Director Toshio Matsumoto’s shattering, kaleidoscopic masterpiece is one of the most subversive and intoxicating films of the late 1960s: a headlong dive into a dazzling, unseen Tokyo night-world of drag queen bars and fabulous divas, fueled by booze, drugs, fuzz guitars, performance art and black mascara. No less than Stanley Kubrick cited the film as […]
A bitingly funny coming-of-age story of a teenage cartoonist who rejects the comforts of his suburban life in a misguided quest for soul. Both hilarious and cringeworthy, Owen Kline’s first feature channels the neurotic and sardonic touch of Ronald Bronstein and the Safdie Brothers’ films while showcasing its own singular, deeply felt artistic vision. *Quinzaine […]
In collaboration with RIDM The first documentary feature by Joannie Lafrenière paints a tender and light-hearted portrait of her friend, the talented photographer Gabor Szilasi. Structured around a number of interviews, notably one between the filmmaker and the energetic, eloquent, insightful and inspiring man himself. This intimate and unconventional documentary revisits the career and personal […]
Abdel’s quiet life is upended by the arrival of his extroverted cousin, who’s staying for the summer. Fatima craves a more stable life since she’s starting a new job as a supermarket cashier. Toussaint, while fishing, finds a bottle washed up on the shore, and there’s a message inside. Straddling the line between fiction and […]
Geographies of Solitude is an immersion into the rich ecosystem of Sable Island, guided by naturalist and environmentalist Zoe Lucas who has lived over 40 years on this remote sliver of land in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Shot on 16mm and created using a scope of innovative eco-friendly filmmaking techniques, this feature-length experimental documentary is […]
Staff Picks – Alice Dubost (box office) Two friends that call each other Gerry decide to hide in the wilderness in order to see something. However, they do not find what they’re looking for. They decide to return to the car but they get lost in the desert, without water, supplies or a compass. Now […]
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SÉRIE C’EST ARRIVÉ PRÈS DE CHEZ NOUS Soaked in blood and sarcasm, John Fawcett’s dark Canadian horror-comedy Ginger Snaps charts the intimate friendship between two sisters in suburban Ontario. Contemptuous of normalcy, the girls revel in their outsider status, but after Ginger (Katherine Isabelle) is cursed with her first period and an unwelcome werewolf attack, […]
New 4K Restoration Lesbian college student Max (Guinevere Turner) is let down by the current state of her love life. Her roommate Kia (T. Wendy McMillan) devises a ruse to get Max on a date with Ely (V.S. Brodie), an older lesbian Max initially disregards. As Max and Ely find themselves drawn to each other, […]
In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, the mission and morality. *Un Certain Regard – Cannes Film Festival 2022