Metro Cinema Guide - June 2019

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Where community meets cinema

High Life Opens June 14

metro cinema at the Garneau ¡ 8712 109 St. Edmonton

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10918 88 AVE 780.435.2674

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About Us Metro Cinema is a community-based not-for-profit society devoted to creating and fostering opportunities for the exhibition of diverse and unique shared cinematic viewing experiences in Edmonton. metrocinema at the Garneau 8712 - 109 Street, • TEL 780 425 9212 www.metrocinema.org FACEBOOK /metrocinema TWITTER & INSTAGRAM @themetrocinema

Ticket Prices:

Adults - $13 Students/Seniors - $10 ($8 matinee) Children (12 & under) - $8

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Metro Cinema Passes*: Night at the Movies - $30 (2 regular admission, 2 medium drinks, 1 medium popcorn) Six-Pack Adult - $60 Six-Pack Student/Senior - $50 Silver Screen - $300 (Unlimited admission for 1 year) *Passes may not apply to special event rentals, festivals, or premium priced events.

Metro Cinema is grateful for the support of the Alberta Media Arts Alliance, Alberta Media Production Industries Association, CJSR, FAVA, EYESIGHT PUBLISHING, Telefilm Canada, and the Harper-Kennedy Fund at the Edmonton Community Foundation.

Metro Cinema wishes to recognize that we work and live on Treaty No. 6 territory of the First Nations – the Cree, Cree-Iroquois, Nakoda Sioux, Saulteaux and Stony – and on the traditional lands of Aboriginal peoples including the Métis, with holdings beyond the official treaty with the Crown.

This guide is published by

© 2019 Eyesight Publishing All Rights Reserved, Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited without the written consent of the publisher.

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HOME OF EDMONTON’S BEST DRAG AND BURLESQUE ENTERTAINMENT

Wednesday Karaoke 5

nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up

Long Day’s Journey Into Night

may Listings nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up

Long Day’s Journey Into Night

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

Storyhive Music Videos

Canada 2019, 98 min, Dir: Tasha Hubbard The story of the killing of Colton Bushie and his family’s pursuit of justice.

Director in attendance.

June 1 @ 6:30PM, June 2 @ 1PM

Spain/Belgium/France/UK/ Portugal 2018, 132 min, Dir: Terry Gilliam When a Spanish cobbler believes him to be Sancho Panza, Toby, a disillusioned film director, becomes pulled into a world of timejumping fantasy, and gradually becomes unable to tell dreams from reality.

Opens June 1

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China/France 2018, 140 min, Dir: Gan Bi Mandarin with English subtitles A man returns to his hometown after a long absence and searches for a woman he has never been able to forget.

Opens June 2

120 min, Dir: Various A buffet of Alberta musicians with new videos, financed through TELUS’ Storyhive program.

Free admission.

June 2 @ 7pm

www.metrocinema.org

A Life in Waves

Wild Nights With Emily

A Long Road to Peace Canada 2018, 70 min, Dir: Katie Cutting Presented by RaricaNow. Details at metrocinema.org.

Tickets $20.

June 3 @ 7PM

A Life in Waves

USA 2017, 74 min, Dir: Brett Whitcomb A Life in Waves explores the life and innovations of composer and electronic music pioneer Suzanne Ciani. Features a live music performance by The Olm at 6:30PM. June 4 @ 7PM

LitFest presents Dave Meslin

Live Event Details at litfestalberta.org.

Tickets at Evenbrite. Metro Passes: Silver Screen passes accepted.

June 5 @ 7PM

Wild Nights with Emily

USA 2018, 84 min, Dir: Madeleine Olnek Dramatization of the little known side of the poet Emily Dickinson’s life, in particular, her relationship with another woman.

Opens June 6

India Film Festival of Alberta Presented by the Edmonton Movie Club. Details at indiafilmfestival.ca.

June 7 – 9

The Room

USA 2003, 99 min, Dir: Tommy Wiseau The film widely considered the “Citizen Kane of bad movies” is back! Be sure to catch Tommy and his friends the for a screening of this classic piece.

June 7 @ 11:30PM

www.metrocinema.org

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Us

The Duke of Burgundy

Us

USA 2019, 116 min, Dir: Jordan Peele A family’s serene beach vacation turns to chaos when their doppelgängers appear and begin to terrorize them.

June 10 @ 9PM, June 12 @ 9:30PM

Rafiki

Kenya/South Africa/Germany/ Netherlands/France/Norway/ Lebanon 2018, 83 min, Dir: Wanuri Kahiu English & Swahili with English subtitles Presented by the Rainbow Alliance for Youth of Edmonton. Details at metrocinema.org. Admission by donation/pay-what-you-can.

June 11 @ 6:30PM

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The Duke of Burgundy

UK/Hungary 2014, 104 min, Dir: Peter Strickland A woman who studies butterflies and moths tests the limits of her relationship with her lesbian lover.

June 12 @ 7PM

Pecha Kucha Night 34

Live Event Presented by Edmonton’s NextGen. Details at edmontonnextgen.ca/pkn.

June 13 @ 7PM

High Life

UK/France/Germany/Poland/USA 2018, 113 min, Dir: Claire Denis A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space, the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission.

Opens June 14

www.metrocinema.org

P.A.L.S. - Project Adult Literacy Society

Literacy Matters

Want to help?

Volunteer!

Need help?

Call 780.424.5514 palsedmonton.ca

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JUNE 2019 SCHEDULE SUNDAY

MONDAY

Long Day’s Journey Into Night

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4 7PM A Long Road To Peace – Rarica Now 9:30PM Long Day’s Journey into Night (2018)

7PM Wild Nights with Emily 9PM Us

India Film Festival of Alberta

11AM Garneau Ghost Light History Tour 1PM Amazing Grace 3:30PM Before Stonewall 7PM Alien 9:30PM High Life

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7PM A Life in Waves 9:30PM The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

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High Life

2 1PM nîpawistamâsowin: 3 We Will Stand Up 4PM Long Day’s Journey into Night (2018) 7PM Storyhive Music Videos 9:30PM The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

TUESDAY

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6:30PM Rafiki Rainbow Alliance for Youth of Edmonton 9:30PM Wild Nights with Emily

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19 TBA 9:30PM High Life

7PM The Favourite 9:30PM Okko’s Inn

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FATHER’S DAY

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TBA SUNDAY 3:30PM A Star is CLASSICS Born (1954) 7PM Boyz n the Hood BOOMBAP A 9:30PM Nightmare Cinem Cinema

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WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

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Purple Rain

Boyz n the Hood

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PM LitFest 6:45PM The Man esents Dave Who Killed Don Meslin Quixote 30PM Long 9:30PM Wild y’s Journey Nights with Emily Night (2018)

7PM The Duke of urgundy :30PM Us

M High Life PM Amazing Grace

CLOSED R ANNUAL NOVATIONS

13 7PM Pecha Kucha Night 34 – NextGen

20 7PM Amazing Grace 9PM High Life

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1PM Blood Memory – RISE Reconciliation Film Festival 6:30PM nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up 9:30PM The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

8 India Film Festival of Alberta 11:30PM The Room

14 7PM High Life 9:30PM The Birdcage (1996)

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7PM National Aboriginal Day 9:30PM Purple Rain MIDNIGHT Nightmare Cinema

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India Film Festival of Alberta

15 1PM Okko’s Inn 3:30PM The Favourite 6:45PM Chef 9:30PM The Wild One MIDNIGHT Vegas in Space

Banned in Alberta

22 2PM The Iron Giant 4PM Amazing Grace 7PM Provincial Archives of Alberta Film Night

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Okko’s Inn

Chef

The Favourite

The Birdcage

USA 1996, 117 min, Dir: Mike Nichols A gay cabaret owner (Robin Williams) and his drag queen companion (Nathan Lane) agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée’s right-wing moralistic parents.

Features a live drag performance before the screening.

June 14 @ 9:30PM

Okko’s Inn

Japan 2018, 94 min, Dir: Kitarô Kôsaka After losing her parents in a car accident, Okko starts living in the countryside with her grandmother who runs a traditional Japanese inn.

June 15 @ 1PM - English dubbed, Free admission for kids 12 & under June 17 @ 9:30PM - Japanese with English subtitles, Regular admission

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Ireland/UK/USA 2018, 119 min, Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos In 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne in a court where everyone from the servants to the queen herself is playing the game and manipulating others to get what they want.

June 15 @ 3:30PM, June 17 @ 7PM

Chef

USA 2014, 114 min, Dir: Jon Favreau A head chef quits his restaurant job and buys a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise, while piecing back together his estranged family.

June 15 @ 6:45PM

www.metrocinema.org

Where Faeries Live Faerie Market

Featuring Local Artists & Vendors @Where Faeries Live

June 22, 2019 at 10 AM – 5 PM

5 years at 10425 79 Ave NW Edmonton 22 years in business visit www.wherefaerieslive.com or www.facebook.com/wherefaerieslive 10425 - 79 Ave NW 780.454.0187 13

Vegas in Space

The Wild One

Amazing Grace

Banned

in Alberta USA 1953, 79 min, Dir: Laslo Benedek Two rival motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town after one of their leaders is thrown in jail.

Presented with the support of the Edmonton Heritage Council.

June 15 @ 9:30PM

Vegas in Space

USA 1991, 90 min, Dir: Phillip R. Ford An all-male crew change genders and fly their spaceship to the “womens only” planet Clitoris in The Beaver System in order to help save the universe! Presented in “Glamourama” in the auditorium.

All tickets only $6!

June 15 @ MIDNIGHT

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Garneau Ghost Light History Tour

Live Event Get a rare glimpse at the history and hidden spaces of Edmonton’s grand Art Deco Garneau Theatre on this tour, with host Dave Clarke.

We can only accommodate a few for the tour – book early to avoid disappointment.

June 16 @ 11AM

Amazing Grace

USA 2018, 89 min, Dir: Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack A documentary presenting Aretha Franklin with choir at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in January 1972.

Opens June 16

www.metrocinema.org

Before Stonewall

Purple Rain

Before Stonewall

Purple Rain

USA 1984, 87 min, Dir: Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg The history of the gay and lesbian community before the Stonewall riots began the major gay rights movement. Co-presented by Rainbow Visions Film Festival.

Sponsored by MacEwan University.

June 16 @ 3:30PM

USA 1984, 111 min, Dir: Albert Magnoli, 35th Anniversary A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.

June 21 @ 9:30PM

Alien

Nightmare Cinema

UK/USA 1979, 117 min, Dir: Ridley Scott, 40th Anniversary After a space merchant vessel perceives an unknown transmission as a distress call, its landing on the source moon finds one of the crew attacked by a mysterious lifeform.

June 16 @ 7PM

USA 2018, 119 min, Dir: Alejandro BruguĂŠs, RyĂťhei Kitamura, David Slade, Joe Dante, Mick Garris Five strangers watch their deepest and darkest fears play out before them in an abandoned theater as the Projectionist preys upon their souls with his collection of disturbing films.

Opens June 21

www.metrocinema.org

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A Star is Born (1954)

Boyz n the Hood

The Iron Giant

USA 1999, 86 min, Dir: Brad Bird, 20th Anniversary A young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.

Free admission for kids 12 & under.

June 22 @ 2PM

PAA Film Night Presented by the Provincial Archive of Alberta. Details at provincialarchives.alberta.ca.

Free admission.

June 22 @ 7PM & 9PM

A Star is Born

SUNDAY

Boyz n the Hood

Closed for Renovations

June 24 - July 4 We’re closing briefly for our annual renovations and won’t be playing any films during this time. We think you’ll like the results, though!

CLASSICS USA 1954, 175 min, Dir: George Cukor A film star (James Mason) helps a young singer and actress (Judy Garland) find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.

Seniors get 2-for-1 admission at the doors.

June 23 @ 3:30PM

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BOOM

BAP USA 1991, 112 min, CinemA Dir: John Singleton Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects.

Featuring a pre-screening tribute to John Singleton.

June 23 @ 7PM

www.metrocinema.org

S T E P Get Ready!

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Put on your sunglasses, and slather on your sunscreen. We're outdoors all summer long!

Bring along your fourlegged friends!

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Get Set!

Go!

Double check your calendar - we open on May 18 & 19, 2019.

Head to 10305 - 97 street. We're outdoors on 103 Ave and 96 street.

Find us every Saturday (9-3) and Sunday (11-3).

Park in one of our FREE parking spots!

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METRO CINEMA HAS MOVIE PASSES AVAILABLE YEAR-ROUND!*

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2 ADMISSIONS 2 MEDIUM DRINKS 1 MEDIUM POPCORN FOR SHARING

SIX PACKS ADULT: $60 STUDENT/SENIOR: $50 GET SIX FILM ADMISSIONS AT A REDUCED RATE AND USE IT ANY WAY YOU WANT!

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