Cinema Paradiso

I had a wierd time consuming coffee order while they were busy. Staff took time to deal with me, exceeded my expectation and only charged normal price. Really good.

Great cozy cinema! In the middle of Northbridge so great for a quick bite after work and a movie. An excellent weekday out! Love the cheap Tuesdays… This cinema also shows art house style movies. Regular movie festivals on with extras. Check it out!

After being disenchanted with the larger cinema chains, I’m making a decision to spend more time at our glorious Luna cinemas this year.
I had my first experience at Cinema Paradiso, tucked away above Oliver’s Restaurant, I genuinely haven’t noticed the sign on my previous Northbridge escapades.
The cinema was comfortable, the sound is great, and screen was just big enough. There’s plenty of leg room, although you’ll have to hold on to your drink of choice; the theatre lacked cup holders.

Great venue!
Thanks to Unilocal for the recent screening of «What LOLA wants!» at this venue.
Comfortable, good acoustics and food/​drinks were reasonably priced. Clean venue!
An interesting, but dark movie about a runaway teen with a very disturbing history that hooks up with an equally disturbed young man. Keeps you on the edge throughout the movie.

I do enjoy going to Cinema Paradiso as it provides a lovely, intimate setting as opposed to the larger theatres. It has a charming appeal which is reminiscent of a bygone era.
I love the fact that it regularly screens foreign films and I have attended many an opening night over the years. The opening nights have always proved to be great entertainment and real value for money. The ticket price has included pre-​drinks/​appetisers, the movie, a bag filled with goodies and a fabulous after party. The after parties have always been a resounding success — plenty of food, drink and music. So put on your party shoes, toss away your inhibitions and dance the night away! I don’t know what it is about foreign films, but at these soirées people of all ages unite in their love of film and foreign culture. My opening night favourites have been — The Italian Film Festival, The Spanish Film Festival, The Audi German Film Festival and The Alliance French Film Festival.
In addition to foreign films, Cinema Paradiso proudly supports independent and art house films. If you enjoy film that is a bit different, to the run of the mill, mainstream movies, Cinema Paradiso is the place for you. They are licensed, so you can purchase a glass of wine to enjoy it in the cinema — downright civilised I think!
The staff here are always friendly, efficient, courteous and seem to genuinely care. After a few visits, they will remember you and this certainly adds to the overall experience. So, for a wonderful night out, pick a film at Cinema Paradiso, sit back, relax and thank your lucky stars that you took my advice!

Perfect location if you would like to go out to dinner and a movie.
Free parking for 2 hours after 6pm during the week can be found nearby Russell Square and you can eat at a range of Italian, Japanese, Thai or even Spanish nearby.
The cinema is not too busy and shows a range of different movies you may not run into at your larger cinema’s. The seating and space is nice and I do like that it is a nice laid back movie setting that you could even purchase alcohol at if you felt inclined. Worth checking out if you have not attended before!

Great little cinema near the Piazza in Northbridge. Spacious legroom, comfortable seats and an interesting selection of films to see. Alcoholic drinks are available which is great. The restroom was a bit shabby and there was no soap was in the dispenser. Didn’t enjoy their ice cream either unfortunately, but this is a nice spot to relax and unwind at and I’ll certainly be back soon.

I love this place. During some of the film festivals, I just about live here.
Unlike the megaplexes which are the norm in Perth, Cinema Paradiso has soul (just like its namesake). It is a quirky little place in the heart of Northbridge, surrounded by excellent restaurants and bars for pre/​post movie anything, the choctops are legendary, and you can drink in the cinema (as in booze). It is also close to train and bus stations.
Cinema Paradiso is the home of arthouse cinema in Perth and pretty much the only place that regularly shows foreign films. The staff are friendly and funky. The festivals shown here are mind-​blowing. I especially love the Revelations Film Festival, the Italian Film Festival and the Israeli Film Festival.
Paradiso is fabulous.

I love the Luna Cinema collective — Luna Leederville (including outdoors in summer) The Windsor, Camelot (outdoors also in summer only), Luna Fremantle and of course Paradiso in Northbridge.
These independent cinemas host all the foreign film festivals, highly anticipated indie flicks and also the strange and absurd films I would never hear about without Luna screening them.
Bonus points for being able to drink in the cinemas too!

Attended the Mexican Film Festival at Cinema Paradiso last year and since then been here a couple of times for something different and in order to avoid the Sunday crowds at Event Cinemas.
Cinema Paradiso’s cinemas remind me of a small TAFE lecture theatre, some of the cinemas in here are seriously tiny. In saying that if you get here at the right time you can have your own personal screening. A good priced candy bar and you can also enjoy a glass of wine or a beer with your movie which isn’t the case with the bigger cinemas unless you go to Gold Class/​La Première.
Definitely good for a change of scenery or a low key cinema attendance on the weekend — with a world of food options on the doorstep once you are finished your movie!

There was never going to be much happening with me today. An evening of delicious food, wine and an Iron Chef drinking game, and chats at the dinner table well into the night (with 2 other friends, Ben and Jerry), I was really in no mood for anything other than lounging. Which was lucky, since I had a ticket to go and see Days of Grace at Luna Paradiso in Northbridge and all I had to do was sit and watch, which was all I was capable of.
We got there just in time for this film to start and it was quite gritty and confronting first up, and I was wondering what I had gotten myself into! I only really had brief information about the movie, c/​o IMDB — «Mexico City. 2002, 2006, 2010. A cop. A hostage. A wife. Corruption, violence, vengeance. Three destinies, during 30 days, during three Soccer World Cups. Three ways to fight in order to survive.»
The key thing to notice here is that the film is set over 3 different times, during 3 different world cups. They don’t make it that obvious when they change between stories, so pay attention to the subtitles! It was a little confusing, and the ending perplexed us a little, but the movie in itself was gritty, dark, depressing and captivating. You were really drawn into the stories, and into what was happening with the characters, at the same time trying to piece together the stories from 3 different times.
I loved the way it was filmed — the camera work goes between standard movie angles to being a little bit Blair Witch Project. Sometimes you were running after someone, sometimes you’re on the end of a gun watching a cops face as he raids a drug traffickers hideout. Things were never left to stagnate and despite my diminished mental state, I found I was really paying attention and being drawn in by the darkness, shadows, guns, and heartbreaking personal stories. The soundtrack was also great, I loved the mix of typical Mexican style folk music with hip hop and scene setting, nail biting instrumentals.
This would be a great movie to see with the fella. You’re keen on going out and getting some foreign film action, he wants guns. This is the movie for you both. While a little hard to follow, and a second viewing is probably necessary to actually get it (the twist at the end totally threw us!), I would not have a problem watching it again. It was exciting, gritty, dark and pretty raw. It was also about 2 hours long so be prepared for a good long sit down — though the cinema was pretty empty so we had lots of room to spread out and stretch our legs! Tickets were $ 19.
Sometimes you have no idea what to expect from a film, and you go in, and once it starts, you still have no idea. This was one of them!
It’s the story of Carmina, an overweight bar owner who lives in a small town who seems to be having a streak of bad luck. The story follows Carmina, her daugher and the characters around them both through this comedy of errors, bad luck and ridiculous happenings, in Spanish bogan-​esque setting.
It was really funny. The way they used the humour was so unassuming, it was not a movie of jokes and slipstick comedy, but of making simple, small acts the focus, and making them funny. She spends a lot of the movie sitting at her kitchen table, smoking and musing. Also eating yoghurt.
It’s quite random, the twists and turns in the plot are unpredictable and you find yourself laughing and shaking your head — where did this come from?! A goat?! Wtf?
What I saw at the Spanish Film Festival was great, I really enjoyed the films I saw (also Days of Grace) and would definitely make an effort to see more!

A pleasant change from the mega cinemas, Cinema Paradiso is a small cinema located right in the middle of Northbridge. Walk in from the street and you will arrive at the bar and entrance to the cinema room, no need to walk long distances between the cinema room and the snack bar in case you have the munchies half way through the movie.
Independent art house movies, international movies and the occasional Hollywood blockbuster are normally shown on the screens.
Not a super large screen but given the size of the room itself, the screen is big enough.
After the movie we had plenty of dining options to choose from and went to an Italian restaurant across the road.

Good Cinema. Like it!
Seat is quite good.

Cinema Paradiso is a great little cinema run by Luna Palace showing independent and foreign films. I have been for the french, Mexican and Palestinian film festivals and have no complaints.
If you like going to the Luna cinemas quite often i would suggest getting the members card all movie tickets are discounted saving up to $ 4 each time you go.

Cinema Paradiso is a great place to go to if you don’t want to get sucked into the evil vortex of a Mega-​mall cinema chain. With an older deco inspired theme, this venue plays a great combination of both new releases and art-​house/​foreign films.
Sure the popcorn might have been sitting there for a while and the carpets a wee bit sticky with age, but you can get a glass of wine to enjoy and you don’t have to put up with thirty-​five thousand tweenagers creating havoc in the back seats like some of the larger venues.

Italian film festival… try the canoli mama mia!
I’ve never seen a bad film from any of the Luna locations in Perth. Without Luna it would be hard to find a good foreign film, which are so badly underrated especially with the amount of rubbish coming out of hollywood today.
Keep it up Luna, and never disappear or else Perth’s intellectual capacity of film will drop 30 points.

My cousins tells me that Paradiso is famous for international movies, film festivals and foreign films. Apart from showing the mainstream movies, Paradiso lends a European charm with its interior and fittings.
It makes movie watching pleasant and certainly a wonderful experience as you’re surrounded by luxurious deco and ambience.

Cinema Paradiso is a film which portrays a young boy in Italy pestering the projectionist at the local cinema, and follows their relationship as he grows up and begins to fall in love with film. However, Cinema Paradiso is also a movie theatre in Northbridge, but every time I go here I am affectionately reminded of the endearing movie it is named after.
It’s clear they are real cinema lovers here, working hard to create the best atmosphere in which films should be seen. The foyer is large and of course has a red carpet, all of their cinemas are fully licensed which is an added bonus if you are wanting to go to the cinema for a night out. They play the foreign and art house films you won’t find else where in Perth. While that is a shame and you have to venture into the city, it only proves that the film is worth seeing and making that effort for. It makes it not just a way to waste some time seeing a film, but a night out with friends or watching something with like-​minded people. They do of course play the mainstream films also, so that if you aren’t so keen on subtitles or narrative documentaries you can still enjoy the atmosphere of the cinema.
The cinema is available for group bookings, or to hire for a private screening or fundraising event. A top tip for parking, if you park in the Roe St, City of Perth Parking and show your ticket stub when you go to pay, you receive the first hour free! Bonus! Also if you are wanting a meal after the movie, head to Oliver’s, not only is it delicious food and conveniently next door, you also get a 10% discount if you present your movie ticket. Well everything is there for you to have a great day or night, now go and enjoy!

Amongst all the inauthentic eateries and tacky night venues, Cinema Paradios was for a long time, the only trace of any culture in what is supposed to be «Perth’s cultural centre». Paradiso screens exclusive Art House, Indie and World cinema as well as a cultivated edit of the best mainstream flicks.
The cinema foyer is styled in comfortable, dark furnishings, with a European sensibility. The venue feels like you’ve stepping inside a cool cave, allowing you to mentally escape from the outside world.
The genre of films shown, attract mostly older, ‘thinker’ types as well as dedicated cinephiles. It’s a peaceful cinema where you wont find screaming kids or have to battle with hoards of teens or any ticket lines. I’ve never waited in a queue here once, making the exercise a breeze. Just make sure you come handy with cash; they don’t accept cards.
Paradiso does away with the common Starburst and Allens, and offer a scrumptious collection of locally made choc-​bombs. You can also pick up a bag of rocky-​road. The cinema is fully licensed allowing you to enjoy a glass of red with your foreign film also.

Cinema Paradiso in Northbridge is a smörgåsbord of cinematic entertainment. They show the usual mainstream new release movies but also pay a particular amount of attention to world cinema and independent movies. Based on the movie of the same title, this cinema manages to achieve the nostalgic postmodernism that is the essence of the film. In many cities around the world, coffee dispensing art house cinemas are closing to make way for chain type cinemas that make money and promote Hollywood development. It might be more suitably located outside of Northbridge but it is handy if you want to take advantage of the restaurants and bars for an easy-​flowing date. Produce your cinema ticket at Oliver’s on James next door and you get 10% off your meal.