Category: Directors
Friday April 4 – Thursday April 10!
-No Other Land- 2nd Week! 5 Stars! (The Guardian) Academy Awards: Best Documentary Feature award winner! -The Penguin Lessons- “hyper-funny, sensitive, and nuanced” (Collider) -Thank You Very Much- Ottawa Premiere! “fantastic” (The Hollywood Reporter) -Walking Through The Fire: Visual Album -Indland Empire- David Lynch Tribute Film Fest!
Friday April 29th – Thursday May 5th!
Too Late – Exclusive 35mm engagement! A rare chance to see a brand new, never screened, Cinema Scope print with no splices. Presented in 20 minute reels, with manual change-over. The Dark Horse – Award winning new Zealand chess drama starring Cliff Curtis (Once Were Warriors, Whale Rider) & James
Friday April 29 – Thursday May 5!
-Bad Roads- Ukrainian Film Fest! Auteur Film Festival, Serbia: Special Jury Prize award winner! “powerful directorial debut…Boasts an accomplished ensemble cast which does justice to a set of characters at the mercy of a cruel world” (Screen International) -Belle- Gold List: Best Animated Feature award winner! 5
Friday April 28th – Thursday May 5th!
Maudie – Held Over for a 2nd Week! Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a housekeeper. Starring Oscar nominees Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke! Atlantic Film Fest: Best Feature and Screenwriting award winner! A United Kingdom – The story of
Friday April 26th – Thursday May 2nd!
Ottawa Premieres – Minding The Gap, and Far: The Story of a Journey Around the World The Quietude – FEST International Film Fest: Best Actress winner! Venice Film Fest: Queer Lion nominee! Alien – 40th Anniversary / Alien Day 2019! Saturday Night Sinema – A special 35mm Edition! Ferris Bueller’s
Friday April 25 – Thurday May 1!
-The Penguin Lessons- 3rd Week! “delightful true story” (TIFF) “hyper-funny, sensitive, and nuanced…a delightful watch” (Collider) -The Way, My Way- 2nd Week! “charming” (Smith Rafael Film Center) “joyful viewing with laughter aplenty” (City Hub) -The Rocky Horror Picture Show- 50th Anniversary! Hosted by The Absent Friends Shadow
Friday April 24 – Thursday May 4!
-A Man Called Otto- 5 Stars! “remarkably warm and fulfilling” (Common Sense Media) “Tom Hanks gives one of the best performances of his career…is one of the best films of the year.” (NYC Movie Guru) -The Quiet Girl- Montclair Film Festival: Audience Award winner! 4/4 Stars! “a masterpiece”
Friday April 22nd – Thursday April 28th!
The Lobster – The 3 x Cannes award winning & Palme d’Or nominated surreal romantic dramady, Held Over for a 2nd week! The Measure Of A Man – Ottawa Premiere of the Cannes & Cesar award winner for Best Actor! Baskin – Ottawa Premiere of the Best Director award winner
Friday April 22 – Thursday April 28!
-Death On The Nile- 5 Stars! “exhilarating big-studio escapism.” (Movies for Grownups) 3.5 / 4 Stars! “an expert, beautifully-crafted job of filmmaking, with a pleasing balance of flourishes and subtleties.” (Combustible Celluloid) -Atlantis- Ukrainian Film Festival! Montréal Festival of New Cinema: Best Film award winner! 3.5 /
Friday April 21st – Thursday April 27th!
The Zookeeper’s Wife – In 1939, two Zookeeper’s in Poland are forced to report to the Reich. They covertly begin working with the Resistance, putting into action plans to save the lives of hundreds from what has become the Warsaw Ghetto. Maudie – Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in