Nov 19-25: The French Dispatch Arrives! Oscar Frontrunner The Power of the Dog Opens + Blade Runner Double-Bill!

Wes Anderson's THE FRENCH DISPATCH opens Friday! Highly recommended, it's one of our favourite films of the year!

It's pure cinema magic. With so much delightful detail in every frame, it demands to be seen on the big screen.

A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th-century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch" magazine. Keep scrolling for tickets!

November 20: Rick Deckard Day!

Saturday Only! Blade Runner Double Feature

Catch Blade Runner: The Final Cut + Blade Runner 2049 on the big screen, for the price of one ticket! Keep scrolling for advance tickets as these are selling fast!

Ridley Scott & Denis Villeneuve bring some of the best and most imaginative sci-fi to the screen. Get fully immersed and maybe you'll be able to answer the question, "do androids dream of electric sheep?"

November 23 & 25

Tis' the season for some Kubrick! Get in the holiday season this week with Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut. The debate is on: Is this a Christmas movie? We say yes!

A mysterious movie made by one of cinema's greatest masters."Eyes Wide Shut is a beautiful film. The set design, costumes, actors, and cinematography are all beautiful. Kubrick's camera seems to seek out beautiful things." - EW

November 24 - December 1

Oscar season has arrived with The Power of the Dog. Director Jane Campion (The Piano) makes a welcome return to the big screen with this dark western starring Benedict Cumberbatch.

"Superb direction, a carefully calibrated screenplay and an excellent supporting cast make this awards catnip." - Toronto Star

Limited screenings left for Spencer!

A gorgeous film to look at, Spencer plumbs emotional depths and proves that Kristen Stewart is one of the most talented actors of her generation. A film not just for fans of the Royal Family and Princess Diana, but for anyone who wants to see one of the year's top films. From the director of Jackie.

November 17 & 19!

Noirvember! David Fincher's hypnotic crime noir, Seven returns to the big screen for two shows only.

"It's not the identity of the killer that gives Seven its kick -- it's the way Fincher raises mystery to the level of moral provocation." - Rolling Stone

Starts November 27. Get tickets!

Edgar Wright's (Baby Driver) stylish and acclaimed new thriller, Last Night in Soho is coming to the Playhouse!

December 2 & 4

Warren Miller is back with the 72nd annual film Winter Starts Now, featuring the best snowriding from the mom and pop ski hill down the street to the highest peak on the horizon.

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December 4

One of the most popular films from the 2021 AGH Film Festival, Terrance Odette's FESTA returns to the Playhouse for one show only!

Back by popular demand. Advance tickets on-sale now!

November 27

The Room is coming back to the Playhouse! This time it will be on 35mm film! Get tickets now for The Room in 35mm, one-night-only on Nov 27!

Tickets are selling fast for this screening. You're tearing me apart, Lisa! Bring spoons!

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The French Dispatch

"This is Anderson at his most crowd-pleasing." - Times

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Blade Runner Double Bill

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Two Films, One Ticket! Blade Runner: The Final Cut + Blade Runner 2049

On November 20, ex-Blade Runner Rick Deckard returns to his job to retire the escaped replicants led by Roy.

See two Blade Runners for the price of one. Get fully immersed and maybe you can answer the question, "do androids dream of electric sheep?"

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The Power of the Dog

Brought to life by a stellar ensemble led by Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog reaffirms writer-director Jane Campion as one of her generation's finest filmmakers.

Nominated for 12 Oscars! Including: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor.

"The Power of the Dog is a made with artistry and command: it is one of Jane Campion's best." - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian ★★★★★

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Eyes Wide Shut

"'Eyes Wide Shut' is the best Christmas movie of our lifetime." - SlashFilm

"Eyes Wide Shut isn’t a perennial Christmas movie because it’s a masterpiece. It’s a masterpiece because it’s a Christmas movie." - Rolling Stone

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Spencer

"Kristen Stewart brings Princess Diana to life in Pablo Larraín's exciting take on an unusual family Christmas." - The Film Verdict

The marriage of Princess Diana and Prince Charles has long since grown cold. Though rumours of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the Queen's Sandringham Estate. There's eating and drinking, shooting and hunting. Diana knows the game. But this year, things will be profoundly different.

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Seven

Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.

When retiring police Detective William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) tackles a final case with the aid of newly transferred David Mills (Brad Pitt), they discover a number of elaborate and grizzly murders. They soon realize they are dealing with a serial killer (Kevin Spacey) who is targeting people he thinks represent one of the seven deadly sins.

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Pride [SAM 26]

November 21, 4:00 pm. Join us as we celebrate SAM 26 at the historic Playhouse Cinema in Hamilton. We will be screening two epic labour films: Pride at 4:00 pm and Peterloo at 7:00 pm.

Tickets for Pride and Peterloo are $25 each. Each ticket purchase includes the movie of your choice, programme, and entry into the movie’s raffle. One ticket holder from each film will win an awesome raffle package of local goodies! All proceeds will benefit the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre

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Peterloo [SAM 26]

November 21, 7:00 pm. Join us as we celebrate SAM 26 at the historic Playhouse Cinema in Hamilton. We will be screening two epic labour films: Pride at 4:00 pm and Peterloo at 7:00 pm.

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Last Night in Soho

"In one of the year's most exciting movies, Thomasin McKenzie stars as a time-hopping design student who melds with a mysterious singer." - Chicago Sun-Times

An aspiring fashion designer is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s, where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer. However, the glamour is not all it appears to be, and the dreams of the past start to crack and splinter into something far darker.

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The Room in 35mm

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"To make a movie so bad it's good you need vision, drive, luck and obsessive vanity. Fortuitiously Tommy Wiseau appears to possess all of these qualities, combined with a total lack of acting talent." - The Guardian

“Tommy Wiseau’s The Room may be the first true successor to the Rocky Horror throne. Wiseau's Johnny is the noblest of boyfriends and most capable of lovers. But none of that satisfies his fiancée Lisa, a wicked Jezebel whose boredom with Johnny manifests in a brazen affair with his best friend.

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Warren Miller's Winter Starts Now [Hamilton]

Buckle up for an adventure, because "Winter Starts Now," Warren Miller's 72nd annual ski film.

Warren Miller is back with the 72nd annual film “Winter Starts Now,” featuring the best snowriding from the mom and pop ski hill down the street to the highest peak on the horizon.

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Festa

Director Terrance Odette in attendance for Q&A

By the late 1960s, people living in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada with a direct connection to Racalmuto, Sicily, outnumbered the total population of Racalmuto. Since 1988, The Fratellanza Racalmutese Club of Hamilton have celebrated Festa Maria SS. Del Monte, mirroring the festival held annually in Racalmuto for over 500 years.

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The Terminator

A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.

Disguised as a human, a cyborg assassin known as a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) travels from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton). Sent to protect Sarah is Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn), who divulges the coming of Skynet, an artificial intelligence system that will spark a nuclear holocaust.

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