08 Jan Halifax screening picks—January 8-14

Another notable film from the past fall’s festival season has arrived in Halifax in time for award-show season—I, Tonya, “Craig Gillespie’s raucous Tonya Harding biopic.”

A live-music accompanied screening of Fritz Lang’s classic 1927 film, Metropolis, is opening a lecture series and closing a music festival on Wednesday at U King’s College’s Alumni Hall. Your cinematic musical improvisors include Lukas Pearse, Amy Brandon, Steven Naylor and Brandon Auger.

We’re still four weeks away from the winter season of Carbon Arc but there are some nice free rep screenings to be had this week, including more Wes Anderson films at the Central Library, with Chris Campbell introducing The Grand Budapest Hotel Thursday evening, and Kendra Barnes cueing up Fantastic Mr. Fox Sunday afternoon. This evening (Monday) at the library you can also catch the Radical Imagination Project‘s presentation of Burn!, featuring Marlon Brando in Gillo Pontecorvo’s 1969 follow-up to The Battle of Algiers. Dr. Larry Haiven will facilitate a post-movie discussion.

Blade Runner 2049 will be released on various optical disc formats next week so tonight’s (Monday’s) screening at Park Lane is probably your last chance to see it on the big screen for some time to come.

• In theatres, new & notable:
  • I, Tonya, Craig Gillespie, USA, 2017, 121 minutes [76] — Halifax showtimes
  • The Disaster Artist, James Franco, USA, 2017, 103 minutes [76] — Halifax showtimes
• In theatres, seen & recommended:
  • Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig, USA, 2017, 93 minutes [94] — Halifax showtimes
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Rian Johnson, USA, 2017, 152 minutes [86] — Halifax IMAX 2D showtimes | Halifax IMAX 3D showtimes
  • The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro, USA, 2017, 123 minutes [86] — Halifax showtimes
  • Molly’s Game, Aaron Sorkin, USA, 2017, 140 minutes [71] — Halifax showtimes
• Halifax screenings this week:
  • Monday (Jan 8) — Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Cineplex Park Lane, 4pm, $6.99. Ridley Scott, USA/Hong Kong, 1982/2007, 117 minutes.
    — Blade Runner 2049, Cineplex Park Lane, 6:40pm, $9.95. Denis Villeneuve, USA, 2017, 163 minutes.
    — Burn!, Central Library (Lindsay Children’s Room), 6pm, free. Gillo Pontecorvo, Italy/France, 1969, 132 minutes.
  • Tuesday (Jan 9) — Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Cineplex Park Lane, 10:30pm, $6.99. Ridley Scott, USA/Hong Kong, 1982/2007, 117 minutes.
  • Wednesday (Jan 10) — Metropolis, Alumni Hall, U King’s College, 7pm, donation suggested. Fritz Lang, Germany, 1927, 145 minutes.
  • Thursday (Jan 11) — The Grand Budapest Hotel, Central Library, 6:30pm, free. Wes Anderson, USA/Germany/UK, 2014, 100 minutes, introduced by Chris Campbell.
  • Sunday (Jan 14) — Fantastic Mr. Fox, Central Library, 2pm, free. Wes Anderson, USA, 2009, 88 minutes, introduced by Kendra Barnes.