Palme d’Or Favorites – Cannes Film Festival Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega are two hitmen out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace. Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge is an […]
Special screenings with director James June Schneider in attendance When punk rock exploded in Washington DC, it was a mighty convergence of powerful music, foundational friendships, and clear minds. Punk the Capital explores the inspiring story of how this singular punk subculture took root in an unlikely place at the perfect time. Punk the Capital […]
Special screening with filmmaker Juan Daniel Fernández Molero in attendance Deep in the Peruvian Amazon lowlands, Meshia, a Matsigenka Indigenous teenager, discovers Ivan, a young boy who vanished two years ago and was presumed dead. Determined to save him, she embarks on a journey upriver into the mountains, heading to the city of Quillabamba. Ivan […]
Sepideh Farsi, an exiled Iranian filmmaker based in Paris, begins a remote exchange with Fatma Hassouna, a young Palestinian photojournalist. Their only link is through video calls—the fragile thread connecting two worlds. Fatima shares her besieged daily life, her photographs, and her unwavering hope; each network outage triggers panic, while each reconnection brings warmth and […]
Screening in collaboration with Drawn & Quarterly for the release of Nathan Gelgud’s graphic novel REEL POLITIK Putney Swope, the only African-American exec at his firm, is unexpectedly elected its president and turns the industry on its ear through a series of outrageous, taboo-busting TV commercials (strewn throughout the film like comedic landmines.) As Swope […]
Summer at the Cinema cycle in collaboration with Séquences In Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle, the budding friendship of two young friends, one from the city and the other from the countryside, is explored in four playful vignettes. Eric Rohmer’s little-known treasure, whose first segment, L’heure bleue, will inspire viewers to plan their next […]
Screening with filmmakers Justine Martin (OASIS), Vincent René-Lortie (INVINCIBLE) and Annie-Claude Caron & Danick Audet (DEAD CAT) in attendance DEAD CAT (Annie-Claude Caron & Danick Audet, Québec, 13 minutes) What were Catherine and Louis thinking when they chose a cat with distinctive white spots? It would have been much easier to replace if they had […]
New 4K restoration by The American Film Archive and The Film Foundation, distributed by Arbelos Films Queen of Diamonds follows the alienated life of Firdaus (Tinka Menkes), a Blackjack dealer in a Las Vegas landscape juxtaposed between glittering casino lights and the deteriorating desert oasis. Negotiating a missing husband and neighboring domestic violence, Firdaus’ world […]
Presented by the Russian Canadian Democratic Alliance (RCDA) Free screening during Montreal’s Pride Week In bold defiance of Russia’s anti-LGBTQ laws, Gena Marvin, a queer 21-year-old performance artist, transforms the streets of Moscow into surreal and radical public art. Her performances are a striking fusion of self-expression and protest — risking arrest, violence, and exile. Queendom (an […]
In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American ex-pat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone. *Venice Film Festival 2024