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“A tender, wrenching, and beautifully made movie… intensely enjoyable and alive.” –Variety june 11 (7:00 & 9:20) Bob Fosse’s ALL THAT JAZZ June 9 (4:45 & 7:00) June 10 (7:00 & 9:00) USA, 1979, 123 minutes, 18A June 12, 13, 14 & 15 (7:00 & 9:15) Bob Fosse turned the camera on his own life for this madly imaginative, self-excoriating “Like any great biography, it casts a light through its prismatic subject, whose unique story refracts out colourful musical masterpiece. Roy Scheider stars –The Guardian DIANE as Joe Gideon, whose exhausting work NUREYEV strands touching on art, politics, history, identity and so much more.” Kent Jones, USA, 2018, 97 minutes, PG scheduleand routine of amphetamines, Jacqui Morris & David Morris, UK, 2018, 109 minutes Seventy-year-old widow Diane (the marvelous Mary Kay Place) appears selfless in her booze, and sex are putting his health This finely crafted, impeccably researched documentary feels not so much timely the Soviets took a risk in sending the Kirov Ballet to Paris. The 23-year-old dedication to others. She visits the sick and feeds the homeless. If she could appease at serious risk. Assembled with editing as eternal. To see what it was that made Rudolf Nureyev such a furious and Nureyev was a free spirit who didn’t want to be told what to do. From the moment whatever demons are haunting her drug-addicted son (Jake Lacy), she would do that, too. that makes dance come alive on-screen, transporting poet-of-the-body, is to be at once moved and awed. “Nureyev” he defected, the Western world was beset by Nureyev-mania. He transformed the The first dramatic feature from critic and documentarian Kent Jones is a deceptively mod- and overflowing with sublime footworkpresents a great deal of dance footage that has never been seen before, and it’s ballet into a blazing erotic spectacle, coaxing the sexual subtext to the surface and est character study, yet this intensely compassionate, acutely observed piece cuts to the by the likes of Ann Reinking and Ben a thrill to behold; nothing tells Nureyev’s story half as well as simply staring at setting it aflame. “Nureyev” delivers Nureyev’s life in all its ecstasy and tragedy. very quick. As written, as directed and as acted by the superb Place, Diane is a complex, Vereen, “Jazz” pushes the musical genre to him in his prime (in pieces choreographed by Martha Graham, Paul Taylor, and As a documentary, it’s not definitive, but it’s good enough to leave you thrilled troubled, contradictory woman—and all the more beautiful for that. —Vancouver International personal depths and virtuosic aesthetic Murray Lewis, among others, as well as older footage from his Russian days). He and haunted by this man who, at the height of his artistry, seemed to leap Film Festival heights. —Criterion Collection rose rapidly, becoming a star in the Kirov company. After Kruschev came to power, off the earth and leave it behind. —Variety

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“Now 73, Denis continues to probe her own tangle of feelings about love, family, FILM & june 22 (7:00 & 9:10) JUNE 18 (6:45 9:10) corrosive intimacy, sexual violence and the power of myth.” –Chicago Tribune 3RD FESTIVAL June 21 IYENGAR: The Man, Yoga, and JUNE 16 (4:45 & 7:00) June 17 (7:00 & 9:10) June 19 & 20 (7:00 & 9:15) FRIDA For more information: https://www.facebook.com/VICTWFF/ the Student’s Journey USA, 2002, 123 min, 18A Jake Clennell, USA/India, 2018, 107 minutes, Salma Hayek earned an Oscar nomination (6:00 Festival Opening) English & Kannada w/ English subtitles; PG THE GRIZZLIES for this biopic of the Mexican artist Frida HIGH LIFE Iyengar Yoga is practiced worldwide and Miranda de Pencier, Canada, 2018, 103 minutes, PG Kahlo which follows her from the 1920s Claire Denis, UK/France, 2018, 113 minutes, 18A (6:45 Late Life: The Chien Ming Wang Story) credited by multitudes as life-transforming, It’s a dangerous business these days to try to tell stories of another culture, especially one into the 1950s. Directed by Julie Taymor, Robert Pattinson stars as Monte, a convicted killer who’s sent into space as part of a (9:00 The Rope Curse) as historically marginalized as that of Canada’s Inuit people. And the tear-jerking tale here – “Frida” has plenty to say about bohemi- futuristic fertility experiment; the scientist-sorceress in charge is Dr. Dibs (Juliette Binoche), but because its founder B.K.S. Iyengar is based on a true story about a teacher from down south who uses lacrosse to bring together an fervour: her tempestuous marriage to a chilly temptress in a lab coat, who happens to harbor her own criminal secret. “High saturday June 22 famously reclusive, little is known about the man who invented this powerful prac- Nunavut teens reeling from a rash of suicides – is suffused with possible landmines, from the Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina) doesn’t preclude Life” is a work of dystopian science fiction, unsettling by design. Pattinson, the movie’s th white-saviour complex to exploitation of tragedy. But, working with Inuit producers and a trysts with Leon Trostky (Geoffrey Rush),thumping heart, is superb: his face alone is a star map of tenderness, suspicion and (1:00 Lost Black Cats 35 Squadron) tice... until now! Thanks to intimate access cast studded with locals whose confidence and spirit belie their lack of experience (as well Josephine Baker, et al, but more striking still ruthlessness. In this sometimes-alienating movie, he lays a trail for us to follow, sticking (3:00 Festival Closing) to this legendary yogi, this documentary is as U.S. actor Ben Schnetzer), first-time feature director Miranda de Pencier delivers a crowd- are the spectacular paintings. —Vancouver close by our side right to the end. —Time Magazine able to showcase the profound spirituality pleasing (if sometimes clunky) drama. —Globe & Mail International Film Festival (3:30 The Bold the Corrupt and the Beautiful) embedded in his practice. INTRODUCED BY CO-DIRECTOR Special Event! DAVE BARBER “Yoga does not just transform Best Canadian the way we see things, it Documentary “A classy - and respectfully sexy - feature –Variety transforms the person who sees.” -Hot Docs night at the movies.” –B.K.S. Iyengar June 25 (7:00 Only) June 26 & 27 (7:00 & 9:00) june 23 (4:45 & 7:00) june 24 (7:00 & 9:10) TALES FROM THE nipawistamasowin: WE WILL STAND UP June 28 & 29 (7:00 & 9:25) IYENGAR: The Man, Yoga, and the Student’s Journey WINNIPEG FILM GROUP Tasha Hubbard, Canada, 2019, 98 minutes, English & Cree, partial subtitles Jake Clennell, USA/India, 2018, 107 minutes, English & Kannada w/ English subtitles; PG Kevin Nikkel & Dave Barber, Canada, The most difficult stories to tell are the ones we most need to hear. Colten Boushie, a THE WHITE CROW Iyengar Yoga is practiced worldwide and credited by multitudes as life-transforming, 2017, 85 min young Cree man from Saskatchewan, was killed by a bullet on Gerald Stanley’s farm in Ralph Fiennes, UK, 2018, 127 minutes, PG but because its founder B.K.S. Iyengar is famously reclusive, little is known about the Two years in the making, this is the explosive, 2016. After the investigation and trial, Stanley was found not guilty of second-degree Ralph Fiennes’s film, both cautious and intent, guides us through the early years of the man who invented this powerful practice... until now! Thanks to intimate access to this hilarious documentary history of the legendary murder. The jury’s verdict drew a public outcry advocating for reforms to the Canadian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev (Oleg Ivenko), from his impoverished childhood in the legendary yogi, this documentary is able to showcase the profound spirituality embedded film centre featuring over 50 interviews and legal system. With strength and authenticity, filmmaker Tasha Hubbard bears witness to a Soviet Union to his momentous decision, at a Paris airport, to defect to the West, in in his practice. There’s extraordinary time spent with Iyengar, himself, including in the packed with rare archival footage, dynamic film tragic story that traces back through centuries of injustice and colonial violence endured 1961. David Hare’s script, adapted from Julie Kavanagh’s biography, divides Nureyev’s studio where he demonstrates extraordinary feats of flexibility and discipline. This excerpts, and great interviews with everyone by First Nations peoples. Hubbard follows the Boushie family’s pursuit of justice all the young life into segments and flicks back and forth between them. Fiennes himself plays documentary is required viewing for anyone with an interest in yoga, wellness, spirituality, from Guy Maddin to Shawna Dempsey and way to the United Nations. This urgent and powerful film demands not only our attention, Alexander Pushkin, a kindly melancholic who teaches Nureyev at a ballet school in or the connection of mind and body. 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“THE BEST KIND OF FINE ART: HEARTBREAKING, SOPHISTICATED THE SOUVENIR yyyyy “A BRILLIANT LITTLE GEM.” –Screen Daily “‘SOUVENIR’ IS ONE TO TREASURE.” –Variety AND DEEPLY CINEMATIC ALL AT ONCE.” –The Wrap Joanna Hogg, UK, 2019, 119 minutes A cinematic memoir of emotional precision and ambition, Joanna Hogg’s ‘The Souvenir’ does many things so exqui- (Mama Swinton is on hand too, as Hogg’s elegant, concerned mother.) To watch Swinton-Byrne’s 24-year-old magnificent, tender and exposed, and though we flinch protectively for the teller of sitely, it’s hard to know where to begin. Hogg, a veteran British director with a distinctly intimate style, graduated Julie—angelically innocent, soft in voice, curious— is to make an immediate heart-to-heart connection with an actor. this tale, Hogg turns her story into a gift of empathy. A sequel is already in the works; from film school in the 1980s. Now, Hogg casts Tilda Swinton’s daughter, Honor Swinton-Byrne, to play an autobio- Anthony (Tom Burke, wryly funny while charting a devastating descent), enters into Julie’s life, first as a worldly when it arrives, you’ll still be wrecked by this one. While it’s unspooling, ‘The Souvenir’ graphical version of herself as a young film student awakening to the pleasures and heartaches of early ’80s London. adviser and spouter of pretentious come-ons, then as a sharer of books and a bed. Swinton-Byrne and Burke are feels like the only film in the world—the only one that matters. —Time Out New York

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July 7 (4:45 & 7:00) July 8 (7:00 & 9:00) DON’T LOOK NOW July 10 & 11 (7:00 & 8:45) July 12 & 13 (7:00 & 9:10) Nicholas Roeg, UK, 1973, 110 min, 18A “A GOOD OLD-FASHIONED BRITISH SPY THRILLER” A chance to revisit Nicolas Roeg’s great- est achievement, with a masterly feel for MOVING/FORWARD: Celebrating Dance Through Film –Hollywood Reporter THE MUSTANG Various directors, Canada, 2019, 75 minutes RED JOAN images and mood that will reverberate in Trevor Nunn, UK, 2018, 101 minutes, PG Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, USA, 2019, 97 min, PG your mind for days. Donald Sutherland and Moving/ Forward brings a five-year survey of 14 short dance films created for the screen In a picturesque village in England, Joan Stanley (Judi Dench), lives in contented retirement. The simple, lean narrative and the starkness of its setting lend a mythic quality to this Julie Christie play parents of a dead child by artists based in Western Canada. From flamenco to street dance, this program moving drama about finding redemption and a meaningful life. For most of the felons in Then suddenly she’s arrested by MI5. For Joan has been hiding an incredible past; she who encounter, in Venice’s crumbling splen- provides a chance to experience a lot of types of dance from a new perspective. The is one of the most influential spies in living history...Cambridge University in the 1930s, a prison in the Nevada desert, the American west is a dead end—particularly for a vio- dour, presentiments of her existence beyond narrative format of the screen breaks down barriers and provide another avenue of lent offender played by Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone). But the convict joins a and the young Joan (Sophie Cookson), a physics student, falls in love with an attractive the grave. It’s a ghost story; it’s a medita- appreciation for dance. Includes work by Deanna Peters, Ralph Escamillan, Nancy Lee, Russian saboteur. Through him, she begins to see that the world must be saved from itself crew to tame wild mustangs, going toe to toe with a horse that has a harder head than tion on time, memory and the poignancy Katie Coolidge, Francesca Frewer, Karissa Barry, Sabrina Comanescu, Heather Lamoureux, his own. Cinematographer Ruben Impens delivers one gorgeous image after another. in the race to military supremacy. Would you betray your country and your loved ones, if of married love. And it’s a masterpiece. Nita Bowerman, Miriam Colvin, Company 605, Kim Sato, Nathan Boey, and others. it meant saving them? Inspired by an extraordinary true story. —Chicago Reader —The Guardian FOR MORE INFO: WWW.MOVINGFORWARD.DANCE NEW DIGITAL RESTORATION!

“A long-overdue bio-doc that, in its spirited way, is as affirming as last year’s paean to “WITTY AND SARDONIC SATIRE” another important octogenarian Ruth, RBG.” –Toronto International Film Festival –The Wrap July 16 (7:00 & 9:00) July 17 & 18 (6:45 & 9:10) July 19 & 20 (7:00 & 9:10) July 14 (4:45 & 7:00) July 15 (7:00 & 9:00) HEDWIG AND THE “A fiercely intelligent and poignant drama.” THE FALL OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE –Times (UK) ANGRY INCH La chute de l’empire américain ALL IS TRUE ASK DR. RUTH Denys Arcand, Québec, 2018, 127 min, French with subtitles, 14A Kenneth Branagh, UK, 2018, 102 minutes, PG Ryan White, USA, 2019, 100 min, 14A USA, 2001, 91 minutes, 14A With this trailblazing musical, writer-director-star The rich grow richer and the poor are just collateral damage in this new film by writer/ Sir Kenneth Branagh has spent a major part of his career interpreting the works of William “Ask Dr. Ruth” chronicles the incredible life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust John Cameron Mitchell and composer-lyricist director Denys Arcand (Decline of the American Empire), a sardonic, solidly entertaining Shakespeare. So Branagh should be the one to play the Bard and direct a mesmerizing survivor who became America’s most famous sex therapist. With her diminutive frame, Stephen Trask brought their signature creation fusion of crime caper and state-of-the-nation rumination. Thirty-something Pierre-Paul meditation on the last days of the greatest writer in the English language. Shakespeare thick German accent, and uninhibited approach to sex therapy and education, Dr. Ruth from stage to screen. Hedwig (Mitchell) rein- (Alexandre Landry) has a PhD in philosophy, is burdened with student loans and earns has returned to his home in Stratford-upon-Avon to retire. His wife (Dame Judi Dench) transformed the conversation around sexuality. As she approaches her 90th birthday and vents herself as an “internationally ignored” but divinely talented rock diva. This hard-charging a living as a courier. Everything changes when he is present at a botched robbery and treats him like a guest in his own house. The Earl of Southampton (Ian McKellen) is shows no signs of slowing down, Dr. Ruth revisits her painful past and unlikely path to a makes an impulsive decision to pocket the multi-million dollar proceeds for himself. believed to be the inspiration for several of Will’s most famous sonnets. A witty and career at the forefront of the sexual revolution. song cycle and tender character study is a tribute to the transcendent power of rock and roll. Trying to figure out what to do with the money fuels a cleverly plotted ensemble piece. moving conversation between the two men is a high point in a film that is bathed in the —Criterion Collection —Screen International autumnal light of time remembered. —Rolling Stone

July 23 (7:00 & 9:00) “One of this year’s most beloved July 21 (5:00 & 7:00) July 22 (7:00 & 9:00) July 24 & 25 (7:00 & 9:10) FACES PLACES / “Kelly finds a genuine pearl of wisdom in the crowd-pleasers.” –RogerEbert.com THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM JT LEROY web of deception.” –The Guardian July 26 & 27 (7:00 & 9:25) John Chester, USA, 2018, 92 minutes, PG VISAGES VILLAGES Justin Kelly, UK/Canada, USA, 2019, 109 minutes; PG An idealistic L.A. couple — he’s a cameraman, she’s a private chef —move an hour north France, 2017, 94 min, What a tangled web we weave! In this true story about a famous literary hoax, Kristen to pursue their back-to-the-land ideals. But dreams of happy sheep and peach trees soon Stewart plays a young woman enlisted to portray reclusive 20-something male, bisexual, LONG SHOT yield to the realities of coyotes, record droughts, and rogue snails in writer-director John French with subtitles, PG imaginary writer Jeremiah LeRoy by the books’ actual author, middle-aged, female Laura Jonathan Levine, USA, 2019, 125 minutes, 14A Chester’s winning, warm-hearted documentary. Chester and his wife Molly purchase 130 The late, great Agnès Varda at the age Albert (played by Laura Dern). JT becomes a celebrity and even enjoys an intimate Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen star in an undeniably hilarious, and wonderfully uncon- acres of parched dirt. Dirt is dead; soil is alive with organisms, and that’s what they need of 89 went on the road with the pho- relationship with actor-director Asia Argento (renamed Eva here, played by Diane ventional rom-com that is exactly the kind of crowd-pleasing joy we’ve been missing. to make this place begin to bloom — which they do with the help of a beatific mentor tographer JR in search of the people of Kruger), who adapts “his” work into a movie before discovering the truth. —VIFF Theron is sheer perfection as the Secretary of State who, during a run for President, hires named Alan.…A profoundly moving portrait of the remarkable work involved in producing rural France. “The documentary celebrates a journalist (Rogen) she used to babysit as her speechwriter. Naturally, sparks begin to fly mindful food — and an eloquent reminder that so much of what we take for granted on the transformative power of art, as embodied for this seemingly incompatible couple, much the chagrin of her campaign staff. —Bijou our plates is, in its own everyday way, a miracle. —Entertainment Weekly in our two witty and wise hosts.” —VIFF

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