Great Movies, All Weekend! Licorice Pizza Opens, New Anime, Oscar Shorts + More!

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Thursday, March 3, 2022 - 2:41pm

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March is here, spring is in the air and great films continues all weekend at the Playhouse! Get advance tickets to all screenings here! 

This weekend, we're opening up the new Paul Thomas Anderson film, Licorice Pizza! Nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars this year, this slice-of-life film is one of the best of the year and was meant to be seen at an indie cinema like the Playhouse. 

Get tickets here to see Licorice Pizza!

"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

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Anime returns to the Playhouse this weekend with the opening of Belle. Nothing like this hit-film out there, make sure to tell your friends who love anime, and get tickets here!

"Heartfelt and wildly imaginative, Belle is another triumph from one of animations best directors." - Tilt Magazine

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This Sunday and next Wednesday, we're bringing you a total classic to the big screen, To Sir, With Love - Sidney Poitier Tribute. Thanks to everyone who has come out to see these wonderful films from Sidney Poitier. This is a great one to wrap-up the series with! Get tickets!

"A towering and sensitive performance from Sidney Poitier." - Cleveland Free Press

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COMING SOON TO THE PLAYHOUSE

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Our 35mm film projectors are getting turned on and ready to go for three limited screenings of Hitchcock's North By Northwest on 35mm film at the Playhouse.

This is a rare chance to catch classic Hitchcock, on the big screen, on actual film! The same way the film was first screened when it was released in 1959!

Limited screenings means limited tickets, get your advance tickets here so you don't miss out on these short-lived screenings!

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On March 14th, we're kicking-off a new series at the Playhouse, The Stephen King Universe at the Playhouse Presents: Christine.

That's right, we're opening the vault of Stephen King Films, starting with a 4K screening of John Carpenter's Christine! Love horror? Love Stephen King? Get advance tickets here, today! This screening is going to be one to remember!

Follow us on Instagram as well to stay up to date. 

See you at the movies this Friday! 

Licorice Pizza

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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.

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Belle (2021)

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"Colors and hearts explode in 'Belle,' and your head might too while watching this gorgeous anime." - New York Times

From the celebrated Academy Award®-nominated director Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu, creators of Mirai, Wolf Children, Summer Wars, and more, comes a fantastical, heartfelt story of growing up in the age of social media.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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2022 Oscar-Nominated Shorts - Documentary

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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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2022 Oscar-Nominated Shorts - Animated

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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.

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The Worst Person in the World

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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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To Sir, With Love - Sidney Poitier Tribute

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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.

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North by Northwest on 35mm

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Part of our Hitchcock 'Selectrospective'.

New York City ad executive Roger O. Thornhill (Cary Grant) is pursued by ruthless spy Phillip Vandamm (James Mason) after Thornhill is mistaken for a government agent. Hunted relentlessly by Vandamm's associates, the harried Thornhill ends up on a cross-country journey, meeting the beautiful and mysterious Eve Kendall (Eva Marie Saint) along the way.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Strangers on a Train on 35mm

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A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder.

In Alfred Hitchcock's adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's thriller, tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger) is enraged by his trampy wife's refusal to finalize their divorce so he can wed senator's daughter Anne (Ruth Roman). He strikes up a conversation with a stranger, Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), and unwittingly sets in motion a deadly chain of events.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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The Stephen King Universe at the Playhouse Presents: Christine

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Stephen King Films Arrive at the Playhouse, Starting with the Horror Classic, Christine!

Welcome to the Stephen King Universe at the Playhouse... 

Gather with friends and family to see some of the best Stephen King adaptations on the big screen at the historic Playhouse Cinema! 

We're starting this series with John Carpenter's 1983 classic CHRISTINE in 4K!

No screenings currently scheduled.

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The 94th Academy Awards: Oscars Live Broadcast at the Playhouse!

Pre-registration required! Sign up here!

FREE with non-perishable food donation to Hamilton Food Share.

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 in the grand comfort of the elegant Playhouse Cinema! 

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Leprechaun

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St. Patrick's Day at the Playhouse. "I want me gold!"

Dan O'Grady (Shay Duffin) steals 100 gold coins from a leprechaun (Warwick Davis) while on vacation in Ireland. The leprechaun follows him home, but Dan locks the murderous midget in a crate, held at bay by a four-leaf clover. Ten years later, J.D. Redding (John Sanderford) and his daughter, Tory (Jennifer Aniston), rent O'Grady's property for the summer.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Rheostatics: Live at the Playhouse / With Corin Raymond opening

Saturday, April 9, 8:00pm. A few tickets available!

Ever bound for ragged glory, Rheostatics occupy a unique place in the Canadian music landscape, pulled together and apart for nearly forty years. Finding grace in the reality of endurance, Rheostatics show us a special type of longevity, through upheaval, personal (and personnel) change, and a basic refusal to play the game in any way, shape or form, stretched over decades.

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