Welcome to
The Kestrel
NOW SHOWING
THE QUIET WINDOW · 6:30 & 9:00
GLASS MOUNTAINS IN 70MM
SAT MATINEE · LONG SUMMER 11AM
A one-screen picture house on Alder Street since 1936. New films, restored prints on real 35mm and a bar that stays open for the credits.
Est. 1936
One screen
212 seats
Bar till late
Now showing
35mm prints
Saturday matinees
70mm in November
Members see it first
Bar opens at five
New this week
Three reasons to stay out late
Digital
Keeper of the Light
Directed by Ingrid Solberg
One winter, one lighthouse, and a radio that keeps picking up a voice from the mainland.
Admit one
97 min
70mm
Glass Mountains
Directed by Lena Hartmann
A sleeper train is snowed in for three nights. Nobody on board is who they said they were.
Admit one
131 min
Digital
Kitchen Waltz
Directed by Pia Lund
A widowed baker takes dance lessons in secret. Her kitchen becomes the studio.
Admit one
101 min
Mon 19 to Sun 25 October
This week’s programme
Evening times unless marked otherwise. Saturday and Sunday matinees start at 11. Tickets online or on the door.
Members book 48 hours before everyone else.
One night only
Special screenings
Q&A
Salt Road, with Teo Varga in person
The director stays after the film to talk about six weeks on the salt flats in a borrowed convertible. Members get first pick of seats.
7:30pm
Live score
Nosferatu with a live score
The 1922 silent classic with a brand new score, played live by a three-piece band in front of the screen.
8:00pm
All-nighter
The Long Night
Five horror films, two intervals and free coffee from 3am. Breakfast for anyone still in their seat at sunrise.
11:00pm
Members only
Members’ night: Glass Mountains in 70mm
A free screening for Kestrel Club members, with a short talk from our projectionist on threading a 70mm print.
7:00pm
Since 1936
The house
Built for the pictures. Still showing them.
The Kestrel opened on a wet Friday in 1936 with a Western and a newsreel. The plaster ceiling is original, the seats are new, and our projectionist still threads the 35mm prints by hand. We show the films we would cross town for, and we keep the bar open until the last credit rolls.
212
red velvet seats
1
screen, nine metres wide
2
projectors, 35mm and 70mm
90
years of Friday nights
The Kestrel Club
Members get the good seats first.
Book two days before everyone else, pay less for every ticket and bring a friend on the house once a month. It also keeps a ninety-year-old cinema on Alder Street.
Visit
Follow the lights on Alder Street
Address
214 Alder Street, two minutes from Riverside station.
Box office
Opens 30 minutes before the first show. Phone (555) 019-1936.
The bar
From 5pm every day. Drinks are welcome in the auditorium.
Access
Step-free entrance, six wheelchair spaces, a hearing loop and captioned shows on Sundays.
