Under Palace’s custodianship The Astor will continue operating as a single-screen, 1,150 seat auditoria, with its well-regarded programming of both new release and classic films intact and showing on 35 and 70mm prints as well as 2K and 4K digital projection.
Announced today, the first calendar is a carefully curated selection of classic and new release films, and sees the return of long-standing favourites.
Showing at 7.30pm each Wednesday night, the double features kick off with Get Carter and Point Blank on June 10; The Goonies and Beetlejuice on June 17; and a trip through bat country with Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas and Repo Man to round out June.
Time-honoured Astor staples Poltergeist, Aliens, Baraka and Hamlet are all back for screenings on 70mm, while Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets and the brilliant Ken Russell film The Devils will be shown on rare 35mm prints sourced by new manager, Zak Hepburn.
Gillian Armstrong’s Women He’s Undressed will receive its Melbourne premiere as part of a gala event to reopen the theatre. Women He’s Undressed takes an intimate look at the life of three-time Academy Award winning Australian costume designer, Orry-Kelly. Kelly’s design credits include; Hollywood’s biggest studios, most memorable stars, and hit films such as Casablanca, Some Like it Hot, Oklahoma! and An American in Paris.
A high resolution version of the full calendar can be downloaded here. For more information on the future of The Astor, read our interview with Zak Hepburn here.
