Your Fall 2018 Season starts Sept 12

Dates booked- Sep 12 & 26, Oct 10 & 24, Nov 7 & 21.  at 7 p.m. If you have questions or comments, email me at donsflicks@gmail.com. Support SAGA (SAnctuary GAbriola) by coming to the Roxy, Gabriola, BC, Canada to see the films you voted for.   Admission is by donation, the proceeds go to SAGA, and…

Wed. Nov. 7, 7 p.m. – Buena Vista Social Club

Buena Vista Social Club – Cuba – 1999 – Music Documentary.  “The music is incredible enough on its own–but the lives and the culture behind it, that’s what makes this documentary a must-see.”-Widgett Walls.  In 1996 famed musician Ry Cooder travelled to Havana, hoping to find some musicians who were legends in the 1950’s.  If they were…

Wed. Nov. 21, 7 p.m. Taylor Camp

Taylor Camp – Hawai’i – 2009 – Documentary.  ONE OF THE BEST-EVER FILMS ABOUT THE HIPPIE EXPERIENCE.    In 1969, Howard Taylor, brother of actress Elizabeth Taylor, bails out a rag-tag band of young Mainlanders jailed for vagrancy and invites them to live on his oceanfront land.  Soon, waves of hippies, surfers, and troubled Vietnam Vets…

Festival – The Newport Folk Festival

Festival – USA – 2005 – Documentary.  Excerpts from Newport Folk Festivals, 1963-1966. ” …In 1963, The Newport Folk Festival presented what most folkies consider to be the most remarkable festival ever. Included on the bill that year were such groundbreaking performers as Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, The Staple Singers, Peter,…

Sworn Virgin

Sworn Virgin – Albania – 2016 – Drama.  The story is based on still-living, centuries-old traditions in remote Albanian villages.  A “sworn virgin” is a woman, or more often a girl, who, (out of necessity more often than choice), swears eternal chastity in exchange for life as a man. Although this drama may not reflect…

The Lunchbox

The Lunchbox – India – 2014 – Comedy/Romance.  “The Lunchbox is the kind of picture that envelopes you like a warm blanket, charming you with its slow-building affection and life-altering curries.” Jess Lomas, Quickflix Middle class housewife Ila hopes that this new recipe will finally arouse some kind of reaction from her neglectful husband. She prepares a special lunchbox…

Cherry Blossoms

Cherry Blossoms – Germany (Japan) 2009 – Drama.  “A lyrical attempt to make sense of grief that appeals shamelessly to the heart rather than the head.” John Frotgang, Film 4.  While terminally ill, a German man  tries in vain to reconnect with  his children, only to suddenly lose his wife. The widower is devastated to discover too…