Movies
Batman (1989)
DOUBLE BILL WITH THE 1966 BATMAN! Jack Nicholson is the Joker, who emerged from a horrible accident as a maniacal criminal. Michael Keaton is the Caped Crusader, who emerged from a childhood trauma to become a masked crimefighter. Kim Basinger is Vicki Vale, the talented photojournalist desired by both men.
Batman: The Movie
DOUBLE BILL WITH TIM BURTON’S BATMAN! The Dark Knight has never been lighter than in this spectacular big-screen adaptation of his 60s TV series, which pits the dynamic duo (Adam West and Burt Ward) against the quarrelsome quartet of the Joker (Caesar Romero), The Penguin (Burgess Meredith), Catwoman (Lee Meriwether)
The Birder
Presented by IndustryWorks Pictures Join the filmmakers of THE BIRDER as they present the Ottawa premiere of their film for a one night only screening followed by a Q&A.Bird enthusiast and high school teacher Ron Spencer has seen his life fall down all around him: his students don’t respect him, his
Immigrant, The
STARTS JULY 18 Survival, by its very definition, is a sin. That’s the worldview of Ewa, a Polish refugee who is freshly arrived in 1921 New York in James Gray’s “The Immigrant,” and that’s pretty much the way Gray’s characters think throughout his increasingly important filmography. That’s because one cannot survive without
Grand Seduction, The
STARTS JULY 18 A small fishing village must procure a local doctor to secure a lucrative business contract. When unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis lands in their lap for a trial residence, the townsfolk rally together to charm him into staying. As the doctor’s time in the
48 Hour Film Project
The 48 Hour Film Project will come to Ottawa for the first time the weekend of 4 – 6 July 2014. Filmmakers from all over the Ottawa area will compete to see who can make the best short film in only 48 hours. The winning film will go up against films from around
They Came Together
OTTAWA PREMIERE | STARTS JULY 11 Its not so much that the world needs yet another spoof of romantic comedies. Whether its through direct parodies like Date Movie, or through reinventions like The 40 Year-Old Virgin, the genre has had enough holes poked in it over the years. Even without those films,
Wind Rises, The
OTTAWA PREMIERE | STARTS JULY 12 The Wind Rises, Hayao Miyazaki’s latest and possibly last feature (he has announced his retirement, but he’s done that before), has the same dreamlike sense of magic that imbues all of the cartoon maestro’s work – even though it’s a story rooted in fact.
Rediscovering Jacques Ellul in the 21st Century
Rediscovering Jacques Ellul in the 21st Century is the main theme, and in particular his views on technology, freedom and the use of propaganda. A central focus has to do with communicating humanly in an age of technology and spin. Several renowned Ellul scholars who knew Ellul personally will talk
Dance of Reality, The
OTTAWA PREMIERE | STARTS AUGUST 8th Of all the possible cinematic trends of 2014, who could have possibly foreseen that the return to prominence of Alejandro Jodorowsky would be among them? The Chilean-born filmmaker became an icon to many moviegoers when his second feature, the trippy-hippie western “El Topo” (1970), became a