The Friend Special Advance Screenings

Join us and celebrate THE FRIEND, which "will pull at your heartstrings like a Great Dane tugging on its leash" (Richard Crouse) on July 24 at Luna Leederville, Windsor and Luna on SX at 6.30pm with a sparkling cocktail and chocolate treats (while stocks last). Arrivals from 6pm.

Share a pic of your pup between now and July 22 to win tickets to the opening night.

Based on the bestselling, award-winning novel by Sigrid Nunez, THE FRIEND is a moving ode to friendship, grief, and healing, starring Academy Award nominees Naomi Watts (Birdman, Eastern Promises) and Bill Murray (Lost in Translation), and in his debut role, Bing, a 150-pound Great Dane.

Writer and teacher Iris (Watts) finds her comfortable, solitary New York life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor (Bill Murray) unexpectedly passes away, leaving her his beloved Great Dane, Apollo. The regal yet intractable dog immediately creates practical problems for Iris, from furniture destruction to eviction notices, as well as raising existential issues around her own being. Yet as Iris finds herself unexpectedly bonding with Apollo, she begins to come to terms with her past, and her own creative inner life in this story of healing, love, and friendship.

Season starts July 31 at Luna Leederville, Luna on SX and Windsor