Nov 5-11: Opening! Kristen Stewart is Princess Diana in Spencer. Adam Shoalts Live at the Playhouse + Heat & Robocop!

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Kristen Stewart is the odds on favourite to get a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her role as Princess Diana in Pablo Larraín's SPENCER.

Want to see SPENCER before its Friday premiere? Join us Thursday night for a special sneak preview!

"An empathetic, intelligent insight into the prison of fame and privilege, with Kristen Stewart offering a lead performance that is brittle, tender, sometimes playful and not a little uncanny." - Screen International

"Its focus rests on its heroine alone. But what a heroine - and what thrillingly gutsy, seductive, uninhibited filmmaking this is." - Daily Telegraph (UK)


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Adam Shoalts Arrives at the Playhouse For One-Night-Only on the 9th! 

Join professional explorer and #1 national best-selling author Adam Shoalts as he returns to tell us about his latest adventure and launch his brand new book, The Whisper on the Night Wind: The True History of a Wilderness Legend. It's the fascinating story of a century-old wilderness legend from the Labrador wild of an unknown creature and Shoalts's attempt to unravel it.

All seats are $12; or $41, which includes a hardcover copy of The Whisper on the Night Wind at 15% off the cover price.


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See Kubrick's rarely-screened PATHS OF GLORY on the big screen, Nov 11 & 14.  

A stylistically astonishing, emotionally overwhelming anti-war drama, Paths of Glory is one of cinema’s most brilliant condemnations of the power structures guiding warfare.

"It is arguably the best film about the first world war, and still has a reasonable claim to being Stanley Kubrick's best film." - The Guardian


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Dead or alive, you're coming with me

We're excited to revisit 1987 sci-fi action with Robocop on Nov 11 & 12. Check out director Paul Verhoeven's unique way of blending action with social commentary as he's done in other films like Total Recall & Starship Troopers. 

"Verhoeven strives for bloodcurdling, darkly comic eloquence. He gives us heart with the hardware. Savagery with smarts." - Washington Post


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Newcomers to the Soprano saga will have no difficulty tuning into THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK, a prequel to the Sopranos TV series. If you missed the legendary, excellent series originally, this is a great jumping off point. If you did see it, you won't want to miss this film! As Hamilton's historic Italian cinema, the Playhouse is the perfect place to see The Many Saints of Newark. Take our word for it. Get tickets!


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A Blade Runner Double Feature is coming up on the 20th! Two Blade Runners for the price of one! A Saturday night replicant total immersion! (We're also screening BLADE RUNNER as a stand-alone on Nov 18)

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See you at the movies! 

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"Kristen Stewart brings Princess Diana to life in Pablo Larraín's exciting take on an unusual family Christmas." - The Film Verdict

The marriage of Princess Diana and Prince Charles has long since grown cold. Though rumours of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the Queen's Sandringham Estate. There's eating and drinking, shooting and hunting. Diana knows the game. But this year, things will be profoundly different.

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Writer, Explorer, Public Speaker. In Person! Co-presented by Epic Books

Join professional explorer and #1 national best-selling author Adam Shoalts as he returns to tell us about his latest adventure and launch his brand new book, The Whisper on the Night Wind: The True History of a Wilderness Legend.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Encore Screening!

Explorer Adam Shoalts embarks on an estimated 4000 km journey across the Canadian Arctic by canoe and on foot, alone. It is a film about endurance and the power of the human spirit.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Blending genres as effectively as it subverts expectations, 'Possession' uses powerful acting and disquieting imagery to grapple with complex themes.

Banned upon its original release in 1981, Andrzej Żuławski’s stunningly choreographed nightmare of a marriage unraveling is an experience unlike any other. Professional spy Mark (Sam Neill) returns to his West Berlin home to find his wife Anna (Isabelle Adjani, in a role that earned her Best Actress at Cannes) insistent on a divorce.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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A group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist.

Master criminal Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) is trying to control the rogue actions of one of his men, while also planning one last big heist before retiring. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Hanna (Al Pacino) attempts to track down McCauley as he deals with the chaos in his own life, including the infidelity of his wife (Diane Venora) and the mental health of his stepdaughter (Natalie Portman).

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Gritty and gripping, 'The Many Saints of Newark' bristles with an excitement that describes a fitting backstory and a welcome return to the Sopranos characters.

Young Anthony Soprano is growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark's history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters begin to rise up and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo crime family's hold over the increasingly race-torn city.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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"It is arguably the best film about the first world war, and still has a reasonable claim to being Stanley Kubrick's best film." - The Guardian

A shattering masterpiece by one of the medium’s greatest artists, Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory announced the definitive arrival of a towering figure in cinema.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.

In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith) so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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With the help of a surprising young woman, a chef who has been sacked by his master finds the strength to free himself from his position as a servant and opens the first restaurant.

Délicieux is the story of France’s first-ever restaurant.

The prestige of a noble house depends above all on the quality of its table. At the dawn of the French Revolution, gastronomy still is a prerogative of the aristocrats.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.

When retiring police Detective William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) tackles a final case with the aid of newly transferred David Mills (Brad Pitt), they discover a number of elaborate and grizzly murders. They soon realize they are dealing with a serial killer (Kevin Spacey) who is targeting people he thinks represent one of the seven deadly sins.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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“Ridley Scott's Blade Runner has seen five major iterations, from a 1982 work print used for test screenings through a 2007 cut released to theaters as "The Final Cut."

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Two Films, One Ticket! Blade Runner: The Final Cut + Blade Runner 2049

On November 20, ex-Blade Runner Rick Deckard returns to his job to retire the escaped replicants led by Roy.

See two Blade Runners for the price of one.  Get fully immersed and maybe you can answer the question, "do androids dream of electric sheep?"

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Brought to life by a stellar ensemble led by Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog reaffirms writer-director Jane Campion as one of her generation's finest filmmakers.

Nominated for 12 Oscars! Including: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor.

"The Power of the Dog is a made with artistry and command: it is one of Jane Campion's best." - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian ★★★★★

No screenings currently scheduled.

Nov. 14, 1:00. Get Tickets. ($12)

HAMILTON L.O.F.T. and The Factory Media Centre present
Short films and a panel discussion.
All films made by womxn filmmakers, including the debut film from from Hamilton L.O.F.T.


Minor Chords, USA, 3m, Natalia Gomez
Ballet dancer realizing a tough reality after an accident.


Forgotten, 4m, Canada, Mawrgan Shaw
Forgotten is an animated short film that offers a window into the isolation the elderly face when living alone. Drawn using traditional and digital media, it is a timely exploration of loneliness.

Nov. 14, 3:30. Get tickets ($12)

SLEEPERS (66 min., Dir. Ryan Furlong)

Survivors of addiction recount their darkest moments and unlikely comebacks told using candid interviews and whimsical animation.

EPISODE 1
Stewart Pollock shares his humbling and cautionary life story as a heroin addict while managing bands like Teenage Head, teaching art in China, and founding SPIN Gallery, a cultural institution that helped revitalize Toronto’s, Queen West.

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