What's On
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.
Thom Yorke's Tall Tales
Be among the first to experience Tall Tales, a collaboration between Thom Yorke, producer Mark Pritchard and visual artist Jonathan Zawada at 12:01 am at VIFF Centre.
Kryptic
Oozing psycho-sexual anxiety, Kourtney Roy's fascinating feminist horror movie feints toward creature-feature quirk, but morphs into something much stranger. Chloe Pirrie plays a double role, or maybe Everywoman, adrift in a world of men and monsters.
Steel Magnolias
Celebrate Mother's Day with Shirley MacLaine, Sally Field, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, Darryl Hannah (not forgetting Dylan McDermott, Tom Skerritt and Sam Shepard). Real moms optional.
Terms of Endearment
Spanning three decades in the lives of Aurora Greenway (Shirley MacLaine) and her daughter Emma (Debra Winger), the film chronicles the ups and downs of their romantic liaisons as well as their own love-hate dynamic. Winner: 5 Academy Awards
Trouble in Paradise
Herbert Marshall and Miriam Hopkins play lovers and thieves attempting to fleece the chic owner of a French perfume company, played by Kay Francis. What ensues is a modern ménage à trois in the most elegant, innuendo filled film comedy of all time.
Mary Ancheta Plays Betty Davis Tribute
In this VIFF Live event, keyboardist Mary Ancheta and her band channel the phenomenal funk of 70s sensation Betty Davis, featuring Dawn Pemberton on vocals. The live music portion of the event will be followed by Phil Cox's invaluable 2017 documentary, They Say I'm Different.
Bicycle Thieves
De Sica's film about a labourer desperate to track down the bike that has been stolen from him is a landmark in film history, the movie that cemented the impact of Italian neo-realism on world cinema.
Opening Night
Gena Rowlands plays aging stage actress Myrtle Gordon in this self-reflexive ghost story by John Cassavetes.
Finding Dory
By popular demand: Finding Dory is swimming your way to VIFF Kids Club! Our favorite forgetful blue tang sets out to reunite with her family. With Nemo, Marlin and friends, Dory dives back into the underwater world we all love, discovering the true meaning of belonging. Rated: G
Image: © Disney Pixar 2016
Love Streams
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.