A contemporary master of animation cinema with a style of his own, a creator of universes refined in their aesthetic simplicity and deeply complex at the emotional and narrative level, Don Hertzfeldt released his first feature film in 2012: It’s Such a Beautiful Day. An assemblage of three short films centred around Bill, an ordinary […]
If the 2020 release of P’tit Belliveau’s debut record “Greatest Hits Vol. 1” is any indication, la musique acadienne is as exhilaratingly alive as ever. Outside French Canada, its impact is perhaps most strongly felt in the American South, where it influenced the footstompin’ sounds of Cajun and Creole/Zydeco music. Film POP is pleased to […]
Special screening with filmmaker Denys Desjardins in attendance In the style of a film diary, this documentary immerses us in the personal experience of the filmmaker and his sister as they try to ensure their mother can end her days with dignity in the CHSLD system. Amid this complex challenge, Denys Desjardins films his mother […]
When a demon takes possession of her, high-school hottie Jennifer (Megan Fox) turns a hungry eye on guys who never stood a chance with her before. While evil Jennifer satisfies her appetite for human flesh with the school’s male population, her nerdy friend, Needy (Amanda Seyfried), learns what’s happening and vows to put an end […]
A film about the first time you fall in love. Though more soft-spoken and understated than many of its contemporaries, Arthur Barron’s Jeremy is an essential work from what’s often regarded as the greatest decade in American cinema. Now, the “most popular film” at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival has been faithfully restored by Fun […]
April 15 screening with filmmaker Kevin T. Landry in attendance Accumulant les abus d’un ex-copain pervers narcissique et d’une supérieure condescendante, une jeune mère monoparentale travaillant pour Loto-Gold est envoyée au fin fond de nulle part pour interviewer un étrange ermite. L’intransigeant nouveau millionnaire sera celui qui la poussera finalement à bout de manière spectaculaire. […]
The debut feature from writer-director Saim Sadiq, JOYLAND explores the many sides of love and desire in a patriarchal society. Gentle and timid, Haider (Ali Junejo) lives with his wife Mumtaz (Rasti Farooq), his father, and his elder brother’s family in Lahore, Pakistan. Following a long spell of unemployment, Haider finally lands a job at […]
Jan, a nurse, has rebuilt his life in Greenland with his wife and two children. He has fled an incestuous past, which resurfaces when his dying father starts writing to him. Engulfed in a spiral of torment, Jan becomes a true Kalak, a “dirty Greenlander”. A fragmented tale of a damaged man reproducing cycles of […]
Within the growing tradition of “your favourite musician’s favourite musician you’ve probably never heard of” films, In My Own Time sits among the very best. Though she came up in the 1960s New York folk scene, Karen Dalton had a decidedly different path to the cafes of Greenwich Village, and her continued iconoclasm limited her […]
4K restoration November 11 screening with director Lodge Kerrigan in attendance William Keane (Damian Lewis) is barely able to cope. It has been six months since his six-year-old daughter was abducted from New York City’s Port Authority Bus Terminal while traveling with him. Repeatedly drawn to the site of the abduction, Keane wanders the bus […]