Movies
Kings of Pastry
PRESENTED/BAKED TREATS BY AUNTIE LOOS BAKERY Youd expect a documentary about pastry chefs to be light on drama a bit of puff piece, you might say. But master documentarians Hegedus (The War Room) and Pennebaker (Dont Look Back) find “remarkable tension and heartbreak, [creating] a singularly human
Inframan
In this Shaw Bros martial-arts-action spectacular, the 10-million-year-old Princess Dragon Mom and her mutant army have arisen to conquer the earth and only the bionic superhero Infra-man (translation: Chinese Superman) can stop them! Roger Ebert calls this his favorite Hong Kong monster film! English subtitles
Beware! The Blob!
Larry Hagman (Dallas’ JR Ewing) “directs” this Blob-with-a-capital-B movie sequel in which a sample of the original mono-cellular monster returns to do what it does best: eat everything in it’s path. A Saturday Night Sinema presentation. Free for members.
Fifth Element, The
In the epic cityscape of 23rd-century New York, a barely-clothed Milla Jovovich is the perfect being and the key to saving the universe from the Great Evil. But she can’t do it without the help of flying-taxi pilot Bruce Willis and the outrageous fashions of Jean-Paul Gaultier.
Nowhere Boy
The story of a young man from Liverpool by the name of John Lennon, who started up a band called the Quarrymen, which later showcased such talented, young musicians as Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Stuart Sutcliffe. Not exactly sure what he did after that.
Marwencol
OTTAWA PREMIERE Following a vicious beating, Mark Hogancamp began building a 1/6-scale WWII town in his backyard in an attempt to recover his fine motor skills. The project quickly took on a life of its own. This is one of the oddest and most moving documentaries since Grey Gardens Marwencol
Once Upon A Time In The West
This epic western from legendary filmmakers Sergio Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci and Dario Argento features a mysterious, harmonica-playing gunslinger who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin. It is as awesome as it sounds.
You Don’t Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo
OTTAWA PREMIERE Using surveillance camera footage, this harrowing documentary takes us inside a four-day interrogation at Guantanamo Bay. The subject of the interrogation? A young man named Omar Khadr. If this documentary doesnt fill you with sorrow, fury and rage, then democracy, human rights and justice are hollow words. (Toronto
FUBAR II
Terry and Dean are back, rolling in oil-patch dough and good times. Terry is dating a waitress, and things are getting serious in a hurry, which forces Dean to interrupt his cancer survivor/workman’s comp scam to prevent his buddy from swapping the fubar life for domestic captivity. See it with
FUBAR
Just giv’r with this cult classic mockumentary in which Albertan headbangers Terry and Dean contemplate friendship, life, death and cheap beer. (If you havent seen it, think Spinal Tap with a low-rent, Hoser twist.) Catch the imaginatively-titled sequel the same night!