Rebellion, revolution and some incredibly strong female leads tie together this week's screenings, comprising Andrea Riseborough's Oscar-nominated turn in To Leslie, yet another powerhouse performance from Olivia Colman in Empire of Light, Vicky Krieps rewriting history in Corsage, and a ground-level look at the Hong Kong democracy protests in Love in the Time of Revolution.
• THU 8 JUNE @ 7:30 PM: TO LESLIE (M, 119 MINS)
After winning the lottery, a Texan single mother (Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough) squanders her winnings on liquor and drugs, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. Years later, with nowhere to go, she fights to rebuild her life.
• FRI 9 JUNE @ 7:30 PM: CORSAGE (M, 114 MINS)
As she approaches her 40th birthday, Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Vicky Krieps) finds herself increasingly suffocated by her royal duties and comes up with a plan to rebel against her public image, in this irreverent Austrian period biopic.
• SAT 10 JUNE @ **5 PM**: LOVE IN THE TIME OF REVOLUTION (107 MINS)
In 2019, in opposition to the city’s eroding freedoms, the people of Hong Kong took to the streets in unprecedented scale. This documentary follows the stories of ordinary citizens fighting on the front lines at a pivotal moment in history.
• SAT 11 JUNE @ 7:30 PM: EMPIRE OF LIGHT (MA, 115 MINS)
In the early 1980s, the duty manager (Olivia Colman) of a fading British cinema, who is struggling with mental health issues, forms a forbidden relationship with a new employee – but the turbulence of the times threaten to tear them apart.