Showtimes Apr 8-14: 2021 Cannes Festival of Creativity Comes To The Playhouse; Slasher 'X' and Thriller 'The Outfit' Open!

2021 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity opens at the Playhouse Friday!

Representing almost every continent and spanning cultures from around the globe, the award-winning ads are a fascinating window to the world.

Get tickets to see the best in the art of persuasion!

Finally, a great thriller (and period gangster film) opening this Friday with the nail-biting feature, THE OUTFIT. Stars Oscar-winner, Mark Rylance.

"A refreshingly grown-up, original work, as pleasingly assembled as a good crossword puzzle." - Hollywood Reporter

Hailed as a love letter to slasher films, Ti West's 'X' opens Friday!

"It's a love letter to the best of horror, and further, freedom of expression. There are moments of surprising, haunting beauty that add everything to the experience. With 'X', West can be compared to Craven or even Carpenter." - Parade Magazine

April 16 Only, Tarantino's PULP FICTION in 35mm

Hailed as a modern must-see classic, you won't wan't to miss this chance to see the iconic PULP FICTION in 35mm!

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2021 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity

The World's Best Commercials!

Join us for the 2021 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity – AKA The World’s Best Commercials!

Representing almost every continent and spanning cultures from around the globe, the award-winning ads are a fascinating window to the world.

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The Outfit

An expert tailor must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.

From the Academy Award-winning writer of The Imitation Game (Graham Moore) comes The Outfit, a gripping and masterful thriller in which an expert tailor (Academy Award winner Mark Rylance) must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.

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X

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"The expectations for West’s return to film were high, and luckily X brings this master of horror back with a bang." - Austin Chronicle

A group of actors sets out to make an adult film in rural Texas under the noses of their reclusive hosts, but when the elderly couple catches their young guests in the act, the cast finds themselves in a desperate fight for their lives.

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Rheostatics: Live at the Playhouse / With Corin Raymond opening

Saturday, April 9, 8:00pm. A few tickets available!

Ever bound for ragged glory, Rheostatics occupy a unique place in the Canadian music landscape, pulled together and apart for nearly forty years. Finding grace in the reality of endurance, Rheostatics show us a special type of longevity, through upheaval, personal (and personnel) change, and a basic refusal to play the game in any way, shape or form, stretched over decades.

Exhibition on Screen: Easter in Art

The story of Christ’s death and resurrection has dominated western culture for the past 2000 years. It is perhaps the most significant historical event of all time, as recounted by the gospels but, equally, as depicted by the greatest artists in history.

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FREE SCREENING: C.R.A.Z.Y.

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Tribute to the late Jean-Marc Vallée on National Canadian Film Day

On Dec 25, 2021, Canada lost one of its best, most important filmmakers, Jean Marc Vallée. C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) was his third feature film and the one that put him on the map.

Free screening! Part of National Canadian Film Day.

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4/20: The Big Lebowski

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Happy 4/20. The Dude Abides.

Yeah, yeah, oh yeah, what condition my condition was in.

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Fantastic Planet

René Laloux's mesmerising psychedelic sci-fi animated feature won the Grand Prix at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival and is a landmark of European animation.

This animated tale follows the relationship between the small human-like Oms and their much larger blue-skinned oppressors, the Draags, who rule the planet of Ygam. While the Draags have long kept Oms as illiterate pets, this hierarchy shifts after an Om boy becomes educated, thanks to a young female Draag. This leads to an Om rebellion, which weakens the Draag control over their race.

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Drive

Driver (Ryan Gosling) is a skilled Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. Though he projects an icy exterior, lately he's been warming up to a pretty neighbor named Irene and her young son, Benicio. When Irene's husband gets out of jail, he enlists Driver's help in a million-dollar heist.

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Reel Rock 16 - World Tour - Hamilton

Climbing's most anticipated annual world film tour!

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The Reel Rock Film Tour, one of climbing’s greatest celebrations, comes to Hamilton with a new collection of world premiere films.

For 15 years and counting, REEL ROCK has been sharing the stories of our climbing community. We produce films that celebrate the human side behind our sport’s great adventures.

Alien (Playhouse)

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The science fiction horror classic, back on the big screen!

PART OF OUR APRIL 26 ALIEN DAY DOUBLE FEATURE!

Get tickets to the 9:15PM show of Aliens (1986) here!

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Stunt Rock: 4K Restoration

4K restoration of this cult movie rock n' roller!

Part documentary, part rock film, and all kinds of crazy, Stunt Rock is a feature length ode to fearless Australian stuntman Grant Page (the Mad Max films, Road Games, The Gods Of Egypt) from Ozploitation legend Brian Trenchard-Smith (BMX Bandits, Deathcheaters).

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Inherent Vice in 35mm

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Shot on 35mm film, presented in 35mm. Don't miss this rare chance to see 'Inherent Vice' the way PTA intended! "Paul Thomas Anderson’s 'Inherent Vice' might just be the most marvelously intoxicating bong hit of the decade." - Boston Herald

"Somehow, 'Inherent Vice' director Paul Thomas Anderson ('Boogie Nights,' 'Magnolia') and his up-for-anything lead, Joaquin Phoenix, have managed the impossible. They’ve turned Thomas Pynchon’s work into a slapstick noir homage that doesn’t just reward but demands multiple viewings.

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Mothering Sunday

"Olivia Colman and Colin Firth star in this deeply affecting adaptation of Graham Swift’s bittersweet novel about secret love in post-WWI England." - TIFF

On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) finds herself alone on Mother's Day. Her employers, Mr. and Mrs. Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman), are out and she has the rare chance to spend quality time with her secret lover.

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Sundown

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"Sun-drenched and surprisingly intense, Sundown is a well-crafted script driven by Roth's impressive lead performance." - Third Coast Review

Neil and Alice Bennett (Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg) are the core of a wealthy family on vacation in Mexico with younger members Colin and Alexa (Samuel Bottomley, Albertine Kotting McMillan) until a distant emergency cuts their trip short.

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