Cinematheque
Year-round timeless classics, cult favourites & contemporary masterpieces.
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A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
- Fri, Nov 22
- Tue, Nov 26
Director: Zhang Yimou Run Time: 95 min. Rating: M Release Year: 2009 Language: Chinese
Starring: Cheng Ye, Ni Dahong, Sun Honglei, Xiao Shenyang, Yan Ni
Wang is a gloomy, cunning and avaricious noodle shop owner in a desert town in China. His neglected,...
Blood Simple
- Fri, Nov 22
Director: Joel Coen Run Time: 97 min. Rating: MA15+ Release Year: 1985
Starring: Dan Hedaya, Frances McDormand, John Getz, M. Emmet Walsh, Samm-Art Williams
Breaking up is hard to do.
The Witch
- Mon, Nov 25
- Tue, Nov 26
- Fri, Nov 29
Director: Robert Eggers Run Time: 92 min. Rating: MA15+ Release Year: 2016
Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ellie Grainger, Harvey Scrimshaw, Kate Dickie, Ralph Ineson
Evil takes many forms.
It Follows
- Wed, Nov 27
- Fri, Nov 29
- Tue, Dec 3
Director: David Robert Mitchell Run Time: 101 min. Rating: MA15+ Release Year: 2015
Starring: Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary, Keir Gilchrist, Maika Monroe, Olivia Luccardi
It doesn’t think, it doesn’t feel, it doesn’t give up.
Midsommar
- Mon, Dec 2
- Tue, Dec 3
- Fri, Dec 6
Director: Ari Aster Run Time: 147 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2019
Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, Will Poulter, William Jackson Harper
Let the festivities begin.
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
- Wed, Dec 4
- Fri, Dec 6
- Tue, Dec 10
Director: Jane Schoenbrun Run Time: 86 min. Rating: M Release Year: 2022
Starring: Anna Cobb, Evan Santiago, May Leitz, Michael J Rogers, Theo Anthony
Reality and fantasy begin to blur when a teenager, alone in her attic bedroom, immerses herself in a...
Heavy Metal
- Mon, Dec 9
- Tue, Dec 10
- Fri, Dec 13
Director: Gerald Potterton Run Time: 90 min. Rating: MA15+ Release Year: 1981
Starring: Don Francks, Jackie Burroughs, Joe Flaherty, John Candy, Rodger Bumpass
A Step Beyond Science Fiction
Metropolis
- Wed, Dec 11
- Fri, Dec 13
- Tue, Dec 17
Director: Rintaro Run Time: 108 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 2001 Language: Japanese
Starring: Kei Kobayashi, Kohki Okada, Kosei Tomita, Tarō Ishida, Yuka Imoto
Welcome to Metropolis
The Triplets of Belleville
- Mon, Dec 16
- Tue, Dec 17
- Fri, Dec 20
Director: Sylvain Chomet Run Time: 80 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 2003 Language: French
Starring: Betty Bonifassi, Jean-Claude Donda, Lina Boudreau, Michèle Caucheteux, Suzy Falk
When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team...