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Family Plot - Poster

Family Plot

Synopsis:

Calgary Cinematheque Presents: Family Plot (1976)


The closing title of the series is the last work of cinematic master Alfred Hitchcock, a loose adaptation of Victor Canning’s The Rainbird Pattern, (1972) originally titled Deceit. With a witty script by Ernest Lehman and a John Williams score, Family Plot is a dark comedy set in sunny California, focused on a pair of grifters, spiritualist Blanche Tyler (Barbara Harris) and her unemployed actor boyfriend, George Lumley (Bruce Dern) as they pursue a missing heir for a cash reward. 

Film music scholar Jack Sullivan has described Family Plot as a “frenetic ballet of crisscrossing con artists,” which captures the film’s signature energies. In contrast to the violent set-pieces featured in Psycho (1960), and the later film Frenzy (1972), Hitchcock’s parting shot is a lighter work designed to amuse, calling back to earlier comedies like Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941) and The Trouble with Harry (1955).

Genre: Comedy, Crime

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris      
Running time: 2 hr 00 min 
Rating: PG 




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Upcoming Showtimes
  • October 30 - 7:00pm
Re-Animator: 40th Anniversary - Poster

Re-Animator: 40th Anniversary

Synopsis:


Globe Cinema Presents: Re-Animator (1985)

RE-ANIMATOR is the ultimate 1980s body horror experience, a joyously grotesque peer of Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN, Lucio Fulci's THE BEYOND, and Sam Raimi's EVIL DEAD. Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) is a new student at Miskatonic University. 

He also moonlights as a mad scientist, intent on perfecting a serum that “re-animates” corpses. Soon, everyone wants a piece of the action, including an evil professor and his army of neon-slimed deadites. With berserker direction from Stuart Gordon, career-defining roles from genre icons Barbara Crampton and Combs, and a scene of two adults chasing an undead cat in a basement, RE-ANIMATOR isn’t just a masterpiece of the horror genre—it’s a masterpiece of life.

Genre: Horror

Director: Stuart Gordon
Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Bruce Abbott               
Running time: 1 hr 24 min 
Rating: 18A (Gory Violence, Sexual Violence)  


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Upcoming Showtimes
  • October 24 - 7:00pm
  • October 24 - 9:00pm
  • October 30 - 7:30pm
Perfect Blue - Poster

Perfect Blue

Synopsis:


Globe Cinema Presents: Perfect Blue (1997)

Mima Kirigoe, a former pop idol, makes a bold transition into acting, taking on a role in a drama that includes a disturbing assault scene, and even releasing a provocative nude photo book. Her dramatic reinvention grabs public attention, but also provokes unease among her fans, her manager, and even herself as she struggles with the rapid shift from her days as a pop idol. As a stalker begins to shadow her, a screenwriter and a photographer are murdered one after another. “Did I kill them?” Mima begins to wonder if a split personality is gradually taking over, just like the character that she plays in the drama. Then “the other Mima” the pop idol who was supposed to have “graduated,” appears in front of her…

Perfect Blue marks the directorial debut of Satoshi Kon, who fascinated audiences around the world with Paprika, Millennium Actress, and Tokyo Godfathers. Hailed as the first animated film to feature an authentic psychological suspense story, this film was acclaimed at international film festivals and was released in theaters in Japan in 1998. Blending a play within a play, the story unfolds as fiction and reality, dreams and delusions, and cyberspace intertwine—like an optical illusion.

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Director: Satoshi Kon
Stars: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji          
Running time: 1 hr 21 min 
Rating: 18A (Sexual Violence, Disturbing Content) 


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Upcoming Showtimes
  • October 19 - 3:30pm
  • October 24 - 7:45pm
  • October 24 - 9:30pm
  • October 29 - 7:30pm
The Blair Witch Project on VHS - Poster

The Blair Witch Project on VHS

Synopsis:


Globe Cinema Presents: The Blair Witch Project on VHS (1999)

Three young documentary filmmakers travel to the small town of Burkittsville, Maryland in hopes of shedding some light on the local urban myth of The Blair Witch; an uncanny and mysterious legend that has been tied to multiple unsolved murders and the vanishing of several children.

What begins as an unsettling series of interviews with the town's population quickly devolves into the trio being hopelessly lost in the forested areas surrounding the town as they seek to find the answers to the mystery.

Not the first, but absolutely the most celebrated and infamous early examples of the found footage sub-genre, THE BLAIR WITCH is uniquely suited to be best seen on it's original VHS format. Enjoy the best of both worlds with this special one off halloween screening!

Genre: Horror

Director: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
Stars: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard            
Running time: 1 hr 21 min 
Rating: 14A (Disturbing Content, Coarse Language) 


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Upcoming Showtimes
  • October 31 - 7:00pm
CUFF 12-Hour Halloween Horror Movie Marathon 2025 - Poster

CUFF 12-Hour Halloween Horror Movie Marathon 2025

Synopsis:

The Saturday before Halloween, join CUFF at the Globe Cinema for our annual 12-Hour Horror Movie Marathon fundraising event! Stay awake all night and enjoy 7 movies from 7pm until 7am the next morning, including a costume contest, and other surprises throughout the night.


When: Saturday, October 25 @ 7pm
Where: Globe Cinema (617 8 Ave SW)
Tickets: $25 regular / $23 members, students & seniors
Food & Concession: We'll have regular theatre concession + hot dogs + other random treats for purchase!


The 2025 Film Lineup
75 min, Director William Bagley
After moving to the suburbs, a young couple finds themselves trapped in an epic battle between their new HOA and an onslaught of monsters from hell. (view teaser)

8:30 PM - FREAKED (1993)
82 min, Directors Alex Winter, Tom Stern
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist. (view trailer)

106 min, Director Mel Brooks
An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body. (view trailer)

11:45 PM - INTERMISSION COSTUME CONTEST & BURGERS!

115 min, Director Philip Kaufman
When strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, replicating the city's residents one body at a time. (view trailer)

94 min, Director Lewis Teague
A pet baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives in the city sewers. Twelve years later, it grows to an enormous size thanks to a diet of discarded laboratory dogs injected with growth hormones. Now, humans have entered the menu. (view trailer)

4:00 AM - BLACK SUNDAY (1960) *dubbed version
87 min, Director Mario Bava
Decades after being executed for witchcraft, vengeful Princess Asa Vajda and her fiendish servant are resurrected and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of Asa Vajda's beautiful look-alike descendant Princess Katia. (view trailer)

5:25 AM - BATES MOTEL BREAKFAST IS SERVED

113 min, Director Richard Franklin
After twenty-two years of psychiatric care, Norman Bates attempts to return to a life of solitude, but the specters of his crimes - and his mother - continue to haunt him. (view trailer)

7:30 AM - FINISH!




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Upcoming Showtimes
  • October 25 - 7:00pm
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl - Poster

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Synopsis:


A League of Their Own Presents: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024)

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Rungano Nyoni
Stars: Susan Chardy, Roy Chisha, Blessings Bhamjee               
Running time: 1 hr 39 min 
Rating: STC  


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Upcoming Showtimes
  • November 12 - 7:30pm
Merrily We Roll Along - Poster

Merrily We Roll Along

Synopsis:

The Calgary International Film Festival Presents: Merrily We Roll Along (2024)


This recording of the 2024 Tony-winning Broadway revival was overseen by stage director Maria Friedman and features career-defining work from Jonathan Groff (FROZEN, HAMILTON, GLEE), Daniel Radcliffe (HARRY POTTER, SWISS ARMY MAN, WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY) and Lindsay Mendez.

Spanning three decades, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG charts the turbulent relationship between composer Franklin Shepard (Groff) and his two lifelong friends — writer Mary (Mendez) and lyricist & playwright Charley (Radcliffe). Originally produced on Broadway in 1981, then becoming an inventive cult-classic ahead of its time, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG features some of Sondheim’s most celebrated and personal songs.





Upcoming Showtimes
  • October 29 - 7:00pm
Fubar - Poster

Fubar

Synopsis:

The Calgary Underground Film Festival and CJAY.92 Present: Fubar (2002)


On November 8, Jesse and JD of Cjay 92 and frequent caller Terry are hosting a special screening of Fubar to raise funds for the Prostate Cancer Centre. This is your chance to watch this classic on the big screen at the Globe Cinema with support from the Calgary Underground Film Festival. 

Shot in and around Calgary and High River on a shoestring budget with all dialogue improvised, this mockumentary premiered at Sundance and became a cult hit. Party with original character Terry and ask him your questions after the screening. (You can also ask him about his prostate.) There'll be prizes, a 50/50 raffle, and an after-party!




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Upcoming Showtimes
  • November 8 - 7:30pm