Category: Directors
Friday September 18th – Thursday September 24th!
Hope Gap – Ottawa Premiere! Written and directed by the 2x Oscar nominated screenwriter of Gladiator, and Shadowlands! Starring 4x Oscar nominee Annette Bening, 2x BAFTA award winner Bill Nighy, and Empire Awards winner Josh O’Conner! Come And See – 35th Anniversary – 4k Restoration of the 1985 World War
Friday September 16th – Thursday September 22nd!
The Music Of Strangers & Florence Foster Jenkins – A pair of films that have a good chance at ending up on this years Oscar nominee list (for Best Documentary, and Best Actress: Meryl Streep), Held Over for an encore run by popular demand! Hell Or High Water – The
Friday September 16 – Thursday September 22!
The Duke – 5 Stars! “Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren shine. This small, droll, perfect film channels the spirit of Ealing comedies” (The Times UK) 5 Stars! “wonderful underdog drama…hilarious, rousing and wonderfully old-fashioned” (The Express UK) Marcel The Shell With Shoes On – 4/4 Stars! “a most unexpected
Friday September 15 – Thursday September 21!
-Golda- 5 Stars! (AARP Movies For Grownups) -Past Lives- 4/4 Stars! (RogerEbert.com) -The Monster Squad- “a true horror classic” (Film Threat) -Cade: The Tortured Crossing- “Breen’s sixth masterpiece” (Geeks Under Grace) -Cruising- 4/4 Stars! (San Francisco Gate) -Saturday Night Sinema- Free for members / members only, secret
Friday September 13th – Thursday September 19th!
Brittany Runs A Marathon – Sundance: Audience Award winner, and Grand Jury Prize nominee! Luce – Starring Oscar winner Octavia Spencer, and Oscar nominees Naomi Watts, and Tim Roth! Sundance: Grand Jury Prize nominee! Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark – From Fantastic Fest award winning director Andre Ovredal
Friday September 13 – Thursday September 19!
-His Three Sisters- 2nd Week! 4/4 Stars! (Watch List) -Sissi & I- “fantastic” (NPR Los Angeles) -Friday The 13th Part VII: The New Blood’ “the best of the whole damn series” (Pop Horror) -Saturday Night Sinema- Free for Members/Members Only! 40th Anniversary! 1984 Film Fest! -1984- “brilliant”
Friday September 11th – Thursday September 17th!
Ottawa Premiere of Cop Car – starring Kevin Bacon – “a harrowing crash course full of mayhem…white-knuckle adventure will leave your heart firmly planted in your throat” (Sundance) “almost excruciating intensity…You have the right to remain silent, because COP CAR will leave you breathless!” (Fantasia) Ricki And The
Friday September 11th – Thursday September 17th!
Friday September 11th – Thursday September 17th! -Military Wives- From Peter Cattaneo, the 2x Oscar and 3x BAFTA nominated director of The Full Monty! Starring Oscar nominee and BAFTA award winner Kristin Scott Thomas! -How To Be A Good Wife- From 2x César Awards winning writer/director Martin Provost, starring Oscar
Friday September 10th – Thursday September 16th!
-Mrs Lowry & Son- Ottawa Premiere! “a quality drama…an ideal example of how keeping it simple can be so rewarding to both the filmmakers and the audience.” (Hey U Guys) -Old- 5 Stars! “an enthrallingly bizarre piece of old-fashioned entertainment” (The Guardian) “you can’t take your eyes off the screen”
Friday September 1 – Thursday September 7!
-Passages- 4/4 Stars! “sensational performances…brave, captivating & exemplary…a superior film of sensitivity & intelligence with a lot to say…My advice is seek it out wherever you can find it” (Observer) -Asteroid City- 4th Week! Cannes: Palme D’Or nominee! 4/4 Stars! “I didn’t want Asteroid City to end…The movie is