Showtimes Mar 18-24: Special Presentation of 'The Power of the Dog' in 35mm! After Yang and more.

Special 35mm Presentation:

Best Picture-nominated THE POWER OF THE DOG in 35mm film!

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MARCH 18, 19, 20 & 23

"Campion builds the tension slowly and emphatically, telegraphing the perils ahead. Yet when the two-edged climax comes it's powerfully unexpected." - Kate Taylor, Globe and Mail ★★★★

RARE OPPORTUNITY! In the digital age, it's uncommon for new movies to be released on 35mm film. Most times these prints are reserved for major cities and festival screenings. We have the unique opportunity to screen a film print for four shows only before they are sent to the next city. Catch the Oscars' Best Picture front-runner on 35mm film, this week only!

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Starts Friday, rare screenings of Dennis Hopper's lost masterpiece, Out of the Blue. Restored in 4K, this is a Playhouse EXCLUSIVE.

“Thumbs up! A bitter unforgettable poem about alienation. One of the unsung treasures among recent independent films.” - Roger Ebert

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Starts Friday! March 18 - 22 only. If you love 'Black Mirror', you're going to love the new indie, sci-fi film, After Yang.

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"After Yang is a uniquely contemplative exploration of grief and loss, and how memory moves through us over time and generations...a beautifully optimistic perspective on artificial intelligence." - Tribune News Service

March 19. David Lynch's ERASERHEAD for One Night Only.

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“When David Lynch's Eraserhead was released in 1977, another of the '70s 'midnight movies' that won fanatical repeat audiences, it still stood apart. It had a mesmerizing look and soundtrack, bizarre images that rattled, upset and fascinated audiences. And still do." - Chicago Tribune

March 21 - 23. Love horror? Know the Foo Fighters? Don't miss Studio 666, playing for three shows only!

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"Not every Foo Fighter survives the band's devilishly fun horror flick 'Studio 666,' but they all go down rockin'." - Metro Weekly

Coming Soon to the Playhouse

March 26, only! Ukraine Benefit: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors.

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We are screening this classic of world cinema to fundraise for the Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis. Very rarely screened, this is a beautiful, poetic film. Please come out and support!

All ticket proceeds will go to the Canada-Ukraine Foundation Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

March 31st only! Roger Beebe Live: Multi 16mm Projector Performance!

In the wake of our year(+) of lockdown and of telepresence, Roger Beebe returns to the road with a program of 16mm multi-projector performances.

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Presented with Factory Media Centre & Dandelion Film Collective!

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The Power of the Dog in 35mm

See it on our Cinemascope screen for this exclusive 35mm Engagement!

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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Out of the Blue (1980) - 4K Restoration

A 40th anniversary 4K restoration of Dennis Hopper's "Easy rider of the 80's"

Don Barnes (Hopper) is a truck driver in prison for drunkenly smashing his rig into a school bus. Linda Manz (“Days of Heaven”) plays CeBe, his daughter, a young teen rebel and outsider obsessed with Elvis and the Sex Pistols.

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After Yang

In a near future, a family reckons with questions of love, connection, and loss after their A.I. helper unexpectedly breaks down.

When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake (Colin Farrell) searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife (Jodie Turner-Smith) and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.

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Eraserhead

David Lynch's breakthrough film that became an instant cult-classic

“When David Lynch's Eraserhead was released in 1977, another of the '70s 'midnight movies' that won fanatical repeat audiences, it still stood apart. It had a mesmerizing look and soundtrack, bizarre images that rattled, upset and fascinated audiences. And still do.

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Studio 666

"Not every Foo Fighter survives the band's devilishly fun horror flick 'Studio 666,' but they all go down rockin'." - Metro Weekly

In STUDIO 666, Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock history to record their much anticipated 10th album. Once in the house, Dave Grohl finds himself grappling with supernatural forces that threaten both the completion of the album and the lives of the band.

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Licorice Pizza

"Paul Thomas Anderson's sunniest movie yet, this San Fernando Valley palimpsest is so buoyant and bubbly, it practically floats off the screen." - Time Out

Nominated for 3 Oscars (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay)

The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.

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Ukraine Benefit: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

We are screening this classic of world cinema to fundraise for the Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis. Very rarely screened, this is a beautiful, poetic film. Please come out and support!

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is considered to be the most internationally heralded Ukrainian film in history and a classic of Ukrainian magical realist cinema.

All ticket proceeds will go to the Canada-Ukraine Foundation Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

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Strangers on a Train on 35mm

A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder.

In Alfred Hitchcock's adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's thriller, tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger) is enraged by his trampy wife's refusal to finalize their divorce so he can wed senator's daughter Anne (Ruth Roman). He strikes up a conversation with a stranger, Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), and unwittingly sets in motion a deadly chain of events.

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Roger Beebe LIVE: Multi 16mm Projector Performance

Presented by Factory Media Centre & Dandelion Film Collective

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Oscar Nominated for Best International Feature Film

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The 94th Academy Awards: Oscars Live Broadcast at the Playhouse!

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FREE with non-perishable food donation to Hamilton Food Share.

We also will be accepting cash donations for the Canada-Ukraine Foundation: Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal.

Join us for a casual, come-as-you-are (or dress-to-the-nines, your choice!) evening celebrating the 94th Academy Awards®! Red carpet starts at 6:30pm.

Enjoy Hollywood's most glamourous night in the grand comfort of the elegant Playhouse Cinema!

Mothering Sunday

"Olivia Colman and Colin Firth star in this deeply affecting adaptation of Graham Swift’s bittersweet novel about secret love in post-WWI England." - TIFF

On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) finds herself alone on Mother's Day. Her employers, Mr. and Mrs. Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman), are out and she has the rare chance to spend quality time with her secret lover.

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