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JUNE 2014
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June 2014 SCHEDULE Time Travel with Chris Marker///
For Freedom - Stories of Courage Canada 2014, 155 min, Digital, Dir: Halina Madej 1@ 2PM
La Jetée (The Pier) France 1963, 27 min, Digital, Dir: Chris Marker, 1 @ 6:30PM, 4 @ 9:30PM
Marker’s La Jetée is one of the most influential, radical science-fiction films ever made, a tale of time travel told in poetic still images. In the film, a survivor of a post-apocalyptic Paris is obsessed with distant and disconnected memories of a pier, the image of a mysterious woman, and a man’s death. Scientists experimenting in time travel choose him for their studies, and the man travels back in time to contact the mysterious woman, and discovers that the man’s death at the pier was his own. One of cinema’s most elegant and remarkable meditations, the emotional and visual power of this film will haunt you well into your own future.
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For Freedom – Stories of Courage is a documentary film based on interviews with twenty-two Albertans of Polish descent about their experiences during World War II. Produced by the Canadian Polish Congress – Alberta Branch, this stirring film combines historical photos, film footage, and an original musical score, presenting the viewing public with an opportunity to understand the impact that such a cataclysmic event as World War II was able to have on ordinary people – and in some cases, continues to have. It is important to learn from history so that we do not repeat its mistakes. FREE ADMISSION.
James Cole (Bruce Willis), is a prisoner of the state in the year 2035 who can earn parole if he agrees to travel back in time and thwart a devastating plague. Returning to the year 1990, Cole is soon imprisoned in a psychiatric facility because his warnings sound like mad ravings. There he meets a scientist (Madeleine Stowe) and the mad Goines (Brad Pitt). He then discovers graffiti by an apparent animal rights group called the Army of the Twelve Monkeys, but as he delves into the mystery, he hears voices, loses his bearings, and doubts his own sanity. Gilliam’s inspiration for this film was Marker’s La Jetée.
The Provincial Archives of Alberta is pleased to present selections of advertisements for Albertan political parties. These political ads are all from their extensive audiovisual holdings and include material from the Social Credit, Liberal, Reform, and Progressive Conservative parties.
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I Denmark 2013, 130 min, Digital, Dir: Lars von Trier 2 @ 7PM
Nymphomaniac is the wild and poetic story of a woman`s journey from birth to the age of 50 as told by the main character, the self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg). On a cold winter`s evening the old, charming bachelor, Seligman (Stellan Skarsgård), finds Joe beaten up in an alley. He brings her home to his flat where he cares for her wounds while asking her about her life. He listens intently as, over the next eight chapters, Joe recounts the lushly branchedout and multifaceted story of her life, rich in associations and interjecting incidents.
Twelve Monkeys USA 1995, 129 min, Digital, Dir: Terry Gilliam
Provincial Archives Pre-show///
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II Denmark 2013, 130 min, Digital, Dir: Lars von Trier 2 @ 9:15PM
Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg) continues to tell Seligman the story of her life: her search for kinky sex, perversions, and sadomasochism in the hopes of retrieving her sex drive; the loss of Jerome (Shia LaBeouf) and his son Marcel, whom he sends to a foster home for adoption; and ultimately the therapy Joe receives on orders from her gynecologist where she fails to admit to her sex addiction.
The Raid 2: Berandal Indonesia/ USA 2014, 150 min, Digital, Dir: Gareth Evans, Indonesian & Japanese w/ subtitles 1, 8 @ 9:30PM, 3 @ 9:15PM, 4 @ 6:45PM
After fighting his way out of a building filled with gangsters and madmen (The Raid), rookie Jakarta cop Rama thought it was done and he could resume a normal life. He couldn’t have been more wrong. Formidable though they may have been, Rama’s opponents in that fateful building were nothing more than small fish swimming in a pond much larger than he ever dreamed possible. And his triumph over them has attracted the attention of the predators farther up the food chain. His family at risk, Rama has only one choice to protect his infant son and wife: He must go undercover to enter the criminal underworld himself and climb through the hierarchy of competing forces until it leads him to the corrupt politicians and police pulling the strings at the top of the heap. “Wildly Inventive! Mandatory mayhem!” (Timeout)
MUSiC DoCS///
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.
a monthly film series featuring music documentaries, from classic to contemporary. Curated by Tim rechner, and co-presented with CJSr and Blackbyrd Myoozik.
Jodorowsky’s Dune Scott Walker: 30 Century Man USA/UK 2006, 95 min, Digital, Dir: Stephen Kijak 3 @ 7PM
This documentary chronicles one of the most influential and enigmatic figures in rock history. Director Steven kijak explores walker’s music and career, from his early days as a jobbing bass player on the Sunset Strip, to heartthrob mega-stardom in Britain’s swinging 60’s pop scene, and finally to his transformation into a composer of true genius; an uncompromising musician working at the peak of his powers who has hidden from fame. The filmmakers were granted unprecedented access to Scott and his musical process, the first time the famously reclusive artist has allowed this level of contact with a film crew in over 20 years. (Plexifilm). With Special Live Music Performance by Max Uhlich. Music at 6:30 pm. Film at 7 pm.
USA/ France 2013, 90 min, Digital, Dir: Frank Pavick 6, 12 @ 9PM, 7, 11 @ 7PM, 8 @ 4:30PM, 9 @ 9:15PM
in 1975, Chilean director alejandro Jodorowsky – whose films El Topo and The Holy Mountain launched and ultimately defined the midnight movie phenomenon – began work on his most ambitious project yet. Starring his own 12 year old son Brontis (alongside orson welles, Mick Jagger, David Carradine and Salvador Dali), and featuring music by Pink Floyd, along with art by some of the most provocative talents of the era (including Hr Giger and Jean Moebius Giraud), Jodorowsky’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic sci-fi novel Dune was poised to change cinema forever. For anyone who loves film, this is an absolute must-see – if only to salivate at the thought of ‘what could have been’ DOC Alberta presents the screening on June 7 @ 7PM, which will also feature shorts from the Gotta Minute FF before the film.
Joe USA 2013, 118 min, Digital, Dir: David Gordon Green 6 @ 6:45PM, 7 @ 4:15PM, 7 @ 9:15PM, 8 @ 2PM, 8, 10 @ 7PM, 11 @ 9PM
Based on Larry Brown’s acclaimed novel, the film tells the story of a kind-hearted ex-con Joe (nicolas Cage), who oversees a group of Mississippi men who clear trees for a large lumber company. when Gary (Tye Sheridan), a determined fifteen-year-old, shows up looking for work, Joe is hesitant to turn him away. after taking him on as part of the crew, Joe soon becomes a father figure. it’s an easy role to fill, since Gary’s own father is a brutal alcoholic. ... But Joe is no simple Samaritan. recently released from prison, and with his own history of erratic acts, he makes for an unpredictable protector. and yet the two see something in each other, some core of dignity that might survive their ragged lives. (TiFF)
Dune USA 1984, 137 min, Digital, Dir: David Lynch 6 @ 10:45PM
in the distant future, the spice “melange”, a substance that is essential for interstellar travel, can only be found on one planet: the barren waste world known as Dune. The noble atreides family takes possession of the world and it is there that Paul (kyle MacLachlan) will come of age and learn of his destiny as the kwisatz Haderach. But will the former owners of the planet, led by the evil Baron Harkonnen let him get away with it? Based on one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time by Frank Herbert, Dune is a psychotropic odyssey unlike anything out there, throwing you headon into a world that’s complex, layered and intricate, in a way that subsequent films have rarely matched since.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang USA 2005, 103 mins, Digital, Dir: Shane Black 9 @ 7PM
Mistaken for an up-and-coming actor, small time crook, Harry Lockhart (robert Downey Jr.), finds himself in the midst of a Hollywood party, where he meets private investigator, Perry van Shrike (val kilmer), who has been hired to prepare Harry for his impending role with some first hand P.i. Experience. now, if that set up sounds complicated, wait until the two of them witness an actual murder and get caught up in its investigation along with Harry’s high school dream girl. Join Crime watch for this tongue-in-cheek, neo-noir satire with dynamic performances and truly killer action.
Survival of the Fabulous! Canada 2013, 48 min, Digital, Dir: Bryce Sage 12 @ 7PM
Survival of the Fabulous! asks: are gay men actually “born this way”? if so, how could homosexuality, a trait which essentially prevents reproduction, evolve and survive generations of history? This conundrum has plagued the mind of openly gay filmmaker Bryce Sage for years so he sets out to get to the bottom of this evolutionary debate. Bryce meets with the world’s leading scientists and eagerly participates in their cutting edge research. Produced by Edmonton’s own Souleado Entertainment and winner of 3 alberta Film & Television awards, 2 Platinum remis at worldfest Houston and just back from screening at inPUT 2014 in Helsinki. Filmmakers in Attendance! For more info on Edmonton Pride Week go to: www.edmontonpride.ca.
THE EDMONTON CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY PRESENTS
SUMMER SOLSTICE FESTIVAL 2014 JUNE 20-22
CONVOCATION HALL, U OF A CAMPUS ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH, 10209 123 ST FESTIVAL PASS $60, $50, $25 SINGLE TICKETS $35, $30, $15
Featuring Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano) and Juliette Kang (violin)
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 7:30 PM España SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 7:30 PM Songs of Identity SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 3 PM Summer Passion
Andrew Wan (violin) Jasmine Lin (violin) Teng Li (viola) Thomas Kraines (cello) Adrian Fung (cello) Serouj Kradjian (piano) Patricia Tao (piano)
Tickets available at TIX on the Square, The Gramophone and at the door. For program details and information on master classes, visit: www.edmontonchambermusic.org.
JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL LATE NIGHT CONCERT WHEN Saturday, June 21, 2014, 10 PM WHERE Murrieta’s 10612 82 Ave TICKETS $15 online or at the door! while you mix and mingle with Festival performers and other chamber music enthusiasts!
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* This concert is not included with the festival pass. Tickets available at yeglive.ca. Inc.
The World’s Best Commercials: 2013 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity Awards
rEEL FaMiLY CinEMa/// Metro Cinema is proud to offer Edmonton families the reel Family Cinema experience every Saturday afternoon from June to September. Featuring family friendly classic and contemporary movies. FREE ADMISSION FOR CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER!
The Princess Bride USA 1987, 98 min, Digital, Dir: Rob Reiner 7 @ 2PM
This sincerely whimsical send-up of classic fairy tales follows Buttercup and wesley as they battle pirates, sea monsters, and an evil prince. along the way they’re joined by a flamboyant Spaniard, his slow-witted giant friend and a burned-out wizard named Miracle Max. as Peter Falk says in the opening sequences, “fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles” - this story has it all. a fondly remembered film of many, The Princess Bride is a veritable movie monument to the enduring charms of children’s fantasy literature. ENCORE 10 @ 9:15PM. REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES.
The Lego Movie USA 2014, 100 min, Digital, Dir: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller 21 @ 2PM
Emmet (voice of Chris Pratt) is an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGo minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared. ENCORE 25 @ 9:15PM. REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES.
World - Wide 2013, 120 min, Digital, Dirs: Various 13, 16, 17 @ 9PM, 14, 22 @ 6:45PM, 15 @ 12:30PM,15, 21, 23 @ 9:15PM, 18, 20 @ 7PM, 21 @ 4:15PM, 26 @ 9:30PM
The world’s Best Commercials return to Edmonton after a multi-year hiatus with over 60 Cannes Lion award-winning selections from 15 countries (including three from Canada!). Given usually less than one minute, the challenge faced by any commercial is to quickly connect with an audience, whether by pulling our heartstrings, inspiring us, or making us laugh. Much hard work and creativity goes into these award-winners, so forget that these were produced to sell you something, and just appreciate the pure entertainment value of their big screen compilation. Presented by The Globe & Mail.
The Bad News Bears USA 1976, 102 mins, Digital, Dir: Michael Ritchie 14 @ 2PM
when ne’er-do-well ex-minor-league ball player Morris Buttermaker (walter Matthau) agrees to coach a little league team, he soon finds he’s in over his head, having inherited an assortment of underdogs who keep striking out. all seems lost until the coach brings in a pair of ringers: amanda (Tatum o’neal), his ex-girlfriend’s tomboy daughter, and kelly (Jackie Earle Haley), a cigarette-smoking delinquent who happens to be a gifted athlete. But will they even be enough to turn around the Bears season? Join reel Family Cinema for the classic underdog comedy that almost single-handedly spawned the kids’ sports film boom of the 1980s and ‘90s.
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The NeverEnding Story West Germany/ USA 1984, 102 min, Digital, Dir: Wolfgang Peterson 28 @ 2PM
in this charming fantasy, Bastian, a lonely schoolboy alienated from his father and bullied by his classmates, retreats to an attic where he becomes engrossed in a book about a magical kingdom named Fantasia. However, as humanity loses faith in the power of imagination, the once-thriving Fantasia is being destroyed by great storms of nothingness. Dangerously ill herself, Fantasia’s youthful empress sends the young warrior atreju on a quest to find a cure for the kingdom. after encountering flying dragons, swamp monsters and a vast assortment of other strange creatures, the young hero discovers that only a human boy can save Fantasia, at which point Bastian is drawn, literally, into the pages of the story.
Ida Poland/ Denmark 2013, 80 min, Digital, Dir: Pawel Pawlikowski, Polish w/ subtitles 13, 16 @ 7PM, 14 @ 4:15PM, 14 @ 9:15PM, 22 @ 1PM anna, a young sheltered orphan raised in a convent, is preparing to become a nun when the Mother Superior insists she first visit her sole living relative. naive and innocent, anna soon finds herself in the presence of her aunt wanda, a worldly and cynical Communist Party insider, who shocks her with the declaration that her real name is ida and her Jewish parents were murdered during the nazi occupation. This revelation triggers a heart-wrenching journey into the countryside, to the family house and into the secrets of the repressed past, evoking the haunting legacy of the Holocaust and the realities of postwar Communism.
7PM Ida 9PM The World’s Best
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12:30PM The World’s Best Commercials 2013
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7PM CRIME WATCH /// Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 9:15PM Jodorowsky’s Dune
7PM Nymphomaniac: Vol I 9:15PM Nymphomaniac: Vol II
2PM POLISH CONGRESS/// For Freedom – Stories of Courage 6:30PM CHRIS MARKER/// La Jetée w/ Twelve Monkeys 9:30PM The Raid 2: Berandal
2PM Joe 4:30PM Jodorowsky’s Dune 7PM Joe 9:30PM The Raid 2: Berandal
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MONDAY
SUNDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
7PM GRAPHIC CONTENT/// Justice
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7PM Joe 9:15PM The Princess Bride
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7PM MUSIC DOCS/// Scott Walker: 30 Century Man 9:15PM The Raid 2: Berandal
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7PM The World’s Best Commercials 2013
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7PM Jodorowsky’s Dune 9PM Joe
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6:45PM The Raid 2: Berandal 9:30PM CHRIS MARKER/// La Jetée w/ Twelve Monkeys
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JUNE 2014 SCHEDULE
Enjoy the films! Metro Cinema’s Programming Team
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7PM LABOUR FILM NIGHT/// Inequality
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7PM The World’s Best Commercials 2013
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7PM Ida 9PM The World’s Best Commercials 2013 11:30PM DEDFEST/// TBA
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6:45PM Joe 9PM Jodorowsky’s Dune 10:45PM DAVID LYNCH /// Dune
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FRIDAY
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2PM REEL FAMILY CINEMA/// The Lego
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2PM REEL FAMILY CINEMA/// Bad News Bears 4:15PM Ida 6:45PM The World’s Best Commercials 2013 9:15PM Ida
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2PM REEL FAMILY CINEMA/// The Princess Bride 4:15PM Joe 7PM DOC AB/// Jodorowsky’s Dune W/ Gotta Minute Shorts 9:15PM Joe
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SATURDAY
Adult Six pack $50 Student/Senior Six pack $40 Friends of Metro $12/year (for $2 off per screening) Silver Screen $200
PASSES
Adult $10 (Matinee $8) Student/Senior $8 (Matinee $6) Children under 13 $6
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7PM PRIDE WEEK/// Survival of the Fabulous 9PM Jodorowsky’s Dune
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THURSDAY
And don’t forget that June is also Bike month. Bikeology returns with a free screening of an Italian Neorealist classic: The Bicycle Thief. Also returning to the big screen are the ever-popular World’s Best Commercials. Be sure to check out all we have to offer this June on our website – www.metrocinema.org – and join us on facebook and twitter!
Although Graphic Content’s exploration of the borderland between comic books and films is coming to a close after three excellent seasons (thanks to curators Erin Fraser & Matt Bowes), there’s still plenty to look forward to. Reel Family Cinema will be expanding to every Saturday at 2pm with film fun for the whole family. Meanwhile, if you’re hankering for a good Crime Watch, an epic Music Doc, or an equally epic Opera; if you want to venture into the hinterlands of Bizarro cinema or the netherworlds of horror; if you’re craving a Cult classic or a roast at a good ol’ Turkey Shoot Metro’s got something to suit every cinematic proclivity.
“To enlighten and entertain.” If Metro Cinema had a motto, that would be it. Whatever a film’s genre or style, its time or place of origin, its techniques or subject matter, that dual objective has influenced its place on Metro’s screen. This month we’re shining a spotlight on our monthly, guest-curated, thematic film series, and the myriad ways they reflect and support that motto.
JUNE IS SERIES MONTH///
Closed for Improvements until July 3
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Closed for Improvements until July 3
7PM BIKEOLOGY/// The Bicycle Thief 9:15PM The World’s Best Commercials 2013
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Commercials 2013
METRO CINEMA IS A NON-PROFIT SOCIETY DEVOTED TO THE EXHIBITION AND PROMOTION OF FILM AND VIDEO AS AN ART FORM. TO THIS END, METRO PRESENTS A VARIED PALETTE OF INDEPENDENT, INTERNATIONAL AND CANADIAN CINEMA 7 DAYS A WEEK.
The Lego Movie
7PM TURKEY SHOOT/// Mortal Kombat 9:15PM The Lego Movie
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9:30PM BIZARRO /// Dr. Caligari
7PM We Are The Best! 9:15PM The World’s Best Commercials 2013
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for All 9PM The Condition of the Working Class
Superman: The Movie
2PM REEL FAMILY CINEMA/// The NeverEnding Story 4:15PM The Lunchbox 7PM We Are The Best! 9:15PM The Lunchbox
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Movie 4:15PM The World’s Best Commercials 2013 7PM We Are The Best! 9:15PM The World’s Best Commercials 2013
METRO CINEMA ALSO RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM ALBERTA MEDIA ARTS ALLIANCE /// EMERGENCE BY DESIGN /// IATSE 210 /// MAGIC LANTERN THEATRES /// SEMANDRA INC /// VUE WEEKLY /// WEBCORE LABS
METRO CINEMA ALSO RECEIVES FUNDING FOR EQUIPMENT FROM THESE FUNDERS:
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7PM The Lunchbox 9:15PM We Are The Best!
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9:30PM We Are The Best!
METRO CINEMA RECEIVES ONGOING SUPPORT FROM THESE ARTS FUNDERS:
7PM AGA HIGH ALTITUDE/// Brokeback Mountain 9:30PM CULT CINEMA/// Easy Rider
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League: The New Frontier 9PM The World’s Best Commercials 2013
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METRO OPERATIONS ///
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1PM Ida 3PM ROYAL OPERA HOUSE CINEMA /// Puccini’s La Boheme 6:45PM The World’s Best Commercials 2013 9:15PM We Are The Best!
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FATHER’S DAY
3PM GRAPHIC CONTENT/// Superman: The Movie (Father’s Day Special) 6:15PM EDMONTON MOVIE CLUB/// TBA 9:15PM The World’s Best Commercials 2013
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Graphic Content/// Curated by Matt Bowes and Erin Fraser, presented by Metro Cinema and Warp One Comics and Games. graphiccontent.org
Superman: The Movie USA 1978, 143 min, Digital, Dir: Richard Donner 15 @ 3PM
The last son of the dead planet Krypton, Kal-El (Christopher Reeve) is found as a baby by Jonathan and Martha Kent when his spaceship crashes just outside of Smallville, USA. Given the name “Clark” by his adopted parents, the boy grows up strong in the American heartland, developing amazing powers under the light of the yellow sun. One day, Clark finds a glowing crystal, and with it finds out about his alien heritage, the knowledge imparted to him by his birth father, Jor-El (Marlon Brando). The boy becomes a man, and moves to Metropolis to work for the Daily Planet newspaper, finding love in Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) and danger in the form of criminal genius Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman). As a tribute to the film’s themes, Graphic Content presents this special Father’s Day screening of the classic film. ADMISSION IS 2 FOR 1: BRING A FATHER & HE GETS IN FOR FREE.
LABOUR FILM NIGHT/// As part of their biennial conference, the Alberta Labour History Institute (ALHI) is pleased to sponsor two films this evening. Both are open to the public. Showings are open to the public. For more information about ALHI’s conference, Uniting in the Struggle: Labour and Social Movements, visit: www. alhiconference.ca.
Inequality for All USA 2013, 89 min, Digital, Dir: Jacob Kornbluth 19 @ 7PM
A passionate argument on behalf of the middle class, this film features Robert Reichprofessor, best-selling author, and Clinton cabinet member-as he demonstrates how the widening income gap has a devastating impact on the American economy. The film is an intimate portrait of a man who’s overcome a great deal of personal adversity and whose lifelong goal remains protecting those who are unable to protect themselves. Through his singular perspective, Reich explains how the massive consolidation of wealth by a precious few threatens the viability of the American workforce and the foundation of democracy itself. In this Inconvenient Truth for the economy, Reich uses humor and a wide array of facts to explain how the issue of economic inequality affects each and every one of us.
The Condition of the Working Class UK 2012, 82 min, Digital, Dir: Deirdre O’Neill, Mike Waye 19 @ 9PM
In 2012 a group of working class people from Manchester and Salford come together to create a theatrical show from scratch based on their own experiences and Engels’ book. They have eight weeks before their first performance. The film follows them from the first rehearsal to the first night performance and situates their struggle to get the show on stage in the context of the daily struggles of ordinary people facing economic crisis and austerity politics. The people who came together to do the show turned from a group of strangers, many of whom had never acted before, into The Ragged Collective, in little more than two months.
Metro Bizarro/// A monthly foray into the weird, wild, and wonderful world of fringe cinema. Curated by Maggie Hardy.
Justice League: The New Frontier USA 2008, 75 min, Digital, Dir: Dave Bullock 17 @ 7PM
Hotshot pilot Hal Jordan (voiced by David Boreanaz) is a dissenter in the Korean War, hospitalized after killing a man in self defence. Wonder Woman (Lucy Lawless) has teamed up with a group of Vietnamese women who’ve evicted the men from their village when Superman (Kyle MacLachlan) comes to investigate. And in Central City, The Flash (Neil Patrick Harris) suits up to protect his reporter lady love, Iris West from Captain Cold and his Rogues. All of these heroes find themselves at the breaking point of history, as an extradimensional entity known only as The Centre threatens to tear the world apart. Join Graphic Content on their final outing for an adaptation of Darwyn Cooke’s fantastic retelling of the founding of the Justice League, a film that has one foot set in the past, and another looking towards the future. Thanks for three great years, Edmonton!
Dr. Caligari USA 1989, 80 min, Digital, Dir: Stephen Sayadian 18 @ 9:30PM
Metro Bizarro is proud to present the one of a kind day-glo fever dream that is Dr. Caligari! No, not that Dr.Caligari, his granddaughter who insists on continuing his twisted fantasies and torrid experiments. Bear witness to the crazed trials of a beautiful lusty, busty nymphomaniac and her hospital filled with deranged perverts and fiends. Mrs. Van Houten needs a cure for her libido based insanity and Mr. Van Houten is willing to sacrifice everything for Dr.Caligari’s remedy, but what sanctum can be found in a madhouse? A truly original new-wave-neonnightmare from the mind of Rinse Dream (Stephen Sayadian) and presented with the cooperation of Excalibur Films.
We are the Best! (Vi är bäst!) Sweden 2013, 102 min, Digital, Dir: Lukas Moodysson, Swedish w/ subtitles 20 @ 9:30PM, 21, 26, 28 @ 7PM, 22, 27 @ 9:15PM
Acclaimed Swedish director Moodysson’s seventh feature, based on a graphic-novel memoir by his wife, is about three young misfits growing up in early ‘80s Stockholm. Pixieish, mohawksporting Klara and her best friend Bobo are 13-year-old rebels looking for a cause. Despite having no instruments-or discernible musical talent-the two put all their energy into forming an all-girl punk band, recruiting their shy, classical guitar-playing schoolmate Hedvig as the third wheel. The film paints an ebullient and sharply observant portrait of DIY spirit and growing up different.
opera in cinema///
AGA/// HIGH ALTITUDE
From the Royal Opera House in London, Metro presents cinematic encores of the season’s best live productions. Co-presented by the Edmonton Opera
Mortal Kombat
Puccini’s La bohème
USA 1995, 101 min, Digital, Dir: Paul W.S. Anderson 25 @ 7PM
UK 2013, 165 min, Digital, Singers: Rolando Vilazon, Maija Kovalevska, Stefania Dovhan, Andov Iversen, Sung in Italian with English subtitles. 22 @ 3PM
The Latin Quarter of 19th Century bohemian Paris is re-created with colourful spectacle and vibrancy in Puccini’s romance drawn from everyday life which has captivated audiences round the world, making La bohème one of the best-loved of all operas. When Rodolfo, a penniless poet, meets Mimì, a seamstress, they fall passionately in love. But their happiness is threatened when Rodolfo learns that Mimì is gravely ill. Rodolfo, painfully aware that he cannot afford the medicine and care Mimì needs, separates from her. At the end of her life Mimì returns to Rodolfo - but, despite the care of Rodolfo and his friends, Mimì dies. Opera in four acts with two intervals. Composer: Giacomo Puccini. Conductor: Mark Edler. SPECIAL ADMISSIONS IN EFFECT: $17 ADULTS, $14 SENIORS/STUDENTS. METRO PASSES ACCEPTED
BIKEOLOGY/// June is Bike Month and the annual Bikeology Festival returns with this classic film, presented in support of Bikeology’s goal to position cycling and its culture as an important component of our urban fabric and encourage us to spend more time cycling. For more info go to: bikeology.ca.
Brokeback Mountain USA 2005, 134 min, Digital, Dir: Ang Lee 24 @ 7PM
Ang Lee’s adaptation of E. Annie Proulx’s story Brokeback Mountain stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger as young cowboys Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar. Each of them is hired to corral sheep on the title location and they soon bond very closely. Their platonic relationship explodes into a physical one, but eventually the two are separated when their job comes to an end. Although the two follow different life paths -- one becoming a father of two and the other marrying into a successful business -- they have a reunion years later. Each is affected profoundly by the rekindling of their old feelings for each other. Those feelings lead each to consider what continuing their hidden relationship would cost them. (Perry Seibert, Rovi)
Cult Cinema/// A monthly series of eccentric classics curated by Jeff Noel.
The Bicycle Thief (Ladi di biciclette) Italy 1948, 93 min, Digital, Dir: Vittoria de Sica, Italian w/ subtitles 23 @ 7PM
Antonio, an unemployed man will get a job posting bills if he has a bicycle. His wife pawns their sheets to buy one, but it is almost immediately stolen. The man’s desperate search through Rome for the precious bike becomes an odyssey in which he encounters the best and worst of humanity, struggling to survive amidst the city’s postwar confusion. As Pauline Kael has noted, the film is “deceptively simple. . . . Its richnesses and enigmas sneak up on you. . . . This neorealist classic is on just about everybody’s list of the greatest films. (James Quandt, TIFF) FREE ADMISSION.
turkey shoot/// A monthly celebration of aesthetically challenged films, hosted by Dave Clarke and Jeff Page and featuring live comedic commentary.
Easy Rider USA 1969, 95 min, Dir: Dennis Hopper 24 @ 9:30PM
Iconoclast Dennis Hopper made his directorial debut with his counterculture classic in which he and Peter Fonda play “Captain America” and “Billy the Kid”, a couple of hippies who set off on a cross-country motorcycle trip in search of America. With a classic soundtrack and incredible open-road photography, and featuring Jack Nicholson in his breakthrough performance, Easy Rider is a time capsule that perfectly captures the end of a short-lived era, and stands as both a celebration and an indictment of the complicated times in which it was made and the generation which made it famous.
Few things say aesthetically challenged like a film adaptation of a video game. Especially a video game that has no narrative. We imagine the screenplay featured directions like Up Down Left Left Right Down Down Up. Dave and Jeff are jealous because they were rejected for their big budget version of Frogger. Turkey Shoot Hall of Famer Christopher Lambert (Highlander 3) leads a cast that is remarkable for who isn’t involved - Cameron Diaz, Jean Claude Van Damme and Steven Spielberg all dropped out of the movie. Yes, Steven Spielberg. Go figger.
The Lunchbox (Dabba) India/ France/ Germany/ USA 2013, 104 min, Digital, Dir: Ritesh Batra, Hindi & English w/ subtitles 27 @ 7PM, 28 @ 4:15PM, 28 @ 9:30PM
Middle class housewife Ila is trying once again to add some spice to her marriage, this time through her cooking. She hopes that this new recipe will finally arouse some kind of reaction from her neglectful husband. She prepares a special lunchbox to be delivered to him at work, but, unbeknownst to her, it is mistakenly delivered to Saajan, a lonely man on the verge of retirement. This begins a series of lunchbox notes between Saajan and Ila, and the mere comfort of communicating with a stranger anonymously soon evolves into an unexpected friendship. Gradually, their notes become little confessions about their loneliness, memories, regrets, fears, and even small joys. They each discover a new sense of self and find an anchor to hold on to in the big city of Mumbai that so often crushes hopes.
Please note: Metro Cinema will be closed from June 29 - July 3 for improvements. We resume our regular screenings on July 4.