Movies
Capital City Opera presents Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte – In Concert
Capital City Opera presents Mozarts most famous and popular comic opera, Così Fan Tutte in concert (with pure voice and no orchestra). Cast using live auditions, online voting on audition videos and social media, this production features all-Canadian talent. All tickets $30 | Available at The Leading Note (Elgin) or
Bonsai People: The Vision of Muhammad Yunus
PRESENTED BY THE GUATAMALAN STOVE PROJECT | FUNDRAISER FOR MICROLOANS Social capitalism is a new revolution, and Muhammad Yunnus, the father of microfinance, is its foremost revolutionary. Following the lives of six mircoloan recipients over a year, this is a hopeful film about the power of honest work to
Gott Ist Tot
FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE Victor finds himself watching the apocalypse from the apartment he hasn’t left in 30 years and in possession of a relic from his past that holds the key to humanity’s salvation. But before he can save the world, he must overcome his demons. All tickets $10
Little Shop of Horrors
Frank Ozs big-screen adaptation of the Off-Broadway musical adaptation of Roger Cormans B-movie about an alien invasion that starts in a Skid Row flower shop brings new meaning to the term plant food. Starring Rick Moranis, Steve Martin, Bill Murray, John Candy and Christopher Guest.
Local Hero
FUNDRAISER FOR FRIENDS OF LANSDOWNE This fun-filled fundraiser for Friends of Lansdowne has only one serious goal raising some money towards their outstanding legal costs. It starts with a reception for our own local heroes, followed by a screening of the uplifting comedy Local Hero, which pits a giant
Robot & Frank
OTTAWA PREMIERE In the not-too-distant future, aging former cat burglar Frank (Frank Langella) receives an unwanted gift: a robot butler/health care aide (Peter Sarsgaard). If that sounds like an unlikely setup for a heist film, it is, but its an even more unlikely setup for what the film really is:
Roller Town
OTTAWA PREMIERE | 1 NIGHT ONLY | OFFICIAL SELECTION, SLAMDANCE 2012 When a roller skating-obsessed town is overrun by video-game-shilling gangsters, only one man has the funk deep enough to boogie them back to oblivion in this free-wheeling first feature from Canadian comedy troupe PicnicFace. PicnicFace cranks out the good.
Ted
As a boy, John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) brought his beloved teddy bear, Ted, to life with an innocent wish. That was about 30 years ago, and Ted is still at Johns best bud a fact thats starting to grate on Johns girlfriend (Mila Kunis). Told with trademark crudeness and
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
The third installment of the Chainsaw franchise features plenty of new meat (including genre great Ken Foree (Dawn of the Dead) and, surprisingly enough, a young Viggo Mortensen). And you know what fresh meat means good eatin!
Iron Sky
In 1945, the Nazis went to the moon. In 2012, theyre coming back with this unapologetically corny retro-cinema pastiche thats pretty much guaranteed to be a future guilty pleasure. (Quiet Earth)