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Pickford: My Best Girl

Director: Sam Taylor

USA 1927, 80 min, 35mm

Dec 10 (2011) @ 7pm
Dec 11 (2011) @ 2pm

Thanks to the superb work of Sam Taylor (one of Harold Lloyd's favorite directors), legendary cinematographer Charles Rosher and producer/star Mary Pickford, _My Best Girl_ has become one of Hollywood's greatest romantic comedies... Maggie is a lowly shop girl in... view more

The Interrupters

Director: Steve James

USA 2011, 125 min, Digital

Dec 9, 11 & 13 (2011) @ 7pm
Dec 10, 12 & 14 (2011) @ 9:15pm
Dec 11 (2011) @ 4pm

Inspired by a 2008 New York Times Magazine article by Alex Kotlowitz, award-winning director Steve James (_Hoop Dreams_) has created an extraordinary and surprisingly inspirational epic which follows the lives of three former criminals - Eddie Bocanegra, Ameena Matthews, and... view more

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

Director: Tsui Hark

China/Hong Kong 2010, 119 min, Digital

Dec 9, 11 & 13 (2011) @ 9:20pm
Dec 10 (2011) @ 4pm
Dec 12 (2011) @ 7pm

Intelligent entertainment at its very best springs from each beautifully composed frame of _Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame_, the latest impressive, cinematic invention from Chinese master, Tsui Hark. The film is based on the iconic figure... view more

Special Event

Dec 14 (2011) @ 7pm

Educated Reel: Northern Visions

Canada

Dec 15 (2011) @ 7pm

The U of A’s Alumni and friends Film Club showcases prominent and up-and-coming alumni filmmakers and a discussion-worthy feature. Lindsay McIntyre’s (01 Arts) short film, _ where she stood in the first place_. is a portrait of a northern community... view more

Wiebo's War

Director: David York

Canada 2011, 93 min, Digital

Dec 2 (2011) @ 9:15pm
Dec 3 & 16 (2011) @ 2pm
Dec 4 (2011) @ 4pm
Dec 6 (2011) @ 7pm

Metro is bring back encore screenings of this film, which tells the story of a Christian community at war with the oil and gas industry. Wiebo Ludwig is the prime suspect in a recent string of pipeline bombings. The bombings... view more

Higher Ground

Director: Vera Farmiga

USA 2011, 114 min, 35mm

Dec 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 28 & 29 (2011) @ 7pm
Dec 17 (2011) @ 2pm
Dec 17, 19, 23, 28 & 29 (2011) @ 9:15pm

Vera Farmiga’s directorial debut, _Higher Ground_, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith. Inspired by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs’ memoir, ‘This Dark World’, the film tells the... view more

Santa's Cool Holiday Film Fest: w/ Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

Director: Thomas W Holland

USA 1960, 120 min, Digital

Dec 16 & 18 (2011) @ 9:15pm
Dec 17 (2011) @ 4pm
Dec 19 & 23 (2011) @ 7pm

A delightful two hour holiday program for the whole family. A retro-rocket flashback to the Sixties that's chock-full of happy Christmas memories including vintage "Greetings From The Theatre Management" ads, two charming Max Fleischer Technicolor cartoons (_Christmas Comes But Once... view more

Cannibal! The Musical

Director: Trey Parker

USA 1993, 95 min, Digital

Dec 16 (2011) @ 11:30pm

Shpadoinkle! Warm up this winter with a touching story of cannibalism by Trey Parker with Matt Stone. The first film done by the South Park pair Cannibal! the Musical aka Alferd Packer: The Musical tells the true life story of... view more

Saturday Morning All-You-Can- Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party!

Director: Kier-La Janisse

Various, 180 min, Digital

Dec 17 (2011) @ 10am

That's right - it’s happening again! But its an ALL-NEW program of cartoons! Remember Saturday morning? You’d wake up before anybody else, turn on the TV and watch cartoons for hours on end. Then we grew up, and all we have... view more

Pickford: Little Annie Rooney

Director: William Beaudine

USA 1925, 95 min, 35mm

Dec 17 (2011) @ 7pm
Dec 18 (2011) @ 2pm

Mary Pickford is tough slum urchin Annie Rooney, who faces a heart-wrenching dilemma when Joe Kelly (William Haines), the young man she has a crush on, is accused of killing Annie’s policeman father. Enraged, Annie’s brother hunts the accused slayer... view more

7th May, 2013

Programmer's Blurb May 2013

By : metro

Hi everyone,

The cinema exhibition industry has spent the last few years converting to Digital Cinema presentation, and Metro Cinema has now fully entered this brave new world, with the installation of the last part of our Digital Cinema system, we are now able to screen DCPs (Digital Cinema Packages).
Some of our DCPs this month include new titles like Ginger & Rosa by Sally Potter, Wrong by Quentin Dupieux and Spring Breakers by Harmony Korine; alongside classics like The Tin Drum, Taxi Driver and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and the Canadian theatrical premiere of Unclaimed, by Edmonton filmmaker Michael Jorgenson. All are screening from DCP.

However, what sets Metro Cinema apart from most ...

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