Sept 3 - 9: Riz Ahmed in Mogul Mowgli; Respect; Blade Runner x 2, Art Docs & Ghibli!

"'Mogul Mowgli'...crackles with a stylistic and visual energy...This is a film that announces a major new talent." - Houston Chronicle

Riz Ahmed is a genius and one of the finest actors of his generation. That's why we're so excited to open Mogul Mowgli this Friday. Advance tickets on sale now for this 2021 British indie gem.

MOGUL MOWGLI is the debut narrative feature from award-winning documentary filmmaker Bassam Tariq. It follows the story of a British Pakistani rapper (Riz Ahmed) who, on the cusp of his first world tour, is struck down by an illness that forces him to face his past, his family, and the uncertainty of his legacy. Winner of the esteemed FIPRESCI prize for Best Film at the Berlin Film Festival.

The Lost Leonardo opens this weekend and it's a documentary that feels and moves like a thriller: "An enthralling, globe-trotting story of greed. It plays out like a detective mystery and feels as meticulously plotted as an art heist. It's so well told." - Film Week

Opening at the Twin this Friday is Jennifer Hudson in the highly-anticipated Aretha Franklin biopic, RESPECT. "Hudson sure steps up to the challenge, dazzling with the song that lends its name to the film's title." - Time Out

Love Blade Runner? You're going to love this week with a double-dose of Blade Runner: The Final Cut & Blade Runner 2049. Catch both of these films on the big screen at the Original!

Plus next week, we have a Saturday that is a double-feature of both of these films in the same day!

Ghibli Fest kicks off this week with the classic animated film, Princess Mononoke. We have a whole slate of Ghibli films running through September and October with limited tickets on sale now!

Love all things Ghibli? Make sure you grab advance tickets now and tell your friends who love these animated classics.

Tickets are on-sale now for RUSH: CINEMA STRANGIATO - DIRECTOR'S CUT 2021. One Night Only. Director's Cut with New Footage! Special Presentation on September 10th. Tickets are already selling fast. Limited capacity! Get yours today. Big News: We will have the new, exclusive RUSH-branded "Canadian Golden Ale" from Henderson Brewing especially for this screening! Take off, eh?! Really, it's true!

Plus all this week at the Princess...

Good news for folks who missed out on seeing Nic Cage in Pig. It's back by popular demand

Ditto for The Green Knight & Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain. Tickets on sale now.

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Mogul Mowgli

Riz Ahmed proves, yet again, to be a galvanising screen presence, taking centre stage...

MOGUL MOWGLI is the debut narrative feature from award-winning documentary filmmaker Bassam Tariq. It follows the story of a British Pakistani rapper (Riz Ahmed) who, on the cusp of his first world tour, is struck down by an illness that forces him to face his past, his family, and the uncertainty of his legacy.

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Respect

"Aretha Franklin was right: Jennifer Hudson is the ideal person to play the Queen of Soul." - Sioux Sentinel

Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career -- from a child singing in her father's church choir to her international superstardom -- it's the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.

"Hudson sure steps up to the challenge, dazzling with the song that lends its name to the film's title." - Time Out

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The Lost Leonardo

The inside story of the painting that seduced the world. It's not just art ... it's power, politics and greed.

THE LOST LEONARDO tells the inside story behind the Salvator Mundi, the most expensive painting ever sold at $450 million, claimed to be a long-lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci.

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Blade Runner - The FINAL CUT

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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."

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Blade Runner 2049

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"This is a rare sequel that enhances, arguably even surpasses, the mastery of its original. Harrison Ford dubbed it 'a cathedral' of a movie and he's right - this is one to worship." - Metro UK

Visually stunning and narratively satisfying, Blade Runner 2049 deepens and expands its predecessor's story while standing as an impressive filmmaking achievement in its own right.

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Princess Mononoke

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Studio Ghibli series

“Princess Mononoke boasts many elements of classic animated fantasy - gorgeous drawings, fast action, inventive creatures, a courageous hero, a beautiful, a defiant princess, an ethereal spirit and a monster who'd send Godzilla screaming into the night.

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The Green Knight

The Green Knight honors and deconstructs its source material in equal measure, producing an absorbing adventure that casts a fantastical spell.

An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain (Dev Patel), King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men.

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Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

It’s not where you go. It’s what you leave behind . . . Chef, writer, adventurer, provocateur: Anthony Bourdain lived his life unabashedly.

From the Oscar winning Director of 20 Feet from Stardom and Won't You Be My Neighbor? comes ROADRUNNER: A FILM ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN

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Pig

Living alone in the Oregon wilderness, a truffle hunter returns to Portland to find the person who stole his beloved pig.

A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped.

One of the most-original movie plots of 2021, and of course Nicholas Cage was destined to be in this! Reviews are great:

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Stillwater

A daughter's last hope. A father's only chance.

An American oil-rig roughneck travels to Marseille, France, to visit his estranged daughter, in prison for a murder she claims she didn't commit. Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences and a complicated legal system, he soon builds a new life for himself as he makes it his personal mission to exonerate her.

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Rush: Cinema Strangiato - Director's Cut 2021 [Princess Twin]

Sept 10th, 8:00pm. Princess TWIN. One Night Only. New Footage! Special Presentation. Tickets on sale now! We will be serving the new, RUSH Canadian Golden Ale from Henderson's Brewing! Pre-order drinks and snacks!

‘RUSH: Cinema Strangiato - Director's Cut contains a sequence of flashing lights which might affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.'

Ennio Morricone Celebration: Once Upon A Time in the West

'Once Upon a Time in the West' is composer Ennio Morricone's “triumph. It’s one of the great scores all time, and launched that movie into another place: epic opera. It’s the ultimate in composing. You can’t get better and more profound than that.” - Director & composer, John Carpenter

"Renowned Italian director Sergio Leone had achieved what many believed to be the pinnacle of success in 1966, following completion of the last film of his famous Dollars trilogy, 'The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly'. Despite receiving universal accolades, he decided that he had said everything he wanted to say, and would not be returning to the Western genre.

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Blade Runner Double Bill

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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?"

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The Hidden Life of Trees

"'The Hidden Life of Trees' uses the sensorial capacities of cinema to thrillingly visualize Wohlleben's observations" - NY Times

Renowned forester and author Peter Wohlleben discusses the life, death and regeneration of trees. "Based on the 2015 best-selling book of the same title, 'The Hidden Life of Trees' is a documentary both simple and startling." - Globe & Mail

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Drunken Master II

"Heeere's Jackie, ageless and great, before refitting himself to Western specs." - EW Weekly

"If I was ever asked to suggest a film that best exemplifies the best of Jackie Chan, there is no question this would be it."

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Prisoners of the Ghostland

"Is 'Prisoners of the Ghostland.' as he claimed, truly the wildest movie Nicolas Cage has ever made? If not, it's certainly in the running." - The Thrillist

In the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town, a ruthless bank robber (Nicolas Cage) is sprung from jail by wealthy warlord The Governor (Bill Moseley), whose adopted granddaughter Bernice (Sofia Boutella) has gone missing. The Governor offers the prisoner his freedom in exchange for retrieving the runaway.

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David Byrne: American Utopia [Princess]

Sept. 16th, 8:00pm, Original. One Night Only! Special Presentation. Tickets on sale now.

The acclaimed concert film, from director Spike Lee, is coming to cinemas for a special one-night-only showing. The event will also feature a new introduction from Byrne and will also show a never-before-seen conversation between Byrne and Lee.