Curator’s Pick: For the Love of It

GOMA’s Australian Cinematheque much loved Curator’s Pick program has returned for its third year - an intimate, monthly encounter with films that have captured the imagination, curiosity and hearts of the curatorial team, screening on the last Wednesday of each month.

Running from January to December 2026, the program features 12 sessions per year, with each session introduced by the curator who selected the film, creating a unique opportunity for cinema‑lovers to engage directly with the ideas, memories and conversations that the film has sparked.

Curated by Amanda Slack‑Smith, Victoria Wareham, Rob Hughes and Rosie Hays, Curator’s Pick showcases films that sit outside the Cinémathèque’s larger director retrospectives and thematic programs, yet have lingered long after the credits rolled. From singular documentary portraits to piercing moral dramas and unforgettable blasts of genre cinema, the selection reflects the breadth and depth of the curators’ passion for film as an art form. 

Films featured in the July–September 2026 program include the brilliant Chilean director Patricio Guzman’s exquisite slice of storytelling Nostalgia for the Light, Sam Peckinpah's excoriating self-portrait Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia and Kazuo Hara’s infamous and audacious documentary The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On.

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Image credits - top to bottom:

Production still from Nostalgia for the Light 2010 / Dir: Patricio Guzman / Image courtesy: Pramide International 

Production still from Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 1974 / Director: Sam Peckinpah / Image courtesy: Park Circus 

Production still from The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On 1987 / Director: Kazuo Hara / Image courtesy: Shisso Production