Movies
The Interior
Ottawa Premiere starts Friday July 8th! “This initially droll, then increasingly nightmarish tale has atmosphere to spare along with some good jolts.” – Dennis Harvey, Variety A listless young man, upon learning he is ill, leaves his job, girlfriend and city behind, and ventures alone into the British Columbia interior,
The Insult
Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film! Subtitled in English In today’s Beirut, a civilian dispute blown out of proportion finds Tony (Adel Karam), a Lebanese Christian, and Yasser (Kamel El Basha), a Palestinian refugee, facing off in court. As the media circus surrounding the case threatens a social explosion
The Innocents
The Innocents – Ottawa Premiere the Week of May 20! Advance tickets now available for The Innocents! During the bright Nordic summer, a group of children reveal their dark and mysterious powers when the adults aren’t looking. In this original and gripping supernatural thriller, playtime takes a dangerous turn.
The Indian Tomb
Fritz Lang Film Fest – Sunday August 25th & Monday August 26th! For the first time in North America – Ottawa Premiere! A German architect runs away with the maharajah of Eschnapur’s fiancee but is caught and thrown in the dungeon, while his relatives arrive from Europe looking for
The Imposter
OTTAWA PREMIERE | GRAND JURY PRIZE NOMINEE, SUNDANCE 2012 In 1994, 11-year-old Nicholas Barclay disappeared from San Antonio. Four years later, he resurfaced in Spain or so it seemed. This doc traces how the new Nicholas true identity was eventually exposed, and the much greater mystery that followed. The
The Impossible
OSCAR NOMINEE, BEST LEAD ACTRESS No washout, this based-on-a-true-story of a vacationing British family (headed by Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor) caught in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami is technologically a marvel the tsunami experience is harrowingly believable but also emotionally rich. I hesitate to use this term,
The Image Book
Ottawa Premiere the Week of February 1st! The new film from Jean-Luc Godard! Nothing but silence. Nothing but a revolutionary song. A story in five chapters like the five fingers of a hand. Cannes: Special P’alme d’Or award winner! International Cinephile Society: Grand Prix award winner! “Age is depriving
The Iceman
This true story of a hitman (Michael Shannon), who kept his death-dealing day job hidden from his wife (Wynona Ryder) and daughters for several years, rests on the power of one hell of a performance from Shannon, with this monster of an actor playing a monster of a man with
The Hunter
A haunted, solitary mercenary (Willem Dafoe at his craggiest) is hired to track down the Tasmanian Tiger, a creature believed extinct for nearly a century. On the hunt, he rediscovers his own believed-extinct humanity, and the film grows from a simple tale of man versus beast to a complicated parable
The Hunt For Johnny Ringo
OTTAWA PREMIERE | FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE Johnny Ringo teams up with his nemesis Bat Masterson in order to stop a counterfeit Ringo from committing crimes in his name. Starring Michael Pare (Eddie and the Cruisers, Streets of Fire) and directed by Ottawa’s own Brett Kelly (My Fair Zombie)