July 2-7: Spend Canada Day weekend with the Crawleys (Downton), Cronenberg, exclusive David Lynch restoration, plus a Kaufman Comedy!

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Escape to the French Riviera with DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA. Starts this weekend! 

The much-anticipated next installment in the beloved hit film and television franchise finds the Crawley family taking a vacation to the South of France to shine some light on a decades-old family secret after the Dowager Countess, Violet Crawley (Maggie Smith, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) inherits a villa from someone in her past. Meanwhile, the movies come to Downton Abbey when a film director—franchise newcomer Hugh Dancy (Hannibal)—moves into Downton to shoot his next film in the titular house... 


Exclusive Run!

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New 4K Restoration supervised by David Lynch! 

In David Lynch’s Lost Highway, we are introduced to brooding jazz saxophonist Fred Madison (Bill Pullman) while he lives in a simmering state of jealousy with his listless and possibly unfaithful wife Renee (Patricia Arquette). About one hour in, a rupture fundamentally alters the narrative logic of the film and the world itself becomes a nightmare embodiment of a consciousness out of control...

See it on the big screen!


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Crimes of the Future is Cronenberg, the "body horror" master, in top form.

As the human species adapts to a synthetic environment, the body undergoes new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice (Léa Seydoux), Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen), celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. Timlin (Kristen Stewart), an investigator from the National Organ Registry, obsessively tracks their movements...

Don't miss out on the spectacle


One of the most brilliant film adaptations of any book!

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Kaufman's Comedies: Adaptation

Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald (Nicolas Cage). While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep), Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman and Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.

"Just go see it. Immediately. Today. There are far too few films that make one giddy and excited about the art of making movies. Adaptation is one of them, and it is for the ages." - MovieFreal.com, 2003

"Charlie Kaufman is a genius." - BBC.com, 2003

"Adaptation is probably the ultimate writers' film, but it's also a brash, daring, and dynamic film -- as delicate as an orchid but as durable and malleable as the species." - Austin Chronicle, 2002

July 6 & 7 only!


Held over! We're giving you a couple more chances to see these audience favourites. See them on the big screen!

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Beautiful Scars. Plays July 2 & 3


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Everything Everywhere All at Once. July 4 & 5


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"Downton Abbey: A New Era is cinematic escapism at its finest" - Chicago Reader

From award-winning creator Julian Fellowes comes the motion picture event DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA. The much-anticipated cinematic return of the global phenomenon reunites the beloved cast as they go on a grand journey to the South of France to uncover the mystery of the Dowager Countess' newly inherited villa.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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New 4K Restoration supervised by David Lynch!

From this inventory of imagery, Lynch fashions two separate but intersecting stories, one about a jazz musician (Bill Pullman), tortured by the notion that his wife is having an affair, who suddenly finds himself accused of her murder. The other is a young mechanic (Balthazar Getty) drawn into a web of deceit by a temptress who is cheating on her gangster boyfriend.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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"This is what the work of a visionary filmmaker looks like. Forget the new flesh. Long live the old Cronenberg." - Rolling Stone

As the human species adapts to a synthetic environment, the body undergoes new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice (Léa Seydoux), Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen), celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Runner Up at HOT DOCS 2022 for Audience Award

"In 2014, at age 53, Tom Wilson, a singer-songwriter from Hamilton, Ontario, with a stack of gold records and stories aplenty, found out quite accidentally that he had been adopted. Soon afterward he learned that his biological parents were Mohawk from the Kahnawake community, just outside of Montreal.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Presented as part of our Kaufman's Comedies Series!

Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald (Nicolas Cage). While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep), Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Led by an outstanding Michelle Yeoh, 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' lives up to its title with an expertly calibrated assault on the senses.

WINNER OF 7 OSCARS: BEST PICTURE, DIRECTOR, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY and three acting Oscars! When an interdimensional rupture unravels reality, an unlikely hero must channel her newfound powers to fight bizarre and bewildering dangers from the multiverse as the fate of the world hangs in the balance.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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"Winner of the Caméra d’Or at Cannes this year, Murina is a psychological drama that brings to the surface the hidden violence between parents, lovers, and their children. " - TIFF

Tensions rise between restless teenager Julija and her oppressive father Ante when an old family friend arrives at their Croatian island home. As Ante attempts to broker a life-changing deal, their tranquil yet isolated existence leaves Julija wanting more from this influential visitor, who provides a taste of liberation over a weekend laid bare to desire and violence.

No screenings currently scheduled.

New 4K Restoration! An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.

A strange, glowing fog rolls over a small coastal town one hundred years after a mysterious shipwreck and when vengeful ghosts go on a killing spree, residents look for answers even as they try to survive.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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"A visually gorgeous, heady, deeply unsettling horror film..." - Washington Post

In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper (Jessie Buckley) retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to have found a place to heal. But someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Kitchener Blues Festival (Aug 4-7, 2022) presents "The Torch", a documentary about blues legend Buddy Guy

At 83, Chicago legend Buddy Guy remains the standard bearer for the blues, an icon determined to see the art form live on long after he's gone. Enter guitar phenom Quinn Sullivan, who has been mentored by Guy since he was a kid.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Presented as part of our Kaufman's Comedies Series!

In this quirky cult-favorite comedy, unemployed New York City puppeteer Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) reluctantly takes a temp job as a filing clerk for the eccentric Dr. Lester (Orson Bean). While at work, Craig discovers a portal that leads into the mind of renowned actor John Malkovich.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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From the extraordinary mind of Palme D’or winning director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and starring Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton, comes a intriguing drama about a Scottish woman, who, after hearing a loud ‘bang’ at daybreak, begins experiencing a mysterious sensory syndrome while traversing the jungles of Colombia.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.

Wealthy Texas rancher Bick Benedict (Rock Hudson) shakes things up at home when he returns from a trip to the East Coast with a love interest, the refined Leslie Lynnton (Elizabeth Taylor). Bick and Leslie get married, but she clashes with his sister, Luz (Mercedes McCambridge), and wins the admiration of the ambitious young Jett Rink (James Dean).

No screenings currently scheduled.

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