Movies
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.
Elf
Get in the holiday spirit by getting in touch with your inner elf! The film features Will Ferrels first solo lead performance and balances the hipster appeal of Zooey Deschanel with the anti-hipster-ness of James Caan, Ed Asner and the king of buttoned-down comedy, Bob Newhart.
They Call Me Bruce?
DRUNKEN MASTERS DOJO This month, we kick it on the lighter side of Brucesploitation with this mistaken-identity comedy starring Korean punching bag Johnny Yune (Cannonball Run) as the Dragon-ganger and a young Margaux Hemingway as his gwai-lo love interest.
50/50
Chances are better than even youll enjoy this dramedy about a 27-year-old (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) whose life is turned upside-down by cancer. Based on the true story of screenwriter Will Reiser, 50/50 offers a glut of laughter, moments of sorrow and a moving portrait of life, love and friendship. (Exclaim)
Blood Simple.
COENOVEMBER Now, in Russia, they got it mapped out so that everyone pulls for everyone else. That’s the theory, anyway. But what I know about is Texas. An’ down here, you’re on your own.
World on a Wire
OTTAWA PREMIERE | NEW DIGITAL RESTORATION A dystopic sci-fi epic, Fassbinders gloriously cracked, boundlessly inventive take on future paranoia tells the noir-spiked tale of reluctant action hero Fred Stiller, a cybernetics engineer who uncovers a massive conspiracy. At risk? Our entire (virtual) reality as we know it. This long unseen,
Take Shelter
Plagued by apocalyptic visions, Curtis (Michael Shannon, Boardwalk Empire) builds a backyard storm shelter, over the objections of his wife (Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life). But is he himself the real threat? Nuanced performances from both Chastain and Shannon propel this movie to a rare and intense level of
Skin I Live In, The
Doesnt invulnerable skin sound like the perfect metaphor for someone like Pedro Almodóvar to base a sci-fi thriller on? He thought so, too. A film youll tell your friends they absolutely must see. (Salon) English subtitles.
Scrooged
Scrooged – Screening December 17, 20, 21! Advance tickets now available for Scrooged! A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve. Academy Awards: Best Makeup nominee! Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA: Best Fantasy Film, Actor (Bill Murray),