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This Week at the Cinema: July 7 - 13, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

July 7, 2023

From: Cinema Arts Centre

This week at the Cinema we are opening the new neo-noir thriller, 'The Lesson', starring Academy Award Nominees Julie Delpy and Richard E. Grant.

We will also be continuing our runs of the wonderful new film from master filmmaker Wes Anderson, 'Asteroid City', Julie Cohen's 'Every Body', and the critically acclaimed Sundance Film Festival stand-out, 'Past Lives' from A24!

Special events this week include a Retro Picture Show 35mm Horror Double Feature, a David Bowie concert film, a special screening and discussion celebrating Nikolas Tesla's birthday, a Sky Room Talk lecture on Mel Brooks, a screening of 'Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein', and the inaugural program of our new series with journalist Wallace Matthews: This Just In! The love-hate relationship between Hollywood and the News Media.

Make sure to check out our calendar for all of the screenings and special events coming up!

The Lesson

Liam (Daryl McCormack), an aspiring and ambitious young writer, eagerly accepts a tutoring position at the family estate of his idol, renowned author J.M. Sinclair (Academy Award nominee Richard E. Grant). But soon, Liam realizes that he is ensnared in a web of family secrets, resentment, and retribution. Sinclair, his wife Hélène (Academy Award nominee Julie Delpy), and their son Bertie (Stephen McMillan) all guard a dark past, one that threatens Liam’s future as well as their own. As the lines between master and protégé blur, class, ambition, and betrayal become a dangerous combination in this taut noir thriller.

‘The Lesson’ Review: Richard E. Grant and Julie Delpy Are in Top Form in an Exquisite Sun-Drenched Noir

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Showtimes

Fri: 1:30; 7:00; 9:30

Sat: 2:05; 4:35; 7:05; 9:35

Sun: 12:10; 2:40; 5:10

Mon: 2:05; 4:35; 7:10

Tues: 2:05; 4:35; 7:10

Wed: 2:05; 4:35; 7:10

Thurs: 2:05; 4:35

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Wes Anderson's Asteroid City

This poetic meditation on the meaning of life from director Wes Anderson sees the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention interrupted by world-changing events. Set in a fictional American desert town circa 1955, Asteroid City features an all-star ensemble cast; Jason SchwartzmanScarlett JohanssonTom HanksJeffrey WrightTilda SwintonBryan CranstonEd NortonAdrien BrodyLiev SchreiberHope DavisRupert FriendMaya HawkeSteve CarellMatt DillonHong ChauWillem DafoeMargot RobbieTony RevoloriSophia LillisJeff Goldblum, & Rita Wilson.

Wes Anderson’s new movie Asteroid City is his most expansive — and most personal

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Showtimes

Fri: 1:40; 4:10; 7:05 

Sat: 2:10; 7:10; 9:40

Sun: 2:15; 4:45

Mon: 2:10

Tues: 2:10; 7:05

Wed: 2:10; 7:05

Thurs: 2:10; 7:05

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Past Lives

“The most affecting love story in ages” – NPR. A Sundance Film Festival stand-out, this remarkable debut for writer-director Celine Song follows Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends that are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea to the United States. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life, in this heartrending modern romance.

NPR: Across continents and decades, 'Past Lives' is the most affecting love story in ages

CNN: ‘The idea of what makes an American movie is changing’: Celine Song and the cast of ‘Past Lives’ on love, loss and ‘inyeon’

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Showtimes

Fri: 1:50; 4:20; 9:35

Sat: 2:00; 4:30; 7:00

Sun: 2:00; 4:30; 7:00

Mon: 2:00; 4:30

Tues: 2:00; 4:30; 7:00

Wed: 2:00; 4:30

Thurs: 2:00; 4:30; 7:00

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Every Body

From Julie Cohen, the director of RBG and The Sturgeon Queens, comes Every Body - a revelatory investigation of the lives of intersex people. The film tells the stories of three individuals who have moved from childhoods marked by shame, secrecy, and non-consensual surgeries to thriving adulthoods after each decided to set aside medical advice to keep their bodies a secret and instead came out as their authentic selves. Actor and screenwriter River Gallo (they/them), political consultant Alicia Roth Weigel (she/they), and Ph.D. student Sean Saifa Wall (he/him) are now leaders in a fast-growing global movement advocating for greater understanding of the intersex community and an end to unnecessary surgeries. Woven into the story is a stranger-than-fiction case of medical abuse, featuring exclusive footage from the NBC News archives, which helps explain the modern-day treatment of intersex people. 

‘Every Body’ Review: Documentary From ‘RBG’ Director Sensitively Chronicles Fight for Intersex Rights

Why ‘RBG’ Filmmaker Julie Cohen Joined Forces with Focus Features on Intersex Doc ‘Every Body’

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Showtimes

Fri: 4:00

Sat: 4:40

Sun: 7:40

Mon: 4:40

Tues: 4:40

Wed: 4:40

Thurs: 4:40

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