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Despite Cape Town’s major role as a film location – the city and its surrounds have acted as stand-ins for an impressive range of films in recent years – there is very little in the way of local cinema. Instead, cinemas tend to screen Hollywood blockbusters and mainstream releases.

The two major cinema groups are Nu Metro and Ster- Kinekor, both of which have several modern multi-plexes dotted around the city. Some of the Ster-Kinekor multi-plexes (V & A Waterfront and Cavendish Square) have an attached Cinema Nouveau, concentrating on foreign and art-house cinema. There are also a couple of independent cinemas which screen international and art-house releases.

New films are released on Friday. Evening and weekend shows are very popular so booking ahead is a good idea. Daily newspapers and the monthly Cape Review have full listings.

Nu Metro, V & A Waterfront, T 021-4199700. 11 screens, usually about R15-20 entry, large, modern complex with usual snacks on offer, roomy air-conditioned cinemas, block-busters and new releases;Century City, T 021-5552510. Huge complex popular with families; Claremont, T 021-6831122. . Similar set-up with plenty of screens showing latest releases, gets very busy at weekends and Tuesdays when tickets are half-price.

Ster-Kinekor, Golden Acre, Adderley St, T 021-9395126. . Plenty of choice plus range of snacks on offer, cheap nights on Tuesdays; Cavendish Sq, T 021-6836238. . Number of screens, usual multiplex set-up, most shows get sold out on Fridays and Saturdays; Kenilworth, T 021-6831208/9. Slightly smaller, but good choice and same facilities and services on offer.

Baxter, Main Rd, Rondebosch, T 021-6891069. R20-40. Two screens, part of the theatre complex, art-house and foreign-language films, arty sophisticated crowd, around R20.

Labia, 68 Orange St, Gardens, T 021-4245927, labia@new.co.za R20-60. Two screens, international art house films, trendy crowd, some good South African cinema, tickets around R20.

Imax cinema, in the BMW Pavilion at the V & A Waterfront, T 021-4197365. Shows special format films on a giant screen with ‘six-channel wrap-around digital sound’. Check the papers for listings of what’s on. Tickets cost approximately R50 for adults and each film lasts for one hour.

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