I have a good feeling about this
Less than a week until Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. I’ll go to see it with my wife and children, mirroring the time I went to see the first Star Wars movie with my parents and brother.…
Hungry Ghosts of Film History: Resuscitated by Guy Maddin
Maddining Guy Maddin, renowned Canadian artist from Winnipeg, Manitoba has painted us a brand new filmic nightmare. The Nelson Civic Theatre brings you a one-time screening of The Forbidden Room. If you’re up for a surreal non-linear sort of evening,…
The Pitch (Dec. 18 – 24)
Help Me J.J. Abrams, You're My Only Hope! The first reference to "The true meaning" of Christmas can be found in The American magazine, vol. 28 (1889); "To give up one's very self — to think only of others —…
Chas’ Blog-Truth
Generally, I really look forward to a film with some creative involvement from Robert Redford. Ever since his first appearances with Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and 1973's The Sting I have been impressed with his…
Christmas is in our Hearts
This coming Saturday, December 12, beginnning at 2:00pm, we are hosting our second annual Home for the Holidays Winter Celebration of Family and Friends at The Civic Theatre. It’s our open house, featuring free films (the 50th Anniversary of A…
“The Shining”: America Through a Glass Darkly
Kubrick, the Quintessential Auteur Kubrick, Stanley. No other artist has ever shaken me so close to my core. The visceral understanding of universal truths that are revealed through his work cut very close to the bone. It is difficult to…
A Personal Selection of Holiday Movies
It's all too common at this time of year to see lists of the best holiday movies. Many include the same classic (and not so classic) films in various permutations. The entertaining Vox article, 5 ways The Night Before pays…
The Pitch (Dec. 11 – 17)
Some quality Thursday fare beyond Thursday before the dark side of the Force takes over the Civic screen for four-weeks. Of course, we are super excited to be bringing in the much anticipated new Star Wars film, The Force Awakens on its release…
Han Shot First!
~ Brendan Quinn For a good chunk of Star Wars fans, George Lucas’ “Special Editions” were, unfortunately, the films that we grew up watching. It wasn’t until the Internet really took off in the late ‘90s that I discovered the…
The Pitch (Dec. 3 – 10)
The wonderful wizard of Rogen. Seth x 2 this week at The Civic. Vancouver-born Seth Aaron Rogen plays Steve Wozniak, the wonderful Wizard of Woz, in Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs (rated PG). 84% on the Tomatometre, this version of Job's biography, penned by…
