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At that time, Dendy George Street (a single-screen cinema) had also closed, and Dendy operated several multi-screen cinemas, including Dendy Opera Quays and Dendy Newtown in Newtown, Sydney, as well as at Byron Bay, Brisbane and Melbourne. [8] Dendy closed its Circular Quay cinema on 26 February 2020 after a decision not to renew its lease. [18]
The Hub closed as a "porno" venue in the early 1990s and has been mostly vacant ever since; the owners of the Dendy chain tried to secure the venue for its Newtown cinema but were unsuccessful. Recently, the Hub has been home to live comedy shows and other such performances, seeing a rejuvenation of the building. [44]
The experience of cinema was changing. In 1991, the Showcall Pty ltd began running the theatre and exceeded $2 million in expenditure to redesign the venue and provide additional space. The popularity of the Enmore Theatre is closely linked with the contemporary development of Newtown as an arts and entertainment hub. [15]
Palace Cinemas is an Australian cinema chain that specialises in arthouse and international films.. Their head office are based in the Melbourne suburb of South Yarra and they operate locations in New South Wales (Central Park, [1] Norton Street, Byron Bay, Ballina [2] & Oxford St), [3] Victoria (Coburg, Brighton Bay, Northcote, Balwyn, Brighton, South Yarra, Melbourne, Moonee Ponds & The ...
The Movie Masters Cinema Group was formed in the 1990s as a co-operative initiative between two locally owned and operated Western Australian cinema companies, Ace Cinemas and Grand Cinemas. The Movie Masters brand was initially formed to allow Ace Cinemas and Grand Cinemas to effectively compete against multi-national exhibition chains such as ...
The New Theatre, formerly Workers' Art Club and New Theatre League, is a community theatre company in the Inner West Sydney suburb of Newtown, Australia.Its origins are in the international New Theatre movement of the 1920s, and it is the oldest theatre company in continuous production in New South Wales.
Village Cinemas is an Australian-based multinational film exhibition brand that mainly shows blockbusters, mainstream, children and family films and some arthouse, foreign language and documentary films.
The mid-1900s had a slow start for Australian film, although the first Academy Award was won for an Australian film, Kokoda Front Line!.The industry picked back up during the 1970s with one of the first internationally released films, Picnic at Hanging Rock, and with the success of the series of Mad Max franchise films.