Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (MA)
In 1966 in the Vietnamese rubber plantation Long Tan, 108 young, inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting against 2500 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers.
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This Australian war film is based on a true story. It stars Travis Fimmel and Richard Roxburgh. The film was directed by Kris Stenders (Red Dog).
Late Night (M)
Comedy in which a struggling late-night TV host, Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson), hires Molly Patel (Mindy Kaling, who also wrote the screenplay) to join the white male show writers as a fresh, female voice.
At first the men regard Molly merely as a "diversity hire" but she soon proves her value. Stars Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling (the latter also wrote the script).
Midsommar (R)
A group of young Britons travels to Sweden to attend a rural town's mid-summer festival but find themselves in an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult. Stars Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor.
Palm Beach (M)
Rachel Ward directed and co-wrote (with Joanna Murray-Smith) this film about a group of old friends gathered at the Palm Beach house of Frank (Bryan Brown, Ward's husband) and Charlotte (Greta Schiacci) to celebrate Frank's birthday.
But hidden resentments, shaky relationships and old secrets are revealed. Also stars Sam Neill, Richard E. Grant and Jacqueline McKenzie.