Marzipan the Astor cat is looking forward to welcoming back MIFF members!

MIFF is pleased as punch to announce that the Astor Theatre has come onboard as a partner cinema for the MIFF membership program! That means that current members will now be able to gain concession entry to sessions at the Astor with your MIFF membership card (excluding special events).

Not only that, but the Astor will also be offering us special members screenings throughout the year featuring films from their premiere retrospectives seasons, where you will be able to experience beautifully restored classic films before anyone else!

So to celebrate this momentous occasion, we will be kicking off the partnership with a bang with a special members screening on Tuesday 26th of February of the new 4K DCP restoration of the Alfred Hitchcock classic NORTH BY NORTHWEST, thanks to our friends at Chapel Distribution!

If you would like to come along to the screening you will be able to book your seat from 11am Monday 11th February. Be quick, though, as there are only 300 spots available, and believe me, you don't want to miss out!

I certainly hope you will be able to join us in raising a choc-ice toast to the Astor on the 26th. Like Bogie and Bacall, Woody Allen and neurosis, and Cary Grant and crop-dusting aeroplanes, some cinematic unions are timeless, and we hope that the same can now be said for MIFF and the Astor.

Yours in classic film appreciation,

Hayley Inch, Membership Coordinator.

NORTH BY NORTHWEST

Undoubtedly one of the most fun thrillers ever made, North by Northwest is absolute entertainment. A caper of mistaken identity, Cary Grant is Roger Thornhill, a hapless New York advertising executive mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies. Abducted and left for dead, foreign spy Phillip Vandamm (a slyly evil James Mason) and his henchman attempt to eliminate him, but when Thornhill tries to make sense of the case, he is framed for murder. Now on the run from the police, he manages to hop a train to Chicago where he meets a beautiful and typical “Hitchcock Blonde”, Eve Kendall, who helps him to evade the authorities. His world is turned upside down yet again when he learns that Eve isn’t the innocent bystander he thinks she is. Not all is as it seems, leading to a dramatic rescue and escape at the top of Mt. Rushmore.

One of MGM’s few movies to be shot in the expansive Vistavision format, North By Northwest features the trademark Saul Bass opening credit sequence, noted for its early use of kinetic typography.

Like Psycho (1960), Hitchcock’s North By Northwest features another of history’s most famous (and parodied) sequences – the ominous crop dusting plane that chases Grant across a barren field in the middle of nowhere. An addictively exciting thriller, it is full of that distinctive Hitchcock dry wit and spectacular use of location photography. We are pleased to present this motion picture classic with a brand new 4K DCP Restoration, screening for the first time in 4K format and 5.1 Surround Sound.

TUESDAY 26TH FEBRUARY 7PM at THE ASTOR THEATRE.

Click here to book your ticket for North By Northwest.

HOW TO BOOK

To see the film on offer:

• Click on the session
• Type in your 7 digit membership number
• Select 1 from the quantity drop down menu
• Click on 'Book Tickets'
• Click on 'Check Out'

At this point you will need to login - if you have forgotten your password you can get a new one emailed to you.

After the checkout you will be able to print your barcoded ticket.

PLEASE PRINT YOUR BARCODED TICKET and BRING YOUR MEMBERSHIP CARD AND TICKET to the session, it will be scanned on entry.

Please note, this invitation is non transferable - it is intended for members only. Entry may be refused to latecomers. It is first in best dressed, so please get in early.

If you encounter any difficulties or have any membership enquiries please send an email to membership@miff.com.au  or contact us on (03) 8660 4888.

THANK YOU TO OUR SCREENING PARTNERS