The film is a sharp, biting comedy centred on parental differences.

After two boys fought on a playground, the parents of the "victim" invite the parents of the "bully" over to work out their issues.

A polite discussion of childrearing soon escalates into verbal warfare, with all four parents revealing their true colours.

Polanski masterfully orchestrates this film full of mind games and mayhem, with help from the cast of Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christopher Waltz and John C Reilly.

It is like your eavesdropping on a private conversation, but with such a sublime decline in social niceties, you’ll want the bickering to never end.

In Hitchcock style, Polanski has a small cameo in the film, as a neighbour who opens his door to see what is going on outside.

Sydney's Moonlight Cinema is located at Belvedere Amphitheatre, Centennial Park (on the corner of Loch Avenue & Broome Avenue) Paddington. Enter the cinema via Woollahra Gates on Oxford Street.

Tickets are available online at moonlight.com.au or at the gate and range from $14 to $18.Gates open at 6.30pm with screenings at sundown.