ONE TAKE DOC SERIES | Thursday, March 12 and Saturday, March 14 | A Russian teacher secretly documents his small town school’s transformation into a war recruitment center during the Ukraine invasion, revealing the ethical dilemmas educators face amid propaganda and militarization.
MIRA NAIR | Friday, March 13 at 7:30pm | Young Krishna struggles to survive among the drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes in the back alleys and gutters of India. This Cannes Film Festival winner, and Oscar-nominee cemented Nair as a director to watch in world cinema.
MARCH MERYL MADNESS x REMEMBERING ROBERT REDFORD | Saturday, March 14 at 7:00pm | In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter. Starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, and directed by Sydney Pollack
WORLD OF ANIMATION | Wednesday, March 18 at 7:30pm | In a town divided by duty and class, Vincent, a glassmaker’s son, and Alliz, a violinist who is the colonel’s daughter, fall in love. As their bond grows, rising tensions between their families threaten to pull them apart. Brought to life through stunning hand-drawn animation, The Glassworker is a poetic tale of first love, family, and the price of staying true to your art.
MARCH MERYL MADNESS | Thursday, March 19 at 7:30pm | Rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river in this crowd-pleasing action-adventure. Starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, and David Strathairn
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE | Saturday, March 21 and Sunday, March 29 | Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet (Hiran Abeysekera) dares to ask the ultimate question – you know the one — in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | LIMITED RUN: March 22-29 | Discussion on Monday, March 23 | Detroit hockey prodigy Dean Youngblood joins the Hamilton Mustangs, where his pride and prowess are tested.
MARCH MERYL MADNESS | Sunday, March 22 at 3:30pm | A Catholic school principal (Meryl Streep) questions a priest’s (Philip Seymour Hoffman) ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student, and — despite her lack of evidence — begins a personal crusade against the priest. With Amy Adams and Viola Davis.
STAFF PICKS | 35MM FILM | Sunday, March 22 at 7:00pm | Artistic, sophisticated and centuries old, two vampire lovers (Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston) ponder their ultimate place in modern society. Directed by Jim Jarmusch.
SCIENCE ON SCREEN | Tuesday, March 24 at 7:00pm | FREE | Mike Lazaridis and his best friend Douglas Fregin attempt to revolutionise the communications industry in the story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world’s first smartphone. | With a presentation: “From Blackberry to ChatGPT: Why Is Tech so Addictive?” by Wendy Norris, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Social Computing, Nazareth University
MARCH MERYL MADNESS | Wednesday, March 25 at 7:30pm | Independent hotelier Donna (Meryl Streep) is preparing for her daughter’s wedding, while spirited bride-to-be Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) invites three men from her mother’s past in order to discern which is her biological father. Based on the stage musical of the same name, and featuring the music of ABBA.
FOAM, FELT & FROGS | Thursday, March 26 at 7:00pm | Kermit and his friends go to New York City to get their musical on Broadway only to find it’s a more difficult task than they anticipated.
MIRA NAIR | Saturday, March 28 at 3:00pm | Living in the slums of Kampala, Uganda, is a constant struggle for young Phiona and her family. Her world changes when she meets Robert Katende, a missionary who teaches children how to play chess. Starring Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo.
MARCH MERYL MADNESS | Sunday, March 29 at 7:00pm | A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt ‘The Orchid Thief’ by Susan Orlean for the screen. From director Spike Jonze and writer and Charlie Kaufman, starring Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, and Chris Cooper.
STAFF PICKS | Monday, April 6 at 7:30pm | Adventurer Lara Croft explores lost empires and discovers immeasurable treasures in her daily life, but a secret from the past of her father, a missing archaeologist, will lead her to one of her greatest challenges.