Gold Rush, The

The Little Tramp heads to the Klondike but it’s the audience that strikes it rich, with such comedic gold nuggets as the scenes where Chaplin makes dinner rolls dance, and eats a shoe. This is comedy with a Midas touch.

Kid, The

Chaplin’s Little Tramp plays parent to an abandoned child (Jackie Coogan) in this six-reeler that promises, in its opening titles, “A picture with a smile and perhaps a tear.” It doesn’t disappoint.

Stone (2010)

A convicted arsonist (Edward Norton) tries to arrange his release from prison by having his wife (Milla Jovovich) seduce his parole officer (Robert De Niro). It’d work on me.

Reefer Madness (with Stoned)

Just to be clear, this classic cautionary tale of the effects of marijuana and overly-enthusiastic piano-playing is NOT a Participaction screening. SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION: Reefer Madness is a pretty short film (only 66 min.), so we’ve added a special screening of

Great Directors

OTTAWA PREMIERE Do you like good movies? Like, really good movies, by really good directors? Then don’t miss Angela Ismailos’ in-depth conversation with Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles. Cut!

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

Circus, The

Chaplin returns as The Tramp, who runs to the circus to elude police only to find himself become an accidental star in the big-top and to fall for a pretty acrobat.

My Afternoons with Marguerite

French super-star Gerard Depardieu stars as a lonely, barely-literate handyman who bonds with a cultured, well-read 95-year-old woman. This is that rare type of feel-good movie that makes you feel good without ever manipulating you.

Carlos

Assayas’ (Summer Hours, Clean) telling of the story of Venezuelan criminal/revolutionary/terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, aka The Jackal, is “a landmark. Bravura narrative filmmaking on hugely ambitions scale. A spectacular achievement.” (Variety)

Inside Job

Just in time for the biggest consumer season of the year, Matt Damon narrates this analysis of the financial crisis of 2008, which cost millions their jobs and homes, and nearly resulted in global financial collapse. From the Oscar-nominated director of No End in Sight.