In a near-future Tokyo where the threat of a catastrophic earthquake pervades daily life, two rabble-rousing best friends are about to graduate high school. One night, they pull a consequential prank on their Principal, which leads to a surveillance system being installed in their school. Stuck between the oppressive security system and a darkening national political situation, the two respond in contrasting ways, leading them to confront differences they never had to face before.

Demons Dir. Lamberto Bava 1985, Italy, 89 min Rated 18A (Unrated) Welcome to the most life-enriching Italian terror-party of 1985. Produced by Dario Argento (Suspiria) and directed by Lamberto Bava, Demons follows a panorama of punks, preppies, and ne'er-do-wells as they get trapped in a movie theater and possessed by gut-shredding Satanic demonoids. Featuring songs by Mötley Crüe and Billy Idol, gloopy effects, and the iconic Geretta Geretta in a lead role, this is the most fun you'll ever have in a movie theater while watching a movie about beasties on the loose in a movie theater. Content warning: This film contains scenes of violence and gore. Demons 2 Dir. Lamberto Bava 1986, Italy, 91 min Rated R Demons 2 finds producer Dario Argento (Suspiria) and director Lamberto Bava re-teaming to deliver the most essential Italian terror-party of 1986. A high-rise apartment building full of families, fitness buffs, and party animals watch a movie-within-a-movie on TV that’s also a sequel to Demons. But before long, the evil escapes and turns the real world into a living hell. Demons 2 is a joyful, meta-enhanced goreblast that mutilates logic and delivers exactly what we want: outrageous goop, a rad post-punk soundtrack, and a demon dog with a demon puppet living inside of it. To quote the movie’s original tagline: “Let’s party!” Content warning: This film contains scenes of violence and gore. Bikini Drive-In is a semi-monthly screening series examining horror films through a feminist lens curated and introduced by Cinematheque Film Programmer Olivia Norquay. Generously sponsored by IATSE 856 Manitoba.

Fifty years after Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre shocked the world and forever changed the face of global cinema and popular culture, Chain Reactions charts the film’s profound impact and lasting influence on five great artists – Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller- Nicholas, Stephen King, and Karyn Kusama – through early memories, sensory experiences, and childhood trauma. By crafting a dynamic dialogue between contemporary footage and never-before-seen outtakes and delving into personal impressions triggered by distinct audiovisual formats (16mm, 35mm, VHS, digital), Chain Reactions goes to the heart of how a scruffy, no-budget independent film wormed its way into our collective nightmares and permanently altered the zeitgeist.

Harvey, a straight, fat man, decides to submit a photograph of himself to a gay magazine for "big men and their admirers". A gentle, ambient character study about the healing power of being admired.

Vicki Kent (Samantha Fox) has just been released from a mental hospital five years after supposedly stabbing two neighborhood boys to death. Her sister Mary (Diane Cummins) and brother Billy (Bill Szarka) think Vicki should still be locked up, and the two soon begin tormenting her in the hopes of triggering another psychotic episode. But when various members of Vicki’s extended family begin turning up dead, is she actually the one responsible for the carnage? The first all-out horror film by legendary filmmaker Doris Wishman, A Night to Dismember famously had to be salvaged after a majority of its original camera negative was destroyed in a lab fire during post-production. The final film, constructed a combination of old and new material plus copious outtakes and stock footage, is singularly strange headscratcher and a masterpiece of accidental avant-garde. Content warning: This film contains scenes of violence and gore. Welcome to Cult-O-Rama, our brand-new monthly screening series exploring beloved sleaze, trash, and underground cinema! A celebration of bad taste curated and introduced by Cinematheque Film Programmer Olivia Norquay. Presented in partnership with Sookram’s Brewing Co. Generously sponsored by IATSE 856 Manitoba.

Join us for a block of the spookiest and most surreal cartoons ever made by the legendary Fleischer Studios. Koko the Clown, Betty Boop and more will be in attendance to weird you out with brand new digital restorations from the golden age of animation. The Cartoons of Max Fleischer: Betty Boop's Halloween Party features new restorations of Betty Boop's Halloween Party (1933), Bimbo's Initiation (1931), The Cobweb Hotel (1936), Herring Murder Case (1931), Is My Palm Read? (1933), Koko's Haunted House (1928), Mysterious Mose (1930), Red Hot Mama (1934), Swing You Sinners (1930), The Runaway (1924), and Fresh Vegetable Mystery (1939). This program is rated G.

Dennis is a quietly handsome and bookish college student. His older brother, Bill, is a rough hewn ladies' man and thief. Thrown together to search for their long-lost dad, they confront their expectations of each other, themselves, and their attitudes towards women.

A beautiful college bound girl disturbingly preoccupied with the threat of nuclear destruction falls in love with a handsome ex-con who is rumored to have murdered the father of his high school sweetheart. A warm-hearted satire about idealistic young love, capitalist moralizing in the home, and the need for work one loves. Hartley's first feature and one of his most beloved comedies. Featuring the late Adrienne Shelly in her first film role before playing Maria in Hartley's era defining second feature Trust (1990). And Robert John Burke plays the enigmatic mechanic, Josh Hutton - an actor who would appear in a number of Hartley's later films. A delightful but clear eyed satire.

Popularly regarded as one of the essential American independent films of the 1990's, Trust is a romantic comedy told with Hartley's characteristic verbal dexterity and mordant wit - an hilarious and moving analysis of family violence and the moral courage it takes to defeat it and assume faith in others.

London. The 1960s. Two unemployed actors—acerbic, elegantly wasted Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and the anxiety-ridden "I" (Paul McGann)—drown their frustrations in booze, pills, and lighter fluid. When Withnail's Uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths) offers his cottage, they escape the squalor of their flat for a week in the country. They soon realize they’ve gone on holiday by mistake when their wits—and friendship—are sorely tested by violent downpours, less than hospitable locals, and empty cupboards. An intelligent, superbly acted, and hilarious film, Bruce Robinson’s semi-autobiographical cult favorite is presented here in its complete and uncut version. Join us for McDonald at The Movies, where comedian, star and co-founder of Kids in the Hall, comic Kevin McDonald will present a film handpicked from the archives of comic history. Generously sponsored by IATSE 856 Manitoba.

50 years ago, five youths on a weekend getaway in the Texas countryside fell prey to a butcher in a mask made of human skin and his cannibalistic family, and horror cinema would never be the same. Violent, confrontational, and shockingly realistic, director Tobe Hooper’s THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE terrified audiences in a way never thought possible when it was unleashed on a politically and socially tumultuous America in 1974. Facing a storm of controversy, censorship, and outcry throughout its troubled release, this masterpiece of horror has stood the test of time to become a landmark motion picture and cultural milestone.

Through intimate cinema vérité, Union chronicles the extraordinary efforts of an unlikely group of warehouse workers as they launch a grassroots union campaign at an Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York. Led by the charismatic but underestimated Chris Smalls, the diverse band of workers start the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) and embark on a journey against one of the largest and most powerful companies in the world. The odds are stacked against them, as the group finds itself up against a tech industry giant with unlimited resources, without major support from national unions or politicians, and while navigating internal divisions within their own ranks. Filmmakers Brett Story and Stephen Maing document the struggle from day one, offering a gripping human drama about the fight for power and dignity in today's globalized economic landscape.