Gaspar Noé double bill: discover director’s Vortex In collaboration with FNC *Warning: this film contains strobe effects and is not recommended for people prone to epileptic seizures. Everything you always wanted to know about (the films of) Gaspar Noé but were afraid to ask. On set, a film shoot about witches erupts into chaos (think: […]
Lydia Lunch is still fighting. Across her decades-long career, the performer, writer, poet, actress, and self-empowerment guru has never stopped professing her distinct and transgressive brand of feminism alongside the universal themes of injustice, power imbalances, and survival. Legendary director Beth B—a longtime collaborator of Lunch’s from the days when she led the influential no […]
March 21st screening with filmmaker Khoa Lê in attendance In Saigon, family culture carries on as it has for centuries, even when blood ties are broken. Through a mosaic of intimate portraits, Má Sài Gòn explores humanity’s universal desire for love, acceptance, connection and belonging through an LGBTQ+ lens. The film is a love letter […]
March 15th screening with filmmaker Bruno Boulianne in attendance Passionnés de patrimoine vivant et de navigation sur le Saint-Laurent, Kevin Gagné et Raymond Lachance fabriquent la plus belle machine de rêve qui soit : un rutilant canot à glace. Inspirés par l’importance de la transmission d’une culture riche et de savoir-faire menacés, leur chantier allume […]
Made in Hong Kong is a powerful film about a disenfranchised youth navigating through life in Hong Kong just before the Handover, shot with passion and fury from leftover film reels. This explosive energy runs through Fruit Chan’s independent classic, an essential exploration of a generation (and a nation) struggling through an identity crisis. As […]
March 2oth screening with filmmaker Denis Côté in attendance Set on carrying out her task with dedication, a woman is obsessed with watching over anonymous interiors and occupying them. Both a custodian of the premises and a ghostly presence, she becomes an echo of how we relate to time, solitude and the melancholy of forsaken […]
In collaboration with Cinemania Alex and Noémie, both in their thirties, want a child. But their plans are upset when Alex’s mother, Suzanne, starts acting unpredictably due to a neurodegenerative disorder. To speak of semantic dementia with neither fatalism nor despondency is the challenge in this first Belgium feature film, presented at the Namur French […]
35th Anniversary of Max Films Specials screening with producer Roger Frappier in attendance Bibiane, 25, is successful but finds her life lacks purpose. Following several unfortunate events, she gets drunk and hits a man with her car. She can’t recall anything but soon learns she is to blame for his death. Just as she is […]
January 19th screening presented in Dolby ATMOS Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.
New 4K Restoration Edward Yang’s penultimate film is an acerbic, sprawling tragicomedy, a poison love letter to Taipei as a rising cosmopolis of big money, big dreams, and big cons. Once more focusing on directionless youth, Yang depicts the four immature toughs who share an apartment and, frequently, the same women. Led by the amoral […]