Metro Cinema

Reminder! One week from today, Metro Cinema will begin its annual "Dark Week" where we will be closed for maintenance and renovations.⁠
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We'll be closed from June 27th - July 3rd, and re-opening on July 4th.⁠
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Don't miss us too much! We won't be gone long! & when we reopen we'll feature many touch ups, improvements, and upgrades - including the first phase of our foyer renovation. We can't wait to show you.

Next Wednesday - BRAINIAC: TRANSMISSIONS AFTER ZERO

A chronicle of the history of the band 3RA1N1AC and how they came to be.

Screening as a part of: Music Docs - Featuring a live music performance by lushclot.
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Screening:⁠
June 24th - Music at 6:15PM. Film at 6:45PM.⁠

Poster designed by: Carlos Palma

https://metrocinema.org/event/brainiac-transmissions-after-zero/

STRANGE BREW

In their quest for free beer, bumbling Canadian brothers Bob and Doug McKenzie wind up working at the Elsinore Brewery. The hapless lads uncover a sinister mind-control plot spearheaded by Brewmeister Smith and must stop the scheme, which also involves Uncle Claude a member of the Elsinore family. As Bob and Doug try to prevent Smith from taking over the world, they also manage to drink plenty of their favourite sudsy beverage.

Screening as a part of: Board Pics - chosen by board member: Trevor⁠
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Screening:⁠
June 22nd at 7:00PM⁠

Poster designed by: Jordan Carson

https://metrocinema.org/event/strange-brew-1983/

PLAY IT AS IT LAYS⁠
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Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and s*x with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood.⁠
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Screening as a part of the guest programmed series - Cinematic Songwriters: Lana Del Rey⁠
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Screening:⁠
June 21st at 9:30PM⁠
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Poster designed by: Amanda Komarniski

https://metrocinema.org/event/play-it-as-it-lays/

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

Set in the 1930s, the Grand Budapest Hotel is a popular European ski resort, presided over by concierge Gustave H. Zero, a junior lobby boy, becomes Gustave's friend and protégé. Gustave prides himself on providing first-class service to the hotel's guests, including satisfying the s*xual needs of the many elderly women who stay there. When one of Gustave's lovers dies mysteriously, Gustave finds himself the recipient of a priceless painting and the chief suspect in her murder.

With a post-screening discussion by the Philosophy in Film podcast.⁠
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Screening:⁠
June 21st 6:45PM⁠

Poster designed by: Daniel Tansy

https://metrocinema.org/event/the-grand-budapest-hotel/

Rainbow Visions Film Festival hits Metro Cinema from June 18–21, featuring a dozen of the year’s hottest new queer-themed films, retro favourites, scintillating panels, and phenomenal shorts packages.

& on June 21st at 2:00PM, they're screening THE BIRDCAGE for it's 30th anniversary!

In director Mike Nichols’ (The Graduate, Working Girl) hysterical comedy classic, a gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false “straight” front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée’s right-wing, conservative parents.

Metro Passes: only Silver Screen passes accepted at the doors. (Subject to availability), except when noted.

Check out the full Rainbow Visions film lineup as it gets confirmed, and purchase All-Access Passes or Single Tickets, at rainbowvisions.ca.

Poster designed by: Elizabeth Harrison