We now have our dates for the winter season. Screenings will be on January 21 and 28, February 11 and 18, March 4 and 9, April 8 and 15. Yes, March 9 is a Monday! The rest are all Wednesdays. Please watch this website for announcements regarding the winter film titles as are confirmed. If…
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It Was Just An Accident January 21
Jafar Panahi is the veteran Iranian auteur who continues to get arrested and imprisoned, endure film-making bans and defy the law, and still perseveres in making remarkable and courageous movies. His latest, winner of this year’s Palme D’Or at Cannes, is a blackly comic story informed by his own experiences with imprisonment. It’s a politically-charged…
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The Mastermind January 28
A heist movie with an ironic title- it’s really a character study of JB Mooney (Josh O’Connor) an unemployed carpenter and aimless soul who develops a secret life as an art thief. JB hatches a plan to steal four paintings from a local museum. But JB and his fellow small time crooks leave so many…
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The Mother And The Bear February 11
Sumi, a young Korean Canadian woman living in Winnipeg, might have had an encounter with a bear, on a wintry night, in a dark, deserted alley. She’s now in a hospital in a coma. Her mother, Sara, rushes to her daughter’s bedside from Korea. And a comedy of manners ensues. Sara has never experienced a…
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No Other Choice – February 18
Man-su, who defines himself by his status – a purveyor for a happy family, living in a beautiful home he renovated himself – is thrown into a headspin when he loses his job at a paper company. With the rise of automation and artificial intelligence, men like him must compete fiercely for a handful of…
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Blue Moon – March 4
Ethan Hawke’s sensitive and poignant portrayal will break your heart in director Richard Linklater's lyrical ode to Lorenz Hart. Hart was the famed lyricist and half of the Broadway songwriting duo Rodgers and Hart responsible for some of the most expressive showbiz lyrics of all time, including “Blue Moon,” Now he’s all too aware that…
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Meet The Barbarians (Les Barbares) – Sep 17
Residents of a small French village in Brittany are about to prove just how open-minded and big-hearted they really are, by welcoming a family of Ukrainian refugees into their little Breton slice of heaven. But instead, a family of refugee Syrians arrive. Fearful of the “other” the townsfolk are at first relieved that they wear…
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A Nice Indian Boy – Sep 24
If you’re looking for a funny, feel-good film that’ll make you think, A Nice Indian Boy is exactly that. In this vibrant and charming film, love isn’t the only winner: cultural understanding and the freedom to choose your own path triumph as well. The film is a tender love story between two men—and the generations learning to accept…
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The Marching Band (En Fanfare) – Oct 1
Nominated for seven César awards, the lead actor, Thibaut, is a celebrated conductor who collapses at the podium one day and finds out that he has leukaemia. He needs a bone-marrow transplant. But it turns out that his sister isn’t a match. Then comes a life-changing revelation: he was adopted. So, Thibaut must find his…
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Jane Austen Wrecked My Life – Oct 8
This is an intelligent, well-directed and well-acted movie that, at its heart, just wants to have a bit of fun. Agathe, an aspiring novelist working in a Paris bookshop, wins a place at a Jane Austen writing retreat in England, run by the late author’s descendants.Agathe’s eventual dilemma between 2 men is classic Austen –…
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