ALL YOU CAN EAT CEREAL RETRO CARTOON PARTY
Sat. August 30, 9am-12noon
Members $10
Non-members $14
All day Tuesday Members $6 Non-Members $8
Thursday matinees Members $6 Non-Members $8
Lifetime Memberships for $60.
Our screenings take place at 162 Mackenzie St. (unless otherwise noted.)
Chatila (Mahmoud Bakri) and Reda (Aram Sabbagh) are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens. But when Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his dangerous drug addiction, Chatila hatches an extreme plan, which involves them posing as smugglers and taking hostages in an effort to get him and his best friend out of their hopeless environment before it is too late. Considered a masterpiece of Palestinian cinema.
Heartfelt and funny, the film follows three sisters who return to their childhood home for a momentous weekend: the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother, Diana Frost (Kristin Scott Thomas). The three daughters are from vastly different walks of life: Katherine (Scarlett Johansson) is a Captain in the Royal Navy; Victoria (Sienna Miller) is a Hollywood star; and Georgina (Emily Beecham) is a hospice nurse. Over the weekend, the family gathers to celebrate the new marriage, but mother and daughters alike are forced to revisit the past and confront the future, all with help from a colorful group of unexpected wedding guests.
A gallery of dynamic characters clash over the possession of a rare Native American artifact in this wildly entertaining modern-day western. After the artifact falls onto the black market, a shy waitress with big dreams (Sydney Sweeney) teams up with a lovelorn military veteran (Paul Walter Hauser) to gain possession of it, putting them in the crosshairs of a ruthless criminal (Eric Dane) working on behalf of a Western antiquities dealer (Simon Rex). Bloodshed ensues when others join the battle, including the leader of an indigenous group (Zahn McClarnon) and a desperate woman fleeing her mysterious past (Halsey). Welcome to the New West!
Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie (Dave Franco and Alison Brie) find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives except each other. With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish encounter with a mysterious, unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love, and their flesh. Together may leave you weirded out for sure.
Abandoned as a child, Jack (Dacre Montgomery) travels to remote New Zealand for the funeral of his estranged mother, Elizabeth. There, he meets her widow, Jill (Vicky Krieps), and over the nights that follow, Elizabeth’s spirit begins to possess them in turn. What starts as a search for closure soon unearths deeper wounds. Bound by grief and haunted by what remains, Jack and Jill must break free from Elizabeth’s grasp before she pushes them to the edge. Set against the deeply atmospheric backdrop of New Zealand’s South Island, Went Up the Hill is an intimate, modern ghost story from Samuel Van Grinsven that explores the legacy of loss and the struggle to let go.
A stylish, subversive thriller from suspense-maverick Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Wife of A Spy, Cure, Pulse), concerning Yoshii, an ambitious, yet directionless, young factory worker from Tokyo who side hustles in the murky realm of black market reselling, cheating buyers and sellers alike. After swindling his way into loads of cash, he becomes slowly disconnected to humanity, moving out of the city, shunning his girlfriend, and hiring a devoted assistant. But after a series of mysterious, sinister incidents occur, he begins to suspect his former victims could be plotting the ultimate revenge. A master of carefully simmering tension to a bloody crescendo, Kurosawa delivers a searing portrait of digital greed and vengeance.
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley, directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Amy Berg (DELIVER US FROM EVIL, JANIS: LITTLE GIRL BLUE, WEST OF MEMPHIS), covers the life of the rising young star with an otherworldly voice and boundary-pushing artistry, who left the ’90s music world reeling when he died suddenly, at age 30, after the release of his critically acclaimed debut album “Grace.” Told through never-before-seen footage from Buckley’s archives and intimate accounts from his mother Mary Guibert, former partners Rebecca Moore and Joan Wasser, Jeff’s former bandmates, including Michael Tighe and Parker Kindred, and luminaries like Ben Harper and Aimee Mann, It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley illuminates one of modern music’s most influential and enigmatic figures.
Tandis qu’il pédale dans les rues de Paris pour livrer des repas, Souleymane répète son histoire. Dans deux jours, il doit passer son entretien de demande d’asile, le sésame pour obtenir des papiers. Mais Souleymane n’est pas prêt.
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As he pedals through the streets of Paris to deliver meals, Souleymane repeats his story. In two days, he has to go through his asylum application interview, the key to obtaining papers. But Souleymane is not ready.
À quarante ans, Fabio se laisse porter par le courant. Un peu largué, il trouve du réconfort dans l’alcool. Et un peu auprès de Marie, de vingt ans son aînée, avec qui il entretient une relation secrète. Un jour, il reçoit une convocation pour être juré d’assises, il va devoir juger un jeune pyromane accusé d’homicide involontaire.
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Marco goes through life without a compass, finding comfort in alcohol and also with Madeleine, an older woman with whom he secretly has a relationship. One day, his name is called to serve on a jury. Incapable of discernment for himself, Marco will have to decide the life of a young arsonist, accused of manslaughter.
After Ashley (Adria Arjona) asks for a divorce, good-natured Carey (Kyle Marvin) runs to his friends, Julie (Dakota Johnson) and Paul (Michael Angelo Covino), for support. He’s shocked to discover that the secret to their happiness is an open marriage, that is until Carey crosses the line and throws all of their relationships into chaos.
At his mother’s New Year’s Eve party Lucas, a young police officer, loses a letter no one was ever meant to read. Amid the backdrop of the suffocating family party, the search for the letter unlocks memories of a past he’s tried to forget: months earlier, while working undercover in a mall bathroom, Lucas arrested men by seducing them. But when he encounters Andrew, everything changes. What begins as another setup becomes something far more electric and intimate. As their secret connection deepens and police pressure to deliver arrests intensifies, Lucas finds himself torn between duty and desire. With time running out and his past closing in, PLAINCLOTHES builds toward a New Year’s Eve reckoning where everything he’s buried threatens to erupt.
End of summer/back to school version … The Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat Cereal Cartoon Party is happening once again at Sudbury Indie Cinema August 30th! At 9am Three Hours of Retro Cartoons, Commercials, and PSA’s with unlimited bowls of over 30 varieties of cereal!! $15 for adults and $8 for kids!!
Sudbury’s Latina artists’ collective Frames and Frequencies is bring the first ever Latin American Film Festival to Sudbury running at the Indie this Oct. 2025. This summer event is a community fundraiser to help with programming costs. A night of film and fun.
Únanse a nosotras en la recaudación de fondos para el primer festival de cine y arte latinoamericano “Abya Yala”.
Advance Tickets are $20 for single tickets, $35 for a pair and $150 for a Posse pack. See The Indie’s ticket page.
STUDIO GHIBLI NORTH is a annual celebration of the timeless and classic films of the renowned Japanese Film Studio, Studio Ghibli. Featuring nine films over the course of three days alongside as many food vendors with on-theme foods, crafters and more that we can fit in our small but mighty space, STUDIO GHIBLI NORTH is the full Studio Ghibli experience!
Weekend Passes only $60, Day Passes $35 and single tickets $12 available NOW.
An intimate portrait of Setsuko Thurlow, a passionate survivor of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. She was 13 years old when the atomic bomb was dropped (in Hiroshima) in 1945. Her moving story is told through the lens of her growing friendship with a second-generation survivor, Mitchie Takeuchi. The film is a timely exploration of the global dangers of nuclear weapons and provides an insider’s perspective as we see Setsuko campaign with ICAN (the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons). The culmination of Setsuko’s decades of activism is her acceptance speech at the 2017 Nobel Peace Awards.
Northern Ontario Premiere, with moderated Q&A to follow screening with filmmakers Louise Leroux & Richard Blackburn.
Faisant suite aux violentes émeutes anti-ONU, ce cinéma vérité témoigne de la mission des Casques bleus québécoises en République démocratique du Congo, un pays en état de siège où le viol est devenu une arme de destruction massive.
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Shot during the violent anti-UN riots, this cinema vérité documentary records a ground-level perspective of Canadian women peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where rape has become a weapon of mass destruction.
Final screening of Together, with audience talk back led by cinema staff. Just $6-8.
Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie (Dave Franco and Alison Brie) find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives except each other. With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish encounter with a mysterious, unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love, and their flesh. Together may leave you weirded out for sure.
Northern Ontario Premiere, followed by a panel discussion with reps from Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury, Junction Creek Stewardship, and more.
De Montréal à Vancouver, en passant par Toronto, Laval, Varennes et New Westminster, le documentaire Forêts urbaines explore différents projets canadiens de restauration de la nature en ville. Portrait d’un mouvement populaire rassemblant toutes les générations, le film agit comme un véritable antidote au pessimisme en nous montrant que le virage écologique est plus proche qu’il n’y paraît. La solution que nous cherchons serait-elle à portée de branche?
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From Montreal to Vancouver by way of Toronto, Laval, Varennes and New Westminster, Urban Forests explores nature-restoration projects in cities across Canada. Painting a portrait of a grassroots movement spanning all generations, the film is nothing less than an antidote to pessimism, proving that the “green shift” is closer than we think. Is the solution we seek just a branch’s length away?
Mutual Aid Benefiting SWANS
The cinema is partnering with the Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury and SWANS for a free screening of CLUELESS (30th anniversary.) Items requested by SWAN will be circulated in advance.
Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher (Alicia Silverstone) is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school’s pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai (Brittany Murphy) a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother (Paul Rudd) was right about how misguided she was — and falls for him.
Special Free Screening Co-Presented with PSAC
The Indie is partnering with the Public Service Alliance of Canada to co-present Academy-award nominee SUGARCANE as a free screening for National Truth and Reconciliation Day on September 30.
A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, SUGARCANE, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning.
In 2021, evidence of unmarked graves was discovered on the grounds of an Indian residential school run by the Catholic Church in Canada. After years of silence, the forced separation, assimilation and abuse many children experienced at these segregated boarding schools was brought to light, sparking a national outcry against a system designed to destroy Indigenous communities. Set amidst a groundbreaking investigation, SUGARCANE illuminates the beauty of a community breaking cycles of intergenerational trauma and finding the strength to persevere.
When a group of students at Columbia University in New York launch a movement protesting the war in Gaza, they spark a nationwide uprising in solidarity with the people of Gaza. Encampments spring up at hundreds of other campuses as students object to their own university’s investment in the US and Israeli arms industry. Featuring detained student activist Mahmoud Khalil, The Encampments takes viewers inside America’s student uprising with incredible intimacy and urgency. Professors, whistleblowers, and student activists shed light on a moment that captivated the nation’s attention and continues to make headlines today.
À la suite d’un accident de voiture, Suzanne perd la garde de ses trois enfants. Elle n’a plus le choix et doit se soigner dans un centre pour alcooliques. À peine arrivée, elle y rencontre Alice et Diane, deux femmes au caractère bien trempé… Denis, éducateur sportif, va tenter de les réunir autour du même objectif : participer au rallye des Dunes dans le désert marocain. Il devra s’armer de beaucoup de patience et de pédagogie pour préparer cet improbable équipage à atteindre son objectif.
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Suzanne has turned to alcohol to ease her pain but is having an increasingly tough time maintaining a functioning façade: until an accident on the way to school changes everything. Social services give Suzanne no choice: she must go into rehab. Missing her children, Suzanne joins forces with the other women, as they sometimes painfully learn to adapt to life without booze. And as bonds of friendship and solidarity grow between them, the Hope Center women prepare for the race of a lifetime, a challenge that could ultimately bring back their self-respect and save them from themselves.
Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on… for everyone around her, at least. Carrying off difficult subject matter with a light touch and wry sense of humor, Sorry, Baby triumphantly announces writer-director and star Eva Victor as a formidable talent.
Inspirée de l’univers de Menteur (2019), Menteuse est la nouvelle comédie d’Émile Gaudreault. Habitée par l’idée de rendre les gens autour d’elle heureux, Virginie ment constamment. Comme le craint son conjoint Phil, ses multiples mensonges deviennent réalité et façonnent des multivers qui bouleversent complètement leur vie et celle de leur entourage. Ayant menti toute sa vie sur sa vraie nature, Virginie pourra-t-elle retrouver le chemin vers la vérité?
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Driven by the desire to make those around her happy, Virginie lies constantly. As her partner Phil fears, her many lies start becoming reality, shaping multiverses that completely upend their lives and those of their loved ones. Having spent her life lying about her true nature, will Virginie find her way back to the truth?
Marlee Matlin was born into a hearing family, like roughly 95% of Deaf people. Growing up in Illinois, she faced episodes of isolation and abuse. She found joy in performing at a local deaf theater. In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award and was thrust into the spotlight at 21 years old. Reflecting on her life in her primary language of American Sign Language, Not Alone Anymore explores the complexities of what it means to be a trailblazer.
