Film Forum

Starts:

Saturday, July 31

1:30 PM

Ends:

Saturday, July 31

4:30 PM

Check out our series of film screenings and public talks every second Saturday, each facilitated by knowledgeable guest speaker from our local community of movie buffs. Do you like to talk about movies? We want to hear from you, too!

Stanley A. Milner Library
Edmonton Room (basement level)
FREE ADMISSION

Join us this summer for another round of intriguing films and guest speakers.

Saturday, July 17, 1:30 pmWitness (1985)

Peter Weir's Witness is a crime thriller equally defined by a detailed and sympathetic interest in Anabaptist theology. The film is about the power of vision, and its sumptuous visuals are just as much a confirmation of this as is its storyline about a little Amish boy who witnesses a murder. Professor Jerry White will discuss a few of the film's famous sequences to show the degree to which Witness is an exceptionally nuanced, intensely visual and finally quite melancholy portrait of a seminally American dilemma: the play between the county, the city, and lawless violence.

Jerry White is Associate Professor of Film Studies at the University of Alberta, and former president of Metro Cinema.

Register Online or call to register for Witness.

Saturday, July 31, 1:30 pmRaiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Join Chris Craddock as he looks at this popcorn classic of the 1980's, starring Harrison Ford as the one of the most well-known fictional adventurers in the history of cinema. Craddock will examine how the film's original story by George Lucas differs from Lawrence Kasdan's screenplay.

Chris Craddock is an award-winning actor, playwright and filmmaker, and currently the Writer in Residence at the Edmonton Public Library.

Saturday, August 14, 1:30 pmThe Science of Sleep (2006)

Stephane (Gael Garcia Bernal), an aspiring artist, returns home after the death of his father. Dealing with his grief, mundane job, and burgeoning attraction to his neighbour (Charlotte Gainsbourg), Stephane also suffers from the inability to distinguish between his sleeping and waking life. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director Michael Gondry creates another visually witty and technically ingenious film that explores the instability of desire, relationships, and consciousness itself.

Lori Walter is a library assistant at the Edmonton Public Library, and holds an M.A. in English from the University of Victoria.

Saturday, August 28, 1:30 pmThe Company (2003)

One of Robert Altman's last films, The Company is a composition of stories about the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, with most of the dancers played by their real-life members. Also starring Neve Campbell and Malcolm McDowell, the film blends dance performances and bittersweet drama. Paul Matwychcuk will discuss how Altman departs from his usual "ensemble-style" of filmmaking and makes the dance troupe its own collective character.

Paul Matwychuk is the general manager of Newest Press. He reviews DVDs on CBC Radio and on his blog THE MOVIEGOER.