Hot Summer Nights: A Film + Gin Festival

Overview

Sydney's intimate, boutique Golden Age Cinema is teaming up with Four Pillars Gin for a mini booze and film festival. Each Wednesday night in February, the 56-seat Surry Hills spot is hosting double bills paired with gin cocktails.

It's quite the lineup, too, with a little something for everyone on the bill. The festival is called Hot Summer Nights, so that's the kind of tone it's going for — whether coming-of-age tales, love stories, thrillers or dramas are hitting the screen.

First up on February 5 is 60s great The Graduate, followed by seminal 90s classic Reality Bites. Or, if you're heading along with your significant other, perhaps February 12's pair of True Romance and Romeo + Juliet will appeal. The next week, on February 19, Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window will screen, accompanied by Spike Lee's iconic Do the Right Thing. Then, wrapping it all up on August 28 is countercultural romance Zabriskie Point and the adult film industry epic Boogie Nights.

These dark cult flicks will all get a beverage to match, made with Four Pillar's juniper spirits. The first screenings each evening kick off between 6.05–6.15pm, then the second start at 8.30pm — but we suggest you get there a little earlier for the drinks.

Tickets are $22.50 for each film.