Lee
Monday January 20, 2:00 only
Lee portrays a pivotal decade in the life of American war correspondent and photographer, Lee Miller (Kate Winslet). Miller’s singular talent and unbridled tenacity resulted in some of the 20th century's most indelible images of war.
Miller had a profound understanding and empathy for women and the voiceless victims of war. Her images display both the fragility and ferocity of the human experience. Above all, the film shows how Miller lived her life at full-throttle in pursuit of truth. Also starring Andy Sanberg, Josh O'Connor and Alexander Skarsgaard.
Kate Winslet spent eight years getting the funding to make this film.
115 min
Season Sponsor: Rastin's Pharmacy
Film Date Sponsor:
Proceeds to Hamilton Out of the Cold
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Awards
Won Women in Film Crystal Award: Advocacy in Film Award Nominated for 9 other international awards
Reviews
Filmed in England, Hungary and Croatia, Lee is a vivid and unforgettable tribute to one of the bold women who devoted her life to the penetration of male dominance to change the way we see the world. Don’t even think about missing it. Rex Reed/The Observer
Lee is beautiful, daring, and elusive, as all great art should be. It’s a fitting tribute to a woman whose work exhibited the same qualities. Andy Howell/Film Threat
These questionable narrative kinks aside, Lee still features one of the year-to-date’s best performances, honouring a woman who needs to be remembered, along with a sober consideration of the roles of women in wartime. Liam Lacey/Original Cin
Goodrich
Monday January 20, 7:15 p.m only
Andy Goodrich’s (Michael Keaton) life is upended when his wife and mother of their nine-year-old twins enters a 90-day rehab program, leaving him on his own with their young kids. Thrust into the world of modern parenthood, Goodrich leans on his daughter from his first marriage, Grace (Mila Kunis).
117 min
Season Sponsor: Rastin's Pharmacy
Film Date Sponsor:
Proceeds to Hamilton Out of the Cold
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Awards
Reviews
Keaton’s nuanced performance in this smart, tender comedy proves that Hollywood still has room for complex, emotionally rich leading men. Rex Reed/Observer
A sweet and scatterbrained little comedy that pours its fizzy bottle of champagne problems into a charming -- and surprisingly relatable! -- sketch of fatherhood in motion. David Ehrlich/Indiewire
A crowd-pleasing family comedy so frankly observed that you can imagine the first draft being scribbled on the back of a therapy bill. Amy Nicholson/NY Times
I'm Still Here
Monday February 24, 2:00 p.m only
Very positive response for this film. $750 will be donated to Ancaster Food Drive.
I'm Still Here (268 attendance, 179 ratings)
5: Excellent. 144
4: Very Good 33
3: Good 1
2: Poor
1: Very Poor 1
136 min Portuguese with English subtitles
Season Sponsor: Rastin's Pharmacy Film Date
Sponsor: Megan Sullivan: OSSUM WELLNESS
A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family's life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence during the tightening grip of a military dictatorship in Brazil, 1971.
136 min
https://www.memorialarts.ca/films/im-still-here
Awards
Nominated for three Oscars: Best Picture, Best International Picture, Best Actress (Fernanda Torres) Won 20 International Awards and nominated for 60 others
Golden Globes: won Best Actress (drama), Fernanda Torres
Won 23 International Awards, nominated 50 others
Reviews
It’s a beautiful performance, made even more impactful by its basis in reality. I’m Still Here is a timely, exquisite masterpiece. Anne Donahue, Globe & Mail
I’m Still Here does not present as a simple polemic about a historical and political situation, and that’s the secret to its global appeal. It’s also a moving portrait of how politics disrupts and reshapes the domestic sphere, and how solidarity, community and love are the only viable path toward living in tragedy. And it warns us to mistrust anyone who tries to erase or rewrite the past. Alissa Wilkinson/NY Times
It’s difficult to fully contextualize how incredible Torres is here; she matches the film’s silent grief by keenly deploying her character’s internal angst into her slender frame. Through her formidable presence, the deliberate “I’m Still Here,” a film that locates further meaning in the face of Brazil’s present Far-Right wave, remains in the heart long after the picture fades. Robert Daniels/RogerEbert.com
“I’m Still Here” is one of the best films I’ve ever seen about the power of family. Richard Roeper/Chicago Sun-Times
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14961016/
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/im_still_here_2024
Emilia Perez
Monday February 24, 7:15 p.m only
Very positive response for this film. $500 will be donated to Hamilton Out of the Cold from the screenings. Thanks for your support and feedback.
Emilia Perez (163 attendance, 119 ratings)
5: Excellent. 75
4: Very Good 34
3: Good 9
2: Poor 1
1: Very Poor 0
Exhilarating and piercingly resonant, the latest from director Jacques Audiard (Rust and Bone, The Sisters Brothers, A Prophet) audaciously merges pop opera, narco thriller, and gender affirmation drama. Emilia Pérez is a rollercoaster in which crime, redemption, and karma collide, featuring fearless performances from Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, and the amazing Karla Sofía Gascón, an ensemble that collectively received the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival this year.
132 min
Season Sponsor: Rastin's Pharmacy
Film Date Sponsor: Ossum Wellness, Megan Sullivan
Proceeds to Ancaster Food Drive
https://www.memorialarts.ca/films/emilia-perez
Awards
Nominated for thirteen Oscars: Best Picture, Best International Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound, Best Makeup, Best Sound, Best Music, two Best Song
Golden Globes: won Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy), Best Supporting Actress, Best Actress (Zoe Saldana), nominated for Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress
Won 84 International Awards, nominated for 204
Reviews
Phrases like “game-changer” and “cutting-edge” can’t capture just how audacious and original Emilia Pérez is. It's a knockout. Leonard Maltin
By making Emilia Pérez a quasi-musical, Mr. Audiard cranks up the campiness; by making it a parable about one’s own past being inescapable, he makes it profound. John Anderson/Wall Street Journal
A movie like Emilia Pérez -- one that, instead of pleading for trans acceptance merely treats it as a given -- feels even more like movie fireworks, fierce and glorious, a radical act of the imagination with kindness in its heart. Stephanie Zacharek/Time Magazine
You've never seen anything like Jacques Audiard’s Spanish musical about violent passions starring Zoë Saldaña, Selena Gomez and trans actress Karla Sofia Gascón in career-defining performances that take a piece out of you. This you don't want to miss. Peter Travers, ABC News
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20221436/
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/emilia_perez
