Vincent is an ex-soldier with PTSD who is hired to protect the wife and child of a wealthy Lebanese businessman while he’s out of town. Despite the apparent tranquility on Maryland, Vincent perceives an external threat.
Young Jesse Owens (Stephan James) becomes a track and field sensation while attending the Ohio State University in the early 1930s. With guidance from coach Larry Snyder (Jason Sudeikis), Owens gains national recognition for breaking numerous records. After heated debates, the United States decides not to boycott the Olympics in Nazi
Complications arise when a lieutenant general (Alan Rickman) and a colonel (Helen Mirren) order a drone missile strike to take out a group of terrorists in Nairobi, Kenya.
OTTAWA PREMIERE | MAY 14, 15, 16 & 17 a.k.a. SPL 2 Starring martial arts superstar Tony Jaa (Ong Bak) “A colossal, bombastic and brilliantly crafted action thriller with a strong script and multifarious characters.” – Daniel Goodwin, HeyUGuys Undercover cop Kit (Wu Jing) becomes a junkie in order to
Grieving investment banker Davis Mitchell (Jake Gyllenhaal) returns to work after losing his beloved wife in a tragic car accident. After writing a letter to complain about a vending machine, Mitchell receives a phone call from Karen (Naomi Watts), a customer service rep from the company. Karen becomes moved by
OTTAWA PREMIERE MAY 25 & 26 One of the great lost masterpieces of Japanese animation, never before officially released in the U.S., BELLADONNA OF SADNESS is a mad, swirling, psychedelic light-show of medieval tarot-card imagery with horned demons, haunted forests and La Belle Dame Sans Merci, equal parts J.R.R. Tolkien
OTTAWA PREMIERE | STARTS JULY 2 “[Director] Julia Marcheses ode to the New Beverly Cinema, rep cinema and the 35mm format is an entertaining, nostalgic, informative documentary that does a fine job of encapsulating the importance of repertoire cinema and their ability to show films as originally intended.” – Ernie Trinidad,
OTTAWA PREMIERE JUNE 3 | ONE NIGHT ONLY! …its a movie that pushes auteurism to a whole other level. – Nicholas Winding Refn, Director of DRIVE A carnival con man discovers that he has genuine psychic powers and uses them to become an astrology bigwig. But the plot isnt necessarily
Cultures collide when an American businessman (Tom Hanks) is sent to Saudi Arabia to close what he hopes will be the deal of a lifetime. Baffled by local customs and stymied by an opaque bureaucracy, he eventually finds his footing with the help of a wise-cracking taxi driver (Alexander Black)
OTTAWA PREMIERE | STARTS JUNE 4 IN FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES Julie Delpy (Before Midnight) writes, directs and stars in this satirical comedy about fortysomething workaholic Violette, who finds romance while on a spa vacation but whose new beau soon has doubts when he discovers Violettes unusual relationship with