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festivals female eye film festival carlton cinema, 20 carlton. femaleeyefilmfestival.com
thU 21-SUN 24 – International women dir-
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ectors film fest. $10, stu/srs $5, panel & script reading series free, all access pass $100. thU 21 – Aboriginal Filmmaker Series Part Two: From Our Strength: Two Births And Indigenous Politics In Cañar, Ecuador (2012) D: Suzanne Morrissey, and short films Long Way From Home and Niso Kakastesinowin/Two Reflections. 11:30 am. Canadian Short And North American Documentaries: A Wild Idea (2011) D: Veronica Moscoso, Marion Stoddart: The Work Of 1000 (2010) D: Susan Edwards, and short films Run Dry, and Terminations. 1:30 pm. Foreign Filmmaker Program: Dit Is Ek/This Is Me (2011) D: Lori Young, A Safe Place For The Wild (2011) D: Hanna Högstedt, and short films Underground, I’am Juana/Soy Juana, and Deuxieme Bureau. 3:30 pm. Bir Avuç Deniz/A Handful Of Sea (2011) D: Leyla Yilmaz. 6 pm. The House (2011) D: Desiree Lim, and short film Hostage. 9 pm. fri 22 – Foreign Documentary Program: I Met A Man From Burma (2011) D: Tara Browne, Fambul Tok (2011) D: Sara Terry, and shorts Walking Between Each Other And It Self and Man Is Always On The Stairs Between The Pleats Of Matter And The Field Of The Soul. 11 am. Toronto/Foreign Filmmaker Program: Glossy (2011) D: Julia Bourke, Just Us Chickens (2011) D: Erin Randall, Memories Of Love (2011) D: Eva Daoud, and others. Q&A w/ filmmakers to follow. 1:30 pm. Toronto/Foreign Short Documentary Program: Inside The Taliban (2011) D: Ilana Dayan, Fanuzzi’s Gold (2011) D: Georgia Gruzen, Reflex (2012) D: Andra Chiriac, and others. 4 pm. Beat Down (2011) D: Deanne Foley, Lady Bare Knuckles (2011) D: Madison Cawker, and shorts Queen Of Clubs and Bill Please. 6:30 pm. The Good Son/Hyvä Poika (2011) D: Zaida Bergroth, and shorts Mother’s Colours and Craving. 9 pm. SAt 23 – North American Filmmaker Series: Treasures From The Rubble (2011) D: Alexandra Branyon, and short film Paper Cuts. 11 am. North American & International Shorts: Madamme Ida (2012) D: Lisa Forrell, The Umpire (2011) D: Libby Wells, Birdbath (2011) D: Rebecca Gruihn, and others. 1:30 pm. Canadian Shorts And Canadian & Foreign Feature Documentaries: I Was The Child Of Holocaust Survivors (2011) D: Ann Marie Fleming, The Patient (2011) D: Elizabeth Lazebnik, A Child (2010) D: Pernille Rübner-Petersen, and Conceiving Family (2011) D: Amy Bohigian. 4 pm. Toronto Filmmaker Series: Mystico Fantástico (2011) D: Anita Doron, L’Etre et le Néant/ Nothingness (2011) D: Lucie Page, and others. 6:30 pm. Beirut Hotel (2011) D: Danielle Arbid, and shorts Suspended Animation; An Essay Film and II. 9 pm. Late Night Thriller: Patient 17 (2011) D: Tuyet Le, and short film Like Sugar On The Tip Of My Lips. 11:30 pm. SUN 24 – International Filmmakers: The Fountain (2011) D: Callie Shanafelt, Gabi (2011) D: Zoe Salicrup-Junco, and others. 11 am. First Nations & Indigenous Filmmaker Series: Esas Voces Que Caran/Voices That Heal D: Heather Greer and Delia Ackerman, Nutshimit/On The Land (2010) D: Sarah Sandring, Language Of The Unheard (2011) D: Jacqueline Reyno, and short Caught Between Two Worlds. 1:30 pm. The Inheritance (2011) D: Vanessa Revard
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Pride Week LGBT Short Film Showcase.
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available at digital viewing stations. Tue-Wed noon-7 pm, Thu-Sat noon-10 pm, Sun noon-5 pm. Free. wEd 27 – Free Favourites At Four: War Of 1812 (Parts 3 & 4), the second half of a four-part documentary series. 4 pm. Free.
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All listings are free. Send to: movies@nowtoronto.com, fax to 416-364-1166 or mail to Rep Cinemas, NOW Magazine, 189 Church, Toronto M5B 1Y7. Include film title, year of release, names of director(s), language and subtitle info, venue, address, time, cost and advance ticket sales if any, phone number for reservations/info or website address. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm.
Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope (2011) D: Morgan Spurlock. 9:15 pm. wEd 27 – Toronto After Dark Summer Screening Nights: Horror, Sci-Fi, Action 6:45 pm & 9:45 pm. $14. torontoafterdark.com.
1028 queen W. 416-530-0011. camerabar.ca
SAt 23 – Double Feature National Geographic Society films: China’s Lost Girls (2004), and China’s Secret Mummies (2007). 3 pm. Free.
cinematheque tiff bell lightbox
Find it at Female Eye UNION SQUARE (Nancy Savoca) Rating: NNN Union Square plays clever tricks with narrative, which is a good thing, because after the first 15 minutes you’ll wonder whether you can sit through a feature with such an unlikeable main character. As the film opens, Lucy (Mira Sorvino) arrives at Union Square subway station and gets on her cell, trying to convince her married boyfriend to meet her. He’s obviously not that into her. To say high-strung Lucy overreacts to these unsatisfying phone calls – shrieking profanities, then needily whimpering – is an understatement. When she turns up unexpectedly at Jenny’s (Tammy Blanchard) apartment and aggressively settles Roman and Sandra Olmsted, and A Lot Like You (2011) D: Eliaichi Kimaro. 3:30 pm. Closing film: Union Square (2011) D: Nancy Savoca, and short film Along The Road. 5:30 pm.
italian contemporary film festival
tiff bell lightbox, 350 king W (tiff), vaughan amc, 30 interchange Way, vaughan (amc). icff.ca
tUE 26-JUL 1 – All films with subtitles. $12, stu $10; opening/closing night $50-$60.
tUE 26 – Opening night: Piazza Petawawa D:
Rino Noto. 6 pm. La Kriptonite Nella Borsa/ Kryptonite! (2011) D: Ivan Cotroneo. 7 pm. Both at TIFF. wEd 27 – Terraferma (2011) D: Emanuele Crialese. 6 pm (TIFF). Che Bella Giornata (2011) D: Gennaro Nunziante. 8:30 pm (TIFF). La Giusta Distanza (2007) D: Carlo Mazzacurati. 8 pm (AMC).
parkdale film & video shoWcase
gladstone hotel gallery, 1214 queen W (gh); fuller avenue parkette (fp). parkdaleshoWcase.ca
fri 22-SUN 24– Films and video shorts highlighting Parkdale-based artists. Free/pwyc. fri 22 – REvisit: Showcasing Parkdale film and video shorts. 7 pm (GH). SAt 23 – Parkdale Peeps live video collage event. 4 to7 pm. Screening Under The Stars: short films and videos. 9 to 10 pm (FP). SUN 24 – REact: Solidarity Sunday, works and discussion on how the nature of our neighbourhoods is changing with the Ford regime and calls for austerity. 1 to 3 pm (FP).
t.o. japanese film festival
japanese canadian cultural centre, 6 garamond court. 416-441-2345 ext 222, torontojff.com
thU 21 – Best of Japanese contemporary
cinema. $10, three-film pass $27.
in for the day (and probably the night), endlessly mocking Jenny’s wholesome lifestyle, she’s become insufferable. But Savoca knows how to tell a story. Soon you discover the nature of Lucy’s connection to Jenny and start to relax. As information steadily leaks out – most of it surprising – the film becomes wholly absorbing. It’s still shambolic and lacks texture, lurching from one emotional moment to another. Sorvino is at times too shrill as the troubled Lucy, but a beautifully restrained Blanchard gives the film some balance. Look for Patti LuPone in a gem of a small role. Screens Sunday (June 24), 5:30 pm, as part of the Female Eye Film Festival. (See this page.) SUSAN G. COLE thU 21 – Closing night: Friends After 3.11
(2011) D: Shunji Iwai. 7 pm.
t.o. korean film festival innis toWn hall, 2 sussex. tkff.ca
fri 22-JUL 1 – Films of all genres by Korean filmmakers. $12, four-pack $35, full pack $65, opening film & party $20, closing film $15. fri 22 – Opening night: Secret Sunshine (2007) D: Chang-dong Lee. 7 pm. SAt 23 – Epitaph (2007) D: Beom-sik Jeong and Jeong Sik. 6 pm. A Tale Of Two Sisters (2003) D: Jee-woon Jim. 9 pm. SUN 24 – Invasion Of Alien Bikini (2011) D: Young-doo Oh. 6 pm. Save The Green Planet (2003) D: Joon-Hwan Jang. 9 pm. tUE 26 – Korean-Canadian shorts. 7 pm. wEd 27 – Korean Indie shorts. 7 pm.
cinemas bloor hot docs cinema
506 bloor W. 416-637-3123. bloorcinema.com
thU 21 – Senna (2010) D: Asif Kapadia. 6:45 pm. The Island President (2011) D: ñ Jon Shenk. 9:15 pm. fri 22 – 5 Broken Cameras (2011) D: Guy Davidi and Emad Burnat. 3:30 & 6:45 ñ pm. The Island President. 9 pm. Rock Docs:
Pink Floyd The Wall (1982) D: Allan Parker. 11:30 pm. SAt 23 – Darwin’s Nightmare (2004) D: Hubert Sauper. 3:30 pm. The Island President. 6:30 pm. 5 Broken Cameras. 9:30 pm. SUN 24 – 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) D: Stanley Kubrick. 3:15 pm. The Island President. 6:30 pm. 5 Broken Cameras. 9 pm. MON 25 – 5 Broken Cameras. 6:45 pm. The Island President. 9:15 pm. tUE 26 – The Island President. 6:45 pm. Comic-
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reitman square, 350 king W. 416-599-8433. tiff.net
thU 21 – First People’s Cinema: Nanook
Of The North (1922) D: Robert J Flaherty. ñ 7 pm.
fri 22 – First People’s Cinema: Reel Injun (2009) D: Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge and Jeremiah Hayes. 2 pm. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001) D: Zacharias Kunuk. 5:15 pm. The Journals Of Knud Rasmussen (2006) D: Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn. 9:15 pm. SAt 23 – First People’s Cinema X 4: Mana Waka (1937/1990) D: Merata Mita. 1 pm. Before Tomorrow (2008) D: Marie-Helene Cousineau and Madeline Piujuq Ivalu. 3:30 pm. Samson And Delilah (2009) D: Warwick Thornton. 6 pm. Patu! (1983) D: Merat Mita. 9:15 pm. SUN 24 – The Girl Can’t Help It (1956) D: Frank Tashlin. 1 pm. First People’s Cinema: Incident At Restigouche (1984) D: Alansi Obomsawin, and Bastion Point Day 507 (1980) D: Merata Mita, Leon Narbey and Gerd Pohlmann. 3:15 pm. Kanehsatake: 270 Years Of Resistance (1993) D: Alanis Obomsawin. 5:30 pm. Smoke Signals (1998) D: Chris Eyre. 8:30 pm. MON 25 – First People’s Cinema: Clearcut (1991) D: Ryszard Bugajski. 9 pm. tUE 26 – Food On Film: Screening Mid-August Lunch (2008) D: Gianni Di Gregorio, and discussion with Food Network Canada chef David Rocco. 6:30 pm. $35. First People’s Cinema: Billy Jack (1971) D: Tom Laughlin 8:45 pm. wEd 27 – Science On Film: Screening of Near Dark (1987) D: Kathryn Bigelow, followed by discussion with special effects artist Gordon Smith. 7 pm. $35. Trouble In Paradise (1932) D: Ernst Lubitsch. 9:15 pm.
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fox theatre
2236 queen e. 416-691-7330. foxtheatre.ca
thU 21 – Headhunters (2011) D: Morten
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Tyldum. 7 pm. The Dictator (2012) D: Larry Charles. 9 pm. fri 22 – Repertory Revival: Alfred Hitchcock x 2: Rear Window (1954). 7 pm. North By Northwest (1959). 9:15 pm. SAt 23 – Repertory Revival: The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) D: FrankOz. 1:30 pm. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957) D: David Lean. 3:30 pm. Back To The Future (1985) D: Robert Zemeckis. 7 pm. Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) D: Steven Spielberg. 9:15 pm. SUN 24 – Repertory Revival: Back To The Future. 2 pm. Raiders Of The Lost Ark. 4:15 pm. The Sting (1973) D: George Roy Hill. 6:45 pm. Chinatown (1974) D: Roman Polanski. 9:15 pm. MON 25 – Repertory Revival: Breakfast At Tiffany’s (1961) D: Blake Edwards. 7 pm. A Clockwork Orange (1971) D: Stanley Kubrick. 9:15 pm. tUE 26 – Repertory Revival: To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) D: Robert Mulligan. 6:45 pm. Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982) D: Nicholas Meyer. 9:15 pm. wEd 27 – Repertory Revival: Back To The Future. 1:30 pm. An American In Paris (1951) D: Vincente Minnelli. 7 pm. Harold And Maude (1971) D: Hal Ashby. 9:15 pm.
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graham spry theatre
cbc museum, cbc broadcast centre, 250 front W, 416-205-5574. cbc.ca
thU 21-wEd 27 – Continuous screenings Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Free.
thU 21-fri 22 – The End Of Men. pMON 25-wEd 27 – Canadian Media Guild’s
national film board 150 john. 416-973-3012. nfb.ca/mediatheque
thU 21-wEd 27 – More than 5,000 NFB films
ontario science centre
770 don mills. 416-696-3127. ontariosciencecentre.ca
thU 21-fri 22 – To The Arctic. 11 am & 2 pm. Rocky Mountain Express. Noon. Under The Sea. 1 pm. SAt 23 – To The Arctic. 11 am, 2, 4 & 8 pm. Rocky Mountain Express. Noon, 3 & 7 pm. Under The Sea. 1 pm. SUN 24 – To The Arctic. 11 am, 2 & 4 pm. Rocky Mountain Express. Noon & 3 pm. Under The Sea. 1 pm. MON 25-wEd 27 – To The Arctic. 11 am & 2 pm. Rocky Mountain Express. Noon. Under The Sea. 1 pm.
the projection booth
1035 gerrard e. 416-466-3636, projectionbooth.ca.
thU 21 – Portrait Of Wally (2012) D: Andrew Shea. 5:30 pm. A Place Called Los Pereyra (2009) D: Andrés Livov-Macklin. 7 pm. Battle Royale (2000) D: Kinji Fukasaku. 8:30 pm. fri 22 – Patang (2011) D: Prashant Bhargara. 2 & 9 pm. A Place Called Los Pereyra. 4 pm. Battle Royale. 5:30 pm. Portrait Of Wally. 7:30 pm. SAt 23 – Patang. 3 pm. Portrait Of Wally. 5 pm. Octavia Films presents Breakthroughs Film Festival: short films by young women filmmakers from Canada. 7:30 pm. $15. Proceeds go towards funding a filmmaking workshop for girls ages 14-18. 416-544-3639, breakthroughsfestival@octaviafilms.com. SUN 24 – Patang. 12:30, 3:30 & 7 pm. A Place Called Los Pereyra. 2 pm. Portrait Of Wally. 5:30 pm. MON 25-26 – Check website for schedule. wEd 27 – Portrait Of Wally. 2:30 pm. Patang. 2 & 5:30 pm. A Place Called Los Pereyra. 4 pm.
reg hartt’s cineforum 463 bathurst. 416-603-6643.
thU 21 – The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari (1919) D: Robert Weine. Noon. Salem’s Lot (1979) D: Tobe Hooper. 1 pm. The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957) D: Terence Fisher. 4 pm. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) D: Robert Fuest. 5:30 pm. Frankenstein (1931) D: James Whale. 7 pm. The Phantom Of The Opera (1925) D: Rupert Julian. 9 pm. SAt 23 – Best Of The Sex & Violence Cartoon Festival. 7 pm. SUN 24 – Best Of The Sex & Violence Cartoon Festival. 9 pm. MON 25 – Monsieur Verdoux (1947) D: Charles Chaplin. Noon. The Blood Of A Poet (1930) D: Jean Cocteau. 2:15 pm. Blow Job (1963) D: Andy Warhol. 3:10 pm. Katzlemacher (1969) D: Rainer Werner Fassbinder. 4 pm. Ken Park (2002) D: Larry Clark. 5:30 pm. Michael Jackson’s This Is It! (2009) D: Kenny Ortega. 7 pm. tUE 26 – The Woman In The Moon (1926) D: Fritz Lang. Noon. Forbidden Planet (1956) D: Fred M Wilcox. 3 pm. The Mole People (1956) D: Virgil W Vogel. 4:30 pm. Superman And The Mole Men (1951) D: Lee Sholem. 6 pm. Superman (1978) D: Richard Donner. 7 pm. Metropolis (1926) D: Fritz Lang. 9:30 pm. wEd 27 – The Bed (1967) D: James Broughton. Noon. Pull My Daisy (1959) D: Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie. 12:30 pm. William S Burroughs: A Man Within (2010) D: Yony Leyser. 1 pm. She Done Him Wrong (1933) D: Lowell Sherman. 3 pm. Flicker (2008) D: Nik Sheean. 4:15 pm. The Blood Of Beasts (1949) D: Georges Franju. 6 pm. Oh Dem Watermelons (1965) D: Robert Nelson. 6:30 pm. Diary Of A Chambermaid (1964) D: Luis Buñuel. 7 pm. The Salvador Dali Film Festival. 9 pm.
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