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We get a double dose of hi-jinx this week with Woody Allen's IRRATIONAL MAN and next week's screwball comedy SHE'S FUNNY THAT WAY plus Meryl Streep shows off her many talents in RICKI AND THE FLASH. Things get more serious with Jake Gyllenhaal in SOUTHPAW, more thrilling with Joel Edgerton in THE GIFT, and more poignant with HOLDING THE MAN.

We have a special event to suit anyone, beginning with a member's preview screening of Sundance favourite ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL. The AICE ISRAELI FILM FESTIVAL continues to captivate and we say buongiorno to the LAVAZZA ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL. The Royal Shakespeare Company brings you THE MERCHANT OF VENICE straight from Stratford-Upon-Avon, or from closer to home we present AIDA ON SYDNEY HARBOUR.

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  ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL [M] - Movie Club Preview
Please join us for our advance Movie Club Preview of the poignant film ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL. 

Time Out New York

"It's no surprise Me and Earl and the Dying Girl won both the grand jury prize and audience award at Sundance this year. With a heartfelt story about creativity and friendship, it is bound to be popular"
Garry Maddox, Sydney Morning Herald.

Winner of the 2015 Sundance Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award, ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL is the story of Greg Gaines (Thomas Mann), an awkward high school senior whose mum forces him to spend time with Rachel - a girl in his class (Olivia Cooke) with whom he hasn't spoken to since kindergarten - who was just diagnosed with cancer.

Screening Details
Kino Cinemas
Sunday 23rd August, 4.00pm
Regular Ticket Prices apply
 
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  LAVAZZA ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2015 - Coming Soon
It’s the moment we have all been waiting for: The 2015 Lavazza Italian Film Festival opens with a bang on 16th September with the Italian box-office hit comedy GOD WILLING. This year the festival will open in an iconic new venue for the Gala event - The Astor Theatre, and Opening Night Reception at Kino Cinemas. Don’t miss your chance to witness the opening night like never before with Lavazza Espresso Martinis for all to enjoy! Tickets now on sale, so book now!
Screening at Palace Cinema Como, The Astor Theatre, Palace Balwyn, Palace Brighton Bay, Palace Westgarth, Kino Cinemas from 16 September – 11 October
 
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OPENING NIGHT GALA
The Astor Theatre 
Wednesday 16 September
6.30pm Mitchelton Sparkling and DOC appetizer on arrival
7.00pm Premiere of GOD WILLING followed by after party
Movie Club $60 | Adult $65

Ticket includes Lavazza Espresso Martinis, gift bag and official after party with drinks courtesy of Mitchelton Wines and Peroni, a taste of Italy by DOC, Connoisseur Gourmet Ice Cream exuberant live entertainment & more.
 
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OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION
Kino Cinemas
Wednesday 16 September
6.00pm pre-film reception includes drinks courtesy of Mitchelton Wines and Peroni, a taste of Italy by DOC, & live music before
7.00pm Premiere of GOD WILLING
Movie Club $30 | Adult $35
 
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  IRRATIONAL MAN [M] Now Showing
In Woody Allen's new film IRRATIONAL MAN, a burned-out, brilliant professor, who believes in lessons from life rather than textbooks, takes a job at a small college, everyone there is abuzz. He becomes involved with a teacher as well as a precocious student, but it takes a dramatic, existential act to turn his life around and make him see the world through a much rosier and more positive perspective.

Now Showing at Palace Balwyn, Brighton Bay, Cinema Como, Dendy Brighton, Kino and Westgarth
 
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  SHE'S FUNNY THAT WAY [M] - Coming Soon
Featuring an all-star cast with Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson, Imogen Poots, Rhys Ifans, Cybill Shepherd and Kathryn Hahn, the film follows young Hollywood starlet Isabella Patterson (Poots) who recalls how the actions of a charming Broadway director, Arnold Albertson (Wilson), changed her life forever. 

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Commencing August 27 at Palace Balwyn, Brighton Bay, Cinema Como and Kino Cinemas
 
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  AICE ISRAELI FILM FESTIVAL - Now Showing
The AICE Israeli Film Festival is now showing until 30th August. This year’s programme features six sections Blast From The Past, Queer Spot, Questions of Faith, Culture Corner, First Course and On The Edge returns to confront audiences with hard-hitting real-life stories.
 
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Don’t miss this exciting and unique musical opportunity next week!
LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCE BY KLEZMERITIS       
Palace Cinema Como
Tuesday 25 August
6.30pm THE WANDERING MUSE
 
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  SOUTHPAW [MA15+] - Now Showing
SOUTHPAW tells the riveting story of Billy "The Great" Hope, reigning Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World. Billy Hope seemingly has it all with an impressive career, a beautiful and loving wife, an adorable daughter and a lavish lifestyle. When tragedy strikes and his lifelong manager and friend leaves him behind, Hope hits rock bottom and turns to an unlikely saviour at a run-down local gym: Tick Willis, a retired fighter and trainer to the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future riding on Tick's guidance and tenacity, Billy enters the hardest battle of his life as he struggles with redemption and to win back the trust of those he loves.

Now Showing at Palace Balwyn, Dendy Brighton, Kino and Westgarth
 
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  IRIS [M] - Now Showing
IRIS pairs legendary documentarian Albert Maysles (GREY GARDENS, GIMME SHELTER) with Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old New York style icon and muse. More than just a fashion film, it is a story about creativity, design and how her soaring free spirit continues to inspire. IRIS portrays a woman whose enthusiasm for fashion, art and people are life's sustenance and reminds us that dressing, and indeed life, is nothing but an experiment.

Now Showing at Palace Balwyn, Brighton Bay, Cinema Como and Kino Cinemas
 
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  HOLDING THE MAN [CTC] - Coming Soon
Did you miss out on tickets to our Sold Out Q&A screening tomorrow night? Don't worry because the film will be releasing from August 27.

Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years to laugh in the face of everything life threw at it - the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses - until the only problem that love can't solve, tried to destroy them.

Commencing August 27 at Palace Balwyn, Brighton Bay, Cinema Como, Kino and Westgarth
 
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  RICKI AND THE FLASH [CTC] - Coming Soon
Meryl Streep takes on a whole new gig – a hard-rocking singer/guitarist – for Oscar®-winning director Jonathan Demme and Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody in Ricki and the Flash. In an original and electrifying film loaded with live musical performances, Streep stars as Ricki Rendazzo, a guitar heroine who made a world of mistakes as she followed her dreams of rock-and-roll stardom. Returning home, Ricki gets a shot at redemption and a chance to make things right as she faces the music with her family. Streep stars opposite her real-life daughter Mamie Gummer; Rick Springfield, portraying a Flash member in love with Ricki; Kevin Kline as Ricki’s ex-husband; and Audra McDonald as line’s new wife.

Commencing August 27th at Palace Balwyn, Cinema Como, Dendy Brighton and Kino Cinemas
 
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  THE GIFT [CTC] - Coming Soon
A young married couple's lives are thrown into a harrowing tailspin when an acquaintance from the husband's past brings mysterious gifts and a horrifying secret to light after more than 20 years.

Commencing August 27 at Palace Dendy Brighton and Kino Cinemas
 
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  GIRLHOOD [M] - Now Showing
The hugely anticipated new film from writer/director Céline Sciamma (Tomboy, Water Lilies), GIRLHOOD is a sensational story of female empowerment set in the tough neighbourhoods of Paris.

Mariame (an incendiary, star-making performance from Karidja Touré) is a shy 16-year-old who lives with her mostly absent mother, a domineering older brother, and two younger sisters of whom she largely takes responsibility for caring. Left behind at high school where she’s told her grades are too poor to continue, Mariame is soon lured out of her shell by three vivacious neighborhood teens. Enthralled by their bravado and brash energy, Mariame quickly adopts their flashier look and adapts to their bolder and often reckless behavior, making both foolish and brave choices as she struggles towards independence.

Now Showing at Palace Cinema Como
 
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  VACATION [MA15+] - Now Showing
Rusty Griswold takes his own family on a road trip to "Walley World" in order to spice things up with his wife and reconnect with his sons.


Now Showing at Palace Dendy Brighton
 
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  Royal Shakespeare Company: The Merchant of Venice
In the melting pot of Venice, trade is God. With its ships plying the globe, the city opens its arms to all, as long as they come prepared to do business and there is profit to be made.

With the gold flowing all is well, but when a contract between Bassanio and Shylock is broken, simmering racial tensions boil over. A wronged father, and despised outsider, Shylock looks to exact the ultimate price for a deal sealed in blood.

Commencing Saturday at Palace Balwyn, Brighton Bay and Cinema Como
 
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  AIDA on Sydney Harbour - Coming Soon

One of the world’s most spectacular events, Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, is returning to cinema screens in 2015 with Aida!
In Aida, Verdi masterfully pits the intimate affairs of the heart against the grandeur of the universe: where kingdoms rise and fall and the sands of time grind onwards. There could be no grander setting for such an opera than Sydney Harbour itself: awash with the light of the city and the Sydney Opera House silhouetted against the setting sun.

Commencing August 29 at Palace Balwyn, Brighton Bay and Cinema Como
 
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  VINTAGE CLASSICS AT KINO:   CLEOPATRA + CHINATOWN
CLEOPATRA [M]
Elizabeth Taylor stars as CLEOPATRA, the cunning queen of Egypt who, in the wake of Julius Ceasar's death, seduces the rulers of Rome, only to meet her match in Mark Antony (Richard Burton). Their passionate romance could decide the fate of the world's greatest empires.

Screening Details
Kino Cinemas
3.00pm Sunday August 23
Tickets: $8 Movie Club | $10 Full price
 
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CHINATOWN [M]
A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water.

Screening Details
Kino Cinemas
3.00pm Sunday August 30
Tickets: $8 Movie Club | $10 Full price
 
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  THE ASTOR THEATRE - Upcoming Titles
Coming up at The Astor Theatre are some classics for everyone to enjoy. Some upcoming highlights include:

GOODFELLAS + MEAN STREETS [R18+]
Friday 21st August, 7.30pm

GOODFELLAS: Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy. Presented in stunning 4K. 

MEAN STREETS: A small-time hood struggles to succeed on the "mean streets" of Little Italy.

 
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HAMLET [PG]
Sunday 23rd August, 1.00pm

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
 
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THE PRINCESS BRIDE + THE NEVERENDING STORY [PG]
Sunday August 30th, 2.00pm
THE PRINCESS BRIDE: While home sick in bed, a young boy's grandfather reads him a story called The Princess Bride.

THE NEVERENDING STORY: A troubled boy dives into a wonderous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.
 
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