*As part of our CONTES POUR TOUS cycle in tribute to producer Rock Demers* A hair-raising comedy of magical proportions! 11 year-old-hero Michael enters a supposedly haunted house and gets so scared that he faints and loses all his hair! He receives a secret recipe from ghosts to help his hair grow back but astonishing […]
A teenager is sitting in the doctor’s consultation room, the camera films her from behind so that she remains anonymous. She tells the doctor how she got pregnant. Her boyfriend had assured her he would take care. Now she has to make a difficult decision. You can feel her anguish in every sentence she utters. […]
Special screening with director Denis Côté in attendance New 15th anniversary 4K restoration After a lengthy virtual relationship over the Internet, Milena and Philip take the plunge and agree to finally meet. Having lived in Montreal for over a decade, Milena, an immigrant of Bulgarian descent, accepts to greet her correspondent Philip, a flirtatious photographer […]
Part of our late-night screenings, Bains de minuit! Film selected by Helen Faradji, film critic and TV host Based on Elmore Leonard’s famous crime novel, Out of Sight tells the story of the unlikely relationship that forms between an FBI agent and a career criminal. After Jack Foley (George Clooney) escapes from jail with the […]
On the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, the High Commissioner of the Republic and French government official De Roller is a calculating man with flawless manners. His somewhat broad perception of his role brings him to navigate the high end “establishment” as well as shady venues where he mingles with the locals. Especially since a […]
New 2K Restoration One of the masters of early German cinema, G. W. Pabst had an innate talent for discovering actresses (including Greta Garbo). And perhaps none of his female stars shone brighter than Kansas native and onetime Ziegfeld girl Louise Brooks, whose legendary persona was defined by Pabst’s lurid, controversial melodrama Pandora’s Box. Sensationally […]
Staff Picks – Miguel Morin (box office) Prepare to enter the realm of fantasy and imagination — where reality and dreams collide in a kaleidoscopic mindscape of sheer visual genius. The magical tale centers on a revolutionary machine that allows scientists to enter and record a subject’s dream. After being stolen, a fearless detective and […]
In collaboration with FNC Les Olympiades, a Corbusian residential complex in Paris’s 13th arrondissement, is the backdrop for the emotional entanglements of a group of thirtysomethings. Émilie, Camille, Nora and Amber, friends and sometimes lovers, leave all categories, rules and taboos by the wayside as they redefine modern love. Director Jacques Audiard (A Prophet) hired […]
*Last screening on Wednesday August 11* *As part of the Post-Moderne Ciné-club – choice of Pascal Plante “The very existence of this film within Quebec cinema is a small miracle in itself: it shoots targets at everything and everyone. Against the trend of shoulder-camera films inspired by the direct cinema of its contemporaries, Parlez-nous d’amour […]
Screening with director Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers in attendance Justine va bientôt terminer sa sixième année du primaire et elle est tannée que ses parents se disputent sans cesse. Peut-être sera-t-elle plus heureuse s’ils divorcent? Afin de leur forcer la main, la préadolescente décide de créer son propre tribunal. Le spectacle de la fin de l’année scolaire […]