Movies
Beasts of the Southern Wild
WINNER, GRAND JURY PRIZE, SUNDANCE 2012 In post-Katrina Louisiana, a young girl named Hushpuppy cares for her hard-drinking father while prehistoric creatures roam the swamps around her. A game-changer that gets you excited about movies again it creates a world to get lost in, a world of beauty, terror
Bears
“Bears captures a spring and summer in the lives of a brown bear and her two nursing cubs. For the sake of storytelling, the filmmakers name their movies mama bear Sky and her cubs Scout and Amber. Actor John C. Reilly narration for this Disneynature True Life Adventure release veers between folksy
Beanpole
Ottawa Premiere the Week of April 10th! 1945, Leningrad. WWII has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins. Russian with English subtitles. Cannes: FIPRESCI
Be Your Own Kind
A young man meets a woman with an abusive past, they fall in love at first sight, but it all comes crashing down when she meets someone new who brings her back to the dark side. “Be Your Own Kind” is a short film from Ottawa that screened at the
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Ottawa Premiere the Week of July 19th! Pamela B. Green’s energetic film about pioneer filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché is both a tribute and a detective story, tracing the circumstances by which this extraordinary artist faded from memory and the path toward her reclamation. Cannes Film Fest: Golden Eye nominee! 4/4 Stars!
Battleship Potemkin
SILENTS IS GOLDEN screening with LIVE MUSIC In association with Music and Beyond, we present Eisensteins cinematic milestone, with a new, live score by Tom Annand! $15 non-members | $12 students and seniors | $10 members and Music and Beyond pass holders
Battle Royale
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Could you kill your best friend? Before you see The Hunger Games, see its source: legendary director Kinji (Graveyard of Honor) Fukasakus violent social satire about schoolchildren forced to fight to the death in a near-future Japan. Starring Beat Takeshi (Fireworks) and Chiaki Kuriyama (Kill Bill
Battle of the Sexes
Starts on Friday October 27th! The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs. From the directors of the 2 x Oscar winning movie (and nominee for Best Motion Picture) Little Miss Sunshine, starring Oscar winner Emma
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
As we get farther away from the original Planet of the Apes, we actually get closer to it, in this, the final official Apes film, which pits man against ape against ape, with the fate of a world at stake!