Feb 7 - 13: Epic Docs! 63 Up & Fantastic Fungi, Knives Out, the Oscars and more!

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Opening this Friday, we're proud to bring you Michael Apted's 63 Up. Considered one of the most ambitious film projects ever, the Up series began in 1964 with a group of 7 year-olds from different British class backgrounds. Every 7 years, the filmmakers have checked in with the participants, and the insights and revelations have been remarkable. This year's edition is no different. Even if one is new to the series, it's a truly special movie-going experience, which we highly recommend. (Special note: The Princess has been screening this series since 28Up, 35 years ago! Special, indeed!)

Seems like everyone has been waiting to unlock the power of mushrooms with the documentary, Fantastic Fungi! Advance tickets are selling fast for all of these screenings, get yours as soon as you can to see a film that Roger Ebert.com is calling "One of the year's most mind-blowing, soul-cleansing and yes, immensely entertaining triumphs."

Iconic throw-back films screening this week include the return of Studio Ghibli's My Neighbour Totoro and the science-fiction classic (based on the legendary Carl Sagan's novel) Contact. The opening sequence of Contact on the big screen is worth the price of admission alone!

Back by popular demand! The Song of Names now playing at the Twin (from the director of The Red Violin, Francois Girard.)

Get ready for the Oscars with more screenings of the nominated films! Parasite, Jojo Rabbit, & the Live-Action & Animated Shorts all continue and we finally have Knives Out! Thanks for waiting to see it with us! Then on Sunday, come watch the 92nd Academy Awards with us on the big screen, for free! Register your seat here, then bring a donation to the cinema in support of The Food Bank of Waterloo Region! Good cause, great night!

NEW EVENT: February 19th with Pretty Strong... Feature-length doc follows 5 women climbers around the world as they explore new climbs and push the boundaries of the sport. Hit the image below to get tickets! This one is on track to sell out soon! Co-presented by Grand River Rocks.

FILMS SHOWING Friday Feb 7 to Thursday Feb 13

Fantastic Fungi

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"Schwartzberg’s film quickly proves to be one of the year’s most mind-blowing, soul-cleansing and yes, immensely entertaining triumphs.” RogerEbert.com

“‘We are the wisdom of a billion years,’ Brie Larson dreamily narrates over what is not a new Marvel epic but rather a documentary of epic proportions about what director Louie Schwartzberg hopes everyone comes to view as a genuinely earthly marvel: mushrooms.

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63 Up

"If you're coming to the series cold, there's enough filmed background to get you up to speed. And if you've become hooked at some point over the years, 63 Up makes for essential viewing." - National Post

"Michael Apted's Up series, which returns every seven years to interview the same group of subjects and see how life is going, long ago established itself as a humanist treasure.

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Knives Out

"An entertainment that's as smart, witty, stylish and exhilarating as any movie lover could wish for." - Wall Street Journal

Oscar-nominated! Best Original Screenplay. Daniel Craig leads an all-star cast in this modern, hilarious, constantly surprising take on the classic whodunnit.

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Jojo Rabbit

"Taika Waititi knocks it out of der park with the meaningful lunacy of his anti-hate satire, which is equal parts Mel Brooks, Wes Anderson and Waititi’s own whimsical brilliance." - Toronto Star." -

Winner of TIFF 2019 Audience Award. Oscar Winner: Taika Waititi for Best Adapted Screenplay "Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit (★★★★★) defies description. It is the story of a young wannabe Nazi named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) who dreams of serving the Führer and daydreams that Adolf Hitler (Waititi) is his best friend.

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The Song of Names

"The story is moving, the acting remarkable and the music glorious." - St. Louis Jewish Light

It’s 1951, and a major musical event is about to enliven London’s classical scene. The evening depicted in this movie’s opening will feature a young violin virtuoso, Dovidl Rapaport, playing a program of Bruch and Bach.

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Parasite

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"Imagine a high-wire act where the acrobat suddenly leaps to a higher wire, then to another that's higher still. It's the best way I can think of to describe the giddy thrill of watching Parasite, a masterpiece of serial surprises." - Wall Street Journal

Winner of 4 Oscars (Best Picture, Best Director, Best International Feature, Best Original Screenplay). "An exhilarating and furious indictment of class struggle, Parasite might be the masterpiece South Korea's Bong Joon-ho has been working toward his entire career.

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My Neighbor Totoro

Studio Ghibli series

Here is a children's film made for the world we should live in, rather than the one we occupy. A film with no villains. No fight scenes. No evil adults. No fighting between the two kids. No scary monsters. No darkness before the dawn. A world that is benign. A world where if you meet a strange towering creature in the forest, you curl up on its tummy and have a nap.

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Contact

“Ellie (Jodi Foster) is determined to find out if we are alone in the universe. When her satellite array picks up a message from space, she is determined to be the person to make first contact with the mysterious callers.

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Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films - 2020

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Live Action Shorts. For the 15th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Jan. 31st.With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action and Documentary

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Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films - 2020

Animated Shorts. For over a decade, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Jan. 31st.With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action and Documentary

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Oscars 2020 (92nd Academy Awards) Live Broadcast

Pre-registration required! Sign up here!

Join us for a casual, come-as-you-are (or dress-to-the-nines, your choice!) evening celebrating the 92nd Academy Awards®! Red carpet starts at 6:30pm.

Enjoy Hollywood's most glamourous night and win prizes! Which of your favorites will take home the Oscar? Find out at the Princess' Annual Oscar night! FREE!

Trivia, Predict-The-Winner Contest & Prizes
Red Carpet & Hollywood's Biggest Night On the Big Screen!
The Princess Twin is licensed so you can enjoy a beverage with your Oscars! All ages

FILM TALK: A Special 6 Part Series

Princess Cinemas & Renision College Present....

FILM TALK : A Special 6 Part Series

Film Talk is a 6 month series of first-run films and moderated discussion being held at the Princess Twin on the second Wednesday of the month.

The remaining dates are: April 8, May 13. Limited tickets may be purchased at the door for the remaining Film Talks on the day of the event. Door price is $35.

LIKE ALL OUR SHOWS, THIS SERIES WILL BE ON A HIATUS UNTIL WE SEE A RESOLUTION TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS.

Doors open at 9:00 am – screening starts at 9:30.

Downhill

Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus star in a remake of the 2014 Swedish Hitchcockian ski-slope art thriller... "It questions what holds families together and what adulthood means in a time of indefinite self-fulfillment. It's unflinching and really funny too." - The Nerdist

Billie (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), Pete (Will Ferrell), and their sons are on a balcony during an idyllic family ski vacation in the Alps when an avalanche suddenly strikes. While they all emerge physically unharmed, Pete’s actions during the avalanche reveal a side of him that leaves his family in a state of shock.

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