The much beloved Astor Theatre in Melbourne – a grand old dame that nowadays serves as a repertory cinema, showing classic films and double features – has had a torrid past few years.

Almost a decade of uncertainty ended on Thursday night when Melbourne's much-loved art deco cinema, The Astor, reopened to the public for film screenings. The 1936 theatre in St Kilda is one of ...

The curtains at Melbourne's iconic Astor Theatre may be drawn for the final time next May when the current operator's lease expires. Relations between the owner of the St Kilda building and the ...

The oldest single-screen theatre in Melbourne, the Astor in St Kilda has accumulated the kind of reputation every cinema dreams of – and a loyal fan base to boot. It’s a cinema in the grand ...

Spokesman Dale Smith said Mr Taranto was ''taking a break from the Astor''. Mr Taranto, 82, is a property investor and theatre enthusiast who has owned movie theatres in Melbourne. ''George ...

It took us a long time to reach this decision. If no one else is going to step forward – I owe it to Melbourne and to cinema in general to do it and to ensure what happened at The Palace Theatre does ...

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After much negotiation, George Florence, who runs the cinema business and owns the tradename Astor Theatre as well as ... the era of the picture palace in Melbourne – tensions soon emerged ...

The Astor Theatre, the iconic single-screen repertory cinema in Melbourne’s Bayside suburb of St Kilda, has announced that due to the collapse of negotiations with the Art Deco building’s ...

FANS of St Kilda’s Astor Theatre have vowed to boycott any business that replaces Melbourne’s last remaining single-screen cinema. With an online petition to save the venue gaining more than ...

“It will leave a hole for Melbourne cinema-goers,” he said ... The Herald Sun contacted Mr Taranto for comment. Astor Theatre, Windsor foyer, in 1999.

There’s not even a posh Grady to charmingly suggest axe-murdering your family. The good news, though, is that the Astor Theatre – Windsor’s 80-year-old single-screen cinema and Art Deco treasure – now ...