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$17. 1 ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION TEN FILM DISCOUNT PASS Cinecenta o ce: 250-721-8364 UVSS Students, Seniors $50.00 24-hour info Line: 250-721-8365 Members, UVic Sta‰ $57.50 THE SALT OF THE EARTH (unavailable to non-members) Manager: Lisa Sheppard Programmer: Michael Hoppe Art + Design: Katie Hulbert SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS AT 1PM fo y ALL SEATS: $4.75 y Matinees APR 4 & 5 apr 18 & 19 PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR Kids!THE BOOK OF LIFE Eric Darnell & Simon J. Smith; USA, Jorge R. Gutierrez; USA, 2014, 96 min; 2014, 92 min; rated G rated G; Voices of Channing Tatum, Diego Discover the secrets of the most entertaining Luna, Zoe Saldana © Sebastião SALGADO / Amazonas images and mysterious birds in the global espionage The animated journey of Manolo, a young game: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private man who is torn between fulfi lling the WINNER! WINNER! WINNER! now must join forces with the chic spy expectations of his family and following his organization, the North Wind, led by Agent heart. Before choosing which path to follow, Ecumenical Jury Prize un certain regard Jury Prize audience award Classifi ed to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius he embarks on an incredible adventure that CANNES FILM FESTIVAL CANNES FILM FESTIVAL san sebastian FILM FESTIVAL Brine from taking over the world. spans three fantastical worlds where he must 5 6 5 6 5 6 APR 11 & 12 face his greatest fears. PADDINGTON apr 25 & 26 Director: Paul King; 2014, UK, 96 min; THE PRINCESS BRIDE rated G Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Sally Director: Rob Reiner; USA, 1987, 96 Hawkins, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, min; rated G Cast: Robin Wright, Peter Capaldi, Nicole Kidman, and Ben , Mandy Patinkin, Chris PLEASE NOTE: KIDS MATINEES Whishaw as the voice of Paddington. Sarandon, Christopher Guest, André WILL RETURN IN THE FALL!

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–Vancouver International Film Festival Wi e ! UNPRECEDENTED URGENCY!” –HitFix AUDIENCE Academy FAVOURITE AWARD Award -Victoria Film Joel Ashton McCarthy 9WINNER0 Festival will be here for a Q&A! BEST adapted ADMISSION BY DONATION apr 19 APR 20 (5:00 & 7:00) APR 21 APR 22 (7:00 & 9:15) screenplay Cinecenta tickets/passes not valid APR 24 & 25 (3:00 matinee & 7:10 & 9:15) (3:00 matinee & 7:00 & 9:00) APR 23 (7:00) 7PM: TAKING MY PARENTS THE IMITATION GAME CAKE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD TO BURNING MAN 82 min Morten Tyldum; UK, 2014, 115 min; PG Director: Daniel Barnz; USA, 2014, 102 min; PG Director: Suzanne Crocker; Canada, 2014, 89 min; rated G HEAVEN ON EARTH Jennifer Aniston takes on 15 extra pounds and takes o˜ the makeup, and her A highly simplifi ed version of the highly Deepa Mehta; Canada, 2008, 106 min; A documentary about a family’s experiences - as shot by the Mom! - going o˜ the grid in 9PM: complex life of proto-computer genius, performance is a triumph that might go some distance toward redefi ning her in the eyes SHOOTING THE Punjabi/English; PG a cabin in the wilds of the Yukon, with no electronic devices besides the equipment used World War II code breaker, and gay of the public. She plays Claire, a woman su˜ ering from chronic pain. All we know at to document the experience, no neighbours, no school, no grocery stores - nothing but MUSICAL 93 min martyr Alan Turing — but even with all The story of a young Punjabi woman fi rst is that she experienced some trauma in the recent past. Every move hurts. She also the family and the forest and the cabin. They live there for nine months, wintering there. Joel McCarthy will be here to present its distortions it tells a cracking good who immigrates to Canada—to fi nd herself seems to have a knack for alienating people. “Cake” follows Claire as she goes about her No cell phones, no TV, no internet, and no one for the three kids (two girls and a boy) to his fun documentary, back by popular story. Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) trapped in an abusive marriage. life, trying to fi nd the reasons behind the suicide of a young friend (Anna Kendrick), but play with other than each other (and two cats and a dog). While much of the warmth of demand, and introduce his new fi lm—a insists that his machine will make fast her search is halfhearted…..Aniston should have been nominated for a best actress Oscar. the movie comes from the family’s interactions, there’s a serious and inspiring message dark, comedic mockumentry about a work of the complex Nazi “Enigma” code. presented by —San Francisco Chronicle about our overreliance on technology. —Alienated in Vancouver Vancouver fi lm group. —New York Magazine Victoria Women’s Transition House “WAY TO GO, ANISTON!” –Rolling Stone APR 26 KIDS MATINEE 1 PM THE PRINCESS BRIDE 9 BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! 0 CANADIAN FILM DAY! 9 BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! 0 yyyyy “WHAT A GLORIOUS “ FILM THIS IS!” A TRUE CROWD-PLEASER!” –POV Wi e ! –The Guardian Academy Award MOST POPULAR 9WINNER0 CANADIAN FILM BEST -Vancouver International actor! Film Festival APR 26 (3:00 matinee & 7:00 & 9:00) APR 27 (5:00 & 7:00) APR 28 (4:45 & 7:15) APR 29 (7:00 & 9:10) APR 30 (7:00) MAY 1 & 2 (7:10 & 9:15) “EXCELLENT, TENSELY CONTROLLED THRILLER!” MARINONI: The Fire in the Frame THE THEORY OF PREGGOLAND MR. TURNER ‘71 –Village Voice Director: Tony Girardin; Canada/Italy, 2014, 90 min Jacob Tierney; Canada, 2014, 106 min Mike Leigh; UK, 2014, 151 min; PG Director: Yann Demange; UK, 2014, 100 min; 18A Giuseppe Marinoni’s 75-year-old body is bent over a bicycle frame, with a welding torch. When 35-year-old Ruth ruins a baby show- As the 19th-century British painter J.M.W. Cast: Starring: Jack O’Connell, Charlie Murphy, Paul Anderson “Since you’ve been fi lming I’ve never welded so badly in 20 years. It’s stressful.” Yet as EVERYTHING er with her antics, her cronies (all mothers) Turner, Timothy Spall bellows and grunts James Marsh; UK, 2014, 124 min; rated G ’71 takes place over a single night in the life of a young British soldier (Jack O’Connell) Montreal fi lmmaker Tony Girardin shows in this quirky and uplifting character study of promptly de-friend her. But when she is his way through a galvanic portrayal of accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the streets of Belfast in 1971. Unable a cycling legend, Marinoni is blessed with a huge heart that has pumped the passion of Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) later mistakenly thought to be with child, a genius at work. Director Mike Leigh to tell friend from foe, and increasingly wary of his own comrades, he must survive the bike racing for four decades. A bike collector, Girardin found out all Marinonis come from received an earth-shattering diagnosis she is immediately embraced by the group. grounds Turner’s work in the material life night alone and fi nd his way to safety through a disorientating, alien and deadly land- the Montreal suburb of Lachenaie. The fi lm follows their designer for a year in Montreal at 21 years of age. With his wife Jane The perks of pregnancy become far too of his times, showing the making of art as scape. and in Italy, where Marinoni attempts to break the “hour record” for his age category. (Felicity Jones) fi ghting tirelessly by his seductive to ignore and she soon fi nds a social and physical activity. The cinema- There are few people building steel frames by hand in an age of machine-pressed carbon side, Stephen embarks on his most ambi- herself living a laborious lie. Vancouver’s tography uncannily captures the world as “A TESTAMENT TO A GENERATION’S IDEALISM, HEROISM, FOOLHARDINESS, fi bre. Fewer still would try to break a cycling world record at 75. —Maclean’s tious scientifi c work. Together, they defy Sonja Bennett shines in this comedy. Turner saw and painted it. —The New York “INCREDIBLY ENTERTAINING!” –Pedal impossible odds. —Vancouver International Film Festival Times FEARLESSNESS.” –Philadelphia Inquirer

© Sebastião SALGADO / Amazonas images “MESMERIC AND UNFORGETTABLE!” –The Playlist “A MOVING TRIBUTE TO A PEERLESS TALENT.” THE SALT OF THE EARTH –The Guardian MAy 3 (7:00 & 9:15) MAy 4 (5:00 & 7:15) MAy 5 (7:00 & 9:15) MAy 6 (7:00 & 9:15) MAy 7 (7:00 & 9:15) MAy 8 (7:00 & 9:15) MAy 9 (7:00 & 9:15) “ILLUMINATING AND UPLIFTING. SALGADO’S LUSTROUS PHOTOGRAPHS ARE TRULY A SIGHT TO BEHOLD ON THE BIG SCREEN.” –Vancouver International Film Festival UN CERTIAN Directors: Wim Wenders & Juliano Ribeiro Salgado Academy France/Brazil/Italy, 2014, 110 min; French & Portuguese with subtitles Award REGARD SPECIAL Wim Wenders’ mastery of the documentary form is again on display in this stunning Whether you’re familiar with Salgado’s name and work or not, this documentary will be a revelation. It deals with two kinds of 9nominee0 visual ode to the photographer Sebastiao Salgado, co-directed by the shutterbug’s journeys the photographer made. The outward one may have literally taken him to the furthest corners of the Earth and resulted Jury Prize son Juliano Ribeiro Salgado. Long recognized as one of the camera’s great artists, in the stunning images the fi lm features, but it is the inward journey that paralleled it that completely holds our attention. BEST DOCUMENTARY -Cannes Film Festival Sebastiao’s sculptural use of light and space is combined with a deep empathy for the That’s because Salgado, interviewed by an o‰ -camera Wenders, turns out to be an articulate, thoughtful man whose tale of FEATURE human condition, resulting in richly complex black-and-white images that capture the personal transformation changes the way we look at those photographs. We also see Salgado at work in various ultra-remote 2014 dignity within every subject. “Salt” guides the viewer on a visual odyssey through the spots, visiting with the Yali people of Papua New Guinea, the Zo’e of Brazil’s Amazonia, even an island in the Arctic where the photographer’s career. —Variety photographer literally rolls into position to snap some walruses. —Los Angeles Times Happy Mother’s Day!w special event y DOUBLE FEATURE! y Wi e ! BEST FEATURE FILM -Victoria Film Academy Festival Award 9nominee0 Tickets $10 Cinecenta tickets/pass Director Richard Boyce will be BEST FOREIGN not valid. a charity screening. here to present his films! BEST FILM! MAy 10 (7:00 & 9:15) may 11 (4:40 & 7:10) MAy 12 (7:10 & 9:30) NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE MAY 14 MAy 15 & 16 (7:00 & 9:25) ACTRESS may 13 (7:00) WEEK celebration! JULIETTE BINOCHE 7PM: COASTAL TARSANDS WILD TALES -ICS CANNES AWARD WILD Director: Damián Szifrón; Argentina, 2014, 123 min; Spanish with subtitles; 14A MERCHANTS OF DOUBT Journey to the Deleted Islands 77 min THE CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA Jean-Marc Vallée; USA, 2014, 116 min; 14A Robert Kenner; USA, 2014, 94 min; PG Director: Olivier Assayas For sheer entertainment value, you’ll be hard-pressed to beat this outrageous, aptly Based on Cheryl Strayed’s best-selling France/Switzerland, 2014, 123 min; English & French with subtitles named anthology fi lm. Aside from the Argentine locales, there isn’t much to link them, From the director of FOOD INC. this doc plus: memoir of her 1,100-mile trek along the RAINFOREST except that each tale strips away at the veneer of civilized society to reveal something lifts the curtain on a secretive group of The Sils Maria of the title is the glorious above-the-clouds backdrop in the Swiss Alps for Pacifi c Crest Trail, this movie avoids both more primal underneath. Roald Dahl would relish the macabre yarn about the waitress pundits-for-hire who present themselves The Limit of Splendour 52 min Juliette Binoche’s riveting turn as an actor deciding whether or not to revisit the play that clichés to create a moving, funny, honest in an empty late-night diner who realizes that a customer is the man who ruined her life; in the media as scientifi c authorities – yet TARSANDS is a cinematic kayak journey made her a star 20 years before. The problem? This time she has been asked to essay the portrait of a woman in the throes of grief then there’s the bride who discovers her husband has been unfaithful and exacts her have the contrary aim of spreading maxi- through where supertakers will navigate if role of the older woman, not the ingenue…Travelling with her assistant (Kristen Stewart, and self-discovery. Reese Witherspoon, revenge during an unforgettable wedding party; the best (or worst) road rage episode mum confusion about threats ranging from the Enbridge builds its Northern Gateway excellent), Maria (Binoche) is dealing with a divorce when the opportunity presents itself appearing in nearly every frame of the you’ll ever see; Ricardo Darín taking on Buenos Aires’ municipal parking enforcers, and toxic chemicals to pharmaceuticals to cli- Pipeline. RAINFOREST contrasts tree- to take the “senior” role in a taut lesbian drama. When her co-star, the wild, Hollywood movie, is excellent, unpredictable company. oh, that incident on the plane! —Vancouver International Film Festival mate change. farms with an ancient Pacifi c rainforest starlet (Chloë Grace Moretz) arrives on the scene, Maria is pushed even further into her- — With Laura Dern. a mixer before & presentation after. where the fi lmmaker climbs high into the self… Olivier Assayas’ deep meditation on aging and the role of women is both moving “DESERVES TO BECOME A SERIOUS ART-HOUSE HIT!” –RogerEbert.com canopy of majestic trees. and profound. —Vancouver International Film Festival

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MAy 17 (7:00 only) may 18 (5:00 & 7:00) MAy 19 (7:00 & 8:50) may 20 & 21 (7:00 & 9:10) may 22 & 23 (7:10 & 9:15) DOCTOR ZHIVAGO SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION THE HUNTING GROUND BOYCHOIR David Lean, USA/UK, 1965, 197 minutes Director: Ethan Hawke USA, 2015, 84 min Director: Kirby Dick; USA, 2015, 104 min; 14A Director: François Girard USA, 2014, 103 min Based on the novel by Boris Pasternak, “Ethan Hawke’s endearing documentary is a sweetly a‰ ecting portrait of creative HEARTBREAKING, INFURIATING, AND UNMISSABLE. Documentarian Kirby Dick, Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Debra Winger, Josh Lucas, Kathy Bates, Eddie Izzard, “Zhivago” covers the Russian Revolution, genius.” —indieWire “Seymour” celebrates not just a remarkable old man but vital who took on rape in the U.S. military in “The Invisible War” , turns to the epidemic of Garrett Wareing as seen through the eyes of poet/physician ways of seeing. This documentary makes you feel, in the deepest sense, young. At fi rst sexual assault on college campuses—and the thornier issue of how and why schools The voices are the stars, while Dustin Ho˜ man is along to support the gifted preteen (Omar Sharif). Zhivago is married to Tonya I groaned when Ethan Hawke inserted himself into the fi lm to explain how he met the don’t prosecute or even pursue the vast majority of reported cases. The emotional sopranos. A welcome return to feature fi lmmaking by “The Red Violin” director François (Geraldine Chaplin), but carries on an a˜ air 87-year-old former concert pianist and teacher Seymour Bernstein. But Hawke’s self- pull of the personal stories here is undeniable, but the hard data is equally damning: Girard, this boarding-school drama distinguishes itself through song, thanks to the with Lara (Julie Christie). Meanwhile, Alec consciousness turns out to be a touching lens through which to view his subject, who Brick by brick, Hunting carefully and methodically builds the case that an integral exceptional musical talents of the American Boychoir School, whose otherworldly talent Guinness and Tom Courteney represent gave up performing at age 50. In a master class, Seymour leans over a student and all at part of our higher-education system isn’t just blemished but broken. We need to fi x it. lasts for only a few years at most. The mystery of where that ability comes from, coupled the “good” and “bad” elements of the once the piece opens up, as if the composer were speaking directly to us across time and —Entertainment Weekly with the urgency to share it, lends urgency to an otherwise generic coming-of-ager Bolshevik revolution. —Rovi space. Buoyed by Chopin, Schubert, Schumann, and more, “Seymour” is lyrical without “A TIMELY, THOROUGH AND TRULY INSPIRING DOCUMENTARY…. sure to delight those seeking spiritually grounded, emotionally uplifting entertainment. getting fancy, its director plainly rapt. —New York Magazine AN INSPIRING CHRONICLE OF GRASSROOTS CHANGE.” –The Wrap —Variety

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