Intergalactic, Planetary

Overview

Thanks to the name of its latest film series, Golden Age Cinema and Bar will get an excellent song stuck in your head — but the Surry Hills spot isn't dedicating the next month and a half to movies about the Beastie Boys. Instead, the venue's Intergalactic, Planetary program is looking into space, telling tales about otherworldly visitors and also throwing some love towards another music icon: David Bowie, who plays an alien in the phenomenal The Man Who Fell to Earth.

The lineup's ten-title selection celebrates out-of-this-world movies in a big way — xenomorphs, close encounters and body snatchers all included. It all starts with Alien and Aliens, as every sci-fi film program should, before featuring everything from the animated gem that is Fantastic Planet and the original version of The Day the Earth Stood Still through to John Carpenter's eerily prescient They Live.

You'll also want to grab your multi-pass for The Fifth Element, and remember back when Bruce Willis wasn't getting his own Razzies category for starring in so many terrible flicks in a single year.

Intergalactic, Planetary kicks off on Friday, March 4, then screens twice a week — on Fridays and Sundays — from Friday, March 11–Sunday, April 10.