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Theatre Royal
In the evening, catch a live band or film at the historic Theatre Royal.
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Mount Vic Flicks
With its isolated, unadulterated village vibe, National Trust–classified Mt Victoria was once more influential than Katoomba. At 1043m, it’s the highest town in the mountains. Crisp air, solitude, towering foliage and historic buildings are what bring you here, but if you’d rather watch a movie, try Mount Vic Flicks. This is cinema ‘the way it used to be’, with ushers, a piano player and door prizes.
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Hoyts EQ
This hefty movie complex in the Entertainment Quarter has more than a dozen cinemas, including an IMAX screen and La Premiere, the cinematic equivalent of a first-class cabin, with lounge chairs, bar access and popcorn included ($33). Art-house films and ethnic film festivals screen in Cinema Paris, just down Bent St.
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Dendy Opera Quays
When the harbour glare and squawking seagulls get too much, follow the buttery scent of popcorn into the dark folds of this plush cinema. Screening first-run, independent world films, it’s augmented by friendly attendants, a cafe and a bar. Its sister cinema is Dendy Newtown.
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Moonlight Cinema
Take a picnic and rug and enjoy a new-season release under the stars in magnificent Centennial Park. Enter via Woollahra Gate on Oxford St.
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Palace Academy Twin
The Academy Twin is a smaller cinema that's seen better days, but the choice of art-house and independent films certainly can't be faulted. Mondays are bargain days - adults and children alike can roll jaffas down the aisles for next to nix. It's home of the Mardi Gras and French film festivals.
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Sun Theatre
‘Boutique’ art deco gloriousness with the individual theatres named after old cinemas from around the western suburbs: Trocadero, Lyric, La Scala. Best choc-top ice-cream range in town, with lolly bags and alcohol (allowed in the cinemas) to boot. Great for a first date.
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Palace Verona
This urbane cinema has a cool cafe and bar, useful for discussing the artistic merits of the nonblockbuster flick you’ve just seen. Other Palace cinemas include Palace Academy Twin and Palace Norton Street.
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Chauvel Cinema
The revamped Chauvel Cinema, located inside the historic Paddington Town Hall, strives to offer distinct and alternative cinema experiences and to foster Sydney’s film culture. It also plays host to various quirky film festivals.
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Edge Cinema
A giant screen shows mainstream flicks plus a 40-minute Blue Mountains documentary (adult/child $15/10). Budget Tuesdays feature flicks for $8.50 per person.
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Govinda’s
The Hare Krishna Govinda’s is an all-you-can-gobble vegetarian smorgasbord, including admission to the movie room upstairs. Expect mainstream blockbusters, art-house classics, incense in the air and cushions on the floor.
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Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace
Return to cinema’s golden age at this fab art-deco gem (1935). It still has its original Wurlitzer organ, which gets a workout at special events and monthly Wednesday Luncheons (movie, lunch and coffee $13).
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IMAX Cinema
It’s big bucks for a 45-minute movie, but everything about IMAX is big. The eight-storey screen shimmers with kid-friendly documentaries (sharks, Mars, haunted castles etc), many in 3-D. Size matters.
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Greater Union George St Cinemas
An orgy of popcorn-fuelled mainstream entertainment, this monster movie palace has 18 screens and plenty of eateries and teen-centric distractions. All tickets are $10 on Tight-arse Tuesday.
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Sun Pictures
Aside from watching a Cable Beach sunset, Broome’s other requisite experience is catching a film at historic Sun Pictures, the world’s oldest operating picture gardens.
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Palace Como
Glamorous cinema that hosts film festivals and has fab Fridays (half-price cocktails and tapas).
Outdoor cinemas are very popular in the summer; check the websites for seasonal opening dates and program details. Movies are often old-time faves, but new releases also get a showing. Tickets range from $15 to $20 and can sell out quickly.
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Starlight Cinema
The lure of big outdoor movie screens is too good for Sydneysiders to pass up on long, hot summer nights, when Starlight Cinema flickers to life on the North Shore.
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State Cinema
The State shows independent and art-house flicks from local and international filmmakers. There's a great cafe and bar on-site.
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Classic Cinema
Arthouse classics screen in what is Melbourne’s longest-running cinema (it housed a Yiddish theatre troop in 1950s). They also host an annual festival of Jewish cinema.
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Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas
Facing-off across Rundle St, both cinemas feature new-release art-house, foreign- language and independent films as well as some mainstream flicks.
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Darwin City Cinemas
This is the city’s large cinema complex, screening latest-release films across five theatres. Head down on Tropical Tuesday for $9 entry (all day).
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Mt Buller Village Cinema
Mt Buller Village Cinema. Australia’s highest cinema shows latest releases twice a week in summer, twice a day in winter.
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Capitol Theatre
Designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Chicago School in style, it's now an RMIT lecture hall and used for Melbourne Film Festival screenings.
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