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Big Screen Epics: Doctor Zhivago PG
Experience the film that has been called "more than a masterful motion picture; it is a life experience."
The Bonfire Horror Club presents: Day of the Dead - 40th anniversary R18
George A. Romero's 1985 classic celebrates its 40th anniversary with this flesh-chomping, Bub-loving, Bonfire Horror Club screening!
Award Season Special Event - I'm Still Here M
By popular demand, we are proud to announce a special Award Season Special Event of Walter Salles’ highly anticipated return to narrative filmmaking, I’m Still Here
Monday Doubles: Psycho + The Birds M
Get a double dose of the Master of Suspense – Alfred Hitchcock with these two classics. Maybe even bring your mother…
Filmmaker Q&A Session with David Wenham M
Join us for an exclusive advance screening of Spit, followed by a live Q&A with the film’s star, David Wenham!
Movie Milestone Festival: The Blues Brothers M
We got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses. Join us as we celebrate 45 years of The Blues Brothers.
Movie Milestone Festival: Pee-wee's Big Adventure PG
The hilarious and surreal Tim Burton story of a rebel and his bike celebrates 40 years of pure silliness from Pee-wee Herman. I know you are, but what am?
Movie Milestone Festival: The Seven Year Itch PG
This charming Golden Globe Award winner from the heights of Hollywood's glamourous heyday celebrates 70 years in 2025. Join us for a special one-night-only screening of this Marilyn Monroe classic!
Monday Doubles: Weird Science + The Breakfast Club M
Double the 1980's high school comedies from master director John Hughes - celebrating 40 years in 2025!
Movie Milestone Festival: Se7en R18+
Director David Fincher's nail-biting thriller celebrates 30 years of sinful cinema goodness. Don't miss this special screening at Palace Nova Cinemas Eastend. What's in the box?! Is it popcorn?
Movie Milestone Festival: Rashomon M
Master director Akira Kurosawa's 1950 classic, brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, has been called perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Join us as we examine this must-see film as it
Black Bag - Opening Night Event with Prosecco on arrival CTC
Join us for a glass of prosecco on arrival, and a dangerous cat-and-mouse game from director Steven Soderbergh and, starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender.
Monday Doubles: The Crow + From Dusk 'Till Dawn R18
Get a double dose of supernatural action with these two cult classics back-to-back!
Girlfriends Getaway Advance Preview: Disney's Snow White CTC
Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho it's off to the cinema we go! Enjoy an advance preview and a drink on arrival provided by Brown Brothers Winery. Ticketholders have a chance to win prizes provided by our partners - Healthy Inspirations and Davroe Hair Wellness.
Alliance Française French Film Festival 2025 - Opening Night Gala CTC
Ticketholders receive a drink, plus nibbles on arrival, as well as access to the festival after party.
Monday Doubles: Amélie + Volver M
Don't miss this enchanting international Monday Double featuring Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amelie and Pedro Almodóvar's Volver!
Alliance Française French Film Festival 2025 - En Musique Event PG
Ticketholders receive a drink on arrival, as well as admittance to a pre-film Q&A and live performance.
The Bonfire Horror Club presents: Tremors - 35th anniversary M
Get your six degrees of Kevin Bacon with this earth-shaking cult classic, celebrating 35 years of terror.
Big Screen Epics: Dune - Part One M
Oscar® nominee Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Blade Runner 2049) directs Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ Dune, the big-screen adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal bestseller of the same name.
Alliance Française French Film Festival 2025 - Ladies Night M
Ticketholders receive a drink and nibbles on arrival, plus more.
Tommy Wiseau's The Room returns to Palace Nova! M
Palace Nova Cinemas Cult Classics Month kicks off with the disasterpiece that is The Room. And as always this screening will be an audience interactive screening.
Monday Doubles: Polyester + Female Trouble R18
PRESENTED IN ODORAMA! Grab your cha-cha heels and look out for the Baltimore Foot-Stomper! Glamour has never been more grotesque than in this John Waters double feature cult classic.
Alliance Française French Film Festival 2025 - Cinéwine History Night MA15
Ticketholders receive a drink on arrival, as well as admittance to a pre-film Q&A.
Alliance Française French Film Festival 2025 - Taste of France Event M
Ticketholders receive a drink, plus nibbles on arrival.
Monday Doubles: They Live + Escape from New York M
Get a double dose of director John Carpenter, with two of the best cult/sci-fi action films of the 1980s. Who do you trust? Obey. Consume. Obey. Consume.
Alliance Française French Film Festival 2025 - Jane Austen Night CTC
Ticketholders receive a drink and macaron on arrival.
Monday Doubles: The Warriors + Marathon Man R18+
Warriors, come out to plaaaaaay! But, is it safe? Is it safe?? Palace Nova Cult Classic Certified
Alliance Française French Film Festival 2025 - Closing Night M
Ticketholders receive a drink, plus nibbles on arrival.
Stelios - Adelaide Premiere CTC
Be one of the first in Adelaide to see the film that broke box office records in Greece, Stelios. Enjoy a glass of wine on arrival, PLUS an afterparty including Greek delicacies!
The Bonfire Horror Club presents: Frankenhooker MA15
Looking for some action? The 1990 cult classic horror movie comes to Palace Nova's Bonfire Horror Club for one-night-only!
Big Screen Epics: Dune - Part Two M
The saga continues as award-winning filmmaker Denis Villeneuve embarks on “Dune: Part Two,” the next chapter of Frank Herbert’s celebrated novel Dune.
Thunderbolts - Cocktails, Comics and Costumes Event! CTC
Adelaide cinemagoers, assemble for a Palace Nova Cocktails, Comics and Costumes special event screening of the latest action blockbuster MCU film - Thunderbolts*! Ticketholders have a chance to WIN a prize courtesy Galactic Video and Gamma Rays Comics!
Monday Doubles: Princess Mononoke + Laputa: Castle in the Sky PG
Get ani-MAY-ted this month with the legendary Studio Ghibli!
Monday Doubles: Spirited Away + Howl's Moving Castle PG
Two of the best from the masterful Miyazaki!
Monday Doubles: My Neighbor Totoro + Grave of Fireflies M
Get ani-MAY-ted this month with the legendary Studio Ghibli!
Big Screen Epics: The Deer Hunter MA15
An in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small US steel mill town.
The Bonfire Horror Club presents: Army of Darkness M
Get ready for a groovy 2nd anniversary event with Bruce Campbell & Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness!
Monday Doubles: Casablanca + The Big Sleep PG
Humphrey Bogart Double - the iconic Casablanca and the thrilling film noir of The Big Sleep. Two great movies for only $17
Monday Doubles: Godzilla Minus One + Godzilla M
It’s a kaiju-sized Monday Double with the Academy Award Winning Godzilla Minus One, PLUS the original city-stomping classic from 1954.
Monday Doubles: Re-Animator + Bride of Re-Animator MA15
A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new studen
Monday Doubles: The Lord of the Flies + The Tin Drum MA15
The perfect double for the booksmart moviegoer.
The Bonfire Horror Club presents: The Shining - 45th anniversary MA15
Celebrating 45 years of madness, Palace Nova's Bonfire Horror Club presents - The Shining. Come play with us...
Big Screen Epics: 2001: A Space Odyssey G
The Stanley Kubrick sci-fi classic that is a MUST-SEE on the LARGEST SCREEN in Adelaide - the ExiMax!
Monday Doubles: Vertigo + Rear Window M
Two great Hitchcock thrillers for only $17
Superman - Cocktails, Comics and Costumes Event! CTC
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's the Palace Nova Cocktails, Comics and Costumes special event screening of the brand-new Superman film! Ticketholders have a chance to WIN a prize courtesy Greenlight Comics.
Monday Doubles: Ed Wood + Frankenweenie M
Twice the twisted tales of Tim Burton!
Monday Doubles: Suzume + The Boy and the Heron PG
Two of the best modern anime features together for one night only!
The Fantastic Four: First Steps - Cocktails, Comics and Costumes Event! CTC
Prepare 4 launch - Be one of the first in Australia to see the first family of Marvel, The Fantastic Four, make their MCU debut on the LARGEST screen in Adelaide - the ExiMax!
The Bonfire Horror Club presents: Creature from the Black Lagoon PG
Dive into the depths of danger with one of the pillars of classic horror - the Creature from the Black Lagoon!
Big Screen Epics: Seven Samurai PG
Restored with a stunning new 4K transfer, experience Akira Kurosawa’s enduring masterpiece on the big screen like never before.
The complete Twilight saga M
Attention all Twilight fans of Adelaide! It doesn't matter if you're Team Edward or Team Jacob -- get ready for a romantic and thrilling experience like no other.
Monday Doubles: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes + How to Marry a Millionaire PG
Double the glitz and glamour of the one and only Marilyn Monroe!
Monday Doubles: The Thing + Videodrome R18+
The best of Carpenter AND Cronenberg - together for one night only!
Monday Doubles: Anatomy of a Murder + The Usual Suspects MA15
It’s a night of thrilling crime dramas, dark secrets, and twists and turns! Could this be the greatest trick the double ever screened?
Big Screen Epics: Lawrence of Arabia PG
The EPIC of all epics. One of the most beloved films of all time.
The Bonfire Horror Club presents: Child's Play M
We're your friends 'til the end. Wanna play?
Monday Doubles: Kind Hearts & Coronets + The Ladykillers PG
Two brilliant British comedy-thrillers starring Sir Alec Guinness!
Monday Doubles: Citizen Kane + The Magnificent Ambersons PG
Palace Nova is proud to present a rare treat for Adelaide audiences, Orson Welles' Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons - together for one night only!
Monday Doubles: Yojimbo + Sanjuro PG
Starring a swaggering Toshiro Mifune, Akira Kurosawa's twin classics that inspired Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars and dozens of directors around the world!
The Bonfire Horror Club presents: Night of the Living Dead M
The film that birthed an entire genre of horror - George A. Romero's original Night of the Living Dead is coming to get you...
Big Screen Epics: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly MA15
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery
Monday Doubles: Talk to Me + Late Night with the Devil MA15
Adelaide’s own Danny and Michael Philippou (aka RackaRacka) are scaring the pants off the world with this home-grown horror + David Dastmalchian's talk show of terror
Monday Doubles: The Evil Dead + Fright Night R18
Two of the best horror films from the 1980's - Sam Raimi's original Evil Dead, plus director Tom Holland shows what happens when a horror fan has to face a real evil.
Monday Doubles: Frankenstein + The Bride of Frankenstein M
The bone-chilling Creature and his mate make a perfect pairing in these James Whale horror classics!
Big Screen Epics: Heat MA15
Michael Mann's star-studded epic crime drama comes to Palace Nova Cinemas for one session only!
The Bonfire Horror Club presents: Halloween III: Season of the Witch M
It's almost time, kids. The clock is ticking. And don't forget to wear your masks. The clock is ticking. It's almost time. Happy, happy Halloween...
Monday Doubles: Strangers on a Train + North by Northwest M
Two masterpieces from the Master of Suspense - Alfred Hitchcock!
Monday Doubles: Clueless + Election MA15
Two screwball high school comedies for the 1990's teen in all of us. Like, for sure.
Monday Doubles: Boogie Nights + X R18+
Take a look at the sleazy, seedy, and slasher side of the 1970's adult film industry for only $17!
Big Screen Epics: Dersu Uzala G
Akira Kurosawa's 1975 epic romantic hymn to nature and the human spirit, it boasts a performance by Maxim Munzuk as the wise and wizened old man of the Taiga.
The Bonfire Horror Club presents: The Hunger M
Director Tony Scott brings us a vampire tale starring Catherine Deneuve, Susan Sarandon, and David Bowie which drips with blood and sexuality.
Monday Doubles: 10 Things I Hate About You + Romeo+Juliet M
Mixing Shakespeare's classic prose with contemporary imagery, this is a brilliant double feature.
Monday Doubles: Spellbound + Notorious PG
Alfred Hitchcock's directs the enchanting Ingrid Bergman in two classic thrillers - one night only!
Monday Doubles: Tokyo Godfathers + Paprika M
Two amazing anime titles from Satoshi Kon to put a little spice into your cinema going experience!
The Bonfire Horror Club presents: Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 R18
It's GARBAGE DAY! You know the meme, now see the unhinged cult classic - the perfect pre-Christmas Bonfire Horror Club screening.
Monday Doubles: Edward Scissorhands + Brazil M
Don't miss the perfect Christmas Monday Double for the dreamer inside of all of us!
Big Screen Epics: Interstellar M
Christopher Nolan directs this sci-fi epic about a team of explorers who travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival.