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Silver Lining: Gayby Baby more popular than ever following controversy
BY CHRISTOPHER HARRIS Cinema goers in Newtown are expected to flock to see Gayby Baby over the weekend as Dendy Newtown released discounted tickets for students. The film sparked controversy late last week after the state government introduced a statewide ban on the film being shown in schools. Last Thursday, The Daily Telegraph’s front page […]
Baltic Film Festival 2014
The Baltic Film Festival makes its way to Sydney audiences at Dendy in Newtown, exhibiting impressive drama's, documentaries, animations, comedies, and shorts from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. It begins with the Sundance Film Festival-nominated documentary The Other Dream Team, directed by Lithuanian-American director Marius Markevicius. Featured on opening night, this production displays the Lithuanian national basketball team […]
Queer Screen Film Festival 2014
The second Queer Screen Film Festival returns to Sydney, presenting some of the highest quality and award-winning films from around the world. The program consists of nine feature length films and eight shorts all of which contain non-heterosexual themes. Paul Struthers, the festival's director, says the public has changed with the times and films with […]
Winter Cult Classics at Dendy Newtown
The highly anticipated winter Cult Classics returns to Dendy Newtown with a line-up that includes some of the most popular comedies, musicals and horror films from the '80s and '90s. Mel Brooks' hilarious Spaceballs (1987) boasts a stellar cast and parodies sci-fi franchises including the Star Wars trilogy. Bill Murray stars in box office hit […]
