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The Lunchbox

Dir. Ritesh Batra
104 min

In the first of our new monthly film series for 55+, a modern classic rom-com from India. Enjoy the movie and stay for refreshments and informal chat.

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The Encampments

Dir. Michael T. Workman & Kei Pritsker
82 min

When pro-Palestine protests took hold of Columbia last year, the filmmakers were there from the beginning. This documentary charts the mounting tensions between students and the administration, as the protests were picked up across North America.

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Bob Trevino Likes It

Dir. Tracie Laymon
102 min

When her toxic, narcissistic dad cuts her out of his life, Lily Trevino looks him up on Facebook and happens across his namesake, Bob (John Leguizamo), a gentle, genial contractor who lives nearby, and who proves an altogether better dad...

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Faces

Dir. John Cassavetes
130 min

Ten years after his landmark debut, Shadows, John Cassavetes returned to the indie model, self-financing this wrenching portrait of the sexual mores and miseries of American middle class. Gena Rowlands is luminous as Jeannie, the film's emotional barometer.

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Secret Mall Apartment

Dir. Jeremy Workman
91 min

The stranger-than-fiction true story of a group of artists who built and furnished a hidden apartment inside a mall, remaining undetected for years. This is an absurdly fun and surprisingly profound film about gentrification and art.

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That They May Face the Rising Sun

Dir. Pat Collins
111 min

John and Kate have moved from London to a farm in Ireland, to the bemusement of the locals. This lyrical Irish reverie taps deep wells of feeling in the stuff of everyday life.

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The Genius of Gena Rowlands

Apr 25 – Jun 3

Dedicated to one of the most inspiring and influential American actresses of the past half century, this series showcases the versatility and star power that was Gena Rowlands.

Faces

Dir. John Cassavetes
130 min

Ten years after his landmark debut, Shadows, John Cassavetes returned to the indie model, self-financing this wrenching portrait of the sexual mores and miseries of American middle class. Gena Rowlands is luminous as Jeannie, the film's emotional barometer.

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A Woman Under the Influence

Dir. John Cassavetes
155 min

Gena Rowlands is extraordinary in this painful and compassionate trial of love, the most intense and essential movie from legendary independent filmmaker John Cassavetes. "The toughest of all great American films." Kent Jones

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Minnie and Moskowitz

Dir. John Cassavetes
114 min

John Cassavetes' deliciously witty take on Hollywood romance is a modern screwball comedy, a mismatched love story between a car park attendant (Seymour Cassel) and a museum administator (Gena Rowlands) who believes herelf to be too good for him.

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Gloria

Dir. John Cassavetes
121 min

Gena Rowlands was nominated for Best Actress for her portrait of gangster's moll Gloria Swenson: a tough, chain-smoking broad who finds herself running from her former friends in the mob to protect her next door neighbour's orphaned six-year-old kid.

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Opening Night

Dir. John Cassavetes
144 min

Gena Rowlands plays aging stage actress Myrtle Gordon in this self-reflexive ghost story by John Cassavetes.

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Love Streams

Dir. John Cassavetes
140 min

The last movie Gena Rowlands and John Cassavetes made together is an eccentrically beautiful, painful piece about a writer (Cassavetes) broken out of his self-imposed exile by the arrival of a son he doesn't know, and a sister he hasn't seen in years.

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Another Woman

Dir. Woody Allen
77 min

Gena Rowlands as philosophy teacher whose meticulously controlled life begins to unravel after she starts to eavesdrop on a psychotherapist's sessions.

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Night on Earth

Dir. Jim Jarmusch
128 min

Gena Rowlands takes a cab driven by Winona Ryder in this low-key charmer from Jim Jarmusch, one of five taxi rides around the globe, each ending with a sliver of insight and understanding.

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Talking Pictures

Last Tuesday of the Month

Created for film lovers 55+, the Talking Pictures series offers films, refreshments and an open invitation to chat about our shared experience of the movie.

Mother's Day

This Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 11, celebrate with your film-loving mom! Enjoy a screening of an iconic ’80s flick, and keep the love going all year with a discounted VIFF+ Premium Membership.

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Bring Mom to the Movies

Enjoy 2-for-1 tickets to beloved ‘80s classics Steel Magnolias or Terms of Endearment. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry – and you’ll give your mom an extra hug. Add two tickets to your cart and the second is on us.

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Give Mom a Gift that Lasts All Year

Save $20 on a VIFF+ Premium Membership, including $5 off cinema tickets, 30% off festival passes, free popcorn vouchers and more! Enter code LOVEYOUMOM at checkout.

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Film Studies: Hollywood Babylon

Monday Afternoons Apr 7 – May 12

SIN! SEX! SHOCK! SCANDAL! Welcome to the sordid cinema of Pre-Code Hollywood! Classic film scholar Michael van den Bos is your tour guide on a 5-part trek through the seamier, steamier and sinister side of Hollywood movies from the early 1930s.

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Live performances that push the boundaries of traditional film programming, intersecting cinema culture with music, comedy, podcasting, and performance in unique, cinema-infused live shows.

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