Pacific Cinémathèque

“No computer trick is as glorious as the thaw that melts...

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:00:43 -0400

“No computer trick is as glorious as the thaw that melts icy Greta Garbo into fire” (Time Out).

Garbo Laughs in her first comedy, NINOTCKA. Screening in 35mm @ The Cinematheque May 23-24, 26, in our series Strange Magic: The Films of Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder.

Riveting. Dazzling. Violent. Park Chan-wook’s OLDBOY...

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00:44 -0400

Riveting. Dazzling. Violent. Park Chan-wook’s OLDBOY screens tonight (May 17) at 8:45pm on 35mm.

“A grand, gritty, indelible experience.” SALON on...

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:24 -0400

“A grand, gritty, indelible experience.” SALON on OLDBOY

Park Chan-wook’s jaw-dropping OLDBOY screens Friday (May 17), Saturday (18), Sunday (19), and Monday (20), on 35mm.

“You can’t look away, not only because the carnage...

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:00:33 -0400

“You can’t look away, not only because the carnage is so masterfully photographed, but because the director sucks you into his bleak, poetic, even sensible vision of cosmic brutality.” NEW YORK DAILY NEWS on SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE.

Park Chan-wook’s SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE screens May 17 - 19 + 22 @ The Cinematheque on 35mm.

FREE EVENT! Celebrate Vancouver films and filmmakers by...

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:00:50 -0400

FREE EVENT! Celebrate Vancouver films and filmmakers by discussing the past, present, and future of the local industry with the launch of the new book, World Film Locations Vancouver. Featuring a panel discussion, film scene reviews, and screenings.

Thursday, May 16 @ 7:30pm.

Listen carefully. Everyone make mistakes. But if you committed...

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:00:32 -0400

Listen carefully. Everyone make mistakes. But if you committed a sin, you have to make an atonement for that sin. Atonement, do you know what that means? Big Atonement for big sins. Small Atonement for small sins.

Park Chan-wook’s hyper-stylized, hyper-violent VENGEANCE TRILOGY screens at The Cinematheque this weekend (May 17-20, 22) in 35mm prints.

SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE. OLDBOY. LADY VENGEANCE.

In the late ’80s, Bob Forrest was the lead singer and songwriter...

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:06:48 -0400

In the late ’80s, Bob Forrest was the lead singer and songwriter for L.A. post-punk band Thelonious Monster. This 2012 doc tells the story of his drug addiction and recovery.

BOB AND THE MONSTER screens in our Frames of Mind series, Wednesday, May 15 @ 7:30pm. Post-screening discussion with Dr. Vijay Seethapathy and Dr. Harry Karlinsky.

THE DARK CRYSTAL just showed up at our office on...

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:18:56 -0400

THE DARK CRYSTAL just showed up at our office on 35mm!

Screening on Sunday, May 19- 1pm @ The Cinematheque - ALL AGES WELCOME!
With an introduction from our Education Department, and a puppetry demonstration by Lost & Found Puppet Co., this is one you won’t want to miss.

Special Pricing: $6 kids / $9 adults
http://thecinematheque.ca/cinema-sunday/the-dark-crystal

After an accident leaves her with horrific facial scars, Fujiko...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:00:29 -0400

After an accident leaves her with horrific facial scars, Fujiko seeks relief from a sorceress in the mountains, who transforms her in a fanged, hairy monster!

VAMPIRE BRIDE screens @ The Cinematheque tonight (April 20) at 8pm and Sunday (April 21) at 6:30pm in our series NUDES! GUNS! GHOSTS! THE SENSATIONAL CINEMA OF SHINTOHO.

A young couple is caught in a web of demonic possession and...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:00:28 -0400

A young couple is caught in a web of demonic possession and ghostly revenge, with a black cat serving as a conduit between the worlds of the living and dead, in Shintoho Studios’ GHOST CAT OF OTAMA POND (1960).

Screening tonight (April 18) at 8pm, and Saturday (April 20) at 6:30pm in NUDES! GUNS! GHOSTS! THE SENSATIONAL CINEMA OF SHINTOHO.

Experience 50s Japanese exploitation cinema this week with FLESH...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:00:48 -0400

Experience 50s Japanese exploitation cinema this week with FLESH PIER, a sordid story of evasion and betrayal in Japan’s sex industry, from director Teruo Ishii.

Screening @ The Cinematheque in our series NUDES! GUNS! GHOSTS! THE SENSATIONAL CINEMA OF SHINTOHO on Thursday (April 18) at 6:30pm and Sunday (April 21) at 8:05pm.

The Cinematheque’s Frames of Mind monthly mental health...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:00:53 -0400

The Cinematheque’s Frames of Mind monthly mental health series presents SLEEPWALK WITH ME (2012), a comedy about a stand-up comedian struggling with career, relationship, and sleep issues.

Screens Wednesday (April 17) at 7:30pm. Post-screening discussion with Dr. Jonathan Fleming, Co-Director of the Sleep Disorders Program, UBC Hospital. Moderated by Dr. Harry Karlinsky, Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UBC.

Director Nobuo Nakagawa’s stylish 1959 horror masterpiece, GHOST...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:00:39 -0400

Director Nobuo Nakagawa’s stylish 1959 horror masterpiece, GHOST STORY OF YOTSUYA, adapts Tsuruya Nanboku’s 1825 kabuki play, one of Japan’s most famous ghost stories.

Final screening TONIGHT (April 13) at 8:15pm, only @ The Cinematheque.

The cinematic results of Sergio Leone and Ennio...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:01:03 -0400

The cinematic results of Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone’s partnership are legendary, but did you know the two were classmates as children?!

Experience one of the Leone/Morricone ‘greats’ this weekend on 35mm, when we screen THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY. 3pm and 6:30pm tomorrow (April 14), April 15, and April 19 @ The Cinematheque.

“An improbable masterpiece — a bizarre mixture of...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:00:43 -0400

“An improbable masterpiece — a bizarre mixture of grandly operatic visuals, grim brutality and sordid violence that keeps wrenching you from one extreme to the other.” - Chicago Reader on THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY.

Sergio Leone’s epic screens @ The Cinematheque starting tonight (April 12), with additional screenings on April 14, 15, and 19. Don’t miss the chance to see this epic on 35mm!

Based on a true story of sex and survival, Toshio...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:21:35 -0400

Based on a true story of sex and survival, Toshio Shimura’s REVENGE OF THE PEARL QUEEN stars voluptuous Michiko Maeda as an office worker and future pearl diver trapped on a tropical beach with five lustful male castaways. Features the first nude scene in Japanese cinema!

Screening in NUDES! GUNS! GHOSTS! THE SENSATIONAL CINEMA OF SHINTOTO, tonight (April 11) at 8:15pm and Saturday (April 13) at 6:30pm.

When a group of convicts learn the whereabouts of a large cache...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:16:41 -0400

When a group of convicts learn the whereabouts of a large cache of diamonds, they plan a prison break that goes horribly wrong.

Michiyoshi Doi’s black comedy, THE HORIZON GLITTERS, screens tonight (April 11), 6:30pm @ The Cinematheque in our series NUDES! GUNS! GHOSTS! THE SENSATIONAL CINEMA OF SHINTOHO.

NUDES! GUNS! GHOSTS! THE SENSATIONAL CINEMA OF SHINTOHO The...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:00:32 -0400

NUDES! GUNS! GHOSTS! THE SENSATIONAL CINEMA OF SHINTOHO

The Cinematheque’s new retrospective of eight Shintoho cult classics from the ’50s and ’60s provides a lively sampling of the Japanese studio’s delightfully deranged output.

Opens tomorrow (April 10), and runs April 10-11, 13, 18, 20-21, 24-25.

“A VORTEX OF INSANITY” MIAMI CONNECTION screens @...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:01:11 -0400

“A VORTEX OF INSANITY”

MIAMI CONNECTION screens @ The Cinematheque tonight (April 6) at 8:40pm, Sunday (April 7) at 8:15pm, and Monday (April 8) at 6:30pm.

“A vortex of insanity … Over-the-top and absolutely...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:00:41 -0400

“A vortex of insanity … Over-the-top and absolutely bonkers, but also the greatest movie featuring rock ‘n’ roll ninjas you’ll ever see.” – FILM THREAT

MIAMI CONNECTION opens tonight (April 5) at 6:30pm @ The Cinematheque.