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BEANS September 15 – 2PM + 7PM Canada, 2020 – Rated: 14A – 92 minutes English Directed by Tracey Deer Cast: Kiawentiio Tarbell, Violah Beauvais, Rainbow Dickerson PLEASE NOTE: There will be no parking at The Empire Theatre lot on September 15th because they will be setting up for their outside

BEST SELLERS September 29 – 2PM + 7PM Canada, USA, 2021 – 100 minutes English Directed by Lina Roessler Cast: Michael Caine, Aubrey Plaza, Cary Elwes, Ellen Wong, Scott Speedman, Veronica Ferres, Elana Dunkelman, Alexandra Petrachuk, Luc Morissette, Frank Schorpion Lucy Stanbridge has inherited her father’s boutique

AKILLA’S ESCAPE October 13 – 2PM + 7PM Canada, USA, 2021 – 90 minutes English Directed by Charles Officer Cast: Saul Williams; Thamela Mpumlwana; Vic Mensa; Donisha Prendergast In this crime-noir shot in Toronto, NYC and the Caribbean, Akilla Brown captures a fifteen-year-old Jamaican boy in the aftermath of

JUMP DARLING October 27 – 2PM + 7PM Canada, 2021 – 90 minutes English Directed by Phil Connell Cast: Cloris Leachman, Thomas Duplessie, Linda Cash, Jayne Eastwood Russell, taking his first steps as a drag queen, escapes from a shattering breakup to Prince Edward County. His refuge in his grandmother’s home is

THE YEAR OF THE EVERLASTING STORM November 10 – 2PM + 7PM Chile, China, Iran, Thailand, USA, 2021 – 120 minutes English Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Jafar Panahi, Laura Poitras, David Lowery, Dominga Sotomayor, Anthony Chen, Malik Vitthal Seven renowned “art-house” filmmakers accepted the challenge of shooting within

Listen November 24 – 2PM + 7PM UK, Portugal, 2020 – 73 minutes English  Directed by Ana Rocha De Sousa Cast: Lúcia Moniz, Sophia Myles, Ruben Garcia, Maisie Sly, Kiran Sonya Sawar and James Felner This is a film to draw attention to a system as cruel as it is bureaucratically “efficient”.

DÉLICIEUX March 2 – 2PM + 7PM France, 2020 – 112 minutes French (with English subtitles) Directed by Éric Bernard Cast: Grégory Gadebois, Isabelle Carré, Benjamin Lavernhe In 1789 France, just prior to the Revolution, gastronomy is strictly the domain of the aristocrats; indeed, the prestige of a noble house is

RUN WOMAN RUN March 9 – 2PM + 7PM Canada, 2021 – 100 minutes English Directed by Zoe Leigh Hopkins Cast: Dakota Ray Hebert, Asivak Koostachin, Jayli Wolf, Lorne Cardinal, Braedon Clarke, Gary Farmer Run Woman Run is a magical anti-rom com about Beck (Hebert), a bereaved

BERGMAN ISLAND March 16 – 2PM + 7PM Belgium, France, Germany, Mexico, Sweden, 2021 – 113 minutes Deutsch, English, svenska with subtitles Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve Cast: Tim Roth, Vicky Krieps, Mia Wasikowska, Anders Danielsen Lie, Wouter Hendrickx An English-German filmmaking couple retreat to Fårö for the

FALLING FOR FIGARO March 23 – 2PM + 7PM Australia, UK, 2021 – 105 minutes English  Directed by Ben Lewin Cast: Danielle Macdonald, Hugh Skinner, Joanna Lumley Millie is a brilliant young fund manager who decides to leave her unfulfilling job and long-term boyfriend behind to chase