’71 Screening: Thursday, October 22, 7:30 pm, Uptown Theatre, Screen 4 Directed by Yann Demange UK / 2014 / Action/Drama/Thriller / Rated 14A for coarse language, strong graphic violence, disturbing images, crude content, not suggested for young or sensitive viewers / 99 min. A young British soldier (Jack O’Connell) is accidentally abandoned by his unit […]

Grandma SCREENING: Thursday, October 22, 9:30 pm Uptown Theatre, screen 1   Written and Directed by Paul Weitz USA / 2015 / Comedy/Drama / Rated 14A for mature themes, coarse language and some drug use / 80 min.   “This constantly surprising character piece should spark deserved awards chatter for Tomlin.” – Scott Foundas, VARIETY […]

How To Change The World Screening: Friday, October 23, 4:00 pm Uptown Theatre, Screen 1 Written and Directed by Jerry Rothwell Canada/USA / 2015 / Documentary/Adventure / Rated PG for language, restrained portrayals of limited violence and disturbing scenes / 109 min. In 1971, a group of friends sailed into a nuclear test zone and […]

Love & Mercy - Gala Screening night Screening: Friday, October 23, 7:00 pm, Uptown Theatre, Screen 1 Directed by Bill Pohlad USA / 2014 / Drama/Biography / Rated 14A for thematic elements, drug content and language / 122 min. Love & Mercy paints an unconventional portrait of Beach Boys multi-tasking frontman and co-founder Brian Wilson […]

The After Party Friday, October 23, 9:00 pm Georgian BMW (Showroom), 220 Essa Road, Barrie Tickets: $35 Check out the Barrie Film Festival’s After Party and see how we do celebration! We’re kicking off the evening at Uptown Theatre with our gala screening of Love & Mercy, an extraordinary film about the life, loves and […]

Francofonia Screening: Saturday, October 24, 1:00 pm Uptown Theatre, Screen 1 Written and Directed by Alexander Sokurov / France/Germany/Netherlands / 2015 / Drama / Rated PG / French, German, Russian with English subtitles / 87 min. June 1940: as German troops marched into Paris, Jacques Jaujard and Count Franziskus Wolff Metternich worked together to protect […]

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story Screening: Saturday, October 24, 1:30 pm Uptown Theatre, Screen 4 Directed by Chad N. Walker, Co-Directed and written by Dave LaMattina USA / 2014 / Documentary / Rated PG / 90 min. For 45 years, Caroll Spinney has been beloved by generations of children as the man […]

Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made Directed by Jeremy Coon and Tim Skousen USA / 2015 / Documentary / Rated G / 104 min. SCREENING: Saturday, October 24, 3:00 pm Uptown Theatre, screen 1 “Fans of film, filmmaking and ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ are going to adore ‘Raiders!’ ” – […]

Slow West Screening: Saturday, October 24, 4:00 pm Uptown Theatre, Screen 4 Written and Directed by John Maclean UK/New Zealand / 2015 / Action/Thriller/Western / Rated 14A for graphic violence and brief coarse language / English and French with English subtitles / 84 min. Set in 19th century Colorado but undeniably European in sensibility, Slow […]

Sunshine Superman Screening: Saturday, October 24, 5:30 pm Uptown Theatre, Screen 1 Written and Directed by Marah Strauch Norway/USA / 2014 / Documentary/Biography / Rated PG for coarse language and tobacco use / 102 min. A heart-racing documentary portrait of Carl Boenish, the father of the BASE jumping movement, whose early passion for skydiving led […]