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Boutique Releases, Foreign Films, Arthouse Flicks and Auteurs Of Interest
Opening
From
Sep 1
The American (USA, D: Anton Corbijn, link)
A hired assassin (George Clooney) attempts to exit the profession with an Italian job.
City: Market Square    Sheppard    SC Fairview    SC Yonge & Eglinton    SC Yorkdale    Varsity    Yonge & Dundas
Suburbs: Beach    Colossus    Eglinton Town Centre    Kennedy Commons    Morningside    Promenade    Queensway    SC Mississauga    Square One    Woodbine
 
 
From
Sep 3
Machete (USA, D: Robert Rodriguez, link)
Danny Trejo wreaks bloody, knifey vengeance on those who betrayed him in a feature spawned by a fake trailer from the film Grindhouse. With Robert De Niro, Michelle Rodriguez, Cheech Marin and Don Johnson.
City: Empress Walk    SC Fairview    SC Yonge & Eglinton    SC Yorkdale    Yonge & Dundas
Suburbs: Colisuem Mississauga    Coliseum Scarborough    Colossus    Eglinton Town Centre    Morningside    Promenade    Queensway    Winston Churchill    Woodbine
 
We Are Family (India/Australia, D: Disharth Malhotra, link)
The tightness of the family unit is threatened when one member brings home an incompatible girlfriend.
City: Yonge & Dundas
Suburbs: Interchange    Kennedy Commons    Winston Churchill
 
   
Closing
Until
Sep 2
Babies (France, D: Thomas Balmes, site)
Babies grow from infants to toddlers in Mongolia, Namibia, Japan and the United States.
City: Carlton
 
Restrepo (USA, D: Tim Hetherington & Sebastian Junger, site)
Hetherington and Junger embed themselves with an American unit stationed in the most dangerous valley in Afghanistan.
City: Carlton
 
  Soul Kitchen (Germany, D: Fatih Akin, site)
A new chef disrupts a Hamburg cafe. From the director of Head On.
City: Canada Square
 
  Winter's Bone (USA, D: Debra Granik, site)
An Ozark girl digs ever deeper into her unsavoury extended family as she hunts down her no-good father. Winner of the Best Picture Grand Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
City: Carlton
 
   
Until
Sep 3
The Human Centipede (Germany, D: Tom Six, site)
A mad, mad, mad scientist stitches three victims together into, you guessed it, a human centipede.
City: Underground (one show nightly)
 
 
Continuing
From
Sep 3
Animal Kingdom (Australia, D: David Michod, site)
A teenager mired in family criminality has a shot at salvation.
City: Yonge & Dundas (until Wed)
 
Chak Jawana (India, D: Simerjit Singh, link)
A navy captain home on leave reforms the young male slackers of his native village.
Suburbs: Square One
 
  Coco Chanel & Ivor Stravinsky (France, D: Jan Kounen, site)
Fashion icon Coco Chanel finds herself in synch with the radical ideas embodied by Stravinsky's Rites Of Spring.
City: Regent (one show daily, Fri-Mon only)
 
  Cyrus (USA, D: Jay & Mark Duplass, site)
The only thing standing in the way of John C. Reilly's romance with Marisa Tomei is her man-child of a son (Jonah Hill).
Suburbs: Interchange
 
  The Disappearance Of Alice Creed (UK, D: J. Blakeson, site)
A woman is kidnapped.
City: Yonge & Dundas (until Wed)
 
  Exit Through The Gift Shop (UK/USA, D: Banksy, site)
Notorious graffiti artist Banksy turns the camera back on those who would join him in creating art on the street.
City: Carlton
 
  Flipped (USA, D: Rob Reiner, site)
Opposites attract when eighth graders fall unexpectedly in love.
City: Varsity
 
  Get Low (USA, D: Aaron Schneider, site)
A hermit throws himself a funeral while he is still alive. With Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek and Bill Murray.
City: Kingsway (one show daily)    Sheppard    Varsity    Yonge & Dundas (until Wed)
Suburbs: Kennedy Commons    Winston Churchill
 
  The Girl Who Played With Fire (Sweden, D: Daniel Alfredson, site)
A computer hacker helping a journalist investigate a prostitution ring goes on the run when she is accused of murder. The sequel to The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
City: Canada Square    Carlton    Kingsway (one show daily)
Suburbs: Interchange    Kennedy Commons    Winston Churchill
 
  The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Sweden, D: Niels Arden Oplev, site)
A disgraced journalist and a female hacker investigate the disappearance of a young girl. Adapted from the international best seller.
City: Carlton
Suburbs: Interchange
 
  I Am Love (Italy, D: Luca Guadagnino, site)
A Russian emigree marries into Milanese high society. With Tilda Swinton.
City: Kingsway    Varsity
 
  In Your Eyes (Philippines, D: Mac Alejandre, site)
A student abroad finagles a visa for her boyfriend by having him enter into a marriage of convenience with her American citizen sister.
Suburbs: Coliseum Scarborough
 
  Inception (USA, D: Christopher Nolan, site)
Your mind is the scene of the crime. With Leonardo Di Caprio and Ellen Page. From the director of Memento and The Dark Knight.
City: Empress Walk    Market Square    Scotiabank    SC Fairview    SC Yonge & Eglinton    SC Yorkdale    Varsity
Suburbs: Beach    Colisuem Mississauga    Coliseum Scarborough    Colossus    Eglinton Town Centre    Morningside    Queensway    SC Mississauga
 
  The Infidel (UK, D: Josh Appignanesi, site)
A Muslim man discovers that he was born Jewish. Alleged hilarity ensues.
City: Cumberland    Sheppard
 
  Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work (USA, D: Ricki Stern & Anne Sundberg, site)
Even at 75, Joan Rivers remains a firebrand.
City: Varsity
Suburbs: Kennedy Commons
 
  The Kids Are All Right (USA, D: Lisa Cholodenko, site)
Children conceived by artificial insemination rock their lesbian parents (Julianne Moore, Annette Bening) by bringing their biological father (Mark Ruffalo) into the mix.
City: Canada Square    Carlton    Mt. Pleasant (one show daily, Fri-Mon only)
Suburbs: Interchange    Winston Churchill
 
  Lebanon (Israel, D: Samuel Maoz, site)
The crew of a lone tank attempt to survive their mission during the first Lebanon war.
City: Cumberland
 
  Life During Wartime (USA, D: Todd Solondz, site)
Life moves on (and so does the casting) for the characters of Solondz' Happiness.
City: Cumberland
 
  Mao's Last Dancer (Australia, D: Bruce Beresford, site)
Li Cunxin is plucked from poverty and groomed for ballet stardom in his native China before defecting to the West.
City: Canada Square
 
  Mesrine: Killer Instinct (France/Canada, D: Jean-Francoi Richet, site)
An Algerian War vet finds great success as a Parisian criminal. With Vincent Cassel.
City: Carlton
 
  Mid-August Lunch (Italy, D: Gianni Di Gregorio, site)
A middle-aged man caring for his tyrannical mother has other aging women foisted on his hospitality over the summer holiday.
City: Mt. Pleasant (one show daily, no show Tue)
 
  Moscowin Kavery (India, D: Ravi Varman, site)
Suburbs: Coliseum Scarborough
 
  No Heart Feelings (Canada, D: Sarah Lazarovic, Geoff Morrison & Ryan J. North, site)
A Toronto woman rediscovers her city by introducing it to the new boy in town.
City: Carlton
 
  Peepli Live (India, D: Anusha Rizvi, site)
The media swarm when a cynical politician encourages two destitute farmers to commit suicide so that their families will receive government benefits.
Suburbs: Kennedy Commons    Winston Churchill
 
  Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (USA, D: Edgar Wright, site)
Scott Pilgrim must defeat his new crush's 7 evil ex-boyfriends as Bryan Lee O'Malley's graphic novel love letter to Toronto, video games and rock & roll is adapted for the screen by the director of Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz.
City: Carlton    Empress Walk    Market Square    Scotiabank    SC Yonge & Eglinton
Suburbs: Colisuem Mississauga    Coliseum Scarborough    Colossus    Eglinton Town Centre    Queensway    Winston Churchill
 
  The Secret In Their Eyes (Argentina, D: Juan Jose Campanella, site)
A worker in the criminal court looks back at the events surrounding a murder case he was involved with in 1974.
City: Carlton    Regent (one show daily, no show Tue)
 
  Solitary Man (USA, D: Brian Koppelman & David Levien, site)
Romantic indiscretions rock the business dealings of a New York car dealer. With Michael Douglas.
Suburbs: Interchange
 
  Teenage Paparazzo (USA, D: Adam Grenier, site)
Even teenager Austin Visschedyk is prepared to chase after the perfect celebrity shot.
City: Yonge & Dundas (until Wed)
 
  The Tillman Story (USA, D: Amir Bar-Lev, site)
Both Right and Left construct false narratives around the death of promising football player and military casualty Pat Tillman.
City: Cumberland
 
  Toy Story 3 (USA, D: Lee Unkrich, site)
Toys attempt to break out of daycare. From Pixar.
City: Empress Walk    Yonge & Dundas
Suburbs: Colisuem Mississauga    Coliseum Scarborough    Colossus    Queensway    Winston Churchill
 
   

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