The GOODS from The Cinematheque

Vancouver, BC | To commemorate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, The Cinematheque presents Shakespeare 400, a showcase of some of cinema’s best, boldest, most imaginative, and most spectacular Shakespeare adaptations. Limited to a baker’s dozen of 13 remarkable features, this series spans over six decades of Bard onscreen — from Laurence Olivier’s dazzling Henry V (1944) to Joss Whedon’s modern-dressed Much Ado About Nothing (2012) — and includes two Shakespeare adaptations with a fair claim to being cinema’s greatest: Orson Welles’s Chimes at Midnight (1966) and Akira Kurosawa’s Ran (1985), both screening in brand-new digital restorations. Get the complete schedule and details here.

DETAILS

1131 Howe Street | Vancouver, BC
Telephone: 604-688-8202
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GALLERY

Key People

Jim Sinclair – Executive + Artistic Director
Kate Ladyshewsky – Managing Director

About The Cinematheque

The Cinematheque is a charitable cultural organization that brings the Essential Cinema Experience to Vancouver audiences. Home to one of the largest and most extensive programs of curated films in North America, The Cinematheque presents over 500 screenings annually including retrospectives of great directors’ works, new features from Canada’s hottest young filmmakers, prestigious internationally touring exhibitions, plus guest appearances, lectures, special receptions, and much more.

The Cinematheque is also home to the West Coast Film Archive, a collection which holds 2000+ works on 16mm and 35mm film, the Film Reference Library, and an award-winning Education Department that works with youth, educators, and the community-at-large year-round to provide digitial filmmaking programs, critical media literacy workshops, and educational film screenings.

PRESS

“Going to The Cinematheque is the closest thing to visiting Manhattan without leaving Vancouver …. Its program is as innovative and entertaining as any you’ll find in New York.” David Spaner, The Province

“For the true cinema lover who appreciates foreign and independent retrospectives, restorations, experimental films, and rare or obscure works, the Cinematheque is a necessity.” Craig Takeuchi, The Georgia Straight

“Cinémathèques now take on a job parallel to what museums do with painting and sculpture.  They assemble, sort, analyze and exhibit the culture of the world.”  Robert Fulford, The Globe & Mail