Dec 9-15: The Banshees of Inisherin is here! Joanna Hogg's new film, The Eternal Daughter; Fifth Element in 35mm; The Red Shoes and much more!

If there's a seasonal opening we're most excited about - this is it! THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN opens Friday!

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

"Give Martin McDonagh a topic like friendship to tackle, and he’s bound to warp it into something so subversive, so twisted, so extreme … that you’ll laugh your ass off for two full hours." - New York Post

**Cinema Speculation* ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ**

Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possibly successful attempt at escaping from one of the most infamous prisons in the world.

*Cinema Speculation is an ongoing series inspired by the films Quentin Tarantino features in his new book of the same name. Get it at Epic Books!

"Like the best of the classic gothic ghost stories, The Eternal Daughter leaves you unsettled and unsure of what really is happening." - Rogerebert.com

The Eternal Daughter: Dec 9 - 11, 13 ONLY!

In this ghost story from acclaimed filmmaker Joanna Hogg ('The Souvenir'), a middle-aged daughter and her elderly mother must confront long-buried secrets when they return to their former family home, a once-grand manor that has become a nearly vacant hotel brimming with mystery.

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Join us for a 25th anniversary screening of The Fifth Element in 35mm!

Two Shows Only: Dec 14 & 16!

In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay. From visionary director, Luc Besson.

"...has to be the most creative visualization since Tim Burton's first Batman in 1989. On top of that, it's a whole lot of fun." - San Francisco Chronicle

THE RED SHOES dances back onto the big screen this week! Part of our Powell & Pressburger retrospective.

Don't miss it! Dec 15 & 18 only

A young ballet dancer (Moira Shearer) is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina. Also stars the magnificent Anton Walbrook!

"One of the most innovative films in British cinema." - The Independent

"Profoundly serious, sublimely innocent, yet deeply and mysteriously erotic. The 1948 ballet classic stands the test of time." - The Guardian

LAST CHANCE!

Warren Miller's Daymaker - Dec 7 & 11

Powell & Pressburger's Black Narcissus - Dec 8 & 11

Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Dec 8 & 10

TERRIFIER 2 - Dec 10

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The Banshees of Inisherin

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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)

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Cinema Speculation: Escape from Alcatraz

Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood), a hardened con with a history of prison breaks, is sent to serve the rest of his life sentence at Alcatraz -- America's most infamously brutal and inescapable maximum security prison. Morris quickly realizes the prison's dehumanizing effects and clashes with its cruel warden (Patrick McGoohan).

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The Eternal Daughter

In this ghost story from acclaimed filmmaker Joanna Hogg, a middle-aged daughter and her elderly mother must confront long-buried secrets when they return to their former family home, a once-grand manor that has become a nearly vacant hotel brimming with mystery.

An artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past. Featuring a towering, deeply moving performance by Tilda Swinton, acclaimed filmmaker Joanna Hogg’s beguiling latest film is a brilliant and captivating exploration of parental relationships and the things we leave behind.

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The Fifth Element in 35mm

There is no future without it.

In the 23rd century, a New York City cabbie, Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis), finds the fate of the world in his hands when Leeloo (Milla Jovovich) falls into his cab. As the embodiment of the fifth element, Leeloo needs to combine with the other four to keep the approaching Great Evil from destroying the world.

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Powell & Pressburger's The Red Shoes

"One of the most innovative films in British cinema." - The Independent

In this classic drama, Vicky Page (Moira Shearer) is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook), urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for the charming young composer Julian Craster (Marius Goring).

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Terrifier 2

Who's Laughing Now?

After being resurrected by a sinister entity, Art the Clown returns to the timid town of Miles County where he targets a teenage girl and her younger brother on Halloween night.

"Hold your nerve and your stomach: this gorefest is almost too good to pass out while watching it." - Guardian

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Warren Miller's Daymaker (Hamilton)

The 73rd Annual Warren Miller film.

Celebrate Winter With Warren Miller’s 73rd Annual Film: “Daymaker”

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.

A science fiction adventure about a group of people who attempt to contact alien intelligence. Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) witnesses an unidentified flying object, and even has a "sunburn" from its bright lights to prove it. Roy refuses to accept an explanation for what he saw and is prepared to give up his life to pursue the truth about UFOs.

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Powell & Pressburger's Black Narcissus

A group of nuns struggle to establish a convent in the Himalayas, while isolation, extreme weather, altitude, and culture clashes all conspire to drive the well-intentioned missionaries mad.

"Run, don't walk to see this 1947 classic from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger." - The Guardian

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REVIVAL 69: The Concert That Rocked the World

"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.

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White Christmas

A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.

Singers Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye) join sister act Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy Haynes (Vera-Ellen) to perform a Christmas show in rural Vermont. There, they run into Gen. Waverly (Dean Jagger), the boys' commander in World War II, who, they learn, is having financial difficulties; his quaint country inn is failing.

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Die Hard

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Yippee-ki-yay, it's Christmas!

New York City policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) is visiting his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia) and two daughters on Christmas Eve. He joins her at a holiday party in the headquarters of the Japanese-owned business she works for. But the festivities are interrupted by a group of terrorists who take over the exclusive high-rise, and everyone in it.

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It's A Wonderful Life - FREE with Hamilton Food Share Donation!

Tickets are FREE with a non-perishable food donation at the door, or buy a ticket ahead of time and we will donate the amount to the FOOD SHARE!

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Tokyo Godfathers

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.

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Drop The Needle

A look at the social and cultural impact legendary vinyl store, Play De Record, has had on Toronto's musical landscape for over 30 years.

In August 1990, a record store opened on Yonge St. that quickly began serving the needs of college radio and DJs who spun new sounds far from the mainstream. Through the contagious work ethic and guidance of founder Eugene Tam, organically it became the hub for "Dance" music and the genres which emerged from under that umbrella, fueling and fostering Hip-Hop and Electronic culture.

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Neil Young: Harvest Time

Created in 1971, this docu-film takes us on an intimate journey inside the Harvest album, with never-before-seen performance and rehearsal footage.

Created between January and September 1971, this docu-film takes us on an intimate journey to Young’s farm in Northern California for the ‘Harvest Barn’ sessions, to London for an iconic performance with the London Symphony Orchestra and to Nashville where the then 20 something Neil Young worked on various tracks of this signature album.

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Twilight - Interactive!

"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!”

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