January 27th, 2012 01:09 p.m.

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Surviving Progress

Director: Mathieu Roy & Harold Crooks
Canada 2011, 86 min, Digital
  • Jan 27, 28 & 31 @ 7pm
  • Jan 28 & 29 @ 2pm
  • Jan 29 @ 9pm
  • Jan 30 & Feb 1 @ 9:30pm
Humanity's ascent is often measured by the speed of progress. But what if progress is actually spiraling us downwards, towards collapse? Ronald Wright, whose best-seller, ‘A Short History of Progress’ inspired _Surviving Progress_, shows how past civilizations were destroyed by... view more

Carancho

Director: Pablo Trapero
Argentina 2010, 107 min, Digital
  • Jan 27, 28 & 31 @ 9pm
  • Jan 28 @ 4pm
  • Jan 29 @ 7pm
Selected 2011 Best Film by the Argentian Film Critic Association and Festival favourite at both the Cannes & Toronto International Film Fests, _Carancho_ is a tense thriller based on a real-life social problem in Argentina, where a fearsomely high rate... view more

Metro Bizarro: Mad Max

Director: George Miller
Australia 1979, 88 min, 35mm
  • Jan 27 @ 11pm
In a dystopic future Australia, “Mad” Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) is a member of the Main Force Patrol, a highway police unit tasked with maintaining order in the face of absolute chaos. With their souped-up “Interceptors”, Max and the MFP... view more

Pipe Dreams

Director: Leslie Iwerks
USA 2011, 40 min, Digital
  • Jan 29 @ 12pm
The Alberta Premier! A David and Goliath tale by Academy Award Winner Leslie Iwerks Across the heartland of America, farmers and landowners are fighting to protect their land, their water, and their livelihood in what has become the most controversial environmental... view more

Cult Cinema: The Killing

Director: Stanley Kubrick
USA 1956, 85 min, 35mm
  • Jan 24 @ 9pm
  • Jan 29 @ 4pm
At 27, Stanley Kubrick received studio backing for the first time to make his third feature, a heist film told in an inventively non-linear style. Sterling Hayden plays Johnny Clay, an ex-con who puts together a crew of misfits to... view more

Topsy-Turvy

Director: Mike Leigh
UK 1999, 157 min, 35mm
  • Jan 30 @ 6:40pm
Edmonton Opera presents a screening of _Topsy-Turvy_ in anticipation of their production of The Mikado on February 4, 7, and 9. This film depicts the often topsy-turvy relationship of composer Arthur Sullivan and librettist W.S. Gilbert who collaborated on fourteen... view more

Battle for Brooklyn

Director: Michael Galinsky & Suki Hawley
USA 2010, 93 min, Digital
  • Feb 1 @ 7pm
Take an intimate look at the very public and passionate fight waged by owners and residents in Brooklyn facing condemnation of their property. The struggle is in the face of the controversial Atlantic Yards project, a plan to build 16... view more
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