What's On
That They May Face the Rising Sun
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.
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
This comprehensive doc tracks the ups and downs of the 60s Jewish singer-songwriter who found fame at 15 with Society's Child and followed it with an even bigger hit, At Seventeen.
The Hermit of Treig
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.
Secret Mall Apartment
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.
Shepherds
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.
No Other Land
Deemed by many critics one of the essential films of 2024, a multiple festival award winner and Academy Award winner for Best Documentary, No Other Land is a reminder that mass expulsion is by no means a new reality for Palestinians.
The Long Good Friday
This is the great British gangster film, a juicy, brutally funny and prescient thriller with a star-making performance from Bob Hoskins as the East End mob boss with big dreams for London under Maggie Thatcher. Helen Mirren costars as his missus.
Are We Done Now?
Down River director Ben Immanuel returns with a wry, self-aware Covid comedy in which a socially distant Vancouver documentarian checks in with a stressed-out therapist (Gabrielle Miller) and several of her patients over the course of the pandemic.
The Luckiest Man in America
In 1984 a man named Michael Larson went on the popular TV Press Your Luck and did just that: never taking the cash, he rode his luck and won, and won, and won... This is his story.
Zappostrophe + Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Enjoy an electrifying set of Frank Zappa tunes resurrected and reimagined by the eclectic 8-piece band Zappostrophe, followed by a rare screening of Zappa's cult movie 200 Motels, with Keith Moon and Ringo Starr.
The Ascent
During the darkest winter of WWII, two Soviet partisans venture through the backwoods of Belarus in search of food, always at risk of falling into enemy hands. In her masterpiece Larisa Shepitko zeroes in on profound spiritual and philosophical themes.
Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey
Connecting ancient wisdom with practical 21st century solutions, Our Blue World is a spectacular and eye-opening film about our deepest and most precious resource. Join us on Earth Day for a post-screening conversation with Wade Davis and others.