Name: Husbands: Bleak Week at the Park Theatre
Start: 2026-06-21T14:00:00-07:00
Location: 3440 Cambie Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, British Columbia V5Z 2W8

Husbands: Bleak Week at the Park Theatre

Presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque, ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair’ is an annual film festival showcasing some of the greatest works of cinema from across the globe that venture into the darkest sides of humanity and the bleakest points in human history.
The fifth annual edition in June 2026 expands to nearly 100 theaters across the U.S., Canada,U.K. and South and Central America, with each venue presenting its own original curated lineup of uncompromising films defined by unpleasant truths and raw empathy. The Park Theatre is delighted and honoured to take part in this monumental series, and sought selections from local filmmakers and friends of the venue when creating the series.
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HUSBANDS Selected by local filmmaker Sophy Romvari (BLUE HERON)
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The trailblazing independent auteur John Cassavetes pushes his raw, uncompromising emotional realism to its limit in this unflinching portrait of masculinity in crisis. Cassavetes joins Ben Gazzara and Peter Falk—both of whom would become key collaborators of the director’s—playing a trio of middle-aged Long Island family men who, following the sudden death of their close mutual friend, channel their grief into an epic, multiday bender that takes them from Manhattan to London in a desperate, debauched quest to feel alive. By turns painfully funny and woundingly perceptive, this “comedy about life, death, and freedom” (as its tagline stated) stands as perhaps the most fearless, harrowingly honest deconstruction of American manhood ever committed to film.
“Few films capture with such life-affirming wonder the despair, hatred, and incomprehension that drives the sexes together and apart.” (The New Yorker)
“John Cassavetes was a masterful anti-Hollywood director who probed human failings until he reached right under the skin.” (London Evening Standard)
“A brilliantly textured film to be savoured.” (Guardian UK)
“If Cassavetes’ hipster cine-language has lost a little of its age and the innovative improv style won’t be for everyone, the themes he tackles, riffed by a masterful group of actors, remain enthralling.” (Empire Magazine)
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Sunday, June 21
Doors 1:30 pm | Movie 2:00 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
Bleak Week Pass available for just $40!
All tickets available at www.riotheatretickets.ca
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HUSBANDS (John Cassavetes, 1970 / 117 mins / 14A) The quiet, simple family lives of Gus, Harry and Archie (John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk) are shattered when their best friend, Stuart, has a heart attack and dies suddenly. Now facing their mortality, the three men fall into their own midlife crises. First by spending their days playing basketball and nights drinking, and eventually by ditching their families altogether for a sudden getaway to London, where they face the temptation to cheat on their wives for the first time.
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*We recommend purchasing your tickets in advance at tickets.theparktheatre.ca. If a screening or live event is not sold out, the remaining tickets will be available for purchase at the Park Theatre’s box office on the day of the show, prior to showtime (subject to availability). Our box office is typically open 30 minutes before showtime.
*Please arrive at least 20-30 minutes prior to showtime to ensure time to locate seats seats, and purchase snacks at concession.
*All Park Theatre tickets are final sale. No refunds, transfers, or exchanges.