Keen to escape your house — and the summer heat — by heading to a cinema, but your wallet doesn't want to play ball? Call the return of Cinema Nova's weekly special great timing, then. After reopening its 16 screens post-lockdown back in November, the Carlton cinema is bringing back its popular Discount Monday from January 11.

It's offering up discounted tickets every week, which means you can catch box office hits and award-winning Aussie flicks for just $7 before 4pm and $10 after. Either way, it's a bargain.

At the moment, you can catch the Eric Bana-starring Aussie crime-thriller The Dry, award-winning drama Babyteeth, 2020's best film Nomadland, glossy culinary documentary Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles and Christopher Nolan's mind-bending Tenet. So, there's plenty to watch if you're keen to spend as much time in a darkened room as possible.

With limited capacities ad allocated seating, the cinema recommends you book tickets in advance (either online or at the box office) if you want to head along.