From director Andrew Ahn comes a joyful comedy of errors about a chosen family navigating cultural identity, queerness and family expectations. Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out [...]
Oscar nominee June Squibb (Thelma) stars in Scarlett Johansson’s thoughtful, provocative, and very funny feature directorial debut, about a nonagenarian who passes herself off as a Holocaust survivor. After the loss of her lifelong best friend, 90-year-old Eleanor uproots her quiet life in Florida for a fresh start in New York City. Struggling to find [...]
Grand Prix winner, Cannes (2025) A record eight Golden Globe (2026) nominations (Best Drama, Director, Screenplay, plus acting nods for Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas) In Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier returns with a poignant, darkly comic portrait of fractured family ties and artistic ambition. A fading film director (Stellan Skarsgård) disrupts the lives [...]
Reel Alternatives presents this illuminating documentary to honour International Women's Day (which takes place the day prior). Lilith Fair changed everything. Upon its emergence in 1997, this revolutionary travelling music festival, helmed by superstar Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan and featuring exclusively women or women-led acts, exploded the notion that popular music could only support a [...]
Lilith Fair changed everything. Upon its emergence in 1997, this revolutionary travelling music festival, helmed by superstar Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan and featuring exclusively women or women-led acts, exploded the notion that popular music could only support a token quota of women’s voices. This galvanizing documentary from director Ally Pankiw chronicles Lilith Fair’s triumphant three-year [...]
Winner, People’s Choice Award, TIFF 2025 Nominated for 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress Winner, Golden Globes Best Motion Picture - Drama and Best Lead Actress, Motion Picture – Drama From Academy Award winning writer/director Chloé Zhao, Hamnet tells the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's [...]
Winner, People’s Choice Award, TIFF 2025 | Nominated for 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress | Winner, Golden Globes Best Motion Picture - Drama and Best Lead Actress, Motion Picture – Drama From Academy Award winning writer/director Chloé Zhao (Nomadland), Hamnet tells the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation [...]
100% of Reel Alternatives ticket sale proceeds and film sponsorship dollars raised and will be donated to the student team. Reel Alternatives is proud to sponsor a special matinee of WALL-E in support of the Huntsville High School Championship Robotics Team -- Hoya Robotics. The film for this event was chosen by the students and [...]
TIFF Canada Top Ten, 2025 | Winner, Best Canadian Feature Film Award, TIFF ’25A strange death, village upheavals, swarming suitors and supernatural forces lead to a love story gone awry in acclaimed Inuk filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk’s latest enthralling imagining of ancient Inuit stories. Celebrated Inuk director Zacharias Kunuk (Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner) returns a captivating, epic, [...]
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 [...]
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