Mar 4-10: Licorice Pizza; new anime, Belle; Oscar Shorts and more!

Paul Thomas Anderson's Best Picture Nominated Film, Licorice Pizza opens This Friday!

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The master of modern cinema, Paul Thomas Anderson has re-created 1973 in the San Fernando Valley with Licorice Pizza. This film will bring back memories from those of a certain age; for everyone else, this is a great film with a terrific soundtrack!

"A tender, funny ramble forged in all the hope and absurdity of adolescence." - Entertainment Weekly

Anime lovers, we have a special treat for you starting Friday with screenings of the hit film, Belle. Advance tickets are on sale now!

"Oscar shortlisted for best animated film, this ravishing new gem from anime master Mamoru Hosoda is a knockout fantasia that cuts to the core of Gen Z lives that revolve around digi-tech and yet speaks a universal language of love and loss." - Peter Travers, ABC News

Oscar Nominated Short Films continue this weekend with the Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts. Two shows only! Get tickets for these exclusive screenings!

This week we continue the Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts. Get tickets! Note that the animated shorts are intended for mature audiences only.

Our Sidney Poitier series continues with To Sir, With Love. One of Poitier's most-beloved roles, this one tugs on the heart-strings and we're excited to have made this screening possible for you to see. Get tickets here!

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

The Worst Person in the World is held-over due to popular demand. It's romantic, it's funny and very true to life. One of our favourite films of the year! Get Tickets!

"If you have ever felt that life is passing you by, then this wistful and warm film from Norwegian director Joachim Trier will hit you like a ton of bricks." - Radio Times

Coming Soon to the Playhouse

March 12, 13 & 15! Three screenings only for Hitchcock's iconic North By Northwest on 35mm film! We searched far and wide to find this exclusive 35mm print, so this is a must-see event for anyone who loves film! RARE opportunity!

We only have the 35mm print for these 3 screenings, so make sure to get advance tickets ASAP so you don't miss out on these historic screenings at the Playhouse!

Calling all Stephen King Fans! We've got a new series of films kicking off on the 14th with The Stephen King Universe at the Playhouse Presents: Christine.

Tell your friends we've got classic Stephen King films at the Playhouse, get tickets today because this event is selling fast!

Love Horror? Love Stephen King? Don't miss this screening. Directed by John Carpenter!

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See you at the movies this Friday!

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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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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2022 Oscar-Nominated Shorts - Animated

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

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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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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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North by Northwest on 35mm

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.

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The Stephen King Universe at the Playhouse Presents: Christine

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!

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Leprechaun

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.

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Strangers on a Train on 35mm

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.

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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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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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Fantastic Planet

René Laloux's mesmerising psychedelic sci-fi animated feature won the Grand Prix at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival and is a landmark of European animation.

This animated tale follows the relationship between the small human-like Oms and their much larger blue-skinned oppressors, the Draags, who rule the planet of Ygam. While the Draags have long kept Oms as illiterate pets, this hierarchy shifts after an Om boy becomes educated, thanks to a young female Draag. This leads to an Om rebellion, which weakens the Draag control over their race.

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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!