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Spanish film fans are discovering LIVING IS EASY (WITH EYES CLOSED) while Jason Bateman has found out THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU . Brad Pitt stars in FURY, and Miles Teller gets WHIPLASH Next week Jeremy Renner will KILL THE MESSENGER and Bill Nighy and Imelda Staunton feel PRIDE
 
Catch Australian animal legends in Flashback Films: RED DOG and next week PHARLAP
Vintage Classics at Kino brings you THE DARK CRYSTAL and next week Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO
Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy act up a storm in National Theatre Live: SKYLIGHT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Living is Easy (With Eyes Closed) [M] - Now Showing!
The multi award-winning box office smash from writer/director David Trueba, LIVING IS EASY (WITH EYES CLOSED) is a buoyant and heartfelt road movie set in Franco’s Spain, about a free-spirited English teacher’s journey to meet his idol, John Lennon. Inspired by true events and fuelled by the affecting backbeat of pop euphoria, this funny and touching fable is both a farewell to an era of repression and a welcome to a new age, capturing the spirit of the ‘60s and a country desperate for a better future. Read More.

Now Showing at Palace Balwyn, Brighton Bay, Cinema Como and Kino
 
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See LIVING IS EASY (WITH EYES CLOSED) at Palace Cinemas for your chance to win a dinner for two at MoVida! Purchase a ticket to see LIVING IS EASY (WITH EYES CLOSED) within the promotional period, attach your ticket stub to the reverse of a completed entry form, and pop it in the entry box on site.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Emirates British Film Festival 2014 - Coming Soon
Tickets are now on sale for the much awaited Emirates British Film Festival!

With a mix of wildly entertaining comedies, cinematic adaptations, first-time features, and award-winning titles, this year’s program will showcase the best and brightest Brit talent with an exceptional program of 15 brand new films plus the top picks of British “Swinging Sixties” cinema in a specially curated section Six from the 60s.

Screening at Palace Balwyn, Palace Brighton Bay and Palace Cinema Como from November 5 - November 26

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OPENING NIGHT GALA
Palace Cinema Como, Wednesday 5 November
6.30pm Pre-film drink on arrival
7.00pm Screening of TESTAMENT OF YOUTH 
Direct from the London Film Festival, this epic coming of age war tale is based on Vera Brittain's memoir of WWI which, 80 years on, remains one of the most powerful and famous memoirs of the 20th century.
Ticket includes official after party with drinks courtesy of Cake Wines, canapés and live entertainment.
Palace Movie Club $50 / General Admission $55
 
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HIGH TEA: WHEN THE QUEEN CAME TO TOWN 
Palace Balwyn, Sunday 9 November
1.15pm High Tea
1.45pm Screening of WHEN THE QUEEN CAME TO TOWN 
The Queen's maiden visit to Australia marked the end of one era and the dawn of another - relive the nostalgia of young Australia as Queen Elizabeth II travels the country, narrated by Bert Newton.
Ticket includes a decadent selection of sandwiches, sweet treats, a glass of sparkling and tea courtesy of Numi Organic Tea.
Palace Movie Club $30 / General Admission $35
 
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  The Delphi Bank 21st Greek Film Festival - Now Showing!
The Delphi Bank 21st Greek Film Festival is in full swing!
Audiences can expect a repertoire of over twenty films in a program that handles Greek family tragedies, carefully crafted dramas and tense thrillers with a strong resilient hand. Don't miss out on the below festival highlights:

SHORT FILM PROGRAMMES
Returning as part of the Delphi Bank 21st Greek Film Festival, the Greek-Australian Short Film Festival will celebrate its fifth year with a programme expansion to include a session dedicated to International short films from Greece and beyond for the first time. Filmmakers will compete for Best Short Film prizes in local and International categories. 

Thursday, 23 October (Tonight!) 7.00pm

Saturday, 25 October, 4.00pm
 
 
CLOSING NIGHT GALA
Promakhos caps off the Delphi Bank 21st Greek Film Festival. For over two centuries, the legality behind the removal of the Parthenon marbles from the Acropolis has been the subject of much controversy and passionate debate. In a highly charged and spectacular fashion, two Athenian attorneys (Pantelis Kodogiannis and Kassandra Voyagis) pursue litigation against the British Museum to return these classical Greek sculptures to their rightful home and endure a number of difficulties along the way.
Event Details:
John and Coerte Voorhees' PROMAKHOS, followed by closing night party
Palace Cinema Como
Sunday 2nd November, 7.00pm
All tickets $35
 
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To stay in the loop visit the 21st Greek Film Festival's Official Site and make sure you check all the action on our Facebook page and Twitter
 
 
 
 
 
 
  My Old Lady [M] - Movie Club Previews
Hard-up New Yorker Mathias (Kevin Kline) travels to Paris to sell a grand old apartment he inherited from his estranged father but is stunned to find a refined and spirited old lady, Mathilde (Maggie Smith), still living there with her daughter Chloé (Kristen Scott Thomas). He soon learns that he will not gain possession of the property until Mathilde dies. With a smart and funny script from celebrated writer/director Israel Horovitz, My Old Lady is a charming, sophisticated drama showcasing superb performances from its three expert leads.

Screening Details:
My Old Lady Movie Club Previews
Palace Dendy Brighton - Saturday 25th October 6.30pm
Palace Brighton Bay - Sunday 26th October 4.00pm
Kino Cinemas - Sunday 26th October 1.00pm
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  National Theatre Live: Skylight - Coming Soon
On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis (Carey Mulligan) receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant (Bill Nighy), a successful and charismatic restaurateur whose wife has recently died. As the evening progresses, the two attempt to rekindle their once passionate relationship only to find themselves locked in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies and mutual desires. Read More.

Limited Season from October 25 at Palace Brighton Bay
 
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  Whiplash [MA15+] - Now Showing 
Andrew Neyman (Miles Teller) is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. Plagued by the failed writing career of his father (Paul Reiser), Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), an instructor equally known for his teaching talents as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer into his band, forever changing the young man’s life. Read More

Now Showing at Palace Balwyn, Brighton Bay, Cinema Como, Kino, and Westgarth
 
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  Fury [MA15+] - Now Showing
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy (Brad Pitt) commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.

Now Showing at Palace Dendy Brighton and Kino Cinemas
 
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  This is Where I Leave You [M] - Now Showing

Directed by Shawn Levy (Date Night, The InternshipTHIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU is based on the hilarious and poignant best-selling novel by Jonathan Tropper. When their father passes away, four grown siblings are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof together for a week, along with their over-sharing mother and an assortment of spouses, exes and might-have-beens.

Now Showing at Palace Balwyn, Cinema Como, Dendy Brighton, Kino and Westgarth

 
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  FLASHBACK FILMS - Red Dog [PG] + Phar Lap [G]
The films that shaped your childhood are back with our third program of FLASHBACK FILMS, a specially curated selection of much loved classic family films that will transport you through the ages. Whether you want to introduce a new generation to these much loved gems or relive the films that shaped your childhood FLASHBACK FILMS is perfect for everyone. Highlights of the FLASHBACK FILMS PROGRAMME include: The Wizard of Oz 3D [G], The Lion King [G], Mulan [G], Stand By Me [M] and It's a Wonderful Life [PG]

SCREENING DETAILS
10.30am Saturdays and Sundays at Palace Balwyn and Dendy Brighton.
ALL TICKETS $8.50 excluding 3D films

RED DOG [PG]
Screening Saturday October 25 & Sunday October 26 at 10.30am!
Based on the true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master.
 
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PHAR LAP [G]
Screening Saturday November 1 & Sunday November 2 at 10.30am!
The true story of a Australian racehorse that becomes a champion with the help of a local stableboy.
 
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  Vintage Classics - The Dark Crystal [G] and Psycho [M]
Vintage Classics at Kino presents an eclectic selection of cinema so you can slip back in time, fall into your favourite genre and relive much-loved films from bygone eras on the silver screen. Highlights of the VINTAGE CLASSICS AT KINO programme include Dirty Dancing (1987) and Apocalypse Now (1979).

SCREENING DETAILS
3.00pm Sunday at Kino Cinemas
$8 Palace Movie Club Members | $10 Full Price

THE DARK CRYSTAL [G]
On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal, and so restore order to his world.
 
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PSYCHO [M]
A thirty-something secretary steals $40,000 from her employer's client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.
 
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  Pride [M] - Coming Soon
PRIDE tells the incredible true story of a Welsh mining community struggling to make ends meet during the 1984 miners’ strike, when hope arrives with the unlikeliest of allies – a group of gay and lesbian activists who decide to raise money for the miners.

A rousing star-studded British crowd-pleaser in the spirit of Billy Elliot and The Full Monty, PRIDE is a funny, affecting and truly inspiring film about two seemingly opposite communities who unite to form an extraordinary bond.

Preview Screenings Fri-Sun 
Full Theatrical Release October 30 at Palace Balwyn, Cinema Como, Dendy Brighton, Kino and Westgarth
 
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  Kill the Messenger [M] - Coming Soon

Two-time Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner (The Bourne Legacy) leads an all-star cast in KILL THE MESSENGER, a dramatic thriller based on the remarkable true story of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb.

In the 1990s, this dedicated reporter’s quest for the truth took him from the prisons of California to the villages of Nicaragua to the corridors of power in Washington, D.C. – and his investigative reporting drew the kind of attention that threatened not just his career, but his family and his life.

Commencing October 30 at Palace Balwyn, Cinema Como, Dendy Brighton, Kino and Westgarth

 
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  My Mistress [CTC] - Exclusive to Palace Cinemas!

Charlie Boyd (Harrison Gilbertson, Tim Winton's The Turning) is sixteen and his hormones are racing. When a tragic family event tumbles Charlie into a world of pain he tries to escape. Desperate and alone, he meets Maggie (Emmanuelle Beart, 8 Women), the mysterious woman who lives down the street. She’s a professional and she specialises in pain. Giving it, exploring it, and sharing it, all for money. Maggie is drawn to this troubled boy who takes all the pain she can give and uses it to heal himself. As Charlie heals, he turns that love back onto her, his Mistress.

Commencing November 6 at Brighton Bay, Cinema Como and Kino

 
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  Palace Opera and Ballet - 2014/15 Season
The 2014-2015 Palace Opera & Ballet season presents 16 new productions, concurrent with the Royal Opera House and Opéra National de Paris performances.

Don’t miss the world’s biggest names, including Jonas Kaufman, Lauren Cuthbertson, Plácido Domingo, Natalia Osipova, Bryn Terfal and Anna Netrebko, as they perform on stage at London’s Covent Garden and Paris’ Opera Bastille and historic Palais Garner.

Experience these amazing productions, captured live on stage, with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and interviews. It’s the next best thing to being there.

Commencing November 7 at Palace Balwyn, Brighton Bay and Cinema Como
 
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  Two Days, One Night [M] - Coming Soon!

Academy Award®-winner Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose) is Sandra, a married woman with two children who plans to return to her factory job after a breakdown. However she’s told that she is to be made redundant, while her co-workers will receive a bonus. In order to help her, Sandra’s best friend at work has convinced their boss to hold a vote – do the workers want to save Sandra’s job, or keep their bonus? It is Friday and the vote will be held on Monday – Sandra has the weekend to persuade her workmates to keep her employed, or to sacrifice their bonus they need to make ends meet. 

Commencing November 6 at Palace Brighton Bay, Cinema Como and Kino Cinemas

 
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