FEBRUARY

2017

THE

FILMHOUSE

Winter at The Film House

The Film House is simply the best place in Niagara to experience the rich world of cinema. Great films and fine Niagara wines make a good mix with a piping hot bag of popcorn!

Calendar Guide

First-run Features: Sundays at 4pm, Mondays at 8pm, Thursdays and Fridays at 7 and 9:30pm, and Saturdays at 4 and 7pm.Doc Spotlight: Wednesdays at 8pmFamily Films: Saturdays at 1pmSee the Music: Saturdays at 9:30pm

BECOME A FILM HOUSE MEMBER!

And receive $7 +HST entry to all films (2 ticket limit/screening)

A film house membership is only $25+HST. Valid one year from date of purchase.

NEW MEMBERSHIP PERKS! DISCOUNT AT CONCESSIONS!Film House members will receive at 15% discount of concession products, excluding alcohol.

FREE TICKETS! Attend the first screening of any feature run film (a film screened three or more times) and you qualify for a buy-one-get-one free discount. Members will also receive an additional two tickets to any screening of that film during its run to give to friends.

ADMISSIONS

$9 - general admission + HST$7 - member // 13 and under + HST

Feature FILMSMoonlightUSA 2016. Dir by Barry Jenkins. 111 min. 14A With numerous awards won, this tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality, has been deeply affecting audiences.

Hacksaw RidgeAustralia, USA 2016. Dir by Mel Gibson. 139 min. 18A The extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield) who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He believed that while the war was justified, killing was wrong. As an army medic, he single-handedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. Doss was the first conscientious objector to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Julieta Spain 2016. Dir by Pedro Almodóvar. 99 min. 18A Spanish maestro Pedro Almodóvar adapts three stories from Canadian Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro for this time-tripping tale about the relationship and eventual rupture between a Madrid teacher and her beloved daughter. After a chance meeting, middle-aged Julieta (Emma Suarez) learns that her long-lost daughter has resurfaced in Madrid. This begins a painful reflection by Julieta into her checkered past.

Manchester by the SeaUSA 2016. Dir by Kenneth Lonergan. 137 min. 14A After the death of his older brother Joe (Kyle Chandler), Lee (Casey Affleck) is shocked to learn that Joe has made him guardian of his nephew Patrick (Lucas Hedges). Lee returns to Manchester-by-the-Sea to care for Patrick and is forced to deal with a past that separated him from his wife Randi (Michelle Williams) and the community where he was born and raised. Bonded by the man who held their family together, Lee and Patrick struggle to adjust to a world without him.

NerudaChile, Argentina, France, Spain, USA 2016. Dir by Pablo Larraín. 107 min. 14A It’s 1948 and the Cold War has reached Chile. Senator - and renowned poet - Pablo Neruda (Luis Gnecco) accuses the government of betraying the Communist Party and is swiftly impeached. Police Prefect Oscar Peluchonneau (Gabriel Garcia Bernal) is assigned to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to flee the country with his wife, the painter Delia del Carril, but they are forced into hiding. Neruda sees this as an opportunity to reinvent himself.

DOC SPOTLIGHTI am the BluesCanada, USA 2015. Directed by Daniel Cross. 106 min. PG I am the Blues takes the audience on a musical journey through the swamps of the Louisiana Bayou, the juke joints of the Mississippi Delta and Moonshine soaked BBQs in the North Mississippi Hill Country. The film visits blues musicians rooted in the genre’s heyday, many in their 80s, still living in the American deep south and touring the Chitlin’ Circuit. Let Bobby Rush, Barbara Lynn, Henry Gray, Carol Fran, Little Freddie King, Lazy Lester, Bilbo Walker, and their friends awaken the blues in all of us.

Part of the SEE THE MUSIC Series! Other films in this series include Footloose, American Graffiti, and Performance.

Life, AnimatedUSA 2016. Directed by Roger Ross Williams. 89 min. PG This film is the real-life story of Owen Suskind, the son of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind and his wife, Cornelia. An autistic boy who couldn’t speak for years, Owen memorized dozens of Disney movies, turned them into a language to express love, loss, kinship, and brotherhood. The family was forced to become animated characters, communicating with him in Disney dialogue and song. Until they all emerge, together, revealing how, in darkness, we all literally need stories to survive.

GleasonUSA 2016. Directed by Clay Tweel. 110 min. 14A Shortly after former New Orleans Saints star defensive back Steve Gleason is diagnosed with ALS at the age of 34, he learns that his wife Michel is pregnant with their first child. Determined to live his remaining years to its fullest, Steve goes on an expedition to Alaska, creates a foundation to help other ALS patients, repairs a rocky relationship with his father, and embraces new technologies to help compensate for his deteriorating physical abilities — all with Michel’s unwavering support. Brimming with humor and heart, this inspirational documentary follows a man who battles overwhelming adversity to find his true purpose in life.

Mighty JeromeCanada 2010. Directed by Charles Officer. 84 min. NR From acclaimed filmmaker Charles Officer comes the story of the rise, fall and redemption of Harry Jerome, Canada’s most record-setting track and field star. Gorgeous monochrome imagery, impassioned interviews and astonishing archival footage are used to tell the triumphant and compelling story of what Harry Jerome’s own coach called “the greatest comeback in track and field history.”

SEE THE CREAM OF THE CROP!Film award season is here!

See this year's Oscar, Golden Globe,and Canadian Screen Awards lauded filmsat the Film House.

MoonlightI Am the BluesManchester by the SeaHacksaw RidgeNeruda

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

29 Jan 4p 7p 30 Jan 8p 31 Jan dark 1 Feb 8p 2 Feb 7p 9:30p 3 Feb 7p 9:30p 4 Feb 1p 4p 7p 9:30p

5 Feb 4p 7p 6 Feb 8p 7 Feb dark 8 Feb 8p 9 Feb 7p 9:30p 10 Feb 7p 9:30p 11 Feb 1p 4p 7p 9:30p

12 Feb 4p 7p 13 Feb 8p 14 Feb dark 15 Feb 8p 16 Feb 7p 9:30p 17 Feb 7p 9:30p 18 Feb 1p 4p 7p 9:30p

19 Feb 4p 7p 20 Feb 8p 21 Feb dark 22 Feb 8p 23 Feb 7p 9:30p 24 Feb 7p 9:30p 25 Feb 1p 4p 7p 9:30p

26 Feb 4p 7p 27 Feb 8p 28 Feb dark

FEBRUARY 2017

ONTARIO FILM AUTHORITY RATING

General (suitable for all)Parental Guidance AdvisedNot Rated [NR] Adult accompaniment 14-Adult accompaniment 18-Restricted to 18+

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Marathon screening in celebrationof the Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Mon 20 Feb at 12pm, 2:30pm, 5pm

FREE ADMISSIONwith concession purchase.