Aug 13-19 | Nine Days Opens; Dream Horse; First Nations Film Beans Returns & More!

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Winston Duke & Zazie Beetz light up the big screen this Friday in the brand new indie film, Nine Days opening at the Original. Plus, British feel-good film, Dream Horse starts Friday, too! 

It's always a great week with new movies to look forward to at the Princess, including this Friday's opening of Nine Days. This film was a huge hit at Sundance and has critics and audiences buzzing:

A man interviews five unborn souls to determine which one can be given life on Earth. "A life-affirming epiphany, 'Nine Days' is cinema of a higher calling, spiritual without denomination." - LA Times


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If you're looking for a film to see this weekend for the whole family, may we suggest Dream Horse? This film is not just for horse lovers (although horse lovers will love it) but for anyone who roots for the underdogs in life. It's a feel-good film to warm up your heart, based on the true story of Dream Alliance (some of you may recall seeing the documentary Dark Horse, which we premiered in 2015).

"It's a story with all the hallmarks of a typically British feel-good movie in the tradition pioneered by the Ealing comedies of the post-WWII years when the country needed all the laughs it could raise." - Sydney Morning Herald


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We JUST added tickets to the 20th Anniversary Bicycle Film Festival on our website, scroll down now to get yours so you don't have to miss out on the cycling / biking event of the year in KW! 

This all kicks off on the 26th, but tickets will sell fast thanks to our awesome partner, King Street Cycles! 


 

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More drive-in movies are coming your way with Movies in the Parking Lot! Now is a great time to register on Eventbrite for free and reserve your spots for upcoming screenings of Stand By Me, Godzilla Vs. Kong & more!


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We are continuing screenings of the breakout hit, indie musical with Adam Driver, Annette all this week at the Twin. If you didn't get a chance to see it, do it: there's nothing like it out there. 

"A dark, glamourous, beautifully photographed and gorgeously eerie study of love and the death of love." - What She Said

Plus all this week at the Princess...

The First Nations film, Beans returns to the Twin for a handful of screenings. This film won Best Picture at the Canadian Screen Awards, it's a must-see.

Speaking of Canadian films, the animated classic, Heavy Metal is turning 40 this week and we have it on the big screen. 

Plus, The Father & Roadrunner are held over and returning for more screenings this week. Both films are excellent, so why not grab some tickets. Last chance!

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See you at the movies!

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A man interviews five unborn souls to determine which one can be given life on Earth. "A life-affirming epiphany, 'Nine Days' is cinema of a higher calling, spiritual without denomination." - LA Times

A knockout feature directorial debut from Edson Oda, Nine Days is an ethereal and evocative film about the meaning of life - elevated by a phenomenal performance from Winston Duke.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Dream Horse is a family-friendly, feel good film! Yes they still make them like this!

The film tells the inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by small town bartender, Jan Vokes (Academy Award nominee Toni Collette). With very little money and no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream and compete with the racing elites.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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The opening night film of the 2021 Cannes Film Fest. "What happens when you take Leos Carax’s poetic style and emotionally raw storytelling and mix it with Spark’s multi-layered and kind of esoteric pop songwriting? Annette, of course. It will take your breath away" - The Observer

A globally acclaimed opera singer and a stand-up comedian have their first child, and their lives are completely changed. 

No screenings currently scheduled.

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"Director Tracey Deer's award-winning debut feature puts the Oka Crisis into sharp focus while telling a compelling coming-of-age story." - Thom Ernst

It is 30 years since the Oka Crisis magnified tensions between French Canadian settlers and the Mohawk community in neighboring Kanesatake as a sometimes violent standoff boiled on through the long, hot summer of 1990.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Oscar Winner, Best Actor, Anthony Hopkins

"Deeply sympathetic but never patronising, The Father is a gentle-handed yet powerful film that forces us through Hopkins's extraordinary performance to have an albeit fleeting window into what living with dementia could be like." - ABC Radio

No screenings currently scheduled.

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40th Anniversary screening. Inspired by the scifi/fantasy magazine, classic rock soundtrack, voiced by SCTV alumni

"A step beyond science fiction..." Canadian headbangers in the early 80s dug the rocking soundtrack, the hilariously familiar SCTV-voices and all those comely visions of Amazons getting sexy with dorky robots. Yep, there's a lot of male gaze going on, but what a head-trip this movie was, and we're bringing it back. Big screen, big sound!

No screenings currently scheduled.

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It’s not where you go. It’s what you leave behind . . . Chef, writer, adventurer, provocateur: Anthony Bourdain lived his life unabashedly.

From the Oscar winning Director of 20 Feet from Stardom and Won't You Be My Neighbor? comes ROADRUNNER: A FILM ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Movies In The Parking Lot Has Returned! 

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Director in attendance for Q&A. Based on a true Ontario tragedy. One show only.

Director Richard Bell will be in attendance for a Q&A! 'Brotherhood' is a movie based on a true story. It tells the story of 11 teenage boys who lost their lives in a sudden summer storm on Balsam Lake in July 1926. 

No screenings currently scheduled.

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The Truffle Hunters explores a world most viewers will know nothing about -- with delightfully savory results.

Deep in the forests of Piedmont, Italy, a handful of men, seventy or eighty years young, hunt for the rare and expensive white Alba truffle—which to date has resisted all of modern science's efforts at cultivation. They're guided by a secret culture and training passed down through generations, as well as by the noses of their cherished and expertly-trained dogs.

No screenings currently scheduled.

August 26 - 28, Princess Twin. The Bicycle Film Festival is coming to Waterloo with a curated screening of short films.  Tickets on sale now via Eventbrite! Seating capacity is limited to 50%. 

CO-PRESENTED AND SPONSORED BY KING STREET CYCLE. TICKETS NOW ON SALE!

20th Anniversary Bicycle Film Festival lands in Waterloo: Aug 26-28, 2021.

Sept 24 - 26, Original Princess. Tickets on sale now via Eventbrite. Limited capacity!

CO-PRESENTED WITH GRAND RIVER ROCKS! 

We're excited to bring back The 2021 Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour to the Princess & the big screen!

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"The secret life of farm animals remains a secret, but a fascinating and even poignant one, in this strange and unexpectedly subtle film." - Guardian

Experiential cinema in its purest form, Gunda chronicles the unfiltered lives of a mother pig, a flock of chickens, and a herd of cows with masterful intimacy.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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