RBC Sunset Screenings
Best in Show
Dir. Christopher Guest
14A | 2000 | United States | 90 minutes
25 years after its premiere, master mockumentarian Christopher Guest's hilarious satire of the highly competitive world of dog shows has lost none of its teeth. A wondrously colorful mix of dog owners descend on the MayFlower Dog Show with one goal: taking home the Championship. Their pups may be on display but it's really their owners that take centre stage in all of their wacky, neurotic zaniness. With an all-star cast of Guest regulars, including Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara, Fred Willard, Parker Posey, Michael McKean, and Jennifer Coolidge as well as Guest himself, Best In Show endures as one of the finest comedies of the new millennium.
Wednesday, July 23 | 9:45pm - RBC Sunset Beach
Space Jam
Dir. Joe Pytka
G | 1996 | United States | 88 minutes
Swackhammer (voice of Danny DeVito), an evil alien theme park owner, needs a new attraction at Moron Mountain. When his gang, the Nerdlucks, heads to Earth to kidnap Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes, Bugs challenges them to a basketball game to determine their fate, and the fate of Earth in the process. The aliens agree, but intend to cheat by stealing the powers of NBA basketball stars, including Larry Bird and Charles Barkley, so Bugs gets some help from the biggest superstar of them all: Michael Jordan.
Thursday, July 24 | 9:45pm - RBC Sunset Beach
Stop Making Sense
Dir. Jonathan Demme
PG | 1984 | United States | 88 minutes
Restored in shimmering 4K to coincide with its 40th anniversary, this classic 1984 concert film was directed by renowned filmmaker Jonathan Demme and is considered by many to be the greatest concert film of all time. Stop Making Sense showcases the Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their album Speaking In Tongues, and captures them at peak performance over three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater. Heralded for its stunning choreography, striking visual design, and of course, iconic songs, Stop Making Sense is a cinematic experience that is sure to have GIFF audiences kicking up some sand.
Friday, July 25 | 9:45pm - RBC Sunset Beach
Almost Famous
Dir. Cameron Crowe
18A | 2000 | United States | 122 minutes
Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical love letter to the classic rock of the 70's is itself a classic. In 1973, 15-year-old music lover and aspiring rock journalist William Miller gets the backstage pass of a lifetime when he lands a dream assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview hot new band Stillwater on their cross-country tour. Quickly finding himself in over his head, and with many lessons to learn, he comes of age on the road under the tutelege of the band and their fans, who teach William more about life, love, and art he could ever learn in school.
Saturday, July 26 | 9:45pm - RBC Sunset Beach
The Thing
Dir. John Carpenter
18A | 1982 | United States | 109 minutes
Get transported from the sunny locale of Gimli and the wide-open vista of Lake Winnipeg to the frigid confines of Antarctica for this special screening of horror master John Carpenter's 1982 classic. It's winter on the beach with this absolute classic wherein a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the ice for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror… and becomes one of them. Driven by Kurt Russell's iconic last-man-standing performance, and directed with taut precision by Carpenter, The Thing is one of the best sci-fi horror films of all time, and a favourite amongst the GIFF crew.
Sunday, July 27 | 9:45pm - RBC Sunset Beach
