June 7 - 13 | New Gordon Lightfoot doc, Shakespeare in Retirement & a Mel Brooks comedy classic

Please join us opening night for the highly anticipated documentary about the Canadian folk icon, Gordon Lightfoot. In 'If You Could Read My Mind,' the reserved musician gave the directors unprecedented access to his private life and archives, revealing an intimate portrait of a complicated man. Director Joan Tosoni will be in attendance on opening night and will be doing a Q&A, so be sure to bring your questions. Tickets are going fast!

New at the Twin this week is the latest Shakespearean imagining from Kenneth Branagh, the delightful 'All is True,' which features a stellar cast (including Branagh himself as Shakespeare, Judi Dench as his wife and Ian McKellen as a show-stopping patron of the arts). We have 45th Anniversary screenings of Mel Brooks' audacious and hilarious 'Blazing Saddles' this weekend; a look at the life of sex therapist and media personality, Dr. Ruth Westheimer; and finally, a documentary on the "Michelangelo" of yoga, 'Iyengar: The Man, Yoga, and the Student's Journey.'

FILMS SHOWING Friday June 7 to Thursday June 13

Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind

Special Encore Tribute Screening in memoriam to the remarkable career of Canada's own, Gordon Lightfoot

"From the song he refuses to perform to his admiration for Drake, a songwriting legend reflects on his lyrics and longevity with candour and humour.

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All is True

"All Is True is just what you would want for a Shakespeare biopic directed by Kenneth Branagh - it's touching and impeccably well-acted, with great turns from the director and on-screen wife Judi Dench." - Daily Mirror (UK)

"When it comes to Shakespeare movies, you know you’re in good hands with Kenneth Branagh. In All Is True, the British actor and director does double duty in front of and behind the camera, speculating about the Bard’s bittersweet final years. This handsome film is wondefully acted and clearly made with no shortage of compassion and love.

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The Biggest Little Farm

“Joyful in all the best ways. It’s completely and utterly beautiful.” -Alex Billington, First Showing

Many of us have fantasized about it; cutting ourselves off from the hustle and bustle of the big city and escaping to a “simpler” life out in the country. But as much as we’d like to get closer to nature, nature is not always the most welcoming host.

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Red Joan

14A

"While Joan's early years are absolutely fascinating, it is the refreshing concept of Dench's elderly communist agent that gives this drama its real bite and edge." - Daily Mirror

“A good old-fashioned British spy thriller with a bewitching female heroine (or anti-heroine, if you will) played by the excellent actresses Judi Dench and (as her younger self) Sophie Cookson, Red Joan revisits the incredible real-life spy case of Melita Norwood. It is directed with a strong sense for character by Trevor Nunn, the former director of the Royal Shakespeare Co.

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Blazing Saddles

45th Anniversary!

June 7 & 8! “Mel Brooks devised his most outrageous comedy with the brilliantly funny Blazing Saddles. Immediately setting the tone with a hilarious parody in the title song (music by John Morris, lyrics by Brooks), sung by Frankie Laine, Brooks swiftly proceeds to satirize every Western ever made.

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Castle in the Sky

“Castle in the Sky is an astounding animated feature written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is an imaginative extrapolation of a reference in Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" to Laputa, a floating island-city hovering over Balnibarbi. Miyazaki uses that to spin off a modernistic sci-fi fable with a subtle ecological message.

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Before the Plate

Sunday, June 9, Twin. Presented by Waterloo Soil and Crop Improvement Association

Ask Dr. Ruth

"Ask Dr. Ruth is this year's Won't You Be My Neighbor? Like that film, this documentary allows us to understand a prominent pop culture figure and their work in a whole new way." - Aisle Seat

Don’t let her small stature fool you. Standing at under five feet tall, Dr. Ruth Westheimer is a force. A pioneer in the field of sex therapy, she became a household name in the ’80s and ’90s. At 90 years old, she hasn’t stopped working—and still promises the best sex you’ve ever had if you listen to her.

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Red Joan (CINE BABIES)

14A

"While Joan's early years are absolutely fascinating, it is the refreshing concept of Dench's elderly communist agent that gives this drama its real bite and edge." - Daily Mirror

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Iyengar: The Man, Yoga, and the Student's Journey

June 13th, 7pm, Original. “Hailed as ‘the Michelangelo of yoga’ and considered to be one of the most important masters in the world, B.K.S. Iyengar is credited with bringing the ancient art of yoga to the modern masses. Born in Southern India 100 years ago, the legendary guru is the founder of Iyengar Yoga, a form of Hatha known for its rigorous mental and spiritual focus.

The Dead Don't Die

14A

"Jarmusch has brought the B-movie zombie flick back from the dead: this is a disarmingly intelligent riff on politics, parodies, and the futility of it all." - Film Inquiry

"Jim Jarmusch addresses the state of the nation and global ecological catastrophe in this deadpan zombie apocalypse movie that goes straight for the jugular by placing Steve Buscemi's racist farmer in a MAGA-style cap that simply states 'Keep America White Again'.

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