Metro Cinema Guide - February 2020

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February 2020

Where community meets cinema

Weathering With You Opens February 14 metro cinema at the Garneau ¡ 8712 109 St. Edmonton

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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.

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At Welcome Wednesdays we extend a warm 8FMDPNF welcome to people who feel uncomfortable in an ordinary 8FEOFTEBZT cinema environment. These relaxed screenings are open to ANYONE who would benefit from a gentler, non-judgemental atmosphere including (but not limited to) people living with dementia; people with an Autism Spectrum condition; people with learning difficulties; people with sensory or communication difficulties; parents with young babies; and anyone who feels they would benefit from a more supportive and inclusive experience. Check out our calendar for the films screening, which will be at 2PM on FEB 5, 12, 19 & 26

FEBRuary Listings The Secret of NIMH

USA 1982, 82 min, Dir: Don Bluth To save her ill son, a field mouse must seek the aid of a colony of rats, with whom she has a deeper link than she ever suspected.

Free admission for kids 12 & under.

FEB 1 @ 1PM

Dosed

Canada 2019, 82 min, Dir: Tyler Chandler Quoted as being “one of the most important documentaries of our time,” Dosed is an inspiring and potentially life-saving story. After many years of prescription medications failed her, a suicidal woman turns to underground healers to try and overcome her depression, anxiety, and opioid addiction with illegal psychedelic medicine like magic mushrooms and iboga.

Q & A following the screening. No Metro Passes.

FEB 1 @ 3:30PM

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Harriet

USA 2019, 125 min, Dir: Kasi Lemmons The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery and transformation into one of America’s greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.

Opens February 1

Groundhog Day

USA 1993, 101 min, Dir: Harold Ramis A weatherman finds himself inexplicably living the same day over and over again. A weatherman finds himself inexplicably living the same day over and over again. A weatherman finds himself inexplicably living the same day over and over again. A weatherman finds himself inexplicably living the same day over and over again.

FEB 2 @ 3:30PM

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Long Strange Trip

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Long Strange Trip: The Untold Story of the Grateful Dead

pelgängers appear and begin to terrorize them.

FEB 6 @ 9:30PM

USA 2017, 238 min, Dir: Amir Bar-Lev The tale of the Grateful Dead is inspiring, complicated, and downright messy. A tribe of contrarians, they made art out of open-ended chaos and inadvertently achieved success on their own terms. Featuring never-before-seen footage and interviews, Long Strange Trip offers an unprecedented and unvarnished look at the life of the Dead.

FEB 4 @ 7PM

Arrival

USA/Canada/India 2016, 116 min, Dir: Denis Villeneuve A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.

FEB 5 @ 7PM Bring on the Extraterrestrials

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The Room

USA 2003, 99 min, Dir: Tommy Wiseau The film widely considered the “Citizen Kane of bad movies” screens monthly! Be sure to catch Tommy and his friends with a screening of this classic piece of so-bad-it’sgood cinema. You’re our favourite customer. Thanks a lot! Bye. FEB 7 @ 11:30PM

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

USA 2001, 82 min, Dir: John A. Davis Jimmy Neutron is a boy genius and way ahead of his friends, but when it comes to being cool, he’s a little behind. All until one day when his parents, and parents all over Earth are kidnapped by aliens, it’s up to him to lead all the children of the world to rescue their parents.

Free admission and a free small popcorn.

FEB 8 @ 1PM

USA/Japan 2019, 116 min, Dir: Jordan Peele Presented by 5 Artists 1 Love A family’s serene beach vacation turns into chaos when their dopwww.metrocinema.org

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Come to Daddy

Romeo + Juliet

Awards Night at the Garneau Come to Daddy Live Stream Join us as we roll out the red carpet and celebrate Hollywood’s biggest awards night of the year.

There will be contests, snacks, and a special Alley Kat cask brewed just for this night! Predict who takes home Best Picture, Best Actress/ Actor, and the other major awards, and you can be a big winner too!

Admission by donation.

FEB 9 @ 4:30PM

Your Name

Japan 2016, 106 min, Dir: Makoto Shinkai Japanese with subtitles Two strangers find themselves linked in a bizarre way. When a connection forms, will distance be the only thing to keep them apart?

FEB 10 @ 9:30PM Catch Makoto Shinkai’s latest film, Weathering With You - opening February 14.

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Ireland/Canada/New Zealand/USA 2019, 93 min, Dir: Ant Timpson Norval Greenwood, a privileged man-child arrives at the beautiful and remote coastal cabin of his estranged father, who he hasn’t seen in 30 years. He quickly discovers that not only is dad a disapproving jerk, he also has a shady past that is rushing to catch up with him.

Now, hundreds of miles from his cushy comfort zone, Norval must battle with demons both real and perceived in order to reconnect with a father he barely knows.

Opens February 13

Romeo + Juliet

USA/Mexico/Australia 1996, 120 min, Dir: Baz Luhrmann Shakespeare’s famous play about star crossed lovers is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona Beach, while still retaining its original dialogue.

FEB 14 @ 7PM

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FEBRUARY 2020 SCHEDULE SUNDAY

MONDAY

Groundhog Day

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12:45PM Harriet TBA TBA

3:30PM Groundhog Day TBA TBA

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11AM Garneau Ghost Light History Tour 1PM Breakfast at SUNDAY Tiffany’s CLASSICS TBA 7PM Come to Daddy 9PM Mean Girls

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7PM Long Strange Trip : The Untold Story of the Grateful Dead

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10 TBA TBA 4:30PM Awards Night at the Garneau

Romeo + Juliet

TBA 9:30PM Your Name

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7PM Red Desert (1964) WORKING HARD

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12:45PM Weathering with You - Sub 3:30PM We Are the Roots 7PM Fleabag: National Theatre Show 9:15PM Come to Daddy

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Footsteps of Bruce TBA Chatwin 9:30PM Richard Pryor: TBA Live on the Sunset Strip 6:45PM The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao 9:30PM Exotica 10

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7PM That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) 7

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TBA 9:30PM Parasite T HE UN IV ER S IT Y OF ALB ERTA’S S T UD EN T JOUR N ALIS M S OCIET Y

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1 1PM The Secret of NIMH 3:30PM Dosed 6:45PM Harriet Breakfast at Tiffany’s

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2PM Harriet 8FMDPNF 8FEOFTEBZT

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7PM Arrival

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Parasite

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Weathering h You - Sub 30PM Personal oblems (1980)

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7PM Weathering with You – Dub 9:30PM Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

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1PM Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

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& Juliet 7PM Romeo + 3:30PM PlantPure Nation Juliet 6:45PM Weathering with You – Dub 9:30PM 9:30PM The Weathering Princess Bride with You – Sub MIDNIGHT Video Jukebox VALENTINE’S DAY

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6:45PM The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao TBA

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1PM Thunderbirds Are GO (1966) 4PM The Wise Fool TBA 9:30PM The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao

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1PM Howl’s Moving Castle – Dub TBA TBA TBA 11

Gnomeo & Juliet

The Princess Bride

Weathering With You

Japan 2019, 114 min, Dir: Makoto Shinkai Japanese with subtitles / English subbed A high-school boy who has run away to Tokyo befriends a girl who appears to be able to manipulate the weather.

Opens February 14

Gnomeo & Juliet

UK/USA/Canada 2011, 84 min, Dir: Kelly Asbury Separated by a garden fence and a feud, are blue gnomes on one side and red gnomes on the other.

This doesn’t stop blue Gnomeo and red Juliet from falling in love with each other. Do they have a future together? Free admission for kids 12 & under.

FEB 15 @ 1PM

PlantPure Nation

diet in the past few years. And tens of thousands of people have documented their personal success stories since adopting a plantbased diet. But as more doctors and public officials become aware of the healing power of plant-based nutrition the question arises: Why don’t they share the information with their patients or the public?

Q & A following the screening.

Tickets available at Eventbrite.

No Metro Passes or Groupons.

FEB 15 @ 3:30PM

The Princess Bride

USA 1987, 98 min, Dir: Rob Reiner While home sick in bed, a young boy’s grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.

FEB 15 @ 9:30PM

USA 2015, 95 min, Dir: Nelson Campbel Presented by the Alberta Whole Food Plant Based Society.

A growing number of nutrition experts have promoted a plant-based 12

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Video Jukebox

Video Jukebox 2020

Well it is that time once again Night Gallery fans! We are hosting a DIY Video Jukebox in the Metro Gallery. We will be compiling a list of audience favorites from YouTube and other sources and throwing them up on the big screen in the Gallery for all to enjoy. All videos must be 5 minutes or less and will need to be vetted for content so please send your links to us as soon as possible! This is always a popular event and space is limited so please arrive early! Admission by donation. Email your links to nightgallery@metrocinema.org FEB 15 @ MIDNIGHT

Garneau Ghost Light History Tour

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

SUNDAY

CLASSICS USA 1961, 115 min, Dir: Blake Edwards Sponsored by the Garneau Community League.

Struggling writer Paul Varjak moves in above Holly Golightly, a socialite, gold digger, fashion icon, and partier. She fascinates him enough to start writing again.

As they begin to get to know each other, Paul realizes Holly has a heart behind the act she puts on.

Garneau Community League members get free admission and a free small popcorn with a valid GCL membership. Seniors get 2-for-1 admission at the doors.

FEB 16 @ 1PM

Mean Girls Live Event USA 2004, 97 min, Get a rare glimpse at the history Dir: Mark Waters and hidden spaces of Edmonton’s Cady Heron is a hit with The Plasgrand Art Moderne Garneau Theatre. Your host Dave Clarke takes tics, the A-list girl clique at her new you on a tour through the history school, until she makes the mistake of the Garneau’s storied past and of falling for Aaron Samuels, the backstage passageways. We can ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina only accommodate a few for the George.Featuring a live drag pertour – book early to avoid disapformance before the screening. pointment. Tickets $5.

FEB 16 @ 9PM FEB 16 @ 11AM 14 www.metrocinema.org

We Are The Roots

That Obscure Object of Desire

We Are the Roots

Canada 2018, 67 min, Dir: Dr. Jenna Bailey, Dr. David Este The story of a wave of African American immigrants who moved to Alberta and Saskatchewan between 1905-1912 to escape racism and persecution in the United States.

Taking advantage of Canada’s offer of 160 acres of land for a $10 fee, 1000-1500 individuals moved to the Prairies and helped develop several settlements throughout the provinces.

FEB 17 @ 3:30PM

Fleabag: National Theatre Show

Theatrical Performance Broadcast, 107 min See the hilarious, award-winning, onewoman show that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, broadcast to cinemas from London’s West End. Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig café struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing to lose.

FEB 17 @ 7PM

That Obscure Object of Desire

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France/Italy 1977, 103 min, Dir: Luis Buñuel French & Spanish with subtitles After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a fiery 19-yearold flamenco dancer named Conchita. What follows is a tale of cruelty, depravity and lies—the very building blocks of love.

FEB 18 @ 7PM

Personal Problems

USA 1980, 165 min, Dir: Bill Gunn A partly improvised story of a complicated marriage in the AfricanAmerican community, the people surrounding the main couple, the friends they are having affairs with, and unwanted relatives.

FEB 19 @ 6:30PM

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Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

UK 2019, 85 min, Dir: Werner Herzog When Bruce Chatwin was dying of AIDS, his friend Werner Herzog made a final visit. As a parting gift, Chatwin gave him his rucksack.

Thirty years later, Herzog sets out on his own journey, inspired by Chatwin’s passion for the nomadic life.

Opens February 20

The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao

Brazil/Germany 2019, 139 min, Dir: Karim Aïnouz Portuguese with subtitles Two sisters born in Rio de Janeiro make their way through life, each mistakenly believing the other is living out her dreams half a world away.

Opens February 21

The Wise Fool

Exotica

Thunderbirds Are GO

UK 1966, 93 min, Dir: David Lane In this puppet adventure, the crime fighters known as the International Rescue team are managing security during the launching of the first manned flight to Mars. They foil some crooks who want to sabotage the mission, and the craft takes off successfully. When the astronauts try to return to Earth, they encounter grave technical difficulties, and the Rescue team must fly into space to save them. Free admission for kids 12 & under FEB 22 @ 1PM

Canada 2020, 30 min, Dir: Geraldine Carr Meet Jan Henderson—director, educator, and clown extraordinaire who is saving the world one red nose at a time. For over 40 years Jan has lead countless students on Exotica a magical, inspirational journey to Canada 1994, 103 min, release their inner clowns waiting Dir: Atom Egoyan in the wings. Hear Jan’s story and A man plagued by neuroses frewhy she believes clowns emerge quents the club Exotica in an atwhen the oft-cruel world needs tempt to find solace, but even there them most, to entertain and gift his past is never far away. their audiences with hope, truth, FEB 23 @ 9:30PM love, and compassion. Screens with short film Aurora. Q & A following the screening.

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We Need to Talk About Kevin

Howl’s Moving Castle

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

USA 1982, 82 min, Dir: Joe Layton Just recovered from his notorious free-basing accident, Richard Pryor makes a notable, and much-acclaimed, return. On the Sunset Strip, he comments on the event itself as well as his usual notorious comments on sex, politics, and race.

FEB 24 @ 9:30PM

Parasite

THE UN IVERSITY OF ALBERTA’S STUD EN T JOURN ALISM SOCIETY

South Korea 2019, 132 min, Dir: Joon-ho Bong Korean with subtitles Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan. Free admission for students with valid ID. FEB 25 @ 9:30PM

Because We Are Girls

Canada 2019, 85 min, Dir: Baljit Sangra Presented by the National Film Board A documentary set in BC Canada about an immigrant Punjabi family who have a dark secret they can finally tell. Free admission. Filmmakers in attendance. FEB 27 @ 7PM 18

UK/USA 2011, 112 min, Dir: Lynne Ramsay Eva is a travel writer/publisher who gives up her beloved freedom and bohemian lifestyle to have a child with her husband. Pregnancy does not seem to agree with Eva, but what’s worse, when she gives birth to a baby boy named Kevin, she can’t seem to bond with him. When Kevin grows from a fussy, demanding toddler into a sociopathic teen, Eva is forced to deal with the aftermath of her son’s horrific act.

FEB 27 @ 9:30PM

Howl’s Moving Castle

Japan 2004, 119 min, Dir: Hayao Miyazaki When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.

FEB 29 @ 1PM - English dubbed / Free admission for kids 12 & under MAR 4 @ 2PM - Japanese with subtitles / Regular admission

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