Towner Cinema reopens with festive classics

Towner Cinema is re-opening on December 19 with an assortment of feel-good classics, new and old, to help get everyone into festive spirit.
It's A Wonderful LifeIt's A Wonderful Life
It's A Wonderful Life

With reduced capacity, the venue expects the screenings to sell quickly so they recommend booking online to secure your tickets as quickly as possible.

Coming up:

It’s A Wonderful Life, Frank Capra, 1946 (U), 130 mins; Dec 19, 11am, 2.30pm; Dec 20, 2.30pm; Dec 22, 11am; Dec 23, 11am.

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Starring James Stewart at his most charming, the film follows George Bailey, a man who has dedicated his life to helping others, and whose thoughts of ending it all on Christmas Eve earn him a visit from his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody. Through flashbacks we learn the story of George’s life before Clarence shows him what his town would look like if he had never existed.

Cinema Paradiso, Guiseppe Tornatore, 1988 (12A), 142 mins; Dec 27, 2.30pm; Dec 28, 2.30pm; Dec 29, 11am; Dec 30, 11am.

Director Guiseppe Tornatore’s bittersweet, Oscar-winning film focuses on the effect that cinema had on the inhabitants of a small Sicilian village during WWII. After receiving news of the death of his old friend Alfredo (Philippe Noiret), a famous movie director returns to his home village after spending 30 years away. In flashback, he recalls his fatherless childhood, his fascination with the films he saw at the local cinema and his adventures with Alfredo, the cinema’s projectionist.

Rocks, Sarah Gavron, 2019 (12A), 93 mins; Dec 30, 2.30pm; Dec 31, 2.30pm; Jan 2, 2.30pm; Jan 3, 2.30pm.

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The film follows teenager Rocks (Bukky Bakray) who fears that she and her little brother Emmanuel (D’angelou Osei Kissiedu) will be forced apart if anyone finds out they are living alone. With the help of her friends, she evades the authorities and navigates the most defining days of her life.