Mar 18-24 at the Princess: New! Mark Rylance in The Outfit; Colin Farrell in After Yang; Dennis Hopper's Out of the Blue; and Rock This Town!

Opens this Friday at the Twin, the gripping and masterful new thriller, THE OUTFIT!

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An expert tailor (Academy Award-winner, Mark Rylance) must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.

"Rylance keeps us guessing...a taut, beautifully-acted period piece." - Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times

"A retro noir as meticulously crafted as a fine custom suit." - Tribune News Service

"Top-tier cinema." - Times (UK)

Starts Friday, rare screenings of Dennis Hopper's lost masterpiece, Out of the Blue. Restored in 4K, this is a Playhouse EXCLUSIVE.

“Thumbs up! A bitter unforgettable poem about alienation. One of the unsung treasures among recent independent films.” - Roger Ebert

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Five shows only! If you love 'Black Mirror', you're going to love the new indie, sci-fi film, After Yang. March 18-20, 22 & 24.

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"After Yang is a uniquely contemplative exploration of grief and loss, and how memory moves through us over time and generations...a beautifully optimistic perspective on artificial intelligence." - Tribune News Service

Opening on the 24th!

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March 24, 25, 26, 27; April 2 & 3 (with more showtimes to come)!

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.

March 19 & 23 David Lynch's Eraserhead

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“When David Lynch's Eraserhead was released in 1977, another of the '70s 'midnight movies' that won fanatical repeat audiences, it still stood apart. It had a mesmerizing look and soundtrack, bizarre images that rattled, upset and fascinated audiences. And still do." - Chicago Tribune

Held-Over! Death on the Nile continues for screenings all this weekend & next week!

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"Retro bliss from director and star Kenneth Branagh as he sets sail for Egypt with an all-star cast that keeps you guessing whodunit." - Peter Travers, ABC News

COMING SOON TO THE PRINCESS

March 31. A perennial hit, the 2022 World Paddling Film Festival is an international adventure film tour presenting the world’s best paddling films of the year.

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Presented in partnership with Salus Marine Wear and Waterloo Wellington Canoe Club.

March 26, 4:00pm. Ukraine Benefit: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

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We are screening this classic of world cinema to fundraise for the Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis. Very rarely screened, this is a beautiful, poetic film. Please come out and support!

All ticket proceeds will go to the Canada-Ukraine Foundation Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

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FILMS SHOWING Friday March 18 to Thursday March 24

The Outfit

An expert tailor must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.

From the Academy Award-winning writer of The Imitation Game (Graham Moore) comes The Outfit, a gripping and masterful thriller in which an expert tailor (Academy Award winner Mark Rylance) must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.

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Out of the Blue (1980) - 4K Restoration

A 40th anniversary 4K restoration of Dennis Hopper's "Easy rider of the 80's"

Don Barnes (Hopper) is a truck driver in prison for drunkenly smashing his rig into a school bus. Linda Manz (“Days of Heaven”) plays CeBe, his daughter, a young teen rebel and outsider obsessed with Elvis and the Sex Pistols.

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After Yang

In a near future, a family reckons with questions of love, connection, and loss after their A.I. helper unexpectedly breaks down.

When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake (Colin Farrell) searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife (Jodie Turner-Smith) and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.

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Death on the Nile

"Branagh’s second Agatha Christie adaption is a classy, captivating whodunit." - Newsday

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.

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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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Eraserhead

David Lynch's breakthrough film that became an instant cult-classic

“When David Lynch's Eraserhead was released in 1977, another of the '70s 'midnight movies' that won fanatical repeat audiences, it still stood apart. It had a mesmerizing look and soundtrack, bizarre images that rattled, upset and fascinated audiences. And still do.

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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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Coming Soon!

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!

Lunana: A yak in the Classroom

Oscar Nominated for Best International Feature Film

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Mothering Sunday

"Olivia Colman and Colin Firth star in this deeply affecting adaptation of Graham Swift’s bittersweet novel about secret love in post-WWI England." - TIFF

On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) finds herself alone on Mother's Day. Her employers, Mr. and Mrs. Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman), are out and she has the rare chance to spend quality time with her secret lover.

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More Coming Soon Titles!

Memoria

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.

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Together We Grow

KW Professional Organizers Celebrate 10th Anniversary with First Canadian Screening of 'Together We Grow'.

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Time Bandits

A young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.

Young history buff Kevin (Craig Warnock) can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson), they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras.

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