Petits Modernes rate – 10$ tickets Ernest et Célestine retournent au pays d’Ernest, la Charabie, pour faire réparer son précieux violon cassé. Ils découvrent alors que la musique est bannie dans tout le pays depuis plusieurs années. Pour nos deux héros, il est impensable de vivre sans musique ! Accompagnés de complices, dont un mystérieux […]

While on vacation in Poland, Bethany breaks away from a romantic itinerary planned by her doting boyfriend, Rob, fearing that a marriage proposal is imminent. Reuniting instead with an old friend, Nel, the two women rekindle a uniquely combustible chemistry over the course of a few days in a chaste but burning trust predicated on […]

New 4K Restoration Joel is stunned to discover that his estranged girlfriend Clementine has undergone an experimental psychiatric treatment to have her memories of their tumultuous relationship erased. Still in love with Clementine, he elects to undergo the procedure himself.

Traversing time, space and genre, Argentinian filmmaker Lisandro Alonso (Jauja) presents an elliptical meditation on the experiences of indigenous communities across the Americas. Opening in a dusty town of the Old West, reality soon transitions to contemporary South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation before finally landing in the jungles of 1970s Brazil. As the triptych unfolds, […]

Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, collectively known as The Daniels, the film is a hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman (Michelle Yeoh) who can’t seem to finish her taxes. *SXSW Festival 2022 *Nominated for 11 categories including Best Picture, Best Actress in a leading role (Michelle Yeoh) […]

February 17th screening with filmmakers Laurence Turcotte-Fraser and Priscillia Piccoli in attendance Montreal, Canada. One of North America’s last remaining affordable cities is now in the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis. As a result, the face of homelessness is visibly changing. “Renovictions” are on the rise while demand in homeless day centres explodes. In […]

July 13th screening with filmmaker Mathilde Capone and queer spoken word artist Leïla Sofiane in attendance Since 2010, Parthenais has held within its walls the life of a whole queer community. They are gay, lesbian, trans, and they live together in Centre-Sud in the heart of Montreal, in a triplex that is falling apart. Between […]

Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. Like generations before them, they live a modest life according to the cycles and order of nature. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a glamping site near Takumi’s house; offering city residents a comfortable ‘escape’ to nature. […]

STAFF PICKS – Anamaria Nistorescu (Assistant Manager) One of the defining independent films of the 1990s, Atom Egoyan’s mesmerizing international breakthrough Exotica takes the conventions of the psychological thriller into bold new territory—unsettling, dreamlike, and empathetic. At the neon-drenched Toronto strip club of the film’s title, a coterie of lost and damaged souls—including a man […]

4K Restoration by Severin Films Before THE WITCH, there was EYES OF FIRE. In this seminal 1980s folk horror gem, a rogue 18th century preacher and his followers attempt to establish a settlement beyond the western frontier. But when they encounter a not-so-enchanted forest filled with evil spirits, the group exchanges happiness for apocalyptic madness. […]