Canadian film icon Bruce McDonald followed-up his debut feature ROADKILL with the quirky road-trip comedy HIGHWAY 61, a “spiritual sequel” that had him re-teaming with actors Don McKellar and Valerie Buhagier. Pokey Jones (McKellar), a Canadian barber who plays jazz on the side, has his life turned upside down when a corpse turns up near … Read more
Throughout the 1980s, bands like D.O.A. helped define the decade’s deafening hardcore punk sound, paving the way for the eventual explosion of punk groups through radio and MTV in the decades to come. While punk rock’s upper echelon may no longer be as culturally seditious as they once were, the genre’s effect on a new generation … Read more
Writer-director Don McKellar captured the collective, generational existential angst felt by everyone on the planet as it hurtled towards the potential apocalypse of Y2K doom with, naturally, a darkly comic romantic satire with his 1998 offering, LAST NIGHT. Perfectly capturing the sense of quiet dread and malaise that veiled the era, the story unfolds among … Read more
Join the party! Come hang out with us for a FREE #CanFilmDay screening of INCENDIES, the devastating political thriller that launched filmmaker Denis Villeneuve (DUNE: Part One & Two, BLADE RUNNER 2049, ARRIVAL) to the highest level of international acclaim, earning him an Oscar nomination for Best International Feature in 2010. Nawal (Lubna Azabal), a … Read more
Join the party! Come hang out with us for a FREE #CanFilmDay advance screening of Chad Archibald‘s horror thriller IT FEEDS, starring Ashley Greene and Shawn Ashmore. After a young girl bursts into their home psychiatry practice claiming an entity is feeding on her, Jordan and her clairvoyant mother must find a way to stop … Read more
Charles Wilkinson and the team that produced films like OIL SANDS KARAOKE and HAIDA GWAII: On The Edge Of The World have turned their attention to an issue over forty percent of the population experiences – chronic loneliness. TALK ABOUT LONELY examines the historical, economic, political and personal causes of this widespread social epidemic. The film presents … Read more
An extraordinary, true-life tale that follows Mildred Burke, the legendary professional wrestler and single mom who defied incredible odds to become the first million-dollar female athlete and longest reigning champion at a time when the sport was banned across most of America.With Emily Bett Rickards, Parker Posey, Josh Lucas, Walton Goggins, Francesca Eastwood, Carla Buono. … Read more
Following the massive global success of THE FLY in 1986, audiences were properly primed for iconic Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg‘s DEAD RINGERS, an intimate and often uncomfortable psychological thriller that manages to both penetrate and dramatically elevate the body horror genre with its deeply disturbing, twisted love story. Elliot (Jeremy Irons), a successful gynecologist, works … Read more
Making the world safe for beer drinkers everywhere! Canadian comedy icons Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas star as Doug and Bob MacKenzie, two regular hosers out to save the world–one beer at a time–after they discover a comically nefarious global plot in a mug of a Strange Brew. In this certified Can-Con cult-classic romp very, … Read more
Based on the Stephen King short story, and produced by James Wan (THE CONJURING, SAW), THE MONKEY is a new trip from LONGLEGS writer/director, Osgood Perkins. When twin brothers find a mysterious wind-up monkey, a series of outrageous deaths tear their family apart. Twenty-five years later, the monkey begins a new killing spree forcing the … Read more
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