Cinema News

Moonlight Cinema

Saturday January 17, 2009
WHAT MIFF shorts WHERE Moonlight Cinema, Royal Botanic Gardens WHEN Tomorrow, gates open 7pm TICKETS $15, $13, moonlight.com.au

Moonlight Cinema

Saturday January 10, 2009
WHAT Hotel for Dogs WHERE Moonlight Cinema, Royal Botanic Gardens, city. Entry via Gate D in Birdwood Avenue WHEN Tomorrow, gates open at 7pm, screening at 8.30pm TICKETS $13, $17, moonlight.com.au

Deep Lover Of Opera And Film - And Always With A Twinkle In His Eye

Friday December 5, 2008
PATRICK JOSEPH GORDON FRIEND OF OPERA, CINEMA 1-6-1929 - 16-11-2008

Ditch All The Auteurs, And Then We'll Find A Hollywood Studio

Saturday November 29, 2008
The only way we're going to have an Australian film industry is if we get rid of the auteurs. Baz Luhrmann is an auteur, George Miller is an auteur, Peter Weir is an auteur, Jane Campion is an auteur - by that, I mean that these film-makers speak with their own unique voice through cinema. And largely, they keep making the same films. But this does not an industry make.

Lover Billy The Kid Screening

Sunday November 16, 2008
Verona Cinema, Paddington

Curtain Rises On Theatre Revamp

Tuesday November 11, 2008
AN art deco former cinema in Hunter Street's West End may be revamped as a function centre, bar and theatre.

Comic Tale Has Its Own Sly Charm

Friday November 7, 2008
SON OF RAMBOW (PG) Director: Garth Jennings Stars: Bill Milner, Will Poulter Screening: Lake Cinema Rating: ***

Least Haity Do (for Now)

Sunday October 19, 2008
Movember launch Chauvel Cinema, Paddington

Mpst Sexy Shoes Per Square Metre

Sunday October 19, 2008
Special S party for The Women Cinema Paris, Moore Park

Power, Corruption, Lies

Thursday September 18, 2008
Just another day in the life of an Italian politician, perhaps, but it makes for compelling cinema, reports Gabriella Coslovich.

In The Stillness Of Time

Saturday August 16, 2008
There's a rich cross-pollination between cinema and the other arts, writes Andrew Stephens.

Club Hopes For Theatre Site

Saturday August 2, 2008
THE new owner of the Newcastle's Kensington Theatre site is pursuing plans to turn the former cinema into a nightclub.

Owner

Wednesday June 11, 2008
? CINEMA proprietor Scott Seddon has been driving a Toyota Prius for the past 10 months and has nothing but praise for hybrids.

General Property Trust's $500 Million Shopping Centre

Saturday May 3, 2008
? GENERAL Property Trust's $500 million shopping centre plan for Newcastle's central business district includes a multi-screen cinema complex.

Turkish Filmmaker Sees Grief Knows No Sides

Friday April 25, 2008
MORE than two years after its Australian premiere in Scone's grand old cinema, the documentary Gallipoli: The Frontline Experience finally screens tonight on free-to-air TV.

Where's The Will Power?

Thursday April 10, 2008
SEMI-PRO (M) Stars: Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, Andre Benjamin, Maura Tierney Director: Kent Alterman Screening at Greater Union Wollongong and Shellharbour, Hoyts Warrawong, Roxy Cinema Nowra To be honest, I'm getting a little tired of Will Ferrell's schtick.

Arthouse At Cinema

Thursday April 10, 2008
AFTER successful seasons of this year's Oscar-winner for best picture, No Country For Old Men, and the Oscar-nominated Atonement and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Greater Union is beefing up the arthouse credentials of its Newcastle cinema with a season of arthouse films at discount admission prices.

From Bogans To Giant Bunnies With A Sense Of Purpose

Thursday April 10, 2008
LET THE JAMES BEGIN 2/5.5 Pony, 68 Little Collins Street, city, until Saturday CINEMA FIASCO 3/5.5 Astor Theatre, 1 Chapel Street, St Kilda, tomorrow and April 18

La Mirada: Jewels Of The Spanish Cinema

Sunday March 30, 2008
La Mirada: Jewels Of The Spanish Cinema

French Film Festival Set To Get Up, Up And Away

Thursday March 6, 2008
AT THIS year's French Film Festival, the image of a red balloon in Paris bridges half a century of cinema.

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