Great Muppet Caper, The

The Muppets find it’s not easy being green (or any other colour) when you’re accused of jewel theft in this, their second foray onto the big screen. Watch for cameos from John Cleese, Peter Falk, Diana Rigg, Charles Grodin and Oscar the Grouch, among others.

Goin’ Down The Road

Friends Pete and Joey leave Nova Scotia in hopes of finding a better life in Toronto  (they don’t) 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… [it’s] about hard times here and now, and

Gone With The Pope

OTTAWA PREMIERE The job: kidnap the pope. The ransom: one dollar — from every Catholic on Earth. Assembled from an incomplete work print and raw footage by the Oscar-winning editor of The Hurt Locker, this resurrected sub-B film — the unfinished passion project of director Mitchell, who died in 1981

Dog Who Stopped The War, The

CANADIAN CULT REVUE This Cold-War era story of a literal cold war finds kids battling for control of a giant snow fort — with only a super-smart dog and a subtle anti-war message standing between them and snowball-fuelled mutually assured destruction. Learn more about this family classic at lostdominion.blogspot.com

Cameroon: Coming Out of the Nkuta

PRESENTED BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL TO MARK HUMAN RIGHTS DAY This timely doc follows Alice Nkom, a lawyer who offers legal assistance to gay men and women in Cameroon — a country where simply being homosexual can land you in jail for five years. Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of

Cell 211

OTTAWA PREMIERE Trainee prison guard Juan is accidentally knocked unconscious on his first day, and wakes to find himself in the middle of a full-scale riot in this quick-thinking thriller that won eight Goya Awards (Spanish Oscars). “Tough as nails and cunning as a career criminal, Cell 211 is a

Buck

OTTAWA PREMIERE | WINNER, AUDIENCE AWARD SUNDANCE 2011 First-time director Meehl’s documentary about Buck Brannaman — the technical advisor on, and inspiration for, Robert Redford’s The Horse Whisperer — is “a quietly captivating portrait of an unlikely character” (Hollywood Reporter), and shows that patience and empathy can be just as

2010: The Year We Make Contact

Hello. Doctor. Name, continue, yesterday. Tomorrow? Hello? Doctor? Name? Continue? Yesterday? Tomorrow? Hello. Doctor. Name. Continue. Yesterday. Tomorrow. Hellodoctornamecontinueyesterdaytomorrowhellodoctornamecontinue. (Related: Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles, also plays this month.)

2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey – Screening on January 4, 8! Advance tickets now available for 2001: A Space Odyssey! After discovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, mankind sets off on a quest to find its origins with help from intelligent supercomputer H.A.L. 9000. Academy Awards: Best

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