Nicolas Cage gives one of his signature “man on the edge” performances in the surreal satire DREAM SCENARIO, a wickedly entertaining dark comedy from writer-director Kristoffer Borgli (SICK OF MYSELF) and producer Ari Aster (BEAU IS AFRAID, MIDSOMMAR).

A hapless family man finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. When his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom. With Julianne Nicolson, Michael Cera, Tim Meadows

“Come to ‘Dream Scenario’ for career-highlight work from Nicolas Cage — and leave mulling over everything it has to say about pop culture’s fickle whims.” (Rotten Tomatoes)

“Nicolas Cage is everywhere all at once in this dark and brilliantly doolally satire.” (Time Out)

“‘Dream Scenario’ does feature some surreal dream sequences, but it’s not really about dreams. It’s about life as a modern, viral celebrity, on display in the unblinking eye of the public, social media and cancel culture.” (Richard Crouse)

“The director has an imagination for deep-sleep surrealism as well as a stomach for gutsy satire.” (Globe and Mail)

Friday, January 5
Doors 4:15 pm | Movie 4:45 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
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Tuesday, January 9 Final screening
Doors 8:45 pm | Movie 9:15 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
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DREAM SCENARIO (Kristoffer Borgli, 2023 / 102 mins / R) Nicolas Cage stars as Paul Matthews, a listless family man and tenured professor with an affinity for evolutionary biology and anxiety regarding his own anonymity. One day, he discovers he has begun to appear in other people’s dreams at an exponential rate. As in life, his presence in these dreams is banal and non-intrusive – he’s simply there, staring indifferently at the fantasies and nightmares of strangers. Nonetheless, he becomes an overnight celebrity, and is soon showered with the attention he has long been denied. But when Paul encounters a dreamer whose visions of him differ substantially from the norm, he finds himself grappling with the Faustian bargain of fame as his dream-selves start inexplicably becoming violent within their respective subconsciousnesses.

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