PRESENTED BY THE CANADIAN CULT REVUE A high-school music teacher confronts dangerous teenage thugs in this provocative 1980’s thriller. Roger Ebert gave it three-and-a-half stars out of four, calling it “raw, offensive, vulgar, and violent, but it contains the sparks of talent and wit… Plus: a Michael J. Fox cameo!
HARRYHAUSEN IN THE HOUSE Forget that the bloated, tedious, overly-CGId remake ever happened and release the Kraken of your imagination with this grand and glorious romantic adventure (Roger Ebert) that finds equal magic in a titanic sea monster and a friendly clockwork owl.
Civil War – Screening May 31 – June 6! Advance tickets now available for Civil War! A journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House. SXSW Film Festival: Audience
THE DRUNKEN MASTER’S DOJO Here’s another example of why Chow-yun-Fat is the premiere badass of international action cinema. Here he plays a cop who goes undercover with a gang of jewel thieves. If this sounds a lot like Reservoir Dogs, you’re right on the money, as
Ottawa Premiere on Friday June 16th! A witty gumshoe tale set in contemporary (sub)urban London. When Asian Private Eye, Tommy Akhtar, is put on the trail of missing hooker, Sexy Russian, he begins to expose a series of dark secrets that reveal uncomfortable truths about Tommy’s own past and London
FULCI FEST Goremeister Fulci brings you back to the gates of hell, which has once again been opened so some hungry zombies can enjoy a human buffet.
Some people follow their dreams. Others steal them. In a surreal, Francophone dystopia, a mad scientist kidnaps children and steals their dreams to slow his aging process until he kidnaps the brother of carnival strongman, who, along with an orphaned thief, mounts a rescue mission.
City Lights – Screening on September 18, 19! Advance tickets now available for City Lights! With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically. National Film Preservation Board,
Truth is stranger than family. The Rizzo are a secretive family, but when patriarch Vince (Andy Garcia) brings home a young ex-con, its only a matter of time until all those secrets are revealed. Also featuring Julianna Margulies, Alan Arkin and Emily Mortimer.
OSCAR WINNER – BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE The documentary of the year may also be its most hair-raising thriller. Part of Laura Poitrass Citizenfours thrill is that it allows the viewer to experience, first-hand, history being made, as National Security Agency whistle-blower Edward Snowden, hiding in a Hong Kong hotel in the