St George OpenAir Cinema 2013

Overview

Blockbusters Les Miserables and The Hobbit may sell out screenings on Boxing Day, but no film session sells out like a St George OpenAir Cinema session sells out. There's something bewitching about the opportunity to watch a big screen and Sydney Harbour's landmarks in one sightline. Advanced tickets go within hours. Fortunately, their hot ticketing tips and limited door sales provide some hope.

Running from January 10 to February 16, the 2013 OpenAir cinema will open with the Sydney premiere screening of Anna Karenina, the latest appearance by Keira Knightley in period finery. Other premieres in the program include Knocked Up semi-sequel This Is 40, the crazy celeb experiment that is Movie 43, and the new Bill Murray as Franklin D. Roosevelt charmer Hyde Park on Hudson. Argo, Django Unchained, Samsara, Life of Pi, and Gangster Squad are other hot tickets.

To go along with the exceptional cinema setting, there's exceptional cinema food. Full meals come in the form of Cuban pulled pork sandwiches and handmade saffron and ricotta cannelloni, although the antipasto-style assemblages from the Peroni Aperitivo Bar may be the perfect choice for absent-minded grazing. It is, of course, fully licensed.