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Stealing Angel
In this humane comedy from Marseille filmmaker Robert Guédiguian a trusted caregiver takes advantage of her clients, stealing to support her grandson's piano lessons. When her theft is discovered the repercussions are surprising...
A Serious Man
The Coen brothers' best movie is a painfully funny existentialist comedy about a physics professor, Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlberg), benumbed but bewildered by his wife's announcement that she wants a divorce. That's only the start of his troubles.
blur: Live at Wembley Stadium
90,000 fans, 4 50-something men, and a set that includes Parklife; Tender; Girls & Boys; The Universal and Song 2. This 2023 concert film delivers the goods. (Check out the accompanying observational doc, To the End, for the run up to the show.)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Horace McCoy's existential Great Depression novel is the basis for a brutally compelling movie, and the first performance where Jane Fonda could show her chops. She's one of many desperate souls competing in a dance marathon that lasts for days and weeks.
Cool Hand Luke
Paul Newman is the anti-authoritarian kicking against the system in this slick sixties chain gang movie.
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
A moving and insightful film about the Academy Award winning deaf actress Marlee Matlin (Children of a Lesser God; CODA).
The White Ribbon
A German village in 1913 is rocked by a series of macabre events. Michael Haneke's most expansive filmm a Palme d'Or winner, explores the roots of fascism.
Paprika
A device capable of transmitting dreams falls into the wrong hands in this dazzling anime meta-movie from visionary filmmaker Satoshi Kon. The imagery here is never less than overwhelming; it's probably the greatest scifi movie of our times.
Stop Making Sense
Universally acclaimed as one of the greatest concert films ever made, the Talking Heads at their peak -- as selected by VIFF+ Premium member Adam PW Smith.