Aug 21-27. Liam Neeson in MADE IN ITALY; ALONE ACROSS THE ARCTIC; SHE DIES TOMORROW; CRASH and more!

New this week at the Playhouse we have Made In Italy. Liam Neeson stars with his son (who took the last name of his late mother, Natasha Richardson) in a touching, family story set in Tuscany. Enjoy the stunning vistas on our big screen!

One of the most talked-about recent psychological horrors debuts at the Playhouse this Friday: She Dies Tomorrow, about a woman who thinks she's dying tomorrow, a psychosis that proves contagious. Time Magazine says, "If She Dies Tomorrow were a song rather than a movie, it would be the anthem for our current age of anxiety." Critics are loving this one!

With the upcoming release of Christopher Nolan's new film, Tenet, it's a great time to revisit his dream within a dream within a dream, Inception, a 10th anniversary theatrical re-release.

Another re-release we are proud to present is the 4K restoration of David Cronenberg's magnificent, Crash. If you think this movie depicts a bizarre subculture, you should dive right in and read J.G. Ballard's source material! Crash is a deeply profound work on the nature of trauma and definitely worth multiple viewings. Go for head-on full impact and immerse yourself in it at the Playhouse!

Royal Geographic Society's Explorer-in-Residence on the big screen: Adam Shoalts' ALONE ACROSS THE ARCTIC - The Movie. Don't miss seeing the document of this intrepid solo traveller's unbelievable trek across the Arctic. Talk about fearless! The risks he takes to live life to the fullest and challenge himself puts much in perspective. If you're longing for adventure, get your tickets now. One show only!

Also on screen this week are two films back by popular demand --Summerland and The Empire Strikes Back-- plus, Inglourious Basterds, part of our Tarantino series. Watch Hitler get blown up, real good!

Made in Italy

"If you wished that Under the Tuscan Sun had more of a masculine point of view, Made in Italy will be the movie for you"- Gregory Lawrence, Collider

Made In Italy is a heart-warming father son story set in glorious Tuscany about bohemian London artist Robert (Liam Neeson), who returns to Italy with his estranged son Jack (played by Neeson's real life son Micheál Richardson) to make a quick sale of the house they inherited from his late wife.

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Inception - 10th Anniversary

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10th Anniversary Re-release!

Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in "Inception," an original sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the intimate and infinite world of dreams.

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She Dies Tomorrow

"A gripping apocalyptic thriller, ready-made for this moment." - Indiewire

After waking up convinced that she is going to die tomorrow, Amy’s carefully mended life begins to unravel. As her delusions of certain death become contagious to those around her, Amy and her friends’ lives spiral out of control in a tantalizing descent into madness.

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Crash - 4K restoration

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"A surreal meditation on sex, death and the eroticism of destruction, Crash, based on a 1973 novel by British novelist J.G. Ballard, focuses on an underground cult of car-crash fetishists." - San Francisco Chronicle

"Awarded a special jury prize for 'originality, daring and audacity' at the Cannes Film Festival, Crash – adapted from J.G. Ballard’s novel – follows James Ballard (James Spader) and his wife Catherine (Deborah Kara Unger) as they discover an enigmatic subculture of people who fetishize the injuries sustained in car crashes.

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Summerland

Gemma Arterton plays a reclusive writer who rediscovers her romantic side in Jessica Swale’s tender wartime drama. "The film is a surprising gem that delivers a light-hearted compromise between fairy tales and war stories." - Little White Lies

Alice is a reclusive writer, resigned to a solitary life on the seaside cliffs of Southern England while World War II rages across the channel. When she opens her front door one day to find she's to adopt a young London evacuee named Frank, she's resistant. It's not long, however, before the two realize they have more in common in their pasts than Alice had assumed.

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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

The force is with you, young Skywalker, but you are not a Jedi yet.

The Star Wars saga continued when The Empire Strikes Back was released in theaters on May 21, 1980.

Arguably the definitive entry in the Star Wars series, The Empire Strikes Back returns to the big screen!

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Adam Shoalts' Alone Across the Arctic - The Movie (Hamilton)

“Alone Across The Arctic” is a film about endurance and the power of the human spirit.

As the next logical step in his career as a professional explorer, Adam Shoalts sets out to cross the Canadian Arctic in a race against time that will last four months, 4000 kilometers, with no rifle, on foot and by canoe. He is the first to do this expedition in one season, alone. A companion piece to the national best selling book Beyond The Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada’s Arctic.

Dir. Francis Luta • Canada, 2020 • 86 min.

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Inglourious Basterds

“Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds is a big, bold, audacious war movie that will annoy some, startle others and demonstrate once again that he’s the real thing, a director of quixotic delights. 4 Stars.” – Roger Ebert

Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France… You haven’t seen war until you’ve seen it through the eyes of the Basterds, a team of Jewish-American soldiers on a thrill-ride of vengeance killing Nazis and spreading fear throughout the Third Reich, whose path crosses with a young Parisian theater owner in Quentin Tarantino Oscar-winning and action-packed epic!

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Scott Pilgrim vs the World

"It's a razzle-dazzle compendium of quick-draw humor, superhero stunts and gamer references wrapped around a teen dream love story, starring -- who else? -- Michael Cera, the first genuine nerd superstar." - Detroit News

“For years now, people have been complaining that movies are turning into video games and comic books. English director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz), takes the approach that movies have been far too reticent. His 2010 film, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, is as vibrant as a cluttered wall of graffiti, jumpy enough to risk retina damage.

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Andre Rieu Magical Maastricht: Together in Music

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*Special Event Pricing. André Rieu is back in cinemas to help lift your spirits! André Rieu’s Magical Maastricht celebrates 15 years of André’s glorious hometown concerts.

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Jazz on a Summer's Day

"Superb, essential... This documentary record of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival is often hailed as one of the first and most influential live concert films." - Time Out

Filmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival and directed by world-renowned photographer Bert Stern, Jazz on a Summer's Day features intimate performances by an all-star line-up of musical legends including Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Anita O'Day, Chuck Berry, Dinah Washington, and closes with a beautiful rendition or The Lord's Prayer by

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