Movies
Code of Silence
Pound for pound, this is the best Chuck Norris film of the 80s. Why? Because of director Andrew Davis, who would go on to helm Under Siege and The Fugitive! Norris plays tough-as-nails cop Eddie Cusack, who’s caught in the middle of a gang war, and ready to roundhouse-kick his
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.
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
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)
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)
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
For a public figure, Glenn Gould was an intensely interior person, but Genius Within digs deep, interviewing members of Gould’s intimate circle and unearthing rare footage of the man at work and play [making this] the most complete portrait yet of this complex artist. (Toronto Star) 0
Please Give
The New Yorker called director Holofcener the true heir apparent to Woody Allen, and Roger Ebert says she pays close attention to women. She doesn’t define them by their relationships with men; they actually have their own reasons for doing things. Do yourself a favour. Please see this. 0
Cape Fear
June 18th and 19th – part of the Scorsese / De Niro Film Festival screening throughout June! A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him. Oscar nominee: Best Actor (Robert De Niro), and Supporting Actress (Juliette Lewis)!
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
SUNDAY NIGHT GEEK NIGHT Mike Judge broke all the rules when he stretched Bevis and Butt-Heads 15-minute episodes (and 15 minutes of fame) into a feature-length adventure, but this is the most highly acclaimed and smartest comedy about a couple of dumb guys youll ever see.
Saving Private Ryan
Even though Spielberg won his second directing Oscar for Saving Private Ryan, which is now widely considered one of the masterpieces of WWII cinema, 1998s Best Picture Oscar went to Shakespeare in Love which is not coming to the Mayfair anytime soon.