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Mikey and Nicky
Marked for assassination, lowly gangster Mikey (John Cassavetes) calls his best friend, Nicky (Peter Falk), the only man he can trust, and they deviate around New York City all night, one step ahead of a professional hitman (Ned Beatty).
Taxi Driver
Scorsese's expressionist, hallucinatory rendition of an infernal New York puts us in the head of Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro),"God's lonely man", an insomniac who crisscrosses the city at night and dreams of claiming something better for himself.
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Bent on revenge after his Confederate comrades are massacred, Josey (Clint Eastwood) is rehabilitated as he reluctantly assumes responsibility for the odd group of pioneer stragglers, including a Cherokee played by Tsleil-Waututh actor Chief Dan George.
Please note: due to the current heat wave, temperatures in our VIFF Centre atrium and Studio Theatre spaces are warmer than usual. The air conditioning is pumping inside the Vancity Theatre, keeping things nice and cool. Come in, grab a cold drink and beat the heat!
Coming Soon:
Anonymous Club
A raw and intimate picture of enigmatic singer-songwriter, Courtney Barnett – an anti-influencer who is a powerful voice for our times, a recluse acclaimed by audiences the world over and a strong female artist in conflict with herself.
Ragged Glory: Summer in the 70s
Running Until Sep 4
We’re rewinding through the short, pungent era of the New American Cinema. It was a troubled and tumultuous time and it gave rise to a new kind of American movie: cynical, anti-authoritarian, violent and sexually frank, self-critical… in a word: grown-up.
All tickets $10; Series Pass $99 ($70 for VIFF+ Members)
In the Spotlight
Between the Lines
The second film by Joan Micklin Silver (after Hester Street) is a spiky indie comedy about an alternative newspaper (not unlike our Georgia Straight) hitting hard times as the counterculture drifts toward the cynical careerism of the 80s.
Crime Scenes
Thursdays through July and August we’re celebrating mobsters, sociopaths and private dicks as we highlight these classic crime thrillers, detectives, mysteries and suspense films under the magnifying glass.
All tickets $10
First Look Fridays
Enjoy $10 tickets + complimentary tea & coffee at the first Friday matinee screening of these films.
Girl Picture
Three teenage girls find friendship, fall in love, fall out, experiment with boys, experiment with each other across three ordinary weekends in Finland, in Alli Haapasalo's fresh, funny and true coming of age movie. 100% Fresh, Rotten Tomatoes
The Good Boss
Winner of 6 Goya Awards including Best Film, this shrewd Spanish satire is blessed with a typically charismatic and double-edged performance from Javier Bardem as proudly paternalistic patrón Blanco. The movie, like Blanco, is charming but ruthless.
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