Sept 3 - 9: Riz Ahmed's Sensational New Film! Plus, RESPECT; Lost Leonardo and more!

Best Actor Oscar-winner, Riz Ahmed, stars in the new British film, Mogul Mowgli, opening this Friday. It follows the story of a British Pakistani rapper (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.

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

The Lost Leonardo opens this weekend and it's a documentary that plays 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 the Playhouse this weekend is Jennifer Hudson in the highly-anticipated Aretha Franklin biopic, RESPECT. Check the link for select showtimes. "Hudson sure steps up to the challenge, dazzling with the song that lends its name to the film's title." - Time Out

Starting next Friday, we're bringing you The Hidden Life of Trees. Grab advance tickets for opening night and be automatically entered in to win an Epic Books prize pack and an RBG workshop!

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

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 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!

Also playing this week at the Playhouse...

Nic Cage returns to the Playhouse in 2021's best reviewed film, Pig. If you haven't got a chance to see it yet, stop by and get tickets to these limited run screenings.

Plus, we have two screenings on-tap this week for Walter Hill's 1970's pulp satire / action film, The Warriors. Come out and play with us? ;)

DO NOT FORGET! Studio Ghibli Fest is coming to the Playhouse this month and tickets are limited! We have a huge selection of Ghibli films coming to the big screen, so get tickets as soon as you can!

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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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The Warriors

"Warriors, come out to play."

Classic 70's Pulp Filmmaking Returns to the Big Screen.

A turf battle between New York City street gangs that rages from Coney Island to the Bronx. The Warriors are mistakenly fingered for the killing of a gang leader. Soon they have every gang in the city out to get revenge and they must make their way across the city to their own turf.

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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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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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Three By Jarmusch: Stranger Than Paradise

"It's a unique, indelible and hilarious film, and certainly one of the best of its era." - Combustible Celluloid

New York City layabout Willie (John Lurie) and his dopey sidekick, Eddie (Richard Edson), get by on TV dinners and beer financed by haphazard card-sharking. Willie gets an unwelcome visit from his Hungarian teen cousin, Eva (Eszter Balint), but, just as he warms to her, she ditches him for her aunt in Cleveland.

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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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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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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

4K re-release!

In 19th century Qing Dynasty China, a warrior (Chow Yun-Fat) gives his sword, Green Destiny, to his lover (Michelle Yeoh) to deliver to safe keeping, but it is stolen, and the chase is on to find it. The search leads to the House of Yu where the story takes on a whole different level.

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David Byrne - American Utopia [Playhouse]

Sept. 16th, 6:45pm. 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.

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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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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Oasis Knebworth 1996

Sept. 23rd, 7:00pm. One show only. Special Presentation. Tickets on sale now!

On August 10th and 11th 1996, 250,000 young music fans converged on Knebworth Park to see Oasis play two record breaking, era-defining shows. Featuring a setlist packed from beginning to end with stone cold classics -- including Champagne Supernova, Wonderwall and Don’t Look Back In Anger -- the Knebworth concerts were both the pinnacle of the band’s success and the landmark gathering for a generation.

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Sept 3 - 9: Riz Ahmed's Sensational New Film! Plus, RESPECT; Lost Leonardo and more!