UPCOMING SCREENINGS
Algonquin Theatre, Main Street Huntsville
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DANCING ON THE ELEPHANT
Monday, November 9, 2026 - 2pm & 7pm
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(We are awaiting to learn of the possibility of a live virtual Q&A via Zoom with lead actor, Sheila McCarthy before we make tickets available. Once we know if she is available and what that timing might be, tickets will be released for sale for both the matinee and evening shows - just in case she's available for one showtime only.)
When Nora’s (Sheila McCarthy) son drops her off at Shady Rest Retirement Home, she’s pretty sure there’s not much left to hope for. That is, until unfiltered firecracker Edna (Mary Walsh) wheels into her life and reminds her it ain’t over ‘till it’s over. The pair kindle a friendship around a love of Fat Archie’s cookies, disdain for “Chair-xercise,” and Edna’s quest to escape the “fox farm.” Edna’s failing memory eventually lands her in the secure memory care wing, leaving Nora to plot one last grand adventure in hopes of reminding her friend that there are still elephants left to dance on.
Director: Julia Neill, Jacob Z. Smith | Canada | 2025 | 95 minutes
Featuring: Sheila McCarthy, Mary Walsh, Amanda Brugel
Distributor: Indiecan Entertainment
NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE
Monday, November 23, 2026 - 2pm & 7pm
People's Choice Award, Midnight Madness, TIFF (2025)
Canada's Top Ten, TIFF (2025)
They were never in time to book a gig at The Rivoli, then one day… they weren’t in their time at all. From Matt Johnson (BlackBerry) and Jay McCarrol's cult comedy series comes an adventure 17 years in the making.
For the uninitiated, Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol’s Nirvanna The Band The Show was a cult web series where its two creators portrayed hyperactive, hap-witted versions of themselves as a musical duo desperately failing to book a gig at the storied Toronto venue The Rivoli.
Now in a critically acclaimed major motion picture that harmonizes with the series but stands alone, “Nirvanna the Band” are older, but none the wiser. When Matt presses Jay to partake in their most death-defying publicity stunt yet, it goes spectacularly sideways, and the fallout inspires Jay to strike out on his own. But thanks to Matt’s inadvertent intervention with a short-lived Canadian novelty beverage (remember Orbitz?), the boys find themselves travelling through time where they risk compromising their very own origin story.
Utilizing meticulous visual effects, costuming, and the judicious integration of archival footage to recreate Toronto’s not-so-distant past, Johnson and his collaborators polish a satirically sobering and riotously funny cultural mirror that reflects just how much (and how little) things have changed, all the while celebrating the infectious joy of living for your dreams… with a little help from your friends.
Director: Matt Johnson
Canada | English | 2025 | 98 minutes
Featuring: Matt Johnson, Jay McCarrol
Distributor: Elevation Pictures
Content Advisory: Coarse language, violence
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WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
February 17 @ 7pm
THE TOWERING INFERNO
March 31 @ 7pm
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
Monday, November 30, 2026 - 7pm (no matinee)
Part of the new Filmmaker Favourites series hosted by filmmaker, Geordie Sabbagh
(See all series films and dates at reelalternativeshuntsville.ca/filmmaker-favourites)
Filmmaker’s Intro — Why Geordie Selected It
"This is one of the greatest films of the 21st century — and there’s a good chance you may never have seen it. Since its release, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE has influenced an entire generation of filmmakers. Its fingerprints can be seen in films as different as Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation, Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight, and the work of the Daniels, Its use of colour, music, framing and editing — and its ability to communicate enormous emotion through what its characters don’t say — helped shape the visual language of modern cinema. Janus Films describes it as a major stylistic influence on the past 25 years of filmmaking. For me, this series is about sharing the films that inspire filmmakers, and few films have influenced the look and feeling of modern cinema quite like this one."
Hong Kong, 1962. Chow Mo-wan and Su Li-zhen move into neighbouring apartments on the same day. When they discover that their spouses are having an affair, their shared loneliness creates an increasingly intimate bond. Wong Kar Wai transforms that simple premise into an exquisitely photographed meditation on love, memory, missed opportunities and all the things left unsaid.
2000 | Hong Kong | 98 min. | Cantonese, Shanghainese with English subtitles (however very little dialogue)
Written & Directed by: Wong Kar Wai
Featuring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung Man-yuk
Cinematography by: Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping-bin
Distributor: Janus Films
Content Advisory: Mature themes, infidelity, smoking and mild sexual references
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Monday, December 7, 2026 - 2pm & 7pm (Film TBC)
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Monday, January 25, 2027 - 2pm & 7pm (Film TBC)
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Monday, February 1, 2027 - 2pm & 7pm (Film TBC)
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Wednesday, February 17, 2027 - 7pm only: WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (Filmmaker Favourites)
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Monday, March 1, 2027 - 7pm only: JUST ANOTHER BUM in support of The Table Soup Kitchen
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Monday, March 8, 2027 - 2pm & 7pm (Film TBC)
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Monday, March 22, 2027 - 7pm only (Film TBC)
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Wednesday, March 31, 2027 - 7pm only: THE TOWERING INFERNO (Filmmaker Favourites)
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Monday, April 26, 2027 - 7pm only (Film TBC)
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Monday, May 10, 2027 - 7pm only (Film TBC)
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Monday, May 24, 2027 - 7pm only (Film TBC)
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Monday, June 7, 2027 - 7pm only (Film TBC)