Movies
Algonquin
*DIRECTOR JONATHAN HAYES IN ATTENDANCE Jake, a bored high school teacher, reunites with his estranged father, Leif, who is a once famed but washed up travel adventure writer. Leif offers Jake the chance to co-author what he claims will be his masterpiece; a book about Algonquin Park. When things take
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Disney’s “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”follows the exploits of 11-year-old Alexander (Ed Oxenbould) as he experiences the most terrible and horrible day of his young life-a day that begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by one calamity after another. But when Alexander tells
Albert Nobbs
NOMINATED FOR 3 OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST ACTRESS Downtown Abbey meets Priscilla, Queen of the Desert in this tale of a woman (Glenn Close) in 19th-century Dublin who poses as a man so she can find work, and financial security, as a butler. This is such a brave performance by Glenn
Alan Partridge
OTTAWA PREMIERE Steve Coogan’s love-to-hate-him television character finally comes to the big screen! When DJ Alan Partridge’s radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege. *** Steve
Al Purdy Was Here
OTTAWA PREMIERE | JANUARY 27 & 28 This documentary profiles Canadian poet Al Purdy, who first came to prominence in the 1960s with a style of writing that attempted to capture the tenor of modern life. The film includes archival footage of Purdy from television appearances, as well as interviews
Akira
Akira – Wednesday November 27th and Thursday November 28th! A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop. Japanese with English subtitles. On the heels of our presentation of Blade
Ajami
OSCAR NOMINEE BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM This collection of five dramatic stories, which traces the everyday lives of the citizens of Ajami, the religiously mixed community of Arabs, Palestinians, Jews and Christians in heart of Tel Aviv, is, in short emotionally mesmerizing. (Entertainment Weekly)
Aisle
The Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) warmly invites you to a free screening of the film AISLE at the Mayfair Theater on Monday, 28 October from 6:30pm. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Hicham Kayed. While Palestinian refugees residing in Lebanon are aware of the
Airport ’79 – The Concorde
ITS A DISASTER! Terrorists try to bring down the Concorde on its maiden flight, but luckily for the passengers including Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner, Sylvia (Emmanuelle) Kristel, Eddie Albert, Charo, John Davidson, Jimmie Walker and David Warner the man in the cockpit is George Kennedy (the
Airport ’77
ITS A DISASTER! A hijacked 747 makes an unexpected landing under 100 feet of water, leaving its passengers including Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, Brenda Vaccaro, Joseph Cotton, Olivia de Havilland, James Stewart, George Kennedy, Darren McGavin, Christopher Lee and Gil Gerard anything but straight and in the upright