June 10-16: Date night? Check! New French thriller, an American classic restored, Labyrinth in 35MM + Hamilton Arts Week special event!

Lies, deception, and a delicate balance falling apart are sure to keep you on the edge of your seat in Madeleine Collins, opening this Friday!

Judith (Virginie Efira, Benedetta) is leading a busy double life: one in France and one in Switzerland. She has two lovers, Abdel with whom she has a little girl, and Melvil, with whom she has two older boys. As the walls close in on Judith in her personal and professional life, she starts to crack under the pressure, getting herself caught in a trap.

"Efira puts in a terrific performance in this taut relationship pic that veers into thriller territory." - Deadline Hollywood

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See a young Denzel Washington in the romantic 4K remaster of Mississippi Masala!

A luminous look at love in the modern melting pot. Sarita Choudhury and Denzel Washington's romantic chemistry lights up the screen in Mira Nair's observant and sexy tale of cultures clashing.

“One of Denzel Washington’s loveliest and most under-seen romances… Exactly the kind of movie that deserves to be rediscovered today: a wholly original story.” – Caroline Siede, AV Club.

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Jazz music hits the big screen with a dance-worthy documentary honouring 50 years of New Orleans Jazz Fest

JAZZ FEST: A NEW ORLEANS STORY weaves together live performances and interviews from the 50th anniversary of the iconic festival, featuring some of the biggest names in the music industry and a wealth of archival footage. This film not only captures the festival in all of its beauty and glory, but also delves deep into the rich culture of The Big Easy.

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David Bowie Starman series continues with the cult classic, LABYRINTH... in 35MM!!

LABYRINTH is a movie that walks the line between lucid and fantastical daydream, you won't want to miss David Bowie in one of his most iconic roles.

Extremely RARE chance to see LABYRINTH in 35MM! If you haven't seen this mythic Jim Henson-helmed masterpiece, now is the time! If you’ve seen it before, bring a friend and see it IN 35MM on the big screen!

Plays June 11th & 14th only!

See for yourself why critics call City Lights Chaplin's greatest work!

"City Lights, the most cherished film by Charlie Chaplin, is also his ultimate Little Tramp chronicle. The writer-director-star achieved new levels of grace, in both physical comedy and dramatic poignancy, with this silent tale of a lovable vagrant falling for a young blind woman who sells flowers on the street (a magical Virginia Cherrill) and mistakes him for a millionaire. Though this Depression-era smash was made after the advent of sound, Chaplin remained steadfast in his love for the expressive beauty of the pre-talkie form. The result was the epitome of his art and the crowning achievement of silent comedy." - Criterion

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**Factory Media Centre and Dandelion Film Collective present Barbara Sternberg: Surfacing – 16mm films for Hamilton Arts Week.**

Live in person, award-winning Canadian filmmaker Barbara Sternberg! After the screening, Sternberg will give a short talk followed by a Q&A and book signing.

Special FREE event. June 14, 6:30!

Continuing all week, Everything Everywhere All At Once. Don't miss out on this mind-blender, indie-hit sensation!

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Everything Everywhere All At Once

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.

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Madeleine Collins

Judith leads a double life: two lovers, two sons in France and one daughter in Switzerland. Entangled in secrets and lies, her lives begin to shatter.

"Judith (Virginie Efira) is leading a busy double life: one in France and one in Switzerland. She has two lovers, Abdel (Quim Gutiérrez) with whom she has a little girl Ninon (Loïse Benguerel), and Melvil (Bruno Salomone), with whom she has two older boys. Behind this seemingly delicate balancing act is a life built on lies, secrets and futility.

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Mississippi Masala: 4K Restoration

"One of Denzel Washington’s loveliest and most under-seen romances… Exactly the kind of movie that deserves to be rediscovered today: a wholly original story.” – Caroline Siede, AV Club

The vibrant cultures of India, Uganda, and the American South are blended and simmered into a rich and fragrant fusion feast in Mira Nair's luminous look at the complexities of love in the modern melting pot.

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Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story

"This soulful and heartfelt celebration of 50 years of the funky and fabulous New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival invites you to bliss out on New Orleans' unique culture." - JazzFestFilm.com

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell, aka “Jazz Fest,” is the signature annual music and cultural event of the city and has been called America’s greatest festival.

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Barbara Sternberg: Surfacing - 16mm Films

Factory Media Centre and Dandelion Film Collective are excited to present Barbara Sternberg: Surfacing – 16mm films at Playhouse Cinema on June 14th at 6:30pm for Hamilton Arts Week.

This event is free, all are welcome to attend.

Award-winning Canadian filmmaker Barbara Sternberg will screen her widely renown film Surfacing (2004), and a new silent film created during the pandemic, Untitled #1 (sun vision) (2020).

Labyrinth in 35mm

Presented as part of our David Bowie; STARMAN series!

"Jennifer Connelly stars as a self-absorbed teenager immersed in her own Renaissance Faire-esque fantasy world, until goblins accept her angry invitation to come kidnap her wailing toddler brother.

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Chaplin Sundays: City Lights (1931)

With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.

A hapless but resilient tramp (Charlie Chaplin) falls in love with a blind flower girl (Virginia Cherrill) on the tough city streets. Upon learning that she and her grandmother are to be evicted from their home, the tramp undertakes a series of attempts to provide them with the money they need, all of which end in humiliating failure.

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The Conversation (New 35mm Print!)

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.

New 35mm Print supervised by Francis Ford Coppola

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Montana Story

"Montana Story evokes a grandiose style of American frontier filmmaking, somewhere between John Ford and Kelly Reichardt. See it on the largest screen you can find." - Globe and Mail

From the acclaimed writer/directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel (What Maisie Knew, The Deep End) comes a neo-Western with an emotional tremor hiding beneath it. Two estranged siblings (Haley Lu Richardson, Owen Teague) return home to the sprawling ranch they once knew and loved, confronting a deep and bitter family legacy against a mythic American backdrop.

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The Northman

From visionary director Robert Eggers comes The Northman, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father's murder.

Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his father.

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The Man Who Fell To Earth

Presented as part of our David Bowie; STARMAN series!

Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie) is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth (Buck Henry), Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions. While developing a method to transport water, Thomas meets Mary-Lou (Candy Clark), a quiet hotel clerk, and begins to fall in love with her.

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Into the Weeds

A portrait of Dewayne Johnson, a Bay Area groundskeeper who suffered from deteriorating health possibly caused by herbicide.

Dewayne Johnson, a Bay Area groundskeeper, suffered from rashes in 2014 and wondered if they were caused by the herbicide he'd been using for the past couple years. As his health deteriorated, Johnson became the face of a David-and-Goliath legal battle to hold a multi-national agrochemical corporation accountable for a product with allegedly misleading labelling.

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The Phantom of the Open

A heart-warming British comedy starring Oscar Winner Mark Rylance, the true story of Maurice Flitcroft, the worst golfer to ever the play the British Open.

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN tells the heartwarming true story of Maurice Flitcroft (Mark Rylance), a dreamer and unrelenting optimist. This humble crane operator from Barrow-in-Furness managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976, despite never playing a round of golf before.

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Beautiful Scars

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.

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Crimes of the Future

"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.

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National Theatre Live: Prima Facie

Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) makes her West End debut in the UK premiere of Suzie Miller’s award-winning play.

Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the top of her game; defending; cross examining and winning. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge.

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