In celebration of the launch of CBC Arts Presents: The 50 Greatest Films Directed by Canadians, we're teaming up with Toronto's historic Paradise Theatre for a screening series highlighting nearly all of the list's top 10 films.
Kicking off on July 9th with Alanis Obomsawin's Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, the series — curated and produced in a collaboration between Paradise Theatre programmer Lucy Walker and CBC Arts producer Peter Knegt — will feature 8 of the top 10 films the way they were meant to be seen: on the big screen.
Special guests for the screenings will be announced at a later date, and we might just have a few bonus screenings of other films on the list up our sleeve as well. So check back here for updates, and see you at the movies.
Sunday, July 9th @ 7pm - Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance
Alanis Obomsawin spent 78 days behind Kanien'kéhaka lines to bring viewers a fiercely honest account of the Oka Crisis in her landmark documentary. Get your tickets.
Sunday, July 16th @ 4pm - In the Heat of the Night
Norman Jewison brings a delicate mix of unease and optimism to his film about a Black cop and racist police chief, released during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. Get your tickets.
Monday, July 17th @ 8:30pm - Stories We Tell
Sarah Polley turns the camera on herself for a deeply intimate documentary that finds what's impossible in almost any family: the truth. Get your tickets.
Saturday, July 22nd @ 7pm - Dead Ringers
David Cronenberg's disturbing 80s drama about twin gynecologists is one of the most astute studies of despair ever captured on film. Part of a Cronenberg double feature! Get your tickets.
Join us at Toronto's Paradise Theatre this July as part of a special series highlighting CBC Arts: The 50 Greatest Films Directed by Canadians. (Paradise Theatre)
Saturday, July 22nd @ 9:30pm - Crash
David Cronenberg scandalized Cannes audiences and film censors with his sexy, violent car crash thriller. Part of a Cronenberg double feature! Get your tickets.
Monday, July 24th @ 8pm - The Sweet Hereafter
Atom Egoyan carefully weaves together seven fractured timelines to tell the story of a tragic bus crash in northern B.C. Get your tickets.
Sunday, July 30th @ 5pm - C.R.A.Z.Y.
Jean-Marc Vallée's story of a young gay man coming of age in a strict Catholic family was a surprise hit when it became bigger than Batman in Quebec. Get your tickets.