Presented by Pacific Cinémathèque’s Education Department, Cinema Sunday is an afternoon film program for children and their families. We invite you to join us every month to watch outstanding movies and take part in follow-up discussions, activities, and games intended to be fun and stimulate critical and creative thinking. Our goal is to introduce you to some awesome new films, treasured classics, and other favourites — movies that keep you thinking and talking long after you leave the theatre. We hope you’ll join us and make Cinema Sunday a regular addition to your family outings!
PACIFIC CINÉMATHÈQUE MEMBERSHIP IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THESE EVENTS.
USA 1993. Directors: Eric Radomski, Bruce W. Timm Voices: Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Mark Hamill, Stacy Keach
Batman :
Mask of the
ALL AGES WELCOME
Phantasm
Much like the latest Dark Knight franchise emerging this summer, the animated Mask of the Phantasm finds Batman on the run from police and Gotham’s gangsters, wrongfully blamed for a crime he didn’t commit. Mistaken for the Phantasm, a sinister figure who is systematically knocking out the city’s mob leaders, Batman’s situation is further complicated by the return of a past flame, whose disappearance years earlier led him to commit to his alter ego and role as a defender of justice. Full of thrilling twists and turns, this imaginative mystery reveals new secrets about Batman’s past as he struggles to unmask the Phantasm and clear his own name. Set in the 1940s, Mask of the Phantasm evokes strong elements of film noir and “is stylishly dark in the manner of the Tim Burton Batman films and the graphic novels of the late ‘80s … The high pitch of the drama, the earnest quality of its characters, and a deafening score combine for a fun, fatal romp”(Leonard Klady, Variety). Colour, DVD. 76 mins. SUNDAY, JULY 15 – 1:00 PM
The
Iron Giant USA 1999. Directors: Brad Bird Voices: Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel, Eli Marienthal, Cloris Leachman
A wild and fascinatin fascinating animated adventure set in small-town, Cold WarIron Giant was the first feature by Brad Bird, director era America, A erica, The Iro Am of the Pixar hits The Incredibles and Ratatouille. While the rest of the country is watching the skies to catch a glimpse of the Russian satellite t Sputnik, nine-year-old Hogarth, a lonely boy with a wild imagination, has a remarkable encounter encounte with another celestial voyager when a gigantic robot from outer space crash-lands near his home! Hogarth finds an unlikely best cras friend in this fifty-feet-tall alien machine (voiced by Vin Diesel), despite the fty-feet robot’s appetite for cars, railroad tracks, and TV antennae. But Hogarth must keep his new companion a secret, or risk losing him forever to the c fear and paranoia of the grown-up world. A touching tale of friendship and understanding, based on a 1968 children’s book by future British poet laureate Ted Hughes, The Iron Giant “is not just a cute romp but H an involving story that tha has something to say” (Roger Ebert, Chicago SunTimes). Colour, DVD. 86 mins. D SUNDAY, SUNDA AUGUST 19 – 1:00 PM ALL AGES WELCOME
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