Nov 1 - 7: Cannes 2019 Palme d'Or winning film, PARASITE Opens At The Playhouse! Scarface & Greener Grass Screen This Week!

 

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Get ready for our Halloween Double Feature Movie Party: The Big Lebowski & The Room “Careful, man, there’s a beverage here!” "You're tearing me apart, Lisa!" We're tying the room together this Halloween. Literally. Bust out your bathrobes, bowling shoes, spoons and footballs! Abide at the Playhouse October 31, we've got The Big Lebowski followed by The Room. Two cult classics with endless costume possibilities! We'll be serving White Russians, hot chocolate, good sarsparilla and pizza. See both movies for one price! Prizes for the best costumes! "This isn't 'Nam...." it's Halloween at the Playhouse. Advance tickets on sale today!

The AGH Film Festival is in full swing this weekend and next week, we've got over a dozen films on tap for you to see! From locally made films, Canadian films to international fair, there's something for everyone at the AGH Film Festival this year. There's more than just films at the AGH Film Festival this year, on Friday we've got a special evening of live music and performance art with Zephyr & John Price, performing an immersive 16mm film projection and live musical performance! Check out all the films we're screening during the AGH Film Festival here and get tickets below! 

The Halloween spirit is alive and well at the Playhouse this weekend and next week with limited spooky screenings of BeetlejuiceYoung Frankenstein and Rosemary's Baby, get advance tickets below for these screenings! If you're looking for a Halloween experience with sophistication and live music, be sure to get tickets to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari w/ live soundtrack by VOC Silent Film Harmonic! Live music, silent film, all on Devil's Night. Get tickets below! 

Our Art, Design & Architecture series continues on Monday of next week, 7pm with a one-night-only screening of the documentary, Expo 67: Mission Impossible. The film provides a deep and thrilling look into Expo 67, with The Toronto Star saying... "Canadians can be justifiably proud. But put the flags down and just watch an engrossing and well-executed documentary." 

Also, returning to the Playhouse due to popular demand, the music documentary, Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice! Returns this coming Monday for our Music Monday's series, then sticks around for 6 more screenings, wrapping up again next weekend! If you've always loved this wonderful artist like we have, grab your advance tickets below and don't miss your chance! 

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December 11th - 730pm - Reel Rock 14 - World Tour - Hamilton

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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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STC

“Greener Grass is an odd and wonderfully upbeat absurdist take on the American dream from improv comedians turned independent filmmakers Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe, who’ve imagined an upper-middle-class community where domestic bliss always seems to be just one lifestyle tweak away.

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“Director Brian De Palma and screenwriter Oliver Stone cleverly transpose the action to Fidel Castro's ‘Mariel’ expulsion of jailbirds from Cuba in 1980 in Scarface.

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Tribute to Robbie Robertson. “With Robertson’s deep timber and vivid recollections – as well as quips from his mentor Ronnie Hawkins, interviews with fellow rock luminaries and a dizzying amount of rock and roll archival clips – it’s an entertaining account of Robertson’s journey through monumental music moments.” - NOW" - Variety

On Aug 9th, 2023, the great, legendary Canadian guitarist and songwriter, Robbie Robertson, died. In his honour, we present the 2019 documentary (directed by Oscar-winner, Daniel Rohr) based on Robertson's memoir, Testimony. 

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"It captures the life and career of a rock 'n' roll star who never looked back, never apologized, never compromised, virtually never made a wrong move, and made it all seem effortless." - Variety

The new documentary Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, proves aptly titled. Not only does the pic provide many examples of the glorious vocals that made its subject a pop music superstar, it also allows us to once again hear her voice as she narrates her story.

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Nov 7, 6:30pm. Double Feature. Two Films. One Price.

Presented in partnership with the Hamilton Film Studios

Get ready for a star-studded night on the big screen as Frank D'Angelo returns to the Hamilton Film Festival. His style of filmmaking is now legendary; shooting a feature film in 5 days! His movies are loaded with cast members from some of the biggest films in the world. A few years ago he brought The Red Maple Leaf to Hamilton, which was a massive sell-out and an incredible night, so grab your tickets fast and get ready for a night you will remember!

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Nov 7, 9:30pm. Presented in partnership with Hamilton Film Studios

Dir. Kire Papputts, 90m, Drama, Canada, 2019. Official selection of TIFF 2019.

Wayne, an amateur method actor, inherits the city’s last adult cinema from his estranged father Al and gets caught up in the pornographic underworld as he struggles to resolve the traumas from his youth and reconcile with the father he barely knew.  Starring Nathanael Chadwick, Mickey Skin, Victoria Dunsmore

STC

Theatrical version of the new Margaret Atwood documentary. This film is 95 minutes; the television broadcast version is 44 minutes. Margaret Atwood has never been more relevant than she is today. Readers are turning to her work as they face the rise of authoritarian politics, rapidly evolving technologies, and the slow-motion disaster of climate change.

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STC

“Pedro Almodóvar has found a more intensely personal register than ever for his tender new movie about an ageing film director in retreat from his profession, facing ill health, depression and the decline of his powers.

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“The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration combines digitally restored versions of six quintessential episodes of the iconic TV show with a new documentary short, Remembering Rod Serling.

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“Alejandro Landes’ astonishing Monos, seeps in through the skin like a sweet, druggy sickness — the kind that heightens and sharpens your dreams even as it scrambles them, making the brights brighter and the darks darker, while keeping you feverishly uncertain about whether the next cut will bring rapture or nightmare.

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