Movies
Runaways, The
Dakota Fanning is now old enough to play Cherie Currie (opposite Kristen Stewarts Joan Jett) in this coming-of-age biopic of groundbreaking girl-rock band The Runaways. Does that make you feel old, too?
Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam
Taqwa (Arabic for “higher consciousness) is at the heart of this doc, which explores a budding music scene that celebrates Islam while rebelling, in typical punk fashion, against the social and political constraints of the religion [and] proves every culture has at least one unexplored underbelly. (National Post) 0
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
SUNDAY NIGHT GEEK NIGHT Stuff your Transformers in a cube of energon, cause weve got a real sight for sore optical receptors: the GoBots, and their valiant struggle to save the noble Rock People. Starring the voices of Telly Savalas, Margot Kidder and Roddy McDowall? Yup.
Saturday Night Fever
Join us on Sunday, December 16th for a throwback to the ’70s! There will be prizes, beer, and of course, we’ll be showing Saturday Night Fever so come dressed to impress. There will be prizes for the best 70’s inspired costumes. Doors open at 6:00 pm and the movie will
Ghost Writer, The
Polanski knows how to make a hell of a genre film (Rosemarys Baby, anyone?), and this, his take on the political thriller, is no exception. Dont be surprised if you see the director accepting awards from his prison cell.
Danse Le ballet de l’Opéra de Paris, La
OTTAWA PREMIERE Master documentarian Wiseman (Titicut Follies) tracks seven Paris Opera Ballet productions simultaneously in this on-point doc that pirouettes around issues of commerce and art and jetés between moments mundane and profound to produce something astoundingly beautiful. (San Francisco Chronicle) English subtitles
Brooklyn’s Finest
Fuqua (Training Day) directs this interconnected police-procedural triptych like Robert Altman with a nightstick, and ensnares a first-rate cast [Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes and others] in a dramatic dragnet for a fugitive moral lesson. (Variety)
Birdemic: Shock and Terror
OTTAWA PREMIERE Watch out, Tommy Wiseau! The newly-anointed best worst movie finally wings its way to the Mayfair to claw at the eyes of Ottawa audiences. If this is a joke, its the Kennedy assassination of jokes. (Vice Magazine)
Anguish
Famed director Luna brings us a Spanish take on the Italian giallo genre featuring that woman from the Poltergeist movies (Zelda Rubinstein) forcibly collecting human eyeballs from cinema patrons during a horror movie. You might not make it out of the Mayfair alive!
Carmen, Baby
This month, Saturday Night Sinema puts its finger on the racing pulse of the counter-culture with an ultra-rare treat. Master of Eurotic cinema Metzger suggests more than he shows in his hep-cat update of Bizets opera, but rest assured: this is one sassy, seductive flick.