Great Movies, All Weekend! New Anime with Belle, Oscar Shorts Continue + Way More!

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

Anime returns to the Princess this weekend with the opening of Belle. Nothing like this hit-film out there, make sure to tell your friends who love anime, they will not want to miss these limited screenings!

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

This weekend, we're opening the Oscar Nominated Documentary Short Films! Plus, the Animated Short Films are held-over for even more screenings! Check these out while you still can!

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These hard-to-see films cannot be seen anywhere else on the big screen, so grab tickets and see them this weekend!

Held-Over! One of the best musicals in recent memory, Cyrano continues with screenings all weekend, plus into next week!

In need of a date night? A little romance? A little singing and dancing? We got you covered this weekend with Cyrano! Grab advance tickets here!

"An old-school enchanter with an enormous heart, one that reinforces Dinklage as a dazzling talent that can lead and illuminate any genre." - RogerEbert.com

Held-Over! The Best Picture Nominated Film, Drive My Car continues this weekend and into next week for even more screenings! Get advance tickets here so you don't miss it!

We've added these additional screenings because this is a very-special film, the first to ever be nominated for Best Picture from Japan. Soundtrack is killer too, we've been listening to it all week.

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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See you at the movies this Friday!

FILMS SHOWING Friday March 4 to Thursday March 10

Belle (2021)

"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.

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2022 Oscar-Nominated Shorts - Documentary

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)!

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Parallel Mothers

14A

"Note to Oscar: Make sure a best actress nomination happens for the blazing Penelope Cruz in this emotional powerhouse from director Pedro Almodovar about a Madrid photographer coping with an unplanned pregnancy and a tangled political past." - Peter Travers, ABC News

Oscar Nominated for Best Actress and Best Original Score

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Cyrano

"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

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2022 Oscar-Nominated Shorts - Animated

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

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The Worst Person in the World

"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

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To Sir, With Love - Sidney Poitier Tribute

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.

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Drive My Car

14A

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.)

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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

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.

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COMING SOON TO THE PRINCESS

Rock This Town - Encore!

When live music rocked Kitchener-Waterloo! Featuring Q&A with producer Betty Anne Keller

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. A 70-minute documentary featuring interviews with music business pros plus performances by today’s musicians. Rock stars come and go but live music is here to stay!

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

A classic Princess Cinemas tradition you never want to miss! Don't come alone...

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Oscars 2022 (94th Academy Awards) Live Broadcast

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!

Ronnie Wood | Somebody Up There Likes Me

New 4K restoration! Part of THEMUSEUM's UNZIPPED

Co-presented by THEMUSEUM as part of their major Rolling Stones exhibition, UNZIPPED.

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Scarborough

"Adapted from the critically acclaimed novel by Catherine Hernandez, Scarborough is an unflinching portrait of three low-income families struggling to endure within a system that’s set them up for failure." - TIFF

"Taking place over the span of a school year, Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson’s debut narrative feature follows three interwoven families fighting an uphill struggle against debt, addiction, and job insecurity.

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Compartment No. 6

14A

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.

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Jockey

"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.

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