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Trishna

Director: Michael Winterbottom

UK 2011, 117 min, Digital

Oct 26, 28, 30 & Nov 1 (2012) @ 7pm
Oct 27 (2012) @ 4pm
Oct 27, 29 & 31 (2012) @ 9pm
Oct 28 (2012) @ 4:30pm

Based on Thomas Hardy’s classic novel _Tess of the D`Urbervilles_, Trishna tells the story of one woman whose life is destroyed by a combination of love and circumstances. Set in contemporary Rajasthan, Trishna (Freida Pinto) meets a wealthy young British... view more

Compliance

Director: Craig Zobel

USA 2012, 90 min, 35mm

Oct 26, 28, 30 & Nov 1 (2012) @ 9:15pm
Oct 27 (2012) @ 2pm
Oct 27, 29 & 31 (2012) @ 7pm

When a police officer tells you to do something, you do it. Right? Inspired by true events, _Compliance_ tells the chilling story of just how far one might go to obey a figure of authority. On a particularly busy day at... view more

Spanish: No Rest for the Wicked

Director: Enrique Ubizu

Spain 2011, 104 min, Digital

Nov 2 & 4 (2012) @ 7pm

Inspector Santos Trinidad, a veteran policeman, drinks too much and works too little. Events turn sour one night and Santos finds himself implicated in a triple homicide. As he runs from the accusations, he starts the hunt for the one... view more

The Ambassador

Director: Mads Brugger

Denmark 2011, Digital

Nov 2 (2012) @ 9:30pm
Nov 3 (2012) @ 2pm
Nov 4 & 5 (2012) @ 9pm

A strange, enigmatic and decadent white diplomat arrives in central Africa, looking like a mixture of Henry Stanley and Karl Lagerfeld. He has recently bought an ambassadorship and claims to be a do-good rich business man, who has come to... view more

The Room (Nov 2012)

Director: Tommy Wiseau

USA 2003, 99 min

Nov 2 (2012) @ 11:30pm

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. Please note:... view more

Godzilla: King Kong vs Godzilla

Director: Ishirô Honda

Japan / USA 1963, 99 min, 35mm

Nov 3 (2012) @ 4:30pm
Nov 6 (2012) @ 7pm
Nov 8 (2012) @ 9pm

After the sombre tone of the first two Godzilla films, Toho took the series in a more "family friendly" direction. _King Kong vs. Godzilla_ is pure schlocky monster movie fun at it’s finest. As Godzilla once again heads towards towards... view more

Spanish: Madrid, 1987

Director: David Trueba

Spain 2011, 104 min, Digital

Nov 3 (2012) @ 7pm
Nov 4 (2012) @ 2pm

José Sacristán and María Valverde shine in David Trueba’s intelligent, witty, and sensual new film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to great acclaim. On a hot summer day in a vacant Madrid during a period of social and... view more

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Director: Benh Zeitlin

USA 2012, 93 min, 35mm

Nov 3 (2012) @ 9:15pm
Nov 4 (2012) @ 4:15pm
Nov 8 & 14 (2012) @ 7pm
Nov 10 (2012) @ 9pm
Nov 11 (2012) @ 4pm
Nov 12 (2012) @ 8:30pm

The staggeringly ambitious and stylistically bold first feature by Benh Zeitlin, _Beasts of the Southern Wild_ took the Sundance Film Festival by storm with its eccentric, wholly unique vision of ecological apocalypse. Hushpuppy (an astonishing debut by Quvenzhané Wallis) is... 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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