Movies
Terms of Endearment
This tale of mother/daughter love, hate and reconciliation spans three decades, and has quite a pedigree: writer/director James L. Brooks (Broadcast News, The Simpsons) author Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove) and stars Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger and Jack Nicholson (in his Oscar-winning role). Bring tissues.
To the Wonder
Director Malick (The Tree of Life), the divisive visual poet of American cinema, somehow makes this serene and sublime meditation on love, second chances, faith and regret even prettier than its cast (Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Olga Kurylenko and Javier Bardem). “Any half-serious filmgoers need to see it for themselves the product
Trance
This frenetic, kaleidoscopic noir from the director of Trainspotting follows an amnesiac (James McAvoy) who, with the help of a sexy hypnotherapist (Rosario Dawson), must dive into his subconscious to recall where he hid a prized painting wanted by a sadistic criminal (Vincent Cassel). Slick, silly, and frequently very entertaining. Its vibe is twisty
Wake in Fright
OTTAWA PREMIERE | 40TH ANNIVERSARY RE-RELEASE A hapless schoolteachers overnight stay in a desolate outback town stretches into a nightmarish binge of lager, machismo, violence, late night kangaroo hunting, hangovers, fear and self-loathing in what Nick Cave called the best and most terrifying film about Australia in existence. “It left
Late Night Classics Presents: Gorilla!
FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE A comedic salute to 1950s monster-on-the-loose B-movies, this shot-in-Ottawa flick tells the story of a young woman who discovers that an escaped gorilla is killing her friends and family and whose only hope to stop the beast is a booze-hound TV show host. All tickets $10 |
Love is All You Need
A hairdresser (Trine Dyrholm, A Royal Affair) who has lost her hair to cancer and her husband to another woman travels to Italy for her daughter’s wedding. En route, she meets an angry widower (Pierce Brosnan), and, well, you read the title romance happens. “[Dyrholm] and Brosnan share
Hit ‘n Strum
OTTAWA PREMIERE | WINNER, SPECIAL JURY PRIZE, CANADIAN FILMMAKERS’ FESTIVAL After hit-and-running a homeless musician, a woman attempts to alleviate her guilt by befriending her victim in this “movie that completely snuck on me with humanity and limitless charm.” (efilmcritic.com)
Ginger & Rosa
The friendship of two teenage BFFs (Elle Fanning and Alice Englert) is tested in swingin 60s London against the backdrop of the Cuban Missile Crisis in this near-flawless film, beautifully shot and cut, excitingly performed and deeply felt.” (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Five Easy Pieces
Jack Nicholson is Robert Eroica Dupea. Robert works a blue-collar job. He has a girlfriend whos crazy about him. He loves to drink and fool around. He can play the piano (quite well, in fact). The more you get to know Bobby, the more you wonder, “Where’s this guy from?
Evil Dead (2013)
PRESENTED BY OTTAWAHORROR.COM Sam Raimi’s splatter classic is reimagined by a new director and Oscar winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (Juno), but the elements remain the same: a cabin in the woods, attractive kids in that cabin, an ancient tome, an evil presence and geysers of gore. Groovy.