I worked for them for a few years as a projectionist before deciding that having more of a social life in the evenings would be nice and it's a pretty smooth operation and a sweet deal.
For a semester membership fee of $35 you get free access to all screenings - which for next semester is around 84 films. As I say, films are screened in Dolby digital sound from a 35mm projector on a screen larger than most of the ones I've seen in Canberra.
Some of the highlights I can see coming up:
- Friday 20/7 : The Host
- Saturday 21/7 : Reno 911: Miami
- Wednesday 1/8 : A Clockwork Orange
- Thursday 9/8 : Bobby
- Friday 10/8 : Death of a President
- Thursday 16/8 : Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
- Wednesday 22/8 : TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Saturday 25/8 : Passport to Pimlico
- Wednesday 29/8 : Noise
- Thursday 30/8 : Ocean's Thirteen
- Saturday 1/9 : Priceless
- Saturday 15/9 : Whisky Galore!
- Wednesday 19/9 : Paris, je t'aime
- Thursday 20/9 : Transformers
- Saturday 22/9 : Blades of Glory
- Friday 28/9 : 28 Weeks Later
- Thursday 4/10 : The lives of others
- Friday 5/10 : Curse of the Golden Flower
- Friday 12/10 : Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Saturday 13/10 : Gremlins + Westworld
- Wednesday 17/10 : As it is in Heaven
- Friday 19/10 : Clubland + Half Nelson
- Saturday 20/10 : The Simpsons Movie
- Thursday 8/11 : Sicko
There are double features on Friday and Saturday nights and occasional Sunday arvo screenings of kids films. The seats could do with some work but if you plan ahead and bring a cushion you should be fine.
Films always start at 8pm - doors open around 7 and the hardcore sad film group geeks tend to lob up around ten minutes later to secure prime seats but generally you'll get an ok spot if you get there 10-15 mins before the film starts. There are no trailers so when it says 8pm, that's what it is.
(If you're interested, Spiderman 3 is on this coming Saturday)
