The Majestic (35mm print) at Como

Escape the pre-Christmas bustle at Perth's only celluloid "revival house" cinema (a cinema that specialises in showing classic films) for one of the last Hollywood films made without cynicism, before 9/11 ruined cinema forever.

We'll meet in the lobby from 7:00pm, and we'll head in to grab seats around 7:30pm for the film at 7:45pm. After the film you're invited to come upstairs to check out the projection room. Tickets are available online or at the cinema.

Frank Darabont follows up The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile with this earnest 2001 love letter to classic Hollywood, small-town America, and the power of movies to bring communities together. Jim Carrey trades comedy for sincerity in a Capra-esque tale about identity, McCarthyism, and finding yourself by losing yourself.

Rising Hollywood screenwriter Peter Appleton (Jim Carrey) is blacklisted in the early 1950s Red Scare. Following a drunken car accident, he wakes with amnesia near the small town of Lawson, Calif., where the residents mistake him for Luke Trimble, a local boy declared missing in action during World War II. As Peter helps Luke's father (Martin Landau) and high school sweetheart (Laurie Holden) reopen the town's sole movie theater, questions arise about his true identity and motivations.

Trailer.

"A heartfelt and surprisingly successful revival of the cinema-idyllic world of Frank Capra movies." -- Rob Blackwelder, SplicedWire.

"Carrey's natural charisma carries the movie with just the right dose of Jimmy Stewart charm." -- William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

"Darabont makes us care about the characters and their dilemmas; he's made this old-fashioned tale vital and engaging." -- Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle.

At The Revival House all films are screened on 35mm or 16mm film prints. Their home is the Art Deco, heritage listed Como Theatre built in 1938. It's a great cinema that's attracted a passionate community of film lovers.

About The Revival House

• Located on Preston St in Como.
• There is street parking, or use the free car park entrance adjacent to the downhill side of the theatre.
• Seating is first in, best dressed.