Real film in Melbourne, Australia

[Jon O'Brien]

Hi, I'm off to Melbourne in June. Whilst there I want to try and soak up a bit of that wonderful Melbourne culture I remember so well from when I was a kid.

Can anyone here who inhabits this fine city recommend any Melbourne cinemas that specialise in real film projection? I'm thinking old classic movies I guess. Hopefully there is a theatre with a film projector still running. I don't mind if it's big and grand, or a small outfit just showing 16mm films, etc.

There's not much of real film here in Brisbane. We went to Sydney last year and tracked down pretty much the only cinema there that still has a film projector. Saw 'Newsfront' (1978).

Edited May 2, 2023 by Jon O'Brien

[Dom Jaeger]

The Astor, The Sun Theatre and Cinemateque at ACMI are the main places still showing film prints.

The Astor website appears to be down at the moment, The Sun is showing a 70mm print of Dunkirk on the 1st and 4th of June,  Cinemateque is showing 35mm prints of What's Up Doc and Interview With A Vampire in late June:

https://www.acmi.net.au/search/?search=35mm print

IMAX Melbourne has a 1570 projector, but the next screening isn't until Oppenheimer in late July.

Check the AFW website for possible future screenings of artist films, they are a collective of filmmakers who shoot, process and print mainly 16mm film. They also have workshops sometimes.

[Jon O'Brien]

We did indeed go to Melbourne and had a truly great time. I love Melbourne! Didn't see any film projection but hopefully next time. Went to the Victoria Markets, walked around the city and some of the fantastic arcades, and also got down to the Brighton and Mentone area where I came from. We had some of those fantastic Melbourne fish and chips near Ricketts Point, Beaumaris. I brought a tiny shell back, from the beach. Ahhh .... a part of my heart shall always reside in that place .....