A safe place to avoid all the ghouls and zom­bies this Sat­urday night will be the Film Archive cinema.

A bril­liant silent fea­ture film from the 1920s – Under the South­ern Cross – is screen­ing with live music­al accom­pani­ment by War­ren Max­well, Maaka McGregor and Himi­ona Grace.  

This “Maori folk drama” made by Uni­ver­sal Stu­di­os in 1929, fea­tures an epic love tri­angle, cave scenes shot on Waitomo and White Islands, a fiery vol­cano and ‘A Con­test of Spears’. It’s also worth com­ing to see for the inter­titles alone.  

“Neither tri­bal cus­tom, danger nor the sac­red ban of “tapu” could cover­come the strength of his love” 

Lim­ited seats avail­able. Tick­ets: $10