At the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a way to restore peace to the world and finds he must give something in return.
Alexander (Erland Josephson) is celebrating his birthday with family and friends when they receive some stunning news from the radio. World War III has erupted, and the end of the world is near. In order to avert the apocalypse, Alexander makes a bargain with God: He'll give up everything he values in life, including his beautiful home and beloved son (Tommy Kjellqvist).
Experience the 1984 Best Picture winner, back on the big screen 40 years later.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce) is a remarkably talented young Viennese composer who unwittingly finds a fierce rival in the disciplined and determined Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham).
In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes.
Reality, imagination, and fantasy blur in this beautifully photographed cult classic, starring Lee Pace as a hospitalized stuntman who weaves a fantastical tale of five mythical heroes for his fellow patient, a young girl with a broken arm.
Presented on 35mm as part of Playhouse Cinema's Rewind '99 series!
Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.
Join filmmaker Terrance Odette and cinema programmer Wendy Guymer-Tutt for a post-film discussion of Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror!
Once of the most acclaimed films of all time, Mirror is Andrei Tarkovsky's non-linear meditation on memory, history, dreams, and life and culture in the Soviet Union. As a dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, and personal moments, his dreams begin to collide with the collective memories of the Soviet people.
Playhouse celebrates the 50th anniversary of the landmark film on 35mm!
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba. Join Playhouse for the 50th anniversary of this cinematic landmark!
In a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.
In the South American jungle, supplies of nitroglycerine are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers on the rough remote roads where the slightest jolt can result in death.
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