STOCKHOLM is based on the absurd but true story of a 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The film follows Lars Nystrom, (Ethan Hawke) who dons a disguise to raid a central Stockholm bank. He then takes hostages in order to spring … Read more
STOCKHOLM is based on the absurd but true story of a 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The film follows Lars Nystrom, (Ethan Hawke) who dons a disguise to raid a central Stockholm bank. He then takes hostages in order to spring … Read more
Director Peter Farrelly‘s GREEN BOOK (which took home Oscars for Best Picture and Best Actor Mahershala Ali) is inspired by the true story of a working-class Italian-American bouncer from the Bronx named Tony Lipp, who becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist, Don Shirley, on a tour of venues from Manhattan to the American … Read more
Living a life marked by violence and racism, neo-Nazi Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton, in an Oscar-nominated performance) finally goes to prison after killing two black youths who tried to steal his car. Upon his release, Derek vows to change his ways; he hopes to prevent his younger brother, Danny (Edward Furlong), who idolizes Derek, from … Read more
Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who’s swimming in his building’s pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy. With Andrew Garfield, … Read more
After learning that a worsening illness will soon make it impossible to continue with the only career he has ever known, aging hardcore porn legend Colton “The Cannon” Clemens becomes set on creating a legacy his adolescent daughter can be proud of before she discovers what he really does for a living. However, while attempting … Read more
In iconic Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg’s dramatic thriller A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, Viggo Mortensen stars as a mild-mannered man who unwittingly becomes a local hero through an act of violence framed by self-defense, which in turn sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core. The film raises compelling and thoughtful questions about … Read more
Join us on Saturday, May 11 – Mother’s Day Weekend! – and get ready to dance, jive, and have the time of your life with a very special Terminal City Roller Derby fundraiser screening of singalong favourite, MAMMA MIA! Terminal City Roller Derby was established in 2006, and was Vancouver’s first flat track roller derby … Read more
Writer/director John Waters offers an outrageous satire of suburban life–and the American fame industry for merchandizing mass murderers–with this hilarious black comedy about a Baltimore woman who’s the ideal wife and mother… Except for her habit of killing people who annoy her. It’s SERIAL MOM… On Mother’s Day! Happy housewife Beverly Sutphin (Kathleen Turner) has … Read more
Based on the seminal horror novel by Stephen King, PET SEMATARY follows Dr. Louis Creed (Jason Clarke), who, after relocating with his wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz) and their two young children from Boston to rural Maine, discovers a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near the family’s new home. When tragedy strikes, Louis … Read more
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