Movies
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). Itd 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!
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.
Tamara Drewe
Based on the graphic novel by Posy Simmonds, Tamara Drewe follows the title character on her return to her hometown, where she gets entangled in love affairs and small-town gossip. From Stephen Frears, two-time Oscar-nominee and director of such diverse work as The Queen and High Fidelity.
Christmas Carol, A
Zemeckis started with live-action movies like Back to the Future, then went half-animated with Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and now films live-action movies and animates over top of them, as he does with this EC-Comics-style retelling of Dickens Christmas classic.