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Spanish: The Double Steps

Director: Isaki Lacuesta

Spain 2011, 86 min, Digital

Nov 10 (2012) @ 7pm
Nov 11 (2012) @ 2pm

The best way to escape from your pursuers without leaving any traces behind you is to walk backwards over your own footprints. This is what French artist and author François Augiéras believed as he painted every inch of the walls... 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

Paths of Glory

Director: Stanley Kubrick

USA 1957, 88 min, Digital

Nov 11 (2012) @ 7pm
Nov 12 (2012) @ 4pm

One of the most biting, potent and eloquent anti-war films ever made. During WWI, French officer Kirk Douglas finds himself in a maze of Catch-22 contradictions when he decides to defend three of his men against charges of cowardice from... view more

Spanish: Sleep Tight

Director: James Balaguero

Spain 2011, 101 min, Digital

Nov 9 & 11 (2012) @ 9pm

Toiling silently amongst the residents of an everyday Barcelona apartment building, doorman Cesar harbors a dark secret: his sole desire in life is to make others unhappy. When he sets his sights on Clara, one of his building’s cheeriest residents,... view more

We are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists

Director: Brian Knappenberger

USA 2012, 93 min, Digital

Nov 5 & 9 (2012) @ 7pm
Nov 12 (2012) @ 2pm
Nov 13 (2012) @ 9:30pm
Nov 14 (2012) @ 9pm

_We are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists_, takes us inside the complex culture and history of Anonymous. The film explores early hacktivist groups like Cult of the Dead Cow and Electronic Disturbance Theater, and then moves to Anonymous’ own... view more

Spanish: Carmina or Blow Up

Director: Paco León

Spain 2012, 71 min, Digital

Nov 7 (2012) @ 9pm
Nov 12 (2012) @ 7pm

Famous comedian Paco León drags us to the surreal and wild world of Carmina, a 58 year old woman who manages a bar with Iberian products in Sevilla. Due to the lack of support from the insurance company following a... view more

Godzilla: Godzilla, Mothra & King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

Director: Shûsuke Kaneko

Japan 2001, 105 min, Digital

Nov 10 (2012) @ 4:30pm
Nov 13 (2012) @ 7pm
Nov 15 (2012) @ 9pm

Widely considered one of the best of the series, this "reboot" finds Godzilla returning to his villainous roots. With a complex plot and top notch special effects, this is a must see film for true Godzilla fans. Set in 2004,... view more

White Water, Black Gold

Director: David Lavallee

Canada 2011, 65 min, Digital

Nov 15 (2012) @ 7pm

An investigative point-of view documentary that follows David Lavallee on his three-year journey across western Canada in search of answers about the activities of the world's thirstiest oil industry: the Tarsands. Over the past 15 years David has worked in... view more

It's Such a Beautiful Day

Director: Don Hertzfeldt

USA 2012, 71 min, Digital

Nov 16 & 20 (2012) @ 7pm
Nov 18 (2012) @ 3pm
Nov 18 (2012) @ 9pm

Cult animator and Academy Award nominee filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt has combined his recent "Bill" trilogy of short films into one seamless, beautiful, darkly comedic feature, blending traditional animation, experimental optical effects, trick photography, and new digital hybrids printed out one... view more

Bill W.

Director: Dan Carracino & Kevin Hanlon

USA 2012, 104 min, Digital

Nov 16 (2012) @ 9pm
Nov 17 (2012) @ 4pm
Nov 18 (2012) @ 1pm
Nov 18 (2012) @ 7pm
Nov 19 (2012) @ 9:30pm

_Bill W._ tells the story of William G. Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, a man included in TIME Magazine’s “100 Persons of the 20th Century.” Interviews, recreations, and rare archival material reveal how Bill Wilson, a hopeless drunk near death... view more

Bizarro: Videodrome

Director: David Cronenberg

Canada 1983, 87 min, Digital

Nov 16 (2012) @ 11pm

Long live the new flesh! There’s nothing interesting on TV anymore and Max Renn (James Woods) has decided to do something about it. In his search for new programming he comes across a show called “Videodrome”, the likes of which... view more

Sing-A-Long Grease

Director: Randal Kleiser

USA 1978, 110 min, Digital

Nov 17 (2012) @ 1pm
Nov 17 (2012) @ 7pm

The brand new sing-a-long version of the classic film starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton- John brought to you by the producers of _Sing-A-Long Sound of Music_. The screening begins with your host leading a vocal warm-up before they show... 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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