Wednesday, November 15 4 PM and 7 PM Seventeen-year-old Jem Starling struggles to define her place within her fundamentalist Christian community in rural Kentucky. Even her greatest joy — the church dance group — is tempered by worry that her love of dance is actually sinful. She's caught between a burgeoning awareness of her own…
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Riceboy Sleeps
WEDNESDAY APRIL 5, 4pm & 7pm Riceboy Sleeps – an intriguing title, wouldn’t you say? Exactly who is Riceboy? And why is he sleeping? Following a family tragedy, a young woman and her child move to Canada from Korea, where all their resources are needed to contend with the social prejudices they encounter. Insightful direction,…
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I Like Movies
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 4pm & 7pm I Like Movies – in this Canadian film, 17 year-old Lawrence sabotages every possible social relationship with his film-loving obsession. Perhaps his parents took him to Cinema Paradiso in utero? With the dream of paying for NYU film school by working in a video store, this boy clearly has…
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Viking
Wednesday, April 19, 6 PM at Landmark Grand 10 Welcome to the desert of the real: In Viking (2022), a sprightly and ironic morsel of Canadian content, the five members of the “Viking Society” decamp to a Quonset hut in the steppes of Alberta to simulate an expedition to Mars happening simultaneously overhead. The purpose…
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A Bunch of Amateurs
Wednesday, April 26, 6 PM at Landmark Grand 10 Audience members may relate to this documentary about the efforts of a British filmmakers club to remain viable in the face of a changing environment and evolving technologies. (Dare we mention the popularity and threat of Tik Tok?) The club’s cinema ambition extends to replicating the…
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Return to Seoul
Wednesday, May 3, 6 PM at Landmark Grand 10 Freddie, a Korean adoptee raised in France, returns to Seoul in search of her roots. Or is she actually searching for herself? She is a powerful mix of angry, lonely, selfish and resentful emotions. At the same time, in contrast to Korean cultural expectations, she is…
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The Swearing Jar
Wednesday, May 10 6 PM at Landmark Grand 10 Canadian rom-com success. When was the last time we saw these three words together? Critics agree that Carey’s dilemmas are compelling: having two true soul-mates at the same time, and carrying a lie that threatens her marriage’s happiness. Adopted from a play that triumphed at the…
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Aftersun
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1, 4pm & 7pm Aftersun – this dreamy, masterful first feature invites us to a vacation resort with Sophie, a sensitive and smart pre-teen (Frankie Corio’s debut), and her melancholic father (Paul Mescal, Normal People). Despite the pair’s closeness under the bright summer sun, their relationship is clouded in nostalgia, as if they…
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No Bears
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 8, 4pm & 7pm No Bears - filmed before Iran descended into the protests and violence following the death of Mahsa Amini, Jafar Panahi shows the daily difficulties and professional compromises of life under a totalitarian regime. Navigating maddening challenges, he tells a complicated story that resonates with human truth. Now imprisoned in…
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Broker
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 4pm & 7pm Broker – Capitalism at its best? Childless couples defeated by the official adoption system turn to Song Kang-Ho (star of Parasite) and his merry band, who collect and fence babies dropped off in church boxes. Everyone is taken care of? Where’s the harm, you say? Director Hirokazu Kore-eda (Palm…
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