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?

Single Man, A

OSCAR NOMINEE BEST LEAD ACTOR What do you get when a fashion designer directs a movie about a day in the life of a repressed/oppressed gay professor in 1962 Los Angeles? One of the years most praised films and one of the best performances of Colin Firths career, for

Sounds Like a Revolution

OTTAWA PREMIERE Featuring uncensored performances and commentary by Michael Franti, David Crosby, The Dixie Chicks, Ani DiFranco, Henry Rollins, Ice T and others, this film is what revolution sounds like. In the words of Steve Earl, If a guitars what you got, a guitars what you fight with.

Night of the Living Dead LIVE

Take the zombie cornerstone classic Night of the Living Dead, put it up on the big screen and turn off the volume. Now, mash in live actors, an orchestra and foley artists, and you get the next mad genius experiment from the theatre that brought you Silents is Golden! March

Mao’s Last Dancer

A stunning adaptation of the autobiography of Chinese ex-pat Li Cunxin, who was plucked from his village at age 11 and forced to study ballet and who, years later, defected to America for freedom and love.

Embodiment of Evil

OTTAWA PREMIERE Completing his Coffin Joe trilogy (preceded by At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul (1963) and This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse (1967)), director Marins (who is often compared to Buñuel and Jodorowsky) goes big on the home stretch. This is trash horror cinema to the max. (Variety) English

Dark Star

From the director of Halloween and the writer of Alien comes a sci-fi space-trucker comedy about four astronauts on a deep space mission to destroy unstable planets. This was Carpenters directorial debut, and like Halloween, this low-budget sleeper has inspired many filmmakers. 0