February 20: discussion with filmmaker Simon Beaulieu In collaboration with RIDM White Noise is a hard-hitting auteur work that plunges viewers into a direct physical encounter with the information overload of daily life. A hybrid of documentary, experimental film and fiction, this disturbing roller coaster of a movie transforms the imminent collapse of our civilization […]
Presented in collaboration with the FNC In a province not so distant from ours, now controlled by a far-right government, the borders are closed and immigrants, now under threat, are desperate to get out. A Haitian woman hands over her young son to a thirty-something Quebec man before fleeing. With help from a Vietnamese former […]
An expertly staged chronicle of loss that explores the life of an elderly man who sees the foundations of his reality crumble day by day, The Father features a tour-de-force performance by the legendary Anthony Hopkins at the very height of his talents. Both unsettling and emotional, the debut feature by author Florian Zeller (who […]
Penchés sur une large feuille blanche quelque part entre Montmartre et Saint-Germain- des-Prés, Jean-Jacques Sempé et René Goscinny donnent vie à un petit garçon rieur et malicieux, le Petit Nicolas. Entre camaraderie, disputes, bagarres, jeux, bêtises, et punitions à la pelle, Nicolas vit une enfance faite de joies et d’apprentissages. Au fil du récit, le […]
New 4K Restoration In a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts. After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him. An elegantly stylized masterpiece […]
*As part of our CONTES POUR TOUS cycle in tribute to producer Rock Demers* “Young Ralph James and his scheming friend Tommy Tricker collect stamps. But when Tommy snatches a rare stamp, Ralph discovers the secret of «stamp travel» to take him around the world and bring back the 75-year gone traveller Charles Merriweather.” – […]
June 3rd screening with filmmaker Alexandre Leblanc and actors Sophie Desmarais and Jean-Sébastien Courchesne in attendance June 11th screening with filmmaker Alexandre Leblanc in attendance Benjamin tells his ex-girlfriend, Angie, that he joined a cell of left-wing terrorists to get revenge on her former boss, who owns a right-wing radio station. His story blends conceptual […]
Journey to meet the former players of the Japanese women’s volleyball team. Now in their 70s, they used to be known as the « Witches of the Orient » because of their seemingly supernatural powers on the courts. From the formation of the squad in the late 1950s as a worker’s team at a textile […]
“Licorice Pizza” is the story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973. Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film tracks the treacherous navigation of first love. Nominated for 3 Academy Awards including Best Picture (2022)
The leading man has just had a disastrous one-night stand with the leading lady; the cinematographer is breaking up with the assistant director; the director’s mother has wandered onto the set; and the little person hired for the dream sequence has a big attitude. From award-winning writer/director Tom DiCillo (Johnny Suede) comes an inventive, hilarious […]