Fledgling singer-songwriter Winslow Leach finds himself double-crossed by the nefarious music producer Swan, who steals both his music and the girl Winslow wants to sing it, Phoenix, for the grand opening of his rock palace, the Paradise. After Swan has Winslow sent to prison for trespassing, Winslow endures a freak accident that leaves him disfigured, after which he seeks revenge on both Swan and the Paradise.

Part horror, part parody, part rock opera, the movie was one of legendary director Brian

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The Milton Film Festival is proud to present this classic screwball comedy by film legend Howard Hawks in celebration of the 80th anniversary of its release.

Newspaper editor Walter Burns is about to lose his ace reporter and ex-wife Hildy Johnson, newly engaged to another man. Burns suggests they cover one more story together, getting themselves entangled in the case of condemned murderer Earl Williams as Burns desperately tries to win back his wife. The screenplay was adapted from

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Acclaimed director Louise Archambault’s charming new film depicts three aging hermits in the Quebec countryside whose defiant need to live independently is increasingly endangered by nature, old age, and infirmity. While wildfires threaten the region, their quiet life is shaken by the arrival of two women – a luminous octogenarian, unjustly institutionalized her whole life, and a young photographer charged with interviewing survivors of the region’s deadliest forest fire.

Starring some of Quebec’s most renowned actors –

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Norval Morrisseau (Copper Thunderbird) was arguably the most influential Indigenous artist in Canada. After spending $20,000 at a reputable Toronto gallery to purchase Spirit Energy of Mother Earth, The Barenaked Ladies’ Kevin Hearn was surprised to discover the authenticity of his Morrisseau canvas being called into question. This leads the rock star into the tragic and exploitative web of art forgery ring in Canada’s north that quickly widens far beyond the canvas. Questions of authenticity, appropriation, and

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Chinese-born American Billi (Awkwafina) reluctantly returns to her homeland to find that her grandmother has just weeks to live. Although her entire family knows the prognosis, they have decided not to tell their beloved matriarch. As everyone gathers under the guise of an expedited wedding, Billi must navigate a minefield of family expectations but also finds there’s a lot to celebrate: her chance to rediscover the country she left as a child, her grandmother’s wondrous spirit, and the

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A modern Mark Twain style adventure story, THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON tells the story of Zak (Gottsagen), a young man with Down syndrome, who runs away from a residential nursing home to follow his dream of attending the professional wrestling school of his idol, The Salt Water Redneck (Thomas Haden Church).  A strange turn of events pairs him on the road with Tyler (LaBeouf), a small time outlaw on the run, who becomes Zak’s unlikely coach and ally.

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Acclaimed director Bong Joon-Ho (Snowpiercer, Okja) explores themes of class and inequality in this genre-bending comedy / drama / thriller – the first Korean film to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes.

Ki-taek is a good-for-nothing, unemployed family man, patriarch of a family of grifters who live in an overcrowded, sordid basement. The wealthy Parks, on the other hand, live in a fabulous house. When, due to an unexpected stroke of luck, Ki-taek’s

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On a cold winter night, estranged siblings Sarah and Aaron Cotler arrive at an empty train station in Dombrova, Poland. With their only available ride being a silent driver, they embark on a quest to fulfill their dying grandmother’s wish – find, dig up, and bring home the bones of her favourite childhood dog. Winner of Best Feature and Best Director at the Canadian Film Festival, and the Audience Choice Award for Best Canadian Feature at the Willson

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The latest feature from Calvin Thomas and Yonah Lewis, WHITE LIE centres on Katie (Kacey Rohl), a young woman who has become a literal poster child on her university campus. Recently diagnosed with cancer, she’s the focal point of an online funding campaign for both herself and other cancer-related causes. The only problem is, it’s all built on a lie: Katie isn’t sick, and never has been. And as her story slowly begins to unravel, she disastrously decides

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Halla, an unassuming choir teacher in Iceland, learns she’s been approved to adopt a child from a war-torn area in Ukraine, a long-time dream of hers. The only hitch is that she’s an eco-terrorist. The proliferation of heavy industry, urged on by unscrupulous politicians, has been ruining Iceland’s rugged landscape, and she’s taken action. Halla soon becomes the scourge of the aluminum industry and is determined to see things through, but she can’t help wondering: would it be

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