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Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between the Lines
This new documentary offers the most complete account so far of the life and work of Canada's greatest architect, the man responsible for several of the finest buildings in Vancouver -- including the Museum of Anthropology and the SFU Campus.
Flow
In this wordless and gorgeously atmospheric animated feature, a solitary black cat survives a tsunami and must confront his fear of water whilst sailing through a flooded world with a group of misfit animals. An enchanting adventure film for all ages. Rated: G
Memories of Murder
Parasite director Bong Joon-ho's police procedural is the centrepiece of our retrospective and arguably his masterpiece. Certainly, among serial killer movies this one is on a par with Zodiac and The Silence of the Lambs, but more politically astute.
Emilia Pérez
When a defence attorney (Zoe Saldana) is enlisted to tend to the affairs of a notorious drug lord (Karla Sofía Gascón) completing gender affirmation surgery, there will be blood, ballads, and dance numbers. A maximalist musical from Jacques Audiard.
Barking Dogs Never Bite
Bong's first film is a genial black comedy involving the deaths -- accidental and otherwise -- of several dogs in a Seoul apartment complex. Saturday's screening will be followed by a talk by Distinguished Professor Dal Yong Jin.
Bong 1-7
Jan 17 – 23
Bong Joon-ho is one of the key filmmakers of our time. His movies are sharply satirical, violent, high concept, and yet, somehow, irrefutably human.
Join us for a complete retrospective of all seven of Bong’s features, and a bonus anthology film.
Bong 1-7 Symposium: Jan 18 & 19
Join us for a weekend of expert talks and screenings of all 7 films
Memories of Murder
Parasite director Bong Joon-ho's police procedural is the centrepiece of our retrospective and arguably his masterpiece. Certainly, among serial killer movies this one is on a par with Zodiac and The Silence of the Lambs, but more politically astute.
Barking Dogs Never Bite
Bong's first film is a genial black comedy involving the deaths -- accidental and otherwise -- of several dogs in a Seoul apartment complex. Saturday's screening will be followed by a talk by Distinguished Professor Dal Yong Jin.
Pantheon: The Greatest Films of All Time
Pantheon, presented by MUBI, is a monthly series showcasing a selection of the “greatest movies of all time,” inspired by the mother of all film lists, the critics’ poll that has run once a decade in the UK’s Sight & Sound magazine since 1952.
Presented by
Parasite
Jan 19
South Korean master filmmaker Bong Joon Ho delivers an unpredictable comic suspense thriller with his Palme d’Or and Academy Award-winning film, Parasite — which cracked the top 100 in Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films list in 2022.
First Look Fridays
Enjoy $10 tickets at the first Friday matinee screening of these films.
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Jan 24
A tense mystery and an act of radical protest, this film tells the story of an Iranian lawyer who’s lost his handgun and knows someone in his family took it. With every moment, his wife and daughters grow more afraid of him–yet none of them will confess…
Universal Language
Jan 31
In a wintery, Farsi-speaking city that’s equal measures Winnipeg and Tehran, storylines entangle and the concepts of space, time, and identity grow increasingly opaque. Inventive and absurd, Rankin’s poetic fable reminds us that Winnipeg is a wonderland.
Relaxed Screenings & Captioned Screenings
Our monthly Relaxed Screenings are open to anyone who would benefit from a sensory-friendly experience.
Our Wednesday matinee Captioned Screenings welcome Deaf and hard of hearing audiences, along with anyone who benefits from captions.
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Relaxed Screening
Jan 19, 11:30 am
Aardman Animation’s handcrafted mix of dad jokes, slapstick, mock dramatics and understated emotion makes this return for the claymation odd couple a constant delight. The villainous Feathers McGraw is back to no good, commandeering Norbot the robot. Rated: G
Emilia Pérez
Captioned Screening
Jan 22, 1:30 pm
When a defence attorney (Zoe Saldana) is enlisted to tend to the affairs of a notorious drug lord (Karla Sofía Gascón) completing gender affirmation surgery, there will be blood, ballads, and dance numbers. A maximalist musical from Jacques Audiard.
Screens with Hearing Assistance, Open Captions
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