Season's Screenings & Special Series at the Playhouse!

We have an abundance of fantastic films ready to unspool at the Playhouse and we just wanted to take a moment to tell you about them!

CINEMA SPECULATION

Cinema Speculation is a new series inspired by the recently-published book of the same name written by Quentin Tarantino, in which he celebrates the films that inspired him as a young movie-goer.

The first in our series features Clint Eastwood in DIRTY HARRY (Dec 2 & 5) and ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ (Dec 9 & 14). Look out for more Cinema Speculation titles in the weeks and months ahead!

THE FIFTH ELEMENT IN 35MM

Our ongoing 35mm presentations continue with THE FIFTH ELEMENT (Dec 14 & 16). Directed by Luc Besson and starring Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich, it's "a bold, bright, loud, rowdy, lush, extravagant science fiction space opera that wears its heart on its sleeve." It's also the 25th anniversary and what better way to celebrate than with a RARE 35MM screening? Don't miss it!

BLACK NARCISSUS & THE RED SHOES

Speaking of an unmissable celebration, we are longtime fans of the cinema of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and, coming up very soon, we have screenings of two of their most notable films.

BLACK NARCISSUS (Dec 8 & 11) is an utterly gorgeous film about a superfluity of nuns who crack under the tension of trying to establish a convent in the heady atmosphere of the Himalayas.

On Thursday Dec 15 and Sunday Dec 18, don't miss THE RED SHOES, perhaps the most perfect and complete art film ever made. Again, like many of The Archers' films, THE RED SHOES is a study of obsession, and Moira Shearer and Anton Walbrook absolutely shine in it, as do all the other esteemed performers from the dance world. This is an exquisite film to watch again and again.

Don't miss seeing these stunning Technicolor productions on our big screen! More titles from the brilliant team of Powell & Pressburger (aka 'The Archers') to come!

Season's Screenings!

'Tis the Season to get together with friends and family to watch Christmas classics at your favourite local cinema!

Make a night of it and join us for DIE HARD on Saturday, Dec 17th, and before you ask... yes, DIE HARD is a Christmas movie!

If wildly entertaining action movies aren't your cup of egg nog, then join us at 4:20 on the 17th for Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye in WHITE CHRISTMAS.

On Sunday Dec 18, don't miss our annual Food Share benefit with a screening of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. Admission is FREE with a non-perishable food donation.

Register now for free tickets.

Stay tuned for more holiday favourites and keep scrolling to see what else we're showing in the coming weeks. We truly have something for everyone... including stocking stuffers for the movie lover in your life (yourself, perhaps?) and wonderful reads at Epic Books!

Get festive with us at the Playhouse! More titles T.B.A.

We recently screened E.T. in 35mm and keen watchers of the Playhouse will have noticed CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (playing Dec 8 & 10). Do you detect a theme? Indeed, this is our way of acknowledging the recent release of Steven Spielberg's THE FABELMANS, the beloved director's most personal film to date.

We hope to bring THE FABELMANS to the Playhouse soon, so be sure to wait and see it with us! Dates T.B.A.

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Powell & Pressburger's Black Narcissus

A group of nuns struggle to establish a convent in the Himalayas, while isolation, extreme weather, altitude, and culture clashes all conspire to drive the well-intentioned missionaries mad.

"Run, don't walk to see this 1947 classic from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger." - The Guardian

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Powell & Pressburger's The Red Shoes

"One of the most innovative films in British cinema." - The Independent

In this classic drama, Vicky Page (Moira Shearer) is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook), urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for the charming young composer Julian Craster (Marius Goring).

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.

A science fiction adventure about a group of people who attempt to contact alien intelligence. Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) witnesses an unidentified flying object, and even has a "sunburn" from its bright lights to prove it. Roy refuses to accept an explanation for what he saw and is prepared to give up his life to pursue the truth about UFOs.

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Cinema Speculation: Escape from Alcatraz

Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possibly successful attempt at escaping from one of the most infamous prisons in the world.

Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood), a hardened con with a history of prison breaks, is sent to serve the rest of his life sentence at Alcatraz -- America's most infamously brutal and inescapable maximum security prison. Morris quickly realizes the prison's dehumanizing effects and clashes with its cruel warden (Patrick McGoohan).

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The Fifth Element in 35mm

There is no future without it.

In the 23rd century, a New York City cabbie, Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis), finds the fate of the world in his hands when Leeloo (Milla Jovovich) falls into his cab. As the embodiment of the fifth element, Leeloo needs to combine with the other four to keep the approaching Great Evil from destroying the world.

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Die Hard

18A

Yippee-ki-yay, it's Christmas!

New York City policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) is visiting his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia) and two daughters on Christmas Eve. He joins her at a holiday party in the headquarters of the Japanese-owned business she works for. But the festivities are interrupted by a group of terrorists who take over the exclusive high-rise, and everyone in it.

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White Christmas

A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.

Singers Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye) join sister act Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy Haynes (Vera-Ellen) to perform a Christmas show in rural Vermont. There, they run into Gen. Waverly (Dean Jagger), the boys' commander in World War II, who, they learn, is having financial difficulties; his quaint country inn is failing.

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It's A Wonderful Life - FREE with Hamilton Food Share Donation!

Tickets are FREE with a non-perishable food donation at the door, or buy a ticket ahead of time and we will donate the amount to the FOOD SHARE!

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The Banshees of Inisherin

14A

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

Nominated for 9 Academy Awards including: Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role (Colin Farrell), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan), and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Kerry Condon)

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The Eternal Daughter

In this ghost story from acclaimed filmmaker Joanna Hogg, a middle-aged daughter and her elderly mother must confront long-buried secrets when they return to their former family home, a once-grand manor that has become a nearly vacant hotel brimming with mystery.

An artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past. Featuring a towering, deeply moving performance by Tilda Swinton, acclaimed filmmaker Joanna Hogg’s beguiling latest film is a brilliant and captivating exploration of parental relationships and the things we leave behind.

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Warren Miller's Daymaker (Hamilton)

The 73rd Annual Warren Miller film.

Celebrate Winter With Warren Miller’s 73rd Annual Film: “Daymaker”

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Who's Laughing Now?

After being resurrected by a sinister entity, Art the Clown returns to the timid town of Miles County where he targets a teenage girl and her younger brother on Halloween night.

"Hold your nerve and your stomach: this gorefest is almost too good to pass out while watching it." - Guardian

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REVIVAL 69: The Concert That Rocked the World

"The second most important event in rock & roll history" was a one-day event held on September 12, 1969 at the University of Toronto's Varsity Stadium. An incredible story of how the life-changing concert came together.

REVIVAL69: The Concert That Rocked the World, is the remarkable, behind-the-scenes story of how a little known, but life-altering music festival came together — against all odds.

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John Carpenter's Starman

An alien takes the form of a young Wisconsin widow's husband and makes her drive him to his departure point in Arizona. Distrustful government agents, along with a more ambivalent scientist, give pursuit in hopes of intercepting them.

Answering a NASA message intended for aliens, a space being tries to contact mankind, but an American missile grounds his ship. Scrambling, the so-called Starman (Jeff Bridges) inhabits the body of a late Wisconsinite and kidnaps the dead man's widow, Jenny Hayden (Karen Allen).

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Cinema Speculation: Dirty Harry

When a madman calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces the city, tough-as-nails San Francisco Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down and ferret out the crazed psychopath.

Cop Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) attempts to track down a psychopathic rooftop killer before a kidnapped girl dies. When he is found Harry abuses the murderer's civil rights putting him back on the streets. Once he is released he hijacks a school bus and Harry must go after him again. The only way to stop this vicious killer is in cold blood.

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All That Breathes

Amidst the darkening backdrop of Delhi's apocalyptic air and escalating violence, two brothers devote their lives to protect one casualty of the turbulent times: the bird known as the Black Kite.

Winner!
Cannes & Sundance Film Festivals
Best Documentary 2022

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TÁR

14A

"The movie belongs to Blanchett, in a turn so exacting and enormous that it feels less like a performance than a full-body possession." - Entertainment Weekly

Nominated for 6 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actress in a Leading Role (Cate Blanchet)

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Till

PG-13

In 1955, after Emmett Till is murdered in a brutal lynching, his mother vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice.

Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was brutally lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie's poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother's ability to change the world.

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Happy Together - World of Wong Kar Wai - 4K Restoration

A couple take a trip to Argentina but both men find their lives drifting in opposite directions.

Lai (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) and his boyfriend, Ho (Leslie Cheung), arrive in Argentina from Hong Kong, seeking a better life. Their highly contentious relationship turns abusive and results in numerous break-ups and reconciliations. When Lai befriends another man, Chang (Chen Chang), he sees the futility of continuing with the promiscuous Ho.

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