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May 16 - 19
  		Remembrance Of Things To Come: Works By Chris Marker @ Lightbox
To accompany the venue's exhibit of Marker photography (part of this year's CONTACT festival), Lightbox undertakes a quick run through the filmmaker's best-known work. This week:
Sans Soleil (1982, France, D: Chris Marker) -- May 16, 6:30pm
La Jetée (1964, France, D: Chris Marker)
    + Remembrance Of Things To Come (2003, France, D: Chris Marker & Yannick Bellon)
    + The Sixth Side Of The Pentagon (1968, France, D: Chris Marker & Francois Reichenbach) -- May 17, 6:30pm
A Grin Without A Cat (1977, France, D: Chris Marker) -- May 18, 6:30pm
One Day In The Life Of Andrei Arsenevich (1999, France, D: Chris Marker)
    + The Case Of The Grinning Cat (2006, France, D: Chris Marker) -- May 19, 6:30pm
 
May 23
- Jun 2 		Inside Out Lesbian And Gay Film Festival
Eleven days of the queer experience, mixing films that tackle the subject head on with works that have a more tangential relationship to gay culture.
 
One-Offs And Short Runs
May 16 Bobcaygeon (2012, Canada, D: Andy Keen)
The Tragically Hip draw thousands of fans to backwoods Canada.
  		@ Yonge & Dundas 2:00pm
May 16 Romeo + Juliet (1996, USA, D: Baz Luhrmann)
As Luhrmann prepares to bring Gatsby's excess to the screen, let's remember how the director did the same for Shakespeare's lovers. With Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes.
  		@ Yonge & Dundas 4:30pm
May 16 Doctored (2012, USA, D: Bobby Sheehan)
A fundraiser for the Grocery Foundation.
  		@ Innis Town Hall 7:00pm
May 16 Frida, Naturaleza Viva (1983, Mexico, D: Paul Leduc)
Wheelchair-bound painter Frida Kahlo witnesses Mexican history. Admission is pay-what-you-can. Presented by the Consulate General of Mexico.
  		@ The Revue 7:00pm
May 16 The Last Will And Testament Of Rosalind Leigh (2012, Canada, D: Rodrigo Gudino)
A man believes his estranged mother to be using the items in her house to send him an important message.
  		@ Yonge & Dundas 7:30pm
May 16 Killer Portraits: Iconography Of The Horror Film Poster   The Black Museum
Salesmanship or art? Andrea Butler discusses the paradox of the horror film poster.
  		@ Big Picture 8:00pm
May 16
- May 23
  		The Shining (1980, USA, D: Stanley Kubrick)
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." Kubrick's horror classic returns alongside deconstructing doc Room 237. Showtimes: May 16, 9:00pm; May 17, 9:15pm; May 18, 9:15pm; May 19, 9:15pm; May 20, 9:15pm; May 21, 9:15pm; May 22, 9:15pm; May 23, 9:15pm.
  		@ Lightbox
May 16 The Shining (1980, USA, D: Stanley Kubrick)
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." Kubrick's horror classic screens just in time for the release of deconstructing doc Room 237.
  		@ The Bloor 9:15pm
May 16 Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998, USA, D: Terry Gilliam)
"We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold." Depp channels Hunter S. Thompson.
  		@ Yonge & Dundas 9:45pm
May 17
- May 23
  		Amelie (2001, France, D: Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
A young Parisian lady hides from romance behind playful games. Showtimes: May 17, 2:00pm, 4:30pm; May 18, 1:00pm; May 19, 2:00pm, 4:45pm; May 20, 7:00pm; May 21, 2:00pm, 4:45pm; May 23, 4:00pm.
  		@ Yonge & Dundas
May 17
May 18
May 19
  		Please Kill Mr. Know It All (2012, Canada, D: Colin Carter & Sandra Feldman)
A hitman enters into an unlikely romance with the advice columnist he's been hired to kill.
  		@ The Royal
 
  		7:00pm
9:30pm
7:00pm
May 17
- May 23
  		Bachman & Turner Live At The Roseland Ballroom (2013, Canada)
Randy Bachman and Fred Turner reunite in New York City. Showtimes: May 17, 7:30pm; May 18, 3:45pm; May 19, 7:15pm; May 20, 4:30pm; May 21, 9:45pm; May 23, 1:30pm, 7:00pm.
  		@ Yonge & Dundas
May 17 The Angry Breed (1968, USA, D: David Commons)
A vietnam vet + an unproduced screenplay + an unscrupulous agent + bikers + LSD = freak out!
  		@ Trash Palace 9:30pm
May 17
May 18
May 19
  		The Shining (1980, USA, D: Stanley Kubrick)
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." Kubrick's horror classic returns for a long week-end engagement as deconstructing doc Room 237 hits local screens.
  		@ The Kingsway
 
  		10:15pm
10:15pm
10:15pm
May 18 The Tale Of Despereaux (2008, UK/USA, D: Sam Fell & Robert Stevenhagen)   Family Favourites
The fates of a mouse, a rat and a servant girl depend on that of a castle princess.
  		@ Cineplex 11:00am
May 18
- May 22
  		Swingers (1996, USA, D: Doug Liman)
Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughan hit the bars as Vegas-inspired hipsters. Showtimes: May 18, 6:30pm; May 19, 12:00pm, 9:45pm; May 20, 2:00pm, 9:45pm; May 21, 7:30pm; May 22, 9:45pm.
  		@ Yonge & Dundas
May 18 No (2012, Egypt, D: Heshel Abdel Hamid)
Nineteen sketches decry repression.
  		@ The Royal 7:00pm
May 19 Dazed And Confused (1993, USA, D: Richard Linklater)
Revisit Linklater's classic coming-of-age flick with a summer kick-off keg party.
  		@ The Bloor 9:30pm
May 20 The Host And The Cloud (2009-2010, France, D: Pierre Huyghe)
Actors play out interactive narratives in the Musee des Arts et Traditions Populaires. Presented by the AGO and introduced by art historian Tom McDonough.
  		@ Lightbox 7:00pm
May 21 Boredom (2012, Canada, D: Albert Nerenberg)
The man behind Stupidity investigates boredom.
  		@ The Royal 7:00pm
May 22 Cleopatra (1963, USA, D: Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
Celebrating 50 years of Elizabeth Taylor's Cleopatra.
  		@ Yonge & Dundas 2:30pm, 6:30pm
May 22
 
  		Jump Cuts Young Filmmakers Showcase
Student Film Showcase
The next wave of Canadian film starts here.
  		@ Lightbox
  		6:00pm
8:00pm
May 22
May 23
  		The Rep (2012, Canada, D: Morgan White)
The continued existence of repertory cinema is viewed through the lens of Toronto's upstart, now-defunct Underground Cinema.
  		@ The Revue
  		7:00pm
9:30pm
May 22 Rockshow (1980, UK)
Paul McCartney and Wings tour America.
  		@ Cineplex 7:15pm
May 23 Kubrick Lecture: The Shining   Kubrick Lecture Series
Critic Adam Nayman discusses the style and thematic content of Kubrick's foray into the horror genre.
  		@ The Revue 7:00pm
May 23 The Machurian Candidate (1962, USA, D: John Frankenheimer)   Sci-Fi Film Lab
Award-winning author David Nickle hosts Frankenheimer's cold war paranoia classic.
  		@ Big Picture 7:30pm
May 23 The ABCs Of Death (2012, USA, D: Various)   Sinister Cinema
26 filmmakers find unique ways to kill, one letter at a time.
  		@ Cineplex 9:30pm
May 24
May 25
May 26
  		The Room (2003, USA, D: Tommy Wiseau)
Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the cult phenomenon with director/star Tommy Wiseau and actor Greg Sestero in person.
  		@ The Royal
 
  		9:00pm, 11:59pm
9:00pm, 11:59pm
7:00pm, 10:00pm
May 24 Modesty Blaise (1966, UK, D: Joseph Losey)
The deadliest female agent gets a Pop Art makeover.
  		@ Trash Palace 9:30pm
May 25 Matilda (1996, USA, D: Danny DeVito)   Family Favourites
A smart girl suffers her parents and principal.
  		@ Cineplex 11:00am
May 25 Rear Window (1954, USA, D: Alfred Hitchcock)
Watch a voyeur watch murder. With Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly.
  		@ The Revue 4:15pm
May 25 Gun Crazy (1950, USA, D: Joseph H. Lewis)   Toronto Film Noir Syndicate
A wife encourages her marksman husband to go on a crime spree. The venue, appropriately enough, is the back room of Dominion (500 Queen E).
  		  7:30pm
May 26 Peter Pan (1924, USA, D: Herbert Brenon)   Silent Sundays
Fly off to Never-Never Land with the boy who won't grow up. With live musical accompaniment!
  		@ The Revue 4:15pm
May 26 Leo The Last (1970, UK, D: John Boorman)
The jaded jet-setting prince of a deposed monarchy takes to observing the new immigrant dwellers of his once-exclusive neighbourhood. Plus, surprise shorts!
  		@ Cinecycle 8:00pm

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