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To Catch a Thief (1955) at Metro Cinema

The Garneau Theatre 8712 - 109 ST NW Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

USA 1955, 106 min, Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock’s Birthday American expatriate John Robie, living in high style on the Riviera, is a retired cat burglar. He must find out who a copycat is to keep a new wave of jewel thefts from being pinned on him. High on the list of prime victims is…

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Rope (1948) at Metro Cinema

The Garneau Theatre 8712 - 109 ST NW Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

USA 1948, 80 min, Dir: Alfred Hitchcock 75th Anniversary, Alfred Hitchcock’s Birthday Just before hosting a dinner party, Philip Morgan (Farley Granger) and Brandon Shaw (John Dall) strangle a mutual friend to death with a piece of rope, purely as a Nietzsche-inspired philosophical exercise. Hiding the body in a chest upon which they then arrange…

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12 Angry Men (1957) at Metro Cinema

The Garneau Theatre 8712 - 109 ST NW Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

USA 1957, 96 min, Dir: Sidney Lumet Following the closing arguments in a murder trial, the 12 members of the jury must deliberate, with a guilty verdict meaning death for the accused, an inner-city teen. As the dozen men try to reach a unanimous decision while sequestered in a room, one juror (Henry Fonda) casts…

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King Kong (1933) at Metro Cinema

The Garneau Theatre 8712 - 109 ST NW Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

USA 1933, 100 min, Dir: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack 90th Anniversary A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal giant gorilla who takes a shine to their female blonde star. He is then captured and brought back to New York City for public exhibition.

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Victims of Sin (1951) at Metro Cinema

The Garneau Theatre 8712 - 109 ST NW Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Mexico1951, 84 min, Dir: Emilio Fernández Spanish with subtitles New Restoration Rarely screened in the United States and long due for rediscovery, Victims of Sin is famed Mexican director Emilio Fernández’s unique blend of film noir, melodrama, and musical. Acting-dancing sensation Ninón Sevilla plays Violeta, a cabaret performer who adopts the abandoned child of Rita…

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The Seventh Seal (1957) at Metro Cinema

The Garneau Theatre 8712 - 109 ST NW Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Sweden 1957, 96 min, Dir: Ingmar Bergman Swedish with subtitles Gallery Artist Pick When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block…

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Safety Last! (1923) at Metro Cinema

The Garneau Theatre 8712 - 109 ST NW Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

USA 1923, 73 min, Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor Silent Film 100th Anniversary The comic genius of silent star Harold Lloyd is eternal. Chaplin is the sweet innocent, Keaton the stoic outsider, but Lloyd—the modern guy striving for success—is us. And with its torrent of perfectly executed gags and astonishing stunts, Safety Last! is…

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It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) at Metro Cinema

The Garneau Theatre 8712 - 109 ST NW Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

USA 1946, 130 min, Dir: Frank Capra Christmas Bureau of Edmonton Fundraiser Admission by donation George Bailey never got a chance to fulfill his life’s ambition. As he watches his friends and family become success stories he dreads on running his father’s building and loan business. When a financial discrepancy puts George in a difficult…

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Stray Dog on 35mm at Metro Cinema

The Garneau Theatre 8712 - 109 ST NW Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Japan 1949, 122 min, Dir: Akira Kurosawa Japanese with subtitles 35mm print 75th Anniversary A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him…

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The Third Man (1949)

The Garneau Theatre 8712 - 109 ST NW Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UK/USA 1949, 104 min, Dir: Carol Reed Set in postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to find him dead. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a “third man” present at the time of Harry’s death, running into…

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Brief Encounter (1945) at Metro Cinema

The Garneau Theatre 8712 - 109 ST NW Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UK 1945, 87 min, Dir: David Lean Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle…

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Cinderella (1950)

The Garneau Theatre 8712 - 109 ST NW Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

USA 1950, 74 min, Dir: Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi Family Day G With a wicked stepmother and two jealous stepsisters who keep her enslaved and in rags, Cinderella stands no chance of attending the royal ball. When her fairy godmother appears and magically transforms her reality into a dream come true, Cinderella enchants…

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