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Mountain Australia 2017, 74 min, Dir: Jennifer Peedom Mary and the Witch’s Flower The Other Side of Hope JAN 19 @ 7PM, JAN 20 @ 4:45PM, (Meari to majo no hana) (Toivon tuolla puolen) JAN 22 @ 7PM, JAN 23 @ 9:30PM Japan 2017, 103 min, Finland/Germany 2017, 100 min, A unique cinematic and musical collaboration Dir: Hiromasa Yonebayashi between the Australian Chamber Orchestra Dir: Aki Kaurismäki , Finnish, English, Japanese with subtitles and director Jennifer Peedom, Mountain is Swedish, & Arabic with subtitles. a dazzling exploration of our obsession with JAN 26 @ 9:30PM, JAN 27 @ 2PM, FEB 1 @ 9:30PM, FEB 3 @ 9:30PM, mountains. Only three centuries ago, climbing a JAN 28 @ 7:15PM, JAN 31 @ 9:30PM mountain would have been considered close to A dazzling, beautifully-animated new adventure FEB 4 @ 4:30PM, FEB 5 @ 9:30PM lunacy. Peaks were places of peril, not beauty. for all ages, Mary And The Witch’s Flower is Khaled is a Syrian refugee who stows away on a The film shows us the spellbinding force of high based on Mary Stewart’s 1971 children’s book The freighter to Helsinki, and Wikström is a traveling places, and their ongoing power to shape our Little Broomstick, and tells the story of a young salesman who wins big at a poker table and buys lives and our dreams. girl named Mary, who discovers a flower that himself a restaurant. When the authorities turn grants magical powers, but only for one night. down his application for asylum, Khaled is forced JAN 27 - English Dubbed - Reel Family Cinema underground and Wikström finds him sleeping in - Free admission for kids 12 & under the yard behind his restaurant. He offers Khaled a job and a roof over his head and, for a while, they form a Utopian union with the restaurant’s Faces Places waitress, the chef, and his dog. France 2017, 89 min, Dir: JR, Agnès Varda French with subtitles JAN 27 @ 7PM, JAN 28 @ 3PM, The Final Year JAN 30 @ 9:15PM Kindred spirits, Varda and JR share a lifelong USA 2017, 89 min, Dir: Greg Barker passion for images and how they are created, JAN 19 @ 9PM, JAN 20 @ 7PM, displayed, and shared. Together they traveled JAN 21 @ 1PM, JAN 22 @ 9PM around the villages of France in JR’s photo truck A sweeping, insider’s’ account of President meeting locals, learning their stories, and pro- Barack Obama’s foreign policy team during their ducing epic-size portraits of them. Faces Places final year as they set out to define their legacy, documents these heart-warming encounters as promote diplomacy and react to the unexpected well as the unlikely, tender friendship the two rise of Donald Trump. Featuring unprecedented formed along the way. access inside the White House, the State Depart- ment, and the machinery of American power. The Square Sweden/Germany/France/Denmark 2017, 142 min, Dir: Ruben Östlund The Stairs English, Swedish, & Danish with subtitles Canada 2016, FEB 9 @ 6:45PM, FEB 10 @ 9:30PM, 95 min, FEB 11 @ 3:15PM, FEB 12 @ 9:30PM, Dir: Hugh Gibson FEB 14 @ 9:30PM, FEB 15 @ 6:45PM JAN 21 @ 3PM My Friend Dahmer Christian is the respected curator of a con- The Stairs tells the USA 2017, 107 min, Dir: Marc Meyers temporary art museum. His next show, “The Square,” is an installation inviting passersby to story of Marty, Greg JAN 28 @ 9:30PM, FEB 4 @ 9PM, and Roxanne, each of show altruism, reminding them of their role as whom survived decades of FEB 6 @ 9:30PM responsible human beings. But sometimes, it is street-involvement. Using their experiences to Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys in difficult to live up to your own ideals: Christian’s ease the paths of others, each performs social the Midwest United States between 1978 and foolish response to the theft of his phone drags work in their old neighbourhood, while strug- 1991 before being captured and incarcerated. He him into a shameful situation. Meanwhile, the gling to maintain their newly-found stability. Told would become one of America’s most infamous museum’s PR agency has created an unexpected over five years, The Stairs is a non-judgemental serial killers. This is the story before that story, campaign for “The Square.” The response is character study of life on society’s margins. based on Derf Backderf’s critically acclaimed overblown and sends Christian, as well as the 2012 graphic novel of the same name. museum, into an existential crisis. 6 metrocinema.org SERIES & REPERTORY Metro Retro Fantastic, entertaining movies deserve time on the big screen as they were meant to be seen, regardless of when they were released. Metro Cinema is proud to unearth beloved films of the past, remastered for today’s cinemas.

Heathers USA 1988, 103 min, Dir: Michael Lehmann JAN 4 @ 9:30PM Veronica is part of the most popular clique at Jane her high school, but she disapproves of the USA 2017, 90 min, Dir: Brett Morgen other girls’ cruel behavior. When Veronica and her new boyfriend, J.D., confront clique FEB 16 @ 7PM, FEB 17 @ 4PM, leader Heather Chandler and accidentally FEB 17 @ 9:30PM, FEB 18 @ 7PM, poison her, they make it appear a suicide. Soon FEB 19 @ 12PM, FEB 19 @ 7PM, Veronica realizes that J.D. is intentionally killing students he does not like. She races to stop FEB 21 @ 7PM J.D. while also clashing with the clique’s new Drawing from over 100 hours of never-before- leader, Heather Duke. seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives for over 50 years, the film offers an unprecedented, intimate portrait of Jane Goodall—a trailblazer who de- Tommy Wiseau’s The Room fied the odds to become one of the world’s most admired conservationists, and whose chimpan- The Room zee research challenged the male-dominated scientific consensus of her time and revolution- USA 2003, 99 min, Dir: Tommy Wiseau ized our understanding of the natural world JAN 5 @ 9:30PM, FEB 2 @ 11:30PM The film widely considered the “Citizen Kane of bad movies” is back! Be sure to catch Tommy and his friends the first Friday of the month for a late night screening this classic piece of so-bad-it’s-good cinema. You’re our favourite customer. Thanks a lot! Bye. Audience participation is encouraged, but please respect the theatre and fellow patrons.

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A Fantastic Woman (Una Mujer Fantástica) Chile/Germany/Spain/USA 2017, 104 min, Dir: Sebastián Lelio, Spanish with subtitles FEB 23 @ 7PM, FEB 23 @ 9:15PM, FEB 24 @ 4:15PM, FEB 24 @ 9:30PM, FEB 25 @ 2:15PM, FEB 25 @ 7PM, FEB 26 @ 9:30PM, FEB 27 @ 7PM, FEB 27 @ 9:15PM, FEB 28 @ 9:30PM Blade Runner: The Final Cut Marina, is beautiful, enigmatic, and plunged USA 1982, 117 min, Dir: Ridley Scott into a precarious situation after her lover Orlando, a man 20 years her senior, dies un- JAN 6 @ 7PM Blade Runner 2049 expectedly in her company. Instead of being Blade Runner blends science fiction and USA/UK/Hungary/Canada 2017, 164 min, thought-provoking story telling in a future- able to mourn him, suddenly Marina is treated Dir: Denis Villeneuve with suspicion, and as a trans woman, her noir set in a bleak Los Angeles where Richard sexual identity is an aberration to his family. Deckard is a detective who specializes in track- JAN 6 @ 9:15PM, JAN 8 @ 9PM She has little to gain from Orlando’s demise, ing down Replicants, near perfect humanoid Thirty years after the events of the first film, but the viciousness of his son, the cold-heart- robots, when they break from their program- a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths edness of his ex-wife, and the intrusiveness ming. Ridley Scott’s Final Cut is the only version a long-buried secret that has the potential to of a detective from the Sexual Offenses In- over which he had complete artistic control, plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s vestigation Unit force Marina to not only clear and the result is an immersive experience that discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick her name, but also to demand the very thing is at once bleaker and more wonderful in the Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has no one seems willing to give her: respect. truest sense. been missing for thirty years. metrocinema.org 7 REEL FAMILY CINEMA Afternoon Tea Metro Cinema offers family friendly classic and contemporary movies most Saturday afternoons. Do you like your accents plummy and your Come early and enjoy themed lobby activities before films. Free admission for children 12 & under. passions refined? Afternoon Tea presents an array of costume dramas past and present, along with delectables from Whimsical Cakes, a selection of fine teas and stirring conversation. Host David Cheoros will be At Home to all visitors.

The Boss Baby The Breadwinner USA 2017, 97 min, Dir: Tom McGrath Ireland/Canada/Luxembourg 2017, FEB 10 @ 2PM 94 min, Dir: Nora Twomey Boss Baby is a most unusual baby. He wears JAN 6 @ 2PM a suit, carries a briefcase and is on a secret Parvana is an 11-year-old girl growing up mission to discover why babies are losing their under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When market share of love. In order to accomplish her father is wrongfully arrested, she cuts his mission, he will have to join forces with his off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to big brother, Tim. Goodbye Christopher Robin support her family. With undaunted courage, UK 2017, 107 min, Dir: Simon Curtis Parvana embarks on a quest to find her father and reunite her family. JAN 7 @ 1PM Glimpse behind the curtain at the creation of one of the most-loved series of children’s stories of all time. A.A. Milne (Domhnall Gleeson) struggles through shellshock to reconnect with his wife (Margot Robbie) and son, and his honeyed tales of Winnie and co. capture the public’s adoration. There’s great warmth to the film, but also hard questions about the books’ impact on the real Christo- pher Robin.

The Muppet Movie UK/USA 1979, 95 min, Wonder Woman Dir: James Frawley USA 2017, 141 min, Dir: Patty Jenkins FEB 19 @ 2PM JAN 20 @ 2PM While living the quiet life in a swamp, Kermit the When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the Frog is approached by a Hollywood agent to audi- outside world, Diana, an Amazonian warrior in tion for the chance of a lifetime. So Kermit takes training, leaves home to fight a war, discover- this chance for his big break making friends and ing her full powers and true destiny. enemies along the journey to Hollywood.

The LEGO Batman Victoria and Abdul Movie UK/USA 2017, 111 min, USA/Denmark 2017, 104 min, Dir: Stephen Frears Dir: Chris McKay FEB 11 @ 1PM FEB 24 @ 2PM Twenty years after Mrs Brown, Judi Dench There are big changes brewing is still note-perfect as Queen Victoria. in Gotham City, and if he wants Stephen Frears gleefully and historically to save the city from The Joker’s reinvents Victoria as a progressive force, hostile takeover, Batman may especially as she is influenced by the young have to drop the lone vigilante muslim Abdul Karim. Abdul teaches Victoria thing, try to work with others Urdu and the Qu’ran, and she works to and maybe, just maybe, learn to incorporate Indian culture and history into lighten up. her home—and her empire.

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SATURDAY APPOINTMENTS NOW AVAILABLE oliverparkdental.ca Music Docs Night Gallery Staff Pics Music Docs is a monthly film series featur- Night Gallery is an experimental “cinema Have you ever wondered what your favourite ing music documentaries, from classic to lounge”, a chance for Edmonton’s late-nite cinema’s fine staff watches when they’re not contemporary. Curated by Tim Rechner, and film lovers to get together and take a walk on at work? From the front of house to behind the co-presented with CJSR, Blackbyrd Myoozik, the weird side. Join us in the intimate Metro scenes, each month one Metro staff member will and Steamwhistle. Lobby Gallery space, where we will explore present their must see film! all the strange things cinema has to offer. Curated by Allan Mulholland. La graine et le mulet (The Secret of the Grain) France 2007, 151 min, Dir: Abdellatif Kechiche French, Arabic, Russian with subtitles. Staff: Antoine Brégeaud JAN 15 @ 6:30PM As the shipyard where a Tunisian immigrant works Amplify Her is winding down, Slimane plans to us his redun- Canada/USA, 88 min, dancy to open a couscous restaurant, with the main dish cooked by his ex-wife, who is renowned among Dir: Ian Mackenzie, Nicole Sorochan D.I.Y. Video Jukebox family and friends for the quality of her food. JAN 9 @ 7PM Electronic Dance Music artists battle demons 90 min, Curator: Night Gallery Audience In Antoine’s own words, he chose this film be- from their painful pasts to emerge as beacons (that’s you!) cause: “What I look for in a movie is to try to better in the global festival scene. Blondtron, Apple- JAN 13 @ MIDNIGHT understand the society in which we live, and the complexity of human relationships. This is why I cat, and Lux Moderna overcome isolation, Night Gallery is all about building com- love the work of Abdellatif Kechiche: it’s very close illness, and gender bias to give life to their munity, so let’s do a little project together! to naturalism, where fiction borders on documen- creativity. This visually dynamic film weaves D.I.Y. Video Jukebox is a chance for audience tary. A film by Kechiche is a concentrated look animated motion comics to offer intimate members to share their favorite short videos at the social history of France, its strengths and access into the colourful worlds of emerging with the rest of the gang. We will put them weaknesses.” After volunteering for almost two female artists. Rather than ask the expected: all into a randomized video playlist and throw years, Antoine became a FOH rep/House Manager “why aren’t there more women in this male them up on the screen. Be it cat videos or at Metro, while also at the U of A French campus. dominated scene?” we wonder “what is whatever, we only ask that they be around 5 When not at work, he is often riding one of his unique about feminine expression and how minutes long or less and that you send us a bicycles. Antoine recently left Canada and moved might we all benefit when it flourishes?” link to the video in advance so we can make back to Europe for new adventures. With live music performance by TBA @ sure they are appropriate for our audience. 6:30PM. Filmmaker in attendance. Show your fellow late night film fans what makes you tick! The Cinema of Psychedelia Admission for this screening is by donation, Drawing on several decades of the most chal- and tickets are only available at the door. lenging and surreal films, Metro welcomes you Bad Girls Movie Club to peer into the murky depths of cinema’s more The Bad Girls Movie Club is a celebration of psychedelic concoctions. Celebrating some of femme fatales, female gangsters, and all-around the most fascinating, inventive and downright badass women. Curated by reporter Jana G. strange works of art ever committed to the Pruden, and with special appearances by some screen, we invite you to a wonderful, broken of Edmonton’s own badass ladies, the Bad Girls world of befuddlement sure to leave an indel- Movie Club is dedicated to unapologetically differ- ible mark on your psyche. No drugs necessary. ent, difficult — and sometimes deadly – women. Curated by Owen Armstrong.

Adult Cartoon Party! 90 min, Curator: Maggie Hardy, Allan Altered States Mulholland USA 1980, 102 min, Dir: Ken Russell FEB 17 @ MIDNIGHT JAN 20 @ 9:30PM Night Gallery warms up a chilly February To Die For Respected scientist and psychology professor evening with our first ever Adult Cartoon USA/UK/Canada 1995, 106 min, Edward Jessup decides to combine his experi- Party! From the earliest days of animation to ments in sensory deprivation tanks with powerful Dir: Gus Van Sant the present, there has always been a market hallucinogenic drugs, convinced that it may help for the naughty and nasty. We are splicing JAN 3 @ 7PM him unlock different states of consciousness. together our wildest finds from the world Suzanne Stone is a weather reporter at her The experiments are a success at first, but as of adult animation into a mixtape of eye- small-town cable station, but she dreams of Jessup continues his work, he begins to experi- popping proportions. A show that will shock being a big-time news anchor, and she is willing ence altered mental and also physical states. As and delight, we are pushing the envelope on to do anything to get what she wants. As she pur- he spends more time in sensory deprivation, his this one. The bar stays open late if you need sues her goal with relentless focus, she is forced grip on reality begins to slip away. something to calm your nerves. to destroy anything and anyone that may stand in With live music performance by Private Investi- her way, regardless of the ultimate cost. Tickets are only $6, but limited, so buy early! gators in the lobby @ 9PM. 10 metrocinema.org metrocinema.org 11 january 2018 SCHEDULE sunday monday tuesday Wednesday thursday friday saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6

tBa tBa 7Pm To Die For tBa tBa 2Pm The triPle feature tBa – Bad Girls Movie 9:30Pm Heathers – 9:30Pm The Room Breadwinner – Reel 3Pm The Evil Dead Club Metro Retro Family Cinema 4:45Pm Evil Dead II tBa tBa – 30th Anniversary 7Pm Blade Runner: 6:30Pm Army of The Final Cut Darkness – 25th An- – Sci-Fi Cinema niversary / 35mm 9:15Pm Blade Co-presented by Runner 2049 dedfest – Sci-Fi Cinema faces Places 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

1Pm Goodbye tBa 7Pm Amplify Her – tBa 7:30Pm Banff 7:30Pm Banff 1:30Pm Banff Christopher Robin – 9Pm Blade Music Docs tBa Mountain Film Fest Mountain Film Fest Mountain Film Fest Afternoon Tea Runner 2049 9:30Pm Raising 7:30Pm Banff 4Pm Private Event – Sci-Fi Cinema Arizona – The Many Mountain Film Fest 7Pm Adaptation – Faces of Nicolas midniGht D.I.Y. The Many Faces of Cage Video Jukebox – Nicolas Cage Night Gallery 9:15Pm Vampire’s Kiss – The Many Faces of Nicolas Cage

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2Pm Wonder Woman – Reel 1:30Pm Banff 6:30Pm La graine et 7:30Pm Banff 7:30Pm Banff 6:30Pm Side Effects 7Pm Mountain Family Cinema Mountain Film Fest le mulet (The Secret Mountain Film Fest Mountain Film Fest – Science in the 9Pm The Final Year 4:45Pm Mountain 7:30Pm Banff of the Grain) Cinema 7Pm The Final Year Mountain Film Fest – Staff Pics 9:30Pm The Wicker 9:30Pm Altered 9:30Pm Face/Off Man – The Many States – Cinema of – The Many Faces Faces of Nicolas Psychedelia of Nic Cage Cage / Turkey Shoot

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2Pm Mary and the Witch’s 1Pm The Final Year 7Pm Mountain 6:30Pm Phantom of 7Pm Professor tBa 7Pm Adventures Flower – English 3Pm The Stairs 9Pm The Final Year the Opera (2004) – Marston and the 9:30Pm Top Ten in Public School – Dubbed – Reel tBa – edmonton Reel Learning Wonder Women Short Films – Canada’s Top Ten Family Cinema movie Club 9:30Pm Mountain 9:15Pm Wonder Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival 4:30Pm Rumble: 9:30Pm Professor Woman – Gateway Film Festival 9Pm Mary & The The Indians Who Rocked the World Marston & the to Cinema Witches Flower – – Canada’s Top Ten Wonder Women Subtitled Film Festival – Kink on Screen 7Pm Faces Places 9:30Pm Les Af- fames (The Raven- ous) – Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival 28 29 30 31 12Pm West Side Story - Sunday tBa 7Pm La petite fille tBa Classics 9:30Pm Allure – qui aimait trop les 9:30Pm Mary and 3Pm Faces Places Canada’s Top Ten allumettes - (The the Witch’s Flower 4:45Pm Never Film Festival Little Girl Who Was – Subtitled Steady, Never Still Too Fond of Match- – Canada’s Top Ten es) – Canada’s Top Film Festival Ten Film Festival 7:15Pm Mary & The 9:15Pm Faces Witches Flower – Places Subtitled 9:30Pm My Friend Dahmer the evil dead evil dead 2 army of darkness FEBRUARY 2018 SCHEDULE SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3

7PM The Wong 7PM Unarmed 2PM Kirikou and the Street Journal – Verses – Black Sorceress – Black University of Alberta History Month / History Month / Reel International Week Canada’s Top Ten Family Cinema 9:30PM The Other Film Festival - Film- TBA Side of Hope maker in attendance 7PM Ava – Canada’s 9:30PM Groundhog Top Ten Film Day Festival 11:30PM The Room 9:30PM The Other Side of Hope

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4 12PM National 5 6 7 8 9 10 Film Board Short Films – Black 7PM Rise of the Web 7PM Charles 7PM A Taste of 7PM Blurred Lines: 6:45PM The Square 2PM The Boss History Month Series – Storyhive Bradley: Soul of Madness Inside the Art World (2017) Baby – Reel Family 2PM Our People 9:30PM The Other America – Black – Rutherford – Art Docs TBA Cinema Will Be Healed – Side of Hope History Month / Manor Haunt TBA TBA Canada’s Top Ten Music Docs – Live Event 7PM Whose Film Festival 9:30PM 4:30PM The Other My Friend Streets? – Black Side of Hope Dahmer History Month 7PM Luk’ Luk’I – 9:30PM The Square Canada’s Top Ten (2017) Film Festival 9PM My Friend Dahmer 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

1PM Victoria and TBA 7PM Metro Shorts 7PM Quote-A-Long 6:45PM The Square 7PM Jane 1PM Hotel Transyl- Abdul – Afternoon 9:30PM The Square 9:30PM Get Out – The Princess Bride (2017) TBA vania – Science in Tea (2017) Gateway to Cinema 9:30PM The Square TBA the Cinema 3:15PM The Square (2017) 4PM Jane (2017) 7PM Step – Black TBA – Edmonton History Month Movie Club 9:30PM Jane 9:30PM Brother MIDNIGHT Adult From Another Cartoon Party! – Planet – Black His- Night Gallery – 18+, tory Month / Sci-Fi no minors Cinema VALENTINE’S DAY 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1PM Ex-Libris: New 12PM Jane TBA 7PM Jane TBA 7PM A Fantastic 2PM The Lego Bat- York Public Library 2PM The Muppet TBA 9PM Women’s TBA Woman man Movie – Reel – Edmonton Public Movie – Reel Family Olympic Gold Medal 9:15PM A Fantastic Family Cinema Library Cinema Hockey Game – Live Woman 4:15PM A Fantastic 7PM Jane TBA Screening Woman 9:30PM Gremlins 7PM Jane TBA 2: The New Batch – TBA 9:30PM A Fantastic HOMO-CIDAL Drag Woman Show

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12PM Gigi – Sunday TBA 7PM A Fantastic TBA Classics 9:30PM A Fantastic Woman 9:30PM A Fantastic 9:15PM A Fantastic 2:15PM A Fantastic Woman Woman Woman Woman 4:30PM FAVA Video Kitchen 7PM A Fantastic Woman 9:15PM In the Heat of the Night – Black History Month / Metro Retro My Friend Dahmer Themetrocinema.org Princess Bride 13 Science in the Cinema Gateway to Cinema Presented by the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Science in the Cinema film screenings shine a A film series co-presented by The Gateway and light on science in popular culture. Providing a fun and engaging venue for learning about health U of A Residential Services. Admission is free research and innovation at the University of Alberta, each screening is followed by a Q & A with for all students with a current, valid ID. invited expert respondents. Free admission and free small popcorn. Wonder Woman USA 2017, 141 min, Dir: Patty Jenkins JAN 24 @ 9:15PM Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, Diana meets an American pilot who tells her about the massive conflict that’s raging in the outside world. Convinced that she can stop the threat, Diana leaves her home for the first time. Fighting alongside men in a war Hotel Transylvania to end all wars, she finally discovers her full powers and true destiny. Side Effects USA 2012, 91 min, Dir: Genndy Tartakovsky USA 2013, 106 min, FEB 17 @ 1PM Sunday Classics Dir: Steven Soderbergh When monsters want to get away from it all, Metro takes you back to the golden days of JAN 18 @ 6:30PM they go to Count Dracula’s Hotel Transylvania, Hollywood with much-loved films, back on the For four years, Emily Taylor has awaited the a lavish resort where they can be themselves big screen and in the kind of theatre they were release of her husband from prison. After her without humans around to bother them. On one made for. failed suicide attempt, psychiatrist Jonathan special weekend, Dracula invites the Invisible Banks prescribes a series of medications. Man, the Mummy, and others to celebrate the When those don’t work, he gives Emily an birthday of his daughter. However, an unfore- experimental new medication—but the drug seen complication unfolds when an ordinary leads to ruined lives and death. human unwittingly crashes the. Panel discussion following the screening. Panel discussion following the screening.

Kink on Screen Reel Learning Do you love titillating, kinky and challenging Catch an interesting flick, and then dig a bit films? Are you curious about BDSM? Kink on deeper into related current events and research Screen explores, through film, demos and dis- with an industry expert and faculty member. West Side Story cussions, aspects of the BDSM culture in a safe, This four-part series-which will feature films USA 1961, 153 min, welcoming environment. Bring your questions about everything from asteroids to altruism-is and kinks! a partnership between MacEwan University and Dir: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise Metro Cinema. JAN 28 @ 12PM A musical in which a modern day Romeo and Juliet are involved in New York street gangs. On the harsh streets of the upper west side, two gangs battle for control of the turf. The situation becomes complicated when a gang members falls in love with a rival’s sister.

Professor Marston & the Wonder Women USA 2017, 108 min, Dir: Angela Robinson JAN 21 @ 9:30PM, JAN 24 @ 7PM The Phantom of the Opera This film tells the story of psychologist Dr. Wil- UK/USA 2004, 143 min, liam Marston, the polyamorous relationship with his wife and mistress, the creation of his beloved Dir: Joel Schumacher Gigi comic book character Wonder Woman, and the JAN 23 @ 6:30PM USA 1958, 115 min, Dir: Vincente Minnelli controversy the comic generated. From his hideout beneath a 19th century Paris FEB 25 @ 12PM opera house, the brooding Phantom plans to get Gaston is a restless Parisian playboy who moves This biopic might seem oddly placed in the Kink closer to vocalist Christine. The Phantom, wear- from one mistress to another, while also spend- on Screen series. Through the exploration of ing a mask to hide a congenital disfigurement, ing time with Gigi, a precocious younger friend Professor Marston’s polyamorous lifestyle and strong-arms management into giving the bud- learning the ways of high society. The platonic dedicated interest to kink, we see that the fit ding starlet key roles, but Christine instead falls relationship between Gaston and Gigi changes, could not be more perfect. Come and explore the for arts benefactor Raoul. Terrified at the notion however, when she matures, but the possibility world of rope bondage with a live demo and see of her absence, the Phantom enacts a plan to of something lasting seems unlikely since he a great film! keep Christine by his side, while Raoul tries to won’t commit to one woman. Gigi refuses to be JAN 21 – Kink on Screen / 18+, no minors. foil the scheme. anyone’s mistress, however, and Gaston must JAN 24 – regular screening. Q & A following the screening. choose between her and his carefree lifestyle. 14 metrocinema.org www.whimsicalcakestudio.com

SPREAD BUTTER NOT HATE Art Docs QUOTE-A-LONG - Valentine’s day SPECIAL SCREENINGS & EVENTS Art Docs is a bimonthly series of documentaries We’ll bring the subtitles if you bring the participation! New Year’s Day about modern and contemporary art. Featuring It’s New Year’s Day and you’re probably feel guest speakers, short art history talks, and Q&As The Princess Bride like death warmed over. Know what’ll make with filmmakers, curators, and artists. Curated USA 1987, 98 min, you feel better? A Bruce Campbell triple and presented by Dr. Kristen Hutchinson. Dir: Rob Reiner feature. Co-presented by DEDfest, Metro Triple FEB 14 @ 7:00PM brings you the original Evil Dead trilogy. Blurred Lines: Inside the Art Feature tickets: Adults - $21, Student/ A quote-a-long The Princess World Bride? As you wish! Join Metro Senior/Child - $15. Regular admission for Canada 2017, 84 min, Dir: Barry Avrich Cinema for an inconceivable Valentine’s Day single films. FEB 8 @ 7PM special screening of this timeless classic. We’ll As one art scene insider proclaims, the contempo- leave the subtitles on so you’ll know exactly when rary art world can be summed up as “rich people to say “My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my trying to prove how rich they are,” but is that all father, prepare to die!” Get ready for a rowdy there is to this billion dollar industry? Well-re- evening as we cheer for True Love, hope for searched and expertly constructed, Barry Avrich’s those who are mostly dead, and much more with documentary peels back the layers of the art world Buttercup, Westley, and the rest. economy and delineates every integral player in the game of art-making, including curators, gallerists, collectors, donors, auction houses, and HOMO-CIDAL Drag Show artists. Featuring interviews with artists Marina The House of HOMO-CIDAL is a cult film- Abramovic, Damien Hirst, Julian Schnabel, and inspired drag troupe hell bent on serving Taryn Simon, Blurred Lines paints a vivid picture cinema, female impersonation and debauch- The Evil Dead of an economy that runs contrary to any rules and ery in one nasty bundle. This horde of devious USA 1981, 85 min, Dir: Sam Raimi regulations while laying bare a system that has mavens will provide entertainment before JAN 1 @ 3PM converted artworks into commodities. your movie-viewing experience, twisting your Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, Q & A following the screening. Screens with the minds for the better and hopefully the worst! where they unknowingly release flesh-pos- short film Champ (2017, Dir: Nashwa Zaman). sessing demons.

Metro Shorts Metro Shorts Hosted by Mostly Water Theatre Canada 2017, 75 min, Dir: Various FEB 13 @ 7PM Metro Shorts is a quarterly adjudicated short film event that’s hosted by Mostly Water Theatre Gremlins 2: The New Batch and produced by Metro to give local filmmakers USA 1990, 106 min, Dir: Joe Dante an opportunity to screen their work in front of a FEB 18 @ 9:30PM Evil Dead II live audience, get priceless insights from indus- The Gremlins are back, and this time, they’ve 30th Anniversary try professionals, and network with likeminded taken control of a New York media mogul’s artists. Films must be no longer than 4 mins USA 1987, 84 min, Dir: Sam Raimi high-tech skyscraper. Billy Peltzer and his and all submissions done by online file transfer JAN 1 @ 4:45PM fiancé Kate discover that Gizmo and an imp- site. Filmmakers whose films are selected for The lone survivor of an onslaught of flesh- ish legion of reptilian pals are inhabiting the inclusion receive a $50 screening fee, with an possessing spirits holes up in a cabin with a downtown building. The couple try to stop additional $100 cash prize given to the winner of group of strangers while the demons con- the creatures from escaping into New York each event. For more info, or for a poorly thrown tinue their attack. City, but this new batch of beasts might be together astrology reading, contact metroshort- uncontrollable. [email protected].

Groundhog Day Army of Darkness USA 1993, 101 min, Dir: Harold Ramis 25th Anniversary / 35mm! FEB 2 @ 9:30PM USA 1992, 81 min, Dir: Sam Raimi Phil (Bill Murray), a weatherman, is out to cover JAN 1 @ 6:30PM the annual emergence of the groundhog from its A man is accidentally transported to 1300 hole. He gets caught in a blizzard that he didn’t A.D., where he must battle an army of the predict and finds himself trapped in a time warp. dead and retrieve the Necronomicon so he He is doomed to re-live the same day over and can return home. over again until he gets it right. 16 metrocinema.org The Many Faces of Nicolas Cage Nicolas Cage is a polarizing figure in modern cinema. Is he a genius or a crazy person? The Many Faces of Nicolas Cage is an extensive dive into his film career. Kicking off on Nic’s 54th birthday with a double-feature “Cage Fight,” we pit the Oscar-nominated Cage in Adaptation vs. the insane Cage we all know and love in the iconic Vampire’s Kiss, with prizes for best Nicolas Cage costume/impression. Now what do you say we cut the chit-chat A-HOLE…come and celebrate with us! Curated by Braedon Platten.

Adaptation Raising Arizona USA 2002, 114 min, Dir: Spike Jonze USA 1987. 94 min, JAN 7 @ 7PM Dir: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, a confused Vampire’s Kiss JAN 9 @ 9:30PM L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of USA 1988, 103 min, Dir: Robert Bierman inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, An ex-con and an ex-cop meet, marry, and long and by the screenwriting ambitions of his free- JAN 7 @ 9:15PM for a child of their own. When it is discovered loading twin brother Donald. While struggling A publishing executive is bitten by a woman while that they are unable to conceive children they to adapt The Orchid Thief, by Susan Orlean, in bed together and starts exhibiting erratic be- decide to kidnap one of the quintuplets of fur- Kaufman’s life spins from pathetic to bizarre. havior. The next day, he is certain that he is now niture tycoon Nathan Arizona. They try to keep Double Feature with Vampire’s Kiss – Adults a vampire. Though no one shares his point of their crime a secret, while friends, co-workers, $20, Students / Seniors $16. Regular admis- view and he hasn’t changed physically, he dons and a bounty hunter look to use the child for sion for single films. fake fangs and begins stalking women. their own purposes.

The Wicker Man – Turkey Shoot! Face/Off USA/Germany/Canada 2006, 102 min, USA 1997, 138 min, Dir: Neil LaBute Dir: John Woo JAN 18 @ 9:30PM JAN 15 @ 9:30PM We heartily endorse any film that features neo- In order to foil an pagan women, all named Sister. Many elements, extortion plot, an FBI though, bring this turkey to the shooting gallery. agent undergoes a facial Never certain whether we’ll get brilliance or Con transplant surgery and Air, we suspect that Nicholas Cage may be the assumes the identity and Michael Caine of his generation—a great actor physical appearance of a terrorist, but the plan with greater bills to pay. We don’t want to give turns from bad to worse when the same terrorist anything away, but this not the friendly wicker impersonates the FBI agent. found in festive chairs. Featuring live comedic commentary from Dave Clarke & co.

Banff Mountain Film Festival Canada’s Top Ten Film Fest Established by the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in 2001, the 17th annual Canada Top Ten Shorts Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival celebrates and Canada 2017, 99 min, Dir: Various promotes contemporary Canadian cinema and JAN 25 @ 9:30PM raises awareness of Canadian achievements in From stunning animation to thought- film. Festival pass available for $55. provoking documentary, these outstanding short films push boundaries and challenge perceptions in order to confront a difficult reality. Additional short films will be screened before select feature length films.

January 11 – 17 Featuring: The Tesla World Light (Dir: The Banff Mountain Film Festival is one of the Matthew Rankin, 8 min), The Botanist (Dir: most prestigious mountain festivals in the world. Maude Plante-Husaruk, Maxime Lacoste- This awe-inspiring collection features award Lebuis, 20 min), Threads (Dir: Torill Kove, 8 winning films from around the world that travel min), The Argument (With Annotations) (Dir: to 550 communities worldwide. This event has Daniel Cockburn, 20 min), The Crying Conch sold out in previous years, so get your tickets (Le cri du lambi) (Dir: Vincent Toi, 20 min), early! For tickets and information, contact Track Pre-Drink (Dir: Marc-Antoine Lemire, 23 min) ‘N Trail at 780.432.1707 or shop.trackntrail.ca. Festival pass available for $55.

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Unarmed Verses Adventures in Public School Never Steady, Never Still Canada 2017, 86 min, Dir: Charles Officer Canada 2017, 86 min, Dir: Kyle Rideout Canada 2017, 110 min, FEB 2 @ 7PM JAN 26 @ 7PM Dir: Kathleen Hepburn This feature documentary presents a thought- Socially awkward, Liam has been home- ful and vivid portrait of a community facing im- schooled his entire life. When he falls in love JAN 28 @ 4:45PM posed relocation. At the centre of the story is with a popular one-legged girl, he abandons his The feature film debut of writer/director Kath- a remarkably astute and luminous 12-year-old mother’s suffocating love and enrolls in public leen Hepburn, Never Steady, Never Still is a black girl whose poignant observations about school, getting a crash course in sex, drugs and tender and heartbreaking story of a physically life, the soul, and the power of art give voice to social mayhem. disabled mother and discontent son—each alien- those rarely heard in society. ated from their world and struggling to manage Screening as part of Black History Month. Film- in the face of grief, guilt and chronic disease. maker in attendance. Q & A following screening. Screens with short film Milk (14 min, Dir: Heather Young)

Rumble: The Indians Who Ava Rocked the World Allure Iran/Canada/Qatar 2017, 102 min, Canada 2017, 103 min, Canada 2017, 105 min, Dir: Sadaf Foroughi Dir: Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana Dir: Carlos Sanchez, Jason Sanchez Persian with subtitles @ 4:30PM JAN 27 JAN 29 @ 9:30PM Rumble tells the story of a profound, essential, FEB 3 @ 7PM A 30-year-old woman embarks on an intimate and, until now, missing chapter in the history Coming of age among the strict traditions yet ultimately manipulative relationship with a of American music: the Indigenous influence. of Iran, Ava’s life is dictated by rules. As she 16-year-old runaway in the highly anticipated Featuring music icons Charley Patton, Mildred struggles to find her place within a culture of feature debut from Montreal-based photogra- Bailey, Link Wray, Jimi Hendrix, Jesse Ed authority, Ava is pushed deeper into isolation phers Carlos and Jason Sanchez. Davis, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Robbie Robertson, as she challenges duty, family, and the hypoc- Randy Castillo, and others, Rumble shows how risy of her surroundings. Screens with short these talented Native musicians helped shape film Rapture (18 min, Dir: Yassmina Karajah) the soundtracks of our lives.

Our People Will Be Healed La petite fille qui aimait trop Canada 2017, 97 min, les allumettes – (The Little Dir: Alanis Obomsawin Girl Who Was Too Fond of FEB 4 @ 2PM Les Affames (The Ravenous) Our People Will Be Healed, Alanis Obomsawin’s Canada 2017, 100 min, Dir: Robin Aubert Matches) 50th film, reveals how a Cree community in Canada 2017, 111 min, Dir: Simon Lavoie Manitoba has been enriched through the power French with subtitles of education. The Helen Betty Osborne Ininiw JAN 27 @ 9:30PM French with subtitles Education Resource Centre in Norway House, In a small, remote village in upstate Quebec, JAN 30 @ 7PM north of Winnipeg, receives a level of funding things have changed. Locals are not the same Raised alone by their authoritarian father in a that few other Indigenous institutions enjoy. Its anymore—their bodies are breaking down and state of religious obscurantism, two siblings with- teachers help their students to develop their they have turned against their loved ones. A out names grow up largely ignorant of the world abilities and their sense of pride. In addition to handful of survivors goes hiding into the woods, outside their father’s estate. One morning, they teaching academic subjects, the school recon- looking for others like them. find him dead - hanging from a rafter - and must nects students with their ancestral culture. Screens with short film The Drop In (13 min, confront their surroundings in order to unravel Screens with short film Flood (4 min, Dir: Dir: Naledi Jackson) the mystery of their strange existence. Amanda Strong) metrocinema.org 19 NOW OPEN! TIFFIN SOUTHSIDE 5135 ELLERSLIE RD

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Luk’ Luk’I Canada 2017, 90 min, Dir: Wayne Wapeemukwa FEB 4 @ 7PM A portrait of five Vancouverites living on society’s fringes during the 2010 Winter Charles Bradley: Soul of Olympics, Luk’Luk’I takes us into unchart- ed territory, falling somewhere between a America fiction we need to see and a documentary USA 2012, 75 min, Dir: Poull Brien The Brother from Another we wish didn’t have to exist. FEB 6 @ 7PM Planet Charles Bradley: Soul of America follows the USA 1984, 108 min, Dir: John Sayles extraordinary journey of singer during the @ 9:30PM electrifying and transformative months leading FEB 11 “The Brother” is an alien and escaped slave on up to the release of his debut album, at age 62. the run from his home planet. After he lands Despite being abandoned as a child, a period of in New York City, he tries to adapt to life on the homelessness, and constant poverty, Charles streets of Harlem. Although the Brother is mute, never gave up on his lifelong dream to be a pro- he does have great abilities at fixing machines, fessional singer. With the help of Gabriel Roth, and he gets a job. Trying to blend in with his new and Tommy Brenneck, Charles moved away culture, he finds an apartment and gradually from the James Brown covers he’d been per- makes friends. Meanwhile, he is pursued by two forming for nearly half a century and focused on agents from his home world who are intent on finding his own unique voice. Kirikou and the Sorceress returning there with him. With live music performance by TBA @ 6:30PM. Screening as part of Sci-Fi Cinema. (Kirikou et la sorcière) Screening as part of Music Docs. France/Belgium/Luxembourg 1998, 71 min, Dir: Michel Ocelot, Raymond Burlet FEB 3 @ 2PM In a little village somewhere in Africa, an extraordinary boy named Kirikou is born. His mother tells him how an evil sorceress has dried up their spring and devoured all males of the village except for one. Little Kirikou decides he will accompany the last warrior to the sorceress. Due to his intrepidity he may be the last hope of the village. Screening as part of Reel Family Cinema. Free admission for kids 12 & under.

Black History Month Short Films Canada, 87 min, Dir: Various FEB 4 @ 12PM To celebrate the history of the Black commu- Step nity in Canada, the National Film Board (NFB) Whose Streets? USA 2017, 84 min, Dir: Amanda Lipitz presents a group of short films that can only USA 2017, 90 min, scratch the surface of such a rich and multi- FEB 17 @ 7PM layered community, which feature incredible Dir: Sabaah Folayan, Damon Davis Step documents the senior year of a girls’ stories of strength, courage, and perseverance. FEB 10 @ 7PM high-school step dance team against the The films in this collection are some of the An account of the Ferguson uprising as told by background of inner-city Baltimore. As each most important NFB films made on the black the people who lived it. The filmmakers look at one tries to become the first in their families community and paint a picture of a thriving how the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown to attend college, the girls strive to make their culture in constant evolution. inspired a community to fight back and sparked dancing a success against the backdrop of Free admission. a global movement. social unrest in the troubled city.

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Ex Libris: New York Public Library Get Out USA 2017, 197 min, Dir: Frederick Wiseman FEB 18 @ 1PM USA 2017, 104 min, Dir: Jordan Peele Legendary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman brings FEB 13 @ 9:30PM The Wong Street Journal his incisive vision behind the scenes of one of the Now that Chris and his girlfriend Rose have Live event world’s greatest institutions of learning, capturing reached the meet-the-parents milestone of FEB 1 @ 7PM the vast programmatic scope of NYC’s library dating, she invites him for a weekend getaway This performance by Kristina Wong is half psy- system. The NYPL is blessed with uniformly pas- upstate. At first, Chris reads the family’s chedelic TED lecture and half hip-hop extrava- sionate staff and deeply devoted, appreciative bib- overly accommodating behavior as nervous ganza. The Wong Street Journal breaks down liophiles and beneficiaries across its 92 branches. attempts to deal with their daughter’s inter- the complexities of global poverty and economic The film reveals a venerable place of welcome, racial relationship, but as the weekend pro- theory using uneasy-to-read charts, never- cultural exchange, and intellectual creativity. gresses, a series of increasingly disturbing before-proven economic strategies for survival discoveries lead him to a truth that he never and slideshows of hustlers from the first and could have imagined. third world. This solo theatre work illustrates Screening as part of Gateway to Cinema. the intersecting politics of charity and economic Olympic Women’s Hockey Free admission for all students with valid ID. development across the globe. Tickets $10. No Metro passes. Olympic Women’s Hockey – Gold Medal Match 2017, 120 min, Live Event Storyhive FEB 21 @ 9:00PM Enjoy Olympic hockey on a TRULY big screen. Rise of the Web Series The women’s gold medal hockey games have Canada, 120 min, Dir: various been among the best matches in hockey history, FEB 5 @ 7PM and Metro will be hosting a special free screening of the live coverage of the 2018 PyeongChang In just twenty years, web series have gone from match, with live commentary during the com- niche audiences to winning Emmy awards and mercial breaks. Free admission having huge international followings. Supported by Storyhive financing and pursuing fiercely independent visions, fourteen Albertan filmmakers have created new series, both documen- Film and Video Arts Society of tary and dramatic. Get a one-stop sampling of Alberta In the Heat of the Night extraordinary new Albertan stories, and meet USA 1967, 109 min, the filmmakers. Dir: Norman Jewison Free admission FEB 25 @ 9PM African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is arrested Rutherford Manor Haunt on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger), the racist police chief of tiny A Taste of Madness Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not Live event only his own innocence but that of another FEB 7 @ 7PM man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track Experience the haunting world of Rutherford Video Kitchen down the real killer. Manor with Daniel Martin’s Rock Opus: A Taste Screening as part of Metro Retro. of Madness! Performed by Daniel Martin and The Canada 2017, 90 min, Dir: Various Infamous Guest Musicians from some of Edmon- FEB 25 @ 4:30PM ton’s best Metal and Rock bands, this one time FAVA is proud to present new works from their live concert of original music and rock classics is introductory digital film course, Video Kitchen. sure to please any hard rock fan. With a healthy mix of theory and practice, Video Kitchen offers aspiring film and video artists the Inspired by the characters and frightful delights opportunity to gain new skills and develop their of Edmonton’s own Rutherford Manor Haunt, own personal vision within a supportive and col- this will be one show for all ages to remember! laborative environment. The class culminates With special guests Mustakettu. with each student shooting and editing their Tickets $16. Metro passes: Silver screen own short film. passes only. Admission by donation. 22 metrocinema.org rigs | nails | vapes | bongs | detox | pipes | seeds

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