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"[A] masterpiece; an unholy, horrifying confluence of high art and anxiety, a film in which every frame is a nightmare, and it’s beautiful." - Screen Anarchy
FBI Agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe) is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes unexpected turns, revealing evidence of the occult. Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again.
Directed by Osgood Perkins and featuring a a nightmarishly gonzo performance by Nicolas Cage!
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The Fabulous Four
If three’s a crowd, four’s a party!
The Fabulous Four is an uproarious comedy about a group of life-long friends (Sarandon, Mullally, and Ralph) who travel to Key West, Florida, to be bridesmaids in the surprise wedding of their best college girlfriend Marilyn (Midler).
Over the course of one outrageous trip, sisterhoods are rekindled, the past resurfaces, and there are enough sparks, raunch, and romance to change all their lives in unexpected ways.
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Silver Bullet
This summer, we're warning you, Don't Go into the...Moonlight!
Join us as we spend the season venturing into the cinematic realm of some of our favourite cryptids, creatures, and spooky urban legends.
Something is killing off townsfolk in Tarker's Mills. Something mysterious. Something ingenious. Something remotely human. But the only person in town with the courage to seek out and stop this lurking menace is 13-year-old Marty (Corey Haim), who relies on his souped-up wheelchair called Silver Bullet to get around. As the clues begin to point to the existence of a terrifying creature, Marty recruits his long-suffering older sister (Megan Follows) and eccentric uncle (Gary Busey) to help him save the town.
Adapted by suspense master Stephen King from his "Cycle of the Werewolf" novelette and featuring cool special effects by three-time Oscar® winner Carlo Rambaldi (E.T., Alien) this chillin', thrillin' spoonful of '80s monster movie fun is a blast to watch on the big screen!
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Shane Mauss “A Better Trip” - Live at Fox Theatre
Journey into the mind of a psychedelic astronaut with a consciousness-expanding comedy experience. At the intersection of science, humor, and psychedelics comes "A Better Trip," the latest work from Shane Mauss.
Originally a residency at AREA15 in Las Vegas–this hilariously heady event highlights Shane’s personal psychedelic experiences and examines the history, science, and culture of psychedelics. Accompanied by a vivid display of mind-blowing visuals and custom animations that back the entire performance, this one-of-a-kind show articulates the psychedelic experience.
Part trip report, part Ted Talk, all comedy show… this 90 minute performance is a celebration of the psychedelic renaissance.
Please note: This is a special event, regular price and membership discounts do not apply.
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Sing-Along! Xanadu
Warm up your lungs and get ready to transport yourself back to 1980 with this musical fever dream featuring the late, great pop icon Olivia Newton-John as a Greek muse sent to Earth to inspire a struggling artist...to open a roller disco called Xanadu with dance legend Gene Kelly.
Sonny (Michael Beck) is trapped in a dull job painting album covers. He is instantly attracted to Kira (Newton-John), a woman randomly photographed in the background of one of his assignments, but no one is able to identify her. Visiting the auditorium where the cover was shot, Sonny finds the mysterious beauty who encourages him to team up with cool old-timer Danny McGuire (Kelly) to build the ultimate roller-skating palace.
Boasting one of the all-time great movie soundtracks, this film is tailor-made for a sing-along! We'll even have the lyrics up on screen and hand out glow strings so you can sing and dance along with the gang on screen.
Sing the songs. Feel the magic. Glow like a muse. Don't miss it!
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Widow Clicquot
Widow Clicquot is based on the true story of the “Grande Dame of Champagne,” Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin (1777–1866) who, at the age of 20, became Madame Clicquot after marrying the scion of a winemaking family.
Though their marriage was arranged, a timeless love blossomed between Barbe-Nicole (Haley Bennett) and her unconventional, erratic husband, François (Tom Sturridge). After her husband's untimely death, Barbe-Nicole flouts convention by assuming the reins of the fledgling wine business they had nurtured together.
Steering the company through dizzying political and financial reversals, she defies her critics and revolutionizes the champagne industry to become one of the world's first great entrepreneurs.
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Swamp Thing
This summer, we're warning you, Don't Go into the...Swamp!
Join us as we spend the season venturing into the cinematic realm of some of our favourite cryptids, creatures, and spooky urban legends.
Deep in the Florida everglades, a brilliant scientist, Dr. Alec Holland (Ray Wise), and government agent, Alice Cable (Adrienne Barbeau), have developed a secret formula that could end world hunger.Little do they know, however, that their arch nemesis, Arcane (Louis Jourdan), is plotting to steal the serum for his own selfish schemes.
Looting the lab and kidnapping Cable, Arcane douses Holland with the chemicals and leaves him for dead. Mutated by his own formula, Holland becomes Swamp Thing - a half-human/half-plant superhero who will stop at nothing to rescue Cable and defeat Arcane...even if it costs him his life!
Director Wes Craven breathes life into DC Comics' cult comic book hero in this criminally underseen monster mash that's made to see with an audience!
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Klassic Kidz: Princess Bride
Can it really be over 35 years since a schoolboy sick with fever first lay in his bed and listened to his grandfather read him a magical tale of a beautiful maiden, a lovestruck farmboy, a vain Prince, a giant from Greenland, a Spanish fencing master, a six-fingered Count and a literal miracle worker?
Few, if any, films of the '80s have been more beloved by successive generations of moviegoers than this hilarious and enchanting storybook romance from director Rob Reiner ("This Is Spinal Tap") and legendary screenwriter William Goldman ("Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"), featuring a peerless comic cast that includes Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Carol Kane, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, André the Giant and Peter Falk.
It'll be a fairy tale afternoon at the movies! We promise!
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The Crow: 30th Anniversary
30th Anniversary screening!
Prep yourself for the August release of the highly-anticipated re-make by going full goth and joining us for the 30th Anniversary of one of the greatest cult hits of all time.
The night before his wedding, musician Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) and his fiancée are brutally murdered by members of a violent inner-city gang. On the anniversary of their death, Eric rises from the grave and assumes the gothic mantle of the Crow, a supernatural avenger, tracking down the thugs responsible for the crimes and mercilessly murdering them.
Adapted from the comic book saga of the same name, this action-packed thriller from director Alex Proyas features hypnotic style, dazzling visuals, and a soulful performance by the late Brandon Lee.
And remember, It can't rain all the time...
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North by Northwest - 65th Anniversary 4k Restoration
65th Anniversary screening!
Cary Grant stars as an innocent man mistaken for a spy in one of director Alfred Hitchcock's greatest thrillers. While leaving New York's Plaza Hotel, advertising executive Roger Thornhill (Grant) has the misfortune of standing just as the name "George Kaplan" is paged--starting a lethal case of mistaken identity and a nonstop game of cat and mouse as he is pursued across North America by espionage agents trying to kill him--and by police who suspect him of murder. Along the way he also falls for a mysterious woman (Eva Marie Saint) whose loyalties he begins to doubt.
This stylish espionage thriller changed every Hollywood action production in its wake, taking us everywhere from the posh and modernist interiors of New York City and Chicago to a vast, flat, Midwestern cornfield to, finally, the gigantic faces of Mount Rushmore above Rapid City.
Shot in "VistaVision", this epic adventure is meant to be seen on the BIG screen!
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Cat Video Fest 2024
“Watching silly cat videos is good for you.” - The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 4, 2016
Cat Video Fest is back at Fox Theatre! The 75-minute-reel of cat videos is family-friendly and can be enjoyed by everyone!
CatVideoFest is a compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses.
It’s the purrr-fect way to celebrate our favourite four-legged feline friends while raising money for local cats in need!
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Cuckoo
Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen leaves her American home to live with her father, who has just moved into a resort in the German Alps with his new family. Arriving at their future residence, they are greeted by Mr. König, her father's boss, who takes an inexplicable interest in Gretchen's mute half-sister Alma. Something doesn't seem right in this tranquil vacation paradise. Gretchen is plagued by strange noises and bloody visions until she discovers a shocking secret that also concerns her own family.
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Cinema Slumber Party: Dirty Dancing
Get ready to have the time of your life! We're having a good, old-fashioned pyjama party!
Grab your gang, get into your jammies, and travel with us back to Summer 1963 when idealistic young Frances "Baby" Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is ready for a boring old summer with her conservative family at a very square Catskills resort. So when she stumbles upon a raucous staff party rampant with the titular "dirty dancing," she's shocked to find herself powerfully drawn to the resort's lead dance instructor Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze with the "dreamy" dial turned up to 11).
Soon Baby is sneaking out after dark, and doing swan lifts in the water, and learning to horizontal mambo with the guy from the wrong side of the tracks.
And we get to watch it all happen from the comfort of an air-conditioned theatre with adult beverage (not included in price) in hand!
So drop that watermelon and get your tickets for one of the great on-screen romances of our time!
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Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story
A lost R&B star who eclipsed Etta James and Little Richard, trans soul singer Jackie Shane blazed an extraordinary trail with an unbreakable commitment to her truth. Forty years after vanishing from public view, this 20th century icon finally gets her second act.
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The Conversation 4K Restoration
Come celebrate the 50th anniversary with a new 4K restoration!
Lonely wiretapping expert and devout Catholic Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) is hired to record a seemingly innocuous conversation in San Francisco's Union Square between two lovers. Upon re-hearing the tapes, however, Caul believes he may be putting the couple in danger if he turns the material over to his client (Robert Duvall). But what one hears can ultimately turn out to be quite different from what was actually recorded.
Reported to be Coppola’s favourite of his films, “The Conversation” boasts an exceptional cast that includes Gene Hackman, John Cazale, and Allen Garfield, as well as featuring a notable early performance from Harrison Ford. As well as the Palme D’or, the film won numerous awards, including BAFTAs for Editing and Sound, recognising Walter Murch’s ground-breaking work!
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The Cartoons of Max Fleischer
Join us for a block of Fleischer cartoons featuring new restorations of Betty Boop, Popeye, Koko the Clown and more!
Max Fleischer is one of the most renowned pioneers in animation. From 1919 to 1942, he and his company, Fleischer Studios, produced nearly 700 cartoons. Among his many achievements, his studio was the first to animate both Popeye and Superman — and he created the legendary Betty Boop, who remains an icon of American culture to this day.
Program includes:
1. Kokos Magic
2. Betty in Blunderland
3. I Never Changes Me Altitude
4. Play Safe
5. Betty Boop & Grampy
6. Mechanical Monsters
7. The Kids in the Shoe
8. Snow White
Classic cartoons in a classic cinema! What could be better?
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Sunday Afternoon Classics: High Society
Prep your fingers for some snapping and your toes for some tapping because this month's Sunday Afternoon Classic is a song-filled favourite with million-watt star power - including the luminous Grace Kelly in her final film role!
Bing Crosby plays Jazz artist C.K. Dexter Haven, who's still hung up on his ex-wife and neighbour, socialite Tracy Samantha Lord (Kelly); however, Tracy is engaged to another man (John Lund). Matters are complicated even further when a magazine reporter (Frank Sinatra), in town to cover Tracy’s wedding, also winds up falling for the beautiful bride-to-be. As Tracy tries to decide on the ideal husband, each suitor works hard to convince her he is the best choice.
With a to-die-for score by Cole Porter, this musical remake of The Philadelphia Story was shot in glorious Technicolor, features a performances by Louis Armstrong and was Bing Crosby's favourite film of his entire career! How could you possibly miss it?
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The Crazies w/ Romero Scholar Adam Hart
Join us for a night of Romero admiration with Adam Hart, horror historian and author of "Raising the Dead: The Work of George A. Romero"!
Five years after "Night of the Living Dead", Romero released "The Crazies", another powerful allegory about government cover-ups and conspiracies in the shadow of Watergate and several high-profile environmental disasters.
When a military plane crashes in Evans City, Pennsylvania, a mysterious toxin seeps into the water supply, turning the small-town residents into big-time killers. The biological weapon, codenamed "Trixie," leaves its victims either dead or psychologically deranged. Vietnam vet David and his pregnant girlfriend Judy must escape the military-enforced quarantine, the crazed townsfolk and a band of rednecks to get to safety.
Adam will provide a brief intro to the film as well as an enlightening Q&A afterwards. His book will also be for sale if you want to take a piece of the night home with you!
Event pricing in effect.
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Sing Sing
Based on a true story, Greg Kwedar’s new film follows a small group of prisoners inside Sing Sing Correctional Facility, one of the world’s most infamous maximum security prisons, attempt to stage their own original production.
Divine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group with other incarcerated men. When a wary outsider joins the group, the men decide to stage their first original comedy, in this stirring true story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art, starring an unforgettable ensemble cast of formerly incarcerated actors.
Domingo gives one of the most memorable and affecting performances of his career, bolstered by a cast made up almost entirely of formerly incarcerated actors and alumni of the Rehabilitation Through the Arts programme. Their participation brings an authenticity to the group’s founding principle that human dignity must be a part of the justice system.
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