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Edmonton's Movie Guide, Vol. I

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Exploring Edmontonians' options when the multi-plex experience has worn thin BY EMIL TIEDEMANN A T any given time, year-round, anyone can head out to any of the city's seven multi-plexes to take in any of the dozens of new films playing to wide audiences. A few other movie houses in town (i.e. The Garneau , The Princess ) project films that are also recent, but perhaps aren't playing in most smaller cities. Then there's Metro Cinema ( Citadel Theatre ), which screens local or indie flicks you'll probably see nowhere else in the city or its surrounding areas. But what about the films of the "golden age of Hollywood"? Where can folks go to see the classics on the big screen all over again, or for the first time perhaps? Luckily, there's the Edmonton Film Society , a "nonprofit group dedicated to keeping the Hollywood movies of yesteryear in the public eye." The EFS hosts four series every year, each of which consist of eight films that are con...