May 24 - 30 | With dames like Judi Dench, Diane Keaton & Charlize Theron on screen, the Princess is the place to be!

We're back in the USSR with two premieres at the Princess this week: RED JOAN, starring the one-and-only Judi Dench, and THE WHITE CROW, the new biopic about Rudolf Nureyev, directed by Ralph Fiennes. New at the Twin this week, we have two comedies to lighten the mood: POMS starring American "national treasure" Diane Keaton, and LONG SHOT, one of the best romantic comedies in years.

Watch out for the inaugural Kitchener-Waterloo Film Festival, May 31 - June 2 at both Princess locations. The festival launch happens May 31 at the Princess Cafe. More details at the end of this newsletter!

FILMS SHOWING Friday May 24 to Thursday May 30

Red Joan

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"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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The White Crow

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"Director Ralph Fiennes makes this hypnotic look into the young life of controversial ballet icon Rudolph Nureyev (Oleg Ivenko) a thing of bruised beauty and an exhilarating gift." - Rolling Stone

"The White Crow tells the story of ballet legend Rudolf Nureyev and his sensational escape to the west in the early 60s at the age of 23, while on his first European tour. Dance is represented as a transcendental experience of success, of leaving behind the past and reinventing the future.

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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Stratford Festival Presents Monty Python and the Holy Grail!

This special presentation will feature DOOR PRIZES and a chance to WIN TICKETS to the Stratford Festival's 2023 production of SPAMALOT, now on stage at the Avon Theatre!

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Poms

"The romp is gentle in nature, cheeky in tone and is clearly determined to join Keaton's other recent films in presenting a polite yet resolute middle finger to those who stereotype the elderly." - 3AW

"When people ask us, 'What are some of your core beliefs?' we always say, 'It’s never too late to follow your dreams, and also Diane Keaton is a flawless national treasure whose every performance makes the world a better place to live.'

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Long Shot

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Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron bring out the best in one another in this surprisingly textured (and very funny) rom-com about a journalist who falls for a Presidential hopeful

"In what world would stunning Charlize Theron and schlubby Seth Rogen hook up? The loaded-with-laughs Long Shot offers a comically absurd and sweetly touching answer to that rude question. Theron plays Charlotte Field, the Secretary of State who has her eye on the White House. The 'dumb ass' President of the United States is played by a delicious Bob Odenkirk.

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The Grizzlies

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"Bracingly unsentimental and transcendently moving at the same time." - Hollywood Reporter

"Set in 2004 in tiny Kugluktuk, Nunavut – an isolated town with the highest suicide rate in Canada – the movie casts Pride’s Ben Schnetzer as Russ Sheppard, a young white guy who arrives in the Arctic to spend a year teaching high-school English before trading up to a cushy private school in Halifax.

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Tolkien

"Lord of the Rings allusions are the hook. Fans will enjoy spotting the references, but the real story is about a generation scythed down by war." - CNET

The Lord of the Rings continues to be one of the most-read, most beloved book series of all time, and with good reason. The level of thought and detail imbued in its pages gives it an air of authenticity that can make it easy to forget that someone actually had to make it all up. But what drove the man who devoted his life to the creation of this fictional world?

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Meeting Gorbachev

"Gorbachev turns out to be one of the most fascinating political figures of our time. All thanks to Herzog's keen eye." - The Wrap

Werner Herzog and André Singer's riveting documentary, filled with unforgettable archive materials and based on three long interviews, provides incredible access to, arguably, the world's greatest living politician. Now 87 and battling illness, the visionary Mikhail Gorbachev, former General Secretary of the U.S.S.R, has mellowed and slowed down.

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Deconstructing the Beatles: Abbey Road, Side 2

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Composer Scott Freiman's love for The Beatles runs so deep, he's considered one of the world's foremost Fab Four scholars (yes, scholar). Freiman combines his love of The Beatles with his experience as a composer, producer and engineer to deliver unique educational lectures about the creative process of the Beatles.

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Long Shot (Cine Babies)

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Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron bring out the best in one another in this surprisingly textured (and very funny) rom-com about a journalist who falls for a Presidential hopeful

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Coming Soon to the Original

Rocky Horror Picture Show - Celebrate the Original!

May 31 - June 1, Original. Celebrate the Original Princess with one of its most iconic movies --ROCKY HORROR-- an Original Princess tradition for OVER 30 years! Yes, we're doing the Time Warp! AGAIN!

Tickets on sale now!

This isn't the last picture show, it's the ROCKY HORROR Picture Show. Here, EVERYTHING is permitted! DON'T DREAM IT, BE IT!

Peterloo

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"Mike Leigh's most lavish canvas, his most politically charged, his most electric epic... an uncompromising, uncompromised masterpiece: in ravishing moment after ravaging moment" - NPR

Manchester, 1819: a period of famine after the Napoleonic Wars leads to increasing radicalism among working people. Their demands for reform horrify the authorities, leading to the violent suppression of a major demonstration at St Peter’s Field.

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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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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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