SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY MATINEE Sat 1 PM BLACKFISH MATINEE Sun 1 PM despicable me 2 (SEP 25-OCT 5) epic BLACKFISH Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite SEPT 25–OCT 5 DOLBY STEREO USA, 2013, 84 minutes; PG Daily (7:15 & 9:00) A mesmerizing psychological thriller with a bruised and battered killer whale at its (3:00 matinees center, “Blackfish” launches a direct attack Sept 27, 28, 29, Oct 4, 5) on the practice of keeping marine mam- veryone is welcome at Cinecenta! We are a non-profit division mals in captivity. Righteous, captivating and of the University of Victoria Students’ Society, conceived as an entirely successful as single-issue-focused The protagonist of “Blackfish” is Tilikum, a 12,000- Howard Garrett. The film then builds a compel- Tilikum was transferred to Sea World Orlando inexpensive alternative for students, the University community and sept–oct 2013 pound bull orca that has caused the deaths of ling psychological profile of Tilikum, who, after in 1992, and the film suggests not only that his documentaries go, Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s three people in his 20-odd years as a theme-park being captured in 1983, was held at a now- traumas and anxieties followed him there, but the public. The theatre is in the Student Union Building at UVic. E film draws on startling video footage and tes- attraction. The most recent victim was Dawn defunct Canadian theme park called Sealand of also that the park failed to conduct a proper The following buses come to UVic: 4, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 26, 29, 33, 39, 51, Brancheau, an experienced Sea World trainer the Pacific. There, he was subjected to uniquely inquiry into the violent history of its prize acquisi- UVSS Students $5.75 timonies from former orca trainers, building whose February 2010 death is presented as a abusive training techniques. Tilikum’s first human tion. Unsurprisingly, no Sea World representatives 80. The university charges a fee of $2.25 for parking on campus after 6pm Special for UVSS students an authoritative argument on behalf of this human tragedy that could have been prevented. victim was a young Sealand trainer, Keltie Byrne, were willing to be interviewed. –Variety and all day on Saturdays. There is no charge for parking on Sundays and “IF YOU SEE ONE DOCUMENTARY THIS YEAR, MAKE IT ‘BLACKFISH’!” who slipped into the tank, was attacked by the 9pm shows (or later) $3.75 majestic species. A powerful educational tool. Cowperthwaite interviews numerous ex-trainers. three whales, and eventually drowned. holidays. Tickets and memberships go on sale 40 minutes before showtime. The Hollywood News Another key source is whale researcher-activist Please arrive early to avoid disappointment. Seniors, Children (12 & under) $5.75 Other Students $6.75 OCT 8 & 9 (7:00 & 9:10) OCT 11 & 12 (3:00 matinee & 7:10 & 9:00) STUDENT UNION BUILDING, UVIC MATINEE Sun 1 PM OCT 10 (7:00 only) Cinemagic Members $6.75 despicable me 2 UVic Alumni, Faculty, Staff, I’M SO EXCITED Everyone is welcome at and guests(1 only) of above $6.75 THE GRANDMASTER Cinecenta, but if you aren’t OCT 6 FREE ADMISSION! Director: Wong Kar Wai affiliated with UVic and are Non-members $7.75 Hong Kong/China, 2013, 109 min; going to come more than 50 cinemagic TWO JAPANESE FILMS: OCT 7 (7:00 & 9:10) Mandarin/Cantonese with subtitles; PG once a year, you can save MEMBERSHIP Matinees $4.75 (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) Cast: Benshan Zhao, Chen Chang, Cung Le, Hye-kyo Song, Jin Zhang, Tony money by purchasing a TWO COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS Cinemagic Membership! Leung, Chiu Wai, Ziyi Zhang $6.75 ADMISSION FOR YOU + TEN FILM DISCOUNT PASS All films are in English, or 5:30 pm - BRAVE STORY Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Wong Kar $17. MUCH ADO ABOUT with English subtitles 1 ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION UVSS Students, Seniors $50.00 Wai, this is an epic action feature inspired by (Animation, 2006, 111 mins) the life and times of the legendary kung fu SPECIAL EVENT! MATINEE Sat 1 PM where noted. Members, UVic Staff $57.50 Eleven-year-old Wataru adventures into a fantasy master, Ip Man (who was Bruce Lee’s teacher). (unavailable to non-members) world determined to change his real life destiny. The story spans the tumultuous Republican Cinecenta passes and comps not valid. Admission the croods 24-hour info Line: Cinecenta office: NOTHING era that followed the fall of China’s last by donation with a minimum donation of $10. All 250-721-8365 250-721-8364 Director: Joss Whedon dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war that proceeds will go towards The Didi Society. USA, 2012, 110 min; PG was also the golden age of Chinese martial 7:35 pm - ALWAYS – arts. Filmed in a range of stunning locations Director: Pedro Almodóvar Spain, 2013, 91 min; Spanish with subtitles; 14A Cast: Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Reed that include the snow-swept landscapes of The vast majority of Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘I’m So Excited’ takes place on board a passenger Diamond, Fran Kranz, Clark Gregg, Jillian Northeast China and the subtropical South, GIRL RISING jet, and there’s no question of it having been made by anyone but this Spanish filmmaker. Sunset on Third Street 3 The Grandmaster features virtuoso perfor- Director: Richard Robbins KID’S Morgese, Sean Maher, Nathan Fillion High camp and high drama, family secrets and festering lies, the uses of storytelling and (2012, 142 mins) mances by some of the greatest stars of (USA, 2013, 101 min) supernatural twists and melodramatic turns, the power of patterns – his signature concerns Joss Whedon’s take on Shakespeare’s clas- Seeing The Grandmaster theatrically contemporary Asian cinema, including Tony one of the most A nostalgic look at the time leading up to the 10x10’s spotlights the power of edu- are all aboard. The cabin crew are dedicated to distraction, a hot mess of booze, drugs, sic tale is swanky, sexy and sophisticated, as Leung and Ziyi Zhang. Girl Rising 1964 Olympics as two households in Tokyo face bracing as a dry martini. Whedon’s version should be a sacrament for any true cation to change a girl and to transform the blow-jobs and lip-syncs. There’s a dance break, a sex break, a lot of tequila. It’s crazy fun. y challenges of their own. was filmed in the director’s own house. Wisely, world. Girl Rising is about supporting girls to –Time Out London SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS AT 1PM ALL SEATS: $4.75 Sponsors: The Japan Foundation, he filmed in a lush black-and-white that gives film lover — a spiritual duty. have the opportunities they deserve. The Didi atinees HIGHLY ANTICIPATED magic and timelessness to the modern dress Society is inviting you to be part of the solution. Though the film’s surface is colorfully camp, the satire of Spanish society is shrewdly Consulate General of Japan, New York Magazine A panel discussion will follow the screening. pointed. The mix of the absurd and the acerbic is often sublime. –-Time Out New York MSEPT 28 & 29 OCT 5 & 6 OCT 12 & 13 OCT 19 & 20 OCT 26 & 27 NOV 2 & 3 and decor. --Chicago Sun-Times MONSTERS FILMS OF THE YEAR EPIC DESPICABLE ME 2 THE CROODS PLANES DESPICABLE ME 2 OCT 18 & 19 (3:00 matinee & 7:00 & 9:00 MATINEE Sat 1 PM 103 min; rated G - 99 min; rated G 99 min; rated G 92 min; rated G – UNIVERSITY 99 min; rated G OCT 13 (3:00 matinee & 7:10 & 9:00) violence violence 104 min; rated G yyyyy OCT 14, 15, 16 (7:10 & 9:00) planes BLUE JASMINE Director: Woody Allen USA, 2013, 99 min; PG 20 FEET FROM STARDOM Cast: Cate Blanchett, Sally Hawkins, Alec Director: Morgan Neville USA, 2013, 91 min; PG Baldwin, Bobby Cannavale, Peter Sarsgaard Why should you see a documentary about backup singers? One look at this elec- Want to see great acting, from comic to tragic and trifying film and you’ll have the answer, that is, after you stop cheering. Lend your every electrifying stop in between? Woody Allen, in eyes and ears to the likes of Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer and Tata OCT 17 (7:00 & 9:30) rare form, puts Cate Blanchett front and center, spin- Vega, and get ready to revise your definition of what a star is. Director Morgan ning hilarious but mostly harsh truths about love in Neville has rightly gone into the shadows to shine a light on sheer perfection. this time of financial cholera. Blanchett plays Jasmine, Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Bette Midler and Sting all bear GALICHENKO RUSSIAN FILM who fancies herself the glamorous type. Talking to witness and theorize about why that 20-foot leap to the star spot didn’t happen herself and gobbling Xanax with a vodka chaser, for these unsung divas….You watch. You hear the gospel spoken in the voices of Jasmine is melting down. She flees to the cramped OUR MATINEES ARE SUSPENDED FROM MAY september–october 2013 CINECENTA.COM these women. And you marvel. –Rolling Stone NIGHT - ALL SEATS: $5! San Francisco apartment of Ginger (Sally Hawkins), the adopted sister Jasmine had dismissed as a loser. May possibly be the happiest time you’ll have at the movies, but it comes with a Blanchett is the film’s glory. She is miraculous at finding UNTIL AUGUST BUT WILL RETURN IN THE FALL! heavy load of frustration. The joy — and at times it’s absolutely transcendent — is the bruised heart of this bullying elitist. This is Blanchett in the sound of women singing their big, beautiful hearts out. The pain comes triumphant, and not to be missed. --Rolling Stone from the anonymity they’ve spent their lives working under and fighting against. KRAY [THE EDGE] Until now, anyway. –Boston Globe Director: Aleksey Uchitel Russia, 2010, Russian with subtitles OCT 18 & 19 (11:00pm) 20 FEET FROM STARDOM BLUE JASMINE THE THING Russia’s submission for the 2011 Oscars, a dys- topic action/love story about World War II war- John Carpenter’s “MOVING AND JOYOUS!” L.A. Times riors trapped in Siberia” MATINEE Sun 1 PM “GENEROUS, FASCINATING.” New York Times Golden Globe Nominee for Best THE THING Foreign Language Film. (USA, 1982, 109 min) THE CROODS A deadly alien has the ability to assume the shape of any Winner of 3 Nika Awards: Best Film, life-form. One of the most well-loved horror movies, and SPONSORED BY: Best Actor, Best Cinematography with good reason. The acting is great, led by Kurt Russell. The effects are fantastic. So well-made for 1982 that mod- ern technology does not render the film silly or obsolete. LATIN AMERICAN & SEPT OCT 22 (7:00 & 9:20) OCT 23 & 24 (7:15 & 9:00) SUNDAY MONDAY SPANISH FILM WEEk 17-22 WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY FRUITVALE STATION Organized by the Hispanic Film Society of Victoria (hispfilmvic.ca). ALL FILMS IN THEIR ORIGINAL LANGUAGE WITH SUBTITLES Director: Ryan Coogler USA, 2013, 85 min; 14A It is rare that a film can make The astonishing directorial debut of 27-year-old you laugh, cry and shake with SEPT 17 (7:00 & 9:15) SEPT 18 (7:00 & 9:00) SEPT 19 (7:00 & 9:00) SEPT 20 (7:00 & 9:00) SEPT 21 (7:00 & 9:00) Ryan Coogler, arrives with considerable wind at fury all at the same time; its back: Not only did this urban drama win big even rarer when it does so for SAGRADA, EL MISTERI DE LA CREACIÓ awards at the Sundance and Cannes film festivals, the right reasons. The Hunt GOLD FEVER CHICO & RITA LA REVOLUCIÓN DE LOS ALCATRACES EL PREMIO but its story — about an unarmed young man who MATINEE Sat 1 PM has been widely acclaimed as was shot and killed in Oakland in the early hours of the Danish director Thomas MATINEE Sun 1 PM New Year’s Day 2009 — has intersected with the monsters university Vinterberg’s best film since death of Trayvon Martin. A topical film, no doubt. The Celebration. Lucas PLANES But what makes it a must-see is its timelessness: (Mads Mikkelsen), a divorced In this absorbing, finally devastating portrait of kindergarten teacher, is JAWS a 22-year-old man struggling with a troubled OCT 25 & 26 (3:00 matinee & 7:00 & 9:30) falsely accused of expos- Director: Steven Spielberg past and cut down before he can build a future, ing himself by a five-year- USA, 1975, 123 min; PG Coogler allows Grant to exist as a complex, even old girl in his care, and the OCT 20 (3:00 matinee & 7:00) contradictory human. Because Coogler is in such rumour dissipates through This is a powerful drama that draws you in and superb control as an artist, he never succumbs to the community. Vinterberg’s refuses to let go. It scared enough people to keep demonizing or sensationalism. Fruitvale Station extraordinarily nimble script Fernando Trubea, Javier Mariscal and Tono OCT 21 (7:00 only) LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER Special Q & A session after both shows! Luciana Kaplan (Mexico, 2012, 93 min.) Paula Markovitch (Mexico/Argentina, Stefan Haupt (Spain/Switzerland, them out of the ocean for years afterwards. The isn’t just a great film about a timely subject but a Director: Lee Daniels USA, 2013, 132 min; PG teases out emotions before Gold Fever witnesses the arrival of plot is simple. Shark gets mad and starts eating Errando (Spain/Cuba, 2010, 94 min.) In 2007, Eufrosina Mendoza was elected 2011, 99 min.) 2012, 89 min.) great film, period.–Washington Post smashing them headlong into Goldcorp Inc. to a remote Guatemalan people. What makes this film great are the per- Cast: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Alan Rickman, Cuba Gooding Jr., John ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE: BEST president of Oaxaca’s municipal council, one another: one of the film’s village. 500 years after the conquis- Under the cloud of a military dictatorship, a The “Sagrada Familia” in Barcelona is a formances of Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfus and Cusack, Lenny Kravitz, Live Schreiber, Robin Williams, Terrence Howard, saddest scenes contains its tadors, and still reeling from decades ANIMATED FEATURE! but was denied the position because she young mother and her daughter flee Buenos unique building project by a controversial BLUE JASMINE SEPT 15 & 16 (7:00 & 9:15) Robert Shaw. If you haven’t seen this film, you was an indigenous woman. Instead of Vanessa Redgrave best joke, and the cumulative of U.S.-backed repression, Diodora, Chico & Rita celebrates the music and cul- Aires for the seclusion of a cottage. Seven- genius, Antoni Gaudí. Who was the man Director: Woody Allen USA, 2013, 99 min; PG should be ashamed of yourself. It’s truly one of AN OUTSTANDING FILM stopping her, this started her on an even effect is dizzying. Mikkelsen, Crisanta and Gregoria are caught in ture of Cuba with a story of love, passion and year-old Cecilia joins a nearby school overseen who designed this cathedral? What was cinema’s best. This is what going to the movies is The dramatic structure of “The Butler” rests on a gimmick, and a pretty good gimmick bigger political career. Eufrosina attacks who is not given to sympa- the cross-hairs of another global frenzy heartbreak. It is 1948: Chico is a young piano by a kindly teacher. The teacher recruits the his driving force? Who are the workers, PLEASE SEE OCT 18 & 19 FOR DESCRIPTION all about. –Crazy for Cinema at that. It’s the story of an African-American man who saw history pass before his eyes thetic roles, has never been for gold. Together with members of player with big dreams, Rita is a beautiful gender inequality in her community, while class for a patriotic essay contest sponsored craftsmen, and architects, who continue BY ANY STANDARD! as a White House butler for seven presidential administrations, from Eisenhower through THE HUNT better. This is cinema that their divided community, they resist being harassed by local government by the army—the very people that may have working on the building today? This docu- Cate Blanchett gives the most complicated and demanding performance of her movie Reagan. This character, played by Forest Whitaker — a largely fictionalized version of a real Director: Thomas Vinterberg singer with an extraordinary voice. With an “ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE sinks its claws into your back. the threat to their ancestral lands in the original soundtrack by legendary composer every step of the way. already disappeared Cecilia’s father. A superbly mentary shows how the edifice is growing career. The actress, like her character, is out on a limb much of the time, but there’s Los Angeles Times White House staffer — is a fly on the wall of the civil rights era, the Vietnam War, Watergate, Denmark, 2012, 116 min; Danish with subtitles; 18A –The Telegraph face of grave consequences. Bebo Valdés. acted and engrossingly atmospheric drama. and evolving, even today. humor in Blanchett’s work, and a touch of self-mockery as well as an eloquent sad- THRILLERS EVER MADE!” –Roger Ebert and much more. He’s a Forrest Gump for the racial underclass. Yet “The Butler” is a remark- ness. –The New Yorker able, even exhilarating movie for the social portrait that gimmick allows. –Boston Globe

Sept 22 (7:00 & 9:00) SEPT 23 & 24 (7:00 & 9:25) MATINEE Sat 1 PM MATINEE Sun 1 PM OCT 28 & 29 (7:00 & 9:10) OCT 30 & 31 (7:00 & 9:20) NOV 1 & 2 (3:00 matinee MATINEE Sat 1 PM BLANCANIEVES [SNOW WHITE] BLACKFISH 11111 epic MONSTERS UNIVERSITY 7:00 & 9:10) despicable me 2 PACIFIC RIM Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite USA, 2013, 84 minutes; PG A mesmerizing psychological thriller with a bruised and battered killer whale at its center, OCT 27 (3:00 matinee & 7:00) “The right vampire “Blackfish” launches a direct attack on the practice of keeping marine mammals in captiv- movie for today, poetic and elegant in an art- ity. Righteous, captivating and entirely successful as single-issue-focused documentaries LEE DANIELS’ go, Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s film draws on startling video footage and testimonies from fully tattered way.” Village Voice former orca trainers, building an authoritative argument on behalf of this majestic species. THE BUTLER Pablo Berger (Spain, 2012,104 min.) A powerful educational tool. Director: Lee Daniels MUSEUM HOURS Blancanieves is Carmen, a beautiful young girl USA, 2013, 132 min; PG Director: Jem Cohen Austria/USA, 2012, 107 minutes tormented in childhood by her wicked step- Cast: Forest Whitaker, Oprah mother, Encarna. Fleeing from her past, Carmen If you came out of Before Midnight wondering why they don’t make more movies like that, sets out on an exciting journey with her new Director: Guillermo del Toro USA, 2013, 132 min; PG Winfrey, Alan Rickman, Cuba you’re going to want to see Museum Hours as soon as possible. Jem Cohen’s delicate two- BYZANTIUM friends: a troupe of bullfighting dwarves. Cast: Charlie Hunnan, Rinko Kikuchi, Idris Elba SEPT 27 & 28 (10:45pm) Gooding Jr., John Cusack, Lenny hander is a conversation piece exploring the simpatico connection between a curious Canadian Director: Neil Jordan UK/USA/Ireland, 2012, 119 min; 14A Beautifully shot in black-and white, this silent Guillermo del Toro, the director of Pan’s Labyrinth, Cronos and the Hellboy films, has Kravitz, Liev Schreiber, Robin (Mary Margaret O’Hara) who’s travelled to Vienna to visit a sick relative and a slightly older Enthusiastically recommended: Almost two decades after his uneven Interview With the Vampire, 1111 film is an original take on the classic fairy tale guard (Bobby Sommer) at the wonderful Kunsthistorisches Museum. These are two middle- returned with a picture about giant robots doing battle with sea monsters from another Williams, Terrence Howard, Vanessa the Irish-born fabulist Neil Jordan returns to the realm of bloodsuckers. The movie is gorgeous, THE WORLD’S END set in southern Spain in the 1920s, packed with aged people who enjoy each other’s company. They wander around the museum, and occa- mesmerizing, poetic; the lyricism actually heightened by harsh jets of gore. Saoirse Ronan is Director: Edgar Wright, UK, 2013, 110 min; 14A dimension. Pacific Rim owes a debt to the weird tales of H.P. Lovecraft, the monster movies THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Redgrave adventures, emotion and laughs. Blancanieves sionally outside of it, talking about the way they see art while surrounded by its endless rich- of Toho studios, the mecha-anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, Ray Harryhausen, and even Eleanor, a young-looking but very old vampire who drinks the blood of the elderly: They receive Director Edgar Wright reunites with actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost to tell the story of was Spain’s official submission to the Oscar’s Director: Jim Sharman UK, 1975, 101 min; 18A ness and glory. O’Hara and Sommer connect so easily that they barely seem to be acting at all. Ted Hughes’s The Iron Giant are all tangled in its DNA. –The Telegraph her gratefully, as an angel of deliverance. She has a burning drive to write and share her life five high school friends who embark on a marathon pub crawl, only to learn that the quaint Best Foreign Language category. It won ten They look at art. We look at them. Art is where you see it. –NOW Magazine SEPT 25–OCT 5 (7:15 & 9:00) The most popular, CRAZIEST cult film returns! Susan Sarandon and PLEASE SEE OCT.23 & 24 story—unlike her hottie Cockney guardian, Clara (Gemma Arterton), who has an equally fierce village where they grew up has been taken over by evil robots. The film is in direct step with Goya Awards including Best Film in 2012. (N.B: “GUILLERMO DEL TORO IS MORE THAN A FILMMAKER, HE’S A Barry Bostwick are a squeaky-clean couple in a scary mansion inhab- drive to keep their rapacious private lives private. Cinematographer Sean Bobbitt creates a Gothic Wright’s and (together, the three form the so-called Cornetto No bulls were hurt in the making of this movie). “A discussion piece that’s as much a testament to fine art as it is a languid, contemplative effort Shaun of the Dead Hot Fuzz 3:00 matinees on Sept 27, 28, 29, Oct 4, 5 ited by a sweet transvestite from transsexual Transylvania (Tim Curry). FOR DESCRIPTION night-world out of neon. Romanticism finally trumps horror, which might leave nihilist genre fiends Trilogy). –Chicago Reader FANTASY VISIONARY!” LA Times of ideas, inspiring the audience to consider how they interpret and appreciate their space and unsatisfied. For others, these female vampires will bestow the kiss of life. –New York Magazine Let’s Do The Time-Warp Again! the history behind it.” --Exclaim

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