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DECEMBER 2013 SCHEdulE PRovInCIAl ARCHIvES PRE-SHoW/// this month the Provincial Archives of Alberta presents the best of the clips from the past six months. these highlights from “Celebrity Revue,” “Harriett’s magic Hats,” home movies, and musical numbers demonstrate the vast diversity of their collections. For more info: email paa@gov.ab.ca or call 780 427 - 1750. Enjoy the show!
Blood Brother USA 2013, 92 min, Digital, Dir: Steve Hoover 1 @ 6:45PM
Rocky braat, a young man from a fractured family and a troubled past, went traveling through India without a plan. then he met a group of HIv positive children living in an orphanage - a meeting that changed everything for him. Rocky left his life, friends, and career in Pittsburgh to live with the kids. Steve Hoover, his best friend and filmmaker, was unsettled and intrigued by this drastic action and decided to trace Rocky’s story, following him to India. He witnessed Rocky and the kids endure disease, abject poverty, and death. but, strangest of all, in the midst of these troubles, he also saw their deep joy and came to understand why Rocky had given up everything to experience it. Presented by Global Visions Film Festival, in cooperation with HIV Edmonton, as part of World AIDS Day. ALL TICKETS: $10. A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO HIV EDMONTON. SORRy, NO METRO PASSES.
GAtEWAY to CInEmA/// Presented by the Gateway, official student newspaper at the university of Alberta.
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Apocalypse: A Bill Callahan Tour Film USA 2012, 60 min, Digital, Dir: Hanly Banks 3 @ 7:30PM
this strikingly lensed concert documentary follows enigmatic drag City troubadour bill Callahan (Smog) on a two-week tour from California to new York City in support of his acclaimed 2011 album, Apocalypse. Impressionistic scenes of Callahan’s life on the road are combined with the singer-songwriter’s cryptic musings (“I started playing music when I was 20, and time stopped for me then in a good way”) in this austere, beautiful portrait of both the musician and the multifarious American landscape. SPECIAL LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCE By SMOKEy. MUSIC AT 6:45PM, FILM AT 7:30PM.
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landscape-Changing Women. Edmonton teems with them, and has done so for well beyond the past century. unsung pioneers whose daily work shifted career landscapes through the latter half of the twentieth century and areas - where women are changing the landscape - in Garneau, and far, far beyond will be explored. TICKETS: $35 AND CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE AT: WWW.TEDXGARNEAUWOMEN.COM SORRy, NO METRO PASSES.
USA 1990, 105 min, Digital, Dir: Tim Burton 4 @ 7PM
A wondrous modern fairy tale and one of tim burton’s most heartbreaking and inventive films. Johnny depp stars as the boy who has sharp blades where his fingers should be, courtesy of his inventor father vincent Price (in his final film role). Winona Ryder, dianne Wiest and Alan Arkin are the suburbanites who fall under Edward’s spell in this utterly original creation. FREE ADMISSION FOR STUDENTS WITH VALID ID.
muSIC doCS/// A monthly film series featuring music documentaries, from classic to contemporary. Curated by tim Rechner, and co-presented with CJSR and blackbyrd myoozik.
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Short Term 12 USA 2013, 96 min, Digital, Dir: Destin Cretton 6 @ 8:45PM, 7, 11 @ 7PM, 8 @ 4PM, 9 @ 9:30PM, 12 @ 9PM
Short term 12 is told through the eyes of Grace (brie larson), a twenty- something supervisor at a foster-care facility for at-risk teenagers. Passionate and tough, Grace is a formidable caretaker of the kids in her charge – and in love with her boyfriend and co-worker, mason. but Grace’s own difficult past and the surprising future that suddenly presents itself, throw her into unforeseen confusion, made all the sharper with the arrival of a new intake at the facility – Jayden, a gifted but troubled teenage girl with whom Grace has a charged connection. She and mason also struggle to help marcus – an intense, quiet youth who is about to turn 18 – manage through the difficulty of having to leave the facility. Grace comes to find surprising sources of redemption in both her work and the new teenager in her care.
Bastards (Les Salauds) France/ Germany 2013, 83 min, Digital, Dir: Claire Denis, French w/ subtitles 6 @ 6:45PM, 7 @ 4PM, 7, 11 @ 9PM, 8 @ 2PM, 12 @ 7PM
les Salauds is full of striking imagery, right from its first shots of a young woman walking, naked, through the dim streets of Paris. the “why” is immediately invoked, and it is not long before we’re locked in a labyrinthine plot of family and business, betrayal and vengeance. the head of a family business is dead, and evidence suggests that a malevolent tycoon is responsible. Into this fractured world comes the dead man’s brother-in-law, who quits his job as a sailor on an oil tanker so he can get to the bottom of what has transpired... the canvas of the film is dark and troubling; unsavoury sexual desires mingle with stories of drugs, abuse, and mutilation. this is a revenge story with many twists and turns. Ably supported by Agnès Godard’s evocative camerawork and the eerie music of Stuart A. Staples and tindersticks, denis turns les Salauds into a dazzling puzzle of a film. (tIFF)
Edmonton Movie Club/// An independent/regional selection is presented each month from the diverse films of India by the non-profit society.
Tasher Desh (The Land of Cards) India 2012, 114 min, Dir: Qaushig Mukherjee, Bengali w/ subtitles 8 @ 6:15PM
The Dirties Canada 2013, 80 min, Digital, Dir: Matt Johnson 6 @ 10:45PM, 7 @ 2PM, 8 @ 9:15PM, 10 @ 9PM
We’ve all known (or been) someone like aspiring filmmaker Matt (played by Toronto writer-director Matt Johnson): a hyperactive teenage fanboy whose every engagement with the world is filtered through incessant, intertwining references to movies, TV shows, comic books, and other pop-culture ephemera. Armed with his ever-present video camera, Matt enlists his best friend Owen to make a DIY comedy about their fantasized revenge on the school bullies who regularly victimize them - but Owen soon begins to wonder if Matt is looking to make their revenge fantasy a reality. A stylistically daring, darkly funny and creepily unsettling take on the hot-button topic of school violence, The Dirties is “the most empathetic and human portrait of bullying, and its deadly consequences, ever put on film.” (TIFF)
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The story of a prince who escapes his destiny and the prison of his mind and lands on a fascist island where he incites the women to revolt. Tasher Desh is a psychedelic fantasy about destiny and humanity, social control and Utopian revolution. The film has been described as a “trippy adaptation” of the Rabindrath Tagore’s namesake play by Indian media and has been praised by international critics for its vivid experimental cinematography and unique style..
Crime Watch/// From thriller to comedy and classic to contemporary, Crime Watch offers a diverse and provocative glimpse into the cinematic criminal world. Curated by Laura O’Connor.
Die Hard USA 1988, 131 min, Digital, Dir: John McTiernan 9 @ 7PM
New York City Detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) arrives in Los Angeles to spend Christmas with his family in the hope of patching things up with his estranged wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia). But before the family festivities can begin, he has to survive her office Christmas Party after it’s hijacked by a group of apparent terrorists headed by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman). Join Crime Watch this month and deck the halls on the 30th floor of the Nakatomi Plaza! Professor Bill Beard from the University of Alberta Film Studies Department will introduce the film.
AGA Film Series/// Godzilla vs. Destroyah (Gojira vs. Desutoroiâ) Japan 1995, 103 min, Digital, Dir: Takao Okawara, Japanese w/ subtitles 13 @ 9PM, 15 @ 4PM
Herb & Dorothy USA 2008, 87 min, Digital, Dir: Megumi Sasaki 10 @ 7PM
Herb & Dorothy profiles the Vogels, a Manhattan couple who met in 1960 and began collecting art with their meagre incomes from the post office and the Brooklyn Public Library. Starting at a Robert Mangold opening, the documentary shows the now elderly Vogels in action among artists and curators as they attend events like they have for the past 40 years. The film moves between the Vogels in their art-crammed apartment and interviews with the artists who have appreciated their loyal patronage. It’s a story portraying a sheer love of art that transcends the commodification of creative work. Not only a film for art world aficionados; Herb & Dorothy will surely please anyone in the community who can use a reminder about artistic exchange in an ideal state. $2 OFF FOR AGA MEMBERS
In 1994, Toho decided to shelve the Godzilla franchise on ice until the 50th anniversary in 2004. They wanted to end the series with a bang, literally, in a film that is legendary in Godzilla circles. Godzilla arrives in Hong Kong glowing bright red with a terminal case of atomic heartburn. Scientists quickly realize the resulting explosion will decimate half the planet, and race to find a way to cool Godzilla down and stop the chain reaction. Meanwhile, a prototype “Oxygen Destroyer” is tested on samples of Godzilla’s cells, and the rapidly growing and downright evil “Destroyah” and his minions are the result. Godzilla Jr. arrives on the scene for the final battle between Destroyah and Dad, with humankind’s existence at stake!
DEDfest/// Child’s Play USA 1988, 87 min, Digital, Dir: Tom Holland 13 @ 11:30PM
It’s been 25 years since Charles Lee Ray took over the Good Guy Doll and even after all the sequels the original Child’s Play will always hold a special place in our hearts and DEDfest is proud to bring it back to the big screen for one night only! The story is simple: A single mother gives her son a beloved doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed with the soul of a serial killer. With genre talents Chris Sarandon, Catherine Hicks, and Brad Dourif involved, this film still works on some many levels. So join DEDfest for this special screening and they’ll be your friend to the end...
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A Christmas Story USA, 1983, 94 mins, Digital, Dir: Bob Clark 14 @ 2PM
The Summit UK/ Ireland 2012, 99 min, Digital, Dir: Nick Ryan 13, 16 @ 7PM, 15 @ 2 & 9PM, 17 @ 9:15PM, 19 @ 9:30PM
In August, 2008, 18 mountain climbers reached the top of K2. 48 hours later, 11 people were dead. While memorials paid tribute to those killed, there were also condemnations about ‘the why.’ Why do these athletes risk everything to reach a place humans are simply not meant to go? With breathtaking cinematography and jaw dropping reenactments based on the testimony of those who survived the climb, this thrilling film is about the very nature of adventure in the modern world.
“I want an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle!” Ralphie Parker, (Peter Billingsley) a young boy living in 1940s Indiana, has only one wish for Christmas. He just needs to convince his mom (Melinda Dillon), teacher and Santa that he won’t shoot his eye out. But with bullies, the next-door neighbour’s boisterous dogs and the arrival of his father’s (Darren McGavin) major award - it’s hard to get a word in edgewise. Adapted from semi-fictional anecdotes by radio humourist Jean Shepherd (narrator), A Christmas Story is a must see modern holiday classic. FREE ADMISSION FOR CHILDREN 12 & UNDER!
Graphic Content/// Curated by Matt Bowes and Erin Fraser, presented by Metro Cinema and Warp One Comics and Games. graphiccontent.org
Ghost in the Shell (Kôkaku Kidôtai) Japan 1995, 82 min, Digital, Dir: Mamoru Oshii 17 @ 7PM
In the near future, technology has progressed to a point where many people choose to interact with the world around them by using robot avatars, downloading their consciousnesses into the devices known as “shells”. When Japanese security agency Section 9 is faced with a threat in the form of a shell-hacker called the “Puppet Master”, they turn to their most elite agents, Major Motoko Kusanagi and her partner Batou, to track him down. Based on the groundbreaking manga series by Masamune Shirow, Ghost in the Shell was one of the most important films in the popularization of Japanese comics culture in North America. Often imitated but never entirely duplicated, the film is a startling vision of humanity’s technocentric future.
Cult Cinema/// Il Futuro (The Future) Chile/ Italy/ Germany/ Spain 2013, 94 min, Digital, Dir: Alicia Scherson, Italian/ Spanish w/ subtitles 14, 16 @ 9PM, 15, 17 @ 7PM
When her parents die in a tragic car accident, adolescent Bianca’s universe is suspended. Entrusted with the care of her younger brother, Tomas, she struggles to hold it together. Life is further complicated when Tomas’ gym-rat friends invite themselves to stay indefinitely. Using Bianca as a lure for a heist they’ve concocted, they convince her to initiate a sexual relationship with an enigmatic blind hermit, Maciste (Rutger Hauer). But as the two spend time together, Bianca unexpectedly finds normalcy and acceptance in the aging B-movie star and former Mr. Universe’s rococo mansion.
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The Royal Tenenbaums USA 2001, 110 min, Digital, Dir. Wes Anderson 18 @ 9PM
In the third and defining film in Wes Anderson’s meticulously crafted filmography, Gene Hackman gives his last great performance as Royal Tenenbaum, the estranged father of an dysfunctional clan of former child-prodigies who are re-united when he fakes a terminal illness in a ploy to move back into the family home. With an incredible ensemble cast that all but disappear into their quirkily costumed characters and beautifully designed sets, Anderson creates a world two shades removed from reality in order to create the most picture perfect presentation of a broken home ever put on screen.
Special Ed Canada 2013, 100 min, Digital, Dir: John Paskievich 19 @ 7PM , 21 @ 1PM
Special Ed is a poignant and hilarious portrait of Winnipeg animator and troublemaker Ed Ackerman, who tries to resurrect a 25-year-old alphabet animation project and save his three derelict houses in Winnipeg from the wrecking ball. A dreamer and an idealist, Ed battles city hall as he tries to fix up his houses and eventually resorts to running for mayor. The film is a revealing portrait of Ackerman, his neighbours and family amidst the civic politics of downtown Winnipeg. Alternately hilarious and heartbreaking, repeated run-ins with the justice system have only sharpened Ed’s resolve to come out on top.
All is Lost USA 2013, 106 min, Digital, Dir: J. C. Chandor 20 @ 3:45PM, 21, 23, 30 @ 7PM, 22 @ 9PM, 26 @ 4PM, 27 & 29 @ 9:15PM, 28 @ 2PM
Deep into a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, an unnamed man (Robert Redford) wakes to find his 39-foot yacht taking on water after a collision with a shipping container left floating on the high seas. Using only a sextant and nautical maps to chart his progress, the man is forced to rely on his mariner’s intuition, a strength that belies his age, and ocean currents to carry him to salvation. But with the sun unrelenting, sharks circling and his meager supplies dwindling, the ever-resourceful sailor soon finds himself staring his mortality in the face. All is Lost is a gripping, visceral and powerfully moving tribute to ingenuity and resilience.
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The yuletide theme is plentiful and we’ve got some true holiday classics, including A Nightmare Before Christmas, Die Hard, Gremlins, and A Christmas Story. In addition to our annual Edmonton Food Bank screening of It’s a Wonderful Life, you’re invited to a special screening of Home Alone in support of the Stollery Children’s Hospital. Finally, end 2013 on a high note with the Dude, who returns for a surprise visit with The Big Lebowski and ring in 2014 with our New Years Day triple feature - a full day of back to Back to the Futures!
‘Tis the season of special events and some of Metro’s include TEDx’s spotlight on distinguished Edmonton women, Global Visions Film Festival’s World Aids Day presentation of Blood Brother and the return of Godzilla! (vs Destroyah).
photographer Edward Burtynsky, makes an aesthetically rich exploration of our fascinating relationships to water.
The Summit, chronicles the story of the infamously disastrous 2008 expedition to the famed K2, one of Earth’s most deadliest mountains. Named Best Canadian Feature at TIFF 2013, filmmaker Alan Zweig’s fascinating doc When Jews Were Funny delves into the history of Jewish comedy. And, Watermark, the latest film from Jennifer Baichwal and
With winter officially here, Metro is decking our halls with some cinematic treats we hope will bring some cheer to your holiday season. This month we’ve got a great selection of award winning first-run narrative and documentary films, along with encores of some of the best reviewed of 2013.
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Metro Bizarro/// A monthly foray into the weird, wild, and wonderful world of fringe cinema. Curated by Maggie Hardy.
When Jews Were Funny Canada 2013, 90 min, Digital, Dir: Alan Zweig 20 @ 7:45PM, 21 @ 9:15PM, 22 @ 4:15PM, 23, 26 @ 2PM
On the surface, When Jews Were Funny is a comedic take on the history of Jewish humour in North America. But like most of Alan Zweig’s films, it is so much more. Born out of his curiosity for the prevalence of Jewish comedians in the 1950s and 60s - a surprising trend since the Jewish community was largely marginalized and encouraged to assimilate during these decades - the film investigates America’s fascination with Jewish comics. Through interviews with some of the industry’s greats, including Shelly Berman, Shecky Greene, and David Steinberg, he examines how Jewish humourists succeeded in a homogenized market and helped build the foundations of modern-day American humour. Zweig’s deadpan questioning often leads to some hilariously comedic give-and-take moments, illuminating, not only the roots of Jewish humour, but ultimately what it means to be Jewish. (Robin Smith, Hot Docs)
Enough Said USA 2013, 93 min, Digital, Dir: Nicole Holofcener 20 @ 5:45PM, 22 @ 7PM, 23 @ 4PM, 26 @ 9:15PM
A divorced and single parent, Eva (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) spends her days enjoying work as a masseuse but dreading her daughter’s impending departure for college. She meets Albert (James Gandolfini) - a sweet, funny and like-minded man also facing an empty nest. As their romance quickly blossoms, Eva befriends Marianne (Catherine Keener), her new massage client. Marianne is a beautiful poet who seems “almost perfect” except for one prominent quality: she rags on her ex-husband way too much. Suddenly, Eva finds herself doubting her own relationship with Albert as she learns the truth about Marianne’s ex. Enough Said is a sharp, insightful comedy that humorously explores the mess that sometimes comes with getting involved again.
It’s a Wonderful Life Rock & Rule Canada 1983, 77 min, Digital, Dir: Clive A. Smith 20 @ 9:30PM
In 1983 Nelvana released their first ever fulllength entirely Canadian made animated feature. That feature is the musical science fiction fantasy film Rock & Rule. In a post apocalyptic America inhabited entirely by mutant humanoids rock and roll is the one comfort afforded to a small rag tag group of musicians: Omar Angel Dizzy & Stretch. Mok Swagger is an aging rock star and Angel the sweet young girl with the golden voice is just what he needs to summon an ancient demon and keep him at the top of the charts. Featuring original songs by Debbie Harry, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Earth Wind and Fire, and Cheap Trick, Rock & Rule is a tour de force to be reckoned with.
Home Alone USA 1990, 103 min, Digital, Dir: Chris Columbus 21 @ 4PM
A special holiday screening in support of the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation. A young boy named Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) who is accidentally left behind when his family takes off for a vacation in France over the holiday season in this beloved family comedy. Once he realizes they’ve left him “home alone,” Kevin learns to fend for himself and eventually has to protect his house against two bumbling burglars (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern) who are planning to rob every house in Kevin’s suburban Chicago neighborhood. ... Culkin’s charming presence helped the film become one of the most successful ever at the time of its release. (Stephen Erlewine, Rovi). Don’t leave any child Home Alone this holiday season. Come to Metro and enjoy a true seasonal classic and support a worthy cause. A portion of all ticket sales go towards the Stollery Foundation.
USA 1946, 130 min, Digital, Dir: Frank Capra 22 @ 1:30PM
Director Frank Capra’s masterpiece and the ultimate Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life tells the tale of George Bailey, a man who in a moment of suicidal despair is sent a guardian angel to illustrate the value of his life. In this freewheeling film that illustrates clearly and unquestionably the real imprint that we all make in the world and the inherent value in every life, while still being one of the sweetest, funniest, and freshest films to come from Hollywood in the 1940s. Admission is free with a non-perishable food or monetary donation to the Edmonton Food Bank.
The Nightmare Before Christmas USA 1993, 76 min, Digital, Dir: Henry Selick 23 @ 9PM
Henry Selick (James and the Giant Peach) gets the actual directing credit but Tim Burton, who created the story and characters, gets the branding in this fanciful tale of Jack Skellington, “Pumpkin King” of Halloween Town, who is bored with trying to find new and creative ways to scare people every year. One day, Jack discovers something truly new and exciting - Christmas! Re-energized, he decides to replace “Mr. Sandy Claws” and put his own ghoulish creative twist on everyone’s favourite holiday. ...Burton’s animation extravaganza is a refreshingly original and spooky holiday treat featuring the voice talents of Chris Sarandon, Catherine O’Hara, and Paul Reubens, along with sinister and entertaining music from Danny Elfman. (Jim Sinclair, Pacific Cinematheque)
Gremlins USA 1984, 106 min, Digital, Dir: Joe Dante 26 @ 7PM
Watermark Canada 2013, 100 min, Digital, Dirs: Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky 27 @ 4:15PM, 28 @ 7PM, 29 @ 4:15PM
Watermark follows Edward burtynsky’s global photographic exploration of our most vital and compromised resource: water. transporting us all over the world, the film reveals the extent to which humanity has shaped water, and how it has shaped us. Expanding on burtynsky’s photography, the film presents compelling first-hand accounts of how humanity has impacted water and captures the mesmerizing movement of water with aerial perspectives that allow us to witness the scale of what is before us. Avoiding didacticism, baichwal and burtynsky explore human reverence of water in its natural state, and the massive impact of human intervention in its life cycles. Part wonder, part lament, Watermark is a poetic and thought-provoking reflection on this most precious resource.” (tIFF)
Fumbling gadget salesman Rand Peltzer (Hoyt Axton) is looking for something really special to get his son billy (Zach Galligan). He finds it in a small store in Chinatown. the wise shopkeeper is reluctant to sell him the adorable “mogwai” but relents after fully warning him “don’t expose him to bright light, don’t ever get him wet, and don’t ever, ever feed him after midnight.” naturally, this all happens and the result is a gang of nasty gremlins who decide to tear up the small town on Christmas. A lively horror comedy classic of the 80s.
Good Vibrations UK/ Ireland 2012, 103 min, Digital, Dirs: Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn 27, 29 @ 2PM, 27, 29 @ 7PM, 28 @ 4PM, 30 @ 9:15PM
terri Hooley is a radical, rebel and music-lover in 1970s belfast, when the bloody conflict known as the troubles shuts down his city. As all his friends take sides and take up arms, terri opens a record shop on the most bombed half-mile in Europe and calls it Good vibrations. through it he discovers a compelling voice of resistance in the city’s nascent underground punk scene. Galvanising the young musicians and spurring them to action, he becomes the unlikely leader of a motley band of kids and punks who join him in his mission to create a new community, an alternative ulster, to bring his city back to life.
nEW YEAR’S dAY tRIPlE FEAtuRE/// think, mcFly! think! It’s the birth of a new year and time is the subject on everyone’s mind as we head into our futures. If only we all had ingenious (mad?) scientist friends and tricked-out time-traveling deloreans to help us make the journey. Join metro all new Year’s day long as we take you on the original trip – in three time-twisting installments – back to the Future! TICKETS: ADULTS $20 & STUDENTS/ SENIORS $15 FOR ALL THREE FILMS. REGULAR PRICES FOR TWO OR SINGLE FILMS.
Back to the Future II
Back to the Future
Back to the Future III
USA 1985, 116 min, Digital, Dir: Robert Zemeckis JAN 1 @ 2:30PM
USA 1990, 118 min, Digital, Dir: Robert Zemeckis JAN 1 @ 7PM
marty mcFly (michael J. Fox), a dissatisfied teen in 1985, accidentally travels back to 1955 in a pimped out time machine, where doc brown (Christopher loyd) has to help him return to the 80s - and play cupid for his own parents before his existence is wiped clean from history. Also starring Crispin Glover, lea thompson and the delorean dmC 12, this is the ultimate time travel comedy.
USA 1989, 108 min, Digital, Dir: Robert Zemeckis JAN 1 @ 4:45PM
marty and doc are at it again as the time - traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some mcFly family woes in the bud. but things go awry thanks to bully biff tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.
the final installment of the trilogy finds marty digging the trusty delorean out of a mineshaft and looking up doc in the Wild West of 1885. but when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. more problems arise when doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and marty tangles with buford tannen.
The Big Lebowski USA 1998, 117 min, Digital, Dir: Joel Coen 28 @ 9:30PM
As the world experiences the latest film from the Coen brothers (Inside llewyn davis), metro offers up their comedic masterpiece. We invite you to enjoy some quality Holiday time with the dude and the ever-popular lebowski drink specials! “the dude” lebowski (Jeff bridges), mistaken for a millionaire lebowski, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies Walter Sobchak (John Goodman) and donny (Steve buscemi) to help get it. As this case of mistaken identity is complicated by extortion, double- crosses, deception, embezzlement, sex, pot, and gallons of White Russians, it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from the dude. “the dude abides. I don’t know about you, but we still take comfort in that.”
HARCOURT HOUSE ARTIST RUN CENTRE
Christmas Cheer!
The Black Dog Freehouse
- 10425 Whyte Ave.
Open Daily 2pm ~ 2 am
INUVIK
Sunrise Festival
celebrating the return of the sun 200 km North of the Arctic Circle Inuvik • Northwest Territories • Canada
Come join us January 10-12, 2014 in Inuvik, the northernmost town in Canada, as we celebrate our first sunrise in 30 days. Packages Include: • • • • • •
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Roundtrip airfare between Edmonton & Inuvik 2 nights’ accommodation Airport transfers in Inuvik Choice of local winter outdoor adventure Official Order of Arctic Adventurers Certificate signed by the Mayor of Inuvik All for only $1,200.*
Come to Inuvik for the sunrise, and choose how you want to enjoy the rest of your stay. Options include guiding a sled team of huskies, enjoying a scenic and leisurely snowmobile tour, driving on the famous Mackenzie River ice road or cross country skiing through the arctic landscape. *Price is per person, based on double occupancy, plus applicable taxes.
Book your Once In A Lifetime Arctic Experience now by visiting www.destinationinuvik.com or by calling 867.777.8618 A limited number of spots are available!
TOWN OF INUVIK
Northwest Territories