Have you ever wanted to be someone else? Or, more specifically, have you ever wanted to crawl through a portal hidden in an anonymous office building and thereby enter the cerebral cortex of John Malkovich for fifteen minutes, before being spat out on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike? Then director Spike Jonze and […]
House Music Kaveh Nabatian│Canada, 2021│45 min House Music might have begun as an attempt to salvage their album release following a string of COVID-related tour cancellations, but Montreal band Bell Orchestre and director Kaveh Nabatian have ultimately created a singular, immersive audiovisual experience in the woodlands of Rivière-Perdue with this concert film. A stunning blend […]
On the occasion of musician DMX’s untimely passing, Film POP presents a screening of Hype Williams’ Belly. Tommy “Buns” Brown (DMX) and Sincere “Sin” (Nas) are best friends and ruthless New York gangsters on divergent paths in this millennium-ending crime classic, released mere months after DMX’s debut album, It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot. Despite […]
Hoping to reconnect, three brothers embark on a fishing trip with their father, whose absence from their childhood has left them with lasting scars. For Stéphane, Jean-Pierre, Jérôme and Laurent, this is a chance to find some answers, and maybe even to make their peace with the past. On the gently rocking boat, dreams and […]
Terence Davies double bill: discover director’s Distant Voices, Still Lives Siegfried Sassoon was a complex man who survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery but who became a vocal critic of the government’s continuation of the war when he returned from service. His poetry was inspired […]
Bergman Island follows a couple of American filmmakers, Chris (Vicky Krieps) and Tony (Tim Roth), who retreat to the mythical Fårö island for the summer. In this wild, breathtaking landscape where Bergman lived and shot his most celebrated pieces, they hope to find inspiration for their upcoming films. As days spent separately pass by, the […]
In collaboration with Fantasia International Film Festival Born out of an acting workshop and shot on an iPhone, BEYOND THE INFINITE TWO MINUTES is a high-concept time-loop movie that transcends expectations with its inventive concept. Kato (Kazunori Tosa) is at a bit of a dead-end in life. He lives above the cafe he owns and […]
Black Box Diaries follows director and journalist Shiori Itō’s courageous investigation of her ow sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Unfolding like a thriller and combining secret investigative recordings, vérité shooting and emotional first-person video, Shiori’s quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country’s desperately outdated judicial and […]
One part frosty Christmas atmosphere, one part stalk ‘n’ slash magnificence, and all parts awesome, BLACK CHRISTMAS is a timeless, terrifying, and demented holiday tradition. When sorority sisters Olivia Hussey (ROMEO & JULIET), Margot Kidder (SUPERMAN) and Andrea Martin (SCTV) are under attack from a vicious potty-mouthed killer, it’s up to police chief John Saxon […]