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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 Story of Film: An Odyssey: Episodes 9 & 10

Director: Mark Cousins

UK 2011, 120 min, Digital

Aug 5 (2012) @ 4:30pm
Aug 8 (2012) @ 7pm

9. The maturing of American cinema in the late 60s and 70s: Buck Henry, who wrote _The Graduate_, talks exclusively about movie satire of the time. In New York, Paul Schrader reveals his thoughts on his existential screenplay for _Taxi Driver_.... 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

The Big Lebowski

Director: Joel Coen

USA 1998, 117 min, 35mm

Aug 5 (2012) @ 10pm

One year ago, Metro Cinema kicked off our first night at the Garneau theatre with a screening of this comedy classic. 365 days later, Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski returns! This time bring pocket change for Lebowski drink specials! Lebowski (Jeff Bridges),... view more

Radical Recess: Avant-Garde Films for Children!

Director: Various

Canada, 35 min, 16mm

Aug 6 (2012) @ 2pm

Inspired by the Courtisane Festival's Baby Matinee, _Radical Recess_ attempts to engage children with experimental film and contemporary art, demonstrating that they can have even more radical tastes than their parents! Playful, colourful and lyrical, the films provide a feast... 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

Images Across Canada: A Letter to the Living

Director: Various

Canada, 66 min, Digital & 16mm

Aug 7 (2012) @ 7pm

Reflections on states of being and ending. Working with the real, the imagined and the remembered, the artists in this program address death in both literal and figurative ways. Films by: Elisabeth Smolarz, Evan Meaney, Travis Shilling, JB Mabe, Robert Schaller,... view more

The Lady

Director: Luc Besson

UK/France 2011, 135 min, 35mm

Aug 10, 12 & 16 (2012) @ 6:45pm
Aug 11 (2012) @ 4pm
Aug 11, 13 & 14 (2012) @ 9pm
Aug 12 (2012) @ 1:45pm

_The Lady_ is the extraordinary story of Aung San Suu Kyi (Michelle Yeoh) and her husband, Michael Aris. It is also the epic story of the peaceful quest of the woman who is at the core of Burma’s democracy movement.... view more

Oslo, August 31st

Director: Joachim Trier

Norway 2011, 96 min, Digital

Aug 10, 12 & 15 (2012) @ 9:30pm
Aug 11 (2012) @ 2pm
Aug 11 & 13 (2012) @ 7pm
Aug 16 (2012) @ 9pm

Anders will soon complete his drug rehabilitation in the countryside. As part of the program, he is allowed to go into the city for a job interview. But he takes advantage of the leave and stays on in the city,... view more

DEDfest: The Monster Squad

Director: Fred Dekker

USA 1987, 82 min, Digital

Aug 10 (2012) @ 11:30pm

DEDFEST presents the 25th anniversary screening of the 80's cult classic _The Monster Squad_! Some of you may have grown up on this classic flic and others might be discovering it for the time. Either way it should a fun... 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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