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M E M B E R S H I P cinemagic TWO COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS $6.75 ADMISSION FOR YOU + 1 ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION E veryone is welcome at Cinecenta! We are a non-profit division of the University of Victoria Students’ Society, conceived as an inexpensive alternative for students, the University community and the public. The theatre is in the Student Union Building at UVic. Many buses come to UVic and stop right outside the SUB. The university charges a fee of $2.50 for parking on campus after 6pm and all day on Saturdays. There is no charge for parking on Sundays and holidays. Tickets and memberships go on sale 40 minutes before showtime. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment. 24-hour info Line: 250-721-8365 Cinecenta office: 250-721-8364 D O L B Y S T E R E O NOV - DEC 2014 $5.75 $4.75 $5.75 $6.75 $6.75 $6.75 $7.75 $50.00 $57.50 UVSS Students Special for UVSS students 9pm shows (or later) Seniors, Children (12 & under) Other Students Cinemagic Members UVic Alumni, Faculty, Staff, and guests(1 only) of above Non-members Matinees (all seats) TEN FILM DISCOUNT PASS UVSS Students, Seniors Members, UVic Staff (unavailable to non-members) But if you aren’t affiliated with UVic and are going to come more than once a year, you can save money by purchasing a Cinemagic Membership! All films are in English, or with English subtitles where noted. $17. 50 LOCATED IN THE STUDENT UNION BUILDING Everyone is welcome at Cinecenta! Kids’ Matinees Manager: Lisa Sheppard Programmer: Michael Hoppe Art + Design: Katie Hulbert nov 2 (3:00 matinee & 7:00) BOYHOOD Director: Richard Linklater; USA, 2014, 166 min; PG Cast: Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater, Ethan Hawke Its plot is the picture of simplicity: a boy grows up. But it is a film of deceiving depth, working as it does to unearth universal truths in the minutia of everyday life. A masterpiece of independent filmmaking, “Boyhood” is nothing short of an emotional epic, one that is moving and entirely unforgettable. Richard Linklater shot over 12 years. When we first meet the film’s main character, Mason, he is 5 years old and by the end of the film, Mason is off to college. The greatest movies, the ones that stick with us, are those that hold up a mirror to the human condition and reflect something back at us that we too often manage to overlook. —New Orleans Times-Picayune Pride SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS AT 1PM y ALL SEATS: $4.75 y $4.75 100% ON METACRITIC! 99% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES! SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY nov 5 (7:00 & 9:20) GOOD BYE LENIN! Wolfgang Becker; Germany, 121 min; subtitles Daniel Brühl stars in this offbeat, human comedy about the reunification not only of an entire nation, but of a family living in East Berlin in 1989. nov 6 (7:00 & 9:20) THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY Director: Lasse Halström; 2014, India/United Arab Emirates/USA, 123 min; rated G Lasse Halström’s delectable, satisfying comedy about competing cuisines and clashing cultures. Helen Mirren and Om Puri, the great patriarch of Indian cinema, co-star as rival restaurant owners who wage a battle for gastronomic supremacy from the first appetizer to the final cognac. Let the best menu win. New York Observer nov 9 (3:00 matinee & 7:00 & 9:00) AWAKE: THE LIFE OF YOGANANDA Directors: Paola di Florio & Lisa Leeman; USA, 2014, 87 minutes An unconventional biography about the Hindu Swami who brought yoga and meditation to the West in the 1920s. Paramahansa Yogananda authored the spiritual classic “Autobiography of a Yogi,” which has sold millions of copies worldwide and is a go-to book for seekers, philosophers and yoga enthusiasts today. (Apparently, it was the only book that Steve Jobs had on his iPad.) By personal- izing his own quest for enlightenment, Yogananda made ancient Vedic teachings accessible to a modern audience (including Kirtan master Krishna Das and George Harrison of the Beatles), attracting many followers and inspiring the millions who practice yoga today. Filmed over three years in 30 countries, the documentary examines the world of yoga, modern and ancient, east and west and explores why millions today have turned their attention inwards, bucking the limitations of the material world in pursuit of self-realization. PMK*BNC NOV 12 & 13 (7:00 & 9:00) 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH Directors: Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard; UK, 2014, 98 min; PG An inventive, lyrical ode to creativity, featuring musician and cultural icon Nick Cave. Fusing drama and reality by weaving the journey of a fictional day in Cave’s life, the film is an intimate portrayal of the artistic process. If this isn’t quite all you wanted to know about Nick Cave, at least it’s all the great Australian singer-songwriter, novelist, screen- writer, actor is ready to share - which is more than enough. It’s part personal inventory, part artistic manifesto, part fantasy, part rock show, and pure Nick Cave. It is set to an original score by Cave and Warren Ellis. —Vancouver International Film Festival NOV 14 & 15 (3:00 matinee & 7:00 & 9:10) THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU Director: Shawn Levy; USA, 2014, 104 min; 14A Cast: Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda, Adam Driver, Rose Byrne, Corey Stoll, Kathryn Hahn, Connie Britton, Timothy Olyphant. A faintly preposterous notion of a dysfunctional family, but when you put this many funny, empathetic actors in one room, a middlebrow entertainment is bound to get hitched up at the waist. This is not a great movie, but it is an awfully likable one. An estranged family forced to reconnect when they sit shiva for their late father. Subtle it ain’t, but there’s an undercurrent of palpable rage tha t pokes through the (very funny) banter-banter gloss of the thing, and the actors rip into it with relish. —Austin Chronicle nov 3 & 4 (7:00 only) nov 7 & 8 (3:00 matinee & 7:00 & 9:20) nov 10 & 11 (7:00 & 9:00) NOV 2 KIDS MATINEE 1 PM TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES NOV 8 KIDS MATINEE 1 PM GREASE NOV 9 KIDS MATINEE 1 PM GREASE NOV 15 KIDS MATINEE 1 PM HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 NOV - DEC 2014 CINECENTA.COM Force Majeure nov 1 & 2 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 2014, 102 min; PG – violence The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and dis- cover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They must work with fearless report- er April (Megan Fox) and her wise-cracking cameraman (Will Arnett) to save the city. nov 8 & 9 GREASE 1978, 111 min; rated PG Energetic musical numbers highlight this 1950s high-school romance between Danny (John Travolta) and Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) Songs include Summer Nights, Hopelessly Devoted to You, Greased Lightning, You’re The One That I Want. NOV 15 & 16 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 Dean DeBlois; 2014, 102 min; rated G – violence When Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace. NOV 22 & 23 DOLPHIN TALE 2 Director: Charles Martin Smith; 2014, 108 min; rated G The team of people who saved Winter’s life reassemble in the wake of her surrogate mother’s passing in order to find her a companion so she can remain at the Clearwater Marine Hospital. NOV 29 & 30 THE BOXTROLLS Director: Anthony Stacchi; 2014, 97 min; rated G – may frighten young children In the village of Cheesebridge, a Victorian- era berg obsessed with stinky fine cheeses, Eggs, a young boy raised by the Boxtrolls, a lovable group of cave-dwelling trash collectors, tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator, with the help of a wealthy girl named Winnie. DEC 6 & 7 A CHRISTMAS STORY Bob Clark; 1983, 94 min; rated PG This delightfully funny holiday gem tells the story of Ralphie (Peter Billingsley), a 1940’s nine-year-old who pulls out all the stops to obtain the ultimate Christmas present. “LINKLATER’S MASTERPIECE!” The New York Times COMMEMORATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF THE WALL! “ONE OF THOSE RARE MOVIES THAT GETS BETTER AS IT GOES ALONG.” –San Francisco Chronicle “A SOLID, INTELLIGENT MOVIE ABOUT THE JOYS OF EXPANDING OUR HORIZONS — IN ALL DIRECTIONS.” –Chicago Sun-Times “EPIC AND TIMELESS.” LA Yoga “AN ABSOLUTE TREASURE.” The Movie Network Wier! DIRECTION & EDITING DOCUMENTARY AWARDS! --Sundance Film Festival 2014 9 BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! 0

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Page 1: Cinemagic Members UVic Alumni, Faculty, Staff, and guests ......cover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They must work with fearless report- er April (Megan Fox) and her

MEMBERSHIPcinemagic

TWO COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS

$6.75 ADMISSION FOR YOU +

1 ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION

Everyone is welcome at Cinecenta! We are a non-profit division of the University of Victoria Students’ Society, conceived as an inexpensive alternative for students, the University community and the public. The theatre is in the Student Union Building

at UVic. Many buses come to UVic and stop right outside the SUB. The university charges a fee of $2.50 for parking on campus after 6pm and all day on Saturdays. There is no charge for parking on Sundays and holidays. Tickets and memberships go on sale 40 minutes before showtime. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

24-hour info Line: 250-721-8365 Cinecenta office: 250-721-8364

D O L B Y S T E R E O

N O V - D E C 2 0 1 4$5.75

$4.75

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$6.75

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$50.00

$57.50

UVSS StudentsSpecial for UVSS students9pm shows (or later)

Seniors, Children (12 & under)

Other Students

Cinemagic Members

UVic Alumni, Faculty, Staff, and guests(1 only) of above

Non-members

Matinees (all seats)

TEN FILM DISCOUNT PASSUVSS Students, SeniorsMembers, UVic Staff(unavailable to non-members)

But if you aren’t affiliated with UVic and are going to come more than once a year, you can save money by purchasing a Cinemagic Membership!All films are in English, or with English subtitles where noted. $1

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LOCATED IN THE STUDENT UNION BUILDINGEveryone is welcome at Cinecenta!

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nov 2 (3:00 matinee & 7:00)

BOYHOOD Director: Richard Linklater; USA, 2014, 166 min; PG Cast: Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater, Ethan HawkeIts plot is the picture of simplicity: a boy grows up. But it is a film of deceiving depth, working as it does to unearth universal truths in the minutia of everyday life. A masterpiece of independent filmmaking, “Boyhood” is nothing short of an emotional epic, one that is moving and entirely unforgettable. Richard Linklater shot over 12 years. When we first meet the film’s main character, Mason, he is 5 years old and by the end of the film, Mason is off to college. The greatest movies, the ones that stick with us, are those that hold up a mirror to the human condition and reflect something back at us that we too often manage to overlook. —New Orleans Times-Picayune

Pride

SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS AT 1PM y ALL SEATS: $4.75 y

$4.75

100% ON METACRITIC! 99% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES!

SUNDAYMONDAYTUESDAYWEDNESDAYTHURSDAYFRIDAYSATURDAY

nov 5 (7:00 & 9:20)

GOOD BYE LENIN! Wolfgang Becker; Germany, 121 min; subtitles Daniel Brühl stars in this offbeat, human comedy about the reunification not only of an entire nation, but of a family living in East Berlin in 1989.

nov 6 (7:00 & 9:20)

THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY Director: Lasse Halström; 2014, India/United Arab Emirates/USA, 123 min; rated G Lasse Halström’s delectable, satisfying comedy about competing cuisines and clashing cultures. Helen Mirren and Om Puri, the great patriarch of Indian cinema, co-star as rival restaurant owners who wage a battle for gastronomic supremacy from the first appetizer to the final cognac. Let the best menu win. —New York Observer

nov 9 (3:00 matinee & 7:00 & 9:00)

AWAKE: THE LIFE OF YOGANANDA Directors: Paola di Florio & Lisa Leeman; USA, 2014, 87 minutes An unconventional biography about the Hindu Swami who brought yoga and meditation to the West in the 1920s. Paramahansa Yogananda authored the spiritual classic “Autobiography of a Yogi,” which has sold millions of copies worldwide and is a go-to book for seekers, philosophers and yoga enthusiasts today. (Apparently, it was the only book that Steve Jobs had on his iPad.) By personal-izing his own quest for enlightenment, Yogananda made ancient Vedic teachings accessible to a modern audience (including Kirtan master Krishna Das and George Harrison of the Beatles), attracting many followers and inspiring the millions who practice yoga today.Filmed over three years in 30 countries, the documentary examines the world of yoga, modern and ancient, east and west and explores why millions today have turned their attention inwards, bucking the limitations of the material world in pursuit of self-realization. —PMK*BNC

NOV 12 & 13 (7:00 & 9:00)

20,000 DAYS ON EARTH Directors: Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard; UK, 2014, 98 min; PG An inventive, lyrical ode to creativity, featuring musician and cultural icon Nick Cave. Fusing drama and reality by weaving the journey of a fictional day in Cave’s life, the film is an intimate portrayal of the artistic process. If this isn’t quite all you wanted to know about Nick Cave, at least it’s all the great Australian singer-songwriter, novelist, screen-writer, actor is ready to share - which is more than enough. It’s part personal inventory, part artistic manifesto, part fantasy, part rock show, and pure Nick Cave. It is set to an original score by Cave and Warren Ellis. —Vancouver International Film Festival

NOV 14 & 15 (3:00 matinee & 7:00 & 9:10)

THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU Director: Shawn Levy; USA, 2014, 104 min; 14ACast: Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda, Adam Driver, Rose Byrne, Corey Stoll, Kathryn Hahn, Connie Britton, Timothy Olyphant. A faintly preposterous notion of a dysfunctional family, but when you put this many funny, empathetic actors in one room, a middlebrow entertainment is bound to get hitched up at the waist. This is not a great movie, but it is an awfully likable one. An estranged family forced to reconnect when they sit shiva for their late father. Subtle it ain’t, but there’s an undercurrent of palpable rage tha t pokes through the (very funny) banter-banter gloss of the thing, and the actors rip into it with relish. —Austin Chronicle

nov 3 & 4 (7:00 only)nov 7 & 8 (3:00 matinee & 7:00 & 9:20)

nov 10 & 11 (7:00 & 9:00)

NOV 2 KIDS MATINEE 1 PM TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLESNOV 8 KIDS MATINEE 1 PM GREASE

NOV 9 KIDS MATINEE 1 PM GREASENOV 15 KIDS MATINEE 1 PM HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2

N O V - D E C 2 0 1 4 C I N E C E N T A . C O M

Force Majeure

nov 1 & 2

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES2014, 102 min; PG – violenceThe future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and dis-cover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They must work with fearless report-er April (Megan Fox) and her wise-cracking cameraman (Will Arnett) to save the city.

nov 8 & 9

GREASE1978, 111 min; rated PGEnergetic musical numbers highlight this 1950s high-school romance between Danny (John Travolta) and Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) Songs include Summer Nights, Hopelessly Devoted to You, Greased Lightning, You’re The One That I Want.

NOV 15 & 16

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2Dean DeBlois; 2014, 102 min; rated G – violenceWhen Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace.

NOV 22 & 23

DOLPHIN TALE 2Director: Charles Martin Smith; 2014, 108 min; rated GThe team of people who saved Winter’s life reassemble in the wake of her surrogate mother’s passing in order to find her a companion so she can remain at the Clearwater Marine Hospital.

NOV 29 & 30

THE BOXTROLLSDirector: Anthony Stacchi; 2014, 97 min; rated G – may frighten young childrenIn the village of Cheesebridge, a Victorian-era berg obsessed with stinky fine cheeses, Eggs, a young boy raised by the Boxtrolls, a lovable group of cave-dwelling trash collectors, tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator, with the help of a wealthy girl named Winnie.

DEC 6 & 7

A CHRISTMAS STORYBob Clark; 1983, 94 min; rated PGThis delightfully funny holiday gem tells the story of Ralphie (Peter Billingsley), a 1940’s nine-year-old who pulls out all the stops to obtain the ultimate Christmas present.

“LINKLATER’S MASTERPIECE!” –The New York Times

COMMEMORATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF THE WALL!

“ONE OF THOSE RARE MOVIES THAT GETS BETTER

AS IT GOES ALONG.” –San Francisco Chronicle

“A SOLID, INTELLIGENT MOVIE ABOUT THE JOYS OF EXPANDING OUR HORIZONS — IN ALL DIRECTIONS.” –Chicago Sun-Times

“EPIC AND TIMELESS.” –LA Yoga

“AN ABSOLUTE TREASURE.” –The Movie Network

Winner! DIRECTION & EDITING

DOCUMENTARY AWARDS! --Sundance Film Festival 2014

9 BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! 0

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NOV 16 (3:00 matinee & 7:10 & 9:00)

ETERNITY – THE MOVIEDirector: Ian Thorpe; USA, 2014, 88 minThe 1980s return in full comedic force with “Eternity” — whether you’ve lived through the hilarious hair and regrettable fashion choices or not, get ready to laugh to the max for all of eternity. –Content Magazine It’s 1985 all over again, and Todd and BJ (who works at BJ Maxx’s) discover the smooth white-boy soul they can make together as ‘Eternity,’ a hopelessly awkward but amazingly tuneful duo that looks strangely like Hall & Oates. The music is fantastic, and the playful are-they/aren’t-they banter that runs through the whole film is amusing and sharp. This movie owes a lot to “Napoleon Dynamite” (and even has Jon Gries in it). —AMFM Magazine

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

NOV 17 (7:10 & 9:00) nov 18 (7:15 only)

? MYSTERY MOVIE ?SPECIAL ADVANCE SNEAK PREVIEW!

Be among the exclusive few in Victoria to see a brand-new feature film before it is released to theatres. It could be a docu-mentary, a comedy or a drama; in English or have subtitles. See a movie specially selected for Cinecenta’s audience!

nov 19 & 20 (7:00 & 9:20)

THE CONGRESSDirector: Ari Folman; Israel/Germany/Poland, 2014, 122 min; starring Robin WrightAri Folman (“Waltz with Bashir”) directed this kaleidoscopic satire of the entertain-ment business, combining live action with psychedelic animation. It stars Robin Wright (“House of Cards”) as “Robin Wright,” an aging actress and former Princess Bride whose career prospects seem bleak until a callous executive offers to purchase her cinematic identity for 20 years. Things then take a decidedly trippy turn, as the story jumps ahead 20 years. Constantly blurring the lines between character and actor, live-action and animation, reality and fantasy, red pill and blue pill, “Congress” is a visually dazzling and riveting meditation on corporate greed. —exclaim.ca

nov 21 & 22 (3:00 matinee & 7:00 & 9:00)

THE F WORD Wallace is a hopeless romantic. He meets animator Chantry – who, unfortunately, is already in a relationship. Ignoring their attraction, the pair decide to remain friends, which turns out to be far more difficult than they imagined. The year’s freshest and most winning romantic comedy is contemporary, and most importantly very, very funny. –TIFF

nov 21 & 22 (11:00pm)

THE ROOM

stars and screams: “YOU’RE TEARING ME APART, LISA!!!”

nov 23 (3:00 matinee & 7:00)

LA DOLCE VITAFederico Fellini; Italy, 1960, 175 min; Italian with subtitles; PG The biggest hit from the most popular Italian filmmaker of all time, this rocketed Fellini to international success—ironically, by offering a damning critique of the cul-ture of stardom. A look at the darkness beneath the seductive lifestyles of Rome’s rich and glamorous, the film follows a noto-rious celebrity journalist (a sublimely cool Marcello Mastroianni).

nov 24 & 25 (7:00 & 9:15)

THE CAPTIVEDirector: Atom Egoyan; Canada, 2014, 112 min; PG Despite some plot developments that strain credulity, Atom Egoyan’s wintry, Niagara Falls-set abduction thriller focusing chiefly on the emotional toll a young girl’s disap-pearance takes on the lives of her parents (played to anguished perfection by Ryan Reynolds and Mireille Enos) and law enforcers is an engrossing, visually striking variation on a genre. Artfully toggling between his signature, time-shifting style and mainstream expectations, Egoyan is less interested in whodunit conventions than cap-turing, with stylized eeriness, a crime’s psychic impact within a jigsaw-like, technology-propelled narrative that pays dividends for those who can overlook its credibility gaps. —Victoria Times-Colonist

nov 26 & 27 (7:00 & 9:00)

THE GREEN PRINCEDirector: Nadav Schirman; Germany/USA/UK, 2014, 101 min; PG Nadav Schirman’s terrific double-dealing documentary tells the story of Mosab Yousef, the cherished son of Palestinian and Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef, who agrees to spy on his father for the Israeli secret service. Mosab insists that he is motivated by disillusion with Hamas, and by a desire to bring peace to the region, although it is clear that he’s also excited by the subterfuge. The deeper he goes the more his loyalties become tangled. He becomes the link between Hamas and Shin Bet, playing both sides off against one another. Mosab sells his father down the river in a last-ditch attempt to keep him out of harm’s way, reasoning that he will be safer in jail than on the streets of Ramallah. Schirman’s film is as gripping as any high-concept Hollywood thriller and as psychologically knotty as Greek tragedy. —The Guardian

nov 28 & 29 (3:00 matinee & 7:00 & 9:20)

PRIDEDirector: Matthew Warchus; UK, 2014, 121 min; PG An entirely entertaining movie about a magical occurrence during the British coal miners’ strike of 1984-85. When the Thatcher government threatens to close down the country’s pits, a young gay-rights activist (Ben Schnetzer) leads a group of gays and lesbians to the dreary South Wales town where they are greeted with varying degrees of warmth, hostil-ity, and astonishment. The director gives the material a lilting charm. With Bill Nighy; the great Imelda Staunton, in feisty form; and Dominic West, who breaks the ice by putting on the seventies disco number “Shame, Shame, Shame,” turning a testy meet and greet into a delirious uproar. —The New Yorker

Dec 1 & 2 (7:00 & 9:10)

GOD HELP THE GIRLDirector: Stuart Murdoch; UK, 2014, 108 min; PG Turn your twee up to eleven with the directorial debut of Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch, a Glasgow-set saga of young love and musical dreams. The culmi-nation of project that began with a 2009 song cycle of the same name is a charm-ingly off-kilter modern musical set in the boho enclaves of Glasgow. Aspiring musi-cian Eve (Emily Browning) hooks up with songwriter James (Olly Alexander) and guitarist Cass (Hannah Murray). The new friends form a three-piece and set out to conquer the hearts of kids everywhere. A winningly whimsical indie-pop fantasia! —Toronto International Film Festival

dec 3 & 4 (7:00 & 9:10)

DR. CABBIEDirector: Jean-Francois Pouliot: Canada, 2014, 104 min; PG Vinay Virmani plays Deepak, who upon graduating from medical school in India, packs up his mom and moves to Toronto with the expectation of starting a medical practice. Reality and disillusion quickly set in when it becomes clear the door is closed and Deepak finds himself slumming it as a cabbie, along with a lot of overqualified people from other parts of the world. Deepak starts treating patients in the back seat of his taxi, doling out advice and prescriptions. Dr. Cabbie manages to be lighthearted, amusing and occasion-ally heartwarming. With his handsome features and soulful eyes, Virmani is a natural leading man. “Big Bang Theory” star Kunal Nayyar gets a chance to play against type as Deepak’s buddy, Tony, a fast-talking lounge lizard. —Toronto Star

dec 5 & 6 (3:00 matinee & 7:10 & 8:45)

ALIVE INSIDE: A STORY OF MUSIC AND MEMORYDirector: Michael Rossato-Bennett; USA, 2013, 74 minutes“Alive Inside” investigates the power music has to awaken deeply locked memories. The film follows Dan Cohen, a social worker, who decides to bring iPods to a nursing home. Many residents suffering from memory loss and Alzheimer’s Disease seem to “awaken” when they are able to listen to music from their past. With great excitement, Dan turns to renowned neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks, and we follow them as we investigate the mys-terious way music functions inside our brains. A joyous celebration of music’s capacity to reawaken our souls. —Rose Theatre

dec 7 (3:00 matinee & 7:00 & 9:10)

MY OLD LADYDirector: Israel Horovitz; UK/France, 2014,108 min; PGCast: Kevin Kline, Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott-ThomasWhen Matthais (Kevin Kline) arrives in the City of Lights, he’s a broken man. His overall failure makes him the object of barbs from Mathilde (Maggie Smith), whom he finds living in the flat that was his sole inheritance from his distant father. He wants to sell the apart-ment and move on, but Mathilde informs him that she comes with the place because of the French viager system. Matthais’s presence, in turn, vexes Mathilde’s daughter Chloë (Kristin Scott Thomas). Writer-director Horovitz takes this farcical setup and flips it on its ear, as the regrets of a prior generation make themselves manifest…. —The Wrap

dec 8 (7:00 & 9:10) dec 9, 10 & 11 (7:00 & 9:20)

FORCE MAJEUREDirector: Ruben ÖstlundSweden, 2014, 120 min; Swedish with subtitlesRuben Östlund’s riveting drama features a desperate man whose world crumbles around him. After an avalanche at a ski resort in the Alps, a family’s escape is overshadowed by husband/father Tomas’ cowardice in the clutch. It seems that running for his (own) life with-out a second thought for his family is a slight his wife Ebba just can’t shake. Tomas, or course, denies it ever happened. Unfortunately, he can’t persuade his wife to love him or his two kids to trust him. Over the next few days, the ski holiday comes to resemble a pur-gatory of humiliation, dejection and rejection for the red-faced patriarch. Perhaps the most surprising thing about “Force Majeure” is how funny it is. Admittedly the humour is rather uncomfortable. (The avalanche, incidentally, is an impressive cameo from Whistler-Blackcomb’s snowpack.) Östlund has fashioned what amounts to a comedy of manners—or perhaps quite the opposite, as there’s nothing like a brush with mortality to make good manners look irrelevant. —Vancouver International Film Festival

dec 12 & 13 (7:00 & 9:00)

ELSA & FREDDirector: Michael Radford; USA, 2014, 94 minCast: Christopher Plummer. Shirley MacLaine, Marcia Gay Harden, James Brolin, George Segal, Chris NothThis charming romantic comedy finds Elsa (Shirley MacLaine), a gregarious retiree who’s as lively as the New Orleans streets outside her apartment. When straight-laced widower Fred (Christopher Plummer) moves into her apartment building, the two fight and flirt like old lovers. Fred just wants to be left alone, but she won’t hear of it! This spirited script was adapted from an original film that played in theaters in Latin America for a year. —Mongrel Media

dec 14 & 15 (7:00 & 9:00)

REGARDING SUSAN SONTAGDirector: Nancy Kates; USA, 2014, 100 minOn Photography, “Notes on Camp,” Illness as Metaphor, Against Interpretation—Susan Sontag’s contributions to the intellectual zeitgeist of the 1960s, 70s and 80s is beyond reproach for its seriousness of purpose and wide-ranging influence. And while it might seem that that very seriousness would make Sontag less than happy with Nancy Kates’ intimate portrait of the writer—a portrait that delves into Sontag’s personal life as much as it surveys her critical and literary accomplishments—even the famously analytical intellectual would be hard-pressed not to see the value in transforming an icon into a human being, made of flesh and blood. Kates does this marvellously well, with the result being that Sontag comes into sharp focus, perhaps for the first time. —Vancouver International Film Festival

dec 16 (7:00 & 9:20)

THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEYLasse Halström; 2014, India/United Arab Emirates/USA, 123 min; rated GA delectable comedy about competing cuisines and clashing cultures. Helen Mirren and Om Puri, the great patriarch of Indian cinema, co-star as rival restaurant own-ers who wage a battle for gastronomic supremacy.

dec 17 (7:00 only)

BOYHOODUSA, 2014, 166 min; PGCast: Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater, Ethan HawkeIts plot is the picture of simplicity: a boy grows up. Richard Linklater shot “Boyhood” over 12 years. When we first meet Mason, played by Ellar Coltrane, he is 5 years old and by the time the film ends, Mason is heading off to college. In the meantime, we watch Mason grow up before our eyes. —New Orleans Times-Picayune

dec 18 (7:10 & 9:10)

MAGIC IN THEMOONLIGHTDirector: Woody Allen; USA, 2014, 99 min; rated G Cast: Emma Stone, Colin FirthA lighthearted romance set in 1920s France. Colin Firth is highly amusing as a stage magician who sets out to debunk a self-proclaimed psychic, played charmingly by Emma Stone.

dec 19 (7:00 only)

LOVE ACTUALLYRichard Curtis; UK/USA, 2003, 135 min; Blu-ray; 14AThis ultimate British romantic comedy has become a cult favour! The all-star cast includes Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Bill Nighy, Keira Knightley, and Rowan Atkinson.

nov 30

(3:00 matinee & 7:00 & 9:20)

PRIDEDirector: Matthew Warchus; UK, 2014, 121 min; PG [Please see Nov 28 & 29 description]

dec 20 (7:00 only)

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFEFrank Capra; USA, 1946, 129 min; rated GOne of the most treasured films in Hollywood history. Jimmy Stewart stars a small-town everyman whose life changes one snowy Christmas Eve.

Tommy Wiseau; USA, 2003, 99 min; 14AOne of the best worst movies ever made! An instant cult classic. You have to see it to believe it! Tommy Wiseau wrote, directed,

NOV 16 KIDS MATINEE 1 PM HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 NOV 22 KIDS MATINEE 1 PM DOLPHIN TALE 2

Director: Mike Dowse; Canada, 2014, 98 min; PG Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Zoey Kazan

NOV 23 KIDS MATINEE 1 PM DOLPHIN TALE 2 NOV 29 KIDS MATINEE 1 PM THE BOXTROLLS

NOV 30 KIDS MATINEE 1 PM THE BOXTROLLS DEC 6 KIDS MATINEE 1 PM A CHRISTMAS STORY

DEC 7 KIDS MATINEE 1 PM A CHRISTMAS STORY

Manager’s Pick!

All seats $4.75!

“A HEADY HEAD-TRIP!” –Montreal Gazette

$4.75 for UVic undergrads!

“IRRESISIBLE!” –Rolling Stone

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BIG SCREENClassic

“A POWERFUL MORAL DOCUMENT.” –Philadelphia Inquirer

“ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES OF THE YEAR!”

–San Francisco Chronicle

“A JOYOUS FILM, FULL OF LOVE AND WARMTH. TRULY LOVELY.”

–Time Out London

“NO ONE COMES OUT AND SAYS THAT MUSIC IS THE LANGUAGE OF THE SOUL, BUT NO ONE HAS TO. WE SEE IT HAPPENING RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES.”

–LA Times

“ABSOLUTELY JOYOUS!” –Washington Post

“VISUALLY STUNNING!” –Variety

Winner! UN CERTAIN REGARD

JURY PRIZE --Cannes Film Festival

“A BRUTALLY SMART AND ORIGINAL FILM.” –The Playlist

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Happy Holidays, Movielovers!

CINECENTA CLOSED DEC 21 – JAN 1