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Until Branches Bend
Discovering a potentially invasive insect inside a peach, fruit packer Robin immediately reports it. When management refuses to take action, she goes public with her concerns and precipitates a widescale shutdown in her Okanagan town.
In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis
Master documentarian Gianfranco Rosi (Fire At Sea; Notturno) assembles a mixed progress report on the current pontiff, drawing from archives' of Francis's travels (he's visited 53 countries in a decade), including last summer's trip to Canada.
A Cedar Is Life
The cedar tree has always been central to First Nations cultural practice on the northwest coast. It is, you could say, foundational flora. A Cedar Is Life is an illuminating, passionate film which speaks to a defining aspect of this part of the world.
Special Preview Screening
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
March 30
A cadre of incensed environmental activists assemble in Texas and take dead aim at an oil pipeline. Direct in its discourse and skillful in its construction, Daniel Goldhaber’s propulsive thriller is as provocative as it is exhilarating.
Home Truths
Starts March 17
What is this place we call home? Between now and National Canadian Film Day (April 19) we invite you to take a closer look at the evolving face of a country busily reimagining itself.
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Until Branches Bend
Discovering a potentially invasive insect inside a peach, fruit packer Robin immediately reports it. When management refuses to take action, she goes public with her concerns and precipitates a widescale shutdown in her Okanagan town.
A Cedar Is Life
The cedar tree has always been central to First Nations cultural practice on the northwest coast. It is, you could say, foundational flora. A Cedar Is Life is an illuminating, passionate film which speaks to a defining aspect of this part of the world.
Riceboy Sleeps
Raising her son Dong-hyun (Dohyun Noel Hwang, then Ethan Hwang) in Vancouver’s suburbs, So-young (Choi Seung-yoon), a South Korean immigrant, desperately wants to instill a sense of pride in the boy. Meanwhile, he just wants to fit in.
French Noir: 1931-1959
April 7 - May 3
We dig out the French roots of film noir, and the seedy, jazzy, cool French crime movies of the late 40s and 50s which mirrored the influence of American thrillers of the time; the heist films of Jacques Becker, Jean-Pierre Melville and American-in-exile Jules Dassin, as well as a trio of shockingly abrasive, modern masterpieces by Henri-Georges Clouzot: Le Corbeau, Quai des Orfèvres, and Les Diaboliques.
Opening Night Special
Get into the swing of April’s French Noir series of classic French crime films with the opening night screening of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1943 masterpiece, Le Corbeau (The Raven), followed by a cool jazz set inspired by the mood music of the late 40s and 50s performed by the Vince Mai Quartet.
Le Corbeau
One of the most cynical mystery thrillers of a cynical time, this searing drama exposes a midsized town to the contagion of rumour and innuendo when poison pen letters expose the lies and hypocrisies of prominent citizens. Clouzot spares no one.
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First Look Fridays
Enjoy $10 tickets + complimentary tea & coffee at the first Friday matinee screening of these films.
Last Film Show
April 7
Slumdog Millionaire meets Cinema Paradiso? There’s something of The Fabelmans too in this semi-autobiographical story about a 9-year-old boy whose first trip to the movies proves life-changing.
Showing Up
April 14
Lizzie has a gallery show in a week. But like most of us, she is occupied by keeping a roof over her head. Kelly Reichardt’s latest is a gently observant, wry, understated film about carving out a creative life without much reward or recognition.
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