OTTAWA PREMIERE The legendary Dario Argento gets a bit meta with his latest film, self-referentially naming it after the genre he helped define. Adrien Brody headlines as a cop on the trail of a demented killer, but its Argento, more imaginative and stylish than most directors (Cinefantastique), whos the real
OTTAWA PREMIERE | FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE Human Spam. Digital Janitors. Spider silk gatherers. Baby makers. In the future, jobs still suck but in whole new ways. After the collapse of North Americas economy, a Chinese television crew ventures into the vast slums of Toronto to document the ghosts (Cantonese
Ghostlight – Screening on July 26, 29, 30, 31, August 1! Advance tickets now available for Ghostlight! When a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater’s production of Romeo and Juliet, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life. Seattle International Film Festival: Best Director, Performance (Keith Kupferer)
Ghostbusters – Halloween Month screenings on October 6, 7, 8! Advance tickets now available for Ghostbusters! Continuing our series in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the great cinematic year of 1984! Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service. Academy of Science Fiction,
Ghostbox Cowboy – Ottawa Premiere the Week of February 8th! A dullard Texas entrepreneur reinvents himself as a cowboy in China’s tech wild west, but finds himself at the mercy of corrupt American expats looking to reinvent him once more. Denver International Film Festival: Best Feature Film winner! Tribeca
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.
SUNDAY NIGHT GEEK NIGHT I understand theres another movie based on a comic book playing now and featuring Scarlett Johansson. But Ill stick with this Oscar-nominated tale of teen alienation from master misanthropologists Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff, thanks.
https://www.iffo.ca/ghost-town-anthology Set in tiny Irénée-les-Neiges, Quebec (population: 215), Ghost Town Anthology is talented writer-director Denis Côté’s (Curling, Vic + Flo ont vu un ours, etc.) fascinating Canadian variation on the idea of the undead. One gray day in the small town a young man named Simon Dubé dies in a car
A passionate young couple, unexpectedly separated by a shocking loss, discover an eternal connection and a love that is infinite.