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5 Broken Cameras

Director: Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi

Occupied Palestinian Territory 2011, 90 min, Digital

Jul 20, 22 & 24 (2012) @ 7pm
Jul 21 (2012) @ 5pm
Jul 21 & 23 (2012) @ 9:30pm
Jul 22 (2012) @ 12:30pm
Jul 25 (2012) @ 9:15pm

When his fourth son, Gibreel, is born, Emad, a Palestinian villager, gets his first camera. In his village, Bil'in, a separation barrier is being built and the villagers start to resist this decision. For more than five years, Emad films... view more

Metro Bizarro: Beyond the Black Rainbow

Director: Panos Cosmatos

Canada 2010, 110 min, Digital

Jul 20 (2012) @ 11:30pm
Jul 22 (2012) @ 2:15pm
Jul 22 (2012) @ 9pm

Can you face what lies _Beyond the Black Rainbow_? It's 1983 and Elena (Eva Allan) is trapped in Arboria, a futuristic commune that she must escape from whilst unraveling it's sordid existence. An impressive debut from writer / director Panos... view more

The Story Of Film: An Odyssey: Episodes 5 & 6

Director: Mark Cousins

UK 2011, 120 min, Digital

Jul 22 (2012) @ 4:30pm
Jul 25 (2012) @ 7pm

5. The Trauma of World War II Makes Cinema More Daring: The story starts in Italy; then we go to Hollywood, discover Orson Welles and chart the darkening of American film during the drama of the McCarthy era. Screenwriters Paul Schrader... view more

The Wages of Fear

Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot

France 1953, 147 min, New 35mm print!

Jul 20 (2012) @ 8:45pm
Jul 21 (2012) @ 2:15pm
Jul 21 & 23 (2012) @ 6:45pm

Fasten your seatbelts! Gallic master of suspense Henri-Georges Clouzot, often called the French Hitchcock, had his greatest success with this legendary 1953 thriller, which won best film honours at both Berlin and Cannes and was perhaps the most widely seen... view more

Cult Cinema: Do the Right Thing

Director: Spike Lee

USA 1989, 120 min, Digital

Jul 24 (2012) @ 9pm

Spike Lee's racial and political filmmaking bent is given the full treatment with this simmering exposé of racial tensions in a New York City neighbourhood one scorching summer day. The film, written by Lee (and nominated for an Oscar), follows... view more

FAVA Video Kitchen Screening

Director: Various

Canada 2012, Digital

Jul 26 (2012) @ 7pm

The Film and Video Arts Society - Alberta (FAVA) is proud to present new works from their introductory digital film course, Video Kitchen. FAVA’s Creative Video class runs twice a year and is taught by accomplished and versatile media artists.... view more

Turkey Shoot: Catwoman

Director: Pitof

USA 2004, 104 min, Digital

Jul 26 (2012) @ 9:30pm

Halle Berry - Oscar winner, Bond girl, enigma. Three years after becoming the first African American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress, Halle teams with five screenwriters and a director known only as Pitof. This film is... view more

Town of Runners

Director: Jerry Rothwell

Ethiopia/ UK 2012, 80 min, Digital

Jul 27, 29 & 30 (2012) @ 7pm
Jul 28 (2012) @ 2pm
Jul 28 & Aug 1 (2012) @ 9:15pm
Jul 29 (2012) @ 12:45pm

“In Bekoji, running is a way of life.” Coach Sentayehu Eshetu The film tells the story of two young girls, living in a rural town as they try to run their way to a different life. Narrated by their friend Biruk,... view more

Cosmopolis

Director: David Cronenberg

France/ Canada/ Portugal/ Italy 2012, 108 min, 35mm

Jul 27, 30 & Aug 2 (2012) @ 9pm
Jul 28 (2012) @ 7pm
Jul 29 (2012) @ 2:15pm

David Cronenberg continues his tradition of adapting difficult-to-adapt novels to the screen, this time Don Delillo’s eponymous novel from 2003. New York City, the not-too-distant-future: Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson), a 28 year-old finance golden boy dreaming of living in a... view more

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Director: Russ Meyer

USA 1965, 83 min, 35mm

Jul 27 (2012) @ 11:15pm
Jul 28 (2012) @ 4pm
Jul 29 (2012) @ 9pm
Jul 31 (2012) @ 9:30pm
Aug 2 (2012) @ 7pm

It doesn’t get any better than this! Three sexy-but-tough go-go dancers: savage karate expert Varla (Tura Satana), vicious Rosie, and girl-next-door gone bad Billie, get their afterwork kicks by hot-rodding in the California desert. They soon find themselves enveloped in... 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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