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The Sapphires-09/09/13

Posted on August 22, 2013 by tamsen

‘The Sapphires’ headline our new season! Join us Monday September 9 as we kick off our new season with a real ‘gem’. Inspired by a true story, The Sapphires follows four aboriginal Australian girls from an outback talent show to … Continue reading →

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Amour — April 22, 2013

Posted on April 29, 2013 by tamsen

Settled happily into their long-established domestic routines, retired music teachers Anne and Georges Laurent (renowned French thesps Emmanuelle Riva and Jean-Louis Trintignant) have their comfortable world cataclysmically upended when Anne suddenly displays symptoms of a stroke. With Anne now partially … Continue reading →

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Hyde Park on Hudson — April 8, 2013

Posted on April 13, 2013 by tamsen

Roger Michell’s Hyde Park on Hudson details the historic pre-war weekend in 1939 when England’s King George VI (last seen portrayed by Colin Firth in The King’s Speech) and Queen Consort Elizabeth came calling on U.S. president Franklin Delano Roosevelt … Continue reading →

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A Royal Affair – March 25, 2013

Posted on March 26, 2013 by tamsen

In the late eighteenth century, Denmark is ruled by the spoiled King Christian VII (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard), for whom governing takes a backseat to playing with his dog and indulging in all the pleasures of the flesh — which makes … Continue reading →

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Quartet – Monday March 11, 2013

Posted on March 16, 2013 by tamsen

A directoral debut from none other than Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man, Kramer vs. Kramer), Quartet tells the story of retired opera singers and lifelong chums Wilf and Reggie (Billy Connolly, Fido and Tom Courtenay, Nicholas Nickleby), who, together with their … Continue reading →

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Rebelle – February 25, 2013

Posted on February 28, 2013 by tamsen

Nominated for an Oscar for best foreign film, Rebelle is the harrowing story of a child soldier’s struggle for survival, conceived by Canadian writer and director Kim Nguyen. Komona (Rachel Mwanza), a girl living in war-torn Sub-Saharan Africa, tells the … Continue reading →

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The Sessions, Monday February 11, 2013

Posted on February 16, 2013 by tamsen

The Sessions is a based-on-reality comedy-drama about a childhood polio survivor (John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone), now in his thirties and permanently confined to an iron lung, who hires a professional sex surrogate (Helen Hunt) to help him lose his virginity. … Continue reading →

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Still Mine – January 28, 2013 – Sponsored by Steer North

Posted on February 2, 2013 by tamsen

Directed by Michael McGowan (One Week, Saint Ralph), Still Mine explores the bond between a man and his wife as they enter the twilight of their lives, set against windswept rural New Brunswick. As Irene, tenderly portrayed by Geneviève Bujold … Continue reading →

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Anna Karenina, January 14, 2013

Posted on January 20, 2013 by tamsen

Following the success of Atonement and Pride & Prejudice, director Joe Wright reunites with Keira Knightley for a lush and atmospheric adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel. Set against the richly-textured canvas of late nineteenth-century Russian high society, the story … Continue reading →

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Midnight’s Children – December 10, 2012

Posted on December 9, 2012 by tamsen

Helmed by acclaimed director Deepa Mehta (Heaven on Earth, the Fire, Earth, and Water trilogy), Midnight’s Children is one of the year’s most highly-anticipated Canadian films. This epic saga spans borders, generations, war and peacetime, all throughout a pivotal period … Continue reading →

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