Friday Apr 29 to Thursday May 5, 2016

“Set in a momentous summer around the shores of Lake Superior, Sleeping Giant is a coming-of-age marvel. This resounding feature debut by Toronto director Andrew Cividino updates and expands upon his 2014 short film by the same name, but it’s not just a longer version of the original. It goes much deeper, with rich character shadings.

"British Col. Katherine Powell (Helen Mirren) has a clear assignment: to capture a young Englishwoman who is collaborating with terrorists. To that end, Powell has enlisted the help of an American drone pilot (Aaron Paul) whose mission is not to engage militarily but merely to track her target’s movements in Nairobi.

"A bracing jolt of 'My Sharona' cranked up to max volume kicks off 'Everybody Wants Some!!' And just like that — Bam! — it’s 1980 all over again. Specifically, it’s Texas in August of 1980, and there’s a velvety late-summer warmth in the air and music is everywhere. Everywhere!

“You know the name and a version of the story: now meet the real human being.

“Rather than remind us again that we’re all doomed, this haunting environmental doc accesses a deeper and much stranger area of inquiry.

“Igor Drljaca’s new film The Waiting Room, an acute observation of the Bosnian diaspora in Canada.