Brian De Palma's FEMME FATALE in 35mm this Friday!
"A film-studies dissertation hidden in a bottomless box of chocolate-covered sin"...
One show! Sept 30 at 9:10. Get tickets!
"Brian De Palma’s curse is to know more about movies, and movie history, than the hacks who keep calling him a Hitchcock scavenger. In the case of the exhilarating and deviously multifaceted thriller, FEMME FATALE — a film-studies dissertation hidden in a bottomless box of chocolate-covered sin — accusing him of ripping off Hitchcock is like accusing Todd Haynes of ripping off Douglas Sirk. Not just a daredevil piece of cinematic storytelling, juggling multiple plots, paths and even destinies, this is a master class in how to visually organize a movie. Trace its running-water motif — and watch open-mouthed as an uproariously trashy thriller suddenly yields a complex symbolic and spiritual order. I hear there’s nekkid women in it too." — Jim Ridley, Nashville Scene
"Pure filmmaking, elegant and slippery. I haven't had as much fun second-guessing a movie since Mulholland Drive" - Roger Ebert
Win tickets! Here's how: Watch the trailer and tell us, what is the approximate time on the clock?
Email your answer by 5:00pm on Friday to [email protected]. We will randomly pick one lucky winner!
More special events this week at the Playhouse!
One Night Only! Filmmaker Robbie Hart will be in attendance for a post-film Q&A
Tickets going fast! Oct 4 @ 7pm
2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series, the iconic hockey tournament that pitted the best players from Canada against the best from the Soviet Union. It was a defining event in Canadian history.
"ICE-BREAKER is like seeing a place you thought you knew perfectly through a lens you never knew existed. As compelling, fascinating and, for Canadians, satisfying as the original.” – Roy MacGregor
“The ’72 Summit was the greatest hockey ever played” – Wayne Gretzky
Introductory live performance by spoken word/singer-songwriter and former tree-planter, Scott Wicken.
Forest For the Trees: Oct 5 @ 7PM
This visually and artistically unique documentary explores the physical and emotional aspects of a community of west coast tree planters. Director Rita Leistner depicts the experiences of the tree planters creating an eloquent cinematic metaphor for the human condition.