Movies
Stories We Tell
OFFICIAL SELECTION, VENICE FILM FESTIVAL Director Polleys follow-up to the acclaimed Take This Waltz and Away From Her is an intimate doc that traces her own convoluted family history a probing, emotionally devastating documentary that transform[s] the secrets and lies of [Polleys] own life into glowing artistic truth. (TIME)
Spaceballs
Spaceballs – January 31, February 1, 3! Advance tickets now available for Spaceballs! A star-pilot for hire and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of the evil Spaceballs. “laugh-out-loud funny” (Deep Focus Review) “a hilarious parody” (Influenster)
Pretty Sweet – Girl and Chocolate Skateboards
Thats right, folks, the much-anticipated Girl and Chocolate skate video is coming to Ottawa. Featuring: Alex Olson, Eric Koston, Mike Mo, Sean Malto, Marc Johnson, and many more. All tickets $5
Oslo, August 31st
OTTAWA PREMIERE | AMANDA AWARD-WINNER Recovery happens one day at a time, and this is one of those days for Anders, an addict on a break from treatment to attend a job interview in the titular city. As the minutes tick by, director Trier (a distant cousin of Lars von)
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
A childless couples (Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton) wish for a son comes true in a very unusual some might even say odd way in this warm and lovely fantasy (Roger Ebert) directed by the writer of Whats Eating Gilbert Grape and About A Boy.
Lawless
Tom Hardy and Shia LaBeouf star as Prohibition-era scofflaws in this intoxicating, based-on-a-true story from the director of The Proposition and The Road and like those films, Lawless is gritty, evocative and very visceral. (Wall Street Journal) Also featuring Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska and Gary Oldman.
The Imposter
OTTAWA PREMIERE | GRAND JURY PRIZE NOMINEE, SUNDANCE 2012 In 1994, 11-year-old Nicholas Barclay disappeared from San Antonio. Four years later, he resurfaced in Spain or so it seemed. This doc traces how the new Nicholas true identity was eventually exposed, and the much greater mystery that followed. The
Found Footage Festival
At this skull-crushingly funny (AV Club) celebration of odd and hilarious found videos, hosts Joe Pickett (The Onion) and Nick Prueher (Late Show with David Letterman) provide observations and commentary on VHS oddities from curiously-produced industrial training videos to forsaken home movies discovered at thrift shops and garage sales throughout
Grindhouse
See! Two great movies for the price of one! Together in one SMASH EXPLOSIVE show! The last hope for humanity rests on a high-power machine gun in Planet Terror! Plus! Kurt Russell is a white-hot juggernaut at 200 miles per hour in Death Proof! Double bill screening with intermission and
Emmanuelle
R.I.P. SYLVIA KRISTEL (SEPT 27, 1952OCT. 18 2012) X was never like this and with the recent, untimely death of Sylvia Kristel, it never will be again.