Metro Cinema (Dunedin)
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Address:
Town Hall Building 200 Moray Place Dunedin 9016 Contact Person: John Wilson Email: metrocinema@xtra.co.nz Phone: 021 241 8970 or 03 470 1441 Facebook: facebook.com/metrodunedin/ Website: www.metrocinema.co.nz |
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Details
Capacity: Metro 60 seats
Screen: Single screen. DCP + 35mm (when required)
Sound: Dolby digital SRD. No 3D
Seating: Formerly flipup; now converted to armchairs (ex Christchurch)
Snackbar: No liquor licence but numerous bars are scattered around the Octagon.. Coffee and snacks–but definitely no popcorn (see photo)
Accessibility: Lift available for wheelchairs
Capacity: Metro 60 seats
Screen: Single screen. DCP + 35mm (when required)
Sound: Dolby digital SRD. No 3D
Seating: Formerly flipup; now converted to armchairs (ex Christchurch)
Snackbar: No liquor licence but numerous bars are scattered around the Octagon.. Coffee and snacks–but definitely no popcorn (see photo)
Accessibility: Lift available for wheelchairs
Geoff's Review
With a 2012 major upgrade completed (new entrance, new seating, new fixtures), the Metro reoccupied its place as "the only 100% locally owned and operated cinema left in Dunedin". It has been owned and run by film enthusiast John Wilson for two decades; resurrected from failed ventures by other owners. Nevertheless, given that Dunedin is such a student town and the University of Otago teaches film (along with local schools), it is a little odd that there are not more cinemas of this kind in the city. There is the Rialto, which often screens art house fare and Readings, which focuses on commercial films.
The Metro has been screening programmes of art house and 'cross-over' films and mainstream titles seven days a week since 1996. It was formerly linked to the Metro in Christchurch (which sadly is no more).
The Dunedin Metro is tucked away behind the Octagon.
Update: I re-visited the Metro in January 2020 and it is still going strong. However, you do need to look for the enticing entrance to this cinema as the Dunedin Town Hall is shrouded in scaffolding and will be in such a state for the next two years.
With a 2012 major upgrade completed (new entrance, new seating, new fixtures), the Metro reoccupied its place as "the only 100% locally owned and operated cinema left in Dunedin". It has been owned and run by film enthusiast John Wilson for two decades; resurrected from failed ventures by other owners. Nevertheless, given that Dunedin is such a student town and the University of Otago teaches film (along with local schools), it is a little odd that there are not more cinemas of this kind in the city. There is the Rialto, which often screens art house fare and Readings, which focuses on commercial films.
The Metro has been screening programmes of art house and 'cross-over' films and mainstream titles seven days a week since 1996. It was formerly linked to the Metro in Christchurch (which sadly is no more).
The Dunedin Metro is tucked away behind the Octagon.
Update: I re-visited the Metro in January 2020 and it is still going strong. However, you do need to look for the enticing entrance to this cinema as the Dunedin Town Hall is shrouded in scaffolding and will be in such a state for the next two years.