Movies
Down The Road Again
Pete (Doug McGrath, reprising the role he originated 40 years ago) heads out on the road again this time to return his friend Joeys ashes to Nova Scotia. Honours the memory of the original quite well and [brings] to a close one of the most touching stories of our
Goin Down the Road
Friends Pete and Joey leave Nova Scotia in hopes of finding a better life in Toronto (they dont) in this landmark Can-con/neorealist time capsule. A story that contains joy, silliness, love and despair [and] achieves a documentary objectivity that touches us deeply [its] about hard times here and now, and
Exit The Dragon, Enter The Tiger
DRUNKEN MASTERS DOJO Of all the Brucesploitation films to emerge in the wake of Bruce Lees death, none is more shameless than this one, which confusingly posits professional Lee impersonator Bruce Li as Lees authorized successor, and sends Li to avenge Lees death. This is martial-arts meta-fiction at its finest.
The Cowguys’ Great Escape
The Cowguys return to present their Great Escape a fun-filled show that juggles magic, comedy and, well, juggling, along with a tribute to Harry Houdini! Guaranteed good times for the whole family. Proceeds go to support Movember. Nov. 18 & 20 | 1:30 PM | $5 children | $10
Drive
Ryan Gosling (very quietly) channels his inner Travis Bickle in this tale of a stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver and what happens when he takes on the wrong heist. Pitched perfectly between Roger Corman and Michael Mann, this is pure cinema, a grenade of image and
Raising Arizona
COENOVEMBER A Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote chase that tears straight through the heart of the Reagan-era nuclear family, Raising Arizona in nonetheless level-headed enough to know that you can’t sell leaf-tables and no chairs. Chairs, you got a dinette set. No chairs, you got dick!
Last House on the Left, The
DAVID HESS MEMORIAL SCREENING To keep from fainting during Cravens directorial debut about parents taking brutal revenge on the gang that raped and murdered their daughter keep repeating, “It’s only a movie…It’s only a movie…” Plus, see star David Hess in Smash Cut the same night!
Genocide Revealed
FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE This multiple award-winning doc exposes the 193233 Kremlin-engineered famine in Soviet-occupied Ukraine, and the accompanying mass arrests and executions of Ukrainian citizens and leaders. Narrated by Graham Greene. English subtitles. Director Yurij Luhovy will introduce the film and host a Q&A after the screening.