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Kumare

Director: Vikram Ganghi

USA 2011, 84 min, Digital

Oct 7 (2012) @ 1pm
Oct 7 (2012) @ 7pm
Oct 8 (2012) @ 2pm
Oct 8 & 10 (2012) @ 9:15pm

Sri Kumaré is an enlightened guru from the East who has come to America to spread his teachings. After three months in Phoenix, Kumaré has found a group of devoted students who embrace him as a true spiritual teacher. But... view more

Safety Not Guaranteed

Director: Colin Trevorrow

USA 2012, 86 min, 35mm

Oct 7 (2012) @ 2:45pm
Oct 8 (2012) @ 4pm
Oct 15 (2012) @ 9pm

When an unusual classified ad inspires three cynical Seattle magazine employees to look for the story behind it, they discover a mysterious eccentric named Kenneth, a likable but paranoid supermarket clerk, who believes he’s solved the riddle of time travel... view more

Music Docs: Shut Up and Play the Hits w/ Short

Director: Will Lovelace & Dylan Southern

USA 2012, 108 min, Digital

Oct 7 (2012) @ 4:30pm
Oct 8 (2012) @ 7pm

On April 2nd, 2011, LCD Soundsystem played its final show at Madison Square Garden. LCD frontman James Murphy had made the conscious decision to disband one of the most celebrated and influential bands of its generation at the peak of... view more

Women in Art: AGA: Our City Dreams

Director: Chiara Clemente

USA 2008, 87 min, DigiBeta

Oct 9 (2012) @ 7pm

Filmed over the course of two years, _Our City Dreams_ is an invitation to visit the creative spaces of five women artists, each of whom possesses her own energy, drive and passion. These women, who span different decades and represent... view more

Private Event

Oct 9 (2012) @ 9pm

Edmonton Film School: Dinner & A Movie

Director: Various

Canada 2012, Various formats

Oct 10 (2012) @ 5pm

Show and screenings of Edmonton Film School works. Selection of past work, premiering new work, plus guest films. Late afternoon program. Snacks and Refreshments. 4 - 5pm reception. Film screenings 5 - 8pm with an intermission and Q & A... view more

Universal: The Incredible Shrinking Man

Director: Jack Arnold

USA 1957, 81 min, 35mm

Sep 28 (2012) @ 9:15pm
Sep 29 (2012) @ 4:30pm
Sep 30 (2012) @ 3:15pm
Oct 1 (2012) @ 7pm
Oct 11 (2012) @ 1pm

Not merely the best of Jack Arnold’s classic science fiction films of the 1950s, but one of the finest films ever made in that genre. After being contaminated by what may or may not be nuclear waste, Grant Williams finds... view more

Skiers: The Dream Factory w/ Act Natural

USA 2012, 75 min, Digital

Oct 11 (2012) @ 8:30pm

For the past 16 years, Teton Gravity Research has made the pilgrimage to Americas last frontier, Alaska: The Dream Factory. Throughout history, Alaska has been a place of dreams. From the early gold rush days, to the rise of commercial... view more

First Position

Director: Bess Kargman

USA 2011, 90 min, 35mm

Oct 12, 15 & 16 (2012) @ 7pm
Oct 13 (2012) @ 12pm
Oct 13 & 14 (2012) @ 9:15pm
Oct 14 (2012) @ 4:30pm

Every year, thousands of aspiring dancers enter one of the world`s most prestigious ballet competitions, the Youth America Grand Prix, where lifelong dreams are at stake. In the final round, with hundreds competing for only a handful of elite scholarships... view more

Skiers: Kill Your Boredom w/ Sunny

Director: Darren Rayner

Canada 2012, 35 min, Digital

Oct 12 (2012) @ 9pm

After decades of hatred, animosity, and fear, two strong forces clash in a battle for honour and freedom. One path must be taken, one side must prevail. Voleurz eighth feature-length film showcases the antics and exploits of the Voleurz family,... view more

Reel Family : The Goonies

Director: Richard Donner

USA 1985, 114 min, Digital

Oct 13 (2012) @ 2pm

From the people who brought you _Superman_ and _E.T._ comes a classic tale of kids on that most perfect of adventures: a hunt for pirate treasure. When their neighborhood is slated for destruction, the Goonies must figure out a way... view more

Japan: Someday

Director: Junji Sakamoto

Japan 2011, 93 min, 35mm

Oct 13 (2012) @ 4pm

Based on the real biannual community kabuki festival in the little town of Oshiki, this lovingly rendered drama/comedy highlights the simple transformational magic of theatre in a community making their struggles, travails and joys believable. Nominated for eight 2012 Japanese... view more

Japan: Happy Flight

Director: Shinobu Yaguchi

Japan 2008, 103 min, 35mm

Oct 13 (2012) @ 7pm

In this light hearted comedy, the film revolves around how a great variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support the safety on every flight, until... 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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