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Cult Classics: Desperately Seeking Susan
Madonna sparkles in the iconic ‘80s celebration of personal reinvention
10:00 AM
Cult Classics: Making Mr. Right
Eighties pop-culture take on Pygmalion as a rom-com sci-fi starring John Malkovich
Arc Cinema
8:00PM
$19.50 Full / $16.50 Concession (+$1.50 booking fee)
27 March, 2026
Cult Classics: Making Mr. Right 27 March, 2026
1987 | M | DCP | USA | D: Susan Seidelman
The NFSA presents a series of irreverent, Friday night filmic feasts, curated and hosted by drag artist and culture warrior Venus Mantrap.
Cult Classics with Venus Mantrap dives into the world of sharp, edgy films and beloved fan favourites. Each event features a pre-screening live performance by Venus in our beautiful art deco Arc Cinema.
Our Cult Classics screenings are often interactive and always full of laughs and surprises. Leave your serious side at home and enjoy a movie night with a twist. And probably a shimmy.
Sassy Miami publicist Frankie Stone (Ann Magnuson) takes on the PR for prickly scientist Jeff Peters (John Malkovich) who’s made an android (John Malkovich) in his own image. But with Frankie’s help, the android soon develops more emotional range than his maker.
Susan Seidelman’s ‘80s take on Pygmalion plays with romantic ideals of perfection.
‘Ms. Seidelman plays with clothes, knickknacks, pop tunes and crazily single-minded characters better than almost any other film maker around.’ – New York Times
Includes pre-screening introduction and virtual performance by Venus Mantrap.
Cult Classics presents a retrospective of director Susan Seidelman’s work with She-Devil in February, Making Mr. Right in March, and Desperately Seeking Susan in April.
Coming up in Cult Classics: Desperately Seeking Susan, Sex, Lies and Videotape, Blood Simple (Directors Cut), Scanners, Body Double, Strange Days, The Lair of the White Worm, Death Becomes Her, and Showgirls.
Arc Cinema
We are situated in the heart of Canberra on McCoy Circuit, Acton, between the shores of Lake Burley Griffin and the grounds of the Australian National University. Just a 10-minute walk from the city and state bus interchanges.
1 McCoy Circuit, Acton, ACT 2601
Film Details
Year
1987
Details
DCP 98 mins M
Director
Susan Seidelman
Countries
USA
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Cult Classics: Sex, Lies and Videotape
Subterfuge in suburbia in the four-hander that launched 90s indie cinema
10:00 AM
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Cult Classics: Blood Simple (Directors Cut)
The Coen Brothers’ grimly comic debut feature follows a double-crossing Texas detective
10:00 AM