Palace Films and Cinemas - Palace Cinemas

Palace Cinemas

The Palace Cinema chain operates in most states, except Tasmania and the territories. They exhibit films of both a mainstream and an arthouse type, but the cinemas are usually focused on one film type or the other and rarely both. Notably, Palace operates several cinemas that originally opened as single screen theatres (some of which have received heritage status). All have subsequently been renovated and internally converted to multiplex, sometimes with the original screen, remaining as the largest auditorium/cinema at each venue. The original facades, box office, candy-bar and foyers in these historic venues, have been modernised and restored with care.

In the Melbourne suburb of Brighton, Palace operates 2 Cinemas within 10 minutes drive of each other, making it one of the only operators in Australia to own two indoor cinemas in the same suburb. Dendy Brighton, on Dendy Street, is more centralised in Brighton's main shopping strip, and therefore shows Commercial films. Brighton Bay, is in another smaller shopping strip on Bay Street, in North Brighton, and plays mostly arthouse films. The two cinemas will not show the same films (although this rule has been ignored on a few occasions, due to demand).

Palace does not own the cinemas in Perth on their own, they are in partnership with Luna Cinemas. As such the Perth cinemas, called "Luna Palace Cinemas" have their own independent website and have their own membership program and offers. Palace Cinemas regular nationwide membership, and offers in other states, is therefore not necessarily valid at these cinemas. "Luna Palace" uniquely operates 2 seasonal outdoor cinemas, one in Leederville(opposite their traditional cinema) and one in Margret River.

Although Kino Cinemas in Melbourne is also a Partnership operation, they have decided to honor the membership card program and ticket discount offers.