Winner! Oscar for Best Actress (Brie Larson). "It's a deeply satisfying, profoundly moving adaptation of a popular novel, an all-too-rare occurrence in modern Hollywood." Winner, Golden Globe Best Actress
"Adapted from Emma Donoghue’s 2010 novel of the same name, this captivity narrative about a woman and her young son living in a 10-by-10-foot shed is no one’s idea of a feel-good story.
"Heartbreaking and powerfully relevant, Suffragette's greatest achievement is that it gives a full-blooded picture of a struggle not so far removed in time, and still going forth in some corners of the world today." - National Post
"From the neglectful mother in 'Mary Poppins' to prissy spinsters sipping tea in silly hats, suffragettes have long been vilified and mocked in popular culture.
"That these brave women were the foot soldiers in a long and bloody war to win the right to vote has long been either ignored or forgotten.
Released almost 50 years ago, when the US was still reeling from the Vietnam War and Watergate, this prophetic mosaic reveals America's obsession with entertainment and politics.
Presenting a widescreen view of the country’s political and cultural landscapes, Robert Altman's Nashville weaves the stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—into a cinematic tapestry that is equal parts comedy, tragedy, and musical.
"The film has a lot to say about how we let roles define us, how fragile personalities are and how context shapes reality." - Detroit News
“In 1971, Dr. Philip Zimbardo and his research team split 24 male Stanford students into groups: guards and prisoners. In the halls of the university, he simulated a prison atmosphere, then observed how each group reacted. The study lasted only six days of the intended two weeks, for the guards quickly took on authoritarian qualities and subjected their prisoners to psychological abuse.
"A film that is saucy and sweet, for the boys and for the girls -- an R-rated Seinfeld." - Globe & Mail
“During a very romantic-comedy chat with her smart-mouthed best friend (Natasha Lyonne), Lainey (Alison Brie) dismisses the idea that men and women can’t be friends: “This is the 21st century,” she protests. It is, and yet the quarter-century-old question posed by When Harry Met Sally still hangs over countless rom-coms, including Sleeping With Other People.
Germany's official entry for Best Foreign Language Film. "A no-holds-barred exposé holding that a hefty percentage of the German population in the thirties and forties worked for the perverse interests of the Nazi Party."
“A principled young prosecutor in post-WWII Germany uncovers inconvenient truths about his country’s recent past in “Labyrinth of Lies,” an intelligent and arresting fact-based drama.
What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we’ll ever get to build a better world?
Filmed over 211 days in nine countries and five continents over four years, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change.
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