Olivier Assayas’s live-wire international breakthrough stars a magnetic Maggie Cheung as a version of herself: a Hong Kong action movie star who arrives in Paris to play the latex-clad lead in a remake of Louis Feuillade’s classic 1915 crime serial Les vampires. What she finds is a behind-the-scenes tangle of barely controlled chaos as egos […]
“A hidden gem from this year’s Sundance, this stylistically inventive documentary from Roman Liubyi unfolds like a thrilling investigation of the suspicious crash of the Malaysian Airlines plane MH17 which was flying over Ukraine in 2014. What do these butterfly-shaped shrapnels visible on the aircraft’s metallic carcass signify? Rarely have we seen the inner workings […]
Part of our monthly series C’EST ARRIVÉ PRÈS DE CHEZ NOUS Presented with Martin Edralin’s short film HOLE (2014) Still living with his aging parents and docilely listing towards his 50th birthday, Joshua (Rogelio Balagtas), a Filipino immigrant, prays every night for God to rid him of his shyness. In the wake of a tragedy, […]
Frank Capra’s perennial holiday classic is one of the most beloved films of all time and the quintessential “Capraesque” comedy/drama. James Stewart is Bedford Falls banker George Bailey, who is driven by circumstances one Christmas Eve to consider suicide, only to be shown by neophyte angel Clarence Odbody (Henry Travers) what a difference his life […]
A contemporary master of animation cinema with a style of his own, a creator of universes refined in their aesthetic simplicity and deeply complex at the emotional and narrative level, Don Hertzfeldt released his first feature film in 2012: It’s Such a Beautiful Day. An assemblage of three short films centred around Bill, an ordinary […]
If the 2020 release of P’tit Belliveau’s debut record “Greatest Hits Vol. 1” is any indication, la musique acadienne is as exhilaratingly alive as ever. Outside French Canada, its impact is perhaps most strongly felt in the American South, where it influenced the footstompin’ sounds of Cajun and Creole/Zydeco music. Film POP is pleased to […]
Special screening with filmmaker Denys Desjardins in attendance In the style of a film diary, this documentary immerses us in the personal experience of the filmmaker and his sister as they try to ensure their mother can end her days with dignity in the CHSLD system. Amid this complex challenge, Denys Desjardins films his mother […]
A film about the first time you fall in love. Though more soft-spoken and understated than many of its contemporaries, Arthur Barron’s Jeremy is an essential work from what’s often regarded as the greatest decade in American cinema. Now, the “most popular film” at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival has been faithfully restored by Fun […]
April 15 screening with filmmaker Kevin T. Landry in attendance Accumulant les abus d’un ex-copain pervers narcissique et d’une supérieure condescendante, une jeune mère monoparentale travaillant pour Loto-Gold est envoyée au fin fond de nulle part pour interviewer un étrange ermite. L’intransigeant nouveau millionnaire sera celui qui la poussera finalement à bout de manière spectaculaire. […]
The debut feature from writer-director Saim Sadiq, JOYLAND explores the many sides of love and desire in a patriarchal society. Gentle and timid, Haider (Ali Junejo) lives with his wife Mumtaz (Rasti Farooq), his father, and his elder brother’s family in Lahore, Pakistan. Following a long spell of unemployment, Haider finally lands a job at […]