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A Complete Unknown— 4:00pm & 7:00pm
Feb
23

A Complete Unknown— 4:00pm & 7:00pm

At the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, a young Bob Dylan shakes up his act on the folk music scene by going electric and siring rock as the voice of a generation - defining one of the most transformative moments in 20th century music.

Runtime: 2h 20m

MPA Rating: R

General Admission: $11.30 + HST

Student Admission: $9.56 + HST

ADVANCE TICKET SALES ARE CLOSED FOR TODAY’S SCREENINGS. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE AT THE DOOR 30 MINUTES BEFORE EACH SCREENING TIME.

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I’m Still Here — 7:00pm
Feb
19

I’m Still Here — 7:00pm

A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family's life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence during the tightening grip of a military dictatorship in Brazil, 1971.

Runtime: 2h 16m

MPA Rating: PG-13

General Admission: $11.30 + HST

Student Admission: $9.56 + HST

ADVANCE TICKET SALES ARE CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE AT THE DOOR FROM 6:30-7:00PM BEFORE THE SCREENING.

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The Outrun —  7:00pm
Nov
20

The Outrun — 7:00pm

After living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. Hoping to heal, she returns to the wild beauty of Scotland's Orkney Islands where she grew up.

Run Time: 1h 58m

Rated R

General Admission: $11.30 + HST

ADVANCE TICKET SALES ARE CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE AT THE DOOR 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE SCREENING.

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The Movie Man — 7:00PM
Nov
6

The Movie Man — 7:00PM

Amid a global pandemic, an entrepreneur looks back on his life's work owning and operating an idiosyncratic cinema in the forest of northern Ontario.

Run Time: 1h 29m

General Admission: $11.30 + HST

Advance ticket sales are closed for this event. There are plenty of tickets available to purchase at the door between 6:30-7:00pm before the film.

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The Nettle Dress — Reception 6:30pm Film screening at 7pm
Sep
7

The Nettle Dress — Reception 6:30pm Film screening at 7pm

Local fibre artist and farmer, Patricia Bishop of Taproot Farms, will be joining us for this screening to demonstrate and answer questions about the process of creating textiles from natural fibres such as nettles and flax .

6:30PM: Reception prior to the screening with free cider and a fibre arts display.

7:00PM: The Nettle Dress begins

About The Nettle Dress: After the death of his beloved wife, textile artist Allan Brown embarks on a seven-year endeavour to weave a hand-spun dress from stinging nettles foraged in the woods surrounding his home.

Run time film: 1h 08m

Followed by a filmed Q &A with the film-maker and an in-person Q & A with Patricia Bishop of Taproot Farms.

ADVANCE TICKET SALES ARE CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT. THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF TICKETS AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE AT THE DOOR STARTING AT 6:30pm

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The Promised Land — 7:00pm
Apr
24

The Promised Land — 7:00pm

The story of Ludvig Kahlen who pursued his lifelong dream: To make the heath bring him wealth and honor.

Run time: 2h 7m

MPA Rating: 14A

General Admission: $11.30 + HST

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Out of Africa — 7pm
Mar
9

Out of Africa — 7pm

Oscars Retrospective: Out of Africa (Best Picture 1985)

In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.

Run Time: 2h 41m

MPA Rating: PG

General Admission: $8.70 + HST

NOTE: This screening is part of our Oscars Retrospective. We’ll be playing a Best Picture winner from decades past every night of the week.

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Advance sales are closed for this event. Lots of tickets available to purchase at the door 30 minutes before the screening.

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Maestro — 4pm & 7pm
Jan
21

Maestro — 4pm & 7pm

This love story chronicles the lifelong relationship of the American conductor-composer, Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper), and Costa Rican actress, Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein (Carey Mulligan).

THIS ONE IS MEANT TO BE SEEN ON THE BIG SCREEN!

Run Time: 2h 9m

MPA Rating: PG

General Admission: $10.43 + HST

ADVANCE TICKETS HAVE BEEN CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT. THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF TICKETS AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE AT THE DOOR .

SPECIAL ADDED BONUS. If joining us for the 7pm screening, you are invited to arrive at 6:30 for a special lecture from musician and professor Paula Rockwell. Paula will speak about the musical life of Leonard Bernstein, “Lenny” to all who knew him, and his educational influence he had on young people. She will perform some of his hit songs and ask for audience participation if they so choose! Paula will also have a few stories of her own about “when Lenny came to town!!”(Toronto) during her time at University of Toronto and working at Roy Thompson Hall.

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Orlando My Political Biography — 7pm
Dec
6

Orlando My Political Biography — 7pm

This Berlin Film Festival award-winning documentary tells stories of transition through unique reenactments and visual interpretations of Virginia Woolf's Orlando: A Biography. Director Paul B. Preciado organizes a casting and brings together 26 contemporary trans and non-binary people, aged 8 to 70.

Run Time: 1h 38m

MPA Rating: Not Rated

General Admission: $10.44 + HST

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Priscilla — 4pm & 7pm
Dec
3

Priscilla — 4pm & 7pm

When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.

Run Time: 1h 50m

MPA Rating: 14A

General Admission: $10.44 + HST

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