Friday May 1 to Thursday May 7, 2015

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FILMS SHOWING Friday May 1 to Thursday May 7
14A

"A sharply penetrating satire on generational foibles and modern life. A must-see." Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress

Noah Baumbach’s sensational satirical drama “While We’re Young” is, finally, a movie for grownups to run out and see. This movie is all about the way we live now.

No screenings currently scheduled.

14A

"A youth-quaking riff bursting with affection for vintage 007 action and urbanity." (Boston Globe) Starring Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Samuel L. Jackson

“Kingsman: The Secret Service is a lively, dashing and amusing motion picture that smartly spoofs and slyly celebrates the James Bond spy-film franchise.

No screenings currently scheduled.

PG

"The tender story of an Orthodox Jewish woman who falls in love with a secular man marks the first great screen pairing of 2015." (Indiewire)

Part of Canada Film Days. “In a strange way, Félix et Meira is so powerful precisely because it’s so understated.

No screenings currently scheduled.

G

Back by popular demand! "An important record of a significant figure in Canadian cycling." Top 10 at Hot Docs!

“Giuseppe Marinoni is a revered bicycle craftsman whose frames are highly admired and desired. When he’s not in his workshop, he’s likely feeding his chickens, tending his tomatoes or foraging for mushrooms. It’s clear this tailor turned cyclist is happy alone and sees no point in someone documenting his life.

No screenings currently scheduled.

TBC

New Canadian documentary about a family that goes off the grid in the Yukon, "ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD is near perfection."

Director in attendance May 3rd. “Director Suzanne Crocker’s documentary chronicling her family’s experiences when they went 'off the grid' in 2010 in the Yukon wilderness for nine months is as fascinating and inspiring as it sounds."

No screenings currently scheduled.

PG

POPULAR DEMAND! Run extended at the Twin! “Dexter Fletcher's Sunshine on Leith is a sprightly and unabashed adaptation of the much-loved stage show, spinning a Mamma Mia!-style narrative around the songs of the Proclaimers.

No screenings currently scheduled.

PG

"Consider it a gentler, family-friendly version of Whiplash, Damien Chazelle’s critically acclaimed music-prodigy-meets-despotic-mentor movie, which netted J.K. Simmons an Oscar for best supporting actor last month.

No screenings currently scheduled.

PG

Crowd-pleasing sequel to the original!

"A rare, optimistic portrait of aging that suggests it can be a productive, erotically charged time of life." - Washington Post

Now that his first venture, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful, has only a single remaining vacancy—posing a predicament for fresh arrivals—Sonny (Dev Patel) has his eye on a promising property for expansion.

No screenings currently scheduled.

PG

A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping and police corruption in a Mexican border town.

“Perhaps the most surprising thing about Orson Welles' 1958 Touch of Evil is the way it continues to surprise. No amount of repeated viewings can dull the edge of its sinister ambience or soften the visual excitement Welles brought to this quintessentially cinematic film.

No screenings currently scheduled.

AA

Gerald Pratley Tribute Screening

Part of Canada Film Days. “Hailed as a landmark film upon its release, Don Shebib’s first feature film is widely recognized as marking the beginning of the film industry in English Canada.

No screenings currently scheduled.

TBC

Canada Film Days 2015

This doc is incredibly pro-Canadian. A warm, funny, patriotic examination of the greatest (and often most overlooked) country in the world. Director Rob Cohen, goes on a personal quest to find out what it really means to be Canadian. At the end of the movie, and his journey, the audience will have a much more accurate picture of “us”, and what it is truly like Being Canadian.

No screenings currently scheduled.

PG

Canada Film Days 2015. Starring Xavier Dolan, Bruce Greenwood, Catherine Keener

“What goes on inside the mind of a madman? It’s a question that has spawned many a movie character. Quebec director Charles Binamé hinges his engaging new film Elephant Song on the premise.

No screenings currently scheduled.

A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.

After carefree teenager Jay (Maika Monroe) sleeps with her new boyfriend, Hugh (Jake Weary), for the first time, she learns that she is the latest recipient of a fatal curse that is passed from victim to victim via sexual intercourse. Death, Jay learns, will creep inexorably toward her as either a friend or a stranger.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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