The Story: Decades after the fact, a former World War II prisoner of war suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder faces up to his past. The Lowdown: The kind of adult, thoughtful and solid entertainment that is little seen these days, The Railway Man is first-rate filmmaking with terrific and terrifically human performances throughout.
The fact that The Raid is all premise a SWAT team gets trapped in a building in the Jakarta slums with an army of ruthless gangsters and no plot doesnt change the fact that this is the most bracing Asian action film since Ong Bak and makes The
When Gareth Evans The Raid premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, audiences were floored. It was as if someone had smacked us in the face about 800 times, and showed us that the action being churned out by Hollywood wasnt half as effective as it could be. No amount of CGI
Against the backdrop of a military dictatorship, Eugenia is reunited with her estranged family following her father’s stroke and is forced to confront dark secret. FEST International Film Fest: Best Actress award winner! Venice Film Fest: Queer Lion nominee! Valladolid International Film Fest: Best Film nominee!
The Quiet Man – presented by The Embassy of Ireland for Irish Heritage Month – Screening on March 26, 27! Advance tickets now available for The Quiet Man! On Monday March 27, we’ll have a Zoom Q&A on screen with Patrick Wayne (son of John Wayne, who was in
The Quiet Girl – Screening on April 28, 29, May 1, 2! Advance tickets now available for The Quiet Girl! Held Over for a 2nd Week – May 7, 8, 9! Advance tickets now available for the 2nd Week of The Quiet Girl! Rural Ireland 1981. A quiet,
The Quick And The Dead – Gene Hackman Tribute Film Festival – 30th Anniversary screenings on March 16, 19! Advance tickets now available for The Quick And The Dead! A gunfighter returns to a frontier town where a dueling tournament is being held, which she enters in an effort
Ottawa Premiere on Friday August 25th! The misadventures of a Spanish crew during the filming of an American movie in 1950’s Spain. From BAFTA and Venice Film Fest award winning director Fernando Trueba, starring Oscar winner Penelope Cruz!
A Classic Ottawa Premiere / 4k Restoration of the 1968 documentary! Starts the Week of August 23rd! We’re happy to have the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity on hand to present this 1968 Classic Ottawa Premiere documentary! They’ll be in attendance opening night to intro
PRESENTED BY OTTAWAHORROR.COM What if, for 12 hours, once a year, you could commit any crime you want? No police will come. Nothing is forbidden. Not even murder. And what if, in the futuristic society that allows this, you break into Ethan Hawkes house? “A cerebral screamfest certain to give