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apr 22 (3:00, 5:00 & 7:00) apr 23 (7:00 & 9:00) apr 24, 25 & 26 (7:00 & 9:15) “NOTHING SHORT OF ASTONISHING...A MINOR MASTERPIECE apr 27 & 28 (7:00 & 9:10) “THE FINAL MATCH IS AN ABSOLUTE NAIL-BITER, REMINDING TENNIS FANS HOW ELECTRIC THIS THAT AUDIENCES WILL REMEMBER FOR A LONG TIME.” – Toronto Star BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY FOXTROT BORG/McENROE SPORT CAN BE.” –Time Out Director: Alexandra Dean, USA, 2017, 90 min; PG Director: Samuel Maoz, Israel, 2017, 113 min; Hebrew with subtitles; 14A Director: Janus Metz, Sweden, 2017, 108 min; 14A By day, Hedy Lamarr was the most glamorous star in Hollywood. By night, she was an This profoundly humane Israeli import upends your expectations at every turn. The film opens with a middle-aged couple answering the It’s the summer of 1980 and Björn Borg (Sverrir Gudnason) is the top tennis player in inventor whose frequency-hopping technology is now used in bluetooth and wifi. This door to find a pair of uniformed soldiers who inform them that their son has died in the line of duty. But rather than spend the next two the world. There is only one obstacle in his pursuit of a record-breaking fifth Wimbledon rousing documentary charts the story of a brilliant woman who was, in some ways, handi- hours wallowing in grim tragedy, writer-director Samuel Maoz (“Lebanon”) leads you somewhere completely unexpected. Anchored by championship: the highly talented but ferociously abrasive young American, John capped by her beauty. Film-maker Dean explores a fascinating life full of contradictions. a pitch-perfect pair of performances by Lior Ashkenazi and Sarah Adler as the story’s grieving parents, “Foxtrot” detours and dovetails McEnroe (a perfectly cast Shia LaBeouf). Borg trains religiously, aided by his coach —The Guardian like a three-part symphony on the thread-like fragility of life, the randomness of tragedy, and the fleeting moments of lightness that lay (Stellan Skarsgård) and girlfriend (Tuva Novotny). But McEnroe’s wrecking-ball persona in between. In the end, what you’re left with is a deeper understanding of what it means to be alive. —Entertainment Weekly infiltrates Borg’s normally unshakable temperament. Visceral and breathlessly tense, the “SUPERB...MARVELOUS!” –The Village Voice match itself is regarded as one of the greatest of all time. APR 29 KIDS MATINEE 12:30PM PADDINGTON 2 “AS WITH ‘RIVERS AND TIDES,’ ‘LEANING INTO THE WIND’ IS A WORK OF ART IN ITSELF; BEAUTIFULLY AND MEDITATIVELY SHOT.” –Seattle Times
apr 29 (3:00, 4:45 & 6:30) apr 30 (7:00 & 8:45) may 1 (7:00 & 9:00) may 2 & 3 (7:00 & 9:00) may 4 & 5 (7:00 & 9:30) “A FILM WHOSE BRUTE FORCE IS TEMPERED WITH “A DARKLY DELICIOUS COMEDY OF CONTEMPLATIVE GRACE. IT’S A POTENT AND THE PARTY RIVERS AND TIDES: LEANING INTO THE WIND – ANDY GOLDSWORTHY HOSTILES PRODIGIOUS ACHIEVEMENT.” –Rolling Stone MANNERS.” –Toronto Star Director: Thomas Ridelsheimer. Germany, 2016, 92 min; PG Director: Sally Potter, UK, 2017, 71 minutes; PG Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time Director: Scott Cooper, USA, 2017, 134 min; 14A Janet (Kristin Scott Thomas) invites her friends over to celebrate her new job, but her husband Thomas Ridelsheimer, Germany, 2001, 90 min; G “You can walk down the path, or you can walk through the hedge,” says Andy Goldsworthy Capt. Joseph Blocker (Christian Bale), a hard-bitten soldier is infuriated when he’s Bill (Timothy Spall) is in a monosyllabic funk. The blunt-spoken April (Patricia Clarkson) is in this second documentary about the sculptor. That Goldsworthy invariably chooses Plan ordered to escort Cheyenne chief Yellow Hawk (Wes Studi) from New Mexico back to That rare film about an artist that is, in itself, always squelching her partner, a German therapist (Bruno Ganz), and says their relationship B goes to the heart of the fascination with his site-specific, ephemeral work, in which ele- his tribal lands in Montana. On the trail, Blocker and his party encounter the survivor of a work of art….an extraordinary journey into is over. That is nothing compared to what Bill has to announce or the lesbian Jinny (Emily ments of the natural surroundings are altered into striking yet harmonious new shapes. a Comanche massacre (Rosamund Pike). With her husband and children dead, she joins the world and mind of Scottish land-artist Mortimer), who has a big surprise for her older lover (Cherry Jones). Meanwhile financier This is an extension of “Rivers and Tides,” sharing the same meditative, visually seductive the trek to Montana. Clearly influenced by classic Westerns, “Hostiles” is a worthy addi- sculptor Andy Goldsworthy, who uses mate- Tom (Cillian Murphy) shows up looking sweaty and spooked. Potter’s comic dissection appeal — albeit spread out on a wider globe-trotting canvas this time, reflecting its sub- tion to the genre. Director Scott Cooper delivers a tale of racism and redemption that rials from nature. of the London intelligentsia’s personal and political angst is completely of the moment. ject’s increased fame 16 years later. —Variety stands on its own. —St. Louis Post-Dispatch 100% RATING ON ROTTEN TOMATOES! ”DIRECTED AND PERFORMED WITH ACUTE SENSITIVITY, WITH MORE GLIMMERS OF SWEETNESS AND HUMOR THAN THE PREMISE “BRACINGLY MIGHT SUGGEST.” –Variety FUNNY!” –The Village Voice may 6 (4:30 & 7:00) may 7 (7:00 & 9:15) may 8, 9 & 10 (7:00 & 9:00) “AN AGAINST-THE-ODDS CHARMER...A MOVIE IN WHICH THE HUMAN COMEDY may 11 & 12 (7:00 & 9:10) “A RAUCOUSLY FUNNY FILM!” NEVER STEADY, NEVER STILL OH LUCY! IS BY TURNS TENDER, PLAINTIVE, HEARTFELT AND JOYFUL!” –The New York Times GAME NIGHT –RogerEbert.com Director: Kathleen Hepburn, Canada, 2017, 112 min; 14A Director: Atsuko Hirayanagi, Japan/USA, 2017, 95 min; Japanese with English subtitles Directors: John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein, USA, 2017, 100 min; 14A What at first feels like a small story of sentimental family struggles set in northern BC Setsuko is a lonely single woman, an office worker in Tokyo, and she isn’t getting any younger. But opportunity knocks when her niece Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams star as Max and Annie, whose weekly couples game (the film was shot in Fort St. James) gradually unspools with painterly precision into a begs her to take over the private English lessons she has paid for. John (Josh Hartnett) is no ordinary teacher. Learning American night gets kicked up a notch when Max’s brother, Brooks (Kyle Chandler), arranges a mur- naturalistic, sensual, and poetic canvas in this assured directorial debut. An instantly grip- English in his class involves taking an American name - Setsuko becomes Lucy - and lots of hugs. It’s not long before Setsuko has a der mystery party, complete with fake thugs. So, when Brooks gets kidnapped, it’s all part ping film, it’s buoyed by an astonishing, career-best performance from Shirley Henderson crush on him, a crush that will take her all the way to California. But reinventing yourself is never easy… This bilingual comedy from of the game--right? The friends find themselves in over their heads as each twist leads as Judy, a Parkinson’s afflicted woman, recently widowed, raising a teenage son, who’s Atsuko Hirayanagi sounds cute on paper, but it’s steelier than you might think - and packs a mean punch. A lot of the credit goes to to another unexpected turn. With no rules, no points, and no idea who all the players are, brilliantly portrayed by the rising young star Théodore Pellerin. It all makes for marvellous Shinobu Terajima, superb in the lead role. —Vancouver International Film Festival this could turn out to be the most fun they’ve ever had... or game over. melancholy. Don’t miss it. —Taste of Cinema “A SPECTACULAR AND STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT!” –Cinemablographer
& & & & & & & may 13 (5:00 7:00) may 14 15 (7:00 9:00) “VISCERAL, IMMERSIVE FILMMAKING.” may 16 17 (7:00 9:00) may 18 19 (7:00 9:15) “AN ATOM BOMB OF A MOVIE….IT FILLS –Sight and Sound EVERY INCH OF OUR HEADS WITH ITS GREY GARDENS IN SYRIA HOCHELAGA, LAND OF SOULS ANNIHILATION BEAUTIFUL TERRORS.” –NPR USA, 1976, 94 min Director: Philippe Van Leeuw, Belgium, 2017, 85 min; Arabic with subtitles Director: François Girard, Canada, 2017, 100 minutes Director: Alex Garland, USA, 2018, 115 min; 18A Meet Big and Little Edie Beale: mother and A chilling, fast-moving study of a Syrian household under siege, this film brings the François Girard (The Red Violin) has created a grand fresco on the history of Montreal Natalie Portman squares off against an alien presence in a rare example of Hollywood daughter, high-society dropouts, and reclu- everyday horror home with the kind of realism associated with the most gripping war that spans 750 years. A sinkhole opens during a football game in a downtown stadium, sci-fi-horror thoughtfulness. This visually rapturous, unsettling movie, derives from Jeff sive cousins of Jackie Onassis. The two thrive films. The entire story unfolds in one day inside a middle-class apartment where fall- revealing artifacts beneath. An archeologist believes he is on the brink of linking the VanderMeer’s novel. Cellular biologist Lena (Portman) is on a covert mission, alongside an amid the decay of their East Hampton man- ing bombs keep everyone on edge and snipers pick off anyone who ventures out the site to the Iroquois village of Hochelaga, the probable location of the meeting between all-female squad of soldiers led by Jennifer Jason Leigh. “Annihilation”’s mystery comes sion. An impossibly intimate portrait, this door. Playing the lady of the house, Hiam Abbass delivers an edge-of-seat performance, Jacques Cartier and the Iroquois people. Weaving together past and present, the film into focus amid a shifting, pink-fogged terrain with a mind of its own. Alex Garland (“Ex documentary by the Maysles brothers quick- supported by Lebanese actress Diamand Bou Abboud as a young mother who under- revisits Hochelaga through the centuries. Girard’s offers a kaleidoscopic take on history Machina”) has made something akin to an end-of-the-world film, but one in which the ly became a cult classic. —Criterion Collection goes a horrible ordeal. The film underlines the courage under fire of ordinary Syrians. that is a reflection on the role of origin, identity, and place in shaping the soul of a nation. changes afoot might not be wholly bad, title be damned. —Time Out New York
“INSANELY FUNNY. THE POLITICAL SATIRE WE NEED RIGHT NOW!” –L.A. Weekly may 20 (4:45 & 7:00) may 21 (7:00 only) may 22 (7:00 & 9:10) may 23 & 24 (7:00 & 8:45) may 25 & 26 (7:00 & 9:00) “IT’S A HIGHLY ENTERTAINING yyyyy PORTRAIT OF THE TWO MEN.” THE DEATH OF STALIN KUSAMA - INFINITY FINAL PORTRAIT –The Guardian Director: Armando Iannucci, UK, 2017, 107 min; 14A “THIS IS THE FILM OF THE YEAR!” –The Guardian Director: Heather Lenz, USA, 2018, 77 min; PG Director: Stanley Tucci, UK, 2017, 91 min; PG The one-liners fly as fast as political fortunes fall in this uproarious, wickedly irreverent satire from Armando Iannucci (“Veep”). At the age of 88, legendary Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is currently one of the most Let director Stanley Tucci whisk you off to France with this amiable film. The story of artist Moscow, 1953: when tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin drops dead, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to popular and successful artists in the world. Her recent New York gallery exhibition drew Alberto Giacometti towards the end of his life, the film is less a biopic than it is a ramble be the next Soviet leader. Among the contenders are the dweeby Georgy Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor), the wily Nikita Khrushchev thousands. Images of Kusama’s work are ubiquitous on social media; installations, paint- with an engaging eccentric, set in Paris, 1964. Armie Hammer plays an American novelist (Steve Buscemi), and the sadistic secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria (Simon Russell Beale). But as they bumble, brawl, and back- ings, and sculptures tour around the world. It was a long and difficult road that Kusama invited to sit with the artist (Geoffrey Rush) and have his portrait drawn. All the while, stab their way to the top, just who is running the government? Combining palace intrigue with rapid-fire farce, this audacious had to take to this happy end, battling sexism, racism, and mental illness to pursue and Giacometti’s wife (Sylvie Testud), mistress (Clémence Poésy), and brother (a droll Tony comedy is a bitingly funny takedown of bureaucratic dysfunction performed to the hilt by a sparkling ensemble cast. fulfill her artistic dreams. She is best known for the iconic polka dots, which spring directly Shalhoub) drift in and out of the studio, bringing with them the chaos and comedy of life. from the hallucinations that she began experiencing as a young girl. —Screen Anarchy As a bit of art-house escapism, it is a trip well worth taking. —indieWire
Winner! AUDIENCE AWARD may 27 (4:30 & 7:00) may 28 (7:00 & 9:20) may 29, 30 & 31 (7:00 & 9:10) -VICTORIA FILM FESTIVAL june 1 & 2 (7:00 & 9:30) -CALGARY FILM “ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST FILMS!” THE YOUNG KARL MARX INDIAN HORSE FESTIVAL BLACK PANTHER –RogerEbert.com Director: Raoul Peck, France, 2017, 118 min; German & French with subtitles Director: Stephen Campanelli, Canada, 2017, 101 min; 14A Director: Ryan Coogler, USA, 2018, 135 min; PG The history of the world may be the history of class struggle, but the history of class In this moving adaptation of Richard Wagamese’s acclaimed novel, director Stephen Campanelli condemns Canada’s most deplor- The first black superhero in mainstream American comics, Marvel’s Black Panther came struggle — at least the decisive chapter chronicled here — turns out to be a buddy able injustice while celebrating our national game’s transcendent power. Torn from his Ojibwe family as a child in the 1950s, with an African pedigree: he’s the ancestral king of a small, sub-Saharan nation that movie. Marx (August Diehl), a scruffy journalist, and his sidekick Friedrich Engels Saul Indian Horse is left to languish in an Ontario residential school. Undaunted, Saul finds salvation on a sheet of ice, where conceals a secret empire, the whole operation empowered by an asteroid from outer (Stefan Konarske), a renegade rich kid, meet in Cologne, Germany, in 1844 and bond he demonstrates a hockey sense with a dancer’s grace. However, even when his talent places him on the precipice of stardom, space. That premise provides most of the fun in this big-screen adaptation, particularly over their shared contempt for the Young Hegelians. By the time the revolutions of he can’t evade the ramifications of past abuses. The director elicits tremendous performances from the three actors—Sladen in the form of the king’s security team, who are badass women with shaved heads and 1848 are ready to happen, Marx and Engels are the Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of Peltier, Forrest Goodluck and Ajuawak Kapashesit—who play our guides through Saul’s two decades of trials and triumphs. flaming-red uniforms. Chadwick Boseman is the title character, and Michael B. Jordan, the European left, rock stars for an age of revolution. —The New York Times —Vancouver International Film Festival plays the Panther’s philosophical antagonist. —Chicago Reader
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