Cinematheque
Year-round timeless classics, cult favourites & contemporary masterpieces.
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In a Lonely Place
- Today, Jun 16
- Tue, Jun 17
- Fri, Jun 20
Director: Nicholas Ray Run Time: 94 min. Release Year: 1950
Starring: Art Smith, Carl Benton Reid, Frank Lovejoy, Gloria Grahame, Humphrey Bogart
The Bogart suspense picture with the surprise finish!
Kings of the Road
- Tue, Jun 17
Director: Wim Wenders Run Time: 176 min. Release Year: 1976 Language: German
Starring: Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer, Marquard Bohm, Rüdiger Vogler, Rudolf Schündler
A traveling projection-equipment mechanic works in Western Germany along the East-German border, visiting worn-out theatres. He meets with...
Stranger Than Paradise
- Wed, Jun 18
- Fri, Jun 20
- Tue, Jun 24
Director: Jim Jarmusch Run Time: 86 min. Release Year: 1984
Starring: Cecillia Stark, Danny Rosen, Eszter Balint, John Lurie, Richard Edson
A new American film
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
- Mon, Jun 23
- Tue, Jun 24
- Fri, Jun 27
Director: Mervyn LeRoy Run Time: 92 min. Release Year: 1932
Starring: Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson, Noel Francis, Paul Muni, Preston Foster
Six sticks of dynamite that blasted his way to freedom … and awoke America’s conscience!
The American Friend
- Wed, Jun 25
- Fri, Jun 27
- Tue, Jul 1
Director: Wim Wenders Run Time: 125 min. Release Year: 1977 Language: German
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Dennis Hopper, Gérard Blain, Lisa Kreuzer, Nicholas Ray
Adapting an, at the time, unpublished Tom Ripley novel, this taught thriller sees Ripley, who deals in forged...
Down by Law
- Mon, Jun 30
- Tue, Jul 1
- Fri, Jul 4
Director: Jim Jarmusch Run Time: 106 min. Release Year: 1986
Starring: Ellen Barkin, John Lurie, Nicoletta Braschi, Roberto Benigni, Tom Waits
It's not where you start - It's where you start again.
Ugetsu
- Wed, Jul 2
- Fri, Jul 4
- Tue, Jul 8
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi Run Time: 96 min. Release Year: 1953 Language: Japanese
Starring: Eitarō Ozawa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori, Mitsuko Mito
A period fantasy tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil...
Sid and Nancy
- Mon, Jul 7
- Tue, Jul 8
- Fri, Jul 11
Director: Alex Cox Run Time: 114 min. Release Year: 1986
Starring: Andrew Schofield, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Debby Bishop, Gary Oldman
Love Kills.
Mystery Train
- Wed, Jul 9
- Fri, Jul 11
- Tue, Jul 15
Director: Jim Jarmusch Run Time: 106 min. Release Year: 1989
Starring: Cinqué Lee, Masatoshi Nagase, Nicoletta Braschi, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Youki Kudoh
Three stories are connected by a Memphis hotel and the spirit of Elvis Presley. Nominated for the Palm...
Rancho Notorious
- Mon, Jul 14
- Tue, Jul 15
- Fri, Jul 18
Director: Fritz Lang Run Time: 86 min. Release Year: 1952
Starring: Arthur Kennedy, Gloria Henry, Marlene Dietrich, Mel Ferrer, William Frawley
Where anything goes… for a price!
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- Wed, Jul 16
- Fri, Jul 18
- Tue, Jul 22
Director: John Ford Run Time: 123 min. Release Year: 1962
Starring: Edmond O'Brien, James Stewart, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Vera Miles
Together for the first time
Dead Man
- Mon, Jul 21
- Tue, Jul 22
- Fri, Jul 25
Director: Jim Jarmusch Run Time: 121 min. Release Year: 1995
Starring: Crispin Glover, Gary Farmer, Johnny Depp, Lance Henriksen, Michael Wincott
It is preferable not to travel with a dead man.
Le Samouraï
- Wed, Jul 23
- Fri, Jul 25
- Tue, Jul 29
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville Run Time: 105 min. Release Year: 1967 Language: French
Starring: Alain Delon, Cathy Rosier, François Périer, Michel Boisrond, Nathalie Delon
His only friend was his gun!
Throne of Blood
- Mon, Jul 28
- Tue, Jul 29
- Fri, Aug 1
Director: Akira Kurosawa Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 1957 Language: Japanese
Starring: Akira Kubo, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura, Toshirō Mifune
In one of the most impressive transpositions of Macbeth ever set to screen, a war-hardened general, egged on...
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
- Wed, Jul 30
- Fri, Aug 1
- Tue, Aug 5
Director: Jim Jarmusch Run Time: 116 min. Release Year: 1999
Starring: Cliff Gorman, Forest Whitaker, Frank Minucci, John Tormey, Richard Portnow
Live by the code. Die by the code.
Vampyr
- Mon, Aug 4
- Tue, Aug 5
- Fri, Aug 8
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer Run Time: 73 min. Release Year: 1932 Language: German
Starring: Jan Hieronimko, Maurice Schutz, Nicolas de Gunzburg, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz
The Strange Adventure of Allan Gray
Performance
- Wed, Aug 6
- Fri, Aug 8
- Tue, Aug 12
Director: Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg Run Time: 106 min. Release Year: 1970
Starring: Anita Pallenberg, Ann Sidney, James Fox, Michèle Breton, Mick Jagger
See them all in a film about fantasy. And reality. Vice. And versa.
Only Lovers Left Alive
- Mon, Aug 11
- Tue, Aug 12
- Fri, Aug 15
Director: Jim Jarmusch Run Time: 123 min. Release Year: 2013
Starring: Anton Yelchin, Jeffrey Wright, Mia Wasikowska, Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston
In this remarkable Gothic fantasy comedy-drama, a depressed musician reunites with his lover. However, their romance, which has...