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Portrait of a Lady on Fire
In the (Art)House showcases our most anticipated or recent-favourite arthouse films. ★★★★★ “Real love may be fleeting, but as Portrait of a Lady on Fire explains, art and memory are immortal.” Clarisse Loughrey, INDEPENDENT (UK) French writer and director Céline Sciamma has delivered some of the most flawless minimalist cinema in recent years and her…
Continue ReadingCannes Film Festival Won’t Go Virtual
Another Film Festival affected by the coronavirus pandemic, Cannes Film Festival, has announced they will not take the virtual route if the festival can’t be hosted as a physical event. This announcement comes from Thierry Fremeaux, the festival’s director, in which he stated,“(For) Cannes, its soul, its history, its efficiency, it’s a model that wouldn’t…
Continue ReadingPalace Raine Square
Exploring Palace Cinemas eclectic venues around the country One of our newer sites around the country, and Palace’s first standalone foray into Western Australia, Palace Raine Square threw its doors open to a night of razzle and dazzle on the 17th September 2018, premiering the very fitting comedy/ drama Ladies in Black. Telling the story…
Continue ReadingApril 9
It’s not a trip to the movies without catching the film previews beforehand, and let’s be honest, trailers have become an art-form in themselves. So every Thursday we’ll showcase the best new trailers we can’t stop repeating, as well as some of our favourite classics. High Ground release TBC THE FRENCH DISPATCH release TBC…
Continue ReadingSharing Is Caring
We’ll be sharing cinema together again soon, but until then, Palace Cinemas wants to share some of our film favourites with our Weekly Watch List. Here’s to sharing and staying safe. THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD (2007) | Andrew Dominik An expertly crafted period piece and insightful look at…
Continue ReadingCall Me By Your Name stars to return for sequel
Fantastic news for Call Me By Your Name fans (ourselves included…), director Luca Guadagnino recently stated in an interview with Italian news outlet La Repubblica that Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer and more of the original cast are returning for a CMBYN sequel. Guadagnino has been publicly speaking about a sequel to the Academy Award-winning film…
Continue ReadingMajor Films Redated for 2020
Multiple studios have already rescheduled films in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Still, this week brought a major overhaul to the 2020 release calendar with new confirmed dates for highly-anticipated films from Disney, 20th Century, Paramount, Sony and Warner Bros in the U.S., with some films moving entirely to 2021. Although release dates may…
Continue ReadingCelebrating 25 years of Muriel’s Wedding
“My life’s as good as an ABBA song. It’s as good as Dancing Queen.” Some twenty-five years ago, one of the most iconic films (with one of the most iconic quotes!) to come out of the Australian film industry hit the big screen in the US. Muriel’s Wedding, released here in Australia in September 1994,…
Continue ReadingBong Joon-ho
“Once you overcome the 1-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films” Our In Focus series examines some of cinema’s most beloved directors, highlighting some of the ingredients that make up their signature style, as well as showcase our top-picks of their best films. This instalment celebrates Bong Joon-ho, who…
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We’ll be sharing cinema together again soon, but until then, Palace Cinemas wants to share some of our film favourites with our Weekly Watch List. Here’s to sharing and staying safe. FRANCES HA (2012) | Noah Baumbach Frances (Greta Gerwig) is an apprentice for a dance company (though she isn’t really a dancer) who…
Continue ReadingApril 2
It’s not a trip to the movies without catching the film previews beforehand, and let’s be honest, trailers have become an art-form in themselves. So every Thursday we’ll showcase the best new trailers we can’t stop repeating, as well as some of our favourite classics. THE ASSISTANT release TBC GREYHOUND release TBC SOUL release TBC…
Continue ReadingOur CEO on why Cinemas will rebound ‘skinnier and hungry to succeed’
“Sometimes a crisis brings out the best in people and I think we’ve seen that in our industry.” Benjamin Zeccola, CEO of Palace Cinemas sat down with Don Groves of IF Magazine to discuss the current state of the cinema industry, why Palace were the first cinema circuit to close amid the COVID-19 crisis and…
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