Highlights of the 2021 British Film Festival

The 2021 British Film Festival is quickly approaching, boasting a stellar lineup of thirty-one films celebrating the finest filmmakers and acting talent the region has to offer. The 2021 season includes exquisite performances from favourites including Dame Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Olivia Colman, Odessa Young, Colin Firth, Michael Caine and Timothy Spall. In…

Daniel Craig’s Finest Moments As Bond

It is with great sadness and nostalgia that we approach the end of Daniel Craig’s era as James Bond, marked by his final performance in the upcoming feature No Time to Die. Craig has proven himself to be iconic in this part, bringing newfound dimensionality and cementing himself as one of the best 007s to…

Italian Film Festival 2021 Highlights

Now in its 22nd year, the ST. ALi Italian Film Festival has returned to Palace Cinemas, showcasing the best in new Italian cinema as well as classic gems of old. Screening nationally in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra and Byron Bay from October onwards, tickets are now on sale and with so many incredible films…

The Top 5 Films We’re Excited for from The Venice Film Festival

The Venice Film Festival is well underway and is serving up some seriously good reviews for this year’s biggest releases which will be playing soon at Palace Cinemas (yeah, we’re very excited!).  Here they are in no particular order, each one directed by filmmakers we adore. ‘Parallel Mothers’ Pedro Almodovar (Pain & Glory) is one…

VERY Early Oscar Predictions 2022

We’re shaking off our lockdown blues by imagining ourselves in ball gowns and tuxes, then getting way ahead of ourselves with some VERY early Oscar predictions.  If nothing else, we just want to get excited about some great films coming soon to Palace Cinemas. From as early as November, we’ll start seeing a line of…

Are some indoor venues safer than others? Cinemas are, says Berlin COVID-19 study

A new research study titled – Covid-19 contagion via aerosol particles – a comparative evaluation of indoor environments – by scientists at the Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin) / Hermann-Rietschel-Institut in Germany has concluded that cinemas are safer than almost any other indoor environment when safety guidelines are being followed. Significantly, the study finds that the…

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The Big-Screen Thriller Is Back!

Lock in for a pulsive, neon-soaked fever dream thriller made for the big screen. The character-driven thriller genre has delivered some iconic films throughout the years, think films like Serpico, Taxi Driver and Dog Day Afternoon. These films viscerally explore morality, desire, and obsession through a character’s subjective descent into the dark reaches of the…

OUR TOP SFF21 PICKS
April 29

Have you chosen your picks for this year’s Moro Spanish Film Festival? With sessions already filling up, we’re taking a moment to look at 5 films we think are must-sees! The August Virgin (CTC) | BOOK TICKETS A sumptuous, liberating drama about home and self, The August Virgin was chosen by respected film journal Cahiers…

Academy Award Winners 2021

That’s a wrap on the 93rd annual Academy Awards, and what a night it was! This year has seen more history records broken with Chloe Zhao being the second woman and first Chinese Director to win Best Director for Nomadland, Yuh-Jung Youn is the first person from South Korea to win best-supporting Actress for Minari, Mia…

OUR TOP SFF21 PICKS
April 22

Have you chosen your picks for this year’s Moro Spanish Film Festival? With sessions already filling up, we’re taking a moment to look at 5 films we think are must-sees! If I Were Rich (M) | BOOK TICKETS It’s a sparkling tale of love lost and wealth found in Goya Award-winning director Álvaro Fernández Armero’s…

OUR TOP SFF21 PICKS
April 15

Have you chosen your picks for this year’s Moro Spanish Film Festival? With sessions already filling up, we’re taking a moment to look at 5 films we think are must-sees! Rosa’s Wedding (M) | BOOK TICKETS From writer/director Icíar Bollaín (Yuli, SFF19), the joyous new romantic comedy Rosa’s Wedding features the superb Candela Peña (Truman…

OUR TOP AFFFF21 PICKS
March 25

Have you chosen your picks for this year’s Alliance Française French Film Festival? With sessions already filling up, we’re taking a moment to look at 5 films we think are must-sees! Love Affair(s) (CTC) | BOOK TICKETS When two strangers are left alone in the French countryside, they fill their time by regaling stories of…