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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

The Story Of Film: An Odyssey: Episodes 7 & 8

Director: Mark Cousins

UK 2011, 120 min, Digital

Jul 29 (2012) @ 4:30pm
Aug 1 (2012) @ 7pm

7. The Explosive Story of Film in the Late Fifties and Sixties: The great movie star Claudia Cardinale talks exclusively about Federico Fellini; in Denmark, Lars von Trier describes his admiration for Ingmar Bergman; and Bernardo Bertolucci remembers his work... 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

Music Docs: Anvil: The Story of Anvil (co-presented by CJSR)

Director: Sacha Gervasi

Canada 2008, 80 min, Digital

Jul 31 (2012) @ 7pm

CJSR, Edmonton’s Listener Supported, Volunteer Run, Campus Community radio station, is teaming up with Metro Cinema's Music Docs, our monthly film series, which explores the world of music documentaries. This month’s film is co-presented by United Metal Booking and The... view more

Neil Young Journeys

Director: Jonathan Demme

USA 2011, 87 min, Digital

Aug 3, 5 & 6 (2012) @ 7pm
Aug 4 (2012) @ 4pm
Aug 4 & 9 (2012) @ 9pm
Aug 8 (2012) @ 9:15pm

In May of 2011, Neil Young drove a 1956 Crown Victoria from his idyllic hometown of Omemee, Ontario to downtown Toronto’s iconic Massey Hall where he intimately performed the last two nights of his solo world tour. Along the drive,... view more

Flamenco, Flamenco

Director: Carlos Saura

Spain 2010, 96 min, Digital

Aug 3 & 7 (2012) @ 9pm
Aug 4 & 9 (2012) @ 7pm
Aug 5 (2012) @ 2pm
Aug 6 (2012) @ 4pm

Another generation. Another flamenco. And Carlos Saura is always taking it a little step further. Sixteen years after his groundbreaking film _Flamenco _Saura thinks "there is a really mighty new flamenco; a flamenco of young talents," and introduces these newcomers,... view more

The Room (August 2012)

Director: Tommy Wiseau

USA 2003, 99 min, 35mm

Aug 3 (2012) @ 11pm

Oh hi Johnny, I didn’t know it was you. Join us for our monthly screening of Tommy Wiseau's masterpiece, The Room, widely agreed to be the “Citizen Kane of bad movies”. You're my favourite customer! Thanks a lot! Bye!

Reel Family : The Land Before Time

Director: Don Bluth

USA 1988, 69 min, Digital

Aug 4 (2012) @ 12pm

After a tragic earthquake, two dinosaurs, a young Longneck named Littlefoot and his Three-horns friend Cera are separated from their families. To reunite with them they must embark on a long and perilous journey to The Great Valley. Along the... view more

Marley

Director: Kevin Macdonald

UK/USA 2012, 144 min, 35mm

Aug 4 (2012) @ 2pm
Aug 6 (2012) @ 8:45pm

Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. _Marley_ is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise... 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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