Coming Attractions - MOVIE DETAILS

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ANGELS WEAR WHITE
OPENS OCTOBER 5

(NR) - 1 hr. 47 min.

VARSITY WORLD FILM WEEK ONLY - (Chinese with English subtitles). In a small seaside town, two schoolgirls are assaulted by a middle-aged man in a motel. Mia, a teenager who was working on reception that night, is the only witness. For fear of losing her job, she says nothing. Meanwhile, Wen, one of the victims, finds that her troubles have only just begun. Trapped in a world that offers them no safety, Mia and Wen will have to find their own way out. Suggested Rating R.

CAKEMAKER, THE
OPENS OCTOBER 5

(NR) - 1 hr. 45 min.

VARSITY WORLD FILM WEEK ONLY - (Hebrew and German with English subtitles). Thomas, a German baker, is having an affair with Oren, an Israeli married man who has frequent business visits in Berlin. When Oren dies in a car crash in Israel, Thomas travels to Jerusalem seeking answers regarding his death. He infiltrates into the life of Anat, his lover's widowed wife, who owns a small Café. Thomas starts to work for her and creates German cakes and cookies that bring life into her Café.

HELL FEST
OPENS SEPTEMBER 27

(R) - 1 hr. 29 min.

Every year thousands follow Hell Fest to experience fear at the ghoulish carnival of nightmares. But for one visitor, Hell Fest is not the attraction - it is a hunting ground. An opportunity to slay in plain view of a gawking audience, too caught up in the terrifyingly fun atmosphere to recognize the horrific reality playing out before their eyes. As the body count and frenzied excitement of the crowds continues to rise, he turns his masked face to NATALIE, BROOKE, TAYLOR and their boyfriends who will fight to survive the night. Directed by Gregory Plotkin; Starring Amy Forsyth, Christian James, Reign Edwards, Roby Attal, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Matt Mercurio.

I AM NOT A WITCH
OPENS OCTOBER 5

(NR) - 1 hr. 33 min.

VARSITY WORLD FILM WEEK ONLY - (Nyanja with English subtitles). When eight-year-old Shula turns up alone in a rural Zambian village, the locals are suspicious. A minor incident escalates to a full-blown witch trial, where she is found guilty and sentenced to life on a state-run witch camp. There, she is tethered to a long white ribbon and told that if she tries to run away, she will be turned into a goat. Sharply satirical and boldly provocative, Rungano Nyoni's groundbreaking debut garnered praise from audiences and critics alike at the Cannes 2017 Directors' Fortnight. Suggested Rating PG-13.

IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE CITY
OPENS OCTOBER 5

(NR) - 1 hr. 58 min.

VARSITY WORLD FILM WEEK ONLY - (Arabic with English subtitles). Tamer El Said's ambitious debut feature tells the fictional story of a filmmaker from downtown Cairo as he struggles to capture the soul of a city on edge while facing loss in his own life. Shot in Cairo, Beirut, Baghdad and Berlin during the two years before the outbreak of revolution in Egypt, the film's multi-layered stories are a visually rich exploration of friendship, loneliness and life in cities shaped by the shadows of war and adversity. Suggested Rating PG-13.

MEMOIR OF WAR
OPENS OCTOBER 5

(NR) - 2 hr. 7 min.

VARSITY WORLD FILM WEEK ONLY - (French with English subtitles). It's 1944 Nazi-occupied France, and Marguerite is an active Resistance member along with husband Robert Antelme and a band of fellow subversives. When Antelme is deported to Dachau by the Gestapo, she becomes friendly with Nazi collaborator Rabier to learn of her husband's whereabouts. Using subtly expressionistic imagery and voiceover passages from Marguerite Duras's autobiographical The War: A Memoir, Emmanuel Finkiel evokes the inner world of one of the 20th century's most revolutionary writers. Suggested Rating R.

MOVING STORIES
OPENS OCTOBER 6

(NR) - 1 hr. 23 min.

VARSITY WORLD FILM WEEK ONLY - (English, Hindi, Romanian, and Korean with English subtitles). Six dancers from New York's Battery Dance Company travel across the world teaching some of the most vulnerable youth about expressing themselves through movement and creativity. Addressing issues from gender violence and poverty to persecution and prejudice, these students respond in extraordinary ways as they prepare to perform in their communities after only a week of practice. Suggested Rating R.

NATIONAL THEATRE: FRANKENSTEIN - CUMBERBATCH
OPENS OCTOBER 28

(NR) - 2 hr. 10 min.

Created by Victor Frankenstein, the one known only as the creature sets out to discover the world and the meaning of life. Directed by Danny Boyle; Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jonny Lee Miller, Ella Smith, John Killoran, Steven Elliot, Lizzie Winkler, Karl Johnson.

NATIONAL THEATRE: FRANKENSTEIN - MILLER
OPENS OCTOBER 29

(NR) - 2 hr. 10 min.

NATIONAL THEATRE: HAMLET
OPENS OCTOBER 21

(NR) - 3 hr. 25 min.

As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father's death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state. Directed by Lyndsey Turner; Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, Sian Brooke, Leo Bill, Karl Johnson, Jim Norton, Anastasia Hille.

NATIONAL THEATRE: JULIE
OPENS SEPTEMBER 30

(NR) - 1 hr. 15 min.

Wild and newly single, Julie throws a late night party. In the kitchen, Jean and Kristina clean up as the celebration heaves above them. Crossing the threshold, Julie initiates a power game with Jean. It descends into a savage fight for survival. Directed by Carrie Cracknell; Starring Temitope Ajose-Cutting, El Anthony, Thomasin Gulgec, Vanessa Kirby, Francesca Knight, Eric Kofi Abrefa.

NATIONAL THEATRE: KING LEAR
OPENS OCTOBER 14

(NR) -

Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear sees two ageing fathers – one a King, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends. Directed by Jonathan Munby; Starring Ian McKellen, Kirsty Bushell, John Hastings, Jake Mann, Michael Matus, Danny Webb, James Corrigan.

NATIONAL THEATRE: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT
OPENS NOVEMBER 4

(NR) - 2 hr. 40 min.

Christopher, fifteen years old, has an extraordinary brain - exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When he falls under suspicion of killing Mrs Shears' dog Wellington, he records each fact about the event in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of the murder. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that upturns his world. Directed by Marianne Elliot; Starring Luke Treadaway, Niamh Cusack, Paul Ritter, Nicola Walker, Una Stubbs, Sophie Duval, Nicholas Sidi, Matthew Barker.

NATIONAL THEATRE: THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE
OPENS DECEMBER 9

(NR) - 3 hr. 30 min.

It's 1786 and King George III is the most powerful man in the world. But his behaviour is becoming increasingly erratic as he succumbs to fits of lunacy. With the King's mind unravelling at a dramatic pace, ambitious politicians and the scheming Prince of Wales threaten to undermine the power of the Crown, and expose the fine line between a King and a man. Starring Mark Gatiss, Adrian Scarborough.

NIGHT SCHOOL
OPENS SEPTEMBER 27

(PG-13) - 1 hr. 51 min.

Star Kevin Hart and producer Will Packer, who partnered for the hit Ride Along and Think Like a Man series, bring their signature style to Night School. The comedy from director Malcolm D. Lee (Girls Trip) follows a group of misfits who are forced to attend adult classes in the longshot chance they'll pass the GED exam. Directed by Malcolm D. Lee; Starring Kevin Hart, Taran Killam, Tiffany Haddish, Romany Malco, Rob Riggle, Mary Lynn Rajskub.

ON THE SEVENTH DAY
OPENS OCTOBER 5

(NR) - 1 hr. 32 min.

VARSITY WORLD FILM WEEK ONLY - (Spanish and English with English subtitles). The film offers a glimpse into the lives of undocumented Mexican immigrants in Brooklyn. They work long hours six days a week and then savor their Sundays on the soccer fields. When their team makes it to the finals, team captain José and his teammates are thrilled. When his boss tells José he has to work the following Sunday, the day of the finals, José's job and his teammates' hopes are on the line. Suggested Rating PG-13.

OTHER SIDE OF EVERYTHING, THE
OPENS OCTOBER 5

(NR) - 1 hr. 44 min.

VARSITY WORLD FILM WEEK ONLY - (Serbian with English subtitles). A locked door inside a Belgrade home has kept one family separated from their past for generations. An intimate conversation between the director and her mother, the dynamic activist and scholar Srbijanka Turajlic, reveals a house and a country haunted by history. What begins as the chronicle of a childhood home grows into an elegant portrait of a charismatic and brilliant woman in times of great political turmoil.

PARTY, THE
OPENS OCTOBER 5

(R) - 1 hr. 11 min.

VARSITY WORLD FILM WEEK ONLY - (English). In Sally Potter's new dark comedy, Janet (Kristin Scott Thomas) is hosting an intimate gathering of friends in her London home to celebrate her political ascension, while her husband, Bill (Timothy Spall), seems preoccupied. Janet's acerbic best friend, April (Patricia Clarkson) arrives and others follow, but an announcement by Bill provokes a series of revelations that gradually unravel the sophisticated soiree, and a night that began with champagne may end with gunplay.

ROYAL BALLET: MAYERLING
OPENS NOVEMBER 18

(NR) - 3 hr. 0 min.

Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary is emotionally unstable and haunted by his obsession with death. He is forced to marry Princess Stephanie. Soon afterwards his former lover Marie Larisch introduces him to a new mistress, Mary Vetsera, a young woman who shares his morbid fascination. Directed by Kenneth MacMillan; Starring Steven McRae, Sarah Lamb, Laura Morera, Kristen McNally, Meaghan Grace Hinkis, Mayara Magri, James Hay

ROYAL BALLET: THE NUTCRACKER
OPENS DECEMBER 23

(NR) - 2 hr. 20 min.

Clara is given an enchanted Nutcracker doll on Christmas Eve. As midnight strikes, she creeps downstairs to find a magical adventure awaiting her and her Nutcracker. Directed by Barry Wordsworth; Starring Marianela Nuez, Vadim Muntagirov, Anna Rose O'Sullivan, Marcelino Sambé, Gary Avis.

ROYAL OPERA: DIE WALKURE
OPENS DECEMBER 2

(NR) -

Wotan craves the ring, but, bound by his own laws, he can't retrieve it himself. With a mortal woman he has twins, Siegmund and Sieglinde. He hopes Siegmund will become the free agent he needs to take the ring. Separated at birth, the twins meet as adults and fall in love. Directed by Antonio Pappano; Starring Stuart Skelton, Emily Magee, John Lundgren, Nina Stemme, Sarah Connolly, Ain Anger, Alwyn Mellor.

ROYAL SHAKESPEARE: TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
OPENS DECEMBER 16

(NR) -

Troilus and Cressida swear they will always be true to one another. But in the seventh year of the siege of Troy their innocence is tested, and exposed to the savage corrupting influence of war, with tragic consequences. Directed by Gregory Doran; Starring Amber James, Gavin Fowler, Amanda Harris, Geoffrey Lumb, Helen Grady, Daniel Hawksford, Andrew Langtree.

SCAFFOLDING
OPENS OCTOBER 5

(NR) - 1 hr. 30 min.

VARSITY WORLD FILM WEEK ONLY - (Hebrew with English subtitles). Seventeen-year-old Asher always has been an impulsive troublemaker at school. Although his strict, Sephardic father sees his strapping son as a natural successor to his scaffolding business, Asher forges a special connection with his literature teacher and begins to see new possibilities for himself. Based on the director's own experience as a teacher, this gripping debut film was awarded Best Israeli Feature at the Jerusalem Film Festival and is this year's Israeli Oscar submission. Suggested Rating PG-13.

SMALLFOOT 2D
OPENS SEPTEMBER 27

(PG) - 1 hr. 49 min.

An animated adventure for all ages, with original music and an all-star cast, Smallfoot turns the Bigfoot legend upside down when a bright young Yeti finds something he thought didn't exist - a human. News of this Smallfoot throws the simple Yeti community into an uproar over what else might be out there in the big world beyond their snowy village, in an all new story about friendship, courage and the joy of discovery. Directed by Karey Kirkpatrick; Starring Zendaya, Danny DeVito, Channing Tatum, James Corden, Gina Rodriguez, Yara Shahidi.

WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY
OPENS OCTOBER 5

(NR) - 1 hr. 46 min.

VARSITY WORLD FILM WEEK ONLY - (Norwegian and Urdu with English subtitles). Winner of Audience Awards at AFI Fest and the Les Arcs European Film Festival, What Will People Say is a tense and moving drama about women's rights, immigrant identity, and familial duties. Sixteen-year-old Nisha lives a double life. When out with her friends, she's a regular Norwegian teenager. At home with her family, she is the perfect Pakistani daughter. But when her father catches her alone with her boyfriend, Nisha's two worlds brutally collide. Suggested Rating R.

ZAMA
OPENS OCTOBER 5

(NR) - 1 hr. 55 min.

VARSITY WORLD FILM WEEK ONLY - (Spanish with English subtitles). In a remote South American colony in the late 18th century, officer Zama of the Spanish crown waits in vain for a transfer to a more prestigious location. He suffers small humiliations and petty politicking as he increasingly succumbs to lust and paranoia… Adapted from Antonio di Benedetto's 1956 classic of Argentinean literature. From the director of LA CIENAGA and THE HEADLESS WOMAN, Zama is “Beautiful, hypnotic, mysterious and elliptical”– The New York Times.