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  • poster for The Green Knight

    Tuesday Apr 16, 2024 at 6:00pm
    150 minutes

    Join us for our green selection for the Month of Colors with a free screening of The Green Knight. The film was directed by David Lowery and was released in 2021. The screening will take place in our auditorium, starts at 6:00PM and is free to attend.

    Note: The film is intended for a mature audience. 130 minutes. In English with subtitles.

  • Wednesday Apr 17, 2024 at 10:15am
    90 minutes

    Le français suit l’anglais. 
    Wallace (Radcliffe) is a medical school dropout who’s been burned by bad relationships. Just when all his friends, and even his goofy roommate Allan (Driver), seem to be finding love, Wallace decides to put romance on hold. Of course, that’s when he meets Chantry (Kazan), an animator who lives with her longtime boyfriend, Ben (Spall). The dreaded “F word” in this contemporary and hilarious romantic comedy is “friendship.” Wallace and Chantry form an instant connection, but are both committed to keeping things platonic, which might prove to be more difficult than either one of them imagined. “The F Word has charm to spare, and Radcliffe and Kazan are irresistible.”
    — Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
    2013. 102 min. English with French subtitles

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    Wallace (Radcliffe) est un décrocheur de l'école de médecine qui accumule les échecs amoureux. Lorsque tous ses amis, même son nigaud de coloc Allan (Driver), semblent avoir trouvé l'âme sœur, Wallace décide de mettre l'amour en veilleuse. Bien sûr, c'est à ce moment-là qu'il rencontre Chantry (Kazan), une dessinatrice d'animation qui vit avec son amoureux de longue date, Ben (Spall). Le « F Word » du titre anglais de cette comédie romantique et contemporaine très drôle ne fait pas référence à ce que l’on pense, mais plutôt à « friendship », ou amitié. Une complicité s'installe immédiatement entre Wallace et Chantry, mais ils sont résolus à ne rester que de bons amis, ce qui pourrait s'avérer plus difficile qu'ils ne le croient. « Et si jamais est une comédie tout à fait charmante. Radcliffe et Kazan sont irrésistibles. »
    — Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
    2013. 102 min. Anglais avec sous-titres français.

  • Wednesday Apr 17, 2024 at 12:00pm
    90 minutes

    Courageous and emotionally powerful, Fire follows Sita (Nandita Das) and Radha (Shabana Azmi), two women living in New Delhi who are disappointed with their arranged marriages. While Sita is trapped in a relationship with her cruel and unfaithful husband, Jatin (Jaaved Jaafei), Radha is married to his brother, Ashok (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), a religious zealot who believes in suppressing desire. Lonely and lacking in love and passion, the two women begin to seek solace and friendship in each other, only to discover a passionate romantic love that must be kept secret. When it was released in the late 1990s, Fire’s incendiary subject matter led to protests and government interventions in India. Years later, the internationally acclaimed film is as seductive and moving as ever. The film won seven awards at film festivals around the world, including "Most Popular Canadian Film" at the Vancouver International Film Festival. 1996. 104 min. English only.

  • Ru

    Wednesday Apr 17, 2024 at 2:00pm
    120 minutes

    L’anglais suit le français Après une périlleuse traversée du Pacifique, une famille de réfugiés vietnamiens s’installe à Montréal dans l’espoir de commencer une nouvelle vie. À travers une série de retours en arrière, le portrait complet de leur histoire se dévoile du point de vue du plus jeune membre de la famille, Tinh (Djandji), qui doit encore surmonter le traumatisme de ce qu’ils ont laissé derrière eux et qui a du mal à s’adapter à sa nouvelle vie et à sa nouvelle langue. Brillamment adaptée du roman éponyme de Kim Thúy, lauréat du prix du Gouverneur général, cette histoire de résilience face à l'adversité est saisissante et profondément émouvante.
    « Un film exceptionnel et magnifique. » – Isobel Grieve, Montréal Guardian

    2023. 120 min. Français avec sous-titres anglais
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    After a perilous journey across the pacific, a family of Vietnamese refugees settles in Montreal, in the hopes of starting a new life. Through a series of flashbacks, the whole picture of their story comes into view, as seen by the youngest family member, Tinh (Djandji), who is still processing the trauma of what they left behind, and struggling with her new setting and language. Brilliantly adapted from Kim Thúy’s Governor General Award-winning novel of the same name, this compassionate story of resilience in the face of adversity is stunningly captured and deeply moving. “An exceptional and beautiful film.” – Isobel Grieve, Montréal Guardian

    2023. 120 min. French with English subtitles.

  • Thursday Apr 18, 2024 at 6:00pm
    120 minutes

    Tous les mercredis, Pierre Brochant et ses amis organisent un dîner où chacun doit amener un con. Celui qui a trouvé le plus spectaculaire est déclaré vainqueur. Ce soir, Brochant exulte, il est sur d'avoir trouvé la perle rare, un con de classe mondiale: François Pignon, comptable au ministère des Finances et passionné de modèles réduits en allumettes. Ce qu'il ignore c'est que Pignon est passe maître dans l'art de déclencher des catastrophes. G, 120 minutes. 

  • obmn 3D double bill poster

    Saturday Apr 20, 2024 at 1:00pm
    210 minutes

    Ottawa Bad Movie Nights and Ottawa Public Library present a screening of The Mask (1961) and Robot Monster (1953) in glorious 3D!!!!!!!!! 3D Glasses will be provided for your enjoyment.

    The film is free to attend, starts at 1:00 PM and will take place in the Main branch auditorium.

  • poster for Yellow Sky

    Tuesday Apr 23, 2024 at 6:00pm
    150 minutes

    Join us for our yellow selection for the Month of Colors with a free screening of Yellow Sky. The film was directed by Wiiliam A. Wellman and was released in 1948. The screening will take place in our auditorium, starts at 6:00PM and is free to attend.

    Note: The film is intended for a mature audience. 98 minutes. In English with subtitles.

  • poster for Red Rocket

    Tuesday Apr 30, 2024 at 6:00pm
    150 minutes

    Join us for our red selection for the Month of Colors with a free screening of Red Rocket. The film was directed by Sean Baker and was released in 2021. The screening will take place in our auditorium, starts at 6:00PM and is free to attend.

    Note: The film is intended for a mature audience. 128 minutes. In English with subtitles.