Celluloid Dreams at Dendy Newtown

Entertainment

Tue 24th January, 2023 – Fri 14th July, 2023

Dendy Cinemas Newtown

261-263 King Street, Newtown

Price: $24

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Catch cult classics and cinema gems – like The Fifth Element, Ben-Hur and Blue Velvet – projected from original 35-millimetre film prints onto the big screen, just as their directors intended.

While digital has been the medium of choice for decades now, analogue isn’t going anywhere. If anything, it’s having a renaissance: think of vinyl records, film cameras and movies filmed on 35-millimetre prints.

Now Dendy Newtown has sourced some original film prints of classic flicks to present them just as the directors intended: projected from celluloid onto the big screen.

They’re running once a month, with a stellar line-up of cinema gems. Catch Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich in The Fifth Element on January 24; 1959 religious epic Ben-Hur on February 28; David Lynch's neo-noir thriller Blue Velvet on March 28; Clint Eastwood-starring Dirty Harry on May 2; classic 1960s road drama Easy Rider on May 30; sci-fi action flick Robocop on June 27; and French crime drama La Haine on July 14 for Bastille Day.

Tickets for all seven screenings are available now. Screening times vary.

dendy.com.au

by Chynna Santos