Movies
Burlesque Assassins
PRESENTED BY RIDEAU VALLEY ROLLER GIRLS | ONE NIGHT ONLY Deadly dancers combat Cold-War commies and a clone of Hitler in this frenzy of Looney Tunes violence [that] doesnt take itself too seriously a great piece of escapism and a good ole time sexy and hilarious, and quite stylish, too
Side Effects
WARNING: Viewing Steven Soderberghs final theatrical feature may cause sorrow at the loss of this cinematic genius. Active ingredients: Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones, a ticking-bomb suspense laced with psychological acuity about a world where mood-altering meds are as disturbingly prevalent as social media (Rolling Stone), popcorn.
Rio (Presented by Nature Canada)
Nature Canada presents “Rio” as part of our International Migratory Bird Day celebrations. Join us at 10:30am on Sunday April 28 as we welcome back Canadas migrating birds to Ottawa own internationally recognized Important Bird Area along the Ottawa River, Lac Deschênes. Learn about this urban Important Bird Area and how
The Passion of Joan of Arc with LIVE music by Tom Peters & Joelle Morton
SILENTS IS GOLDEN screening featuring LIVE MUSIC COMPOSED BY TOM PETERS (LOS ANGELES) ON ELECTRIC BOWED SIX STRING DOUBLE BASS & JOELLE MORTON ON AMPLIFIED VIOLA DA GAMBA Renee Maria Falconetti, who stars in Dreyers silent masterpiece about the Jeanne dArcs trial for heresy, made only one film in her
The General with LIVE music by Viola Dana
SILENTS IS GOLDEN screening featuring LIVE MUSIC This sidesplitting, death-defying tale of an engineer who risks all to save his two loves his girlfriend and his train in the midst of Civil War is only made better by an original score performed LIVE by Australian ensemble Viola Dana!
Polyester
SPECIAL SCRATCH-N-SNIFF ODORAMA PRESENTATION! We uncovered a box of original Odorama scratch-n-sniff cards and that means you have a (thankfully) rare chance to see (and smell!) John Waters outrageous comedy-of-suburban-manners-gone-rotten the way he intended! Smelling is believing and you better believe that this movie stinks in all
Four-Wheeled Furies
LIVE CBC BROADCAST | CAST AND CREW IN ATTENDANCE | FREE ADMISSION This doc (co-directed by our very own Geek-in-Chief Josh Stafford) dives elbows-first into the world of roller derby, covering all aspects of the sport physical, political and social through interviews with new skaters (aka fresh meat)
Leviathan
OTTAWA PREMIERE | LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOC. AWARD-WINNER This experimental doc about the North Atlantic fishery seems at first like a man-vs.-nature story, but quickly becomes something much more. This is cinema on the edge. It shows us a world, ours but unrecognizable, as we’ve never seen it before
A Bay of Blood
With inheritance of a valuable piece of lakeside property at stake, several relatives set about severing family ties permanently in what is often cited as the original slasher flick (Friday the 13th Part II stole several kills directly from this film). AKA Twitch of the Death Nerve, this
Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams
OTTAWA PREMIERE | OFFICIAL SELECTION, SXSW 2013 Chronicling Stevie Nicks 2010 recording of her solo album In Your Dreams, this doc, co-directed by Eurythmics mastermind Dave Stewart, shifts dynamically among video formats, painstaking recording sessions and revealing interviews, [taking us on a] magic-tinged musical journey a loving and tuneful portrait