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Monday Doubles: Ninotchka + Woman of the Year PG
Two fantastic black and white classics! Featuring icons of the silver screen - Greta Garbo & Katherine Hepburn
NT Live: Prima Facie (Encore with drink on arrival) E
Join us or a drink on arrival and a special encore presentation NT Live: Prima Facie starring the brilliant Jodie Comer.
The Critic - advance preview with cake on arrival M
Enjoy a slice of cake and an advance preview of The Critic, starring Ian McKellen, on Sunday September 22 at Palace Nova Cinemas Eastend.
Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis - Adelaide advance preview on the ExiMax CTC
Experience an advance preview of Francis Ford Coppola's highly anticipated new film, Megalopolis featuring an all-star cast, on the LARGEST screen in Adelaide - the ExiMax!
St. ALi Italian Film Festival 2024 - Prosecco Preview Event CTC
Join us for a special preview of the 2024 St. ALi Italian Film Festival on Wednesday September 25, and enjoy a prosecco on arrival ahead of the Australian premiere of the gripping maritime thriller Comandante.
The Bonfire Horror Club presents: Event Horizon MA15
When a spacecraft that vanished years earlier, suddenly reappears, a team is dispatched to investigate the ship only to find that something sinister resides in its corridors
Big Screen Epics: Ran M
The final masterpiece from one of the most important and influential film makers in cinematic history, Akira Kurosawa - Ran, a reimagining of Shakespeare's King Lear. Ticketholders will be eligible to WIN prizes provided by Gamma Rays Comics!
St. ALi Italian Film Festival 2024 - Opening Night Gala + After-party CTC
Join us for opening night of the 2024 St. ALi Italian Film Festival, and enjoy a drink on arrival and much more ahead of the Australian premiere of the foot-stomping fun of Gloria!
Joker: Folie à Deux - Cocktails, Comics and Costumes opening night event CTC
Ticketholders have the chance to WIN prizes provided by Gamma Rays Comics, Galactic Video, and Dark Oz Publishing!
St. ALi Italian Film Festival 2024 - Prosecco Premiere CTC
Enjoy a drink on arrival ahead of the Australian premiere of Daniele Luchetti’s highly anticipated and star-studded new film, Trust.
Filmmaker Q&A - Memoir of a Snail CTC
Join us for a special advance preview and Zoom Q&A with Academy Award winning director Adam Elliot, as we chat about his new film Memoir of a Snail - WINNER Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Cristal Award for Best Feature Film.
Seven Samurai - 70th anniversary 4K restoration PG
Restored with a stunning new 4K! When 16th-century farmers whose village is repeatedly attacked by merciless bandits ask an elderly, masterless samurai for help.
Monday Doubles: Crazy Rich Asians + Joy Ride MA15
Pack your bags for love and comedy! The global blockbuster Crazy Rich Asians, plus the side-splitting comedy Joy Ride together for one night only.
A Different Man - Movie Club Advance Preview CTC
See it first! A Different Man - a wild, trippy, and dazzling new comedy starring Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, and Adam Pearson.
St. ALi Italian Film Festival 2024 - 25th Anniversary Event M
Join us for a glass of Italian wine and a special presentation of Bread and Tulips, starring Licia Maglietta and Bruno Ganz in this sweet and delightful Italian rom-com.
St. ALi Italian Film Festival 2024 - Limoncello Matinee M
Enjoy a drink on arrival ahead of a special screening of the wonderfully funny and completely original comedy - Marcello Mio, starring real-life mother-daughter duo of Catherine Deneuve and Chiara Mastroianni.
Rashomon - restored M
Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, Akira Kurosawa’s "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice.
Monday Doubles: The Thing + Videodrome R18+
The best of Carpenter AND Cronenberg - together for one night only!
Smile 2 - advance preview presented by the Bonfire Horror Club CTC
Be one of the first to see the sequel to the surprise smash hit – Smile 2, presented by the Bonfire Horror Club at Palace Nova Cinemas Eastend on October 16.
Ikiru - 4k restoration CTC
A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
Monday Doubles: Frankenstein + Dracula M
It's alive! The original Universal monster icons wreak havoc on the big screen in a double feature for cinephiles and horror fans alike. Plus, bonus Q&A to follow with author Daniel Best!
St. ALi Italian Film Festival 2024 - Closing Night CTC
Join us on Tuesday, October 22 as we say 'arrivederci' to the St. ALi Italian Film Festival 2024 with the Australian premiere of Conclave, the new film from acclaimed director Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front), starring Ralph Fienne
Venom: The Last Dance - Cocktails, Comics and Costumes opening night event CTC
Ticketholders have the chance to WIN prizes provided by Gamma Rays Comics, Galactic Video, and Dark Oz Publishing!
Throne of Blood - 4k restoration CTC
Akira Kurosawa's masterful and riveting take on Shakespeare's Macbeth!
Big Screen Epics: Saving Private Ryan MA15
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
The Bonfire Horror Club presents: Creepshow M
The Bonfire Horror Club presents the perfect Halloween treat – A compendium of five short but terrifying tales contained within a single full-length feature with an all-star cast of the 1970’s & 80’s directed by the iconic George A. Romero.
Adelaide Film Festival 2024 CTC
Welcome to Adelaide Film Festival (AFF), South Australia's premier screen event. Get ready to see in the dark. Tickets available at https://www.adelaidefilmfestival.org/
The Hidden Fortress - 4k restoration CTC
Akira Kurosawa's classic that inspired George Lucas to create Star Wars!
Monday Doubles: Shaun of the Dead + Hot Fuzz MA15
Edgar Wright directs as Simon Pegg and Nick Frost take on corpses and criminals in these two hilarious and action packed modern-classics.
Yojimbo - 4k restoration CTC
Toshiro Mifune stars as a crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
Monday Doubles: Casablanca + The Maltese Falcon PG
Humphrey Bogart Double - the iconic Casablanca and the original film noir The Maltese Falcon. Two great movies for only $17
Feast Festival and Palace Nova Cinemas presents: Hedwig and the Angry Inch MA15
Palace Nova Cinemas presents the 2001 cult classic, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, as part of the 2024 Feast Festival!
Filmmaker Q&A - A Portrait of Love M
Join us for a special screening of A Portrait of Love followed by an in-person Filmmaker's Q&A with editor Sam Matthews (My Name is Gulpilil, Damage, Hotel Mumbai).
Sanjuro - 4k restoration CTC
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed companion piece and sequel to Yojimbo.
Monday Doubles: Fantastic Mr. Fox + Isle of Dogs PG
Get a double does of Wes’s wonderfully animated adventures!
High and Low - 4k restoration CTC
Toshiro Mifune stars as a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a ruthless kidnapper in Akira Kurosawa's exemplary film noir.
Big Screen Epics: Giant G
Sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.
The Bonfire Horror Club presents: Hellraiser R18+
Writer-director Clive Barker's fiendishly unique vision comes to Palace Nova for one night only!
Red Beard - 4k restoration CTC
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard.
Monday Doubles: Spirited Away + Howl's Moving Castle PG
Two of the best from the masterful Miyazaki! Ticketholders will be eligible to WIN prizes provided by Gamma Ray Comics and Galactic Video!
Monday Doubles: Con Air + Raising Arizona MA15
Twice the Cage crushing comedy and action!
Monday Doubles: Starship Troopers + Zardoz MA15
A spaced out war on bugs & a Connery’s cult sci-fi fantasy - together for one night only!
Monday Doubles: Die Hard + Die Hard 2 M
Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Watch this double and you tell me. Welcome to the party pal!
The Bonfire Horror Club presents: The Monster Squad M
This Bonfire event has nards! A charmingly frightful blast from the past, has clawed its way through the sands of time to deliver monstrous merriment.
Big Screen Epics: Ben-Hur PG
This film defined what an epic should be - it was the most expensive film ever made up to its time, and the cast of thousands and visual spectacle still impresses.