Taxi Driver – Screening on February 25, and March 1, 2! Advance tickets now available for Taxi Driver! A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action. Cannes Film Festival: Palme d’Or
Targets – Screening on June 16, 17, 19! Advance tickets now available for Targets! An aging horror star questions his place in modern Hollywood, while a disturbed young man goes on a shooting spree. 5 Stars! “As an observation of old Hollywood and American society, Targets is even more
In 1989, a Canadian journalist investigates the circumstances surrounding the suspicious arrest of a heroin addict imprisoned in a Thai jail. 4/4 Stars! “masters creative timeline storytelling…Based on a true story, it’s a riveting and complicated story of betrayal and injustice…is a brilliantly multilayered story…It’s a compelling, complex and captivating
Tár – Returning for a 2nd Week – Screening on February 3 – 8! Advance tickets now available for the 2nd Week of Tár! Academy Award nominee: Best Motion Picture, Lead Actress (Cate Blanchett), Directing, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Film Editing! Set in the international world of Western classical music,
Taqwa (Arabic for “higher consciousness) is at the heart of this doc, which explores a budding music scene that celebrates Islam while rebelling, in typical punk fashion, against the social and political constraints of the religion [and] proves every culture has at least one unexplored underbelly. (National Post) 0
After a young woman runs away with the man she loves to avoid an arranged marriage, villagers wrestle with preserving their traditional culture or adapting it to the increasing outside demands for individual freedom.
If you think you know the story of Rapunzel, dont be so sure. This retelling starts with a standard mismatched-couple-falls-in-love tale, but the script and the sprightly directing give the story plenty of snap and humor, and the animation is luminously beautiful. (A.V. Club)
OTTAWA PREMIERE | STARTS DECEMBER 19 A working girl tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart.
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.
OTTAWA PREMIERE | STARTS OCTOBER 16 Ten stories are woven together by their shared theme of Halloween night in an American suburb, where ghouls, imps, aliens and axe murderers appear for one night only to terrorize unsuspecting residents.