Movies
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),
Sarah’s Key
An American journalist (Kristin Scott Thomas) investigating the fate of a Holocaust survivor (10-year-old Mélusine Mayance) uncovers the shocking story of Vel dHiv, the Paris athletic stadium where thousands of Jews were rounded up in 1942. Moving gracefully across the decades and people’s hidden histories Sarah’s Key relates a highly
Santa Claus Conquers The Martians
Santa Claus Conquers The Martians – 60th Anniversary screenings on December 15, 16! Advance ticket info now available for Santa Claus Conquers The Martians! Walking in a winter weirdoland! Preserved from Something Weird’s colorful 16mm print and presented in a brand new Roadshow Edition with vintage ads and trailers.