Movies
Coco Chanel And Igor Stravinsky
Official selection Cannes Film Festival 2009 Based on Chris Greenhalghs novel, this historical romance imagines a secret affair between the French designer and the Russian composer in Paris in 1920 the year Coco created her signature scent, the much-less-secret Chanel No. 5.
City of Lost Children, The
Some people follow their dreams. Others steal them. In a surreal, Francophone dystopia, a mad scientist kidnaps children and steals their dreams to slow his aging process until he kidnaps the brother of carnival strongman, who, along with an orphaned thief, mounts a rescue mission.
Micmacs
When a homeless and unemployed former video store clerk learns that two weapons manufacturers are responsible for ruining his life, he constructs a hilariously complex revenge scheme — imagine David and Goliath by way of Buster Keaton, and youll get an idea of what Jeunet sets in motion here.
Thin Red Line, The
THE MAYFAIR GOES TO WAR There’s not some other world out there where everything’s gonna be okay. There’s just this one, just this rock.
Ottawa International Film Festival
The OIFF is the home for independent sub-culture films from rising directors, producers, and actors right here in the Nations Capital. Our kind of people! Were proud to host the 2010 Festival, August 21 and 22. Check www.oiff.ca for trailers and a complete list of screenings!
The Road Warrior
The Road Warrior – Screening on June 8, 13! Advance tickets now available for The Road Warrior! In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community escape a horde of bandits. Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival: Grand Prize award winner! Los Angeles Film
Survival of the Dead
OTTAWA PREMIERE In this, the sixth of the Dead series, two families find their generations-long feud complicated by the arrival of the living dead who, rather than uniting the clans, provide something new to fight over. Its like Romeros saying that if we want to survive, we need to
Get Him To The Greek
The first Apatow-verse spin-off sees Russell Brand return as Forgetting Sarah Marshalls rock diva Aldous Snow, with perennial sidekick Jonah Hill (aka Seth Rogan, Jr.) promoted to leading man status. From the co-writer of the upcoming The Greatest Muppet Movie Ever Made(!)
Emerica presents: Stay Gold
Emerica. This is skateboarding. (Also, this is $3.)
Skip Tracer
This hardscrabble crime drama follows a bill-collector on the trail of a long list of bill-dodgers and an unlikely road to redemption. One of the true lost classics of Canuck cinema. CANADIAN CULT REVIEW INDIE 16 MM DOUBLE BILL with Crime Wave | double bill tickets $10 | Learn