UPCOMING SCREENINGS
Algonquin Theatre, Main Street Huntsville
THE MOTHER AND THE BEAR
Monday, June 1, 2026 - 7pm
After 26-year-old Sumi suffers an accident on the streets of wintry Winnipeg, her overbearing mother Sara flies in from Seoul to be by her now comatose daughter's side. As Sara meddles in Sumi's life via a dating app, she ends up on a journey that will leave her forever changed.
In a departure from his previous films, Chinese Canadian filmmaker Johnny Ma embraces a new mode here, using suburban Winnipeg as the stage for a stylized, whimsical narrative of crossed wires, secret lives, and conflicting agendas.
Sara despairs about her daughter’s single status, so she immediately starts catfishing the pleasant Min to be Sumi’s boyfriend — once she wakes up, of course — and also gets unwittingly entangled with Min’s estranged father, Sam, who runs a Korean restaurant in the city. As Sam and the widowed Sara connect over their mutual melancholies, a chance meeting with Sumi’s co-worker Amaya leads Sara to learn more about the life from which her daughter has chosen to exclude her.
A unique mash-up of genres, The Mother and the Bear marks a bold new direction for Ma. And if you were wondering about that eponymous bear… well, you’ll just have to see the film.
Canada, Chile | 2024 | 100m | English, Korean
Director: Johnny Ma
Cast: Kim Ho-jung, Won-Jae Lee, Jonathan Kim
Distributor: Elevation
Content Advisory: mature themes, nudity
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SONG SUNG BLUE
Monday, June 15, 2026 - 7pm
Kate Hudson was nominated for an Oscar for her luminous performance alongside Hugh Jackman in Song Sung Blue, a musical drama based on the true story of two down-on-their-luck musicians who form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band.
Hudson and Jackson play Milwaukee-based husband and wife duo Mike and Claire Sardina, who found love and purpose performing as “Lightning & Thunder” in the ‘90s. Together they experience soaring success and devastating heartbreak with an infectious never-say-die optimism and heartwarming dignity that has audiences cheering them on.
From their rise on the local scene (even opening for Pearl Jam) through personal struggles and a remarkable comeback after a life-altering accident, theirs is a chaotic but uplifting love story that you won’t forget.
“A startlingly strange, undeniably entertaining true-life story from the heartland of American showbusiness; a lovable crowdpleaser whose feelgood flavour won’t prepare you for the way the plot repeatedly and savagely twists like an unsafe fairground ride.” The Guardian
USA | 2025 | 132 minutes
Director: Craig Brewer
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson, Ella Anderson, Michael Imperioli, Jim Belushi
Distributor: Universal Pictures
