Call Jane (2022, US, drama, 121 mm., rated PG). Phyllis Nagy’s film about abortion activists in the US in 1968 (before Roe vs. Wade) is, unfortunately, very timely today as Americans prepare to go to the polls. Elizabeth Banks plays a woman in suburban Chicago who is suddenly confronted with a life-threatening pregnancy and discovers […]
The Leisure Seeker (2017, US, comedy-drama, 112 mm., rated PG). In June, we lost one of Canada’s greatest actors, who grew up in and near Saint John. We want tocelebrate Donald Sutherland’s amazing career by offering one of his most recent films, TheLeisure Seeker, in which he and Helen Mirren deliver terrific performances as an […]
lo Capitano (2023, Italy/Belgium/France, drama/adventure, 121 mm.,multiple languages, rated l4A). Two sixteen-year-old boys from Senegal travel across Africa to get to Italy, where they hope to find jobs to support their large families back home. Matteo Garrone’s gorgeous empathetic film is based on real stories about African migrants and features terrific writing and acting. Nominated […]
Angry Inuk (2016, Canada, documentary, 85 mm., rated PG). Written and directed by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, this award-winning Canadian documentary defends theInuit seal hunt, which is essential for survival in many Inuit communities. That struggle for survival, shown against a background of international campaigns against the seal industry, is led by a new tech-savvy generation of […]
The Holdovers (2023, US, comedy-drama, 133 mm., rated PG). For this holiday season, we offer one of the best Christmas films made in this century. Directed byAlexander Payne, The Holdovers features an outstanding performance by Paul Giamatti as adepressed and crotchety New England boarding school teacher in 1970 who finds himselflooking after stranded students during […]
