World Migratory Bird Day: Purple Haze (Waterloo)
Presented with Waterloo Region Nature and the Bird Friendly City Initiative
What we do at home affects what we do to the world. Follow one man’s journey chasing America’s favorite backyard bird halfway around the world and back.
May 11: World Migratory Bird Day! - Twin
Beyond the Tree Line
A captivating feature-length documentary that chronicles the remarkable journey of the Sutton family as they trek the entire Appalachian Trail, covering 2,193 miles of wilderness terrain with their 4-year-old son, Harvey Sutton, before he starts kindergarten.
One show only May 8
Evil Does Not Exist
From the Academy Award nominated director Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car, 2019)
Opens May 10 - Original
The Sacrifice
Part of the 5 by Andrei Tarkovsky series
May 10 & 12 - Original
A Clockwork Orange
18A
Part of the 4 by Stanley Kubrick series
May 11, 14 & 16 - Original
Little Women: Mother's Day screening
PG
Extra show added!
In Little Women, Greta Gerwig couldn't have chosen a more beloved classic to adapt for her second feature as director, matched only by the strength of cast she's corralled.
Mother's Day screening: May 12 - Original
The Coddling of the American Mind
Beginning in 2012, a mental health mystery appeared out of nowhere.
Anxiety, depression, and suicide shot up among young people, and nobody knew why. Then one man’s brush with suicide revealed some unexpected clues, and five 20-somethings from around the world began to piece together a...
May 15 - Twin
Boy in the Woods
Based on the memoir "The Boy in The Woods" by Maxwell Smart, and inspired by the award-winning documentary Cheating Hitler: Surviving The Holocaust. This is the true story of Max (Jett Klyne), a Jewish boy escaping Nazi persecution in Eastern Europe.
May 12 - Twin
GRFF presents: Richelieu
Facing bankruptcy after a difficult breakup, Ariane moves back to the Richelieu Valley and gets a job in a food transformation plant for seasonal migrant workers. Focused on solving her financial issues, Ariane serves a translator between the factory’s aggressive supervisor and the Guatemalan...
May 10 - Twin
GRFF presents: 20,000 Species of Bees
During a summer in Basque Country among the beehives, an eight-year old child explores her identity alongside the women of her family, who at the same time reflect on their own lives and desires.
Buy tickets here
May 12 - Twin
Bike - Presented by Director Terrance Odette!
NR
In a sloppy attempt to straighten out and fly right, Bike (Brian Stillar) takes on a job running errands for a shady real estate lawyer. Becoming the only witness to a drive-by shooting, Bike’s ambiguously skewed moral compass goes topsy-turvy when he may be endangering everyone in his life,...
May 15 - Original
I Saw the TV Glow
Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.
Opens May 17 - Twin
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Double Feature!
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Parts 1 and 2!
Bella Swan, still human, marries the vampire Edward Cullen, leaving her friend and Edward's werewolf rival, Jacob, heartbroken. When Bella becomes pregnant with Edward's child, their marital bliss is shattered as they face off against...
May 17 - Princess Original
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
PG
Part of the 4 by Stanley Kubrick series
May 18, 19 & 21 - Original
Plastic People plus Q&A!
Plastic People opening show with intro and Q&A!
May 21 - Twin
Le Samouraï - 4k Restoration
In a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts. After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can...
May 18 & 22 - Original
Hit Man
Gary Johnson (Glen Powell) is a philosophy professor by day, lecturing his students on theories of morality. In his downtime he works with the police in surveillance vans as a tech-savvy staff investigator during undercover sting operations.
Opens May 24 - Twin
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes - Tribute Screening
STC
Presented in Tribute and Celebration of the late Dr. Anne Innis Dagg (1933-2024). 50% of ticket proceeds go to the Anne Innis Dagg (AID) Foundation.
Introduction and Q&A with Mary Dagg and director Alison Reid.
May 26 & 28 - Twin
Girl, Interrupted
25th Anniversary - part of our Rewind 99 series!
May 25 & 28 - Original
The Crow: 30th Anniversary!
The Crow lives again after 30 years
May 24 & 29 - Original
2001: A Space Odyssey - 4K restoration
PG
Part of the 4 by Stanley Kubrick series
May 25, 27 & 30 - Original
Ezra
EZRA follows Max Bernal (Bobby Cannavale), a stand-up comedian living with his father (Robert De Niro), while struggling to co-parent his autistic son Ezra (introducing William Fitzgerald) with his ex-wife (Rose Byrne). When forced to confront difficult decisions about their son's future, Max...
Opens May 31 - Twin
Rock This Town - Encore!
G
Rock This Town brings to life the exciting history of rock music concerts in KW from the 1960s & ‘70s. An insider’s look into the gritty reality of building the local live music scene. A 70-minute documentary featuring interviews with music business pros plus performances by...
Returning May 31 - Twin
Barry Lyndon
14A
Part of the 4 by Stanley Kubrick series
June 1, 2 & 4 - Original
The Doom Generation
“A Heterosexual Movie by Gregg Araki”
June 7, 9 & 11 - Original
Run Lola Run
In this visually and conceptually impressive film, two-bit Berlin criminal Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu) delivers some smuggled loot for his boss, Ronnie (Heino Ferch), but accidentally leaves the 100,000 mark payment in a subway car.
June 7 - Original
The Great Escaper
In the summer of 2014 -- the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings -- octogenarian Bernie Jordan (Michael Caine) made global headlines. He'd staged a "great escape" from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades.
Opens June 7 - Twin
Brazil
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce) escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel.
June 15, 16 & 20 - Original
Hip Hop Hope
Buy tickets here
June 18 - Twin
Robot Dreams
Nominated for Best Animated Feature - 96th Academy Awards
Opens June 21 - Twin
Kinds of Kindness
KINDS OF KINDNESS is a triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who...
Opens June 28 - Twin
Phantom of the Paradise: 50th Anniversary!
After record producer Swan (Paul Williams) steals the music of songwriter Winslow Leach (William Finley) and gives it to one of his bands, Leach sneaks into Swan's offices. Catching Leach, Swan frames him for dealing drugs, which lands him in prison. After Leach breaks out and again attempts to...
June 28 & July 3
Trainspotting in 4k!
14A
Renton, Spud, Tommy, and Sickboy are all heroin addicts living in squalor in the Scottish town of Edinburgh. Danny Boyle’s frenetic ‘90s classic will take you from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows as you experience addiction, withdrawal, suppositories, underage sex, Iggy Pop,...
Coming Soon
But I’m a Cheerleader: Director’s Cut
Megan (Natasha Lyonne) considers herself a typical American girl. She excels in school and cheerleading, and she has a handsome football-playing boyfriend, even though she isn't that crazy about him. So she's stunned when her parents decide she's gay and send her to True Directions, a...
June 22, 23 & 25 - Original
Quadrophenia: 45th Anniversary!
14A
The Who's 1973 double album Quadrophenia represented the pinnacle of the English rock band's outsized ambition, both as musicians and storytellers.
June 5 & 8 - Original
Challengers
From visionary filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, Challengers stars Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, a former tennis prodigy turned coach and a force of nature who makes no apologies for her game on and off the court.
Coming Soon
