Following a young Montreal advertising executive who, after embracing the life of a Provençal shepherd, finds himself entangled in a series of misadventures with a civil servant who has quit her job on a whim. Shepherds is a film about how we adapt to change, the tensions between tradition and reinvention, and the sometimes messy […]
Becoming Led Zeppelin explores the origins of this iconic group and their meteoric rise in just one year against all the odds. Powered by awe-inspiring, psychedelic, never-before-seen footage, performances, and music, Bernard MacMahon’s experiential cinematic odyssey explores Led Zeppelin’s creative, musical, and personal origin story. The film is told in Led Zeppelin’s own words and […]
Come see the classic silent film Phantom of the Opera brought to life with live musical accompaniment by art rock band The Invincible Czars. It is a unique way to commemorate the 100th anniversary of this film version of the tale of the deformed Phantom haunting an opera house and trying to make the woman […]
National Canadian Film Day (CanFilmDay) is a massive, coast-to-coast-to-coast salute to Canadian cinema! Launched in 2014, CanFilmDay has brought together hundreds of thousands of Canadians, to celebrate our stories and the incredible achievements of our filmmakers. Matthew Rankin’s Universal Language is a surreal, playful exploration of language, culture, and identity. Set in a bilingual Canada […]
Wednesday, April 16th is National Canadian Film Day and to celebrate, the Victoria Downtown Residents Association will be hosting a free outdoor movie night under the Johnson Street Bridge. Join us at 8 pm under the east side of the bridge for screenings of Lekwungen: Place to Smoke Herring and the award-winning feature-length documentary film […]
Join us for a screening of Safe Haven: The Rainbow-Jordan Wilderness, an award-winning film by Damien Gillis and Valhalla Wilderness Society, that highlights a globally significant temperate rainforest near Revelstoke, B.C. The film is a culmination of eight years of devotion to protecting the forest of the Rainbow-Jordan Wilderness as a new park, and a […]
After the Easter egg hunt, come rock out at The Vic with the 1973 film adaptation of Tim Rice’s and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar. Great songs and story from Judas’ point of view tell the story of the last days of Christ.
Let’s go bowling! When it’s 4/20, you’ve got to watch The Big Lebowski. A case of mistaken identity, a urine soaked rug, an alleged kidnapping and, well, bowling of course … this Coen Brothers classic has it all, including Jeff Bridges, Sam Elliott, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore and more.
One to One: John & Yoko offers an exclusive, revelatory look at John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Greenwich Village life in the 1970s. Produced by their son Sean Ono Lennon, this documentary is packed with music as well as restored and never before seen footage of the couple’s only full-length concert. This is one not […]
Based on the bestselling novel, writer and teacher Iris (Naomi Watts) finds her comfortable, solitary New York life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor (Bill Murray) bequeaths her his beloved 150-pound Great Dane.
One to One: John & Yoko offers an exclusive, revelatory look at John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Greenwich Village life in the 1970s. Produced by their son Sean Ono Lennon, this documentary is packed with music as well as restored and never before seen footage of the couple’s only full-length concert. This is one not […]
Based on the bestselling novel, writer and teacher Iris (Naomi Watts) finds her comfortable, solitary New York life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor (Bill Murray) bequeaths her his beloved 150-pound Great Dane.