Dec 16 - 22: The Menu opens, FREE Xmas screenings, Revival 69, Drop the Needle & more!

Nominated for two Golden Globe Awards (Best Actor & Actress), THE MENU opens Dec 19!

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"THE MENU’s delicate dance of violence, comedy and artful staging combine to make it one of the most satisfying films of the year." - Paste Magazine

"THE MENU is the most entertaining ensemble film since 'Knives Out.'" - Thom Ernst, Original Cin

Revival 69: The Concert That Rocked The World!

"The second most important event in rock & roll history" was a one-day event held on September 12, 1969 at the University of Toronto's Varsity Stadium. An incredible story of how the life-changing concert came together.

DROP THE NEEDLE documentary: Toronto's Play de Record was ground zero for vinyl lovers and hip hop. This is its story.

Dec 22 & Jan 12. Tickets here!

A look at the social and cultural impact legendary vinyl store, Play De Record, has had on Toronto's -and Canada's- musical landscape for over 30 years.

We're Dreaming of some Christmas Classics!

White Christmas plays Dec 17 & 21 only. See it on the big screen!

A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.

Stop arguing over whether it's a Christmas movie and just come enjoy it! 4K restoration!

DIE HARD plays Dec 17 & 22

A New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

"The very pinnacle of the '80s action movie, and if it's not the greatest action movie ever made, then it's damn close. 5/5" - Empire Magazine

"The granddaddy of a whole genre of action films still remains sharp, tough, and exciting." - BBC.com

FREE ADMISSION WITH A DONATION TO THE HAMILTON FOOD SHARE!

It's A Wonderful Life - Dec 18 & 24. Reserve FREE tickets here!

TÁR is back at the Playhouse!

Don't miss Cate Blanchett's riveting performance in TÁR, nominated for 3 Golden Globe Awards (Best Actress, Drama and Screenplay.) Keep scrolling for tickets!

From the director of 'Perfect Blue' and 'Paprika,' an anime Christmas movie: TOKYO GODFATHERS!

Dec 20 & 24

"One of the most moving, enjoyable and wholly unconventional Christmas stories to come along in a long time." - DAILY MAIL

"Tokyo Godfathers is a beautiful, hilarious movie and one that cemented Satoshi Kon as a visionary and narrative master." - Nerdist

Nominated for 8 Golden Globes, don't miss the beautiful and darkly funny THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

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"It's a gut punch of a comic-drama that keeps finding new ways to land hard-hitting body blows, and it's easily one of the year's very best films." - Detroit News

"Wounded but funny, quiet but resonant and resistant to anything like a Hollywood formula, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN is a strangely profound little comedy. It’s one of the few true originals among movies this year." - Wall Street Journal

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The Fifth Element in 35MM: Dec 16

Powell & Pressburger's exquisite masterpiece, The Red Shoes: Dec 18

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The Banshees of Inisherin

14A

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

Nominated for 9 Academy Awards including: Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role (Colin Farrell), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan), and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Kerry Condon)

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REVIVAL 69: The Concert That Rocked the World

REVIVAL69: The Concert That Rocked the World, is the remarkable, behind-the-scenes story of how a little known, but life-altering music festival came together — against all odds.

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White Christmas

A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.

Singers Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye) join sister act Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy Haynes (Vera-Ellen) to perform a Christmas show in rural Vermont. There, they run into Gen. Waverly (Dean Jagger), the boys' commander in World War II, who, they learn, is having financial difficulties; his quaint country inn is failing.

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Die Hard

18A

Yippee-ki-yay, it's Christmas!

New York City policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) is visiting his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia) and two daughters on Christmas Eve. He joins her at a holiday party in the headquarters of the Japanese-owned business she works for. But the festivities are interrupted by a group of terrorists who take over the exclusive high-rise, and everyone in it.

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The Fifth Element in 35mm

There is no future without it.

In the 23rd century, a New York City cabbie, Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis), finds the fate of the world in his hands when Leeloo (Milla Jovovich) falls into his cab. As the embodiment of the fifth element, Leeloo needs to combine with the other four to keep the approaching Great Evil from destroying the world.

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Powell & Pressburger's The Red Shoes

"One of the most innovative films in British cinema." - The Independent

In this classic drama, Vicky Page (Moira Shearer) is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook), urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for the charming young composer Julian Craster (Marius Goring).

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The Menu

"All the actors are fun, but the two lead actors (sorry, I can’t resist) are so good they’re delicious." (Variety)

A couple (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult) travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef (Ralph Fiennes) has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

Nominated for two Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor (Ralph Fiennes); Best Actress (Anya Taylor-Joy)

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Tokyo Godfathers

On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.

From the director of 'Perfect Blue' and 'Paprika,' an anime Christmas movie! Middle-aged alcoholic Gin (Toru Emori), teenage runaway Miyuki (Aya Okamoto) and former drag queen Hana (Yoshiaki Umegaki) are a trio of homeless people surviving as a makeshift family on the streets of Tokyo.

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It's A Wonderful Life - FREE with Hamilton Food Share Donation!

Tickets are FREE with a non-perishable food donation at the door, or buy a ticket ahead of time and we will donate the amount to the FOOD SHARE!

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Drop The Needle

A look at the social and cultural impact legendary vinyl store, Play De Record, has had on Toronto's musical landscape for over 30 years.

In August 1990, a record store opened on Yonge St. that quickly began serving the needs of college radio and DJs who spun new sounds far from the mainstream. Through the contagious work ethic and guidance of founder Eugene Tam, organically it became the hub for "Dance" music and the genres which emerged from under that umbrella, fueling and fostering Hip-Hop and Electronic culture.

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TÁR

14A

"The movie belongs to Blanchett, in a turn so exacting and enormous that it feels less like a performance than a full-body possession." - Entertainment Weekly

Nominated for 6 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actress in a Leading Role (Cate Blanchet)

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Neil Young: Harvest Time

Created in 1971, this docu-film takes us on an intimate journey inside the Harvest album, with never-before-seen performance and rehearsal footage.

Created between January and September 1971, this docu-film takes us on an intimate journey to Young’s farm in Northern California for the ‘Harvest Barn’ sessions, to London for an iconic performance with the London Symphony Orchestra and to Nashville where the then 20 something Neil Young worked on various tracks of this signature album.

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Cat Daddies

A heartwarming collective portrait of eight unique men whose lives have been changed by their love for cats. Some of these men will navigate the unprecedented challenges of 2020 with the help of these feline friends.

Man has found a new best friend: Tora, Pickles, Lucky, Zulu, Toodles, Flame and GoalKitty. These are just some of the lovable feline stars of director Mye Hoang’s debut documentary film CAT DADDIES.

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