Movies
The Searchers
JOHN FORD FILM FESTIVAL Considered by many critics and filmmakers to be one of the greatest movies ever made. This is the tale of ex-Confederate soldier Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) and his five year journey to rescue his niece Debbie (Natalie Wood) from Comanches, whom he hates, but curiously understands
How Green Was My Valley
JOHN FORD FILM FESTIVAL OSCAR WINNER: BEST DIRECTOR | BEST ART DIRECTION | BEST B&W CINEMATOGRAPHY | BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: DONALD CRISP | BEST PICTURE With a stellar cast that includes Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O’Hara and Roddy McDowall, this tale of a coal mining family’s difficult life during the turn
The Grapes of Wrath
JOHN FORD FILM FESTIVAL OSCAR WINNER – BEST DIRECTOR | BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: JANE DARWELL The classic tale from author John Steinbeck stars Henry Fonda as Tom Joad, who after a stint in prison for manslaughter, journeys with his family to California to find a work in migrant camps. “(this
World War Z
PRESENTED BY ZOMBIEINFO.COM Brad Pitt is a United Nations rep who must save his family (and maybe even the rest of globe) from total annihilation by zombies. At least he gets to see the world ”Walking out of World War Z, I realized I probably havent felt this edgy and paranoid
Soylent Green
Soylent Green – Screening the Week of May 27! Advance tickets now available for Soylent Green! A nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth. Special screenings of the 1973 sci-fi classic, set in 2022! Academy of Science
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Famously considered the worst movie ever made by the world’s worst filmmaker to wear women’s clothing, this sci-fi yarn concerns the titular plan by a breed of aliens to reanimate the dead on earth (i.e. Swedish wrestler Tor Johnson and Bela Lugosi, who died before the film was completed and
Jurassic Shark
OTTAWA PREMIERE | FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE Ottawa schlockmeister Brett Kelly brings you this biting tale of a prehistoric shark unleashed by an evil oil company, and it’s very hungry! Like the poster says, “You are chum.”
The Hunt
BEST ACTOR AWARD 2012 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL A schoolteacher (Mads Mikkelsen, TV’s Hannibal) is falsely accused of committing pedophilia, but the accusation itself is enough to create outrage amongst the public and vilify an innocent man. “A subtle piece of moral drama crowned by a truly beautiful performance from Mikkelsen,
The Conjuring
A husband-and-wife team of paranormal investigators are hired to help a family whose home is possessed by a demonic presence. Even the critics were horrified: “ there were moments where it seemed the entire theatre was holding its breath. We were united in one feeling: terror.” (The Atlantic)
Class of 1984
PRESENTED BY THE CANADIAN CULT REVUE A high-school music teacher confronts dangerous teenage thugs in this provocative 1980’s thriller. Roger Ebert gave it three-and-a-half stars out of four, calling it “raw, offensive, vulgar, and violent, but it contains the sparks of talent and wit… Plus: a Michael J. Fox cameo!