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The 8 Fest | ||
Small-gauge filmmaking.
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Edward Yang's Taipei Stories | @ Lightbox | |
Yang chronicles human relations in the rapidly changing
city of Taipei.
This week:
Taipei Story (1985, Taiwan, D: Edward Yang) -- Jul 30, 6:30pm |
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Women In Action | @ Lightbox | |
Ladies kick ass.
This week:
Prey (2022, USA, D: Dan Trachtenberg) + Amber Mudthunder virtual Q&A -- Jul 25, 6:30pm Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003, USA, D: Quentin Tarantino) -- Jul 27, 3:30pm Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004, USA, D: Quentin Tarantino) -- Jul 27, 6:15pm Mulan (1998, USA, D: Tont Bancroft & Barry Cook) -- Jul 28, 1:00pm Alien (1979, UK/USA, D: Ridley Scott) -- Jul 28, 6:30pm Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022, USA, D: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert) -- Jul 31, 6:30pm |
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One-Offs And Short Runs | |||
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Perfect Days
A man finds simple pleasure in music, books, work and dreams, but seldom in people. |
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Death Of A Cheerleader
A cheerleader murder whodunnit. |
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Open Vault Film Festival
New shorts. |
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Inside Man
Policeman Denzel Washington attempts to defuse criminal Clive Owen's hostage situation. Plus: short Closing Dynasty. Outdoors! |
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Breathless
America refashions Godard with rockabilly, sex and Richard Gere. 16mm. |
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Lair Of The White Worm
Lord of the manor Hugh Grant and visiting archaeology student Peter Capaldi take on snake-god-worshipping Amanda Donohoe. |
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Some Like It Hot
"What are you afraid of? No one's asking you to have a baby!" Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon disguise themselves as women to avoid the mob. At Yonge & Dundas, Eglinton Town Centre, Vaughan and Winston Churchill. |
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The Neverending Story
A strange book is a boy's gateway to fantastic adventure. |
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Beverly Hills Cop
Detroit cop Eddie Murphy pursues his case into the very different environs of upper class California. |
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The End Of Evangelion
Much-loved anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion is given an alternate ending. |
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It Happened One Night
Reporter Clark Gable attempts to get an exclusive out of heiress Claudette Colbert. |
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Doubles
A Trinidadian street vendor and his estranged Toronto-dwelling father reconnect when the latter falls ill. |
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A History Of Violence
A diner owner's sudden notoriety after foiling a robbery draws the unwanted attention of old acquaintances. 35mm! |
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Collateral
Cabbie Jamie Foxx plays driver for hit man Tom Cruise. |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The venerable cult film, complete with shadowcast Excited Mental State, return to Time Warp again. |
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The Angry Birds Movie 2
Birds vs pigs, round two. |
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Seconds
A middle-aged man's second life as Rock Hudson inevitably goes south in Frankheimer's existential chiller. Presented by 100FPS. |
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Streets Of Fire
"Tonight is what it means to be young." Gangs & mercenaries & rock'n'roll. |
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Silver Bullet
A boy believes a series of murders happening in his small town is being caused by werewolves. |
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The Room
The infamy. Bring spoons! |
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Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
A witch insists a lowly goatherd overcome several seemingly impossible tasks before she will remove his curse. |
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Bonnie And Clyde
Criminal romance I. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway rob banks across depression-era America. |
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Ginger Snaps
A teen girl's personality changes when she is bitten by a werewolf. Plus: a book launch for Willow Maclay's Corpses, Fools and Monsters. |
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Taxi
Banned Iranian filmmaker Panahi takes to the streets of Tehran in a taxicab, letting his fares reveal a mosaic of modern life. Plus: shorts Over Time and One Leg In, One Leg Out. Outdoors! |
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Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
'Beach punk' progenitors Redd Kross fly the flag for quality rock and roll for over 4 decades. Plus: Red Kross' Steven and Jeff McDonald in person! |
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True Romance
Criminal romance II. "I would never have guessed that true romance and Detroit would ever go together." Christian Slater gets into trouble with drug dealers and a pimp when he marries dream girl/sex worker Patricia Arquette. |
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Heartworn Highways
The essential document of the 1970's outlaw country music scene. Also on the bill: Les Blank's portrait of blues guitarist Mance Lipscomb A Well Spent Life. |
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Izaiho
Women of Kudaka Island ascend to godhood in a ritual performed only once every 12 years. An accompanying lecture by Anthropologist Christopher T. Nelson gives historical context to this iteration of the ritual, which would have occurred during turblent times post-WWII and during American occupation. |
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Focus
Criminal romance III. Con man Will Smith's latest scheme is complicated by the reappearance of his one time protege Margot Robbie. |
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Good One
A teen girl bears witness to her father and his friend butting heads on a backpacking trip to the Catskills. Previewing tonight in advance of its upcoming release. A virtual q&a follows the screening. |
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The Mighty Quinn
Police officer Denzel Washington's is tasked with finding a childhood friend accused of murder. Outdoors! |
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Firestarter
Young Drew Barrymore lights fires ... with her mind. 35mm! The third and final night guest programmed by Brad Kane. |
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The Legend Of Billie Jean
Helen Slater becomes a folk hero when she goes on the lam. Theme song by Pat Benatar! |
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Sing Sing
A wrongfully imprisoned man finds solace in a prison theatre troupe. Plus: a virtual q&a with director Greg Kwedar and co-star Clarence Maclin. |
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Xanadu
Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly (!) create an ELO-scored roller disco paradise. Sing-along! |
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Queen Of My Dreams
A Canadian grad student's return to her native Pakistan requires her to adopt a more traditional role. Outdoors! |
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A Fish Called Wanda
Criminal romance IV. A Brit diamond heist goes south when the American half of the team pull a double-cross. |
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TIFF Next Wave 48 Hour Film Challenge
Two days to create art, one screening to showcase the results. |
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Only The River Flows
A quick arrest in a murder case prompts a police detective to examine the facades and assumptions of the people involved. |
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Mr. Jimmy
A man leaves his Tokyo salaryman life behind to embody the spirit of Jimmy Page in a Led Zeppelin tribute band. Subject Jimmy Sakurai in attendance! |
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Gladiator
A former Roman general turned slave pursues a plan of vengeance when he becomes a popular gladiator. |
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Fire Of Love
Married vulcanoligists traverse the planet filming themselves and the volcanoes they visit until their eventual demise. Plus: short A Life On Mars. Outdoors! |
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