Movies
PROGRAM CHANGE: Peacock King
Our screening of A Kid From Tibet has been unavoidably delayed. In its place, the Drunken Masters Dojo presents Yuen Biao in a kung fu fantasy directed by the man responsible for The Story of Ricky. (Remember that film? Or are you still trying to forget?) Biao plays a Tibetan monk
Nashville
Y’all take it easy now. This isn’t Dallas, it’s Nashville! They can’t do this to us here in Nashville! Let’s show them what we’re made of. Come on everybody, sing! Somebody, sing! 0
Misfortunates, The
OTTAWA PREMIERE Using Dimitri Verhulsts semi-autobiographical novel as a starting point, director Van Groeningen crafts a ravishing-looking [and] often hilarious tragicomedy (Variety) about a Belgian family that would be called working class if any of them bothered to work. English subtitles
KELP RECORDS 16th ANNIVERSARY CONCERTS
This month, Kelp Records and Beaus All Natural Brewing Company celebrate 16 year of independent music with two days of concerts at the Mayfair. Thursday, May 13 7:00 PM doors | 8:00 PM music | performances by Jim Bryson and Chris Page $20 advance
Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation
0 OTTAWA PREMIERE In 1982, three 12-year-olds from Mississippi started filming a shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark in their backyards. Seven years later, they finished. And 21 years later, were showing it. (How can a shot-for-shot remake be 15 minutes shorter than the original?)
Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space
OTTAWA PREMIERE This startling doc examines the origins and reality of the militarization of space, and asks: will we weaponize space or keep it for peace? Must the world accept one super-power cop on the global beat? And what if it doesn’t?
Socalled Movie, The
OTTAWA PREMIERE If Woody Allen and Lil Wayne had a lovechild, it would be Josh Dolgin, a.k.a. Socalled, the Montreal-based hip-hop-klezmer-funk musician at the centre of this kaleidoscopic documentary about one mans incredible creative process. English with French subtitles | Josh Dolgin in attendance June 18!
Tintorera
Hugo Stiglitz (yup, this is where Tarantino got the name for the Inglourious Basterds character) stars in this Jaws rip-off in which a tiger shark (tintorera, en Espangol) churns up the seas in place of a great white. Also starring Susan George (Straw Dogs).
Who Am I
This month, the Drunken Masters Dojo says, if you think Jackie Chan is too old to thrill you, think again! This action-packed spectacle (never released theatrically in North America) will renew your appreciation for the worlds greatest living entertainer.
Water on the Table
OTTAWA PREMIERE Is water a commodity or a human right? Following the work of Maude Barlow, who fought in vain to keep water off the table in the NAFTA negotiations, this doc is an 11th-hour cinematic wake-up call, and an unforgettable profile of a woman on an unstoppable