THE PLAZA THEATRE

THE PLAZA THEATRE The Plaza Theatre is an iconic landmark, offering so much more than just a boutique film experience. A nostalgic glimpse of The Plaza's beginning.

Courtesy of the City of Calgary's Heritage Sites archive...

"Hillhurst was subdivided in 1906, annexed to the City in 1907, and grew as Calgary's population boomed prior to World War I. Many services were needed in the working class suburb and businesses sprang up to meet the demand. One such establishment, a garage, opened for business in 1929. In the mid-thirties, the original use changed. Jim

Finney, who had recently moved to the area, recalled the transformation:

"'I watched the Plaza Theatre being built in the early thirties. It was renovated from an old garage. We used to spend all our Saturdays there. The cost of a show was 10 cents. Half the time we'd sneak into the place. The first guy had the dime and he'd have to go in and open the back door and let the rest of us in because we didn't have the money.'

"The rejuvenated garage opened as a theatre in 1935 and is a good example of a building which has responded to the emerging demands of a community. A full house is common in this theatre which often screens old film classics. The building features stucco cladding in a facade treatment which owes as much stylistically to the western 'false front' tradition as the Modern movement, with its moulded parapet and taut plastic use of the building skin. "The Plaza Theatre's long and varied life adds a special dimension to the atmosphere of the vibrant Kensington area of northwest Calgary."

This week at The Plaza:Opening this week, BACKROOMS brings Kane Parsons’ internet horror phenomenon to the big screen, t...
05/29/2026

This week at The Plaza:

Opening this week, BACKROOMS brings Kane Parsons’ internet horror phenomenon to the big screen, turning a search through forgotten spaces into something strange, empty, and deeply unsettling. THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS: THE LAST ACT brings Gooseworx’s viral animated series to theatres for its final chapter as Pomni and the circus are pushed toward one last impossible performance.

Continuing this week, PROJECT HAIL MARY keeps Ryan Gosling light years from Earth in a sci fi survival story where memory, instinct, and one impossible equation may decide everything. THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY continues as part of Ghibli Fest, finding wonder beneath the floorboards as a hidden life is changed by the outside world.

Also returning is I LOVE BOOSTERS, Boots Riley’s stylish crime comedy starring Keke Palmer, where fashion, theft, and payback move through the Bay Area with sharp edges and serious attitude.

Stop by Sidebar, the café or the candy bar for something delicious to take into your film with you!🍸 🍹🍷🍫🍿🍻 🍪 🥂🍿🥤🍬

Tickets are available NOW on our website: https://loom.ly/L8Bavi4

This week's Showtimes! Tickets are on sale NOW on our website! Just follow the link https://loom.ly/jSYLrh4BACKROOMS: A ...
05/28/2026

This week's Showtimes! Tickets are on sale NOW on our website! Just follow the link https://loom.ly/jSYLrh4

BACKROOMS: A missing-person case slips into nightmare logic when the search crosses into an abandoned nowhere of yellow walls, buzzing lights, and spaces that refuse to end.

THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS: THE LAST ACT: The internet-born animated hit reaches its finale as Pomni faces the circus’s last performance, where cartoon chaos starts pressing against something much stranger underneath.

PROJECT HAIL MARY: Adapted from Andy Weir’s novel, this sci-fi survival story finds Ryan Gosling light years from home, trying to outthink a crisis no one on Earth can reach.

THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY: As part of Ghibli Fest, this family friendly miniature adventure opens a secret life inside the walls, where one forbidden friendship puts everything carefully hidden at risk.

I LOVE BOOSTERS: Boots Riley returns with Keke Palmer in a sharp fashion-world caper, following thieves who know the difference between stealing clothes and stealing power.

Be sure to stop by our concession stand or the Sidebar for something fun and delicious to enjoy during the film!! 🍸 🍹🍷🍫🍿🍻 🍪 🥂🍿🥤🍬

COMMENCING THIS WEEK AT THE PLAZA!BACKROOMS: A missing patient leads a therapist beyond the edges of the real world, int...
05/28/2026

COMMENCING THIS WEEK AT THE PLAZA!

BACKROOMS: A missing patient leads a therapist beyond the edges of the real world, into a place of humming lights, endless walls, and rooms that should not exist.

THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS: THE LAST ACT: Pomni’s final trip through the digital circus brings the trapped performers closer to the truth, as the show’s bright chaos starts to come apart.

Tickets are on sale Today! Grab yours through our website!

Be sure to stop by our concession or the Sidebar for something fun and delicious to enjoy during the film! 🍸 🍹🍷🍫🍿🍻 🍪 🥂🍿🥤🍬

05/27/2026

THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS: THE LAST ACT is COMING MAY 29TH to The Plaza!

From creator Gooseworx, the viral animated sensation comes to the big screen as Pomni and the trapped performers face one final spiral through Caine’s candy-coloured digital nightmare.

05/27/2026

BACKROOMS is COMING MAY 29TH to The Plaza!

A24’s liminal horror follows a therapist searching for a missing patient through an endless maze of fluorescent rooms and impossible corridors, where empty spaces begin to feel terrifyingly alive.

This week at The Plaza:Opening Friday, PROJECT HAIL MARY sends Ryan Gosling into deep space as a science teacher waking ...
05/22/2026

This week at The Plaza:

Opening Friday, PROJECT HAIL MARY sends Ryan Gosling into deep space as a science teacher waking into a mission he cannot remember, with Earth’s survival hanging on what he can solve. MĀRAMA brings Māori gothic horror to Victorian England, where a secluded manor begins to give up what history tried to bury.

Also commencing Friday, THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY joins Ghibli Fest with a tiny Borrower whose hidden life changes when a human boy discovers her world. I LOVE BOOSTERS brings Boots Riley’s sharp edge to a crew of fashion thieves whose hustle turns personal.

Continuing this week, THE DRAMA keeps a wedding week on edge after one confession changes everything, while BLUE HERON continues its quietly aching portrait of childhood, memory, and a family beginning to shift.

Stop by Sidebar, the café or the candy bar for something delicious to take into your film with you!🍸 🍹🍷🍫🍿🍻 🍪 🥂🍿🥤🍬

Tickets are available NOW on our website: https://loom.ly/L8Bavi4

This week's Showtimes! Tickets are on sale NOW on our website! Just follow the link https://loom.ly/jSYLrh4PROJECT HAIL ...
05/21/2026

This week's Showtimes! Tickets are on sale NOW on our website! Just follow the link https://loom.ly/jSYLrh4

PROJECT HAIL MARY: Ryan Gosling plays Ryland Grace, a teacher turned reluctant astronaut whose classroom instincts become his only tools when he wakes on a ship carrying a problem bigger than the planet.

MĀRAMA: A Māori woman steps into the polished world of a Yorkshire estate, where every room seems built to protect a lie and every silence points back to home.

THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY: As part of Ghibli Fest, this family friendly story slips beneath the floorboards, where one tiny girl’s first glimpse of the human world changes the future of her family.

I LOVE BOOSTERS: Keke Palmer leads a crew of expert shoplifters through a fashion scene where taste is currency, theft is business, and getting even requires perfect timing.

BLUE HERON: On Vancouver Island, a child’s view of home becomes quietly unsettled as ordinary days begin to reveal the strain moving through the people around her.

THE DRAMA: Zendaya and Robert Pattinson star as a nearly married couple forced to sit with the kind of truth that does not disappear just because the wedding is still on the calendar.

Be sure to stop by our concession stand or the Sidebar for something fun and delicious to enjoy during the film!! 🍸 🍹🍷🍫🍿🍻 🍪 🥂🍿🥤🍬

COMMENCING THIS WEEK AT THE PLAZA!PROJECT HAIL MARY: Ryan Gosling stars as Ryland Grace, a science teacher who wakes alo...
05/20/2026

COMMENCING THIS WEEK AT THE PLAZA!

PROJECT HAIL MARY: Ryan Gosling stars as Ryland Grace, a science teacher who wakes alone in space and slowly realizes Earth’s survival may depend on what he remembers.

MĀRAMA: A gothic New Zealand horror set in Victorian England, where a young Māori woman arrives at a manor and finds her past already waiting inside.

THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY: As part of Ghibli Fest, this delicate animated adventure follows a tiny girl living beneath a country house, whose hidden world changes forever when a human boy discovers her.

I LOVE BOOSTERS: Boots Riley’s new heist comedy follows Corvette, an Oakland fashion designer whose crew turns shoplifting into a way to chase bigger dreams.

Tickets are on sale Tomorrow! Grab yours through our website!

Be sure to stop by our concession or the Sidebar for something fun and delicious to enjoy during the film! 🍸 🍹🍷🍫🍿🍻 🍪 🥂🍿🥤🍬

05/19/2026

THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY is COMING MAY 22nd to The Plaza!

Part of Ghibli Fest, this delicate adventure follows a tiny Borrower living beneath the floorboards, whose hidden world is changed when a human boy discovers her.

05/19/2026

I LOVE BOOSTERS is COMING MAY 22nd to The Plaza!

From Sorry to Bother You director Boots Riley, a crew of fashion savvy shoplifters sets its sights on a ruthless designer who steals their work, turning survival into style and revenge.

05/19/2026

MĀRAMA is COMING MAY 22nd to The Plaza!

In 1859, a young Māori woman is summoned from New Zealand to a Yorkshire manor, where buried family secrets and colonial violence awaken something vengeful.

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1133 Kensington Road NW
Calgary, AB
T2N3P4

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Monday 12pm - 12am
Tuesday 8am - 12am
Wednesday 8am - 12am
Thursday 8am - 12am
Friday 8am - 12am
Saturday 8am - 12am
Sunday 8am - 11pm

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