Nov 6-12: Rock & Roll President, First We Eat & The Projectionist! Possessor Uncut & All the President's Men

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A big thank-you this week for voting for us in The Hamilton Spectator's Readers' Choice Awards! We were able to take home the Diamond Award for Best Movie Theatre in Hamilton. Your continued support is precious.

It's been a very presidential week... and with that, we're opening the rock / politics documentary, Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President. Did you know he was the first president to openly embrace rock music? This documentary digs into his relationship with too many legendary musicians to name. Check it out starting Friday, scroll down to get tickets.

Food security is a big, big issue, now and in the future. Get a jump start on how we can, and maybe should be eating with the new Canadian documentary, First We Eat, opening this weekend. It's a stunning film, with a family at the centre trying something completely radical... "Filmmaker, Suzanne Crocker, living 300 km from the Arctic Circle, decides to put food security to the test in the far North by removing absolutely all grocery store food from her house."

The Hamilton Film Festival kicks off this week, catch amazing films at the Playhouse, around the city and online. Hit the image below to grab more information!

Calling all cinephiles! Don't miss The Projectionist, opening this week. Directed by legendary indie director, Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant, The Addiction), The Projectionist is an engaging look at the 1970s-era of independent cinemas through the eyes of one immigrant family; it "shines a light on an underground culture, fighting for survival, then and now." (Film Comment). New indie horror / sci-fi opening this weekend with Brandon Cronenberg's Possessor Uncut. Yes, Brandon is the offspring of David, and "if this is just a taste of what Brandon Cronenberg has in store for cinema, then long live the new flesh." - Globe & Mail

Scroll down to grab tickets and see more information on visionary director, Miranda July's new film Kajillionaire (it's amazing, see it) and get tickets to our one-night-only screening of All The President's Men on the 10th. Timelier than ever and a RARE chance to see it on the big screen!

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Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

"'Rock & Roll President' is a potent and poignant reminder of how some things used to be and may never be again." - New York Times.

"Watching 'Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President,' it's hard not to be stirred by the testimonials, from people like Dylan and Nelson and Bono, to Carter's fine-grained humanity." - Variety

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First We Eat

"Viewers keen on putting their own culinary struggles in context will not want to miss this snapshot of what it’s like to mine for resources as if one’s life depended on it." - Indiewire

Filmmaker, Suzanne Crocker, living 300 km from the Arctic Circle, decides to put food security to the test in the far North by removing absolutely all grocery store food from her house.

Winner—Rogers Audience Award, Hot Docs Film Festival

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Possessor Uncut

"In just his second feature, Brandon Cronenberg has delivered the first great sci-fi horror movie of the decade with POSSESSOR." - Rue Morgue

An elite, corporate assassin takes control of other people's bodies using brain-implant technology to execute high-profile targets.

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The Projectionist

Abel Ferrara and a theater owner discuss the edgier, sleazier era of film that existed in the 1970s.

"This documentary portrait of theater operator Nicolas “Nick” Nicolaou moves from 1970s Times Square adult film houses through decades of city regulation, chain takeovers, and cultural shifts, charting a charming odyssey through the history of film exhibition and New York City." -Abel Ferrera

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Kajillionaire

"Know your worth."

Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.

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All the President's Men

"One of the best movies ever made about American politics." - Radio Times

The artful retelling of Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s Watergate investigation.

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The Climb

Two lifelong pals test the boundaries of their friendship when a woman comes between them.

Long-time friends Kyle (Kyle Marvin) and Mike (Michael Angelo Covino) are cycling in France when Mike drops a bombshell: he has been sleeping with Kyle’s bride-to-be Ava (Judith Godrèche). The fallout of the betrayal plays out over the next decade.

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Ammonite

18A (Sexual Content)

Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan star in this raw love story between a solitary paleontologist and a wealthy, grieving wife in 19th-century Dorset.

"Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan have both shown exceptional range, depth, and intensity on screen, but Ammonite reveals new colours. In this story of a visionary scientist and the young woman who changes her life, these two stars deliver performances of raw electricity."

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The Last Vermeer

A soldier investigates a renowned Dutch artist who is accused of conspiring with the Nazis.

"This once notorious, now nearly forgotten story easily captures and holds our interest, and Friedkin's smooth and unostentatious direction never gets in the way of the material." - Variety

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Sound of Metal

A heavy-metal drummer's life is thrown into freefall when he begins to lose his hearing.

"Sound of Metal is a sweet, melancholy character study about a deeply flawed man learning to cope with personal tragedy." - Boston Hassle

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Nov 6-12: Rock & Roll President, First We Eat & The Projectionist! Possessor Uncut & All the President's Men

A big thank-you this week for voting for us in The Hamilton Spectator's Readers' Choice Awards! We were able to take home the Diamond Award for Best Movie Theatre in Hamilton. Your continued support is precious.

Filmmaker, Suzanne Crocker, living 300 km from the Arctic Circle, decides to put food security to the test in the far North by removing absolutely all grocery store food from her house.

An elite, corporate assassin takes control of other people's bodies using brain-implant technology to execute high-profile targets.

The artful retelling of Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s Watergate investigation.

Long-time friends Kyle (Kyle Marvin) and Mike (Michael Angelo Covino) are cycling in France when Mike drops a bombshell: he has been sleeping with Kyle’s bride-to-be Ava (Judith Godrèche). The fallout of the betrayal plays out over the next decade.