Dec 23-31: Empire of Light, The Whale, NYE and more!

Dec 23 - 31 at the Twin & Original


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Olivia Colman conjures Oscar magic in EMPIRE OF LIGHT. Opens FRIDAY at the Twin! Tickets on sale now!

Set in an English seaside town in the early 1980s, EMPIRE OF LIGHT is a powerful and poignant story about human connection and the magic of cinema, from Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes.

"'Empire of Light' shines as one of the year’s best films with an incredible performance from Olivia Colman, stirring images by master cinematographer Roger Deakins and a moving original score." - Hollywood Reporter

"Olivia Colman dazzles in 'Empire of Light,' writer-director Sam Mendes' ode to movies, melancholy, and friendship." - Metro Weekly


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Brendan Fraser in THE WHALE will blow you away! Plays daily at the Original AND the Twin!

Click here for tickets*!

Brendan Fraser gives a career-defining performance in Darren Aronofsky’s arrestingly intimate drama about a reclusive English professor struggling with personal relationships and self-acceptance.

"Brendan Fraser's relentless display of craft and courage is a must see." - Rex Reed, Observer

"Brendan Fraser is on the march to Oscar. That's how astonishing he is as a morbidly obese recluse in this deeply moving character study. Accusations that wearing a fatsuit diminishes his tour de force performances are nonsense. This is essential viewing." - Peter Travers, ABC News

*THE WHALE opens the Original Wed Dec 21 AND the Twin Fri Dec 23, with multiple DAILY showtimes. Check both locations for showtimes!


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Catch THE FABELMANS at the Twin!

"This is Spielberg’s most personal film, and it’s intriguing to watch him pay homage to the directors who made up his group of friends in the early 1970s." - Boston Globe


THE MENU IS BACK AT THE ORIGINAL!

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"Bizarre, original and loaded with revelatory surprises with every turn of the page, The Menu uses the culture of haute cuisine as a metaphor for the spit-roasted values of high society, with results that are vicious, delicious, and horrifying." - Observer


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From the director of 'Perfect Blue' and 'Paprika,' an anime Christmas movie!

Tokyo Godfathers - Dec 23 & 24

On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.


Missed BANSHEES? It's at the Original! 

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New Year's weekend at the Original!

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REVIVAL 69: THE CONCERT THAT ROCKED THE WORLD!

Dec 30 - Jan 2. Get tickets!

"The second most important event in rock & roll history" was a one-day event held on September 12, 1969 at the University of Toronto's Varsity Stadium. An incredible story of how the life-changing concert came together.



Need a last minute gift? Stop by the Twin for great gifts and stocking stuffers!

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FILMS SHOWING at the Twin & Original Dec 23 - 31
14A

A reclusive English teacher attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter.

Nominated for 3 Academy Awards: Actor in a Leading Role (Brendan Fraser), Actress in a Supporting Role (Hong Chau), and Makeup and Hairstyling! 

No screenings currently scheduled.

NR

Nominated for Best Cinematography at The Academy Awards!

Set in an English seaside town in the early 1980s, EMPIRE OF LIGHT is a powerful and poignant story about human connection and the magic of cinema, from Academy Award®-winning director Sam Mendes.

No screenings currently scheduled.

NR

On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.

From the director of 'Perfect Blue' and 'Paprika,' an anime Christmas movie! Middle-aged alcoholic Gin (Toru Emori), teenage runaway Miyuki (Aya Okamoto) and former drag queen Hana (Yoshiaki Umegaki) are a trio of homeless people surviving as a makeshift family on the streets of Tokyo.

No screenings currently scheduled.

PG

Winner of the prestigious Audience Award at TIFF 2022, Steven Spielberg’s most personal film yet is based on the master director’s childhood passion for moviemaking, and the family dynamics that found their way into his work.

Nominated for 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role (Michelle Williams), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Judd Hirsch), and Best Director!

No screenings currently scheduled.

NR

"All the actors are fun, but the two lead actors (sorry, I can’t resist) are so good they’re delicious." (Variety)

A couple (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult) travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef (Ralph Fiennes) has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

Nominated for two Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor (Ralph Fiennes); Best Actress (Anya Taylor-Joy)

No screenings currently scheduled.

14A

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

Nominated for 9 Academy Awards including: Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role (Colin Farrell), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan), and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Kerry Condon)

No screenings currently scheduled.

NR

"The second most important event in rock & roll history" was a one-day event held on September 12, 1969 at the University of Toronto's Varsity Stadium. An incredible story of how the life-changing concert came together.

REVIVAL69: The Concert That Rocked the World, is the remarkable, behind-the-scenes story of how a little known, but life-altering music festival came together — against all odds.

No screenings currently scheduled.

Get tickets now!

 

NR

An homage to Au Hasard Balthazar, EO explores a vision of modern Europe through a donkey's eyes.

The world is a mysterious place when seen through the eyes of an animal. EO, a grey donkey with melancholic eyes, meets good and bad people on his life's path, experiences joy and pain, endures the wheel of fortune randomly turn his luck into disaster and his despair into unexpected bliss. But not even for a moment does he lose his innocence.

No screenings currently scheduled.

NR

Amidst the darkening backdrop of Delhi's apocalyptic air and escalating violence, two brothers devote their lives to protect one casualty of the turbulent times: the bird known as the Black Kite.

Winner!
Cannes & Sundance Film Festivals
Best Documentary 2022

No screenings currently scheduled.

NR

"Some leave, some retrieve."

The film follows two brokers who sell orphaned infants, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption, to affluent couples who can't have children of their own. After an infant's mother surprises the duo by returning to ensure her child finds a good home, the three embark on a journey to find the right couple, building an unlikely family of their own.

No screenings currently scheduled.

R

Special 50th Anniversary Screening!

Bruce Lee plays a martial-arts expert determined to help capture the narcotics dealer whose gang was responsible for the death of his sister. Lee enters a kung fu competition in an attempt to fight his way to the dealer's headquarters with the help of some friends.

No screenings currently scheduled.

PG

"Hold on tight, spider monkey!" we're getting interactive with Twilight!

Get rowdy at this special INTERACTIVE screening of the the angsty supernatural saga. "Oooh" at the electrifying chemistry between Bella and Edward, LOL when Edward reveals his vampire body and – if you're in the spirit – dress up as your favourite Twilight character. “Say it. Out loud. Say it!”

No screenings currently scheduled.

NR

Awarded CANADA'S TOP TEN films for 2022!

The feature-film debut of Métis writer-director-actor Gail Maurice brings us to the fringes of 1980s Montreal as seen through the eyes of a sweet and suddenly orphaned Indigenous girl. Filmed on location in Hamilton (right next to the Playhouse Cinema!)

No screenings currently scheduled.

 

 

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