September / October 2019
Restoration Tuesdays new world documentaries MARIANNE & LEONARD: WORDS OF LOVE
special Events AURORA GOREALIS: CLASSIC CANADIAN HORROR
www.winnipegcinematheque.com September 2019 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
1 Booksmart / 3 pm & 7 pm Echo in the Canyon / 5 pm
3 4 5 6 7 8 RESTORATION TUESDAYS: Echo in the Canyon / 7 pm The Souvenir / 7 pm After Munich / 7 pm After Munich / 3 pm Booksmart / 3 pm War and Peace: Part I / The Souvenir / 9 pm Echo in the Canyon / 9:30 pm Echo in the Canyon / 9 pm Echo in the Canyon / 5 pm Echo in the Canyon / 5 pm 1 pm & 7 pm The Souvenir / 7 pm The Souvenir / 7 pm War and Peace: Part II / Booksmart / 9:30 pm 4 pm & 9:30 pm
10 11 12 13 14 15 RESTORATION TUESDAYS: McDonald at the Movies: Iranian Cinema: Mariannne & Leonard: Mariannne & Leonard: Mariannne & Leonard: War and Peace: Part III / To Be or Not to Be / 7 pm Cold Sweat / 7 pm Words of Love / 7 pm Words of Love / 3 pm & 9:30 pm Words of Love / 3 pm 1 pm & 7 pm The Souvenir / 9 pm Echo in the Canyon / 9 pm The Souvenir / 9 pm The Souvenir / 5 pm The Souvenir / 5 pm War and Peace: Part IV / Asako I & II / 7:30 pm Booksmart / 7:30 pm 4 pm & 9:30 pm
17 18 19 20 21 22 RESTORATION TUESDAYS: Asako I & II / 7 pm Running Water / 7 pm Architecture+Film: Mariannne & Leonard: Punjabi Cinema: War and Peace: Part I / Mariannne & Leonard: Asako I & II / 9 pm Push / 7 pm Words of Love / 3 pm & 9:30 pm Because We Are Girls / 3 pm 1 pm & 7 pm Words of Love / 9:30 pm Asako I & II / 9 pm Asako I & II / 5 pm Mariannne & Leonard: War and Peace: Part II / Running Water / 7:30 pm Words of Love / 7 pm 4 pm & 9:30 pm
24 25 26 27 28 29 RESTORATION TUESDAYS: The World Before The World Before Spectres of Shortwave / 7 pm Asako I & II / 3 pm & 5:30 pm War and Peace: Part I / 12 pm War and Peace: Part III / Your Feet / 7 pm Your Feet / 8:30 pm The World Before Nuit Blanche: War and Peace: Part II / 3 pm 1 pm & 7 pm Asako I & II / 9 pm Your Feet / 9:30 pm 2000s Singalong / 8 pm – 1 am War and Peace: Part III / 6 pm War and Peace: Part IV / 4 pm & 9:30 pm War and Peace: Part IV / 8:30 pm October 2019 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
1 2 3 4 5 6 Audition / 7 pm WNDX Festival of Moving Image (October 2 – 6) The World Before The Valley / 9:30 pm Full program at www.wndx.org Your Feet / 7 pm
8 9 10 11 12 13 The Valley / 7 pm Aurora Gorealis: Sunset / 7 pm Aurora Gorealis: Sunset / 2 pm Restless River / 2 pm Audition / 9 pm Happy Birthday to Me / 7 pm Restless River / 9:30 pm The Gate / 7 pm Aurora Gorealis: Sunset / 4 pm & 7 pm Sunset / 9 pm Dead Ringers / 9 pm The Gate / 5 pm Restless River / 7 pm Aurora Gorealis: Curtains / 9 pm
15 16 17 18 19 20 Audition / 7 pm McDonald at the Movies: Aurora Gorealis: Restless River / 7 pm Buddy / 3 pm & 5 pm Aurora Gorealis: The Valley / 9:30 pm Bubba Ho-Tep / 7 pm My Bloody Valentine / 7 pm Aurora Gorealis: Sunset / 7 pm The Peanut Butter 3 pm Sunset / 9 pm Restless River / 9 pm Happy Birthday to Me / 9 pm BLACK LODGE: Solution / Cream of the Crap: Buddy / 5 pm Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare / 7 pm Aurora Gorealis: Restless River / 9:30 pm Dead Ringers / 7 pm
22 23 24 25 26 27 The Valley / 7 pm Aurora Gorealis: Aurora Gorealis: Buddy / 7 pm Saturday Morning All-You- Buddy / 5 pm Curtains / 7 pm My Bloody Valentine / 7 pm Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party - Audition / 9 pm Aurora Gorealis: Barbara Rubin Dead Ringers / 9 pm Halloween Edition! / 10 am – 1 pm Barbara Rubin Watching Night of the and the Exploding NY and the Exploding NY Living Dead / 9 pm Buddy / 5 pm Underground / 7 pm Underground / 9 pm Aurora Gorealis: The Peanut Butter Solution / 3 pm The Gate / 7 pm Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground / 9 pm 29 30 31 Audition / 7 pm Buddy / 7 pm Buddy / 7 pm The Valley / 9:30 pm Barbara Rubin Aurora Gorealis: and the Exploding NY My Bloody Valentine / 9 pm Underground / 9 pm New World Documentaries
After Munich Echo in the Canyon Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Echo in the Canyon Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love Buddy Directed by Andrew Slater Directed by Nick Broomfield Directed by Heddy Honigmann 2019, USA, 82 min 2019, USA, 102 min 2019, The Netherlands, 86 min Dutch with English subtitles Sunday, September 1 / 5 pm Friday, September 13 / 7 pm Wednesday, September 4 / 7 pm Saturday, September 14 / 3 pm & 9:30 pm Saturday, October 19 / 3 pm & 5 pm Thursday, September 5 / 9:30 pm Sunday, September 15 / 3 pm Sunday, October 20 / 5 pm Friday, September 6 / 9 pm Wednesday, September 18 / 9:30 pm Friday, October 25 / 7 pm Saturday & Sunday, September 7 & 8 / 5 pm Saturday, September 21 / 3 pm & 9:30 pm Saturday & Sunday, October 26 & 27 / 5 pm Thursday, September 12 / 9 pm Sunday, September 22 / 7 pm Wednesday & Thursday, October 30 & 31 / 7 pm
Echo in the Canyon revisits the most influential music of the mid- The beautiful, enduring love story between legendary folk singer Prolific Dutch documentarian Heddy Honigmann’s latest 60s from The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, and The Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen is effort, the profoundly moving Buddy, examines the emotional Mamas and the Papas, and shows how these iconic bands were explored in this film. The story begins on the Greek island of Hydra and practical relationships fostered and built between service all influenced by the Beatles and then went on to influence the in 1960, where Leonard, then a struggling and unknown fiction dogs and their owners who depend on them. Buddy looks at Beatles themselves. There was a moment in Laurel Canyon when writer, and Marianne, a single mother with a young son, became service animal owners of various ages and experiences in the being part of a great band was the most significant thing you part of a community of expat artists, writers and musicians. U.S. and Europe examining what these dogs mean to their could do as an artist, a pure moment before these artists began Never-before-seen footage shot by Broomfield and legendary owners and the care they provide. A young boy in Utah with to go solo in the 70s.The canyon was jammed with unparalleled documentarian D. A. Pennebaker make for a unique portrait of an visual impairment and autism finds a best friend in his animal. creativity and collaboration, inspiring these neighbors to create idyllic 1960’s bohemia. It was a time that left a lasting imprint on Trevor, an Afghan war veteran with severe PTSD, wasn’t able to some of the most influential music in history. Featured interviews both Marianne and Leonard, whose friendship would last another leave his house for several years until his dog, Mister, essentially include Michelle Phillips, Tom Petty, Roger McGuinn, Jackson fifty years before their deaths in 2016. saved his life. Buddy is much more than a crowd pleasing, Browne, John Sebastian, Jakob Dylan, and Beck. uplifting movie about people bonding with their dogs, it is a “The absorbing documentary Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love poignant reflection on mortality, both for the humans and the “A richly evocative and entertainingly anecdotal overview of chronicles the creative and romantic collaboration between animals alike. — Andrew Parker, The Gate the 1960s Laurel Canyon music scene and its influence on the musician Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen, who inspired contemporary artists.” — Variety several of his earliest songs, including So Long, Marianne. Marianne & Leonard is heartbreaking and heartening in Zen-like Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY “Rich with revealing observations and engaging anecdotes, equal measure.” — Ann Hornoday, Washington Post Underground Slater’s documentary skirts the nostalgia trap by engagingly Directed by Chuck Smith connecting with an impressive lineup of contemporary singer- 2018, USA, 78 min songwriters…” — Hollywood Reporter The World Before Your Feet Directed by Jeremy Workman Thursday, October 24 / 9 pm 2019, USA, 95 min Saturday, October 26 / 9 pm After Munich Sunday, October 27 / 7 pm Directed by Francine Zuckerman Wednesday, September 25 / 7 pm Wednesday, October 30 / 9 pm 2019, Canada, 78 min Thursday, September 26 / 8:30 pm Friday, September 27 / 9:30 pm Underground filmmaker Barbara Rubin’s 1964 art-porn Friday, September 6 / 7 pm Sunday, October 6 / 7 pm masterpiece Christmas on Earth, made when she was only 18 Saturday, September 7 / 3 pm years old, shattered creative and sexist boundaries and shocked September 25th screening introduced by Bill Fugler, former owner of NYC’s experimental film scene. Working with Jonas Mekas September 5th 1972, the Palestinian terrorist group Black Wolseley’s Neighborhood Book Store and Café. Bill walks for 2-3 hours, at the Film-Makers’ Cooperative, Rubin was instrumental in September stormed the Israeli athletes’ quarters at the Munich three or four times a week and is more than halfway to reaching his goal creating NYC’s thriving underground film community and was Olympics. The world watched live on television. For the first of walking every street in Winnipeg. a rare female voice in a world of powerful men. A rebellious time, this story is told through the eyes of four women. It’s a Zelig of the 60s, she introduced Andy Warhol to the Velvet story of intrigue and secret identities, love and death, conflict There are 8,000 miles of sidewalks, paths and roads in New York Underground and Bob Dylan to the Kabbalah. After retiring to and reconciliation, war and peace. Their fates are redirected. City, and for the past six years Matt Green has been walking them a farm with Allen Ginsberg, she shocked everyone by becoming Their well-being and world views are impacted by the trauma. all–every street, every block, every pedestrian overpass, park lane a Hasidic Jew. How and why did one of the 1960’s freest spirits These four women’s lives are changed forever. But they weren’t and hiking trail. A journey that stretches from the heart of Harlem submit to a religious life? For years, Jonas Mekas saved all of the only ones. to the marshes of Staten Island, Matt’s walk is a pursuit of anything Barbara’s letters and cherished her memory. Working with that catches his eye, be it a national landmark or a humble manhole Mekas’ footage and rare clips from the Andy Warhol archives, cover. Over time Matt has amassed an encyclopedia of surprising the film takes us inside the world and mind of Barbara Rubin; New York trivia and underground history, informed by his own a woman who truly believed that film could change the world research and conversations with the amused but supportive New and then suddenly vanished. Yorkers he encounters along the way. The World Before Your Feet is an authentic tribute to New York and the freedom to be found in the simple act of putting on one’s shoes and taking a walk outside. Canadian & International Features
The Souvenir Asako I & II Restless River
Booksmart Asako I & II (Netemo sametemo) Sunset Directed by Olivia Wilde Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi Directed by László Nemes 2019, USA, 102 min 2018, Japan, 119 min 2018, Hungary/France, 142 min Japanese with English subtitles Hungarian & German with English subtitles Sunday, September 1 / 3 pm & 7 pm Saturday, September 7 / 9:30 pm Saturday, September 14 / 7:30 pm Wednesday, October 9 / 9 pm Sunday, September 8 / 3 pm Wednesday, September 18 / 7 pm Thursday, October 10 / 7 pm Saturday, September 15 / 7:30 pm Thursday & Friday, September 19 & 20 / 9 pm Saturday, October 12 / 2 pm Saturday, September 21 / 5 pm Sunday, October 13 / 4 pm & 7 pm On the eve of their high school graduation, two driven Wednesday, September 25 / 9 pm Wednesday, October 16 / 9 pm students, Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) and Molly (Beanie Feldstein), Saturday, September 28 / 3 pm & 5:30 pm Saturday, October 19 / 7 pm realize that although they have excelled at academics they have failed at fun. They plan to erase that failure by cramming four Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to the acclaimed Happy Hour In the Austro-Hungarian Empire, shortly before the First years of partying into one wild night. In her feature directorial is a mysterious and intoxicating pop romance. It begins with World War, the enigmatic Írisz causes a stir when she enters debut, Olivia Wilde delivers a fresh take on the teen coming-of- Asako, a young woman who meets and falls in love with a an elegant Budapest department store specializing in age story, balancing the manic comedy with genuine feeling. drifter, Baku, who one day simply vanishes from her life. Two women’s hats. The sense of disquiet that fills the store soon years later, while working in Tokyo, Asako sees Baku again pervades the entire film as we learn the reason for Írisz’s “Four stars. A stunning debut by actress Olivia Wilde, Booksmart — or, rather, a young, solid businessman named Ryohei who visit: the shop once belonged to her parents, and her return is the kind of feel-good teen movie young women plan their bears a striking resemblance to her old flame. They begin reveals a past full of troubling family secrets. Using exquisite sleepovers around. It’s the best comedy of the year.” building a happy life together until traces of Asako’s past 35mm and 65mm film, Hungarian director László Nemes — Chandler Levack, Globe and Mail begin to resurface. recreates the twilight of an era in all its sensual detail, with an attention to high fashion and the art of millinery that “Olivia Wilde’s fantastic feature debut sends two overachieving “Beguiling and mysterious.” rivals Phantom Thread. The intensity of Sunset is unmistakable, high school students on an epic night of bad behavior right — Michael Leader, Sight & Sound confirming Nemes’ extraordinary talent in this follow-up to before graduation...a hilarious, blazingly paced teen comedy.” his critically acclaimed 2015 feature debut, Son of Saul. — TIFF — John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter “Beautiful. A fable of love lost and found.” — Jordan Cronk, Film Comment Restless River The Souvenir Directed by Marie-Helene Cousineau & Madeline Ivalu Directed by Joanna Hogg Running Water 3D 2019, Canada, 98 min 2019, UK, 120 min Directed by Bevan Klassen & Frank Zappia 2019, Canada, 82 min Thursday, October 10 / 9:30 pm Wednesday, September 4 / 9 pm Saturday, October 12 / 7 pm Thursday, September 5 / 7 pm Thursday, September 19 / 7 pm Sunday, October 13 / 2 pm Saturday & Sunday, September 7 & 8 / 7 pm Saturday, September 21 / 7:30 pm Thursday, October 17 / 9 pm Wednesday, September 11 / 9 pm Friday, October 18 / 7 pm Friday, September 13 / 9 pm Introduced by Bevan Klassen and Frank Zappia. Saturday, October 19 / 9:30 pm Saturday & Sunday, September 14 & 15 / 5 pm Andy, a lonely machinist who has difficulty communicating Based on Gabrielle Roy’s 1970 short novel Windflower (La Riviere Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. Joanna Hogg’s with the opposite sex, is fishing at his good friends Mass & Sans Repos), this beautiful and poignant story follows a young dream-like and visually splendid tale of first love stars Honor Julie’s summer house in Manitoba’s cottage country. Sara, Inuk woman as she comes to terms with motherhood after Swinton Byrne and her mother, Tilda Swinton, alongside Tom a troubled young artist and a friend of Julie’s from their days being assaulted by an American soldier. Surprised at the loss Burke. Based on elements from Hogg’s own life, The Souvenir in Art School arrives to cabin sit for the couple and Andy of her innocence, Elsa draws courage from her rugged land centres on Julie (Swinton Byrne), a 1980s film student from becomes smitten with her. They are drawn together while in order to become a woman as strong and independent as a privileged background who wants to make films depicting being guided through a mysterious dimension in order to the restless river that cuts through it. Featuring a wonderful the harsh social realities of Thatcherite Britain. Following a reconcile with their past. performance by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman as the young chance encounter, she embarks on a tempestuous love affair mother of a child whose remarkable life breaks with the with the older and charismatic Anthony. The result is a film of millennial traditions of her ancestors. great power and unforgettable imagery, perfectly capturing the social milieu of the time, along with all the euphoria of first love and its accompanying harsh realisations.
“Gorgeous and deeply felt. A piercingly realized and richly affecting memoir of lost love.”— Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair.
“An illuminating (self-) portrait of a young artist as well as a mesmerizing chronicle of a consuming, destructive relationship that steadily inches its way under the viewer’s skin.” — Hollywood Reporter RESTORATION TUESDAYS Restoration Tuesdays is a new series shining a light on the important work being done to preserve and promote the history of film. All admissions to these screenings is $5 — no passes. Generously Sponsored by IATSE 856.
War and Peace Audition Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk Directed by Takashi Miike 1966, Soviet Union, 422 min (in 4 parts) 1999, Japan, 115 min Russian with English subtitles Japanese with English subtitles New 2K Restoration New 20th anniversary 2K restoration
Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky Tuesday, October 1 / 7 pm Tuesday, September 3 / 1 pm & 7 pm Tuesday, October 8 / 9 pm Tuesday, September 17 / 1 pm & 7 pm Tuesday, October 15 / 7 pm Sunday, September 29 / 12 pm Tuesday, October 22 / 9 pm Tuesday, October 29 / 7 pm Part II: Natasha Rostova Tuesday, September 3 / 4 pm & 9:30 pm Recent widower Shigeharu is advised by his son to find a new Tuesday, September 17 / 4 pm & 9:30 pm wife. On the advice of a film company colleague, they stage Sunday, September 29 / 3 pm “auditions” for a new girlfriend which masquerade as an acting job. Shigeharu becomes enchanted with Asami: a spooky Part III: The Year 1812 twenty-something responsive to his charms. But this is no Tuesday, September 10 / 1 pm & 7 pm ordinary Fatal Attraction-style thriller, for it carefully pulls the War and Peace Tuesday, September 24 / 1 pm & 7 pm audience through a wrenching exploration of deep male fears Sunday, September 29 / 6 pm and the stereotype of submissive Japanese women.
Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov “A lethally poised Venus flytrap of a movie...the best-disguised Tuesday, September 10 / 4 pm & 9:30 pm psychotronic splatter flick in recent memory.” Tuesday, September 24 / 4 pm & 9:30 pm – Dennis Lim, Village Voice Sunday, September 29 / 8:30 pm
At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet film industry set out to The Valley (La vallée) prove it could outdo Hollywood with a production that would Directed by Barbet Schroeder dazzle the world: a titanic, awe-inspiring adaptation of Tolstoy’s 1972, France, 105 min classic tome in which the fates of three souls—the blundering, French with English subtitles good-hearted Pierre; the heroically tragic Prince Andrei; and New 2K Restoration the radiant, tempestuous Natasha—collide amid the tumult of the Napoleonic Wars. Employing a cast of thousands and Tuesday, October 1 / 9:30 pm an array of innovative camera techniques, Ukrainian director Tuesday, October 8 / 7 pm Sergei Bondarchuk conjures a sweeping vision of grand balls Tuesday, October 15 / 9:30 pm that glitter with rococo beauty and breathtaking battles that Tuesday, October 22 / 7 pm overwhelm with their expressionistic power. As a statement Tuesday, October 29 / 9:30 pm of Soviet cinema’s might, War and Peace succeeded wildly, garnering the Academy Award for best foreign-language film While on an excursion in New Guinea to procure rare feathers, and setting a new standard for epic moviemaking. Vivian (Bulle Ogier), a French diplomat’s wife, joins a band of vagabond hippies on a quest to discover an uncharted, utopian “If any film deserves to be seen on a big screen, it’s this ... valley. As the bourgeois Vivian delights in the new pleasures There is no substitute for that.” – Curtis Tsui, Criterion of free love and consciousness-expanding drugs, she comes to believe she has found paradise. But is it an illusion? Suffused “War and Peace is the definitive epic of all time. It is hard to imagine with cosmic mystery—enhanced by a trancey Pink Floyd score that circumstances will ever again combine to make a more and stunning cinematography by Néstor Almendros, who spectacular, expensive, and - yes - splendid movie.” – Roger Ebert captures the island’s lush, awe-inspiring beauty—The Valley is a hallucinatory parable of post-sixties idealism hurtling into oblivion.
“The sex in La vallée is incredible. It feels real and animalistic, romantic for its lack of flourish because of Schroeder’s distant lens. It’s difficult not to be taken in by Bulle’s beauty in particular — she almost seems like a vision, finally coming to life.” – Justine Peres Smith, Vague Visages The Valley (La vallée) Punjabi Cinema Because We Are Girls Directed by Baljit Sangra NUIT BLANCHE: 2019, Canada, 85 min Sunday, September 22 / 3 pm MILLENNIMANIA Iranian Cinema A conservative Indo-Canadian family in small-town British s Cold Sweat Columbia must come to terms with a devastating secret: Directed by Soheil Beiraghi three sisters were sexually abused by an older relative 2018, Iran, 85 min beginning in their childhood years. After remaining silent Persian with English subtitles 2000 for nearly two and a half decades, the sisters finally decide to come forward—not only to protect other young Thursday, September 12 / 7 pm relatives, but to set an example for their daughters as well. SING-ALONG!
Afrooz, whose Iranian women’s futsal team is off to play The screening will be followed by a panel discussion between the finals in Malaysia, can’t board the plane — her husband Gurpreet Sehra and Noor Bhangu of Kohinoor Collective with hasn’t signed the permit for her to leave the country. Based members of the Punjabi Sikh community. Conversation will circle Saturday, September 28 / 8 pm – 1 am on real cases of women athletes being denied clearance issues around gender inequality, intergenerational trauma, and FREE ADMISSION to travel, Soheil Beiraghi’s second feature is a timely and lack of access/discussion around mental health. Bringing in gripping account of the strict patriarchal laws that still exist panelists from diverse age groups and working within a range of Hey millennials! What’s nu? Come on down to Cinematheque and the fierce determination of the women attempting cultural institutions, the panel will work to unpack critical issues this Nuit Blanche where every hour on the hour, we’ll be to fight against them. in the community, while working to futureproof communal forms pumpin’ the best and worst hits from the naughty aughties, – Palm Springs International Film Festival of gathering and conversation for younger generations. with lyrics on the screen so you can sing-along!
An ongoing series of Iranian films presented The panel discussion will be held in both Punjabi and English. Coinciding with Culture Days, Nuit Blanche in conjunction with Amir Ganjavie, president There will be no translation provided. Winnipeg is an all-night exploration and of the Phoenix Cultural Centre of Toronto and celebration of contemporary art. These events CineIran—an annual festival of contemporary Sponsored by the Institute for Women’s and are FREE to the public and encourage and Iranian cinema in Toronto. Gender Studies – University of Winnipeg. celebrate arts and culture in our community. McDonald at the Movies Once a month, comedian and co-founder of Kids in the Hall, Kevin McDonald will present a film handpicked from the archives of comic history.
To Be or Not to Be Directed by Ernst Lubitsch / 1942, USA, 99 min
Wednesday, September 11 / 7 pm
To Be or Not to Ernst Lubitsch’s WWII screwball classic To Be or Not to Be is one of Hollywood’s funniest, and most poignant, classics. Released only three months after the United States declared war on Germany — and two months after its female lead, Carole Lombard, died in a plane crash - the film mines rich, glittering veins of humor within the rubble of Nazi-occupied Warsaw, where a troupe of Polish thespians, led by Jack Benny’s egotistical ham, try to keep the names of resistance fighters out of German hands. — Keith Staskiewicz, Entertainment Weekly
Bubba Ho-Tep Directed by Don Coscarelli / 2002, USA, 92 min
Wednesday, October 16 / 7 pm
Cult actor Bruce Campbell (The Evil Dead) gives the performance of his career as Elvis - an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his “death”, then missed his chance to switch back. Elvis teams up with Jack (Ossie Davis), a fellow nursing home resident who thinks that he is actually President John F. Kennedy, and the two valiant old codgers sally forth to battle an evil Egyptian entity who has chosen their long-term care facility as his happy hunting grounds.
“I loved this film; from the opening Ben-Hur nod to the hieroglyph subtitles, it’s simultaneously hilarious and poignant, with great Bubba Ho-Tep performances. You need to understand one thing from the beginning: Bruce Campbell IS Elvis. No cinematic depiction, be it Kurt Russell’s or Val Kilmer’s or (snicker) Don Johnson’s, has ever been as eerily accurate as Campbell’s.” — Film Threat SPECTRES OF SHORTWAVE Directed by Amanda Dawn Christie Architecture+Film 2016, Canada, 113 min
Architecture+Film, an ongoing series which focuses on architecture and Friday, September 27 / 7 pm design, is co-presented by Winnipeg Architecture Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to advancing the awareness and appreciation of Introduced by Amanda Dawn Christie. Winnipeg’s built environment through public education. Since World War II, residents of Sackville, New Brunswick have heard voices in their sinks, refrigerators, and radiator pipes. Lights have glowed on and off at random, even Push transmitting thoughts into their minds, causing one spooked soul to dream in languages Directed by Fredrik Gertten that he was unable to speak. For anyone unaware of their source, these broadcasts from 2019, Sweden, 92 min beyond could sound supernatural. The foreign tongues filtering into the east coast Canadian English, Spanish, Italian, Korean, and German with subtitles town with a population of less than 6,000, were actually due to shortwave transmissions, unintentionally picked up from thirteen radio towers built by the CBC in 1944 and located in Friday, September 20 / 7 pm the saltwater Tantramar Marshes. Moncton-born experimental artist and filmmaker Amanda Around the world, housing prices are soaring past income levels and the cost of living. This Dawn Christie spent seven years exploring this otherworldly phenomenon culminating in her groundbreaking film follows Leilani Farha, newly appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the Right film Spectres of Shortwave. to Housing, in her fight to define affordable housing as a fundamental human right. In her quest, she travels to some of the cities hit hardest by the crisis—London, New York, Barcelona and * Best Documentary Film (international competition) 2016 / FICFA Toronto, where housing prices have increased at three times the rate of income. Among the many affected, we meet a man in Harlem who spends 90% of his income on housing and survivors of Co-presented by send+receive: a festival of sound. the infamous Grenfell Tower fire in London that left 72 people dead. With the support of great thinkers such as Joseph Stiglitz, Saskia Sassen and journalist Roberto Saviano, Farha confronts the big business perpetrators who put profits above the lives and safety of the urban populace. AURORA GOREALIS: CLASSIC CANADIAN HORROR Sorry for scaring you, eh! Things are getting pretty spooky over at Cinematheque this October with this survey of maple monstrosities, creepy Canuck critters and apologetic axe-wielders! This series pairs classic Canuxploitation offerings with local Winnipeg shorts in a hair-raising sampling of northern frights.
Happy Birthday to Me My Bloody Valentine Cream of the Crap VII: International Directed by J. Lee Thompson Directed by George Mihalka Independent Video Store Day Celebration: 1981, Canada, 110 min, New Restoration 1981, Canada, 90 min Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare Directed by John Fasano Wednesday, October 9 / 7 pm Thursday, October 17 / 7 pm 1987, Canada, 83 min Friday, October 18 / 9 pm Thursday, October 24 / 7 pm Thursday, October 31 / 9 pm Saturday, October 19 / 6 pm (VHS Swap), 7 pm (Screening) October 18 screening featuring an introduction and post-screening discussion with Bikini Drive-In: a weekly radio show hosted by Olivia A decades-old folk tale surrounding a deranged murderer killing Black Lodge Studio (Suite 304, Artspace Building) Norquay and Gwen Trutnau which analyses horror and sci-fi films those who celebrate Valentine’s Day turns out to be true to Admission by Donation through an intersectional feminist lens. Listen every Sunday at legend when a group defies the killer’s order and people start 4:30 pm on CKUW 95.9 FM. turning up dead. Join us for this special edition of Cream of the Crap, where we celebrate the 9th annual International Independent Video Store Day, Popular high school senior Virginia Wainwright survives a PLays with Red Men Rising / Directed by Cindy Murdoch, which draws attention to the community of video stalwarts, fighting freak accident, but suffers from memory loss and traumatic 2006, Canada, 16 min / After toxic waste is carelessly dumped into the good fight to preserve video culture and the legacy of home video blackouts. As she attempts to resume a normal life, something the river, it flows down stream and finds its way into the ground stores. The screening will feature drinking games, trivia and live terrible is happening - her friends are being ruthlessly murdered of the Northern Pines Communist Graveyard, reanimating the dead. commentary from our team of tapehead VHexperts and special guests. one by one. Will she be the next victim or is she the killer? At a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere, Ontario, a hopeful PLays with Dog Face / Directed by Billie Dee Knight, 2006, Curtains hair-metal band seeking the inspiration to record their Canada, 2.5 min / A short experimental film about a woman Directed by Richard Ciupka upcoming new LP, find themselves in a furious confrontation trapped in hell, where it is perpetually 7:30 am. 1983, Canada, 89 min, 2K Restoration with the Prince of Darkness and his army of evil, gooey muppets. Saturday, October 12 / 9 pm The Gate Wednesday, October 23 / 7 pm Sponsored by Lunchmeat Directed by Tibor Takács 1987, Canada, 85 min, 35mm presentation Introduced by Caelum Vatnsdal, author of They Came From Within: A History of Canadian Horror Watching Night of the Living Dead Friday, October 11 / 7 pm Directed by Dave Dyment Saturday, October 12 / 5 pm A group of women gather for a weekend casting call at the 2018, Canada, 96 min Saturday, October 26 / 7 pm secluded mansion of director Jonathan Stryker. He’s searching for the perfect woman to play the role of the crazed character Friday, October 25 / 9 pm Oct 11 & 26 screenings introduced by Caelum Vatnsdal, author “Audra”, and these women are just dying for the chance to play of They Came From Within: A History of Canadian Horror. her! Stryker’s last star, Samantha Sherwood, is so determined to The 1968 George Romero classic is reanimated using footage get the part - she committed herself to an asylum to prepare for of characters from other films and television series watching When Al and Glenn’s parents leave town for the weekend, Al the role. Unfortunately for all, a crazed killer is viciously murdering the movie on TV, online, at the cinema, or the drive-in. These uses the opportunity to throw a party while little brother Glenn everyone one by one. Who will survive the final curtain call? collected scenes are arranged sequentially along a bed track and his friend Terry decide to explore a hole in the backyard. of the original film. The countless clips testify to the ongoing When unexplainable phenomena occur, Terry — with the help “the classiest, most chilling thriller to come along in quite influence of the original, and to the fact that copyright laws of his extensive heavy-metal music collection — comes to the a while… rich in surprises of a gripping sensuous nature.” may have robbed Romero of royalties, but also ensured his conclusion that he and Glenn have accidentally opened – The Hollywood Reporter legacy. Reception at PLATFORM Gallery to follow screening. a gateway to hell. PLays with Chowboys: An American Folktale / PLays with Night of the Living Livers / Directed by PLays with Hot Anger / Directed by Gwen Trutnau, 2017, Directed by Adam Brooks, 2018, Canada, 8.5 min / In this Mike Maryniuk, 2007, Canada, 5 min / After years of forced Canada, 5.5 min / Her anger is like a fever. Burdened by her final curtain call for the Astron-6 collective, three idiots find alcohol abuse, Reggie’s Liver seeks revenge on Reggie’s pal oppressors she battles through the darkest corners of space, themselves stranded on the coldest night in recorded history. Duane who won’t stop forcing him to join him on his binges. and its unknown inhabitants. Presented in partnership with PLATFORM Centre for The Peanut Butter Solution Photographic & Digital Arts and WNDX Festival of Dead Ringers Directed by Michael Rubbo Moving Image. Directed by David Cronenberg 1985, Canada, 93 min, 2K Restoration 1988, Canada, 115 min, 4K Restoration Sunday, October 20 / 3 pm Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Friday, October 11 / 9 pm Saturday, October 26 / 3 pm Cartoon Party - Halloween Edition! Sunday, October 20 / 7 pm Wednesday, October 23 / 9 pm In this exceptionally weird and nightmarish 80s kid’s movie Saturday, October 26 / 10 am – 1 pm – 11-year-old Michael sneaks into a burned-out building and In one of David Cronenberg’s best and most disturbing films, the is so spooked by the spirits of a homeless couple who died Special Event Pricing: $15 General / $12 Members lives of identical twin gynecologists (each played by Jeremy Irons) in the fire that all of his hair falls out. The friendly ghosts feel are disrupted when a beautiful woman (Bujold) enters their lives, regretful for scaring the hair out of him and give him the titular Curated by film programmer, writer and pop culture throwing their relationship out of balance. Kinky, bloody, and all- ‘peanut-butter solution’ to help regrow his mane. It works too connoisseur Kier-la Janisse, this 3-hour trip down memory around gruesome, Dead Ringers is a complex relationship story, an well, causing his hair to grow in abundance which prompts a lane is a tribute to the eye-popping, brain-addling Saturday intense psychological drama and a masterpiece of body-horror that disgruntled art teacher to kidnap him, along with many other morning (and Halloween night!) cartoons of yore, complete puts a deadly spin on hopeless love and loss. children who he forces to make paintbrushes from Michael’s with a smorgasbord of delicious sugary cereals (and yes, we overflowing hair. have non-dairy options too)! The lineup is always a secret, but Plays with Jenny Johnson / Directed by Erica Eyres, 2006, you’ll see creepy, spooky and altogether ooky vintage faves and Canada, 5 min / The story of a girl whose only desire is to have PLays with Fright, Scare and Subscribe! / Directed by obscurities, with vintage commercials and PSAs in between! her ears pierced just like her nemesis, Jenny Johnson. Cody Blacksmith, 2018, Canada, 3 min / Vlogger Danny Dangerz investigates a haunted house. The Souvenir - Grand jury prize winner at Sundance; Son of I’m a big fan of epic cinema, so I was ecstatic to program the Staff Picks Saul director László Nemes’ chilling, beautifully photographed new restoration of War and Peace! The Souvenir and Sunset Sunset, László Nemes’ sophomore effort, maintains the POV Sunset; stories and performances from pioneers of the 1960s were a couple of my favourite selections from this summer’s style of his Oscar-winning masterpiece Son of Saul and is a Laurel Canyon music scene in Echoes in The Canyon. I also Gimli Film Fest and I’m relishing the opportunity to see them chilling, complex and nerve-jangling experience. Did you know highly recommend Marie-Helene Cousineau & Madeline Ivalu’s again. I’ve been catching up with Souvenir director Joanna that the greatest Soviet war films were directed by Ukrainians? Restless River, featuring a sterling performance from Iqaluit Hogg’s older films this year and her beautifully-calculated Sergei Bondarchuk’s stunning 1966 adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s actress Malaya Qauniq Chapman. — Dave Barber, Senior mise en scéne floors me every time. What fun it’s been to War and Peace is no exception. The new restoration is a must- Cinematheque Programmer co-program our Aurora Gorealis series with Jaimz. We see. If you’ve seen it, see it again. Fredrik Gertten is one of the were kids in a candy shop: tracking down maple-flavoured world’s greatest living documentary filmmakers. See Push to In October we’ll be having a spooktacular time showcasing cinematic treats to share with you all. I’m particularly pleased see why. Finally, do yourself a favour and see George Mihalka’s Aurora Gorealis, a selection of Canadian horror features paired about The Gate on 35mm! — David Knipe, Cinematheque original 1981 classic of Canadian tax-shelter horror – My with local shorts. I am very excited for The Gate which will Manager of Operations & Special Programming Bloody Valentine. It’s as darkly funny as it is terrifying be the start of our initiative to once again showcase 35mm (and gory). — Greg Klymkiw, Executive Director prints. This initiative will build upon the ideas showcased Much like the two protagonists in Olivia Wilde’s fresh in our Restoration Tuesdays screenings on showcasing coming-of-age comedy, I missed out on life - and I missed The Souvenir at Gimli Film Fest so I’m really excited to the preservation of film history through the use of 35mm seeing Booksmart when it came and went from theatres - so check it out. But the real star of the fall for me is being able to projection. — Eric Peterson, Cinematheque Head Projectionist I’m happy that we’re bringing it back for a limited run. David see the entirety of War and Peace. I hope to see all my fellow and I felt like kids playing in a sandbox programming Aurora movieheads along the way for this four part behemoth! — I was so excited to see we were getting Marianne & Leonard: Gorealis, our look back at classic Canuck Horror. The Gate Ryan Steel, Cinematheque Box Office and Projection Words of Love because I did not think I would get the chance remains one of my all-time favourite maple-horror flavours to see it in a theatre. Leonard Cohen is a legend, and getting a and I’m overjoyed that I’ll be able to mentally replace my Block off your social calendar this fall for a cinematic feast - Sergei glimpse into his inspirational love is exciting. I also cannot wait worn-out VHS memory with our pristine 35mm screening Bondarchuk’s unforgettable epic masterpiece War and Peace; A for The World Before Your Feet. It is such an interesting idea to courtesy of the AGFA! — Jaimz Asmundson, Cinematheque guest visit from Moncton-born experimental artist and filmmaker walk every part of New York - a city celebrated for its cultural Programming Director Amanda Dawn Christie and her doc about mysterious shortwave diversity. I know it’s going to be an insightful and moving transmissions, Spectres of the Shortwave; Joanna Hogg’s experience. — Thomas Hanan, Cinematheque Box Office
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