Sympathy For the Underdog
Japanese auteur Kinji Fukusaku (BATTLE ROYALE, BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR AND HUMANITY) brings impeccable action sequences and grime-soaked maverick filmmaking to his early masterpiece SYMPATHY FOR THE UNDERDOG. A recently released yakuza boss returns home to find a new gang has claimed his old territory and his old compatriots scattered to the winds. Hungry for a […]
Montréal, My Beautiful (Montréal, Ma Belle)
Acclaimed actress Joan Chen (The Last Emperor, Twin Peaks, Lust, Caution, Didi) stars in Montréal, ma belle (Montreal, My Beautiful), a deeply emotional family drama and May-December lesbian love story from Chinese-Canadian director Xiaodan He (A Touch of Spring) Feng Xia (Chen), a 53-year-old Chinese immigrant and mother living in Montreal, has spent her life […]
Miroirs No. 3
Past and present collide in this captivating psychodrama by German filmmaker Christian Petzold (“Phoenix”, “Transit”). The story follows Laura (Paula Beer), a young woman from Berlin who survives a countryside car crash, only to become entangled with a mysterious family. Laura, emotionally shaken by the accident, is taken in by a local woman named Betty […]
Klassic Kidz: Frozen with Princess Meet & Greet
As March Break winds down, keep the fun going with a Frozen screening fit for a princess. Beginning one hour before the film, join Elsa, (Fairytale Princess Parties) for photos and meet and greet. Then settle in for Frozen. When Queen Elsa accidentally plunges Arendelle into perpetual winter, it’s up to her sister Anna to […]
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF OTTAWA: Primavera
Set in 18th-century Venice’s famed Ospedale della Pietà orphanage for girls, Primavera follows Cecilia (rising star Tecla Insolia), a gifted young violinist whose fiery spirit cannot be contained. Yearning to uncover her origins and chafing against the orphanage’s strict rules, she’s offered escape through an arranged marriage to a wealthy patron (Stefano Accorsi). But when […]
