Cinematheque
Year-round timeless classics, cult favourites & contemporary masterpieces.
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Puberty Blues
- Mon, Jan 13
- Tue, Jan 14
- Fri, Jan 17
Director: Bruce Beresford Run Time: 87 min. Release Year: 1981
Starring: Jad Capelja, Jay Hackett, Ned Lander, Nell Schofield, Tony Hughes
The coolest things to do are the things they say we can't do.
Winter of Our Dreams
- Wed, Jan 15
- Fri, Jan 17
- Tue, Jan 21
Director: John Duigan Run Time: 90 min. Release Year: 1981
Starring: Baz Luhrmann, Bryan Brown, Cathy Downes, Judy Davis, Peter Mochrie
For both of them life had become a habit...until they met.
Angel Baby
- Mon, Jan 20
- Tue, Jan 21
- Fri, Jan 24
Director: Michael Rymer Run Time: 105 min. Release Year: 1995
Starring: Colin Friels, Deborra-Lee Furness, Geoff Brooks, Jacqueline McKenzie, John Lynch
An extraordinary story of love's transcendent power.
Love and Other Catastrophes
- Wed, Jan 22
- Fri, Jan 24
- Tue, Jan 28
Director: Emma-Kate Croghan Run Time: 78 min. Release Year: 1996
Starring: Alice Garner, Frances O'Connor, Matt Day, Matthew Dyktynski, Radha Mitchell
The trouble with love is, you never know where it's going to strike next.
Peppermint Candy
- Mon, Jan 27
- Tue, Jan 28
- Fri, Jan 31
Director: Lee Chang-dong Run Time: 131 min. Release Year: 2000 Language: Korean
Starring: Go Seo-hee, Kim Yeo-jin, Moon So-ri, Suh Jung, Sul Kyung-gu
A travel back in time to find a man's lost innocence.
Oasis
- Wed, Jan 29
- Fri, Jan 31
- Tue, Feb 4
Director: Lee Chang-dong Run Time: 132 min. Release Year: 2002 Language: Korean
Starring: Ahn Nae-sang, Moon So-ri, Ryoo Seung-wan, Son Byung-ho, Sul Kyung-gu
Love knows.
Poetry
- Mon, Feb 3
- Tue, Feb 4
- Fri, Feb 7
Director: Lee Chang-dong Run Time: 139 min. Release Year: 2010 Language: Korean
Starring: Ahn Nae-sang, Kim Hee-ra, Kim Yong-taek, Lee David, Yoon Jeong-hee
A sexagenarian South Korean woman enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and...
Burning
- Wed, Feb 5
- Fri, Feb 7
- Tue, Feb 11
Director: Lee Chang-dong Run Time: 148 min. Release Year: 2018 Language: Korean
Starring: Choi Seung-ho, Jun Jong-seo, Kim Soo-kyung, Steven Yeun, Yoo Ah-in
The truth is all in your head.
Pusher
- Mon, Feb 10
- Tue, Feb 11
- Fri, Feb 14
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Run Time: 110 min. Release Year: 1996 Language: Danish
Starring: Kim Bodnia, Laura Drasbæk, Mads Mikkelsen, Slavko Labović, Zlatko Burić
You don't have a chance. Seize it!
Pusher II
- Wed, Feb 12
- Fri, Feb 14
- Tue, Feb 18
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Run Time: 100 min. Release Year: 2004 Language: Danish
Starring: Anne Sørensen, Kurt Nielsen, Leif Sylvester, Mads Mikkelsen, Øyvind Hagen-Traberg
With blood on my hands.
Pusher III
- Mon, Feb 17
- Tue, Feb 18
- Fri, Feb 21
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 2005 Language: Danish
Starring: Ilyas Agac, Kurt Nielsen, Marinela Dekic, Slavko Labović, Zlatko Burić
I'm the angel of death.