Movies
Dukot
Since 2001, over a thousand extrajudicial killings and disappearances have been documented in the Philippines. This is the story of one of those cases, and is no doubt the most courageous full-length Filipino film produced in decades.(Bulatlat.com) English subtitles Benefit for Ontario Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (OCHRP)
GravyTrain
OTTAWA PREMIERE Wheres the fish? Thats what Gypsy Creek’s #1 cop, Charles Gravytrain, and his foxy partner must discover to put an elusive crook behind bars in this neo-Canuxploitation insta-classic comedy (which earns extra Can-con cred with a cameo by Glass Tigers Alan Frew). And you know a movie’s doing
Howard the Duck
GEEK NIGHT A sci-fi epic. From the Oscar-nominated writers of American Graffiti. And the creator of Star Wars. Based on the acclaimed Marvel comic book series from celebrated writer and social satirist Steve Gerber. What could possibly go wrong?
Chocolat
PAGE TO SCREEN Indulge your sweet tooth with this story of a woman who opens a chocolate shop in a French village and, in so doing, opens the community to a world of guilt-free pleasures. Presented in association with the Ottawa International Writers Festival. Joanne Harris, author of the novel
Firewalker
Chuck Norris has-and is-a lot of fun as Indiana Jones surrogate Max Donigan, who, alongside Louis Gossett, Jr, is on a hunt for gold in this very entertaining slice of American cheese. 1986 was a great year for genre filmmaking; Firewalker is one of the year’s standouts!
Lifeforce
Lifeforce – 40th Anniversary / Director’s Cut screenings on January 27, 29! Advance tickets now available for Lifeforce! A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos. Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival: Best Special Effects award winner! Academy
City Island
Truth is stranger than family. The Rizzo are a secretive family, but when patriarch Vince (Andy Garcia) brings home a young ex-con, its only a matter of time until all those secrets are revealed. Also featuring Julianna Margulies, Alan Arkin and Emily Mortimer.
Day of the Dead
Romero proves its actually darker after the dawn in this, the third in the of the Dead series, which finds the last remnants of humanity hunkered in a bunker, becoming ever more ghoulish, as the ghouls around them become more human. Zombifyingly rare 35 mm print! 0
SAW Video presents world premiere of PUBLIC DOMAIN
This is the premiere screening of SAW Videos national media art commissioning project, Public Domain, which brings seven artists from across Canada to Ottawa to create contemporary video works drawn from the traces of the past. Launched in June 2009, Public Domain is the first commissioning project of this scope
Hard Day’s Night, A
0 The first and best feature film to star the Beatles, A Hard Days Night is hilariously action-packed and back on the big screen where it belongs! “One of the great life-affirming landmarks of the movies” (Roger Ebert) (I guess he loves it, yeah, yeah, yeah.)