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Student Union Building, UVic
University of Victoria Students’ Society, conceived
as an inexpensive alternative for students, the
University community and the public. The
theatre is in the Student Union Building at
UVic. The following buses come to UVic: 4, 7, 11,
14, 26, 33, 39, 51.
Admission Prices
(GST included)
UVSS Students
Special for UVSS students
9pm shows (or later)
Seniors, Children (12 & under)
Other Students
Cinemagic Members
$6.00
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on campus after 6pm and all day on Saturdays. There
is no charge for parking on Sundays and holidays.
Tickets and memberships go on sale 40
minutes before showtime. Please arrive early
to avoid disappointment.
where noted. Films are 35mm prints unless otherwise indicated.
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Cinecenta Office: 250-721-8364
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$6.00
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$7.25
and guests (1 only) of above
Non-members
Matinees will return in September.
Manager: Michael Ryan
Programmer: Michael Hoppe
TEN FILM DISCOUNT PASS
UVSS Students, Seniors
Design: Joey MacDonald
(Unavailable to non-members.)
$45.00
$52.50
DAILY SHOW INFO: 250-721-8365
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sunday
monday
KIDS MATINEE Sun 1:00!
tuesday
APRIL 13 (7:00 & 9:00)
MARY POPPINS
THE PRINCESS BRIDE
APRIL 11 (3:45 matinee & 7:00)
APRIL 12 (7:00 only)
Director: Rob Reiner
(USA, 1987, 96 min; digital; rated G)
Cast: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon,
Christopher Guest, Robin Wright, André the Giant,
Wallace Shawn, and
Peter Falk
A SINGLE MAN
Director: Tom Ford (USA, 2009, 101 min; PG)
Cast: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode,
Nicholas Hoult
As George Falconer, a 52-year-old homosexual English professor from London who teaches college in L.A. (the year is 1962),
Colin Firth has a different look and vibe. George is in mourning
over the death of Jim (Matthew Goode), the younger man he
lived with for 16 years. To George, Jim is his one and only love.
And all the beauty of the world is now just a reminder of what
he’s lost. A Single Man is suffused with beauty — it’s based on
a 1964 novel by Christopher Isherwood, who wrote tales of
liberated love in a pre-liberated era. –Entertainment Weekly
BEST ACTOR – COLIN FIRTH
–Venice Film Festival
It’s a fairytale with bite.
Children can see it as a
bright, frothy adventure
while adults will appreciate
the subtlety and the sheer
wit. The film mocks sword
fantasies yet it also delights
in them and is somehow
able to trumpet the genre
while simultaneously laughing at it. A rich, all-engrossing treat. —BBCi
APRIL 18, 19, 20 (7:00 only)
THE LAST STATION
Director: Michael Hoffman (Germany/Russia/UK, 2009, 113 minutes; 14A)
Cast: Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, Paul Giamatti, and Anne-Marie Duff
THE MESSENGER
Director: Oren Moverman (USA, 2009, 114 min; 14A)
Cast: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha
####! The Hurt Locker may be getting all the awards
but The Messenger is at least as good and perhaps even
better. Will Montgomery (Ben Foster), decorated war hero is
assigned to the “Casualty Notification Team” who knock on
doors and intone, “We regret to inform you.” His partner
has refined the job to a mechanical science. Tony Stone
(Woody Harrelson) is a career soldier. His advice to Will is
to deliver the awful news from an emotionless distance…Writer-director Moverman writes with an exquisite
ear. Around its harrowing spine, the film builds the flesh of
life’s ongoing saga, of the relationships that slowly, tentatively, begin to develop. —The Globe and Mail
thursday
APRIL 14 & 15 (7:00 & 9:10)
Director: Peter Stebbings (Canada/USA, 2009, 102 min; PG)
WINNER! UN CERTAIN REGARD JURY PRIZE AND THE
CRITICS’ PRIZE AT CANNES!
Cast: Woody Harrelson , Kat Dennings, Elias Koteas,
Sandra Oh, and Michael Kelly
Confirming that the new Romanian cinema is no flash in
the pan, Corneliu Porumboiu has followed up his Caméra
d’Or-winning 12:08 East of Bucharest with the magnificentl Police, Adjective, cementing his reputation as one
of Europe’s most exciting new talents… Cristi (Dragos
Bucur) is a policeman who refuses to arrest a young man
who offers hashish to two of his school mates. Cristi
believes that the law will change, he does not want the life
of a young man he considers irresponsible to be a burden
on his conscience. But, for his desk-bound superior, the word “conscience” has a different meaning. –Films We Like
“A GLOBETROTTING TRAVELOGUE OF HAPPY SOUNDS!” –The Toronto Sun
“A SWEET, FASCINATING DOCUMENTARY.” –Macleans
APRIL 23 & 24 (7:00 & 9:10)
APRIL 21 (7:15 only – film & concert*)
APRIL 22 (7:15 & 9:00 - film only)
Director: Scott Cooper (USA, 2009, 112 min, PG)
CRAZY HEART
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal,
Robert Duvall
The ukulele is making a comeback. Clubs and ensembles are sprouting up
around the world, and a new generation is pulling their grandparents’ ukes out of the closet. Mighty Uke travels the world to discover why so many people of different nations, cultures, ages and musical tastes are turning to the ukulele to express themselves,
connect with the past, and with each other. From California to New York, from swinging London to Tokyo to Hawaii, ukers tell the
story of the people’s instrument: The Mighty Uke!
“A MUST SEE! It will leave you with a burning desire to get your own ukulele.” –PDX Pipeline
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destruction of Tokyo in
WWIII, the rebuilt city is
in chaos. The masses
await a second coming
by the legendary Akira.
Reworked from his own
hugely successful comic strip, Otomo’s first excursion into
movies features some of the most mind-blowing animation
ever seen. The admirably complex plot is imaginative and serious. An impressive achievement, often suggesting a weird
expressionist blend of 2001, Blade Runner and Forbidden
Planet. –Time Out
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WINNER! BEST FEATURE FILM! –Victoria Film Festival
An often goofy, ultimately moving comic drama in which a self-proclaimed superhero operates within far more human dimensions. By
day, Arthur Poppington (Woody Harrelson) makes his living holding
traffic signs at construction sites. His real self comes out at night
when he dons a homemade, duct tape-trimmed superhero uniform
and prowls the streets of Hammer Town in search of his archenemy,
Captain Industry. In its satire of the superhero genre, writer/director
Peter Stebbings is spot on, right down to having Harrelson adopt the
“Simultaneously a police procedural, an analysis of language and imagery, a philosophical debate about law and justice, same ridiculous growl that Christian Bale uses when he dons
and a very, very dry Romanian-style Martini.” –The New Yorker
Batman’s cape. –Box Office
*SPECIAL EVENT! Following the Apr 21 screening see Canada’s ukulele
virtuoso and Canadian Folk Music Award winner James Hill perform
live! *$5.00 will be added to the ticket prices; no passes, no comps.
Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo
(Japan, 1988, 124 min;
Japanese with subtitles;
digital; PG)
saturday
DEFENDOR
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu (Romania, 2009, 110 min;
Romanian with subtitles; rated G)
Directors: Tony Coleman (Canada, 2009, 80 minutes; digital????
“A FULLY FELT, MORALLY ALERT, MARVELLOUSLY APRIL 27 (7:00 & 9:30)
ACTED PIECE OF WORK.” –The New Yorker
AKIRA
NIME
friday
APRIL 16 & 17 (7:10 & 9:15)
POLICE, ADJECTIVE
THE MIGHTY UKE
Christopher Plummer is Leo Tolstoy in his eighties, imposing, stentorian, and almost alarmingly active;
Helen Mirren, letting her age show yet still the most sexual actress on the screen, is Sofya, Tolstoy’s wife
of forty-eight years. The movie is raised to the level of greatness by its two acting demons, who go at
each other full tilt and produce scenes of Shakespearean affection, chagrin, and rage. Shall Tolstoy leave
the copyright and the enormous profits from his worldly masterpieces to Sofya and their children? Or shall
he leave them to the “Russian people”? The entire movie cries out that exalted, self-denying spirituality,
however noble, is less sane than everyday love and sex and the full adoration of the sensuous world. With
Paul Giamatti (overacting), as Tolstoy’s fanatical disciple and administrator; and James McAvoy, whose
vows of celibacy are no match for the flirtatious and intelligent fellow-Tolstoyan, Masha (Kerry Condon),
who climbs into his bed. The exteriors were shot in a fine old house in Germany that resembles Tolstoy’s
estate. Michael Hoffman adapted Jay Parini’s 1990 novel and directed with power and fluidity.
–The New Yorker
APRIL 25 & 26 (7:00 only)
wednesday
APRIL 28 & 29 (7:15 & 9:00)
SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION
Directors: Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman (USA, 2009, 82 min; digital)
####! SPIRITED…ROUSING… A marvellously stirring form of
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history lesson, as well as a potent demonstration of music’s power to
inspire!” —eye Weekly
This documentary is essentially a condensed, lightly airbrushed, skillfully
assembled history of the civil rights movement, with musical interludes. It’s
civil rights’ greatest hits: Montgomery, Selma, Birmingham; “Eyes on the
Prize,” “We Shall Not be Moved,” “We Shall Overcome.” It’s the kind of film
that will have audiences clapping and singing along. And why not? The
images and stories may be familiar, but it’s history worth retelling. The
directors pause for music-video-style performances of spirituals and
protest songs by contemporary artists including Joss Stone, John Legend,
Wyclef Jean, Richie Havens, The Blind Boys of Alabama and the Roots.
—The New York Times
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Crazy Heart, written and directed by Scott
Cooper, is a small movie perfectly scaled to
the big performance at its center. It offers
some picturesque views of out-of-the-way
parts of the American West, but the dominant
feature of its landscape is Bad Blake, a wayward, aging country singer played by Jeff
Bridges. Some of Mr. Bridges’s peers may
have burned more intensely in their prime, but
very few American actors over the past 35
years have flickered and smoldered with such
craft and resilience. —The New York Times
APRIL 30 & MAY 1 (7:00 & 9:30)
BROOKLYN’S FINEST
Director: Antoine Fuqua (USA, 2010, 133 minutes; 18A) Cast: Richard
Gere, Ethan Hawke, Don Cheadle, Jesse Williams, Ellen Barkin,
Wesley Snipes, Lili Taylor, and Vincent D’Onofrio
Brooklyn’s Finest takes the familiar stuff of detectives on the take, of wornout veterans whiling their last days with cynical indifference, with undercover cops seduced by drugs and gangland brotherhood, and weaves a nasty
nail-biter of a tale. Directed by Antoine Fuqua, whose Training Day elicited
fine, against-the-grain work from Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke,
Brooklyn’s Finest owes much to the New York police dramas of Sidney Lumet:
Serpico, Q&A, Prince of the City. Fuqua’s sucker-punch of a picture is taut
noir of the first order…Hawke, Cheadle, and Gere (no vanity, no swagger) are
all very good, even if the guys they’re playing are, if not bad, then tragically
corrupt, or corrupted. —Philadelphia Inquirer
An agreeably chewy, pulpy
work of old-fashioned crime cinema, overcooked and overlong, but worth
catching for its acting, its atmosphere and its action set-pieces. –Salon.com
WINNER OF 2 ACADEMY
AWARDS!
BEST ACTOR, BEST SONG
sunday
monday
tuesday
wednesday
MAY 2 & 3 (7:00 only)
thursday
–Filmicafe
NEIL YOUNG TRUNK SHOW
The truth that refreshes!
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ANIM
Directors: German Gutierrez & Carmen Garcia
(Canada, 2009, 85 min; digital; PG)
A documentary film about Coke and labour rights in the
bottling plants. “You’ll never look at a can of Coke the
same way after seeing this documentary film. Directors
German Gutierrez and Carmen Garcia present a searing
indictment of the Coca-Cola empire and its alleged kidnapping, torture and murder of union leaders trying to improve
working conditions in Colombia, Guatemala and Turkey. The
filmmakers follow labour rights lawyers Daniel Kovalik and
Terry Collingsworth and an activist for the Stop Killer-Coke!
Campaign, Ray Rogers, as they attempt to hold the giant
U.S. multinational beverage company accountable in this
legal and human rights battle.” –National Film Board of
Canada
MAY 7 & 8 (7:10 & 9:15)
Director: Jonathan Demme
(USA/Canada, 2009, 82 min; digital; rated G)
MAY 4 (7:00 & 9:30)
SPIRITED AWAY
Director: Hayao Miyazaki (Japan, 2001, 124 min;
Japanese with subtitles; digital; PG)
A visual masterpiece about a scared little girl’s breathtaking journey of self-discovery. All of the fun is getting
there. –Baltimore Sun Oscar winner for Best Animated Film
— it out-grossed Titanic in Japan — damn near bursts off the
screen as the mostly hand-drawn art of writer-director Hayao
Miyazaki (with a smidgen of computer help) conjures up monsters and magic. Miyazaki is the Pied Piper — see Spirited
Away and you’ll follow him anywhere. —Rolling Stone
saturday
“A DASH OF REALITY, A SPRINKLE OF
HUMOUR…THIS DISH DEFINITELY DELIVERS!”
MAY 5 & 6 (7:15 & 9:00)
THE COCA-COLA CASE
friday
COOKING WITH STELLA
As concert documentaries go, both “Neil Young: Heart of
Gold” (2006) and the new “Neil Young Trunk Show” are luxury goods. Beautifully lighted and meticulously recorded, they
look and sound like several million bucks. They’re different in
just about every other way, though. The elegiac “Heart of Gold”
was dedicated to Mr. Young’s father, who had recently died,
and featured the gentle acoustic songs. In “Trunk Show,”
filmed during the “Chrome Dreams II” tour in 2007, Mr. Young
is a rocker again, picking up an electric guitar and pounding
through “Cinnamon Girl” and “Like a Hurricane.” —The New
York Times The second in Jonathan Demme’s planned trilogy of Young-in-concert movies, is a slapdash job—endearingly so. Devotees will thrill to rarities like “Kansas” and
“Mexico.” –The Village Voice
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Director: Dilip Mehta
(Canada, 2009, 104 minutes; English & Hindi with subtitles; PG)
Cast: Don McKellar, Lisa Ray and Seema Biswas
FOUR STARS! A light, clever and very enjoyable comedy written
by director Dilip Mehta with his sister Deepa, Cooking puts an
appealingly wry and distinctly Indo-Canadian spin on upstairsdownstairs tales of servants who outwit their social betters. At the
heart of the film is the clash of cultural sensitivities between a
young Canadian family living in a diplomatic residence in New
Delhi and Stella (Seema Biswas), an indefatigably crafty housekeeper. Don McKellar and Lisa Ray are terrific as the newcomers
but it’s the Indian cast members who have the most fun in the
Mehtas’ fleet-footed satire. –eye Weekly
MAY 9 & 10 (7:00 only)
WHO’S DRIVING THE DREAMBUS?
MAY 14 & 15 (7:15 & 9:00)
THE SECRET OF KELLS
Directors: Boris & Claire Jänsch (UK, 2009, 99 min; digital)
Featuring Dr. Amit Goswami, Gangaji, Genpo Roshi,
Jeff Foster, Toni Packer, Tony Parsons, Guy Smith,
Timothy Freke.
Directors: Tomm Moore & Nora Twomey
(Ireland, 2009, 75 min; PG-violence)
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ANIM
“May surprise even those who have been on the spiritual path for
years.” —Spirituality & Health Magazine
Voices of: Brendan Gleeson, Evan McGuire,
Christen Mooney, Liam Hourican
MAY 11 (7:00 & 9:30)
TOKYO GODFATHERS
“A life-enhancing gem.” —Kindred Spirit
OSCAR NOMINEE for BEST ANIMATED FEATURE!
MAY 12 & 13 (7:00 & 9:00)
Director: Satoshi Kon
(Japan, 2003, 92 minutes; Japanese with subtitles; digital)
A documentary exploring life’s big questions: Who am I? Why am I here?
Why is there suffering? Is there life after death? And - ultimately - How
can I find happiness or peace of mind? But what if that search for happiness was based on a huge misconception, a misconception that has been
drummed into us since birth, that we are separate individuals? In Who’s
Driving the Dreambus? Boris and Claire Jänsch go on a personal journey through a series of interviews with eminent spiritual teachers,
philosophers and writers - in a quest to unravel what it means to be alive.
This radical and challenging documentary ventures into the heart of the
mystery of identity, flipping the idea of spiritual endeavour on its head,
revealing a message so profound and yet so simple that it might just end
the search. –Baci Films
a riot of color and detail that dazzle the eyes, in a
sweeping animated film about the power of imagination and faith to carry humanity through dark times.
Young Brendan lives in a remote medieval outpost
under siege from barbarian raids. But a new life of
Directors: Carole & Bruce Hart (USA, 2009, 90 minutes, digital) Narrated by Ashley Judd.
adventure beckons when a celebrated master illumi7 Generations documents the momentous journey of thirteen indigenous Grandmothers as they travel around the globe—to Mexico, nator arrives from foreign lands carrying an ancient but
the Brazilian Amazon, the Vatican, and for an audience with the Dalai Lama in India—to promote world peace and share their indige- unfinished book, brimming with secret wisdom and
nous ways of healing. Originating from all four corners of the world, these wise elders, shamans and medicine women decided to form powers. To help complete the magical book, Brendan
has to venture into the enchanted forest where mythian alliance and in so doing they are lighting a way to a peaceful, sustainable planet.
cal creatures hide. It is here that he meets the fairy
“Should be mandatory viewing for anyone looking to gain wisdom from our elders.” —Monday Magazine
Aisling, a mysterious young wolf-girl, who helps him
Conversation with the Director and the Grandmother Julieta following the 7 pm screenings
fulfill his dangerous quest. —GKIDS
SPECIAL FUNDRAISER ($9 PER TICKET) FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF 13 INDIGENOUS GRANDMOTHERS
FEATURING FILM DIRECTOR CAROLE HART, NYC, AND GRANDMOTHER JULIETA CASIMIRO, MAZATEC MEDICINE CURANDERA
Another marvel from Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue) who has
pushed Japanese feature animation toward greater realism
and wilder fantasy. This sweet fable of decency amid the down
and out has echoes of Chaplin. Three homeless people find an
abandoned baby on Christmas Eve. As they try to reunite the
foundling with her parents, they travel through a city rendered
with unbelievable precision and tinted with undeniable love. At
the end, the skyscrapers of Tokyo wriggle and dance to a
Japanese-language techno version of Beethoven’s “Ode to
Joy,” which pretty much sums up this indescribable, unforgettable movie. —The New York Times
MAY 18, 19 & 20
Cinecenta passes and tickets suspended. Magic, fantasy, and Celtic mythology come together in
FOR THE NEXT 7 GENERATIONS
(SPECIAL EVENT! 7:00 only)
Kevin Bazzana, author of the award-winning biography Wondrous Strange: The Life and Art of Glenn
Gould, will be at Cinecenta for all showings to answer your questions.
GENIUS WITHIN:
THE INNER LIFE OF GLENN GOULD
MAY 21 & 22 (7:00 & 9:35)
“I’m very much the anti-hero
in real life, but I compensate
madly in my dreams.”
Glenn Gould
Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams,
Patricia Clarkson, and Max von Sydow
Directors: Michèle Hozer & Peter Raymont (Canada, 2009, 108 minutes; rated G)
MAY 16 & 17 (7:00 only)
BEYOND GAY: The Politics of Pride
Director: Bob Christie (Canada, 2009, 87 min; digital; PG)
#####! Is this really 2010? There are moments when you wouldn’t think so as you experience Bob Christie’s riveting and
enlightening documentary on the politics and relevance of the global gay pride movement. On the plus side, Vancouver Pride
Society parade director Ken Coolen’s globe-trotting journey to monitor pride celebrations worldwide is a joyful, moving and amusing account of the progress made in the acceptance of sexual diversity in cities from Toronto and New York, birthplace of the gay
liberation movement, to Sao Paulo, Brazil. Christie’s colourful overview is also a harsh and disturbing reminder, however, of ongoing, mind-boggling intolerance in places where homophobia is rampant …This superb documentary, a must-see, is more than a
call to action for the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) community. It’s as much a plea for freedom, respect and
basic human rights for everyone regardless of sexual orientation.—Victoria Times-Colonist
Near the start of this superb documentary, there’s an audio clip of Glenn Gould saying that what gives the
arts their power and distinction is their ability to create and impose a “distance from the world.” Genius
Within is a thorough investigation into the ways Gould both engaged with and insulated himself from his
environment. A wily provocateur and reclusive eccentric, Canada’s most famous classical musician was
nothing if not complex and many-sided. It’s a testament to the strength of this film that it breaks through the
seeming contradictions of Gould’s strange personality to show a cohesive, nuanced whole. A musical prodigy born and raised in Toronto, Gould gained national renown for his musical broadcasts before bursting onto
the world stage when he released an audacious interpretation of Bach’s “Goldberg Variations.” There’s lots
of background and context in this doc, from precise discussion of his playing technique to reminiscences
from his (few) close friends. There’s also a feast of interview material, live performances, and recordings that
will be satisfying to Gould aficionados and tantalizing to neophytes. If you want to know why this man is
considered one of the greatest pianists of the last century, or you’ve ever pondered the links between
genius and eccentricity, or if you just want to encounter a veritable fireworks display of personality,
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this is the movie to see. –Vancouver International Film Festival
MAY 23 & 24 & 25 (7:00 only)
Expert, screw-turning narrative filmmaking put at
the service of old-dark-madhouse claptrap,
Shutter Island arguably occupies a similar place
in Martin Scorsese’s filmography as The Shining
does in Stanley Kubrick’s. In his first dramatic
feature since The Departed, Scorsese applies his
protean skill and unsurpassed knowledge of
Hollywood genres to create a dark, intense thriller
involving insanity, ghastly memories, mind-alteration and violence, all wrapped in a story about
the search for a missing patient at an island asylum. Topnotch cast headed by Leonardo DiCaprio.
–Variety
“DAZZLING!” –Rolling Stone
“MASTERFUL. ####!” –Roger Ebert
VERY IRISH, WITH LOTS OF FOLK TUNES IRISH
DANCING AND CELTIC CHARM! –Cinema Eye
A PROPHET
MAY 28 & 29 (7:00 & 9:30)
Director: Jacques Audiard (France, 2009, 157 min;
French/Arabic/Corsican with subtitles; 18A)
####! –The Globe and Mail
THE GHOST WRITER
WINNER! BEST CANADIAN FEATURE
– Victoria Film Festival
Director: Roman Polanski (Germany/France/UK, 2010, 129
min; PG) Cast: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim
OSCAR NOMINEE for
BEST FOREIGN FILM!
Cattrall, Olivia Williams, Tom Wilkinson.
A Prophet, the incendiary
French crime epic from
Jacques Audiard, is an immigrant
allegory, a parable of ambition about a man cast into a
figurative New World where he must eat or be eaten. Like
The Godfather, A Prophet serves up crime as a metaphor for
life and power, set in a world of chaos that is dependent on
codes and rules. Malik (Tahar Rahim), the hero of this film, is
the supremely solitary man—beaten, disheveled, and frightened, with no family, country, allegiances or mother tongue.
Malik is ushered into the French prison where he is serving a
six-year sentence. The penal hellhole is ruled by Corsican
mobsters—even the French are largely invisible in this film, which uses the Third
World to mirror the First. With a narrative momentum that almost never relaxes, violence, or its shadow, is everpresent. But what is
meant to be really horrifying is Malik’s moral dilemma. And it is. —Entertainment Weekly
“ELECTRIC!” –The Hollywood Reporter
“GETS THE VIBE JUST RIGHT!” –Salon.com
writer (Ewan McGregor) who signs on to rewrite the memoirs of a
retired, Tony Blair-like Prime Minister, Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan),
accused of having turned over captured terrorist suspects to the
C.I.A. for rendition and torture. The atmosphere turns barbed and
dangerous—an enveloping field of lies and secrecy, impenetrable to
the Ghost, who is lost among power players far too clever for him.
With the wonderful Olivia Williams, as Lang’s brilliant wife, and Kim
Cattrall, as his mistress. Polanski’s mastery of classic exposition is a
relief from today’s scrambled filmmaking. –The New Yorker
SHUTTER ISLAND
Director: Martin Scorsese (USA, 2010, 137 minutes; 14A) Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark
MAY 26 & 27 (7:00 & 9:00)
WINNER! BEST DIRECTOR – Berlin Film Festival
An extraordinarily well-made political thriller—the best
thing Polanski has done since the incomparable
Chinatown. The Ghost in question is a young, broke, hack
writer (Ewan McGregor) who signs on to rewrite the memoirs of a retired, Tony Blair-like Prime Minister, Adam Lang
(Pierce Brosnan), accused of having turned over captured
terrorist suspects to the C.I.A. for rendition and torture. The
atmosphere turns barbed and dangerous—an enveloping
field of lies and secrecy, impenetrable to the Ghost, who is
lost among power players far too clever for him. With the
wonderful Olivia Williams, as Lang’s brilliant wife, and Kim
Cattrall, as his mistress. Polanski’s mastery of classic exposition is a relief from today’s scrambled filmmaking. –The
New Yorker
A SHINE OF RAINBOWS
Director: Vic Sarin (Canada/Ireland, 2009, 103 min, rated G)
Irresistibly good-natured even when it’s cheesy, A Shine of
Rainbows follows an 8-year-old Irish orphan who rediscovers
love and trust with the help of his adoptive parents and some
extremely smart and powerful seals. The lush Corrie Island setting
helps, as do fine performances from Connie Nielsen, Aidan Quinn
and, as young Tomas, newcomer John Bell. With its power-of-love
formula and faint hint of magic realism, “Rainbows” could shine
anyplace there’s an audience for old-fashioned family fare. —
Variety
ee, has decided to write a novel based on a rape and murder that occurred 20 years ago — a crime he believes has never
been solved. He shares his intentions with judge Irene (Soledad Villamil), for whom he has long carried a secret torch.
Flashbacks set just before the late ’70s arrival of the military junta show an Argentina already in the grip of judicial corruption. The two immigrant workers arrested for the crime have clearly been beaten into confessing. Roused to action, and
aided by his drunken barfly colleague Sandoval (Argentinean comedian Guillermo Francella), Benjamin sets about identifying the real perp, their clumsiness generating some wonderful comic business along
the way.—Variety
“A RIVETING THRILLER SPIKED WITH WITTY DIALOGUE AND POIGNANT
LOVE STORIES.” –The Hollywood Reporter
interiors and the Farrah-haired vibe of mid-1970s in look and spirit. Writer-director Floria Sigismondi
gets into the nervous systems of her subjects. Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two-fifths of The Runaways,
take center stage here. Kristen Steward and Dakota Fanning have never been stronger or freer on
screen. Everything about these lives is intense. The band’s story is a show business fable of razor-thin
lines, between rock stardom and teen exploitation; between the right amount of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’
roll (Jett figured that one out) and too much (Currie didn’t, though she lived to tell about it all in the
book “Neon Angel”). –Chicago Tribune
JUNE 4 & 5 (7:15 & 9:15)
Atom
Egoyan’s
JUNE 1, 2, 3 (7:00 & 9:25)
MAY 30 & 31 (7:00 only)
THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES
CHLOE
Director: Jose Campanella (Argentina, 2009, 127 min; Spanish with subtitles;
THE RUNAWAYS
ACADEMY AWARD WINNER! BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM!
Director: Atom Egoyan (Canada, 2009, 97
min, 18A) Cast: Julianne Moore ,
Director: Floria Sigismondi (USA, 2010, 107 min; 14A) Cast:
Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Michael Shannon,
A rich and surprisingly old-fashioned musical biopic, The Runaways
is pungent and quick on its feet, capturing the clubs, the shag-heavy
Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson.
A deeply rewarding throwback to the days when cinema still strove to be magical, The Secret
in their Eyes is simply mesmerizing. While it packs two generation-spanning love stories, a noirish
thriller, some delicious comedy, a pointed political critique and much food for thought into more than
two hours’ compelling, grown-up entertainment, the film is still more than the sum of its parts. This is
Juan Jose Campanella’s finest film. Recently retired Benjamin (Darin), a former criminal-court employ-
an unexpected conclusion. It becomes a battle of wills between the middle-aged wife (Julianne Moore) of a famous professor, and a 20-year-old prostitute (Amanda Seyfried). The professor
(Liam Neeson) has a habit of flirting with women that his wife finds troubling. She pays Seyfried to “meet” her husband and report on how he behaves toward her. The two women find themselves drawn into a web of secrets and confidences, and Egoyan, as so frequently, is a master of sexual obsession and the ways of seduction. Bold, sensuous, intelligent. few directors bring
more focus and intensity to eroticism than Egoyan. —Roger Ebert
JUNE 6 & 7 (7:00 only)
JUNE 8 & 9 (7:00 & 9:15)
“####!” –National Post
Atom Egoyan’s Chloe, one of his best and
certainly most commercial films, begins as a
hypnotic story of suspicion and jealousy, and
continues through passion and eroticism to
UK, USA, France, China, Denmark, New Zealand, South Africa, Italy, Puerto Rico, Japan, and
India. Whether hilarious or heartwarming, being sold something
has never been so much fun!
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll
have a very entertaining time.
JUNE 10, 11 & 12 (7:10 &
9:15)
GREENBERG
THE BEST INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIALS!
Director: Noah Baumbach
(USA, 2010, 108 min; 14A)
Many directors! Many Countries! (2009, 120 minutes; digital)
An All-New Collection from the 2009 London International Awards!
Cast: Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig,
Rhys Ifans, Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Chris Messina
The London International Awards have chosen the best Television, Cinema, and Online Film commercials in a number of different categories and this is a feature-length compilation of the winners. These mini-masterpieces are from Canada, Brazil, Germany, Australia,
The start of
something new
camosun.ca/ce
“The wonder of the film is how good it makes us feel. Greenberg scintillates with intelligence, razor’s-edge humor and
austere empathy for its struggling lovers.” –The Wall Street Journal