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Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance - Poster

Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

Synopsis:

The Calgary Cinematheque Presents: Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)


This documentary by Abenaki activist Alanis Obomsawin emerged as a real time response to the 1990 Oka Crisis in which a Mohawk protest of the expansion of a golf course onto their land was met with a police barricade and later military siege of the Mohawk reserves which lasted 78 and led to two fatalities - one on each side. Obomsawin inserted herself and her shifting crew into the crisis as it occurred, documenting events from the Mohawk side. 

The film served as a key counter to the portrayal of the conflict in Canadian mass media, and the crew’s presence is thought to have partially de-escalated matters. A landmark in Indigenous filmmaking, we include Kanehsatake to remind our audience that Canada is not innocent of colonialism or oppression. We dedicate this film to the Indigenous leaders and activists of Canada who find themselves continually forced to fight for recognition of their legal rights.


Genre: Documentary

Director: Alanis Obomsawin
Stars: Jack Burning, Herbie Barnes, Alanis Obomsawin                        
Running time: 1 hr 59 min 
Rating: PG (Coarse Language) 




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Upcoming Showtimes
  • June 4 - 7:00pm
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Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Synopsis:

The Calgary Underground Film Festival Presents: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)


In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING, join CUFF for an Off the CUFF screening on June 3 at Globe Cinema. When it becomes clear that his solo album is a failure, a former boy band member does everything in his power to maintain his celebrity status.

ABOUT THE FILM
After a two-year, sold-out, worldwide tour, Conner4Real (Andy Samberg) is the biggest name in music. Go behind the scenes as Conner faces a crisis of popularity after this sophomore album flops, leaving fans, sycophants and rivals all wondering what to do when Conner4Real is no longer the dopest star of all.

Produced by Judd Apatow (TRAINWRECK, SUPERBAD, KNOCKED UP) and created by The Lonely Island, the film blends pitch-perfect pop parody with the group’s signature digital-short absurdity. POPSTAR is packed with rapid-fire jokes and a deep bench of cameo appearances from major figures across comedy and music.

SCREENING DETAILS
Wednesday, June 3 @ 7:00 pm
Globe Cinema (617 8 Ave SW)
Tickets: $12 ($10 for members, students and seniors)

OFF THE CUFF is a year-round series presented by the Calgary Underground Film Festival. For those films we just can't make work with our festival dates, we go off the CUFF.


Genre: Comedy, Music

Director: Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone 
Stars: Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer                          
Running time: 1 hr 27 min 
Rating: 14A (Nudity, Coarse Language, Substance Abuse) 




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Upcoming Showtimes
  • June 3 - 7:00pm
Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair - Poster

Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair

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Presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque, ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair‘ is an annual film festival showcasing some of the greatest works of cinema from across the globe that venture into the darkest sides of humanity and the bleakest points in human history.⁠ ⁠

A harrowing, yet powerful lineup of films defined by stark imagery, unimaginable tragedies, existential fear, nihilism and shocking acts of brutality, this series features the world’s leading filmmakers who wholly embrace a cinema of despair in pursuit of unpleasant truths and raw empathy.

Taking place in June, the fifth year will see the festival expand to nearly 100 theatres across the United States and Puerto Rico, Canada, England, Scotland, Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile. Each venue will curate it’s own lineup of films.


Individual film tickets: $13
Full festival pass: $35


Lineup and individual tickets:

Twin Peaks: The Return - Part 8 "Gotta Light?" & Night of the Living Dead (1968) Double Feature | Friday, June 12th @ 7:00 PM | BUY TICKETS


Enter the Void (2009) | Saturday, June 13th @ 7:00 PM | BUY TICKETS


The Vanishing (1988) | Sunday, June 14th @ 7:00 PM | BUY TICKETS


Punishment Park (1971) | Monday, June 15th @ 7:00 PM | BUY TICKETS


Funny Games (1997) | Tuesday, June 16th @ 7:00 PM | BUY TICKETS


Cure (1997) | Wednesday, June 17th @ 7:00 PM | BUY TICKETS


Come and See (1985) | Thursday, June 18th @ 7:00 PM | BUY TICKETS



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Upcoming Showtimes
  • June 12 - 7:00pm
  • June 13 - 7:00pm
  • June 14 - 7:00pm
  • June 15 - 7:00pm
  • June 16 - 7:00pm
  • June 17 - 7:00pm
  • June 18 - 7:00pm
Twin Peaks: The Return Part 8

Twin Peaks: The Return Part 8 "Gotta Light?" & Night of the Living Dead Double Feature - Bleak Week

Synopsis:

Festival Pass: $35


Globe Cinema and American Cinematheque Presents: Twin Peaks: The Return Part 8 "Gotta Light?" & Night of the Living Dead Double Feature - Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair

Kick off Bleak Week with a grim double feature of Twin Peaks: The Return Part 8 "Gotta Light?" and George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968).

The pivotal episode of David Lynch’s triumphant return to Twin Peaks 25 years later, Part 8 “Gotta Light?” marks a massive shift in the series’ tone while heralding the birth of all evil depicted brilliantly by the Manhattan Project nuclear testing in New Mexico. What follows is one of the most unhinged and vivid nightmares Lynch has conjured setting the stage for the series’ climax.

Alongside the birth of evil, we have the original sin and horror found in the seminal zombie classic; George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. A paranoid and desperate fight for survival against hordes of the recently unearthed that culminates in one of the most cynical and bleak endings to a film already littered with suffering and despair. 

Presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque, ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair‘ is an annual film festival showcasing some of the greatest works of cinema from across the globe that venture into the darkest sides of humanity and the bleakest points in human history.⁠ ⁠

A harrowing, yet powerful lineup of films defined by stark imagery, unimaginable tragedies, existential fear, nihilism and shocking acts of brutality, this series features the world’s leading filmmakers who wholly embrace a cinema of despair in pursuit of unpleasant truths and raw empathy.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Twin Peaks: The Return Part 8 "Gotta Light?"

Director: David Lynch
Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Leslie Berger, Robert Broski           
Running time: 56 min 
Rating: 14A


Night of the Living Dead

Director: George A. Romero
Stars: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman           
Running time: 1 hr 36 min 
Rating: 14A (Violence, Frightening Scenes)


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Upcoming Showtimes
  • June 12 - 7:00pm
Enter the Void - Bleak Week - Poster

Enter the Void - Bleak Week

Synopsis:

Festival Pass: $35


Globe Cinema and American Cinematheque Presents: Enter the Void (2009) - Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair

Tokyo's nasty underside, seen primarily through the eyes of Oscar, a heavy drug user, whose sister Linda is a stripper. Oscar also has flashbacks to his childhood when trauma upends the siblings. Oscar's drug-fed hallucinations alter Tokyo's already-disconcerting nights, and after the police shoot him, he can float above and look down: on his sister's sorrow, on the rooms of a love hotel, and on life at even a molecular level. The spectrum's colors can be beautiful; it's people's colorless lives that can be ugly. And what of afterlife, is there more than a void?

Presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque, ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair‘ is an annual film festival showcasing some of the greatest works of cinema from across the globe that venture into the darkest sides of humanity and the bleakest points in human history.⁠ ⁠

A harrowing, yet powerful lineup of films defined by stark imagery, unimaginable tragedies, existential fear, nihilism and shocking acts of brutality, this series features the world’s leading filmmakers who wholly embrace a cinema of despair in pursuit of unpleasant truths and raw empathy.

Genre: Drama


Director: Gaspar Noe
Stars: Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, Cyril Roy             
Running time: 2 hr 41 min 
Rating: R (Disturbing Content)



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Upcoming Showtimes
  • June 13 - 7:00pm
The Vanishing - Bleak Week - Poster

The Vanishing - Bleak Week

Synopsis:

Festival Pass: $35


Globe Cinema and American Cinematheque Presents: The Vanishing (1988) - Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair

Rex and Saskia are on holiday, a young couple in love. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia disappears. Rex dedicates the next three years trying to find her. Then he receives some postcards from her abductor, who promises to reveal what has happened to Saskia. The abductor, Raymond Lemorne, is a chilling character to whom Rex is drawn by his intense desire to learn the truth behind his lovers disappearance. The truth is more sinister than he dared imagine.

Genre: Mystery, Thriller


Director: George Sluizer
Stars: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege               
Running time: 1 hr 47 min 
Rating: PG



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Upcoming Showtimes
  • June 14 - 7:00pm
Punishment Park - Bleak Week - Poster

Punishment Park - Bleak Week

Synopsis:

Festival Pass: $35


Globe Cinema and American Cinematheque Presents: Punishment Park (1971) - Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair

A pseudo-documentary purporting to be a film crews's news coverage of the team of soldiers escorting a group of hippies, draft dodgers, and anti-establishment types across the desert in a type of capture the flag game. The soldiers vow not to interfere with the rebels' progress and merely shepherd them along to their destination. At that point, having obtained their goal, they will be released. 

The film crew's coverage is meant to insure that the military's intentions are honorable. As the representatives of the 60's counter-culture get nearer to passing this arbitrary test, the soldiers become increasingly hostile, attempting to force the hippies out of their pacifist behavior.

Genre: Drama, Thriller


Director: Peter Watkins
Stars: Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, Carmen Argenziano                 
Running time: 1 hr 31 min 
Rating: 14A (Coarse Language)



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Upcoming Showtimes
  • June 15 - 7:00pm
Funny Games - Bleak Week - Poster

Funny Games - Bleak Week

Synopsis:

Festival Pass: $35


Globe Cinema and American Cinematheque Presents: Funny Games (1997) - Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair

Michael Haneke’s most notorious provocation, Funny Games spares no detail in its depiction of the agony of a bourgeois family held captive at their vacation home by a pair of white-gloved young men. In a series of escalating “games,” the sadistic duo subject their victims to unspeakable physical and psychological torture over the course of a night. 

A home-invasion thriller in which the genre’s threat of bloodshed is made stomach-churningly real, the film ratchets up shocks even as its executioners interrupt the action to address the audience, drawing queasy attention to the way that cinema milks pleasure from pain and stokes our appetite for atrocity. With this controversial treatise on violence and entertainment, Haneke issued a summation of his cinematic philosophy, implicating his audience in a spectacle of unbearable cruelty.

Genre: Drama, Crime


Director: Michael Haneke
Stars: Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Muhe, Arno Frisch                   
Running time: 1 hr 48 min 
Rating: 14A (Violence, Disturbing Content)



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Upcoming Showtimes
  • June 16 - 7:00pm
Cure - Bleak Week - Poster

Cure - Bleak Week

Synopsis:

Festival Pass: $35


Globe Cinema and American Cinematheque Presents: Cure (1997) - Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s arresting international breakthrough established him as one of the leaders of an emerging new wave of Japanese horror while pushing the genre into uncharted realms of philosophical and existential exploration. 

A string of shocking, seemingly unmotivated murders—each committed by a different person yet all bearing the same grisly hallmarks—leads Detective Takabe (Koji Yakusho) into a labyrinthine investigation to discover what connects them, and into a disturbing game of cat and mouse with an enigmatic amnesiac (Masato Hagiwara) who may be evil incarnate. Awash in hushed, hypnotic dread, Cure is a tour de force of psychological tension and a hallucinatory journey into the darkest recesses of the human mind.

Genre: Horror, Crime


Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Stars: Masato Hagiwara, Koji Yakusho, Tsuyoshi Ujiki                     
Running time: 1 hr 51 min 
Rating: 18A (Gory Violence)



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Upcoming Showtimes
  • June 17 - 7:00pm
Come and See - Bleak Week - Poster

Come and See - Bleak Week

Synopsis:

Festival Pass: $35


Globe Cinema and American Cinematheque Presents: Come and See (1985) - Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair

This legendary film from Soviet director Elem Klimov is a senses-shattering plunge into the dehumanizing horrors of war. As Nazi forces encroach on his small village in what is now known as Belarus, teenage Flyora (Alexei Kravchenko, in a searing depiction of anguish) eagerly joins the Soviet resistance. 

Rather than the adventure and glory he envisioned, what he finds is a waking nightmare of unimaginable carnage and cruelty—rendered with a feverish, otherworldly intensity by Klimov’s subjective camera work and expressionistic sound design. Nearly blocked from being made by Soviet censors, who took seven years to approve its script, Come and See is perhaps the most visceral, impossible-to-forget antiwar film ever made.

Genre: Drama, Thriller


Director: Elem Klimov
Stars: Aleksey Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Laucevicius                       
Running time: 2 hr 22 min 
Rating: 18A (Brutal Violence)



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Upcoming Showtimes
  • June 18 - 7:00pm
Farewell My Concubine Uncut 4K Restoration - Poster

Farewell My Concubine Uncut 4K Restoration

Synopsis:

Amoment Books Presents: Farewell My Concubine Uncut 4K Restoration (1993)


Farewell My Concubine is a 1993 Chinese epic historical drama film, directed by Chen Kaige, starring Leslie Cheung, Gong Li and Zhang Fengyi.

Cheng Dieyi (Leslie Cheung) and Duan Xiaolou (Zhang Fengyi) grow up enduring the harsh training of the Peking Opera (Jing-Ju) Academy, where instructors regularly beat the students to instill in them the discipline needed to master the complex physical and vocal techniques of this ancient art. As the two boys mature, they develop complementary talents: Dieyi, with his fine, delicate features, assumes the female roles (Dan-Jue) while Xiaolou plays masculine warlords (Sheng-Jue). Their dramatic identities become real for Dieyi when he falls in love with Xiaolou, who fails to fully reciprocate his affections and marries a courtesan, Juxian (Gong Li), creating a dangerous, jealousy-filled romantic triangle.

Hailed as a “cultural achievement” (The New York Times) and widely considered one of the most important motion pictures ever made, FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE is a “gorgeous, intoxicating epic” (Los Angeles Times) that is both “visually spectacular” and “sumptuous in every respect” (Time Out). Spanning 50 years from the early 20th century to the tumultuous Cultural Revolution, Chen Kaige's passionate, exquisitely shot film captures the vast historical scope of a changing country while revealing the intimate and touching details of a unique, tender, heartrending love story. Based on the bestselling novel by Lillian Lee, it was selected as one of the “100 Best Films in Global History” by TIME Magazine, was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, and remains the only Chinese-language film to ever win the Palme d’Or.

This film is the latest restored uncut 4K version (20 minutes longer than its original Miramax theatrical release) .

*Presented in original Mandarin with English subtitles* 


Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Kaige Chen
Stars: Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Gong Li                  
Running time: 2 hr 51 min 
Rating: 14A (Coarse Language, Mature Subject Matter)  




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Upcoming Showtimes
  • May 31 - 2:30pm
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open - Poster

The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open

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A League of Their Own Presents: The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (2019)

When Aila encounters a young Indigenous woman, barefoot and crying in the rain on the side of a busy street, she soon discovers that this young woman, Rosie, has just escaped a violent assault at the hands of her boyfriend. Áila decides to bring Rosie home with her and over the course of the evening, the two navigate the aftermath of this traumatic event.

Genre: Drama

Director: Kathleen Hepburn, Elle-Maija Tailfeathers 
Stars: Violet Nelson, Elle-Maija Tailfeathers, Charlie Hannah                
Running time: 1 hr 45 min 
Rating: STC  


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Upcoming Showtimes
  • June 10 - 7:00pm
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D Movies - Birdemic: Shock and Terror

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The Dandy Brewing Company Presents: Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)

In the town of Half Moon Bay, California, an epidemic is on the horizon: a Birdemic. All the birds are attacking humanity for the devastating damage that they are inflicting on the earth: they're going after gas stations and people's cars, and the birds have something the humans will never see coming: Bird-Acid.

The Dandy Brewing Company raises a cold beer to cinema’s most glorious trainwrecks in all their cringe-worthy splendor. Trash classics and a full-sensory experience for lovers of the unlovable. Bad Movies, Great Booze, every month from Dandy Brewing Co.

Genre: Horror

Director: James Nguyen 
Stars: Alan Bagh, Whitney Moore, Tippi Hedren                  
Running time: 1 hr 45 min 
Rating: 14A  


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Upcoming Showtimes
  • June 5 - 9:30pm
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Children of Las Brisas

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The Calgary Latin American Film Festival Presents: Children of Las Brisas (2022)


Get ready for a vibrant celebration of Venezuelan cinema at the Calgary Latin American Film Festival 2026!

The documentary follows three Venezuelan children from Las Brisas neighborhood of Valencia, who strive to become professional musicians within the National Orchestra System. Over the course of a decade, Edixon, Dissandra, and Wuilly do not give up in their attempts to achieve a better future, and through their perspectives, a portrait is painted of a country taken over by a dictatorial regime. It is a story of resistance, resilience, and perseverance that explores the power of discipline and classical music as tools of survival.

Genre: Documentary

Director: Marianela Maldonado
Stars: Edixon Yanez, Dissandra Viloria, Wuilly Arteaga             
Running time: 1 hr 37 min 
Rating: PG



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Upcoming Showtimes
  • May 30 - 6:15pm
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Calgary Mountain Film Fest 2026

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​The Calgary Mountain Film Festival Presents: Climbing and Alpine Adventure and Paddling Film Festival Films


CMFF has been presenting the RR Film Tour to our local climbing community for the past 18 years. While Reel Rock 20 will return to Calgary in the fall, this May we have selected for you the best from the best! The Paddling Film Festival will be screened for the third time, and we will bring to you a selection of award winning Climbing and Alpine adventure Films along with Canmore based Jill Wheatley as our Guest Speaker.


Thursday, May 28th | Doors @ 6:00 PM Show @ 6:30 PM


Friday, May 29th | Doors @ 5:30 PM Show @ 6:00 PM




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Upcoming Showtimes
  • May 28 - 6:30pm
  • May 29 - 6:00pm
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Redline

Synopsis:


Globe Cinema Presents: Redline (2009)

The most violent race in the universe!

A daredevil driver is determined to compete in Redline, the most popular race in the galaxy. The race only occurs every five years, but in order to participate he must overcome the mafia, the government and even love.

Animated beautifully by the legendary Japanese Madhouse Studios, Redline is one of the most visually overwhelming spectacles of the last twenty years!

Genre: Anime, Action

Director: Takeshi Koike
Stars: Takuya Kimura, Yu Aoi, Takeshi Aono           
Running time: 1 hr 42 min 
Rating: 14A


*Presented in Japanese with English subtitles*


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Upcoming Showtimes
  • May 29 - 7:00pm
  • May 30 - 7:30pm
  • May 31 - 2:00pm
  • May 31 - 6:15pm
  • June 3 - 7:30pm
  • June 4 - 7:30pm
  • June 5 - 7:00pm
Trainspotting - 30th Anniversary 4K Restoration - Poster

Trainspotting - 30th Anniversary 4K Restoration

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Globe Cinema Presents: Trainspotting - 30th Anniversary 4K Restoration (1996)

Funny, disturbing, tragic and deeply addictive, TRAINSPOTTING is based on the seminal best-selling novel of the same name by Irvine Welsh. 

Set in gritty, late 1980s Edinburgh, Scotland, it’s the story of smart, funny, sickly, heroin addict Mark Renton
(Ewan McGregor) and his so-called friends - a bunch of losers, liars, psychos, thieves and junkies. 

Hilarious but harrowing, the film charts the disintegration of their friendship as they proceed, seemingly inevitably, towards self-destruction. Mark alone has the insight and opportunity to escape his fate, but does he really want to “choose life”?

Genre: Drama, Crime

Director: Danny Boyle
Stars: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller                      
Running time: 1 hr 33 min 
Rating: 18A (Substance Abuse, Disturbing Content)  


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Upcoming Showtimes
  • June 5 - 7:00pm
  • June 5 - 9:00pm
  • June 6 - 7:00pm
  • June 7 - 6:30pm
  • June 10 - 7:30pm
  • June 11 - 7:30pm