A Weekend Full of Movies! Death on the Nile, Scarborough + Jockey, Horror with the Foo Fighters & More!

It's a big weekend of new movies at the Princess as we have 10 different films screening! Keep scrolling to see what we have an offer!

Director Kenneth Branagh, hot off multiple Oscar nominations for Belfast, brings us his entertaining adaptation of Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile, starting Friday!

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Premiering Friday at the Twin, Canada's most-acclaimed film of the year, based on the best-selling novel of the same name:

"If you have any doubt about the tremendous, inspiring, near-transcendent power that Canadian film can offer, then you must make a priority of watching Scarborough." - Globe and Mail

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Dave Grohl + the Foo Fighters in a horror film? Yep, Studio 666 is set to make audiences scream at the Original this weekend!

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"It plays like an episode of Scooby-Doo with a special appearance by the band directed by Eli Roth. Look for cameos, plenty of gore, and Grohl calling the shots." - Fort Worth Report

Opening this weekend is the award-winning new indie film (with some stunning cinematography) Jockey.

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"An evocative study of American life on the fringes that unfolds alongside the grand mysticism of stallions. Clifton Collins Jr. delivers a haunting, profoundly poignant performance." - Harper's Bazaar

One of the best-reviewed international films of the year, Compartment No. 6 opens the Original on Saturday! Winner, 2021 Cannes Film Festival, Grand Prix & Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.

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"It's an improbably beautiful film about strangers on a train coming to terms with each other as they make peace with their troubled selves." - Wall Street Journal

One-Night-Only! March 17th, St. Patrick's Day with a wild and fun screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show!

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FILMS SHOWING Friday March 11 to Thursday March 17

Death on the Nile

"Branagh’s second Agatha Christie adaption is a classy, captivating whodunit." - Newsday

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.

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Scarborough

"Adapted from the critically acclaimed novel by Catherine Hernandez, Scarborough is an unflinching portrait of three low-income families struggling to endure within a system that’s set them up for failure." - TIFF

"Taking place over the span of a school year, Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson’s debut narrative feature follows three interwoven families fighting an uphill struggle against debt, addiction, and job insecurity.

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Jockey

An aging jockey (Clifton Collins Jr.), hopes to win one last title for his longtime trainer (Molly Parker), who has acquired what appears to be a championship horse. But the years -- and injuries -- have taken a toll on his body, throwing into question his ability to continue his lifelong passion.

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Studio 666

"Not every Foo Fighter survives the band's devilishly fun horror flick 'Studio 666,' but they all go down rockin'." - Metro Weekly

In STUDIO 666, Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock history to record their much anticipated 10th album. Once in the house, Dave Grohl finds himself grappling with supernatural forces that threaten both the completion of the album and the lives of the band.

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Compartment No. 6

14A

Traveling by train from Moscow to Murmansk, a Finnish student forms an unlikely friendship with a gruff Russian miner.

A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger than life Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of Compartment No. 6 to face major truths about human connection.

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Licorice Pizza

"Paul Thomas Anderson's sunniest movie yet, this San Fernando Valley palimpsest is so buoyant and bubbly, it practically floats off the screen." - Time Out

Nominated for 3 Oscars (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay)

The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.

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The Worst Person in the World

"The kind of movie which reminds you just how beguiling top-tier cinema can be, Joachim Trier's 'The Worst Person in the World' is a triumph." - Awards Watch

Oscar nominated for Best Original Screenplay and International Film

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Drive My Car

14A

Winner of the 2021 Golden Globe for Best International Feature. "A masterpiece." - Wall Street Journal

Nominated for 4 Oscars (Best Picture, Director, International Feature, Adapted Screenplay.)

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Ronnie Wood | Somebody Up There Likes Me

New 4K restoration! Part of THEMUSEUM's UNZIPPED

Co-presented by THEMUSEUM as part of their major Rolling Stones exhibition, UNZIPPED.

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Rocky Horror on St. Patrick's Day!

"You're lucky, he's lucky, I'm lucky, we're all lucky!"

Tickets on sale at the link!

Ukraine Benefit: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

We are screening this classic of world cinema to fundraise for the Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis. Very rarely screened, this is a beautiful, poetic film. Please come out and support!

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is considered to be the most internationally heralded Ukrainian film in history and a classic of Ukrainian magical realist cinema.

All ticket proceeds will go to the Canada-Ukraine Foundation Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

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Rock This Town - Encore!

When live music rocked Kitchener-Waterloo! Featuring Q&A with producer Betty Anne Keller

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 today’s musicians. Rock stars come and go but live music is here to stay!

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Out of the Blue (1980) - 4K Restoration

A 40th anniversary 4K restoration of Dennis Hopper's "Easy rider of the 80's"

Don Barnes (Hopper) is a truck driver in prison for drunkenly smashing his rig into a school bus. Linda Manz (“Days of Heaven”) plays CeBe, his daughter, a young teen rebel and outsider obsessed with Elvis and the Sex Pistols.

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Oscars 2022 (94th Academy Awards) Live Broadcast

In-person Oscars are back!

Pre-registration required. Sign up here.

FREE with non-perishable food donation to Food Bank of Waterloo Region.

We also will be accepting cash donations for the Canada-Ukraine Foundation - Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal.

Join us for a casual, come-as-you-are (or dress-to-the-nines, your choice!) evening celebrating the 94th Academy Awards®. Red carpet starts at 6:30pm.

Enjoy Hollywood's most glamourous night and celebrate the return of cinema!

WATERLOO - PADDLING FILM FESTIVAL 2022

Presented in partnership with Salus Marine Wear and Waterloo Wellington Canoe Club

Tickets ($20) on sale at the link!

The Paddling Film Festival is an international adventure film tour presenting the world’s best paddling films of the year whitewater, sea kayaking, canoeing, SUP, action and lifestyle in more than 120 cities and towns across Canada,
United States and around the world.