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DECEMBER 15 & 18 “A Christmas Story is a heart-warming pastiche of snowflakes, Christmas lights and one little boy's quest for the present of his FRANKIE Admission Prices dreams. Peter Billingsley plays the all-American protagonist, Ralphie Dir. Ira Sachs • France/Portugal • 2019 • 100min • Rated PG. Parker, a delightful little Everykid created by American humorist Jean AN AGING ACTRESS’ FAMILY MOVINGLY DEALS WITH DEATH Members/under 12: $8 Shepherd in his novel In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash. “Françoise Crémont — Frankie to her friends — is a famous actress, and she’s dying. For a sense of how she’s handling this devel- Non-Members: $ 12 • Over 65/Students: $9 “It's a nostalgic comedy featuring a family of eccentrics who lov- ingly celebrate the holidays and life itself in Midwestern America in opment, all you really need to know is that she is played by the glori- ously unsentimental Isabelle Huppert. There’s a scene, halfway Annual Membership: $10 the 1940s. They're like an early-TV comedy family, except more whim- sical and real. Melinda Dillon plays the Mom of Moms who's always through, in which Frankie figures out that her husband, Jimmy Membership benefits: dishing out seconds and hasn't had a hot meal herself in 15 years. (Brendan Gleeson), has conspired with her ex-husband, Michel $4 o regular admission Darren McGavin plays The Old Man, perpetually battling the furnace (Pascal Greggory), to casually bring her by a local spring that happens Free film guide mailing and the Oldsmobile and the neighboring Bumpus’ hound dogs. to be famed for its healing water. Snack bar combo (CONTINUED ON PG 3) “Much of the film is narrated by Shepherd in his own incompara- She’s not moved by the gesture — ble prose. It works wonderfully, with everyone emoting madly, having perhaps the most fun any actors have had since vaudeville.” “Intense, unsettling, modestly triumphant portrait of the artist as a young man.” - Washington Post DECEMBER 16 & 17 - Washington Post COMIC BOOK CONFIDENTIAL Dir. Ron Mann • Canada/USA • 1988 • 90min • Rated STC. FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29 SATURDAY NOVEMBER 30 DIRECTOR RON MANN IN ATTENDANCE FOR INTRO AND Q&A! “The people behind Spider-Man, Captain America and other comic 4:00PM •STC• “The movie is a masterpiece,11:00AM •STC• one made by a man counting down book heroes resemble Clark Kent in real life. They are calm, reason- able, respectable-looking people whose fantasies and superhuman his own years as if they were rosary beads.”- Boston Globe powers are released in the Zap! Pow! Gasp! of their work. In Comic Book Confidential, Ron Mann's look through 50 years of American comic books, these artists and writers recall the origins of their work and read snippets of their stories. The camera zooms in on characters “In a dazzling high-wire from superpowered patriots to counterculture con men, sometimes act as actor and 8:00PM“An •STC• emotionally lacerating 3:00PM & 5:45PM •STC• setting them in motion in styles that suit their eras. screenwriter, experience, a nearly flawless “Among the 22 artists and writers interviewed, William M. Gaines Shia LaBeouf elegy for a beautifully comes to embody comic-book history itself. He describes his father lets loose on folding up the Sunday funnies and selling them for a dime - the flawed couple.” - LA Times his own life as makeshift origins of the comic book. We see the effects, in film of Mr. a child star.” Marriage Gaines testifying in 1954 before the Senate Subcommittee on - Rolling Stone Juvenile Delinquency, which was considering the proposition that 8:30PM •STC• Story comic books were corrupting America's youth.” - The New York Times Marriage DECEMBER 19 DIE HARD Story Dir. John McTiernan • USA • 1988 • 128min. • Rated 18A. EVERYONE’S FAVOURITE ‘CHRISTMAS MOVIE’ DEC 20 PROGRAMMING NOTE “In Die Hard, Bruce Willis is your basic little guy up against a gang TBA (TO BE ANNOUNCED) TITLES of international terrorists, and they've got chainsaws and machine At press time we were not able to confirm what guns and plastic explosives and he has just the one measly handgun. - JAN 9 titles to put in these slots, so we decided to wait “It's Christmas Eve, and Willis, playing a New York cop named John until mid December, when some current titles McClane, has flown to L.A. to visit his estranged wife (Bonnie would become available. Bedelia). He goes to the high-rise office building where she works for the Nakatomi Corp. and finds her and her fellow workers having a Watch for announcements on our website or Christmas party on the 30th floor. The rest of the building is empty. through our weekly e-newsletter! Thanks for paying “Which is why the terrorists headed by Hans Gruber (Alan attention to the details! Rickman), have elected to take it over. Their object is $600 million worth of bearer bonds in the Nakatomi vault. The vault is protected by 18 FREE PARKING SPOTS IN PLAYHOUSE LOT NEXT DOOR! PLUS 18 MORE SPOTS ACROSS THE STREET IN MUNICIPAL LOT! NOV 29 2019-JAN 9 2020 SEE NOV 29 & 30 LISTINGS ON PAGE ONE MONDAY DECEMBER 2 TUESDAY DECEMBER 3 WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 4 THURSDAY DECEMBER 5 FRIDAY DECEMBER 6 SATURDAY DECEMBER 7 SUNDAY DECEMBER 1 4:00PM •STC• 4:00PM •STC• 4:00PM •STC• 5:15PM •STC• 4:15PM •14A• 1:35PM •STC• An epic gangster drama... The Irishmanfinds Martin Scorsese revisiting “This involving and extremely well-made “A major triumph and one of 2:00PM •PG• familiar themes to poignant, funny, and profound effect epic seems to be an appropriate capstone the very best movies of the for Scorsese - as well as De Niro, Pesci, and year. The best film yet from WAVES 7:00PM •PG• Pacino - at this late stage in their careers.” director Noah Baumbach “Whisks us away, showcases such - Salon.com with career highs from a talented and eclectic array of Marriage leads Adam Driver and performers, and reconfirms a 4:20PM •PG• Scarlett Johansson.” singular filmmaker's (Ira Sachs) Story 4:00M •STC• - Rolling Stone affecting artistry.” - LA Times 8:00PM •STC• 8:00PM •STC• 8:00PM •STC• FRANKIE “A deeply thoughtful and empathetic film about PEOPLE’S CHOICE 6“:3T0aPkeMs • u14sA o•n a real journey, leaving how difficult it is - logistically, on top of all the Runner-Up • TIFF 2019 FRANKIE us breathless but also marvelling 8:00PM •STC• messy feelings - to end a marriage.” Marriage 9:10PM •STC• at the end.”- Toronto Star - AV Club 8:00PM •STC• WAVES Marriage Marriage Story Marriage 9:15PM •PG• Story Marriage Story Story Story SUNDAY DECEMBER 8 MONDAY DECEMBER 9 TUESDAY DECEMBER 10 WEDNESDAY DEC 11 THURSDAY DECEMBER 12 FRIDAY DECEMBER 13 SATURDAY DECEMBER 14 1:30PM •14A• 3:45PM •STC• 4:20PM •PG• 4:30PM •STC• 3:45PM •STC• 4:25PM •STC• 1:30PM •STC• “A perfect blend of writing, unflashy direction, spot on performances and score (by FRANKIE HARRIET WAVES 6:30PM •STC• 4:05PM •G• 4:15M •STC• Randy Newman)... Its triumph 6:45PM“ •ASnT Cex• uberant Vatican-set “A captivating musical experience is that it just feels like life.” 7:30PM •STC• 6:30PM •14A• buddy movie.”- Times brought to the screen that - Associated Press Marriage Story expresses both the nature of Marriage WAVES THE TWO POPES Bruce Springsteen and the meaning Marriage 9:15PM •STC• 9:20PM •STC• behind his album Western Stars.” 7:00“PFMee •lPsG li•ke a sumptuous beach “An exhilarating and furious indictment of class struggle, - Film Ireland Story 9:15PM •14A• read on a lazy sunny afternoon.” Marriage “Provocatively examines black Parasite might be the masterpiece South Korea's - RogerEbert.com Story WESTERN STARS 6:30PM •14A• masculinity and the burden of Bong Joon-ho (Snowpiercer) has been working 6:45PM •STC• Story living up to a societal standard, toward his entire career.” - Globe & Mail THE TWO POPES FRANKIE as well as a parental one.”- TheWrap 9:10PM •14A• WAVES ADVANCE 9:20PM •STC• 9:15PM •STC• TICKETS WAVES WAVES ON SALE SUNDAY DECEMBER 15 MONDAY DECEMBER 16 TUESDAY DECEMBER 17 WEDNESDAY DEC 18 THURSDAY DECEMBER 19 FRIDAY DECEMBER 20 SATURDAY DECEMBER 21 1:50PM •STC• 4:25PM •STC• 4:40PM •PG• 3:15“PAM s m•SaTrCt•, empathetic film about 4:25PM •STC• 4:25PM •STC• 2:05PM •G• Kiki’s HARRIET THE TWO POPES Christmas Classics the need for both resilience and HARRIET THE TWO POPES Delivery 4:25PM •STC• 7:00PM •PG• s uncertainty in a faithful heart.” 7:00PM •PG• 7:00PM •STC•