Movies
Dark Shadows
Director Burton resurrects both the classic proto-goth soap opera and his collaboration with Johnny Depp for this oddity full of finely honed hambone acting by Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Helena Bonham Carter potent atmosphere delirious 70s fashions and hilarious gags. (Salon)
Damsels in Distress
In his first film in 13 years, director Stillman (Last Days of Disco, Metropolitan) tells the tale of a group of college sophomores determined to improve the campus sub-par male population and start a new dance craze. Innocence deserted teen movies ages ago, but it makes a comeback, revived
Chernobyl Diaries
The found-footage horror genre goes nuclear with this tale of a group of extreme tourists who visit the abandoned city surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear reactor and discover to their surprise that its not as charming a vacation spot. One of the most rock-solid horror offerings of the year. (Dread
The Cabin in the Woods
Five friends go to a remote cabin in the woods. Bad things happen. If you think you know this story, think again. (I have a husband bulge for this film.)
Birds, The
Fellini called Hitchcocks ode to issues both ornithological and Freudian “an apocalyptic poem.” We call it the finest revenge-of-nature movie ever made. Get here early and pick a prime perch.
Shut Up and Play the Hits
OTTAWA PREMIERE | OFFICIAL SELECTION, HOT DOCS 2012 It started with a note on a bands website: good people of earth: lcd soundsystem are playing madison square garden on april 2nd, and it will be our last show ever. This doc shows what happened before, during and after that day,
Family Plot
Lighthearted suspense film about a phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/private investigator boyfriend who encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
Sharkwater
PRESENTED BY HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL/CANADA AND FIN DONNELLY, MP Join us for a special screening of this powerful, award-winning documentary that debunks historical and media stereotypes of sharks, and reveals their true magnificence. The film follows one man’s remarkable, courageous journey as it changes from a mission to save the
Jesus Henry Christ
OTTAWA PREMIERE | OFFICIAL SELECTION, TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2011 10-year-old Henry discovers he was conceived by artificial insemination and sets out to meet his biological father (Michael Sheen, Frost/Nixon) despite the protests of his mother (Toni Collette, Little Miss Sunshine) in this indie comedy that is exciting, quirky and very
Father’s Day
OTTAWA PREMIERE | PRESENTED BY OTTAWA HORROR & FANGORIA A young man risks everything to track down the serial killer who murdered his father in this Troma-produced, shot-in-Kenora horror parody that is over the top, tasteless, senseless, and completely hilarious from the nauseating beginning to the bombastic and bloody end,