Feb 7 - 13: 63 Up, Little Women + Lynch... Silent Film with Collective Arts Deals!

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Opening this Friday, we're proud to bring you Michael Apted's 63 Up. Considered one of the most ambitious film projects ever, the Up series began in 1964 with a group of 7 year-olds from different British class backgrounds. Every 7 years, the filmmakers have checked in with the participants, and the insights have been remarkable. This year's edition is no different. Even if one is new to the series, it's a truly special movie-going experience, which we highly recommend.

We've been waiting for this film... (and so have you!) Greta Gerwig's Oscar Nominated film, Little Women opens next week (as a replacement for Midnight Family, which we unfortunately had to cancel). Oscar favourites Parasite & Jojo Rabbit continue this week and, if you've been meaning to see Knives Out with us, it returns this week as well!

New at the cinema is The Song of Names, starring Tim Roth & Clive Owen, who both turn in fantastic performances. A film that critics are calling "A moving meditation on the purpose and privilege of artistic expression," the film comes from the director of the highly acclaimed 1998 feature, The Red Violin, François Girard. Get tickets!

It's a strange world, isn't it? David Lynch's Blue Velvet has two limited screenings on Feb 11 & 12. It's a rare opportunity to catch this film on the big screen, so grab your friends and catch a mindbending cinema masterpiece with us the way Lynch intended you to see it!

Special Events this week at the Playhouse include our FREE live broadcast of the 92nd Oscars! Come enjoy an evening on us with a donation towards 541 Eatery & Exchange or the Hamilton Food Share. Register your seat here.

Also this week, we've teamed up with Collective Arts Brewing to bring you another one of our epic Silent Film, Live Music nights with Dragnet Girl: Accompanied by the VOC Silent Film Harmonic! Collective Arts is offering (must be legal drinking age) you a FREE Audio/Visual beer along with your ticket purchase, so get yours here.

JUST ANNOUNCED: March 8th, 3:00pm. The one-and-only FERRON on International Womens' Day! Special opening set by Kate Reid. Ferron is a pioneer of the women's music scene; she is an icon of folk music; her lyricism is truly second-to-none... Did we mention we are HUGE fans?! Opportunities to see her in concert don't come along often, so hit the image below to get tickets.

63 Up

"If you're coming to the series cold, there's enough filmed background to get you up to speed. And if you've become hooked at some point over the years, 63 Up makes for essential viewing." - National Post

"Michael Apted's Up series, which returns every seven years to interview the same group of subjects and see how life is going, long ago established itself as a humanist treasure.

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Little Women: Mother's Day screening

"Greta Gerwig's take on Louisa May Alcott's novel is intelligent and fleet, refreshing if not radical, and as organic in its feminist convictions as it is in its depiction of close-knit sororal love." - New Republic

Extra show added!

In Little Women, Greta Gerwig couldn't have chosen a more beloved classic to adapt for her second feature as director, matched only by the strength of cast she's corralled.

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The Song of Names

"The story is moving, the acting remarkable and the music glorious." - St. Louis Jewish Light

It’s 1951, and a major musical event is about to enliven London’s classical scene. The evening depicted in this movie’s opening will feature a young violin virtuoso, Dovidl Rapaport, playing a program of Bruch and Bach.

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Blue Velvet

The first 25 people at each screening will recieve a free event postcard designed by the talented local artist Ally Roy!

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Jojo Rabbit

"Taika Waititi knocks it out of der park with the meaningful lunacy of his anti-hate satire, which is equal parts Mel Brooks, Wes Anderson and Waititi’s own whimsical brilliance." - Toronto Star." -

Winner of TIFF 2019 Audience Award. Oscar Winner: Taika Waititi for Best Adapted Screenplay "Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit (★★★★★) defies description. It is the story of a young wannabe Nazi named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) who dreams of serving the Führer and daydreams that Adolf Hitler (Waititi) is his best friend.

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Knives Out

"An entertainment that's as smart, witty, stylish and exhilarating as any movie lover could wish for." - Wall Street Journal

Oscar-nominated! Best Original Screenplay. Daniel Craig leads an all-star cast in this modern, hilarious, constantly surprising take on the classic whodunnit.

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Parasite

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"Imagine a high-wire act where the acrobat suddenly leaps to a higher wire, then to another that's higher still. It's the best way I can think of to describe the giddy thrill of watching Parasite, a masterpiece of serial surprises." - Wall Street Journal

Winner of 4 Oscars (Best Picture, Best Director, Best International Feature, Best Original Screenplay). "An exhilarating and furious indictment of class struggle, Parasite might be the masterpiece South Korea's Bong Joon-ho has been working toward his entire career.

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Dragnet Girl accompanied by the VOC Silent Film Harmonic

Feb. 13, 7:00pm. Co-presented by Collective Arts (with a *special complimentary beer* for legal age attendees!) "This silent gangster film, from 1933, directed by Yasujiro Ozu, seethes with sardonic comedy. It opens like a classic office melodrama, as Tokiko (Kinuyo Tanaka), a demure young secretary, is pursued by her wily boss. Then, after work, she heads to a boxing gym where her criminal boyfriend, Joji (Joji Oka), holds court. Ozu treats underworld swagger with brazen contempt yet adorns it with images of an uproarious visual ecstasy.

The 92nd Academy Awards: Oscars Live Broadcast at the Playhouse!

Pre-registration required! Sign up here! FREE with cash donation to 541 Eatery & Exchange OR non-perishable food donation to Hamilton Food Share.

Join us for a casual, come-as-you-are (or dress-to-the-nines, your choice!) evening celebrating the 92nd Academy Awards®! Red carpet starts at 6:30pm.

Enjoy Hollywood's most glamourous night in the grand comfort of the elegant Playhouse Cinema! Which of your favourites will take home the Oscar? Find out at the Playhouse's 1st Annual Oscar night! FREE with a donation to 541 Eatery & Exchange!

Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films - 2020

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Live Action Shorts. For the 15th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Jan. 31st.With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action and Documentary

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Fantastic Fungi

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"Schwartzberg’s film quickly proves to be one of the year’s most mind-blowing, soul-cleansing and yes, immensely entertaining triumphs.” RogerEbert.com

“‘We are the wisdom of a billion years,’ Brie Larson dreamily narrates over what is not a new Marvel epic but rather a documentary of epic proportions about what director Louie Schwartzberg hopes everyone comes to view as a genuinely earthly marvel: mushrooms.

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Harold and Maude

Hal Ashby's eccentric dark comedy. A classic of early 70s American cinema, with a superlative Cat Stevens' soundtrack.

“To call Harold (Bud Cort) a strange and troubled soul would be an understatement. He’s faked his own gruesome death more than a dozen times and spends his spare time hanging out at strangers’ funerals. Maude (Ruth Gordon) is a free-spirit entering the twilight of her life.

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Before Sunrise

"Jesse (Ethan Hawke) from Texas picks up Celine (Julie Delpy) from Paris on the Eurail. She’s a grad student at the Sorbonne, and he’s an aimless dropout heading home in the a.m.

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Blade Runner - The FINAL CUT

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“Ridley Scott's Blade Runner has seen five major iterations, from a 1982 work print used for test screenings through a 2007 cut released to theaters as "The Final Cut."

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Pretty Strong

Feb. 20, 6:45pm. Special Presentation. Tickets ($17/ $20) on sale now via Eventbrite!

HAMILTON! From 5.13 big walls in Yosemite to 5.14 sport climbs in Mexico to V14 boulder problems in Colorado, Pretty Strong follows 10 of the world’s strongest female climbers as they explore new climbing areas, send hard projects, and push the boundaries of the sport and themselves.

Putting badass ladies front and center, this film isn’t about gender imbalance, or the sexualization of women, or what it’s like to have your period at the crag.

Ferron - Live On Stage (Hamilton)

March 8th, 3:00pm. We are thrilled and proud to present the one-and-only FERRON on International Womens' Day! Ferron is one of Canada's most famous and enduring folk singers; opportunities to see her in concert don't come along often. Not to be missed! Opening set by Kate Reid!

Tickets on sale now. $35 advance ($25 students).

Canadian folk singer/songwriter and poet, Ferron is one of the world’s most influential writers and performers of women’s music.