks on a sexual odyssey like you’ve never imagined.  

‘A spellbinder: provocatively conceived, gorgeously shot and masterfully executed’ – Chicago Tribune 

‘It is the very preposterousness of Eyes Wide Shut which is the key to the achievement it represents: it has a singular excessiveness – at once gamey, florid and enigmatically deadpan – which underpins this picture's rich, sensuous style’ – The Guardian  

Presented on a 35mm film print from the NFSA collection.   

Includes a pre-screening introduction and live performance by Venus Mantrap. 

Masquerade/fancy-dress masks encouraged for those looking to embrace a little mystery for Halloween. 

Venus Mantrap   

Venus Mantrap is an androgynous construct whose roots are firmly planted in the world of drag. Exploring aspects of cabaret, performance-art and comedy during live shows, Mantrap has produced The Bowie Ball and starred in the one-person-shows Life, Love and Lip Syncing and Valley of the Molls. Venus is regularly found at Smith's Alternative as the MC of Cabaret Voltaire and has been a featured artist at Glitterbox, LGBTIQ+ Elders Dance Club, Drag Cabaret and Finucane and Smith's touring show Dancehall. Follow them on Instagram at @the_venus_mantrap.   

Viewer discretion advice 

Cult Classics performances and screenings contain coarse language and adult themes, which some viewers may find offensive. Viewer discretion is advised.  

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