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Japan: Feel the Wind

Director: Sumio Ohmori

Japan 2009, 133 min, 35mm

Oct 14 (2012) @ 2pm

This film’s story is indicative of the Japanese spirit. It is a about a group of underdogs who compete in what is Japan’s biggest University relay race, the Ekiden, which is telecast throughout the country. This particular group, through some... 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

Japan: Villon's Wife

Director: Kichi Taro

Japan 2009, 114 min, 35mm

Oct 14 (2012) @ 7pm

This enticing period melodrama depicts a long-suffering woman’s relationship with her brilliant but self-destructive writer husband in postwar Tokyo. Takako Matsu won many International Film Festival Best Actress Awards for her role in this film. Free Admission.

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

Graphic Content: Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Director: Guillermo del Toro

USA 2008, 120 min, Digital

Oct 16 (2012) @ 9pm

Hellboy (Ron Perlman), half-demon star agent of the B.P.R.D. (Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense), is once again humanity’s last hope after an ancient prophecy pits the world of man against the world of the Fey. With his comrades in... view more

DEDfest 2012

Oct 17, 18, 19, 20 & 21 (2012) @ 7pm
Oct 18, 19, 20 & 21 (2012) @ 9:30pm
Oct 19 (2012) @ 11pm
Oct 20 & 21 (2012) @ 1pm
Oct 20 & 21 (2012) @ 3:30pm
Oct 20 (2012) @ 11:59pm

It’s that time of year again as DEDfest returns to celebrate it’s five year anniversary! Over five days, from Oct.17th to Oct.21st, we’ll present some of the newest genre movies coming out ranging from horror, sci-fi, action and dark comedies.... view more

Gateway to Cinema: Carrie

Director: Brian De Palma

USA 1976, 101 min, Digital

Oct 17 (2012) @ 9:15pm

In this classic adaptation of Stephen King’s bestselling novel, “revenge of the nerds” is taken to a whole new level with the story of Carrie White (Sissy Spacek). Brought up in almost total isolation by her psychotically religious mother Margaret,... 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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