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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
One of only a handful of live action children's films to capture the imaginations of generations, E.T. has a luminous warmth; it's a suburban symphony of emotion, and it's fascinating to revisit it in the light of The Fabelmans.
Turner & Constable
Filmed as a supplement to a blockbuster exhibition at Tate Britain happening right now, this doc in the popular Exhibition on Screen series allows us to view these competitive, complementary English landscape artists side by side.
The President's Cake
Nine year old Lamia and her friend Saeed venture into the city to scrounge ingredients for a cake to celebrate Sadaam Hussein's birthday — a quest fraught with real peril in precarious times. Winner, Camera d'Or, Cannes.
Montreal, ma belle
In this Valentine to discovering love later in life, the ever-elegant Joan Chen plays Feng Xia, a 53-year-old Chinese immigrant and mother in Montreal whose world is turned upside down when she meets and falls in love with a young Quebecoise.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly + Talkback with Special Guests
The third and the best of the so-called 'Dollars' trilogy amplifies Leone's baroque style: crane shots, shock cuts and Morricone music all vying for attention as three rogues hunt buried gold in a series of triangular variations. + Intro and Talkback
Spielberg for Beginners
Mar 16 – 21
Savour seven of Spielberg’s hits and family favourites on the big screen this spring break.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
One of only a handful of live action children's films to capture the imaginations of generations, E.T. has a luminous warmth; it's a suburban symphony of emotion, and it's fascinating to revisit it in the light of The Fabelmans.
The Adventures of Tintin
Could this be Spielberg's most underrated film? It's his only stab at animation, and it moves like Raiders of the Lost Ark on caffeine. The plotting may be antiquarian but the action never lets up. It's delirious stuff, often laugh-out-loud funny.
The Fabelmans
Nominated for 7 Academy Awards, Steven Spielberg's bittersweet movie memoir is a portrait of the artist as the product of his artsy mom (Michelle Williams), his techy dad (Paul Dano), and a broken home.
Jurassic Park
Two paleontologists are invited to preview a new Central American theme park by an avuncular entrepreneur (Richard Attenborough). What they encounter is truly a walk on the wild side. Spielberg's jaw dropping adventure movie still kills on the big screen.
Mexico Noir
Mar 26 – Apr 8
Curated by best-selling novelist Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Mexican Gothic), Mexico Noir is an invitation to discover a new shadow world.
These mid-century melodramas echo the American crime films of the 40s and 50s, but with a distinctly Mexican flavour. Dive into Mexico Noir now!
Film Studies: Adaptations
Saturdays, 10:30 am | Feb 21 – Mar 28 | Presented by Patricia Gruben
This series explores five acclaimed literary texts and the very different challenges they posed to filmmakers when being adapted for the screen.
Nickel Boys
Mar 21
To tell the story of two friends serving time at a brutal racist Florida reform school, director RaMell Ross puts us inside their heads. It’s a radical masterstroke in a powerful film, nominated for Best Picture.
Adaptation.
Mar 28
In the final installment of this year’s Film Studies on Adaptation, we look at the 2006 film Adaptation — by Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (played by Nicolas Cage in the movie.)
African Cinema Now!
A Familial Matter | Mar 3 – Apr 3
In its current installment, African Cinema Now! looks at how films make their way across the globe through the community and international circuits that shape and shift their relationships on a global scale.
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