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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THE VIRGIN SUICIDES Selected by Oscar-winning local filmmaker Samantha Quan (ANORA, THE FLORIDA PROJECT, RED ROCKET)
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In an ordinary suburban house, on a lovely tree-lined street, in the middle of 1970s America, lived the five beautiful, dreamy Lisbon sisters, whose doomed fates indelibly marked the neighborhood boys who to this day continue to obsess over them. A story of love and repression, fantasy and terror, sex and death, memory and longing. It is at its core a mystery story: a heart-rending investigation into the impenetrable, life-altering secrets of American adolescence. Featuring an epic soundtrack from the French electronic band AIR and memorable performances from Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Scott Glenn, Danny DeVito.
“Sofia Coppola’s visually arresting adaptation of Jeffrey Eugenides’ cocktail-talk novel is pure aesthetic candy; her saturated colors, pitch-perfect ’70s sensibility, and snapshot editing produce an unsettling modern fairy tale.” (Time Out)
“A surprisingly intricate struggle with absence, grief, and memory.” (New Yorker)
“Tender and devastating.” (Slant Magazine)
“A disarmingly poetic – and specifically female – vision of adolescence that it belongs in a category of its own.” (Seattle Times)
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Friday, June 19
Doors 6:00 pm | Movie 6:30 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
Bleak Week Pass available for just $40!
All tickets at www.riotheatretickets.ca
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THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (Sofia Coppola, 1999 / 97 mins / 14A) A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.
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