Movies
Kick-Ass
What if superheroes were real? Well, they’d probably be insanely violent lunatics with delusions of grandeur who dress funny and, well, get their asses kicked. Based on Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.s popular and controversial comic.
Emanuelle Around the World
The most beautiful Emanuelle (note the single m) of all, Laura Gemser, re-teams with sleazemaster extraordinaire Joe DAmato (Anthropophagus, Erotic Nights of the Living Dead). Together, they take the intrepid photojournalist/libertine global to bust a white slavery ring (and get laid).
Battleship Potemkin
SILENTS IS GOLDEN screening with LIVE MUSIC In association with Music and Beyond, we present Eisensteins cinematic milestone, with a new, live score by Tom Annand! $15 non-members | $12 students and seniors | $10 members and Music and Beyond pass holders
Strange Brew
This hoser-ific adaptation of Hamlet has never received the critical or commercial attention it deserves, so come out and show it some love, eh? CANADIAN CULT REVIEW CANADA DAY EVE HOSER TRIPLE BILL with Goin Down the Road and Fubar | triple bill tickets $10 | Learn more at
Brett Kelly’s Iron Soldier
OTTAWA PREMIERE When terrorists steal the titular unstoppable military robot (the Iron Soldier, not Brett Kelly), it’s a race against time to stop them from using it against mankind! Starring Joe Estevez (brother of Martin Sheen, uncle of Charlie and Emilio)! Director Brett Kelly in attendance!
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (dogs welcome!)
PARTICIPACTION BARK-ALONG SCREENING BRING YOUR DOG! The Alvin movies have made how much?! A combined $765 million?! Seriously?! Its a good thing were inviting dogs to this screening they might be the only ones who havent seen it! Fundraiser for Birch Haven Rescue and Rehabilitation Services
Cooking with Stella
This lighthearted social comedy follows a couple of Canadian Diplomats to New Delhi, where they inherit a household of servants headed by the entrepreneurial cook Stella. Co-written by Deepa Mehta, and starring Canadian indie films hardest working man, Don McKellar.
Prime Cut
This month, Saturday Night Sinema holds it breath as a mob enforcer (the great Lee Marvin) tries to settle a debt with a rancher (Gene Hackman). Before this unforgettable American nasty ends, people will be ground into sausage, and a young Sissy Spacek will wear a midriff t-shirt.
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