Chang-dong Lee’s Burning, based on Haruki Murakami’s short story ‘Barn Burning’, approaches the mysteries of life in this unconventional and genre-subverting thriller set in modern consumerist South-Korea. The film explores the lives of three enigmatic youths as they try to make sense of their purpose, existence and place in the world. Born in Daegu the […]

We’re opening a new cinema in the heart of Surfers Paradise!  The 12 screen cinema complex is set to open as a part of the X Galaxy Centre redevelopment in late-2019. After the closure of the Hoyts complex in 1995, our new location, situated on the corner of Surfers Paradise Boulevard and Elkhorn Avenue, represents […]

With so many quality family films opening this holiday season, there are few better places to keep the kids entertained then Palace Cinemas. Ferdinand Screening from December 14 To kick-off the festive fun is Ferdinand! Ferdinand tells the story of a loveable bull who after escaping from a training camp is adopted by a young […]

CAPI Outdoor Cinema @ Westgarth  will be lighting up the night sky from Saturday, December 2. The outdoor cinema will be located at the rear of the art-deco icon Palace Westgarth, adjacent to the historical exterior of the building. Our 30 seat cinema with high-definition headphones features murals and up-cycled furniture created by cinema staff […]

We are proud to showcase our newest cinema, Palace Central, due to open on Thursday in Sydney’s Chippendale. Palace Central will offer an unparalleled atmosphere to relax and unwind, with multiple bar and lounge areas to enjoy a pre-movie catch up or post-film debrief. Central’s menu offers a curated selection of fine wines, craft beers […]

Your premier destination for cutting edge British cinema returns to Palace this October with the Cunard British Film Festival.   This year’s blockbuster line-up will feature a spread of British cinematic delights from sweeping romances and beloved book adaptations, to intriguing music documentaries and pulse racing thrillers – all featuring a variety of British cinema royalty, […]

Hold on to your hard hats, as construction for Sydney’s newest cinema is well underway! Located in Central Park Mall precinct, Palace Cinemas Central is opening soon to radically shake-up Sydney’s cinema landscape. Palace Central is set to open in the multi-award winning development located in Chippendale, in November this year. Comprising of 13 screens, […]

We’re delighted to announce our newly built Melbourne café and bar the Overlook, named from the iconic Overlook Hotel in The Shining is a silver winner in the 2017 Melbourne Design Awards. Adjoin to our heritage-listed Astor Theatre, the Overlook’s brand design complements the cinema’s eclectic eccentricity and art deco styled interiors. The project creator […]

Following the film’s rousing reception at the Sydney film festival in June, and near sell-out screenings at the upcoming MIFF and Brisbane Film Festivals, we’re delighted to welcome THAT’S NOT ME filmmakers, Gregory Erdstein and Alice Foulcher to our cinemas for exclusive Q&A screenings. The special event sessions will be hosted in Melbourne, Sydney and […]

Accio nine Harry Potter films! We’re thrilled to be hosting PotterFest – A Harry Potter Marathon at our cinemas to celebrate 20 years since the publication of the first novel. The twenty-three hour marathon will be showing at the Astor Theatre in Melbourne, Chauvel Cinema in Sydney, Palace Electric in Canberra and Palace Centro in […]

West-side dwellers, we’re coming for you! We’re delighted to announce the development of a new twelve-screen Palace Cinema on Puckle Street in Moonee Ponds, which will include three platinum screens and an outdoor cinema space. The cinema will be part of a stylish retail, hospitality, accommodation and leisure development by Giancorp Property Group right in […]

Last week, we had the utmost pleasure of welcoming the inimitable Bill Nighy to the Astor Theatre for an in-depth conversation with journalist Philippa Hawker discussing his most recent release, THEIR FINEST, his illustrious career, and Bob Dylan’s harmonica. Below is an excerpt of their lively conversation: … PH: THEIR FINEST is about a film […]

We’re thrilled to announce that a new bar and café called Overlook has opened adjacent to the Astor Theatre. Inhabiting a space vacated recently by a launderette, Overlook takes its name from the iconic Overlook hotel featured in Stephen King’s 1977 novel, The Shining.  Visually brought to life in the 1980 film adaption by master […]

The BBC First British Film Festival, now in the fourth year, has grown from strength-to-strength and almost doubled in size from its original incarnation.  We sat down with the festival’s programming Manager, Kim Petalas, to talk about the best of British Cinema and of this year’s festival.  BBC First British Film Festival runs across October […]

We are thrilled to announce that we will be opening a new cinema, Palace Central, in the multi-award winning development, Central Park Mall, in Sydney’s Chippendale. The new 14 screen complex on Level 3 of the centre will open in late 2017 and will also uphold the building’s ‘green’ ethos, utilising technology which will use […]

HE LOVES YOU (YEAH, YEAH, YEAH) Jeffrey Black is an avid fan of ‘The Fab Four’ and has been since the day he walked into Palings record store in Queen Street (Brisbane) and bought a copy of ‘Paperback Writer’ in 1966. With the release of Ron Howard’s film ‘The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – […]

There’s nothing  hotter than Patsy and Eddy right now, except a cinema full of them! Fans at premiere screenings across the country for Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, were lucky enough to enjoy seeing Patsy Stone and Eddiena Monsoon (aka Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders) live in person on the gold carpet! Oozing glitz, glamour, (and names, names, names, sweetie!) […]

Cine Latino is the first national program of cinema from a region that is home to more than 600 million people across 20 countries. We sat down with program coordinator Alex Castro to talk about this new festival. Why now for a Latin American Film Festival? We’ve always seen great Spanish-language cinema from Latin America […]

Last week, we had the utmost pleasure of hosting guests of this year’s Volvo Scandinavian Film Festival, brothers, Jakob and Jonas Oftebro. With each starring in festival highlights, GOLD COAST and AS IT IS IN HEAVEN 2: HEAVEN ON EARTH and THE WAVE respectively, the brothers spent time in Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne enjoying the […]

Fitting it was, that Palace Barracks Cinema hosted the recent Queensland Premiere of Ivan Sen’s GOLDSTONE; when Sen introduced the film to a sold-out crowd he revealed he had written much of the screenplay in the Palace Barracks café. While introducing the Queensland Premiere, Brisbane-based Sen indicated he had written many pivotal scenes for the […]