Past Events

Capernaum Screening: Wednesday, February 6 – 4pm, 7pm Thursday, February 7 – 4pm, 7pm Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie     Co-written and Directed by: Nadine Labaki Cast: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Cedra Izam Drama, 14A for language and some drug material, 120 minutes, Language: Arabic with English subtitles (Lebanon/USA)     “A wonderfully complex and rich coming of age story that doesn't sugar coat the reality of life for those on the fringes…

Capernaum Screening: Wednesday, February 6 – 4pm, 7pm Thursday, February 7 – 4pm, 7pm Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie     Co-written and Directed by: Nadine Labaki Cast: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Cedra Izam Drama, 14A for language and some drug material, 120 minutes, Language: Arabic with English subtitles (Lebanon/USA)     “A wonderfully complex and rich coming of age story that doesn't sugar coat the reality of life for those on the fringes…

Capernaum Screening: Wednesday, February 6 – 4pm, 7pm Thursday, February 7 – 4pm, 7pm Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie     Co-written and Directed by: Nadine Labaki Cast: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Cedra Izam Drama, 14A for language and some drug material, 120 minutes, Language: Arabic with English subtitles (Lebanon/USA)     “A wonderfully complex and rich coming of age story that doesn't sugar coat the reality of life for those on the fringes…

The Silent Revolution (Das Schweigende Klassenzimmer) Screens: Thursday, February 21, 4:00 pm Friday, February 22, 7:00 pm Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie   Click Here to Buy Tickets   Director: Lars Kraume Cast: Leonard Scheicher, Tom Gramenz, Lena Klenke, Jonas Dassler, Florian Lukas, Isaiah Michalski Drama/History, PG, 111 min. Language: German and Russian with English subtitles (Germany)   “ solid, good-looking piece of filmmaking which is elevated by a clutch of strong performances from the young cast.” -…

Free Solo   Thursday, February 21 - 7:00 pm Saturday, February 23 - 2:00 pm Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie   Click Here to Buy Tickets   Directors: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin With: Alex Honnold, Jimmy Chin and Tommy Caldwell Documentary, PG for brief strong language, 100 min. (USA)     “A breathtaking portrait of a man engaged in arguably the most dangerous sport in the world.” - Louis Proyect, Counterpunch.org   “You don't have to…

Pick of the Litter  Screens: Friday, February 22 - 4:00 pm Saturday, February 23 - 12:00 pm Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie   Click Here to Buy Tickets   Directed by: Dana Nachman and Don Hardy Documentary, PG, 81 min. (USA)   "A complete delight, a much-needed balm for the soul." - Los Angeles Times   "By far the most joyous time you'll have at the movies all year." - San Diego Reader   Pick of the Litter follows…

The Silent Revolution (Das Schweigende Klassenzimmer)  Screens: Thursday, February 21, 4:00 pm Friday, February 22, 7:00 pm Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie   Click Here to Buy Tickets   Director: Lars Kraume Cast: Leonard Scheicher, Tom Gramenz, Lena Klenke, Jonas Dassler, Florian Lukas, Isaiah Michalski Drama/History, PG, 111 min. Language: German and Russian with English subtitles (Germany)     “ solid, good-looking piece of filmmaking which is elevated by a clutch of strong performances from the young cast.”…

Pick of the Litter  Screens: Friday, February 22 - 4:00 pm Saturday, February 23 - 12:00 pm Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie   Click Here to Buy Tickets   Directed by: Dana Nachman and Don Hardy Documentary, PG, 81 min. (USA)     "A complete delight, a much-needed balm for the soul." - Los Angeles Times   "By far the most joyous time you'll have at the movies all year." - San Diego Reader     Pick of…