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Darlings, the wait is finally over! Wes Anderson's immensely charming and wickedly funny THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL opens today and to celebrate we are transforming Palace Westgarth into THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL and lighting it up in pink for the release. You can also wet your whistle in cinema with a refreshing Gustave's Gimlet.

We also have a very special Q&A event with Director and actor Ralph Fiennes in attendance for his new film THE INVISIBLE WOMAN. We only have two days left of the AUDI FESTIVAL OF GERMAN FILMS with closing night tomorrow, and the SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL will be here from April 30, with tickets now on sale.

Craig Monahan will also be in attendance for his new film HEALING with a special Q&A event at Cinema Como and we have plenty to see in our PALACE FAMILY SELECTION this school holidays.

Keep reading for all of this and more.

 
 
 
 
 
 
  THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL [M] - Now Showing
Wes Anderson's THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent.

Don't forget to visit Palace Westgarth to see it lit up in pink until Easter!

"Wes Anderson's captivating 1930s-set caper offers a vibrant and
imaginative evocation of a bygone era"
-Justin Chang, VARIETY
 
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You can wet your whistle at Palace Cinema Como, Kino and Westgarth with a refreshing Gustave's Gimlet. Enjoy!
Now Showing at Palace Balwyn, Brighton Bay, Cinema Como, Dendy Brighton, Kino and Westgarth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  THE INVISIBLE WOMAN [CTC] - Special Q&A Event with Ralph Fiennes in attendance!
We are thrilled to invite you to a very special Q&A Event screening of The Invisible Woman with the renowned Oscar nominated actor and director Ralph Fiennes in attendance! Ralph will be participating in a special Q&A with the cinema audience after the film moderated by Thomas Caldwell.

"Brilliantly acted, vibrantly alive, pulsing with subtle eroticism."
 Variety

SCREENING DETAILS
 The Invisible Woman
 Special Q&A with Ralph Fiennes in attendance
 Palace Cinema Como
 Wednesday April 16th, 6.30pm
Tickets: Movie Club Members: $20 | General Public $25
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The Invisible Woman marks Ralph Fiennes’ second outing as director, while also starring as the complex figure, writer Charles Dickens. In 1857, at the height of Dickens’ career, he pursued a love affair with a young actress, Nelly Ternan. She remained his muse for the rest of his life, but their relationship was kept secret, even after Dickens’ separation from his wife. As a result, Ternan’s story is one of someone who almost wasn’t there; her story very nearly disappearing from the record for good. Claire Tomalin’s pioneering biography of Dickens has been adapted by British screenwriter Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady, The Hour). The Invisible Woman is an elegant recreation of the times, featuring superb performances from Fiennes, Felicity Jones and Kristin Scott Thomas, delivering a richly powerful drama.

“Piercingly intimate and intelligent. An engrossing, affecting drama with excellent performances.”
The Guardian

GIVEAWAY
For your chance to WIN a prize pack, thanks to eOne Group and Penguin Books Australia, including The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens, by Claire Tomalin, and Great Expectations classic edition by Charles Dickens, simply email [email protected] with your name, postage address and answer to this question: What is the name of the protagonist and narrator in Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations?  The lucky winner will be notified!  Good luck!
 
 
 
 
 
 
  2014 AUDI FESTIVAL OF GERMAN FILMS - Last Days!
The 2014 Audi Festival of German Films is coming to an end, but you can still catch the last screening of OH BOY tonight and the Closing Night film LIFE’S NO PIECE OF CAKE tomorrow at Palace Cinema Como.

Oh Boy
Palace Cinema Como
8.30pm Tonight
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Closing Night
Palace Cinema Como
Tomorrow Night
6.30pm arrivals with drinks and live entertainment
7.00pm screening of LIFE’S NO PIECE OF CAKE
Palace Movie Club Members & Goethe Institute Members $27
General Admission $30
 
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Now Showing at Cinema Como and Kino Cinemas until Friday
 
 
 
 
 
 
  HEALING [CTC] - Special Q&A with director Craig Monahan
We are thrilled invite you to a special Q&A Event with Director Craig Monahan of for his new film HEALING.

SCREENING DETAILS
 HEALING
 Palace Cinema Como
 Sunday May 4th, 4.00pm

After 18 years in prison, Viktor Khadem (Don Hany, East West 101, Offspring) is a man who has almost given up on life.

For his final 12 months, he is sentenced to Won Wron, a low-security prison 200 km outside Melbourne in regional Victoria, where Senior Officer Matt Perry (Hugo Weaving) has established a unique program to rehabilitate broken men through giving them the responsibility for the rehabilitation of injured raptors - beautiful, fearsome proud eagles, falcons and owls.

Against all odds, Matt takes on Viktor as his number one test case, introducing him to Yasmine, the majestic Wedge-tailed Eagle with a two metre wingspan. If these two can tame each other, anything is possible.

Inspired by true events, HEALING is a powerful, moving story of redemption, the discovery of hope and the healing of the spirit - in the most unlikely place, for the most unique men, through the most unusual catalyst.

 
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Commencing  May 8 at Palace Balwyn, Brighton Bay, Cinema Como and Kino
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  2014 SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL - Presented by Estrella Damm
Going strong in its 17th year, the Spanish Film Festival continues to present audiences with an unsurpassed opportunity to see the very best and most recent Spanish and Spanish-language Latin American films.
 
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OPENING NIGHT: LIVING IS EASY WITH EYES CLOSED

Opening this year’s Festival is LIVING IS EASY WITH EYES CLOSED winner of six 2014 Goya Awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay. Lead by the ever-appealing Javier Camara, this part road-trip, part coming-of-age comedy set against the stunning backdrop of Franco’s sundrenched Spain will make you laugh while tugging at your deepest heartstrings. 

PALACE CINEMA COMO 
WEDNESDAY 30 APRIL
6.30pm Lonia Cava bubbles on arrival 
7.00pm screening of LIVING IS EASY WITH EYES CLOSED
Followed by after party
Palace Movie Club Members $50
General Admission $55
 
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CLOSING NIGHT: WITCHING AND BITCHING

Alex de la Iglesia’s high-octane and outrageously zany battle of the sexes will shock audiences into laughter and make for a breathless closing night. Winner of eight Goya Awards including Best Supporting Actress, Best Art Direction and Best Special Effects. 

PALACE CINEMA COMO 
SUNDAY 18 MAY
6.15pm arrivals with sangria and tapas
7.00pm screening of WITCHING AND BITCHING
Palace Movie Club Members $26
General Admission $32
 
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SPECIAL GUEST: ÁLEX GONZÁLEZ

Appearing in two of the Festival’s programmed films; Scorpion in Love and Combustion, Álex González (X-Men: First Class) will journey to Australia, for the first time ever, to participate in a series of special Festival Q&A sessions at Palace Cinemas following select screenings of Scorpion in Love. 

Please join us in welcoming Álex to the 2014 Spanish Film Festival at:
PALACE CINEMA COMO
FRIDAY 2 MAY
6:30pm SCORPION IN LOVE followed by Q&A with Álex González
 
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For more information, and to register for updates, visit the festival's official website, like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  PALACE FAMILY OFFERS THIS SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
Going to the cinema as a family is both a cherished and memorable experience, and we wish to entertain you and your families with a marvellous selection of family friendly films all year round. Palace Cinemas would like to provide families with an economical option at the cinemas. As a result we have these family offers that everyone will be thrilled with because film aficionados have families too. Use them this school holiday season or sooner to see Mr Peabody & Sherman, The LEGO Movie and Muppets Most Wanted.

TICKET OFFERS
Family of 3
$39 SAVE $8.50

Family of 4
$50  SAVE up to $17

Family of 5
$55 SAVE up to $26
 
Family of 6
$60 SAVE up to $35

SOFT DRINK AND POPCORN OFFERS
Offer 1 - 1 Small Drink & 1 Small Popcorn $9
Offer 2 - 2 Small Drinks & 2 Small Popcorns $15 - Save 5.80
Offer 3 - 3 small Drinks & 3 Small Popcorns $20 - Save $11.20
Any  Additional Combos available for only $4 each

*Some conditions apply. Family ticket offers now available to purchase online. Simply select your film, and choose which family ticket you wish to use.
 
 
 
 
 
  THE LEGO MOVIE [PG] - Now Showing
Directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,21 Jump Street) the original 3D computer-animated story follows Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as The Special, the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world.  He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.
 
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Now Showing at Palace Balwyn, Dendy Brighton and Westgarth
 
 
 
 
  MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN [PG] - Now Showing
The dazzlingly brilliant Mr. Peabody – who happens to be a dog – and his adopted boy Sherman embark on a comical time travel adventure through the defining moments of world history. But even a transcendent genius like Peabody must grapple with the most daunting challenge of any era: figuring out how to be a parent.
 
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Now Showing at Palace Balwyn, Dendy Brighton and Westgarth
 
 
 
 
  MUPPETS MOST WANTED [PG] - Now Showing
While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his dastardly sidekick.

 
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Now Showing at Palace Balwyn, Dendy Brighton and Westgarth
 
 
 
 
 
  THE FINISHERS [PG] - Coming Soon
Julien (Fabien Héraud) is 17, has a great sense of humour, bags of charm, and is wheelchair-bound due to cerebral palsy. 

Despite their love for him, his family is gradually falling apart under the strain of dealing with his disability. In a bid to bond with his father Paul (Jacques Gamblin), Julien challenges him to participate with him in the Ironman race in Nice (French Riviera), a triathlon in which his father has previously competed. This trial is already exceptional, but it becomes almost impossible if one has to help a disabled youth throughout the course. Beyond the sporting exploit, this is the story of one family’s exemplary combat, and a moving portrait of the love between a father and his son.

The characters are inspired by a true story in this emotionally involving film, with moving performances from a terrific cast, including Alexandra Lamy as Julien’s mother, Claire. With Rocky-esque training montages and nail-biting sequences in the stunning mountains of Nice (shot at the actual 2012 Ironman competition), director Nils Tavernier turns the conventions of the sports film on its head. You might even be inspired to run yourself after seeing this stirring family story!
 
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Screening exclusively at Palace Brighton Bay, Cinema Como and Kino Cinemas from April 17.
 
 
 
 
 
  FLASHBACK FILMS: ALADDIN & THE PRINCESS BRIDE
The films that shaped your childhood are back on the big screen with our new program of FLASHBACK FILMS, a specially curated selection of much loved classic family films, perfect for all ages at Palace Balwyn and Dendy Brighton.

ALADDIN
Aladdin, a street urchin, accidentally meets Princess Jasmine, who is in the city undercover. They love each other, but she can only marry a prince.

ALADDIN Screening Details
10:30am Saturday 12 April and Sunday 13 April
Palace Balwyn and Dendy Brighton
Tickets: $8 Palace Movie Club Members
$10 Non-members.
 
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THE PRINCESS BRIDE - BY POPULAR DEMAND
A classic fairy tale, The Princess Bride is an intelligent mix of swashbuckling, romance, and comedy that takes an age-old damsel-in-distress story and makes it fresh.

THE PRINCESS BRIDE Screening Details
10.30am Saturday 19 April and Sunday 20 April
Palace Balwyn and Dendy Brighton
Tickets: $8 Palace Movie Club Members
$10 Non-members.
 
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  DIVERGENT [M] - Now Showing
Based on Veronica Roth's best-selling novel, DIVERGENT is a gripping action-thriller set in a futuristic world where society has been divided into five factions.

As each person approaches adulthood, he or she must choose a faction and commit to it for the rest of their life. Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) chooses Dauntless - the daring risk-takers who pursue bravery above all else. During the Dauntless initiation Tris completes death-defying stunts and faces her inmost fears in spectacular simulations. When she discovers she is 'Divergent', someone who will never be able to fit into just one faction, she is warned that she must conceal this secret or risk her life. As Tris uncovers a looming war which threatens her family and the life of the mysterious Dauntless leader whom she has come to love, Tris must face her greatest test yet - deciding whether revealing she is a Divergent will save her world - or destroy it.
 
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Now Showing at Palace Balwyn, Dendy Brighton, Kino and Westgarth
 
 
 
 
  THE OTHER WOMAN [CTC] - Now Showing
Carly (played by Cameron Diaz) is a hot shot New York lawyer who has it all, including a hot new boyfriend. She accidentally discovers however that her boyfriend is married to Kate (played by Leslie Mann). Carly and Kate decide to unite together to get even. They soon realize that he is also cheating on both of them with another woman, Amber (played by Upton). The three women all come together to get even and become best friends in the process.
 
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Commencing April 17 at Palace Balwyn, Dendy Brighton, Kino and Westgarth
 
 
 
 
  THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 [CTC] - Coming Soon
We’ve always known that Spider-Man’s most important battle has been within himself: the struggle between the ordinary obligations of Peter Parker and the extraordinary responsibilities of Spider-Man. But in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2, Peter Parker finds that a greater conflict lies ahead.

It’s great to be Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield). For Peter Parker, there’s no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and spending time with Gwen (Emma Stone). But being Spider-Man comes at a price: only Spider-Man can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city. With the emergence of Electro (Jamie Foxx), Peter must confront a foe far more powerful than he. And as his old friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns, Peter comes to realize that all of his enemies have one thing in common: OsCorp.
 
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Commencing April 17 at Palace Balwyn and Dendy Brighton
 
 
 
 
  CHINESE PUZZLE [M] - Coming Soon
CHINESE PUZZLE centers on Xavier, a father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him and in turn follows them to the Big Apple.

The film reassembles many of Klapisch's greatest character actors including Audrey Tautou (Amélie, Thérèse), Romain Duris (Heartbreaker, Paris), Kelly Reilly (Flight, Mrs Henderson Presents) and Cécile De France (Hereafter).
 
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Commencing April 17 at Palace Balwyn, Brighton Bay, Cinema Como and Kino Cinemas
 
 
 
 
  LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON [PG] - Coming Soon

The ‘switched at birth’ urban legend and the Nature-vs.-Nurture debate provides, the globally acclaimed director of Nobody Knows, Still Walking and I Wish, Hirokazu Kore-eda with a fresh opportunity to revisit his ongoing preoccupation with family dynamics and parent-child relationships in contemporary Japan.

The life of go-getting workaholic architect Ryota—one of comfort and quietly ordered affluence with his wife Midori and son Keita —is violently overturned when hospital administrators reveal the unthinkable: Keita is not his biological son. Due to a mistake made by a negligent nurse, his ‘true’ son has been raised in the dishevelled but warm-hearted home of working-class shopkeeper Yudai and his wife.

The different approaches of both couples to their excruciating dilemma and the gradual emotional awakening of the all-too-rational Ryota are at the core of this sensitive drama of family feeling, which showcases Kore-eda’s rich sense of humanity.

 
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Commencing April 17 at Palace Cinema Como and Kino Cinemas
 
 
 
 
  TCHAIKOVSKY'S THE SLEEPING BEAUTY - Coming Soon
The Sleeping Beauty is the pinnacle of classical ballet: a perfect marriage of Petipa’s choreography and Tchaikovsky’s music and a glorious challenge for every dancer on stage. It is also The Royal Ballet’s signature work. To mark the Company’s 75th birthday in 2006, Monica Mason and Christopher Newton revitalized its landmark 1946 production. With Oliver Messel’s gorgeous original designs wonderfully re-imagined by Peter Farmer, and additional choreography by Anthony Dowell, Christopher Wheeldon and Frederick Ashton, has made a Sleeping Beauty for today which not only captures the mood of the original but shows that this is very much a living work for The Royal Ballet, growing and changing with the Company while celebrating its past. 
 
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Commencing April 18th at Palace Balwyn, Brighton Bay and Cinema Como
 
 
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