Movies
Carbon Rush
OTTAWA PREMIERE Penetrating the PR smokescreen that surrounds the multi-billion-dollar carbon offset industry, this defiant doc travels the world to see what impact carbon credits really have and who really pays the price. An intelligent and relentlessly critical look at an under-reported aspect of the earth’s environmental problems. (Rabble.ca)
Hooper
SATURDAY NIGHT SINEMA | FREE FOR MEMBERS MOVEMBER FUNDRAISER Burt Reynolds risks mussing his moustache as Sonny Hooper, the best stuntman in Hollywood, whos forced to team with and up-and-comer (Jan Michael Vincent), who wants to take his place. Directed by former stuntman Hal Needham, this movie gives a helluva
Schlock Around the Clock: The 24 Hour Trash Film Festival
Settle in as we present a 24-hour marathon of trash cinema all presented on glorious VHS! We advise all those brave enough to attend to get caffeinated and get comfy! Its going to be a looooong night! 1:oo PM, Saturday November 17 | All tickets $20
Looper
Listen, I don’t want to talk about time travel because if we start talking about it then we’re going to be here all day talking about it, making diagrams with straws. Suffice to say that this atemporal film noir is something you should see before you come face to face
Searching for Sugar Man
WINNER, SPECIAL JURY PRIZE, SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2012 This doc, about the attempt to track down 70s folk singer Sixto Rodriguez who, despite flopping in America, was bigger than the Beatles in South Africa goes searching for the truth, and finds something stranger than fiction. Introduce[s us]
Seven Psychopaths
Acclaimed writer-director McDonagh (In Bruges) returns with this meta-crime-comedy about a struggling screenwriter who gets dragged into a twisty plot to kidnap a gangsters beloved Shih Tzu. A goofy, tormented near masterpiece [with] moments of real brilliance and pathos [it] isnt like anything else youll see this year, or any
Step Up to the Plate
OTTAWA PREMIERE | OFFICIAL SELECTION, BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL If you found the family dynamics of Jiro Dreams of Sushi fascinating, youll find this doc which follows three-Michelin-star chef Michel Bras as he cedes control of his restaurant to his son appetizing, too. Made with a hypnotic elegance worthy
Warren Miller’s Flow State
PRESENTED BY THE BYTOWN SKI CLUB Wax up and strap in for the 2012 Warren Miller ski movie, featuring crisp skiing and boarding action captured in Alaska, Austria, California, Colorado, Japan, Norway, Switzerland and Utah. Come with us to a place where the faster you go, the slower things appear.
You’ve Been Trumped
WINNER, MAYSLES BROTHERS AWARD, DENVER INTL FILM FESTIVAL If you need yet another reason to hate Donald Trump, this doc about the Donalds plan to build a golf course on one of Scotlands last wilderness areas, and the local heroes who oppose him is a must-see. Guaranteed to
You’ve Been Trumped
WINNER, MAYSLES BROTHERS AWARD, DENVER INTL FILM FESTIVAL If you need yet another reason to hate Donald Trump, this doc about the Donalds plan to build a golf course on one of Scotlands last wilderness areas, and the local heroes who oppose him is a must-see. Guaranteed to