Dir. Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson
2024, Canada, Germany, Hungary, USA, 109 min
Rated R
Ricocheting between comedy, apocalyptic horror, and swooning soap opera, Rumours follows the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies at the annual G7 summit, where they attempt to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis. With unexpected, uproarious performances from a brilliant ensemble cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander, and Charles Dance, these so-called leaders become spectacles of incompetence, contending with increasingly surreal obstacles in the misty woods as night falls and they realize they are suddenly alone. A genre-hopping satire of political ineptitude, the latest film from incomparable directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson is a journey into the absurd heart of power and institutional failure in a slowly burning world.
Plays with Serve The Country
Dir. Fabián Velasco and Miloš Mitrović
2024, Canada, 8 min
A fast-talking man claiming to be a former tennis prodigy faces the doubts and derision of the people who cross his path in Fabián Velasco and Miloš Mitrović’s acerbically funny character study.
Join us on November 1 for a post-screening Q&A with Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, Fabián Velasco and Miloš Mitrović.
“A droll account of the world’s whimpering end.” – Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
“Maddin and the Johnsons effectively develop their story – goofy and absurd though it may be – so that these constant digs at our ineffectual leaders do coalesce into something meaningful and alarming.” – Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine
