Movies
Irreversible
The rape revenge fantasy has been a staple of exploitation cinema for decades. But reversing its chronology is just the beginning of what director Noé does to this familiar trope in this brutal, walkout-inducing test of endurance. If you make it through this, Noés Enter the Void plays Apr 18&19.
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OTTAWA PREMIERE Josh Radnor (the I in TVs How I Met Your Mother) writes, directs and stars in this, his first feature film a romantic comedy with smarter characters and funnier lines than (500) Days of Summer [that] lives up to [its] title: When it ends, you wouldn’t mind
Incendies
OSCAR NOMINEE | GENIE WINNER BEST PICTURE Adapting Wadji Mouawads play about long-smouldering family secrets, director Villeneuve (Maelstrom, Polytechnique), with the help of a strong cast [and] the countrys best cinematographer has crafted a work of searing intensity, terrible beauty and great emotional power. (Eye Weekly)
Winds of Heaven: Emily Carr, Carvers and the Spirits of the Forest
DVD LAUNCH | FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE All our previous screenings of Winds of Heaven sold out. If you missed it last time, dont miss it this time! Five years in production, this Ottawa-made doc about the work of Emily Carr and the inspiration she drew from the land and its
True Grit (1969)
OSCAR WINNER BEST ACTOR Why did the Coens want to remake True Grit? Because its a great film probably the last of the great classic Hollywood Westerns, a marvelously rambling frontier fable packed with extraordinary incidents, amazing encounters, noble characters, and virtuous rewards. (NY Times) Fill your hands!
Wrong Way To Hope: A Story of Young Adults and Cancer
FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE A group of ordinary Canadians embark on a journey of a lifetime down the Owyhee River, one of the most remote and unforgiving in North America. But these young adults all cancer survivors know a thing or two about beating the odds. Co-director/producer Mike Lang
The King’s Speech
We’re showing it for real this time! 12 OSCAR NOMINATIONS | OSCAR WINNER – BEST PICTURE Theres no shame in being pleased by a crowd-pleaser this good. The plot of The Kings Speech is a typical triumph-of-the-spirit movie, but Firth makes you feel the sweat and yearning of
Kill The Irishman
OTTAWA PREMIERE We werent planning on showing this based-on-a-true story of Robin-Hood-esque 70s Cleveland mobster Danny Greene, but then we found out that it stars Vincent DOnofrio, Val Kilmer, Vinnie Jones, Paul Sorvino and Christopher Walken. Also, some swarthy gentlemen threatened to burn down the Mayfair if we didnt show
True Grit (2010)
10 OSCAR NOMINATIONS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE The Coen brothers returned to the original source material Charles Portis darkly comic novel about a tough U.S. Marshal helps a stubborn young woman track down her father’s murderer for this remake of the John Wayne classic. And yes, its as good
Sacrifice
According to IMDB, a tough undercover cop inadvertently gets involved in a dangerous heroin ring when a young defector of the drug trade leaves his five year-old sister in his care in this made-in-Ottawa action-thriller starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Christian Slater.