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Scarface

Dir. Howard Hawks
95 min

Our tour through Hollywood's pre-Code precinct takes a left turn into the dangerous district of organized crime with Scarface, starring Paul Muni in a ferocious performance as the ambitious low-level gangster, Tony Carmonte.

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2:00 pm
Mon Apr 28
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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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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2:20 pm
Mon Apr 28
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Tue Apr 29
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Mon May 12
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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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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4:20 pm
Mon Apr 28
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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6:00 pm
Tue Apr 29
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The Hermit of Treig

Dir. Lizzie MacKenzie
79 min

In this rather special film, Lizzie MacKenzie trains her camera on octogenarian Ken Smith, who has lived more than four decades off-the-grid on the shores of Loch Treig, in the Scottish Highlands. This cheerful hermit is a personable storyteller.

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4:40 pm
Mon Apr 28
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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8:15 pm
Tue Apr 29
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How Green Was My Valley

Dir. John Ford
118 min

This month's VIFF+ Premium member selection was made by Mathew Englander, who chose the movie that beat Citizen Kane to Best Picture in 1941. Set in a Welsh mining village, it's a bittersweet reflection on a community sundered by industrialization.

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6:30 pm
Mon Apr 28
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Shepherds

Dir. Sophie Deraspe
113 min

Mathyas quits his marketing job in Montreal and goes to France with the romantic notion of becoming a shepherd. He's in for a rude awakening... Based on a true story, Deraspe's stirring film plays spiritual uplift off against some 3000 sheep and a donkey.

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7:00 pm
Mon Apr 28
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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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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11:00 am
Tue Apr 29
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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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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12:00 pm
Tue Apr 29
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Tue Apr 29
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Thu May 01
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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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3:30 pm
Tue Apr 29
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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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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4:00 pm
Tue Apr 29
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Sat May 03
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Sat May 10
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The Teacher

Dir. Farah Nabulsi
118 min

In this potent thriller, English teacher Basem witnesses the murder of a teenager by a Israeli settler. While the subsequent investigation rolls slowly towards a foregone conclusion, the teacher is caught up in a parallel kidnapping case...

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6:20 pm
Tue Apr 29
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Thu May 01
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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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3:30 pm
Thu May 01
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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