Overview
After teasing its 2019 lineup over the past few weeks, St George OpenAir Cinema has finally given Sydneysiders what they want — its entire new program.
Actually, when the outdoor screening season returns to Mrs Macquaries Point between Tuesday, January 8 and Saturday, February 16, it'll keep that trend going. Keen for sneak peeks of high-profile flicks before they hit regular cinemas? Want to catch up on hits you've missed — or revisit a few recent favourites? Perhaps you'd like to attend a couple of premieres with local connections? Whichever one takes your movie-loving fancy, OpenAir delivers.
Newly announced highlights include the premiere of Destroyer, with an almost-unrecognisable Nicole Kidman as a LA cop; a first look at French drama Non-Fiction, starring Juliette Binoche; and early screenings of the Steve Carell-starring Welcome to Marwen, Clint Eastwood crime effort The Mule and Oscar candidate Green Book. On the Basis of Sex also joins the lineup before its general release, marking the second film about US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in as many years, but this time dramatising her early career. And rom-com What Men Want serves up a gender-swapped remake of 2000's What Women Want.
While they've been on the bill for a while, Cold Pursuit and The Front Runner also rank among OpenAir's star-studded titles — the former featuring Liam Neeson dispatching with his enemies while driving a snowplow (yes, really), and the latter starring Hugh Jackman as a real-life former American presidential candidate.
Throw in a heap of flicks that'll still be virtually brand new — like the Melissa McCarthy committing literary forgery in Can You Ever Forgive Me? and Kiera Knightley also picking up a pen in Colette, as well as gorgeous Polish romantic drama Cold War and darkly devious period drama The Favourite (as directed by The Lobster's Yorgos Lanthimos) — and it's looking like a film-filled summer. And one with gorgeous views of the city behind the big screen, too.
The always-popular season will release tickets at 9am on Tuesday, December 11, and they always sell quickly, so consider yourself warned. And if you're wondering what you'll be snacking on while you're there, OpenAir is again partnering with Matt Moran's Chiswick — and selling beers, wines and cocktails at its Kirin Bar.
St George OpenAir Cinema 2019 runs from January 8 to February 16, 2019. Tickets are on sale from 9am, Tuesday, December 11.