THE ASTOR ON-LINE CALENDAR

Download THE ASTOR Calendar The complete listing for the current Astor Calendar (April 6 to July 12) is now on-line along with poster-images and mini-reviews (as found on the back of the printed version of the calendar).

The printed calendar itself is now at the theatre and also at many shops and cafes throughout the area.

But, as usual, you can get ahead of the game by downloading your own printable versions of the new calendar!

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
A FISTFUL OF WESTERNS poster - select for details WESTERN GREATS - May and June

We are delighted to be able to present a big-screen tribute to the Western!

From Clint Eastwood to John Wayne, from Charlton Heston to Yul Brynner ...

The Astor's A Fistful of Westerns Festival - six Western Greats on four successive Sunday evenings during May and early June.

GRINDHOUSE poster GRINDHOUSE - June 29 to July 5

Yes! It's back! Tarantino's and Rodriguez's homage to the trashy drive-in and "grindhouse" double features of the 1970s returns by popular demand.

And it's been worth the wait because Grindhouse [MA 15+] is being shown EXACTLY as it was meant to be shown in this EXCLUSIVE season.

Session times: 7:30 PM nightly with extra matinees at 2 PM on Sunday and Saturday.

NOW SHOWING
THURSDAY - May 15

He dumps his pregnant fiancee and then enters a marathon to try to win her back in Run, Fat Boy, Run [M] at 7:30 PM on Thursday, May 15.

And then it's time for typical, frat-house humour from Will Ferrell in Semi-Pro [M].

RUN, FAT BOY, RUN poster - select for details SEMI-PRO poster - select for details
THERE WILL BE BLOOD poster - select for details FRIDAY - May 16

Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano star in the epic, There Will Be Blood [M], a story of greed, corruption and violence following the discovery of a major US oil-field at the turn of the 20th century.

The single-feature screening starts at 7:30 PM on Friday, May 16.


SATURDAY - May 17

A talented, young musician, orphaned by circumstance, uses his gift to try to find his parents in the delightful drama, August Rush [PG], at 7:30 PM on Saturday, May 17.

The second feature stars Julie Christie in Away From Her [M], the touching story of how Alzheimer's can affect a life-long relationship.

AUGUST RUSH poster - select for details AWAY FROM HER poster - select for details
NORTH WEST FRONTIER poster - select for details SUNDAY MATINEE - May 18

Lauren Bacall and Kenneth More star in the classic, adventure romp, North West Frontier (Flame Over India) [PG], the story of a train chase through an English, Imperial Colony with the life of a prince at stake. Also starring Wilfred Hyde White, I. S. Johar and Herbert Lom

New, 35mm CinemaScope print.

The single-feature screening starts at 2 PM on Sunday, May 18.


SUNDAY EVENING - May 18

BIG gunfighter double starting with Clint Eastwood in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars [MA 15+] at 7:30 PM on Sunday, May 18.

And then what else for the second feature of a gunfighter double but Yul Brynner and George Segal in Invitation to a Gunfighter [M].

This is the second presentation in The Astor's A Fistful of Westerns Festival - a line-up of six, all-time Western Greats!

A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS poster - select for details INVITATION TO A GUNFIGHTER poster - select for details
MONDAY - May 19

Matt Dillon and Kelley Lynch star in Drugstore Cowboy [R 18+], Gus Van Sant's adults-only story of a despairing drug addict, at 7:30 PM on Monday, May 19.

It is followed by Steven Soderbergh's classic tale of sexual confusion and complications, Sex, Lies and Videotape [M].

DRUGSTORE COWBOY poster - select for details SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE poster - select for details
WATERAID logo - select for web-site TUESDAY - May 20

WaterAid CHARITY SCREENING

A special screening of the cult-classic, adventure flick, The Goonies [PG], to raise money for WaterAid Australia - Water for Life. All tickets are $10 and will be available at the door.

The event starts at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, May 20.


HAMLET poster - select for details WEDNESDAY - May 21

Kenneth Branagh's brilliant, full-text version of William Shakespeare's Hamlet [PG], is the evening's single-feature presentation.

Glorious 70mm print with six-track magnetic sound!

The screening starts at 7:15 PM on Wednesday, May 21 - all tickets just $8!


NEXT THURSDAY - May 22

Big, punk-rock double starting with Juilen Temple's Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten [MA 15+], a look at the front man for The Clash. at 7:30 PM on Thursday, May 22.

It is followed by Control [MA 15+], a profile of Joy Division singer, Ian Curtis,

JOE STRUMMER poster - select for details CONTROL poster - select for details
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