The newest places to catch a flick this summer in Brisbane, and cinemas gone dark.
New cinemas
Palace Cinemas at the Barracks
Inner city movie fans can look forward to the catching a flick at the new Palace Barracks cinema. The building, just off Petrie Terrace, near Caxton Street, houses Brisbane's newest cinema complex. The view from the cinema's bar gives a new perspective to that side of the city and it's easy to walk along the pedestrian pathway from Roma Street station.
The Schonell Cinema
The Schonell Cinema at the University of Queensland in St Lucia reopened 17 October. It was closed in 2006 but the 180 seat cinema 2 (with big leather seats) is screening movies again. Hooray! Session times are limited to Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at the moment but the good news is that ticket prices are the same as they were in 2006. The cinema will be closed for a short 2 week break over Christmas (19 December - 5 January) and then back with more in 2009.
Limes Rooftop cinema
This is a sophisticated, intimate movie experience. Each Monday and Tuesday night watch a film amongst the city lights of Fortitude Valley, on the roof of Brisbane's boutique hotel, Limes.
There's a bar at the outdoor rooftop venue and you are welcome to buy a drink before, during or after the screening. Sounds fun. Pre-bookings are recommended as movies such as St Elmo's Fire will be popular with the 1980s movie loving crowd.
Outdoor cinema
Outdoor cinema is starting again over summer. Moonlight Cinema is in the grounds of the Powerhouse at New Farm but you need to buy your tickets directly from Moonlight Cinema. Screenings begin 15 December and last all summer long (until 10 March to be exact).
Free cinema
Don't forget GoMA's Australian Cinémathèque for foreign, cult and historical films. They're always free.
Cinema screens gone dark
Dendy on George Street is closing at some stage before their lease expires at the end of this year. It will be sad day for Brisbane movie fans as screenings began here with silent movies in 1910. It closed briefly in 1964 and reopened 1965. It got a makeover to become a two screen cinema in the 1990s when it was bought by Dendy.
And unfortunately, Brisbane City Council's Movie in the Parks program isn't operating this summer season.
And this isn't breaking news but in case you didn't know, the Birch Carroll and Coyle cinemas closed at Toombul in June this year.
Please share your memories of the Dendy cinema with everyone in the comments below. Did you kiss in the back row? Work at the cinema or recall a favourite movie you saw there? Tell us all!
i'll be so sorry to see the dendy on george go. they have had some fantastic films there over the years. i remember a recent afternoon of a fabulous rock double - the joe strummer doco 'the future is unwritten' followed by 'control', the film about joy division's ian curtis. two wonderful films.
au revoir!