Staff picks – Flavia Carton (receptionist) Frances (Greta Gerwig) lives in New York, but she doesn’t really have an apartment. Frances is an apprentice for a dance company, but she¹s not really a dancer. Frances has a best friend named Sophie, but they aren’t really speaking anymore. Frances throws herself headlong into her dreams, even […]
Screenings presented with our Dolby ATMOS experience Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation. *Nominated for 9 Academy Awards and […]
Director Toshio Matsumoto’s shattering, kaleidoscopic masterpiece is one of the most subversive and intoxicating films of the late 1960s: a headlong dive into a dazzling, unseen Tokyo night-world of drag queen bars and fabulous divas, fueled by booze, drugs, fuzz guitars, performance art and black mascara. No less than Stanley Kubrick cited the film as […]
A bitingly funny coming-of-age story of a teenage cartoonist who rejects the comforts of his suburban life in a misguided quest for soul. Both hilarious and cringeworthy, Owen Kline’s first feature channels the neurotic and sardonic touch of Ronald Bronstein and the Safdie Brothers’ films while showcasing its own singular, deeply felt artistic vision. *Quinzaine […]
In collaboration with RIDM The first documentary feature by Joannie Lafrenière paints a tender and light-hearted portrait of her friend, the talented photographer Gabor Szilasi. Structured around a number of interviews, notably one between the filmmaker and the energetic, eloquent, insightful and inspiring man himself. This intimate and unconventional documentary revisits the career and personal […]
Abdel’s quiet life is upended by the arrival of his extroverted cousin, who’s staying for the summer. Fatima craves a more stable life since she’s starting a new job as a supermarket cashier. Toussaint, while fishing, finds a bottle washed up on the shore, and there’s a message inside. Straddling the line between fiction and […]
It’s 1989, a year of great events, dislocations and changes, and ‘Boss’ Brochu must face them like everyone else. He and his three sons operate a small gas station in the suburbs of Quebec. It’s the gathering point of a group of local characters, greater and lesser losers. In addition to the repeated robberies, shop-lifting […]
Geographies of Solitude is an immersion into the rich ecosystem of Sable Island, guided by naturalist and environmentalist Zoe Lucas who has lived over 40 years on this remote sliver of land in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Shot on 16mm and created using a scope of innovative eco-friendly filmmaking techniques, this feature-length experimental documentary is […]
Staff Picks – Alice Dubost (box office) Two friends that call each other Gerry decide to hide in the wilderness in order to see something. However, they do not find what they’re looking for. They decide to return to the car but they get lost in the desert, without water, supplies or a compass. Now […]
CINEMA MODERNE GIFT CARDS Offer the Cinéma Moderne as a present: a rich and diverse programmation made of “coups de coeur” québécois, restored classics, cult films and new and acclaimed international films, all of which are presented to you in the cozy and charming atmosphere of our café-bar! Sold by slices of 30$, gift cards […]