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Opening
From
Feb 3
Albert Nobbs (UK/Ireland, D: Rodrigo Garcia, site)
A woman disguises herself as a man to gain employment in 19th century Ireland. With Glenn Close.
City: Empress Walk    Varsity
Suburbs: Kennedy Commons    Winston Churchill
 
The Innkeepers (USA, D: Ti West, site)
Staff at an historic hotel play amateur ghosthunters before the building closes for good.
City: Lightbox
 
  Inside Lara Roxx (Canada/USA, D: Mia Donovan, site)
A Montreal girl contracts HIV working in the porn industry. Documentary.
City: Royal (one show nightly, no show Sun,Thu)
 
  Miss Bala (Mexico, D: Gerardo Naranjo, site)
An aspiring beauty queen becomes caught up in Mexico's notorious drug war.
City: Yonge & Dundas
 
  Moon Point (Canada, D: Sean Cisterna, site)
A directionless twentysomething gets it into his head to drag an old schooldays crush to his cousin's wedding.
City: Yonge & Dundas
 
  Pink Ribbons, Inc. (Canada, D: Lea Pool, site)
Pool is outraged by the co-opting of the fight against breast cancer.
City: Carlton    Kingsway    Yonge & Dundas
Suburbs: Interchange    Kennedy Commons    Winston Churchill
 
  The Ponzi Scheme (USA/Canada, D: Billie Mintz, site)
The filmmaker investigates the Ponzi Scheme that drained his life savings.
City: Projection Booth (one show daily, no show Sun)
 
  Le Vendeur (Canada, D: Sebastien Pilote, site)
An aging salesman remains committed to and successful at his job even as his community experiences upheaval. Selected as one of Canada's Top Ten for 2011.
City: Cumberland
 
  W.E. (UK, D: Madonna, site)
The King Edward VIII/Wallis Simpson romance of the past informs a modern day affair.
City: Carlton
 
   
Closing
Until
Feb 1
The Divide (Germany/USA, D: Xavier Gens, site)
Nuclear survivors stranded in their apartment building basement butt heads. With Michael Biehn.
City: Scotiabank
 
 
Until
Feb 2
Buck (USA, D: Cindy Meehl, site)
A profile of real-life horse whisperer Buck Brannaman.
City: Projection Booth (one show daily)
 
Melancholia (Denmark/Sweden/France, D: Lars Von Trier, site)
A new bride deals with crippling depression just as the appearance of another planet threatens to annhilate all life on Earth. With Kirsten Dunst, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling and Charlotte Gainsbourg. From the director of Antichrist and Breaking The Waves.
City: Lightbox
 
  Tyrannosaur (UK, D: Paddy Considine, site)
A man driven by rage seeks redemption in the person of a charity worker.
City: Cumberland
 
  The Way (USA/Spain, D: Emilio Estevez, site)
A father honours his dead son by finishing his journey along the Camino de Santiago. With Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez.
City: Carlton
 
  Young Adult (USA, D: Jason Reitman, site)
A divorced woman is dead set on rekindling her first love, no matter how many people she has to hurt in the process. With Charlize Theron and Patton Oswalt. From the director and writer of Juno.
City: Lightbox (daily matinee only)
 
   
Continuing
From
Feb 3
Agneepath (India, D: Karan Malhotra, site)
A young man hopes to avenge his father's death by infiltrating the drug underworld of Mumbai.
City: Yonge & Dundas
Suburbs: Interchange    Kennedy Commons    Square One    Winston Churchill
 
All's Well, Ends Well 2012 (Baat Seng Bou Hei) (Hong Kong, D: Chan Hing-Ka & Janet Chun, site)
Romance, Hong Kong style.
City: Yonge & Dundas
Suburbs: Kennedy Commons    Winston Churchill
 
  The Artist (France/Belgium, D: Michel Hazanavicius, site)
A silent movie star career falls to piece and an ingenue's rises as talkies become the rage. Nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
City: Canada Square    Humber    Kingsway    Market Square    Sheppard    Varsity    Yonge & Dundas
Suburbs: Beach    Colossus    Kennedy Commons    Square One    Winston Churchill
 
  Back To The Sea (China, D: Thom Lu, site)
A flying fish marooned in a Chinatown fish tank enlists a like-minded young boy in his quest for adventure. Animated.
Suburbs: Colossus    Eglinton Town Centre    Queensway
 
  Cafe de Flore (Canada/France, D: Jean-Marc Vallee, site)
A modern-day Montreal DJ's love life is informed by the life of a 1960's Parisian mother and her child.
City: Carlton
 
  Carnage (France/Germany/Poland/Spain, D: Roman Polanski, site)
A meeting of parents over an altercation involving their sons devolves into screams and drunkenness. With Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Walz and John C. Reilly. Based on the play by Yasmina Reza. From the director of The Tenant and The Ghost Writer.
City: Carlton    Lightbox    Royal (one show nightly, no show Sun,Thu)
 
  Cave Of Forgotten Dreams (USA/France, D: Werner Herzog, site)
Herzog (Grizzly Man, Fitzcarraldo) photographs the oldest known cave paintings in the world ... in 3-D!
City: Projection Booth (one show daily, no show Sat,Sun)
 
  Coriolanus (UK, D: Ralph Fiennes, site)
Rome's greatest soldier joins forced with the enemy when he is banished from his beloved city. From the Shakespeare play. With Gerard Butler and Ralph Fiennes.
City: Cumberland
Suburbs: Interchange
 
  A Dangerous Method (UK/Germany/Canada, D: David Cronenberg, site)
Freud, Jung and a common patient give birth to psychoanalysis. With Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender and Keira Knightley.
City: Canada Square    Empress Walk    Scotiabank    Varsity
Suburbs: Interchange    Kennedy Commons    Queensway    Winston Churchill
 
  The Descendants (USA, D: Alexander Payne, site)
A Hawaiian land baron struggles with family responsibility and revelations of infidelity after his wife's boating accident. With George Clooney. Nominated for 5 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
City: Canada Square    Cumberland    Empress Walk    Scotiabank    Varsity
Suburbs: Beach    Colossus    Kennedy Commons    Queensway    SC Mississauga
 
  Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (USA, D: Stephen Daldry, site)
A man searches for the lock that will be opened by the key left behind by his father, a victim of the World Trade Centre terrorist attack. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
City: Carlton    Market Square    Sheppard    SC Yonge & Eglinton    Yonge & Dundas
Suburbs: Colossus    Eglinton Town Centre    Kennedy Commons    Promenade    Queensway    SC Mississauga    Square One
 
  The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (USA, D: David Fincher, site)
A female hacker helps a journalist look for a woman who has been missing for forty years. With Daniel Craig. Based on the book by Stieg Larsson. From the director of Zodiac and Fight Club. Nominated for 5 Academy Awards, including Best Actress.
City: Canada Square    Carlton    Empress Walk    Scotiabank
Suburbs: Colisuem Mississauga    Coliseum Scarborough    Colossus    Eglinton Town Centre    Queensway    Winston Churchill
 
  Le Havre (Finland/France, D: Aki Kaurismaki, site)
An old man hides an African refugee from an insistent immigration cop. From the deadpan director of The Man Without A Past and Drifting Clouds.
City: Projection Booth (one show daily, no show Sun)
 
  Haywire (USA, D: Steven Soderbergh, site)
Martial Arts fighter Gina Carano goes all Bourne on her employers. From the director of Ocean's 11 and Contagion.
City: Carlton    Empress Walk    Market Square    Scotiabank    SC Fairview    SC Yonge & Eglinton
Suburbs: Colisuem Mississauga    Coliseum Scarborough    Colossus    Eglinton Town Centre    Queensway    Winston Churchill    Woodbine
 
  Hugo (USA, D: Martin Scorsese, site)
An orphan living in a train station unravels the mystery surrounding his father's death. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
City: Kingsway (one show daily)    Mt. Pleasant (no show Mon)    Scotiabank    Sheppard    Varsity
Suburbs: Interchange    Kennedy Commons    SC Mississauga    Square One
 
  The Ides Of March (USA, D: George Clooney, site)
Ryan Gosling works hard to elect George Clooney president of the United States. Nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar.
City: Humber (one show daily)
 
  In The Land Of Blood And Honey (USA, D: Angelina Jolie, site)
The Bosnian War turns former friends into captor and captive.
City: Carlton
 
  The Iron Lady (UK/France, D: Phyllida Lloyd, site)
Thatcher rises to the office of Prime Minister. With Meryl Streep. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards, including Best Actress.
City: Humber    Market Square    Sheppard    Varsity    Yonge & Dundas
Suburbs: Beach    Eglinton Town Centre    Interchange    Kennedy Commons    Promenade    Queensway    SC Mississauga    Square One
 
  Midnight In Paris (Spain/USA, D: Woody Allen, site)
An American visiting Paris finds a portal to its 1920's heyday. With Owen Wilson. Nominated for 4 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
City: Projection Booth (one show daily, no show Sun)    Regent (one show nightly, no show Mon,Thu)
 
  Monsieur Lazhar (Canada, D: Philippe Falardeau, site)
An Algerian refugee hides his grief while teaching students who have experienced trauma of their own. From the director of Congorama and It's Not Me, I Swear. Winner of the Best Canadian Feature prize at TIFF 2011 and a nominee for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
City: Lightbox    Varsity
 
  My Week With Marilyn (UK/USA, D: Simon Curtis, site)
Sir Laurence Olivier's assistant hangs out with Marilyn Monroe while she is simultaneously honeymooning and working in England. With Michelle Williams and Kenneth Branagh. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards, including Best Actress and Best Actor.
City: Canada Square    Cumberland    Humber (one show daily)    Yonge & Dundas
Suburbs: Winston Churchill
 
  Nanban (India, D: S. Shankar, site)
Buddies look for a forgotten friend.
Suburbs: Interchange    Kennedy Commons    Square One
 
  Nostalgia For The Light (Chile/France, D: Patricio Guzman, site)
Astronomers search the heavens for answers to big questions; family members of Pinochet regime missing persons sift the desert sand for resolution.
City: Projection Booth (one show daily, no show Fri,Sun)
 
  Pariah (USA, D: Dee Rees, site)
A Brooklyn teen struggles to express her true sexuality.
City: Carlton
 
  Pina (Germany/France, D: Wim Wenders, site)
Unconventional locations give extra physicality to the choreography of dance legend Pina Bausch. In 3-D! Nominated for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar.
City: Lightbox    Varsity
 
  A Separation (Iran, D: Asghar Farhadi, site)
A couple struggle with the decision to emigrate to give their child a better life or stay to care for an aging parent. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards, including Best Foreign Language Film.
City: Sheppard    Varsity
 
  Shame (UK, D: Steve McQueen, site)
Michael Fassbender's sex addiction is thrown a curveball when his sister arrives to stay. With Carey Mulligan. From the director of Hunger.
City: Carlton    Regent (one show nightly, no show Mon-Wed)    Scotiabank
 
  Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (UK/France/Germany, D: Tomas Alfredson, site)
A veteran spy looks for a Soviet mole deep inside MI6. With Gary Oldman and John Hurt. Nominated for 3 Academy Awards, including Best Actor.
City: Empress Walk    Varsity    Yonge & Dundas
Suburbs: Interchange    Kennedy Commons    Queensway    SC Mississauga
 
  The Tree Of Life (USA, D: Terrence Malick, site)
Malick (Days Of Heaven, The Thin Red Line) turns childhood reminiscence into poetic prayer. Nominated for 3 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
City: Lightbox (one show nightly, no show Fri,Mon)
 
  Vettai (India, D: N. Linguswamy, site)
Tamil action.
Suburbs: Colisuem Mississauga    Coliseum Scarborough
 
  Viral Factor (Hong Kong, D: Dante Lam, site)
Special Agent Jay Chou is targeted by an organization containing his estranged brother (Nicholas Tse).
City: Yonge & Dundas
Suburbs: Kennedy Commons
 
  War Horse (USA, D: Steven Spielberg, site)
A young man enlists to fight WWI after his horse is sold to the cavalry. Nominated for 6 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
City: Carlton    Yonge & Dundas
Suburbs: Interchange    Kennedy Commons    Winston Churchill
 
   

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