Starlight Cinema

Overview

Tired of queuing up for outdoor cinemas over in the Eastern Suburbs and only managing to secure, like, a 4x4cm patch of grass? Yeah, us too. Well, fret no longer, outdoorsy-types. Over on the other side of the bridge, North Sydney’s Starlight Cinema is returning for a full season of killer films, and the best bit is there’s grass aplenty for your picnicking pleasure as it’s staged on A SPORTING OVAL.

Chillax over a stack of films we’ve fallen in love with this past year including season opener, Woody Allen’s Midnight In Paris as well as The Help, which screens the following night and stars the achingly-gorgeous Emma Stone. In late January, catch the cheesy guilty pleasure, Mamma Mia!, the even-cheesier Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 and the original cheese classic Footloose. February and March highlights include Moneyball, The Inbetweeners, We Need To Talk About Kevin and Bill Cunningham New York; all guaranteed to impress dates of the artsy variety.

But what we really love is the ample parking available on site, not to mention the fancy ME Bank Star Class seating which offers prime film viewing, reserved deckchair seating, drinks wait-service and a food hamper filled with dinner and dessert. Fyi, it’ll set you back $55 per person but if you’re out to impress, it’s worth every penny.

Gates open at 7pm and screening starts at sundown. That’s around 8.30pm in January and 8pm in February and early March.