What should be a routine night on patrol becomes a trip into the darkness of the mind and soul for a squad of unsuspecting cops in this tour-de-force feature debut from the ferociously talented director Can Evrenol. Baskin offers up a nightmarish compendium of imaginative frights that will leave even seasoned horror-movie fans reeling.

The Dynamic Duo faces four super-villains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people.

Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforseen complications.

A hospital full of sleeping soldiers is haunted by matters both historical and intensely personal in the latest gentle and entrancingly beautiful cinematic enigma from the Thai Palme d’Or winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

After the murder of a child by a stray bullet, a group of women led by Lysistrata organize against the on-going violence in Chicago's Southside creating a movement that challenges the nature of race, sex and violence in America and around the world.

Terry and Dean’er are lifelong friends who have grown-up together: shotgunning their first beers whilst forming their first garage band. Now the lives of these Alberta everymen are brought to the big screen by documentarian Ferral Mitchener in an exploration of the depths of friendship, the fragility of life, growing up gracefully and the art and science of drinking beer like a man.

Part of National Canadian Film Day - www.canadianfilmday.ca

In post-Civil War Wyoming, bounty hunters try to find shelter during a blizzard but get involved in a plot of betrayal and deception. Will they survive?

Filmmakers discuss how Francois Truffaut's 1966 book "Cinema According to Hitchcock" influenced their work.

Nobel Peace Prize nominees David Matas and David Kilgour investigate the organ harvesting trade in China and uncover one of the world's worst crimes against humanity.

The story of how these two Canadians put together the evidence and continue to fight against this industrial-scale crime against humanity is a riveting tale of both personal triumphs and unimaginable horror which remains largely untold to the public. HUMAN HARVEST is a bold and brave look into a “form of evil we have yet to see on this planet”.

David Kilgour will be in attendance to speak following the screening on April 30 at Metro Cinema.

Dr. Charl Els, Associate Clinical Professor, University of Alberta, Advisory Board DAFOH (Nominee: 2016 Nobel Peace Prize, https://www.dafoh.org/) will join David Kilgour to answer questions.

In spring 2011, director Stig Björkman meets Ingrid Bergman's daughter Isabella Rossellini and she suggests him to "make a film about Mama". Through Isabella, Stig is able to tell Ingrid's story through her own words and images. Seven time Academy Award-nominee and three time Academy Award-winner Ingrid Bergman was one of the most talented actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age with great performances in films such as CASABLANCA (1942), GASLIGHT (1944) and and AUTUMN SONATA (1978). Through never-before-seen private footage, notes, letters, diaries and interviews with her children, this documentary presents a personal portrait and captivating look behind the scenes of the remarkable life of a young Swedish girl who became one of the most celebrated actresses of American and World cinema.

The life and rise of Janis Joplin.

Metro Shorts is an adjudicated short film event, hosted by Mostly Water Theatre and produced by Metro, that gives local filmmakers an opportunity to screen their work for a live audience and industry professionals.

Kermit and his new found friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog-legs merchant is after Kermit.

Early summer. In a village in northern Turkey, Lale and her four sisters are walking home from school, playing innocently with some boys. The immorality of their play sets off a scandal that has unexpected consequences. The family home is progressively transformed into a prison; instruction in homemaking replaces school and marriages start being arranged. The five sisters who share a common passion for freedom, find ways of getting around the constraints imposed on them.

A 27-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tôkyô.

A Phoenix secretary steals $40,000 from her employer's client, gors on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.

In the film that made his a household name, Tarantino blends the American gangster genre with a European cinema aesthetic, fills it to the brim unforgettable characters, and peppers with

classic dialogue.

In a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the country's best and the two brothers are repeatedly awarded for their prized rams who carry an ancient lineage. Although they share the land and a way of life, Gummi and Kiddi have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a lethal disease suddenly infects Kiddi's sheep, the entire valley comes under threat. The authorities decide to cull all the animals in the area to contain the outbreak. This is a near death sentence for the farmers, whose sheep are their main source of income, and many abandon their land. But Gummi and Kiddi don't give up so easily - and each brother tries to stave off the disaster in his own fashion: Kiddi by using his rifle and Gummi by using his wits. As the authorities close in the brothers will need to come together to save the special breed passed down for generations, and themselves, from extinction.

The all-time weird and wonderful fave midnight film returns in it’s prime month!

Edmonton’s Shadow Cast group leads the audience in this classic musical tribute to B movie sci-fi/horror cinema

Once more, Metro brings you this super-fun sugar- fueled event, featuring an all new program of cartoons! Programmed for all ages, the cereal will be all-you-can-eat and the cartoons will last over 2 hours.

Sunflower Occupation depicts the dramatic standoff that ensued when student protesters in Taiwan occupied their national parliament to protest the passage of a free trade pact with China. Characterized as a protest to save Taiwan's democracy, their demonstration offers a window into the politics of one East Asia's most dynamic societies.

Sponsored by the Taiwan Studies Program at the University of Alberta.

Ticket: $5, or free for U of A students at the door

Dispatches from the sacrifice zone. Set in the future tar sands, Swallow is the story of two

sisters – Jules and Karly – migrant workers from the submerged land of Aluvut. As

keepers of Tailings Pond #555 the sisters are tasked with discouraging any and all avian

landings. Longing for home, Jules escapes deeper and deeper into her spirit world while

Karly realizes that her sister is becoming increasingly ill as a result of the toxins in their

immediate environment. Swallow juxtaposes the detrimental industrial impacts of

resource extraction with the resiliency of spirit, memory and the unbreakable bonds of

kinship between two sisters.

James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe star in a dynamic and thrilling twist on a legendary tale. Radical scientist Victor Frankenstein (McAvoy) and his equally brilliant protégé Igor Strausman (Radcliffe) share a noble vision of aiding humanity through their groundbreaking research into immortality. But Victor's experiments go too far, and his obsession has horrifying consequences. Only Igor can bring his friend back from the brink of madness and save him from his monstrous creation.