Ascending the steep stairs at Paddington’s Verona is part of the magic of going to the movies at the longstanding cinema. But the opportunity to see an offbeat foreign or art-house film here is ...

But a planned redevelopment means the Palace chain will close the Verona cinema in Oxford Street early next year and turn the lights back on at an old Hoyts’ venue down the hill at Moore Park.

See the plans. The owners of the Palace Verona in Paddington have lodged a $13.8m plan to rebuild the Oxford St cinema into a six-level venue described as a new entertainment drawcard for local ...