A TIFF 2017 Gala Presentation film

Max (Jean-Pierre Bacri) is a battle-weary veteran of the wedding-planning racket. His latest — and last — gig is a hell of a fête, involving stuffy period costumes for the caterers, a vain, hyper-sensitive singer who thinks he’s a Gallic James Brown, and a morose, micromanaging groom determined to make Max’s night as miserable as possible. But what makes the affair too bitter to endure is that Max’s colleague and ostensible girlfriend, Joisette (Xavier Dolan regular Suzanne Clément), seems to have written him off, coolly going about her professional duties while openly flirting with a much younger server. It’s going to be a very long night… especially once the groom’s aerial serenade gets underway.

French with English subtitles (the facial expressions and body language say it all)

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115 minutes

Monday, March 26th, 2018

7:00 p.m. at the Norwood Theatre

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Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

Sony Pictures

Unorthodox and sincere, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool is the kind of showbiz love story seldom depicted onscreen.  ~TIFF 2017

Based on Peter Turner’s memoir, the film follows the playful but passionate relationship between Turner (Jamie Bell) and the eccentric Academy Award winning actress Gloria Grahame (Annette Bening) in 1978 Liverpool. What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme fatale and her young lover quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria turns to for comfort. Their passion and lust for life is tested to the limits by events beyond their control.                                                              ~Rotten Tomatoes

Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool  was nominated for 3 BAFTA Awards, including Leading Actress and Actor.

105 minutes

Monday, March 12th, 2018

7:00 p.m. at the Norwood Theatre

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Tulipani: Love, Honour, and a Bicycle

Toronto Film Festival 2017

A wonderfully woolly tale of rediscovering one’s roots — and rectifying a decades-old wrongdoing, to boot — Tulipani, Love, Honour and a Bicycle has more fantastic twists than its title has nouns.

It is 1980, and young Montrealer Anna (Ksenia Solo) is embarking on what will prove to be a life-altering adventure. It was her mother’s dying wish to have her ashes returned to her hometown in Italy. Anna finds the people of Puglia waiting with open arms and flapping gums. Her mother’s old friend Immacolata (Lidia Vitale) is a particularly gifted storyteller with a penchant for exaggeration who might fudge the details but somehow gets us closer to the heart of things. She tells of how Anna’s father Gauke (Gijs Naber) biked from the Netherlands to Italy, introduced Dutch irrigation practices to Puglia, forged a successful enterprise growing and selling tulips, and bravely faced off armed extortionists with blistering kung fu moves. (Alright, that last part might be pushing it a little.) Immacolata also makes other, more sombre claims, ones that will shake up Anna’s entire sense of identity and prompt her to settle some old scores on her parents’ behalf.

Bursting with colour and romance and teeming with charming performances — including one from Oscar nominee Giancarlo Giannini as an exceedingly patient detective — Tulipani, Love, Honour and a Bicycle is a story about travelling far to know who you are, and about the joys and consolations of storytelling itself.

MICHÈLE MAHEUX

90 minutes

Monday, February 26th, 2018

7:00 p.m. at the Norwood Theatre

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This Ain’t Your Disney Princess!

Featuring an internationally acclaimed Canadian-written story, produced by an international star (Angelina Jolie), on Monday, January 22nd Spinning Reels presents The Breadwinner.

The Breadwinner tells the remarkable story of Parvana, a young girl who is forced to become the breadwinner for her family while living under the Taliban regime, and is a rare gem that will captivate both young and mature audiences.

Living in a single room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, 11-year-old Parvana is not allowed to attend school or leave the house without a male chaperone. When the Taliban arrests Parvana’s father for having a foreign education, the young girl disguises herself as a boy in order to shop for food and earn money for her family.

Sumptuously rendered with swirling hand-drawn animation, the film captures the colours, sights, and lights of the Afghan city.  The Breadwinner is an antidote to the typical Hollywood version of princesses. Instead, it is a timely reminder of the millions of strong young girls and women worldwide who persevere in the face of oppression or conflict.

94 minutes

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Sony Pictures Classics

In Northern Italy in 1983, seventeen year-old Elio begins a relationship with visiting Oliver, his father’s research assistant, with whom he bonds over his emerging sexuality, their Jewish heritage, and the beguiling Italian landscape.     -IMBd

Call Me by Your Name offers a melancholy, powerfully affecting portrait of first love, empathetically acted by Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer. – Rotten Tomatoes

2 hours, 12 minutes

Monday, February 12th, 2018

7:00 p.m. at the Norwood Theatre

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Click on the photo for more information about Loving Vincent

The world’s first fully oil-painted animated feature film, Loving Vincent brings the art of Vincent van Gogh to life to recount the life story of this most mysterious, mythical, and tragic of great painters. Shot first as a live-action film, acted by a sterling cast and then painted over frame by frame with oils, Loving Vincent is simply an extraordinary cinematic achievement.

This unexpected murder mystery follows in the aftermath of van Gogh’s death in July 1890. Armand Roulin (Douglas Booth), the son of an Arles postman (Chris O’Dowd), is instructed by his father to deliver a newly discovered letter to Vincent’s brother, Theo, who had supported the painter emotionally and financially. Making his journey from Paris and then to Auvers-sur-Oise, the northern French town where Vincent died, Armand encounters various people (many subjects from famous van Gogh paintings) who provide contradictory anecdotes about the painter’s death, suggesting it may not have been a suicide after all.

The artist’s intoxicating colours and thick, vibrant brushstrokes come to life in jaw-dropping detail, making this a film best seen on the big screen. The film took more than six years to complete, with about 125 artists diligently hand-painting over 65,000 frames. With the van Gogh Museum in the Netherlands, the ultimate authority on the artist, officially endorsing the film, this will be the most visually stunning and magical film your audiences will see this year.

94 minutes

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What would YOU have done?

We know him as the face of Britain during the Second World War, but what was he REALLY like? 

Brian Cox is “Churchill”

Churchill is a portrait of the man rather than the myth- even if he was one of the most recognizable figures of history.

We join England’s leader in the days prior to D-Day, when decisions that would affect millions were being made. What could he have been thinking and dealing with under all that pressure? Churchill takes a nuanced look at the title character and what he went through as well the effect of those around him in those most significant times.

“Brian Cox is a marvel of an actor, and to watch him tear into the role of Winston Churchill is not to be missed.”

– Peter Travers,  Rolling Stone

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105 minutes

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Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Starlet. Screen Siren. Genius?

Known for her iconic look, wild-child antics, and scandalous private life, Hedy Lamarr was revered as “the most beautiful woman in the world” in 1940s tabloids. Yet, few know her true story; an undiscovered genius, she pioneered a secret communication system intended to guide US torpedoes during WWII, which became the basis for contemporary technologies like GPS, Bluetooth, and WiFi.

The directorial debut from Emmy Award– winning journalist and producer Alexandra Dean, Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story looks deeper into the life of the screen legend, whose military and communication contributions went unrecognized for decades.

Doors don’t open until 6:15PM

86 minutes  

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Is the unexamined life worth living??

 Jim Broadbent stars as Tony, a man quite comfortable in his present existence, who receives a nudge from the past which causes him to search not only in his memories, but also the value of the life he has led. Based on the bestselling, Man Booker prize-winning novel by Julian Barnes, director Ritesh Batra also considers how we edit our memories and construct our identities, much like a piece of storytelling. With the nuanced acting of a very adept cast of Brits (in addition to Broadbent: Charlotte Rampling, Harriet Walter, Michelle Dockery, Emily Mortimer) this thoughtful, and thought-provoking movie may lead you to wonder about your past and how you have shaped your memories.

110 minutes  

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Muskoka Arts and Crafts

Muskoka Arts & Crafts is the true heart of visual arts in the province’s favourite vacation area. One of Ontario’s oldest and most well established arts organizations, MAC has grown since its inception in 1963 to include nearly 400 artists and arts supporters, and has become an innovative force in the community at large. For artists, it is one of the benefits of living in Muskoka, a source of support through like-minded people that fosters creative growth and a feeling of community. In turn, the promotion of the arts has made Muskoka a vibrant and culturally engaged destination for visitors, local residents and summer residents alike. Muskoka Arts & Crafts is a non-profit organization that is financially self-supporting.

Its annual Christmas, Spring Members’ and Who Art Thou events feature the work of its many members, and the Chapel Gallery in Bracebridge, Muskoka Arts & Crafts’ home, hosts an ongoing cycle of juried exhibitions by local and visiting artists. The Summer Show, a feature in the community for 47 years, attracts hundreds of artists from across the country, and is visited each year by over 20,000 people. In April of 2008, an initiative launched by Muskoka Arts & Crafts culminated in the Muskoka District Council declaring the District Municipality of Muskoka as a Designated Arts Community, a testament to the vitality of the area’s arts scene and its potential as a fundamental building block for year-round art tourism in Muskoka. MAC also produce the annual Muskoka Arts & Crafts’ Guidebook, a beautiful full colour publication that will be the definitive guide to visual arts in the area.

Tulips as the flower of love?

When wealthy merchant Cornelis (Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds) commissions a portrait of his beautiful wife Sophia (Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl), an irre­pressible passion begins to bloom between Sophia and the talented young artist (Dane DeHaan,  Devil’s Knot) hired to commit her beauty to canvas. As the young star-crossed lovers hinge their future together on an investment in the risky tulip market, tensions build and deceptions abound as the stakes grow higher.

107 min

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