Join us at Toronto's Paradise Theatre to watch some of the greatest films ever directed by Canadians
Peter Knegt | CBC Arts | Posted: June 29, 2023 4:25 PM | Last Updated: June 29, 2023
CBC Arts and Paradise Theatre are teaming up to celebrate The 50 Greatest Films Directed by Canadians
In celebration of the launch of CBC Arts Presents: The 50 Greatest Films Directed by Canadians, we're teaming up with Toronto's historic Paradise Theatre for a screening series highlighting nearly all of the list's top 10 films... plus a few bonus films from the rest of the top 50.
Kicking off on July 9th with Alanis Obomsawin's Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, the series — curated and produced in a collaboration between Paradise Theatre programmer Lucy Walker and CBC Arts producer Peter Knegt — will feature 8 films from the top 10 (as well as bonus screenings of several others) the way they were meant to be seen: on the big screen.
Sunday, July 9th @ 7pm - Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance
Alanis Obomsawin spent 78 days behind Kanien'kéhaka lines to bring viewers a fiercely honest account of the Oka Crisis in her landmark documentary. Get your tickets.
BONUS: Saturday, July 15th @ 6pm - Ghostbusters
Ivan Reitman made an entire generation of kids fall in love with ghosts like Slimer and Marshmallow Man while sneaking in a load of raunchy jokes for the adults. Get your tickets.
BONUS: Saturday, July 15th @ 9pm - Aliens
James Cameron's Alien sequel is a 50-calibre war blockbuster with more monsters, more firepower, and two queens: Sigourney Weaver and the slick black Xenomorph. Get your tickets.
Sunday, July 16th @ 4pm - In the Heat of the Night
Norman Jewison brings a delicate mix of unease and optimism to his film about a Black cop and racist police chief, released during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. Get your tickets.
BONUS: Monday, July 17th @ 6pm - A Married Couple
Allan King's groundbreaking documentary follows a couple on the verge of a breakdown as they love and fight passionately. Get your tickets.
Monday, July 17th @ 8:30pm - Stories We Tell
Sarah Polley turns the camera on herself for a deeply intimate documentary that finds what's impossible in almost any family: the truth. Get your tickets.
Saturday, July 22nd @ 7pm - Dead Ringers
David Cronenberg's disturbing 80s drama about twin gynecologists is one of the most astute studies of despair ever captured on film. Part of a Cronenberg double feature! Get your tickets.
Saturday, July 22nd @ 9:30pm - Crash
David Cronenberg scandalized Cannes audiences and film censors with his sexy, violent car crash thriller. Part of a Cronenberg double feature! Get your tickets.
Monday, July 24th @ 8pm - The Sweet Hereafter
Atom Egoyan carefully weaves together seven fractured timelines to tell the story of a tragic bus crash in northern B.C. Get your tickets.
BONUS: Sunday, July 30th @ 4pm - Pour la suite du monde
Pierre Perrault, Michel Brault, and Marcel Carrière direct a folksy study of the isolated French-Canadian community of L'Isle-aux-Coudres. Get your tickets.
Sunday, July 30th @ 7pm - C.R.A.Z.Y.
Jean-Marc Vallée's story of a young gay man coming of age in a strict Catholic family was a surprise hit when it became bigger than Batman in Quebec. Get your tickets.
Monday, July 31st @ 7pm - Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Zacharias Kunuk turned a centuries-old Inuit oral tradition into a groundbreaking Inuktitut-language movie that raised the bar for the entire film industry. Get your tickets.
Enjoy the entirety of CBC Arts Presents: The 50 Greatest Films Directed by Canadians here.