Brian De Palma's FEMME FATALE in 35mm this Friday!
"A film-studies dissertation hidden in a bottomless box of chocolate-covered sin"...
One show! Sept 30 at 9:10. Get tickets! [1]
"Brian De Palma’s curse is to know more about movies, and movie history, than the hacks who keep calling him a Hitchcock scavenger. In the case of the exhilarating and deviously multifaceted thriller, FEMME FATALE — a film-studies dissertation hidden in a bottomless box of chocolate-covered sin — accusing him of ripping off Hitchcock is like accusing Todd Haynes of ripping off Douglas Sirk. Not just a daredevil piece of cinematic storytelling, juggling multiple plots, paths and even destinies, this is a master class in how to visually organize a movie. Trace its running-water motif — and watch open-mouthed as an uproariously trashy thriller suddenly yields a complex symbolic and spiritual order. I hear there’s nekkid women in it too." — Jim Ridley, Nashville Scene
"Pure filmmaking, elegant and slippery. I haven't had as much fun second-guessing a movie since Mulholland Drive" - Roger Ebert
Win tickets! Here's how: Watch the trailer [2] and tell us, what is the approximate time on the clock?
Email your answer by 5:00pm on Friday to [email protected] [3]. We will randomly pick one lucky winner!
More special events this week at the Playhouse!
One Night Only! Filmmaker Robbie Hart will be in attendance for a post-film Q&A
Tickets going fast! Oct 4 @ 7pm [4]
2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series, the iconic hockey tournament that pitted the best players from Canada against the best from the Soviet Union. It was a defining event in Canadian history.
"ICE-BREAKER is like seeing a place you thought you knew perfectly through a lens you never knew existed. As compelling, fascinating and, for Canadians, satisfying as the original.” – Roy MacGregor
“The ’72 Summit was the greatest hockey ever played” – Wayne Gretzky
Introductory live performance by spoken word/singer-songwriter and former tree-planter, Scott Wicken.
Forest For the Trees: Oct 5 @ 7PM [5]
This visually and artistically unique documentary explores the physical and emotional aspects of a community of west coast tree planters. Director Rita Leistner depicts the experiences of the tree planters creating an eloquent cinematic metaphor for the human condition.