Kinema’s Final Program

Overview

Since 2010, Kinema has been bringing cinematic relief to film-lovers bored by blockbusters, fed up with formulas and rubbed the wrong way by rom-coms. For a bite-sized membership fee of just $10 a month (or $50 for 12 months), the film society provides an unimaginably eclectic program of films, screened in their cosy cinema at AV UNION, 365 Parramatta Road, Leichhardt.

So, many a movie-goer has been saddened by the news that Kinema will close its doors at the end of the month. Liam O'Donoghue, one of three directors, told Broadsheet that the closure is due to a lack of time and an interest in pursuing other projects.

By way of farewell, the directors decided to shape their final programme according to a members' wish list. There'll be screenings of 1960s classics The Battle of Algiers and Who Are You, Polly Magoo?, 1965 Japanese comedy Tampopo, American indie film Southlander (2001), Canadian feature documentary Nollywood Babylon (2008) and, to wrap up proceedings on October 31, a mystery selection.