Nov 6 - 12: Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President, First We Eat & The NY Cat Film Festival! + Brandon Cronenberg's Possessor Uncut

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A big thank-you this week for voting for us in The Waterloo Record's Readers' Choice Awards! We were able to take home the Diamond Award for Best Movie Theatre (Top Prize!) in the Region. Your continued support is precious.

It's been a very presidential week... and with that, we're opening the rock / politics documentary, Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President. Did you know he was the first president to openly embrace rock music? This documentary digs into his relationship with too many legendary musicians to name. Check it out starting Friday, scroll down to get tickets.

Food security is a big, big issue, now and in the future. Get a jump start on how we can, and maybe should be eating with the new Canadian documentary, First We Eat, opening this weekend. It's a stunning film, with a family at the centre trying something completely radical... "Filmmaker, Suzanne Crocker, living 300 km from the Arctic Circle, decides to put food security to the test in the far North by removing absolutely all grocery store food from her house."

If you're a lover of Princess-ApprovedTM adventure documentaries, hit the image below to learn more about our two upcoming screenings of Home: An Outward Journey Inward.

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Looking for something for the whole family this week? Maybe a film to de-stress with... We've got you covered with The 3rd Annual NY Cat Film Festival! Philosopher cats, performing cats, and a heart-stealing animated kitten! It's a perfect time at the movies, for everyone. 

New indie horror / sci-fi opening this weekend with Brandon Cronenberg's Possessor... Critics are loving this new film from David's offspring: "If this is just a taste of what Brandon Cronenberg has in store for cinema, then long live the new flesh." - Globe & Mail

We are offering Seniors Only Matinees at the Twin on Wednesdays!

Before you go, check out our new online merch store here. It's the perfect place to get yourself or someone you know a new Princess tee or tote bag! 

Thanks for supporting KW's only locally-owned cinema!

FILMS SHOWING Friday Nov 6 to Thursday Nov 12
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"'Rock & Roll President' is a potent and poignant reminder of how some things used to be and may never be again." - New York Times.

"Watching 'Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President,' it's hard not to be stirred by the testimonials, from people like Dylan and Nelson and Bono, to Carter's fine-grained humanity." - Variety

No screenings currently scheduled.

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"Viewers keen on putting their own culinary struggles in context will not want to miss this snapshot of what it’s like to mine for resources as if one’s life depended on it." - Indiewire

Filmmaker, Suzanne Crocker, living 300 km from the Arctic Circle, decides to put food security to the test in the far North by removing absolutely all grocery store food from her house.

Winner—Rogers Audience Award, Hot Docs Film Festival

No screenings currently scheduled.

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"In just his second feature, Brandon Cronenberg has delivered the first great sci-fi horror movie of the decade with POSSESSOR." - Rue Morgue

An elite, corporate assassin takes control of other people's bodies using brain-implant technology to execute high-profile targets.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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"The British adventurer Sarah Outen has made an introspective and emotionally brave film about her awe-inspiring journey around the world." - Guardian

Between 2011 and 2015, UK adventurer Sarah Outen traversed the globe. For her expedition London2London: Via The World, Sarah was the engine, travelling by bike, kayak and rowing boat across Europe and Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America and finally the Atlantic. Sarah’s incredible four-year odyssey saw her travel for over 20,000 miles.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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"An entertaining, wonderfully simple comedy with the qualities of a smooth martini -- it goes down easy, but delivers a bit of kick." - CNN.com

Sophia Coppola tells a father-daughter story with Rashida Jones and Bill Murray

No screenings currently scheduled.

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"Viewers keen on putting their own culinary struggles in context will not want to miss this snapshot of what it’s like to mine for resources as if one’s life depended on it." - Indiewire

SENIORS ONLY SCREENING! 

Filmmaker, Suzanne Crocker, living 300 km from the Arctic Circle, decides to put food security to the test in the far North by removing absolutely all grocery store food from her house.

Winner—Rogers Audience Award, Hot Docs Film Festival

No screenings currently scheduled.

COMING SOON

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Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan star in this raw love story between a solitary paleontologist and a wealthy, grieving wife in 19th-century Dorset.

"Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan have both shown exceptional range, depth, and intensity on screen, but Ammonite reveals new colours. In this story of a visionary scientist and the young woman who changes her life, these two stars deliver performances of raw electricity."

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Two lifelong pals test the boundaries of their friendship when a woman comes between them.

Long-time friends Kyle (Kyle Marvin) and Mike (Michael Angelo Covino) are cycling in France when Mike drops a bombshell: he has been sleeping with Kyle’s bride-to-be Ava (Judith Godrèche). The fallout of the betrayal plays out over the next decade.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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David Fincher's first film since 2014 arrives in theatres in anticipation of awards season.

1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing wit and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish “Citizen Kane.”

No screenings currently scheduled.

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A soldier investigates a renowned Dutch artist who is accused of conspiring with the Nazis.

"This once notorious, now nearly forgotten story easily captures and holds our interest, and Friedkin's smooth and unostentatious direction never gets in the way of the material." - Variety

No screenings currently scheduled.

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