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Writer-director Don McKellar captured the collective, generational existential angst felt by everyone on the planet as it hurtled towards the potential apocalypse of Y2K doom with, naturally, a darkly comic romantic satire with his 1998 offering, LAST NIGHT.Canadian film icon Bruce McDonald followed-up his debut feature ROADKILL with the quirky road-trip comedy HIGHWAY 61, a “spiritual sequel” that had him re-teaming with actors Don McKellar and Valerie Buhagier.
Canadian filmmaking icons Don McKellar and Bruce McDonald will be joining us via Zoom for a post-screening Q&A.
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Thursday, May 1
Doors: 6:00 PM | Film 6:30 PM *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
Brief Intermission
Movie 9:00 pm *Apx. star time. Please arrive on time.
Single Film Tickets for Last Night, here:
https://riotheatretickets.ca/events/35229-last-night
Single Film Tickets for Highway 61, here: https://riotheatretickets.ca/events/35246-highway-61
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As part of the double bill with HIGHWAY 61 immediately following LAST NIGHT, director Bruce McDonald and actor Don McKellar will be joining us via Zoom to talk about their films on May 1. The Q&A will happen immediately following LAST NIGHT.
Double Bill Tickets here:
https://riotheatretickets.ca/events/35247-don-mckellar-double-bill-last-night-highway-61
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LAST NIGHT (Don McKellar, 1998 / 95 mins / 14A) A group of very different individuals with different ideas of how to face the end come together as the world is expected to end in six hours at the turn of the century.
HIGHWAY 61 (Bruce McDonald, 1991 / 102 mins / 14 A) A small-town barber goes on a road trip from Thunder Bay to New Orleans with an unpredictable woman and a coffin.
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