Paris Was a Woman – by Greta Schiller
A film portrait of the creative community of women writers, artists, photographers and editors (including Colette, Djuna Barnes, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas) who flocked to the Left Bank of Paris in the early decades of the 20th century.
1996 (75 minutes)
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Admission by donation.
A documentary on the massive work of Monet and the story that led him to revolutionize Modern Art.
- Adults: $12.15 (+ HST = $14)
- Youth: $6.85 (+HST = $8)
- Tickets on sale at the door. Doors open 45 minutes before the show.
Our City Dreams – by Chiara Clemente
Filmed over the course of two years, Our City Dreams is the story of a woman’s struggles and successes as an artist in New York City. Told through five women artists, from youngest to oldest, the film features Swoon, Ghada Amer, Kiki Smith, Marina Abramovic, and Nancy Spero.
2009 (90 minutes)
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Dr Don Shirley is a world-class African-American pianist, who is about to embark on a concert tour in the Deep South in 1962. In need of a driver and protection, Shirley recruits Tony Lip, a tough-talking bouncer from an Italian-American neighbourhood in the Bronx. Despite their differences, the two men soon develop an unexpected bond while confronting racism and danger in an era of segregation.“It’s the performances by Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali, their on-screen chemistry, their characters’ moments of quiet reflection and startling revelation, that make this a must-see.“
- People’s Choice Award, Toronto International Film Festival
- Best Film, National Board of Review
- Nominated for 5 Golden Globe awards including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Top 10 films of the year, American Film Institute
Tickets: $11 Adult, $10 with Film Buff Card, $8 Youth.
All prices include HST.
Doors open 45 minutes before showtime. General admission seating, tickets at the door.
Thank you to our community partners Kew Furniture, Bailey House B&B, and Bridgetown Clock.
Dr Don Shirley is a world-class African-American pianist, who is about to embark on a concert tour in the Deep South in 1962. In need of a driver and protection, Shirley recruits Tony Lip, a tough-talking bouncer from an Italian-American neighbourhood in the Bronx. Despite their differences, the two men soon develop an unexpected bond while confronting racism and danger in an era of segregation.“It’s the performances by Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali, their on-screen chemistry, their characters’ moments of quiet reflection and startling revelation, that make this a must-see.“
- People’s Choice Award, Toronto International Film Festival
- Best Film, National Board of Review
- Nominated for 5 Golden Globe awards including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Top 10 films of the year, American Film Institute
Tickets: $11 Adult, $10 with Film Buff Card, $8 Youth.
All prices include HST.
Doors open 45 minutes before showtime. General admission seating, tickets at the door.
Thank you to our community partners Kew Furniture, Bailey House B&B, and Bridgetown Clock.
From The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge EXHIBITION ON SCREEN journeys from a superb exhibition at The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, whose extensive collection of Degas’ works is the most representative in Britain, to the streets of Paris. With exclusive access to view rare and diverse works, this film tells the fascinating story of Degas’ pursuit for perfection through both experimentation with new techniques and lessons learnt from studying the past masters. Sometimes frustrated by his own failings, Degas was consumed by obsessive principles and failing eye sight but his determination to capture everyday life was evident in every mark he made. Never fully satisfied, many of Degas’ drawings and sculptures were kept in private during his lifetime but, now through close examination, they can be seen as some of the most beautifully detailed and expressive works in the modern era. Using written accounts by friends and commentators, and the narration of letters written by Degas himself, this film reveals a more complex truth behind one of the most influential French artists of the late 19th-century and serves as an exploration of the complex workings of Degas’ artistic mind. “Art is not a matter of what you see, but what you make other people see.” Edgar Degas- Adults: $12.15 (+ HST = $14)
- Youth: $6.85 (+HST = $8)
- Tickets on sale at the door. Doors open 45 minutes before the show.
Agnes Martin Before the Grid – by Kathleen Brennan & Jina Brenneman
Friends, classmates and lovers of one of the 20th century’s most influential artists reveal for the first time the story of her early years defying the hardships of poverty, mental illness and forbidden loves.
2016 (55 minutes)
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10 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS INCLUDING BEST PICTURE AND BEST DIRECTORThe domestic helper at the heart of the story is the gentle-natured Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), who works for the affectionate but occasionally livid Sofia (Marina de Tavira) and the rest of her family. Cuarón honours Cleo’s unsung rituals: cleaning, looking after Sofia’s four children whom she loves like her own, interacting with her best friend and co-worker Adela, going on movie dates with her self-absorbed boyfriend, and so on.
At first, the lives of Cleo and Sofia run on parallel yet detached lines, save for regular household interactions and cozy evenings spent in front of the tv, where Cleo is treated as part of the family. But when a marital separation and an unwanted pregnancy upset the lives of the two women, their fates cross paths in a real sense for the first time. And, as the world around their new found female solidarity slowly crumbles, Roma’s physical and emotional scope grows and deepens.
- Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
- Starring Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira
- Mexico / USA · Spanish and Mixtecan w/ subtitles
- Rated NR · 2h 15m
“There’s no other way to say it than to say it: “Roma” is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen, and one of the most moving.”A richly textured masterpiece, Roma is cinema at its purest and most human.”–The Wall Street Journal
“At times it feels novelistic, a densely realised, intimate drama giving us access to domestic lives developing in what feels like real time. In its engagingly episodic way, it is also at times like a soap opera or telenovela. And at other times it feels resoundingly like an epic.”– The Guardian
Tickets: $11 Adult, $10 with Film Buff Card, $8 Youth.
All prices include HST.
Doors open 45 minutes before showtime. General admission seating, tickets at the door.
Thank you to our community partners Kew Furniture, Bailey House B&B, and Bridgetown Clock.
The true story of Hollywood’s greatest comedy double act, Laurel and Hardy, is brought to the big screen for the first time. Starring Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as the inimitable movie icons, Stan and Ollie is the heart-warming story of what would become the pair’s triumphant farewell tour. With their golden era long behind them, the pair embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille (Shirley Henderson) and Ida (Nina Arianda) – a formidable double act in their own right – the pair’s love of performing, as well as for each other, endures as they secure their place in the hearts of their adoring public.
- Directed by Jon S. Baird
- Starring John C. Reilly, Steve Coogan, Shirley Henderson, and Nina Arianda
- UK / Canada / USA · English
- Rated G · 1h 37m
“As a winsome glance back, and as a piece of artistic preservation, Stan & Ollie would be enjoyable enough. But it becomes truly transcendent in the hands of John C. Reilly and Steve Coogan.”
– The Washington Post
Tickets: $11 Adult, $10 with Film Buff Card, $8 Youth.
All prices include HST.
Doors open 45 minutes before showtime. General admission seating, tickets at the door.
Thank you to our community partners Kew Furniture, Bailey House B&B, and Bridgetown Clock.
Set during the eponymous state of geopolitical tension following World War II, Cold War is a portrait of the complex relationship between two doomed lovers and their country.
An epic, visually arresting love story spanning borders and decades by master filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski, director of the Academy Award–winning Ida, Cold War employs a luminous black-and-white palette and is beautifully and deliberately composed, the fluidity of its roving camerawork washing over you like a dream.
Wiktor (Tomasz Kot) is a talent scout travelling through rural Poland to recruit artists for a music and dance ensemble. When Zula (Joanna Kulig), a determined woman with a streak of darkness, sings for him, he is instantly entranced. As it becomes clear that the ensemble is forming a Stalinist agenda, Wiktor and Zula defect to the west side of the Iron Curtain while on tour. The two then embark on a tempestuous love affair that is as syncopated and elliptical as the jazz that infuses the film. Both are hardened but damaged survivors of their circumstances, weighed down by a lifetime of compromises and the omnipresent necessity of self-interest. In times of peace, they take each other for granted, but in times of extreme hardship, they always reunite with a crystallized sense of perspective and purpose.
- Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
- Starring Joanna Kulig and Tomasz Kot
- Poland / France / UK ·
Polish, French, Russian, German, Italian, and Croatian w/ English subtitles - Rated NR · 1h 28m
“This is the refined work of an artist at the peak of his powers, and, dare we say it, a masterpiece.” – CineVue
“It’s visually stunning, passionate, wistful, and thoughtful in equal measure.” – Vulture
“The crystalline black-and-white cinematography exalts its moments of intimate grimness and its dreamlike showpieces of theatrical display. It is an elliptical, episodic story of imprisonment and escape, epic in scope.” –The Guardian
Tickets: $11 Adult, $10 with Film Buff Card, $8 Youth.
All prices include HST.
Doors open 45 minutes before showtime. General admission seating, tickets at the door.
Thank you to our community partners Kew Furniture, Bailey House B&B, and Bridgetown Clock.