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2016 Fall Schedule – part 1

Films are screened on Thursdays at 7:00 pm at Galaxy Cinemas.

Same great ticket prices: Annual Subscription: $20 Subscribers: $6 General Admission: $10

Best deal: Season Pass (includes subscription and all movies for the fall/winter season): $80

Have questions? Contact Mark Stevenson at (705) 759-1436.

If you’d like to receive future listings electronically, please send an e-mail to: saultfilms@yahoo.ca.

Sept. 15: Love & Friendship Director: Whit Stillman; Ireland/Netherlands/France/USA 2016; English; 92 min.

In this sharp-tongued and riotously funny adaptation of Jane Austen’s novella,

Lady Susan, the beautiful and cunning Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale),

a recent widow, engineers all manner of wonderfully devious plots to bend the

world to her will and land herself a wealthy new husband. Taking up residence

at her in-laws’ estate, she sets her sights on the dashing Reginald De Courcy

(Xavier Samuel). However, her plans are derailed when her beautiful daughter

Frederica (Morfydd Clark) turns up. If you’re looking for a smart, fun, and

scruple-free romp, Love & Friendship is definitely your cup of tea.

See the trailer at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSMNHKqrCOo

Sept. 29: Mustang

Director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven; France/Germany/Turkey/Qatar 2015; Turkish; 97 min.

In a remote Turkish village on the Black Sea, five free-spirited teenaged sisters

splash on the beach with their male classmates. Though their games are

innocent, a neighbor reports what she considers to be illicit behavior to the

girls’ family. The family reacts by removing all “instruments of corruption”

such as cell phones and computers. Their home is progressively transformed

into a prison and instruction in homemaking replaces school. As the eldest

sisters are married off, the younger ones resolve to avoid the same fate.

Ergüven’s debut is a powerful portrait of female empowerment.

See the trailer at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABNB3zw5BAo

Oct. 13: Captain Fantastic Director: Matt Ross; USA 2015; English; 120 min.

Ben (Viggo Mortensen) and his wife have raised their six kids deep in the

forests of the Pacific Northwest, away from the modern world. But when

tragedy strikes, Ben and his clan are forced to leave their counterculture

paradise. Both heartbreak and hilarity ensue as the kids face some of their first

social interactions with the wider world. Best known for his heavy-duty

dramatic roles, Mortensen reveals a wonderful gift for comedy and his

interactions with the children yield some truly laugh-out-loud moments. A

delightfully offbeat and heartwarming tale.

See the trailer at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5jeBvjcJe4

Algoma International Films is a member of the TIFF Film Circuit

ALGOMA INTERNATIONAL FILMS algomafilms.com

2016 Fall Schedule – part 2

Films are screened on Thursdays at 7:00 pm at Galaxy Cinemas.

Same great ticket prices: Annual Subscription: $20 Subscribers: $6 General Admission: $10

Best deal: Season Pass (includes subscription and all movies for the fall/winter season): $80

Have questions? Contact Mark Stevenson at (705) 759-1436.

If you’d like to receive future listings electronically, please send an e-mail to: saultfilms@yahoo.ca.

Oct. 27: Umimachi Diary / Our Little Sister Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda; Japan 2015; Japanese; 128 min.

The Koda sisters have been on their own since their mother moved away

shortly after her husband left her for another woman. Now in their twenties,

the three sisters still live together. When they receive news of their father’s

death, they’re surprised to discover that they have a 13-year-old half-sister,

who gratefully accepts her sisters’ offer to live with them. The presence of the

girl, for whom the loss of her father is still a fresh wound, stirs long-dormant

memories of their father. This tender and restrained film is a subtle but deeply

affecting meditation on absence and loss.

See the trailer at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtTeSQFce2A

Nov. 3: Juste la fin du monde / It’s Only the End of the World Director: Xavier Dolan; Canada/France 2016; French; 95 min.

After receiving a terminal diagnosis, Louis (Gaspard Ulliel) returns home,

ending a 12-year absence. But his homecoming is tainted by lingering

resentment. His attempts to inform his mother (Nathalie Baye), sister (Léa

Seydoux), brother (Vincent Cassel), and sister-in-law (Marion Cotillard) of his

illness are repeatedly sabotaged by the surfacing tensions between family

members. Shot in intimate close-ups, the film is claustrophobic and

oppressive, brilliantly conveying the characters’ dysfunction. Winner of the

Grand Prix at Cannes, this is a thunderous drama about family roots.

See the trailer at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLDP3U7gpnw

Nov. 10: Lo And Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

Director: Werner Herzog; USA 2016; English; 98 min.

An eccentric, entertaining, and enlightening meditation on our digital world,

Lo and Behold investigates the internet’s integration into every aspect of our

lives. Through interviews with scientists and entrepreneurs at the cutting edge

of digital technologies, Herzog considers the new possibilities opened up by

the internet, and speculates on how humanity and the world will be impacted

by these developments. But the promises of a bright future are tempered by

some darker realities. The film refrains from any final judgments, leaving the

viewer to consider the implications on their own lives and hopes for the future.

See the trailer at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc1tZ8JsZvg

Algoma International Films is a member of the TIFF Film Circuit