Reading Lolita in Tehran
The screen adaptation of Azar Nafisiโs beloved memoir tells the true story of a literature professor in revolutionary Iran who, amidst censorship and religious extremism, gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to immerse themselves in banned literary classics.
Meet Cute: Love & Basketball
Reaching for the same pair of black cashmere gloves? A chance encounter on a train? You never know if love is right around the corner! Introducing our new series “Meet-Cute” highlighting the best in cinema romances. Monica Wright (Sanaa Lathan) and Quincy McCall (Omar Epps) grew up in the same neighbourhood and have known each […]
Faust w/ Live Music by Invincible Czars
Those amazing, intrepid, touring sound-trackers are back in town, live on stage with 2 silent era horror classics! An elderly alchemist named Faust (Gรถsta Ekman) makes a pact with the demon Mephisto (Emil Jannings) to gain the power to protect his village from plague. Faust soon succumbs to temptation and asks Mephisto to restore his […]
Cinema Rex: The Stranger and the Fog
Presented by Cinema Rex Podcast. From Kiarostami to Abbasi, from Farrokhzad to Amirpour. From pre-revolutionary cinema to modern times. Join Iranian-Canadian filmmakers Kaveh Mohebbi and Faran Moradi (a screenwriter and a director) as they embark on a crash-course on all that Iranian cinema has to offer episode-to-episode one film at a time. Set around the […]
Book And Film Club: Women Talking
The Book and Film Club presents: Women Talking! Based on the best-selling novel by Miriam Toews, โWomen Talkingโ follows a group of women in an isolated religious colony as they struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colonyโs men. This year, the Book and Film Club will be […]
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Screening: Blood Lines
Beatrice, a Two-Spirit person, spends her days working at the local corner store in her tight-knit Mรฉtis community, trading stories and laughs with her best friend Jaz. When Chani, a newcomer searching for her biological family, arrives in town, Beatrice is instantly drawn to her and becomes determined to help in any way she can. […]
Battle of the Sexes: Birth
Battle of the Sexes is a series featuring films directed by women about men and films directed by men about women. Through titles like American Psycho, La Captive, Marnie, and Birth, our speakers will interrogate how films reinforce or distort gender roles. The series is hosted by Gabrielle Marceau from In the Mood Magazine. “Jonathan […]
The Room w/ Greg Sestero
“Oh hi, Mark!” Don’t miss this special screening of The Room with LIVE appearance by NYT bestselling author/Room costar/Mark himself, Greg Sestero! For the last two decades, midnight crowds have flocked to screenings of this “so amazingly bad it’s [spooning] great” movie written, directed, and starring the infamous Tommy Wiseau. The story follows Johnny (Wiseau), […]
Sing-Along: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton join forces again in a big-screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s award-winning musical thriller “Sweeney Todd.” Depp stars in the title role as a man unjustly sent to prison who vows revenge, not only for that cruel punishment, but for the devastating consequences of what happened to his wife and daughter. […]
Staff Picks: Memories of Murder
Based on the true story of South Koreaโs first serial killer, Bong Joon Hoโs “Memories of Murder” offers a unique and haunting take on the police procedural, focusing on themes of failure and existential despair rather than typical crime thriller conventions. Set against the political backdrop of the 1980s, the film follows two detectivesโa small-town […]
