Don’t miss your last chance to experience the 61st Sydney Film Festival before it draws to a close this Sunday. There are still dozens of films, talks and free events happening across nine venues around Sydney until midnight on Sunday 15 June.
Paul Dravet is retiring after running the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace since Mike Walsh bought the then-dilapidated Cremorne cinema in 1986 and spent millions restoring it.
When producer/director Anthony Buckley and co-producer/researcher Les Tod began researching a book on one of Sydney’s grand picture palaces, they faced one big problem: There are no photographs of the original building which was destroyed by fire.
By their "very different but equally excellent" powers combined, 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer have given Australian cinemas their best weekend since the pandemic began - and for at least one exhibitor, its best weekend ever.