Movies
Troll Hunter, The
In this frosty, Scandinavian take on the Blair-Witch-style mockumentary, a group of students set out to investigate the mysterious deaths of bears in the Norse countryside and stumble upon, well, you read the title, right? Enormously entertaining. (Variety) English subtitles.
Classical Heavy Metal (LIVE)
PRESENTED BY MUSIC AND BEYOND 2011 Enjoy a beer or a glass of wine while listening to acclaimed classic violinist Rachel Barton Pine perform her other musical passion heavy metal! Featuring: Rachel Barton Pine violin Marc Djokic violin Margaret Munro Tobolowska cello July 15 | 11:00
Bullets Over Broadway
EYAWTKA WOODY ALLEN Woody on the challenges of maintaining artistic integrity when a mob boss casts his girlfriend in your play: Let’s avoid confusion. She’ll get some lines, or I’ll nail your kneecaps to the floor.
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress
OTTAWA PREMIERE | OFFICIAL SELECTION HOT DOCS 2011 If youve never been to El Bulli five times named best restaurant in the world its too late now, because it closed forever earlier this year. The only way youll get a glimpse inside is by watching this mouthwatering
Uh-Oh Show, The
OTTAWA PREMIERE Its been nearly 50 years since legendary filmmaker Lewis invented the gore movie with Blood Feast, but this blood-spattered spectacle about a lethal game show proves that the 81-year-old director has still got it and that means that a lot of victims are going to get it!
Tree of Life, The
The Tree of Life finds the universal in the particular (and vice versa), juxtaposing the story of a family in 1950s small-town Texas against the birth and destiny of the universe. (Did I mention its a Terrence Malick film?) Alive with passion for art and the world, for all that
Sleeper
EYEWTKA WOODY ALLEN Woody in the future: I haven’t seen my analyst in 200 years. He was a strict Freudian. If I’d been going all this time, I’d probably almost be cured by now. Today, Allens nostalgic look at the future is more or less relevant than ever.
Potiche (Trophy Wife)
When an umbrella factory owner falls ill, his trophy wife (Catherine Deneuve) takes over his job and improves both sales and labour relations while reconnecting with an old lover (Gérard Depardieu). Ozon is a director in full command of his craft [in this] energetic retro-homage [thats] funny, twisty, and
Muppets Take Manhattan, The
You know what Broadway needs? More frogs and dogs and chickens and and whatever! And thats exactly what it gets when the Great White Way goes green in this, the Muppets third big-screen adventure.
Mighty Aphrodite
EYAWTKA WOODY ALLEN Woody, on finding out that your adopted genius sons real mother is a prostitute (and on feeling compelled to get to know her better): Of all human weaknesses, obsession is the most dangerous, and the silliest!