Feb 25-Mar 3: Cyrano Opens! Oscar-Nominated Shorts Are Here!

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The Oscar-nominated musical Cyrano opens this Friday at the Twin! From the musical numbers, the acting, the dancing and the costume designs, this film is a stunner and seeing it on the big screen will be an experience that you will not forget! 

Get tickets to see Cyrano here!

Award-winning director Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, Darkest Hour) envelops moviegoers in a symphony of emotions with music, romance, and beauty in CYRANO, re-imagining the timeless tale of a heartbreaking love triangle.

"Not only is Cyrano vibrant... its so good that its the best version of the story so far. It firmly places Cyrano de Bergerac alongside other classic love stories of our time." - Awards Radar


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For the 17th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-nominated Short Films. With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action and Documentary (coming soon!) – this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial audience favourite, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, March 27th.

You won't find the Oscar-Nominated Films anywhere else! Keep scrolling for tickets!


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Held-Over! The Best Picture-nominated film from Japan, Drive My Car continues for limited screenings at the Princess this week! Advance tickets are on-sale now!

"Drive My Car is a rich and wonderfully soothing work, a film that only further confirms Hamaguchi as one of the finest directors working today." - The Film Stage

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Held-over at the Twin! The Worst Person in the World has had KW buzzing about how truly wonderful this Oscar-nominated film is! Grab advance tickets here!

"If you have ever felt that life is passing you by, then this wistful and warm film from Norwegian director Joachim Trier will hit you like a ton of bricks." - Radio Times


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Our Sidney Poitier series continues this Sunday with the moving, 1961 family drama, A Raisin in the Sun. One show only. Grab advance tickets!

"A groundbreaking work that manages to be both specific to the African-American experience and universal in its themes of hope, change, and upward mobility." - Screen Daily


Held Over at the Twin! Steven Spielberg's take on WEST SIDE STORY is must-see cinema! A big screen spectacle nominated for 7 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. Keep scrolling for tickets!

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COMING SOON TO THE PRINCESS

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Rock This Town is invading KW for limited screenings in March! This is a must-see, KW-based music documentary that every local to the area needs to see! 

Rock This Town brings to life the exciting history of rock music concerts in KW from the 1960s & 70s. An insider’s look into the gritty reality of building the local live music scene, Rock This Town features interviews with music business pros plus performances by today’s musicians. Rock stars come and go but live music is here to stay!

Get tickets here before they sell out!


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Rocky Horror returns to the Princess on March 17th with a one-night-only screening of the iconic musical with tickets selling fast! "You're lucky, he's lucky, I'm lucky, we're all lucky!"

Want to make it out for an evening of dress-up & singing? Don't hesitate to get tickets as these screenings are always super popular at the Princess! Tell your friends! 

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See you at the movies this Friday!

FILMS SHOWING Friday February 25 to Thursday March 3
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"Not only is Cyrano vibrant... its so good that its the best version of the story so far. It firmly places Cyrano de Bergerac alongside other classic love stories of our time." - Awards Radar

Academy Award nominee for Best Costume Design

No screenings currently scheduled.

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The year's best animated shorts. For mature audiences only.

For the 17th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action and Documentary – this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)!

No screenings currently scheduled.

NR

For the 17th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action and Documentary – this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)!

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Sidney Poitier Remembered. "A groundbreaking work that manages to be both specific to the African-American experience and universal in its themes of hope, change, and upward mobility." - Screen Daily

Lorraine Hansberry’s immortal A Raisin in the Sun was the first play by a black woman to be performed on Broadway. Two years later, the production came to the screen, directed by Daniel Petrie.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Winner of the 2021 Golden Globe for Best International Feature. "A masterpiece." - Wall Street Journal

Nominated for 4 Oscars (Best Picture, Director, International Feature, Adapted Screenplay.)

No screenings currently scheduled.

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"Mr. Spielberg did not waste his time-or ours. The new West Side Story is simply fabulous." - Observer

Nominated for 7 Oscars, including: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Cinematograpgy!

Love at first sight strikes when young Tony spots Maria at a high school dance in 1957 New York City. Their burgeoning romance helps to fuel the fire between the warring Jets and Sharks -- two rival gangs vying for control of the streets.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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"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.

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Written and directed by Kenneth Branagh, BELFAST is a poignant story of love, laughter and loss in one boy's childhood, amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960s.

Nominated for 7 Oscars! Including: Best Picture, Best Director, and Original Screenplay 

No screenings currently scheduled.

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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.

Get tickets!

In-person Oscars are back!

Pre-registration required. Sign up here.

FREE with non-perishable food donation to Food Bank of Waterloo Region.

We also will be accepting cash donations for the Canada-Ukraine Foundation - Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal.

Join us for a casual, come-as-you-are (or dress-to-the-nines, your choice!) evening celebrating the 94th Academy Awards®. Red carpet starts at 6:30pm.

Enjoy Hollywood's most glamourous night and celebrate the return of cinema!

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Remembering Sidney Poitier. "An undeniable classic." - Variety

American Mark Thackeray (Sidney Poitier) recently received his degree in engineering, but cannot find work. To make ends meet, he takes a job as a teacher in a rough London East End school populated mostly with troublemakers who were rejected from other schools for their behavior.

No screenings currently scheduled.

Coming Soon

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For the 17th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action and Documentary – this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)!

No screenings currently scheduled.

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"An evocative study of American life on the fringes that unfolds alongside the grand mysticism of stallions. Clifton Collins Jr. delivers a haunting, profoundly poignant performance." - Harper's Bazaar

An aging jockey (Clifton Collins Jr.), hopes to win one last title for his longtime trainer (Molly Parker), who has acquired what appears to be a championship horse. But the years -- and injuries -- have taken a toll on his body, throwing into question his ability to continue his lifelong passion.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Traveling by train from Moscow to Murmansk, a Finnish student forms an unlikely friendship with a gruff Russian miner.

A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger than life Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of Compartment No. 6 to face major truths about human connection.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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