Dec 24-30: Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza Opens! Nightmare Alley Continues! Christmas Shop with Us!

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Opens Dec 24! Paul Thomas Anderson's (There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights) new film, LICORICE PIZZA opens at the Princess just in time for the holiday season! Get advance tickets today!

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. This film lights up the big screen in the most feel-good way possible! 

"Quite possibly the year's best film - easily its most delightful surprise." - NPR

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The Globe & Mail has called LICORICE PIZZA "the best film of 2021." Only at the Princess. KW exclusive!

"Watch the best film of 2021 wherever and whenever you can, and be thankful there is still plenty of beauty in this world to go 'round." - Barry Hertz, Globe & Mail

"After a tough year, LICORICE PIZZA's bittersweet California-dreamy journey is a refreshing flashback for movie fans and it signals an auspicious new phase for Paul Thomas Anderson." - L.A. Weekly 

Scroll down now and get advance tickets to a Christmas-week screening of Licorice Pizza at the Princess! 


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HELD OVER AT THE TWIN! From Oscar-winning director, Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water), Nightmare Alley is "a lurid film noir that dazzles in its ambition and startles in its seductive ability to draw you in" - Movie Nation

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Daily showtimes over the holidays at the Twin! 

"Nightmare Alley pays tribute to noir. But it's also its own dark snow globe, luminous and finely faceted, and one of del Toro's most fluent features." - Hollywood Reporter

Sure to catch lots of Oscar attention, don't miss your chance to see NIGHTMARE ALLEY with us on the big screen! 


AT THE ORIGINAL:

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Dec 28-30. Don't miss DUNE, Denis Villeneuve's triumphant adaptation (and first installment) of Frank Herbert's sci-fi classic. "This visually sumptuous space opera is sure to please new audiences and Dune fans alike." - Chicago Reader


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Popcorn Pick-Up is Back! Stop by the Twin during our showtimes and take all of your favourite movie snacks home with you, to go! 

Starting on December 19th, in accordance with new government regulations, movie-goers can no longer consume food or drinks on site, but that doesn't mean you can't take them home! 

Support the cinema, stop by even if you aren't seeing a film and snack out with the best popcorn in town! We have craft beer to go, too!


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It's the perfect time to do some last-minute Christmas shopping for the movie lover in your life! 

Stop by the Twin all this week and score stocking stuffers like movie passes, memberships, merch, posters, pins, socks and more! 

Support the Princess and please the movie lover in your life this holiday season! Shop online here, or in person at the Twin! 



COMING SOON

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Opens January 1! 

The Tragedy of Macbeth arrives in the new year at the Princess. This brand new, A24 Shakespeare film is already getting rave reviews: 

"Phenomenally dark and wicked, Coen's THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH is the most worthy adaptation of a Shakespearean work that has been seen on screen in years." - Aramide Tinubu

Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand star in Joel Coen’s bold and fierce adaptation: a tale of murder, madness, ambition, and wrathful cunning.

"There comes a point in every year when audiences see a film they believe is this year's masterpiece. This is that time, that film." - National Newspaper Publishers Association

Hope you can make it out to see this new and wonderful adaption on the big screen! 


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Thanks for supporting Kitchener-Waterloo's only locally-owned cinema. 36 years of independent film! See you at the movies!

FILMS SHOWING Friday December 24 to Thursday December 30
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"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.

No screenings currently scheduled.

NR

In the new psychological thriller directed by Guillermo del Toro, a carnival con man meets a psychiatrist who's even more dangerous than he is.

When charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) and her has-been mentalist husband Pete (David Strathairn) at a traveling carnival, he crafts a golden ticket to success, using this newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of 1940s New York society.

No screenings currently scheduled.

PG

"This visually sumptuous space opera is sure to please new audiences and Dune fans alike." - Chicago Reader

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, only those who can conquer their own fear will survive.

No screenings currently scheduled.

Coming Soon!

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Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand star in Joel Coen’s bold and fierce adaptation; a tale of murder, madness, ambition, and wrathful cunning.

Nominated for 3 Oscars (Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design)

Power-hungry Macbeth sets his sights on the Scottish throne after receiving a prophecy from three witches.

No screenings currently scheduled.

R

"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

No screenings currently scheduled.

NR

Mikey Saber is a washed-up porn star who returns to his small Texas hometown, not that anyone really wants him back.

The audacious new film from writer-director Sean Baker (The Florida Project, Tangerine), starring Simon Rex in a magnetic, live-wire performance, RED ROCKET is a darkly funny and humane portrait of a uniquely American hustler and a hometown that barely tolerates him.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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