Movies
Cold War
Writer-director Paweł Pawlikowski follows up his 2015 Oscar-winner IDA with an equally moving, visually stark, black and white dramatic period piece set in Poland. COLD WAR is a passionate love story between a man and a woman who meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and
V6A (With Director Q&A!)
Italian filmmaker Ruggero Romano has called Vancouver home since 2016 and after witnessing the struggle of homelessness, poverty and addiction in his adopted city, was moved to make a film about the inhabitants of postal code V6A – the area commonly known as the Downtown Eastside. Designed to challenge expectations
Vice
In this darkly comic satire, writer-director Adam McKay re-teams with his THE BIG SHORT star Christian Bale (in a transformative, Golden Globe-winning and Oscar-nominated performance) to tell the epic, utterly head-shaking story of how a ruthlessly ambitious bureaucratic Washington insider named Dick Cheney quietly rose to political prominence (and infamy)
The Piano
In celebration of #WomensHistoryMonth, we are screening the beautifully restored 25th Anniversary edition of writer-director Jane Campion‘s magnificent third feature, the erotically-charged THE PIANO, for screenings on March 22 and March 24. Set in the mid-19th century, Campion‘s haunting “feminist masterpiece” tells the story of Ada McGrath, who, after a
Candyman (1992)
“We dare you to say his name five times.” Researching urban folklore, a University of Chicago student snoops around the housing projects of Cabrini Green to find more about the legend of the “Candyman,” who supposedly appears (whenever one looks into the mirror and repeats his name five
A Star Is Born (Extended Edition!)
In A STAR IS BORN, Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga fuse their considerable talents to depict the raw and passionate tale of Jack and Ally, two artistic souls coming together, on stage and in life. Theirs is a complex journey through the beauty and the heartbreak of a relationship struggling
Roma
The most personal project to date from Academy Award-winning writer-director Alfonso Cuarón (GRAVITY, CHILDREN OF MEN, Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN), ROMA follows Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio, in an Oscar-nominated performance), a young domestic worker for the family of Antonio, Sofia (Oscar nominee Marina de Tavira), and their four children in the
The Gentlemen Hecklers Present: Road House
Join The Gentlemen Hecklers as they tell you everything you need to know about the brilliant (or brilliantly bad) ROAD HOUSE, starring Patrick Swayze as, “a tough bouncer hired to tame a dirty bar.” Yes, please! Also starring Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott, and… Jeff Healey?! Wednesday, March 13 Doors
Phoenix Cultural Centre Presents Sly
Iranian director Kamal Tabrizi has proven himself a master at making political comedies, with canonical films like THE LIZARD and LEILI IS WITH ME. His 18th feature film, SLY (“Marmouz”), brings him back to the same genre. In his first collaboration with the filmmaker, Hamed Behdad stars as a presidential
Big and Small Rescue Society Presents Heartland Reggae
Did you know dogs prefer Reggae? It’s a fact. Big and Small Rescue Society is hosting a viewing of HEARTLAND REGGAE. This indie documentary classic was directed by Jim Lewis and explores the heyday of Bob Marley and the many other reggae talent of his era. Enjoy