Metro Cinema Guide - May / Jun 2017

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may / june 2017

The Lure The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Spotlight on Gordon Pinsent

Lego Batman Movie

Colossal

Pride Film Screenings

Dedfest Action

Film Fest

A Quiet Passion

Kedi

Fall in love with the cats of Istanbul metrocinema at the Garneau 8712 - 109 Street, Edm AB T6G 1E9 www.metrocinema.org

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Music Docs

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Asian Canadian Film Series Page: 8

series highlights

Admission

Adult $12 (Matinee $10) Student/Senior $9 (Matinee $6) Children 12 & Under $6

Passes

Night at the Movies $30 Adult Six Pack $60 Student/Senior Six Pack $50 Silver Screen $250

Metro Operations Dan Nielsen – President Jennifer Jenkins – Past President Rebecca Swanson – Vice President Randal Pruss – Treasurer Alex Dimitroff – Secretary Elliot Bridgewater, Paul Matwychuk, Heather Noel, Brad Stromberg – Directors David Cheoros – Executive Director Dan Smith – Operations Manager Pete Harris – Programming Manager Katie Sowden – Communications Director Allan Mulholland – Facility Manager Brad Sime – Booth Manager/Head Projectionist Sylvia Douglas – Financial Officer Talicia Dutchin – Communications Specialist/ House Manager Nic Keating, Bailey Richards – Operations Assistants/House Managers Ryn Climenhaga – Programming Assistant/ House Manager Owen Armstrong, Joseph Hartfeil – Projectionists Tola Adeshina, Kelly McLean - House Managers Maddy Dube, Fia Friske, Erica Livsey, Tim Rechner, Jessica Watson - Front of House

Rebel, Rebel

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Sci-Fi Cinema

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Metro Cinema is a community-based non-profit society. We believe that film, video, and digital media are significant art forms and means of communication, and that many innovative films, videos, and digital media are overlooked by conventional theatres, including Canadian, international, and independent film, video, and digital media. We are devoted to the exhibition and promotion of this work in Edmonton. To this end, Metro exhibits an eclectic blend of film, video, and digital media that are not screened anywhere else in the city. Metro’s focus is on presenting a broad selection of educational, cultural, and innovative works. The Society operates with the ongoing assistance of a large volunteer base. We regularly distribute a program, facilitate discussion, and bring in artists to enhance the experience and understanding of film, video, and digital media.

Metro Cinema is grateful for the support of the Alberta Media Arts Alliance, Capital FM, CFRN, CJSR, FAVA, Vue Weekly and the Harper-Kennedy Fund at the Edmonton Community Foundation.

Metro Cinema recognizes our relationship with Treaty 6 territory and wishes to acknowledge the Papaschase First Nation on whose unceded land the Garneau Theatre occupies.

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New Releases

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Kedi The Lure Strangers on the Earth Personal Shopper Frantz Free Fire Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdon of Trees

Series & Repertory

chained

chicago

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Music Docs - The Colossus of Destiny: A Melvins Tales - Paradise is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings Bad Girls Movie Club - Chicago Sci-Fi Cinema - Galaxy Quest - Colossal Asian Canadian Film Series - The Apology - Window Horses - All Our Father’s Relations Afternoon Tea - Elizabeth - A Quiet Passion Art Docs - The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins DEDfemme - Chained Tommy Wiseau’s The Room Reel Family Cinema - The Lego Batman Movie - Hockey Night - Puss in Boots - Ballerina - Jurassic Park - Canadian Classic Short Films Quote-A-Long - Airplane!

Guest Presenter Series - Power to Change Rebel, Rebel: Cinema’s Renegades, Delinquents, and Punks - Rebel Without a Cause - Bonnie and Clyde - The Warriors - The Wanderers - Side and Nancy - Trainspotting – Double Feature - T2 Trainspotting – Double Feature BloodSisters HOMO-CIDAL - Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Staff Pics - Casino Strange Canada - Hobo with a Shotgun The Devils (1971)

Special Screenings & Events

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Calendar

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Canadian Mental Health Association - Happy Northwestfest Dream Logic: David Lynch, part 2 - Mulholland Dr. - David Lynch: The Art Life - The Short Films of David Lynch - Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me – 25th Anniversary Reel Paddling Film Festival Edmonton Symphony Orchestra - Immortal Beloved Spotlight on Gordon Pinsent - The River of my Dreams - Away From Her The Rocky Horror Picture Show The Sikh Research Institute - Kultar’s Mime Tim Bowling Book Launch - The Heavy Bear Book Launch - The Railrodder - Buster Keaton Rides Again 100 Short Stories Local Filmmakers - Lana Gets Her Talk - Happy Birthday, Mango!

Tigers DEDfest TAF International Action Film Festival Pride Centre - In the Turn - A Womb of Their Own

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May & june 2017 SCHEDULE

There’s always something new at Metro. Visit metrocinema.org to find all our new releases, and the most up to date film listings, show times, and other information.

new releases

Kedi Turkey/USA 2016, 80 min, Dir: Ceyda Torun Turkish with subtitles MAY 14 @ 4PM, MAY 19 @ 4:30PM, MAY 19 @ 7PM, MAY 20 @ 12:15PM, MAY 20 @ 4:15PM, MAY 21 @ 2:45PM, MAY 21 @ 7PM, MAY 22 @ 12:45PM, MAY 22 @ 7:15PM, MAY 23 @ 4:30PM, MAY 23 @ 9PM, MAY 24 @ 4:30PM, MAY 24 @ 7PM, MAY 25 @ 4:30PM, MAY 25 @ 9:30PM Hundreds of thousands of Turkish cats roam the metropolis of Istanbul freely. For thousands of years they’ve wandered in and out of people’s lives, becoming an essential part of the communities that make the city so rich. Claiming no owners, the cats of Istanbul live between two worlds, neither wild nor tame — and they bring joy and purpose to those people they choose to adopt. In Istanbul, cats are the mirrors to the people, allowing them to reflect on their lives in ways nothing else could.

The Lure (Córki dancingu) Poland 2015, 92 min, Dir: Agnieszka Smoczynska Polish with subtitles MAY 26 @ 7PM, MAY 27 @ 9:30PM, MAY 28 @ 9:30PM, MAY 30 @ 9:30PM, MAY 31 @ 9:30PM

In this bold, genre-defying horror-musical mashup, a pair of carnivorous mermaid sisters are drawn ashore in an alternate ‘80s Poland to explore the wonders and temptations of life on land. Their siren songs and otherworldly aura make them overnight sensations as nightclub singers. In a visceral twist on Hans Christian Andersen’s original Little Mermaid tale, one sister falls for a human, and as the bonds of sisterhood are tested, the lines between love and survival get blurred.

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Strangers on the Earth USA/Spain 2017, 90 min, Dir: Tristan Cook English, Spanish, & German with subtitles JUN 2 @ 9:30PM, JUN 4 @ 2PM, JUN 5 @ 7PM, JUN 6 @ 9:15PM

A tapestry of pilgrim narratives, Strangers on the Earth explores the physical, social, and spiritual aspects of pilgrimage along Spain’s Camino de Santiago. The landscape is beautiful but brutal, the dorms are packed and the bunks are hard.

Some find solace in solitude; others discover kinship and community en route. The case of Dane Johansen is remarkable: he embarks on the nearly 600-mile journey carrying his cello on his back.

Personal Shopper France/Germany 2016, 105 min, Dir: Olivier Assayas English, French & Swedish with subtitles JUN 8 @ 9:30PM, JUN 11 @ 9:30PM, JUN 13 @ 7PM

Maureen is the personal shopper for a highpowered German model/designer and jet-setter who demands an endless supply of clothes and accessories be procured and delivered to her, but she is also a Medium. Having just suffered a personal trauma—her beloved twin brother, Lewis, has just died from a congenital heart condition— she attempts to communicate with him while wandering around their cavernous childhood home in Paris, where he died.

Frantz France/Germany 2016, 113 min, Dir: François Ozon French & German with subtitles JUN 9 @ 915PM, JUN 10 @ 7PM, JUN 12 @ 7PM, JUN 14 @ 9PM

Set in the immediate aftermath of the First World War, the film follows Anna, a bereft young German woman whose fiancé, Frantz, was killed during trench warfare, and Adrien, a French veteran of the war who shows up mysteriously in her town and places flowers on Frantz’s grave.

Adrien’s presence is met with resistance by the small community still reeling from Germany’s defeat, yet Anna gradually gets closer to him, as she learns of his deep friendship with Frantz.

Free Fire France/UK 2016, 90 min, Dir: Ben Wheatley JUN 18 @ 7PM, JUN 20 @ 9:30PM, JUN 21 @ 9:30PM, JUN 25 @ 9:30PM

An arms deal goes spectacularly and explosively wrong when Justine brokers a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two Irishmen and a gang led by Vernon and Ord, who are selling them a stash of guns. When shots are fired during the handover, complete pandemonium ensues, with everyone at the scene suddenly thrust into a heart-stopping game of survival.

SERIES & REPERTORY Bad Girls Movie Club The Bad Girls Movie Club is a celebration of femme fatales, female gangsters, and all-around badass women. Curated by reporter Jana G. Pruden, and with special appearances by some of Edmonton’s own badass ladies, the Bad Girls Movie Club is dedicated to unapologetically different, difficult — and sometimes deadly – women.

Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees Canada/Germany/Ireland/Japan/USA 2016, 82 min, Dir: Jeffrey McKay JUN 25 @ 4PM

Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees is a documentary featuring scientist and acclaimed author Diana Beresford-Kroeger.

The film follows Diana as she investigates our profound biological and spiritual connection to forests. Her global journey explores the science, folklore, and restoration challenges of this essential eco-system.

Sci-Fi Cinema Be it Contemporary or Golden-Age, Classic or Cult, Independent or Big-Budget, Feature or Short, Sci-Fi Cinema is a film series presenting the best in futuristic settings, alternative history, space opera, time travel, super humans, and extraterrestrial life.

Chicago USA/Germany/Canada 2002, 113 min, Dir: Rob Marshall MAY 3 @ 7PM

Unrepentant killers Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row fighting for their lives— and the spotlight—in glamorous 1920s Chicago. The screening will include a short talk about the real life murderesses who inspired the hit musical, presented by Edmonton journalist and vintage crime buff Jana G. Pruden. Bad Girls Movie Club merchandise and a movie-themed raffle prize will be available before the show, with all proceeds going to charity.

Galaxy Quest USA 1999, 109 min, Dir: Dean Parisot MAY 7 @ 9:30PM

The stars of a 1970s sci-fi show—now scraping a living through re-runs and sci-fi conventions—are beamed aboard an alien spacecraft.

Believing the cast’s heroic on-screen dramas are historical documents of real-life adventures, the band of aliens turn to the ailing celebrities for help in their quest to overcome the oppressive regime in their solar system.

Music Docs Music Docs is a monthly film series featuring music documentaries, from classic to contemporary.

Curated by Tim Rechner, and co-presented with CJSR, Blackbyrd Myoozik, and Steamwhistle.

The Colossus of Destiny: A Melvins Tales USA 2016, 125 min, Dir: Bob Hannam MAY 2 @ 7PM

This documentary follows the Melvins history, with rare behind-the-scenes footage from their early days in Washington, to their multiple modern incarnations with an eye on the enduring influence they’ve had throughout their 30-year plus history. The film features interviews with Mike Patton, Chris Cornell, Jello Biafra, Gene Simmons, Krist Novoselic, Mark Arm, J.Mascis, Josh Homme, David Yow, and many more.

With live music performance by Bunny Patch at 6:30PM. Film at 7PM.

Paradise is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings USA 2015, 80 min, Dir: Natalie Merchant JUN 6 @ 7PM

Natalie Merchant’s entire musical life is encapsulated in this very personal film, which digs deep into the music through live performances, archival footage and interviews. Her fellow musicians, friends, and impassioned fans share how the songs of Tigerlily have influenced them over the past 20 years, and speak to how the power of music itself affects us in profound, lasting, and uplifting ways.

Colossal Canada/Spain 2016, 110 min, Dir: Nacho Vigalondo JUN 4 @ 9:30PM, JUN 7 @ 9:15PM

Gloria is an out-of-work party girl who, after getting kicked out of her apartment by her boyfriend, is forced to leave her life in New York and move back to her hometown. When news reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, South Korea, Gloria gradually comes to the realization that she is somehow connected to this far-off phenomenon. As events begin to spin out of control, Gloria must determine why her seemingly insignificant existence has such a colossal effect on the fate of the world. metrocinema.org

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Asian Canadian Film Series This is the second presentation of the Asian Canadian film series, featuring Canadian made films for Asian heritage month. In a time where Hollywood continues to whitewash films and leave diverse voices out of the conversation, it’s more important than ever to show Asian people on the screen. This year’s films are recent releases by female filmmakers, all of which are multi-faceted, and multicultural.

Curated by Alexis Kienlen.

The Apology Canada 2016, 104 min, Dir:Tiffany Hsiung Korean, Chinese, Tagalog, Japanese, & English with subtitles MAY 10 @ 7PM

In partnership with NorthwestFest, the Asian Canadian film series is proud to present The Apology. The film is a powerful documentary about the personal journeys of three “comfort women” who were kidnapped and forced into military sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War 2.

Window Horses Presented by Glass Buffalo Canada 2016, 85 min, Dir: Ann Marie Fleming MAY 20 @6:45PM

Window Horses is an animated feature about love, poetry, family, and identity. The main character of the film, Rosie Ming, is a young mixed race Canadian poet who is invited to an international poetry festival in Iran, against the wishes of her Chinese grandparents.

Additional screenings: MAY 21 @ 12:45PM, MAY 22 @ 2:30PM, & MAY 23 @ 7PM

Afternoon Tea

Mother’s Day Brunch: Join us at 11:30am for a special Mother’s Day brunch. $35 tickets include fruit, teas from The Tea Girl and an array of delectables from Whimsical Cakes. Limited to 40 seats, and includes film admission.

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All Our Father’s Relations is a documentary that tells the story of the Grant family, a First Nations/Chinese family from the Musqueam Community in British Columbia. In partnership with Reconciliation in Solidarity Edmonton (RISE), this film screening, discussion, and surrounding events will launch Edmonton’s Reconciliation Week. Special thank you to Kathryn Lennon, and Miranda Jimmy, for their organization of this event.

Art Docs is a bimonthly series of documentaries about modern and contemporary art. Featuring guest speakers, short art history talks, and Q&As with filmmakers, curators, and artists. Presented and curated by Dr. Kristen Hutchinson.

The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins

Elizabeth

“I will have one mistress here... and no master.” Cate Blanchett provides an astonishing portrait of a woman whose wit and passions alternately endanger her and build an empire.

Watch Elizabeth I grow from a nervous girl whose future trembles in the grip of Queen Mary, to a young queen beset by plotters, suitors and the prospect of invasion, emerging as a woman “married to England.”

Canada 2016, 60 min, Dir: Alejandro Yoshizawa Chinese & English with subtitles MAY 28 @ 4:30PM

Art Docs

Do you like your accents plummy and your passions refined? Afternoon Tea presents an array of costume dramas past and present, along with delectables from Whimsical Cakes, a selection of fine teas and stirring conversation. Host David Cheoros will be At Home to all visitors.

UK 1998, 124 min, Dir: Shekhar Kapur English & French with subtitles MAY 14 @ 1PM

All Our Father’s Relations

A Quiet Passion UK/Belgium 2016, 125 min, Dir: Terence Davies JUN 11 @ 1PM

Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City) completely inhabits the fiercely independent genius of Emily Dickenson in Terence Davies new biography.

Come for the poetry, stay for the moments of freshness, humour and brutal candour. There are moments here that are utterly and gloriously Davies: no other filmmaker would have dreamed them up, let alone have executed them with such exquisite delicacy.

USA 2008.109 min, Dir: Pietra Brettkelly MAY 18 @ 7PM

Vanessa Beecroft is obsessively determined to adopt Sudanese twin orphans. The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins follows Beecroft for sixteen months as she exposes the truth about her life with an often brutal honesty—her creative process, her struggle with depression, her volatile relationship with her husband, and her love for the twins. The documentary raises questions about exploitation, culture clash, and the imposition of the West on Africa.

Screens with the short film The Things We Taught Our Daughters: Helen Knott. 2015, 5 min, Dir: Coty Savard.

Q&A following the screening.

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DEDfemme DEDfemme aims to celebrate and promote the unique cinematic visions of women in genre film. Women are sorely undervalued in the filmmaking industry, but more so within the realm of genre. The unfortunate truth is that people don’t often equate great horror, action, sci-fi, western, psychological thriller and quirky comedy with the filmmaking efforts of women, but DEDfemme is here to prove that women are indeed out there, kicking ass and producing some of the most remarkable and offbeat stuff genre cinema has to offer. Presented and curated by Lacey Paige.

Chained Canada 2012, 94 min.

Dir: Jennifer Lynch MAY 19 @ 9:30PM

DEDfemme is excited to present Jennifer Lynch’s genre-defying psychological thriller, Chained. The film stars Vincent D’Onofrio as a nefarious cab driver who picks up women and takes them to his house where misogyny, mayhem, and murder ensue. Disguised as a razor-wire taut game of cat and mouse, Lynch’s masterwork conveys a strong social commentary on the complex psychosocial concept of nature vs. nurture.

REEL FAMILY CINEMA Metro Cinema offers family friendly classic and contemporary movies most Saturday afternoons. Come early and enjoy themed lobby activities before films. Free admission for children 12 & under.

The Lego Batman Movie USA/Denmark 2017, 104 min, Dir: Chris McKay MAY 20 @ 2PM, MAY 23 @ 2PM, MAY 24 @ 2PM

There are big changes brewing in Gotham City, and if he wants to save the city from The Joker’s hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up.

Puss in Boots USA 2011, 90 min, Dir: Chris Miller JUN 3 @ 2PM

An outlaw cat, his childhood egg-friend, and a seductive thief kitty set out in search for the eggs of the fabled Golden Goose to clear his name, restore his lost honor and regain the trust of his mother and town.

Jurassic Park USA 1993, 127 min, Dir: Steven Spielberg JUN 17 @ 1PM Huge advancements in scientific technology have enabled a mogul to create an island full of living dinosaurs. John Hammond has invited four individuals, along with his two grandchildren, to join him at Jurassic Park. But will everything go according to plan?

Canadian Classic Short Films Hockey Night

Ballerina

Canada 1984, 74 min, Dir: Paul Shapiro MAY 27 @ 2PM

France/Canada 2017, 89 min, Dir: Eric Summer, Éric Warin JUN 10 @ 2PM

When a young girl wants to join her high school’s hockey team as goalie, she is met with resistance, but also gets support, especially from the star forward of the team.

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An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.

Canada, 75 min, Dir: Various JUN 24 @ 2PM

Metro offers a selection of classic and contemporary favourites from the animation studios of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). The NFB is an internationally recognized treasure, and a great way for families to celebrate the ramp-up to Canada Day together.

Free admission.

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MAY 2017 SCHEDULE SUNDAY

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7PM The Tale of the Princess Kaguya – Subtitled 9:30PM Baahubali 2: The Conclusion – EMC

7PM The Colossus of Destiny: A Melvins Tale – Music Docs 9:30PM Baahubali 2: The Conclusion – EMC

7PM Chicago – Bad Girls Movie Club 9:30PM I Called Him Morgan

7PM Happy – Canadian Mental Health Association 9:30PM Baahubali 2: The Conclusion – EMC

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Quote-A-Long Airplane!

7 NORTHWESTFEST 9:30PM Galaxy Quest – Sci-Fi Cinema

14 11:30AM Mother’s Day Brunch – Afternoon Tea 1PM Elizabeth – Afternoon Tea 4PM Kedi TBA – Edmonton Movie Club 9:30PM Mulholland Dr. – Dream Logic

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15 7PM Immortal Beloved – Edmonton Symphony Orchestra 9:30PM David Lynch: The Art Life – Dream Logic

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16 7PM Reel Paddling Film Festival 9:30PM David Lynch Short Films – Dream Logic

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7PM The River of My Dreams – Spotlight on Gordon Pinsent 9:15PM Mulholland Dr. – Dream Logic

7PM The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins – Art Docs 9:30PM Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me – Dream Logic

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19 4:30PM Kedi 7PM Kedi 9:30PM Chained – DEDFemme 11:30PM The Room

MOTHER’S DAY

21 12:45PM Window Horses 2:45PM Kedi 4:30PM Away From Her – Spotlight on Gordon Pinsent 7PM Kedi 9PM Quote-A-Long Airplane!

28 2PM Kultar’s Mime – Live Event 4:30PM All Our Father’s Relations – Asian Canadian Film Series / RISE TBA 9:30PM The Lure

22 12:45PM Kedi 2:30PM Window Horses TBA 7:15PM Kedi 9PM The Devils (1971)

29 6:30PM Private Event TBA

23 2PM The Lego Batman Movie – Reel Family Cinema 4:30PM Kedi 7PM Window Horses 9PM Kedi

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2PM The Lego Batman Movie – Reel Family Cinema 4:30PM Kedi 7PM Kedi 9PM The Devils (1971)

4:30PM Kedi 7PM Power to Change: Die EnergieRebellion – MP Linda Duncan Presents 9:30PM Kedi

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12:15PM Kedi 2PM The Lego Batman Movie – Reel Family Cinema 4:15PM Kedi 6:45PM Window Horses – Asian Canadian Film Series 10PM The Rocky Horror Picture Show

27 2PM Hockey Night – Reel Family Cinema TBA TBA 9:30PM The Lure

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9:30PM The Lure

Immortal Beloved

River of my Dreams

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Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

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2PM Strangers on the Earth 4PM 100 Short Stories 7PM Trails in Motion Film Festival 9:30PM Colossal – Sci-Fi Cinema

11 1PM A Quiet Passion – Afternoon Tea 3:30PM Tigers TBA – Edmonton Movie Club 9:30PM Personal Shopper

18 1PM A Womb of Their Own – Pride Centre of Edmonton / Pride Week 4:30PM Happy Birthday, Mango!

– Local Filmmakers 7PM Free Fire TBA

7PM Strangers on the Earth 9:15PM Rebel Without a Cause – Rebel, Rebel

12 7PM Frantz 9:15PM The Wanderers – Rebel, Rebel

19 7PM Casino – Staff Pics

7PM Paradise is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings – Music Docs 9:15PM Strangers on the Earth

13 7PM Personal Shopper 9:30PM BloodSisters – Pride Week 18+, no minors

20 TBA 9:30PM Free Fire

WEDNESDAY

7 7PM Bonnie and Clyde – 50th Anniversary / Rebel, Rebel 9:15PM Colossal – Sci-Fi Cinema

14 7PM The Warriors – Rebel, Rebel 9PM Frantz

21 TBA 9:30PM Free Fire

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6:30PM Rebel Without a Cause – Rebel, Rebel 9:30PM Strangers on the Earth 11:30PM The Room

2PM Puss in Boots – Reel Family Cinema TBA TBA 9:30PM Bonnie and Clyde – 50th Anniversary / Rebel, Rebel

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7PM Lana Gets Her Talk – Local Filmmakers 9:30PM Personal Shopper

7PM The Wanderers – Rebel, Rebel 9:30PM Frantz

15 TBA 9:30PM Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

– HOMO-CIDAL Drag Show / Pride Week 18+, no minors

22 7PM Hobo with a Shotgun – Strange Canada TBA

16 7PM DEDFest Action Film Fest 9:30PM DEDFest Action Film Fest

23 7PM TBA 9:30PM Sid and Nancy – Rebel, Rebel

10 2PM Ballerina – Reel Family Cinema TBA 7PM Frantz 9:30PM The Warriors – Rebel, Rebel

17 1PM Jurassic Park – Reel Family Cinema 4PM In the Turn – Pride Centre of Edmonton / Pride Week 7PM DEDFest Action Film Fest 9:30PM DEDFest Action Film Fest

24 2PM Canadian Classic Short Films – Reel Family Cinema 4PM TBA 7PM Trainspotting – Rebel, Rebel 9PM T2 Trainspotting – Rebel, Rebel

FATHER’S DAY

25 1PM TBA 4PM Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees 7PM TBA 9:30PM Free Fire

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Tommy Wiseau’s The Room

QUOTE-A-LONG

BloodSisters

We’ll bring the subtitles if you bring the participation!

BloodSisters The Room USA 2003, 99 min, Dir: Tommy Wiseau MAY 19 @ 11:30PM, JUN 2 @ 11:30PM

The film widely considered the “Citizen Kane of bad movies” is back! Be sure to catch Tommy and his friends the first Friday of the month for a late night screening this classic piece of so-badit’s-good cinema. You’re our favourite customer.

Thanks a lot! Bye. Audience participation is encouraged. Please respect the theatre and fellow patrons.

Quote-A-Long Airplane!

USA 1980, 88 min, Dir: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, & Jerry Zucker MAY 21 @ 9PM This disaster film spoof packs every frame with visual gags, puns, gross-out humour and gratuitous celebrity cameos. Surely a quote a long screening would be a great chance to scream, cheer, and hang on for dear life. And don’t call me Shirley!

USA 1995, 77 min, Dir: Michelle Handelman JUN 13 @ 9:30PM

Discover the sweaty, sexy, and mysterious world of the Leatherfolk. A foundational pillar of the LGBTQ+ community, Leathermen and Leatherwomen have a rich history. The evening centres around BloodSisters; an A-Z documentary guide that takes an in-depth look at the San Francisco Leatherdyke scene during the mid-nineties.

Accompanied by performance pieces from Alberta’s own BDSM community, come learn about pain, pleasure, and the sensual nature of perversion. 18+ licensed, no minors.

HOMO-cidal drag show

Guest Presenter Series

The House of HOMO-CIDAL is a cult film-inspired drag troupe hell bent on serving cinema, female impersonation and debauchery in one nasty bundle. This horde of devious mavens will provide entertainment before, during, and after your movie-viewing experience, twisting your minds for the better and hopefully the worst!

MP Linda Duncan Presents: Power To Change: Die EnergieRebellion Germany 2016, 90 min, Dir: Carl-A. Fechner German with subtitles MAY 25 @ 6:30PM

Power to Change shows that a more rapid turnaround in energy policy towards 100-percent renewables is possible, even faster than what opponents would have you believe. With a strong story, breathtaking pictures, and an engaging musical score, this film offers an insight into how a renewable energy revolu14

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tion can be achieved. For Fechner, the goal is that after watching his film it will be impossible to dismiss the vital transformation of our entire energy supply as an idealistic dream. By visualizing the struggle and the social quantum leap that this transformation requires, the film aims to provoke change.

Linda has served as the Member of Parliament for Edmonton Strathcona since October 2008, and currently serves as the federal NDP’s Critic for Environment and Climate Change.

She has long advocated for evidence-based decision making and citizen rights in environmental decisions, thrice tabling a Canadian Environmental Bill of Rights.

Panel discussion following the screening.

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

USA 1965, 83 min, Dir: Russ Meyer JUN 15 @ 9:30PM

Three strippers seeking thrills encounter a young couple in the desert. After dispatching the boyfriend, they take the girl hostage and begin scheming on a crippled old man living with his two sons in the desert, reputedly hiding a tidy sum of cash. They become houseguests of the old man and try and seduce the sons in an attempt to locate the money, not realizing that the old man has a few sinister intentions of his own.

18+ licensed, no minors.

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SPREAD BUTTER NOT HATE

Rebel, Rebel: Cinema’s Renegades, Delinquents, and Punks.

The rebel, the misfit, the nonconformist: a favourite film subject. By scrambling outside of the box, they remind us where the walls are. Metro is pleased to present six classic films about the renegades, delinquents, and punks that people love so much—and one film that shows what happens when the bad boys get old.

Renegades

Delinquents

Punks

Sid and Nancy The Wanderers Rebel Without a Cause USA 1955, 111 min, Dir: Nicholas Ray JUN 2 @ 6:30PM, JUN 5 @ 9:15PM

After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid’s real troubles begin.

USA 1979, 112 min, Dir: Philip Kaufman JUN 9 @ 7PM, JUN 12 @ 9:15PM

The Wanderers are an Italian-American gang vying for respect on the streets of the Bronx in 1963. Between rumbles with rivals such as the Ducky Boys and the Fordham Baldies, the group learn some difficult lessons about life, and love. Leader Richie Gennaro finds himself entangled with Despie Galasso, the daughter of a mobster, while the artistically inclined Joey falls hard for Nina.

UK 1986, 112 min, Dir: Alex Cox JUN 23 @ 9:30PM

Morbid biographical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British punk group the Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. When the Sex Pistols break up after their fateful US tour, Vicious attempts a solo career while in the grip of heroin addiction. One morning, Nancy is found stabbed to death and Sid is arrested for her murder.

Trainspotting UK 1996, 94 min, Dir: Danny Boyle JUN 24 @ 7PM

The Warriors Bonnie and Clyde – 50th Anniversary USA 1967, 111min, Dir: Arthur Penn JUN 3 @ 9:30PM, JUN 7 @ 7PM

Small-time crook Clyde Barrow tries to steal a car and winds up with its owner’s daughter, dissatisfied small-town girl Bonnie Parker. Their crimes quickly spiral from petty theft to bank robbery, but tensions between the couple and the other members of their gang—hapless driver, C.W., Clyde’s suave older brother, Buck, and Buck’s flibbertigibbet wife, Blanche—could destroy them all.

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USA 1979, 92 min, Dir: Walter Hill JUN 10 @ 9:30PM, JUN 14 @ 7PM

A turf battle between New York City street gangs that rages from Coney Island to the Bronx, where The Warriors are mistakenly blamed for the killing of Cyrus, the leader of the most powerful gang in the city. They have to cross the dangerous Bronx and Manhattan territories of rivals in order to get to their own ‘hood, narrowly escaping police and other gangs every step of the way.

A wild, freeform, Rabelaisian trip through the darkest recesses of Edinburgh low-life, focusing on Mark Renton and his attempt to give up his heroin habit, and how the latter affects his relationship with family and friends: Sean Connery wannabe Sick Boy, dim-bulb Spud, psycho Begbie, 14-year-old girlfriend Diane, and clean-cut athlete Tommy, who’s never touched drugs but can’t help being curious about them.

T2 Trainspotting UK 2016, 117 min, Dir: Danny Boyle JUN 24 @ 9PM

First there was an opportunity......then there was a betrayal. Twenty years have gone by.

Much has changed but just as much remains the same. Mark Renton returns to the only place he can ever call home, where everyone is waiting for him: Spud, Sick Boy, and Begbie.

Other old friends are waiting too: sorrow, loss, joy, vengeance, hatred, friendship, love, longing, fear, regret, diamorphine, self-destruction and mortal danger— they are all lined up to welcome him home.

Trainspotting Double Feature @ 7PM: $20 Adults, $15 Student/Senior. Regular admission for single films.

Staff Pics Have you ever wondered what your favourite cinema’s fine staff watches when they’re not at work? From the front of house to behind the scenes, each month one Metro staff member will present their must see film!

Strange Canada Ever wonder what makes a film feel Canadian? Is there something in the water or does the winter make us odd? Join Strange Canada as we explore the weirder side of Canadian film. The series will delve into the psyche of our national cinema and pull some diamonds from the coal. Documenting 5 decades and diverse directors from across this nation, Strange Canada will expose you to some of the best and strangest homegrown entertainment around. Curated by Maggie Hardy and Allan Mullholland. For more information go to strangecanada.com.

Canada 2011, 86 min, Dir: Jason Eisener JUN 22 @ 7PM

After winning the 2007 Grindhouse international fake trailer competition, writer John Davies and director Jason Eisener fleshed out their short film in to a full length feature.

Rutger Hauer, replacing David Brunt in the lead role, turns in a beautifully nuanced performance . Filled with over the top action and peppered with Canadian injokes (was that a Bricklin?) Hobo with a Shotgun is not to be missed.

The Hobo (Rutger Hauer) pulls into Hope City and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city where crime rules and where the city’s crime boss, The Duke (Brian Downey) reigns. Seeing an urban landscape filled with armed robbers, corrupt cops, abused prostitutes and even a pedophile Santa, The Hobo tries to beg money to buy a used lawnmower so he can beautify the city. He soon realizes what the city needs is justice, which he dispenses from the end of his trusty second hand shotgun.

Casino France/USA 1980, 178 min, Dir: Martin Scorsese, Staff Pic: Dan Nielson JUN 19 @ 7PM

Ace Rothstein and Nicky Santoro, mobsters who move to Las Vegas to make their mark, live and work in this paradoxical world. Ace is the smooth operator of the Tangiers casino, while Nicky is his boyhood friend and tough strongman, robbing and shaking down the locals. However, they each have a tragic flaw—Ace falls in love with a hustler, Ginger, and Nicky falls into an ever-deepening spiral of drugs and violence.

Hobo with a Shotgun

the devils

The Devils UK 1971, 111 min, Dir: Ken Russell MAY 22 @ 9PM, MAY 24 @ 9PM

Cardinal Richelieu and his power-hungry entourage seek to take control of seventeenth-century France, but first need to remove Father Grandier, the priest who runs the fortified town that prevents them from exerting total control. So they seek to destroy him by setting him up as a warlock in control of a devil-possessed nunnery, the mother superior of which is sexually obsessed by him. A mad witch-hunter is brought in to gather evidence against the priest, ready for the big trial.

Dan Nielsen is a Front of House alumni. After “slanging popcorn” for nearly 7 years, Dan stepped away from behind the counter to sit on the Metro Board, where he now serves as President and has helped provide input into running the theatre with Ace Rothstein like efficiency. (All muffins served at Metro have an equal amount of blueberries in each one.)

Without a doubt, Casino is Dan’s favourite film, and he has waited his entire Metro tenure to see it on the big screen. From the coolest of suits, to digging holes in the desert, Casino is one of the ultimate gangster films ever created, showing that sometimes even the bad guys don’t finish first. And it’s all based on a true story.

When Ken Russell’s controversial The Devils was first released in 1971, the film faced harsh reaction due to its disturbingly violent, sexual, and religious content. Only after Russell was forced to make several, now infamous, cuts was the film allowed to screen publically. Metro presents the original UK cut of this film, which is slightly longer than other available versions.

SPECIAL SCREENINGS & EVENTS Canadian Mental Health Association Join the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) as they celebrate Mental Health Week. The CMHA is a national not for profit organization with locations across Alberta and Canada. Our Edmonton Regional office provides crisis intervention, safe and affordable housing, peer support, suicide grief support, education plus advocacy, and way finding services. Find out more by calling 780414-6300 or call 211 for free information and referral services. If you are in distress, call the Distress Line at 780-482-HELP.

Happy USA 2011, 76 min, Dir: Roko Belic MAY 4 @ 7PM

Taking viewers from the bayous of Louisiana to the deserts of Namibia, from the beaches of Brazil to the villages of Okinawa, Happy explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion, by combining real life stories of people from around the world and powerful interviews with the leading scientists in happiness research.

Admission by donation. metrocinema.org

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Northwestfest MAY 5 – 13

Northwestfest International Documentary and Media Arts Festival is Canada’s longest running nonfiction film festival. This year, Alberta’s #1 doc fest presents a selection of the hottest, most talked-about documentaries from home and abroad, including the incredible Opening Night film, Victor Walk, and hard-rockin’ Closing Night film, Hired Gun.

Reel Paddling Film Festival Programming streams include Perspective Alberta, Made in Canada, Global Visions, Music Docs, Rainbow Visions, and Doc Shorts. Join us for numerous special event screenings, Q&A’s, and more! Passes & ticket-packs available at northwestfest.ca!

Metro passes: only Silver Screen passes accepted (with exception: no Metro passes on Opening or Closing night).

Dream Logic: David Lynch, part 2 “I don’t remember my dreams too much. I hardly have ever gotten ideas from nighttime dreams.

But I love daydreaming and dream logic and the way dreams go.” – David Lynch

MAY 16 @ 7PM

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David Lynch: The Art Life

France/USA 2001, 147 min, Dir: David Lynch MAY 14 @ 9:30PM, MAY 17 @ 9:15PM

USA/Denmark 2016, 90 min, Dir: Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes MAY 15 @ 9:30PM

A bright-eyed young actress travels to Hollywood, only to be ensnared in a dark conspiracy involving a woman who was nearly murdered, and now has amnesia because of a car crash. Eventually, both women are pulled into a psychotic illusion involving a dangerous blue box, a director named Adam Kesher, and the mysterious night club Silencio.

The Short Films of David Lynch USA 2002, 52 min, Dir: David Lynch MAY 16 @ 9:30PM

New 2K digital restorations of six short films

by Lynch: Six Men Getting Sick (1967), The Alphabet (1968), The Grandmother (1970), The Amputee, Version 1 and Version 2 (1974), and Premonitions Following an Evil Deed (1995).

David Lynch takes us on an intimate journey through the formative years of his life. From his idyllic upbringing in small town America to the dark streets of Philadelphia, we follow Lynch as he traces the events that have helped to shape one of cinema’s most enigmatic directors. David Lynch the Art Life infuses Lynch’s own art, music and early films, shining a light into the dark corners of his unique world, giving audiences a better understanding of the man and the artist.

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me – 25th Anniversary USA 1992, 135 min, Dir: David Lynch MAY 18 @ 9:30PM

This dark drama is the prequel to the TV series, Twin Peaks. A young FBI agent disappears while investigating a murder miles from Twin Peaks that may be related to the future murder of Laura Palmer. The film tells of the bizarre and twisted circumstances that led to her murder – where the television series began.

The United Albertan Paddling Society (UAPS) welcomes you to join in a fun night exploring the world by water! Since 2006, the Reel Paddling Film Festival World Tour has been showcasing the very best in paddling films. You’ll be inspired to explore rivers, lakes and oceans, push extremes, and embrace the wild places paddling brings to our fingertips.

Tickets $15. Metro passes: only Silver Screen passes.

Edmonton Symphony Orchestra In anticipation of the May 17 Immortal Beethoven concert, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (ESO) is delighted to co-present the classic 1994 film, Immortal Beloved. Building on the passionate crescendo of the film screening, join the ESO inside the Winspear Centre for an electrifying evening of music from the titan from Bonn.

This all-Beethoven night includes the “Triple” Concerto, featuring soloists from the ranks of the ESO, and the radiant Eighth Symphony – a work of optimism and humour by a man who revolutionized music. Visit EdmontonSymphony.com for details or call (780) 428-1414.

Immortal Beloved UK/USA 1994, 121 min, Dir: Bernard Rose MAY 15 @ 7PM

This biography of Ludwig van Beethoven builds its narrative around an actual letter found after his death, addressed only to the composer’s “immortal beloved.” Through recollections and scattered hints, we receive glimpses of Beethoven’s relationships with women, particularly his close interaction with a pair of very different Countesses. metrocinema.org

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Spotlight: Gordon Pinsent

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One of Canada’s most beloved and well-known actors, Gordon Pinsent was born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland. Metro Cinema is proud to present a new documentary on his on-going career, as well as one of his best known roles in the awardwinning feature Away From Her.

The Heavy Bear Book Launch / Buster Keaton Films JUN 1 @ 7PM

The Rocky Horror Picture Show USA 1975, 100 min, Dir: Jim Sharman MAY 20 @ 10PM

The River of my Dreams Canada 2016, 104 min, Dir: Brigitte Berman MAY 17 @ 7PM

With grace, wit and impossible charm, Canadian screen icon Gordon Pinsent takes us on a journey through his 70-year career.

From leaving Newfoundland in the late 1940s to Canadian classics (John and the Missus, The Rowdyman) and recent hits (Away From Her, The Shipping News), Pinsent has been a recognizable face in of many of our most treasured stories. Academy Award–winning director Brigitte Berman explores his rich and storied career in this enrapturing portrait.

With the inventive use of motion-capture techniques, Berman allows Pinsent to perform as younger versions of himself, bringing the past to life in charming animated vignettes.

Tim Bowling Book Launch

Let’s do the Time Warp again! The all-time weird and wonderful cult favourite returns. The adventure begins where it always does, as newly engaged Brad and Janet encounter car trouble in rainy weather. When they stop to look for help, they find themselves at the castle of the charming transvestite, Dr. Frank-N-Furter. They’re offered shelter for the night, but will they want to stay? Audience participation is encouraged.

Dress up, bring props, and sing along!

Tickets $15. Metro Passes: only Silver Screen accepted (subject to availability).

Sikh Research Institute The Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI) exists to connect people with the teachings of Sikhi, making them accessible and easy to digest for people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds, by offering courses and seminars in a variety of mediums.

What happens when a respectable middle-aged father, teacher and writer decides one day to abandon his ordinary routine and embark on an unexpected journey toward an unknowable fate, following the ghost of Buster Keaton and a vision of a bear? Tim Bowling’s The Heavy Bear answers this question, but not before analyzing Keaton’s career, including the two Canadian films he appeared in towards the end of his life: The Railrodder (24 min) and Buster Keaton Rides Again (55 min). Filmic, comic, melancholic, and weirdly Canadian, Bowling’s novel and Keaton’s on-screen appearances come together to celebrate the highlights, lowlights, and hijinks of the creative life.

100 Short Stories

100 Short Stories Canada 2016, 68 min, Dir: Neal Livingston JUN 4 @ 4PM

A collage ranging from the serious to the humorous. This original and engaging documentary tackles opinions regarding governance, public policy, and questions what are sound ideas socially, environmentally, and culturally in today’s society. It’s about predatory capitalism, renewable energy, stopping the frackers, and contemporary life in Atlantic Canada. Director Neal Livingston, a well-known Nova Scotian documentary filmmaker, and artist—as well as renewable energy practitioner, developer, and policy advocate—calls the film partly autobiographical.

Director in attendance.

Kultar’s Mime Live Stage Production MAY 28 @ 2PM

Away From Her Canada/UK/USA 2006, 110 min, Dir: Sarah Polley MAY 21 @ 4:30PM

A man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer’s disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheelchairbound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.

Canada on Screen – Free admission.

Kultar’s Mime is a play that blends painting, poetry, theater, and music to tell the stories of Sikh children who survived the 1984 Delhi massacre.

A collective of young Jewish artists decided to commemorate a 1903 Pogrom that targeted Jews in the Russian town of Kishinev. During their journey, they learn about the 1984 massacre and in a powerful moment of embracing the pain of the ‘other’, they shift focus and decide to tell a story that the world has largely ignored.

The play incorporates text from two poems: Kultar’s Mime by Sarbpreet Singh and In The City Of Slaughter by Haim Bialik.

Free admission. metrocinema.org

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Local Filmmakers Metro Cinema supports the creative vision of talented local filmmakers from Edmonton, and across Alberta, through public screenings and special events.

Tigers

Tigers India/France 2014, 90 min, Dir: Danis Tanovic Hindi, Urdu, German, & English with subtitles JUN 11 @ 3:30PM A young salesman takes on a multi-national giant when he discovers the infant formula he is paid to peddle has deadly consequences. The film is based on the life of Syed Aamir Raza Hussain, who will be in attendance at the screening.

Tickets available at Eventbrite.ca. Metro passes: only Silver Screen passes (subject to availability). Panel discussion following the screening.

Pride Center

Lana Gets Her Talk Canada 2017, 37 min, Dir: Beth Wishart MacKenzie JUN 8 @ 7PM

A cinematic observation of Indigenous artist Lana Whiskeyjack as she works to complete a mixed-media sculpture of a tortured face, the face of her uncle. Lana calls the piece Losing My Talk. This brief study of an artist and her work is a creative medium through which we can come to some understanding of the trauma experienced by Canada’s Indigenous people in the Indian Residential School system (IRS), of its enduring effects on the children of survivors of the IRS, and of one woman’s journey to recover what was lost: dignity, identity, and voice.

Co-presented by Reconciliation In Focus

The 2017 YEG Queer Women and Trans Festival presents film screenings focused on building community and shared experiences between trans and queer experiences. Co-presented

by The Pride Centre of Edmonton, Edmonton Pride Festival, and Metro Cinema.

A Womb of Their Own In the Turn 2014, 113 min, Dir: Erica Tremblay JUN 17 @ 4PM

In the Turn follows Crystal, a 10-year-old transgender girl growing up in rural Ontario as she navigates the difficult and complicated world that surrounds her, and documents the journey as she and her family struggle against the challenges of prejudice, hatred, and ignorance. After being denied the right to join local athletics teams due to her gender, Crystal and her mom serendipitously discover the Vagine Regime, an international queer collective of roller derby players comprised of people of all shapes, sizes, backgrounds and identities.

Tickets available at Eventbrite.ca. Panel discussion following the screening.

2016, 85 min, Dir: Cyn Lubow JUN 18 @ 1PM

How do people who don’t experience themselves as simply female or male handle a culture that offers only these two identities?

A Womb of Their Own introduces a charismatic, funny, thoughtful group of masculineof-center-identified people who experience pregnancy. Each individual and couple navigate gender expectations even from the LGBT community that don’t fit their experience of themselves. Follow their stories as they establish their own unique gender, develop their definition of family, grow a baby in their bodies, and birth, chestfeed and parent their children as non-binary masculine people.

Tickets available at Eventbrite.ca. Filmmaker in attendance and panel discussion following the screening.

Happy Birthday, Mango!

Canada 2017, 13 min, Dir: Eva Colmers JUN 18 @ 4:30PM

How to connect when you are worlds apart?

Young care worker Almara tries hard to reach her son far away in the Philippines but everything goes wrong. The busy Mettler family doesn’t seem to care and neither old Harold nor young teen Alex seem to even notice. But closeness cannot be measured in miles. And with some ingenuity, Almara may just find a way to connect with the birthday boy back home. Join director-producer Eva Colmers and co-producer Eric Spoeth and their stellar crew and cast – including actress Nathania Bernabe and hip-hop sensation Taylor Hatala – for an exclusive community screening, Q & A, refreshments, and a fun time. There may even be mangoes to eat.

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DEDfest – TAF International Action Film Festival

Metro Cinema Annual Summer Shutdown

Metro Cinema Annual Summer Shutdown June 26 – July 6 JUNE 16 – 18 Canada’s craziest film festival celebrates its 10th anniversary by upping the ante on cinematic carnage. This June we launch our new spinoff fest the inaugural Tough as F*** International Action Film Festival! Join us for a weekend of retro mayhem, new indie action fare from around the world, and dynamite short films, as well as some explosive surprises!

We’re closed for our annual building maintenance! No films during this time.

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