SCREENING: Saturday, February 6, 9:00 pm Directed by: Brian D. Johnson With: Margaret Atwood, Joseph Boyden, Leonard Cohen, Sarah Harmer, Eurithe Purdy Documentary, Rated PG, 92 min. (Canada)   Two-time Governor General’s Award-winner Al Purdy was a charismatic tower of contradictions: a “sensitive man” who whipped out a poem in a bar fight; a factory […]

SCREENING: Sunday, February 7, 2:00 pm Co-written and Directed by: Lisa Immordino Vreeland Documentary, Rated 14A for sexual content, 96 min. (USA/UK/Italy)   In Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict, Peggy Guggenheim found her unlikely vocation as art impresario while she was looking for her own identity. Her heritage, charisma, and unstoppable energy helped promote the careers […]

SCREENING: Sunday, February 7, 4:00 pm Directed by: Jay Roach Cast: Bryan Cranston, Helen Mirren, Diane Lane, Louis C.K. and John Goodman Biography/Drama, Rated 14A for coarse language including some sexual references, 124 minutes (USA)   Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) stars as prolific and embattled screenwriter Dalton Trumbo in this insightful and stirring drama about […]

SCREENING: Sunday, February 7, 7:00 pm Directed by: Phillip Baribeau With: Ben Masters, Ben Thamer, Jonny Fitzsimons and Thomas Glover Documentary, Rated 14A, 105 minutes (USA)   Ben Masters, a young Texas horseman, set out to inspire adoptions for 50,000 wild horses and burros living in government captivity. He gathered three friends and hatched an […]

The Girl in the Book Screening: Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 4pm Tickets: Adults $10, Senior/Senior $8 Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie Written and Directed by: Marya Cohn Cast: Emily VanCamp, Michael Nyqvist, Ana Mulvoy-Ten and Talia Balsam Drama, 14A for coarse language, sexual content and disturbing material, 86 minutes (USA) “Cohn displays deep […]

The Girl in the Book Screening: Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 8pm Tickets: Adults $10, Senior/Senior $8 Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie Written and Directed by: Marya Cohn Cast: Emily VanCamp, Michael Nyqvist, Ana Mulvoy-Ten and Talia Balsam Drama, 14A for coarse language, sexual content and disturbing material, 86 minutes (USA) “Cohn displays deep […]

Screening: Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 4pm Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie Directed by: Naji Abu Nowar Cast: Jacir Eid, Hassan Mutlag, Hussein Salameh, Jack Fox and Marji Audeh Drama/Adventure, PG for restrained portrayals of non-graphic violence, 100 minutes, Arabic with English Subtitles (United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, UK)   “A disarmingly complex […]

Screening: Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 7pm Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie Directed by: Naji Abu Nowar Cast: Jacir Eid, Hassan Mutlag, Hussein Salameh, Jack Fox and Marji Audeh Drama/Adventure, PG for restrained portrayals of non-graphic violence, 100 minutes, Arabic with English Subtitles (United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, UK)   “A disarmingly complex […]

Screening: Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 9:15pm Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie Directed by: Naji Abu Nowar Cast: Jacir Eid, Hassan Mutlag, Hussein Salameh, Jack Fox and Marji Audeh Drama/Adventure, PG for restrained portrayals of non-graphic violence, 100 minutes, Arabic with English Subtitles (United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, UK)   “A disarmingly complex […]

Screening: Thursday, March 3, 2016 - 4pm Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie Directed by: Naji Abu Nowar Cast: Jacir Eid, Hassan Mutlag, Hussein Salameh, Jack Fox and Marji Audeh Drama/Adventure, PG for restrained portrayals of non-graphic violence, 100 minutes, Arabic with English Subtitles (United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, UK)   “A disarmingly complex […]