Classics and hard to find films will be filling the screens in Timmins this fall.
The Timmins Film Society has a busy season ahead of them, with weekly showings of classics like The Wizard of Oz and 1931 Frankenstein alongside films that have been making the film festival rounds in Toronto, Sundance, and all over the world.
“We’ve been really trying to grab some movies that have been getting a lot of hype,” said Paul Charette with the Timmins Film Society. “We’ve found a pretty great mix of movies.”
The first film of the season, the Great Escaper, will be premiering on Sept 16 at Imagine Cinemas on Cedar St. South.
The Timmins Film Society is a volunteer organization that brings movies to Timmins that otherwise might not be available on a big screen.
“We’re bringing in some retro movies, so we put out a post at the end of last season to give us suggestions of what’s a classic movie, that you’ve always wanted to see on the big screen,” said Charette. “We had over 150 suggestions that people posted online.”
The selection process can be complicated by rights issues and what is available to the movie theatres.
“Part of the fun on our end is that we’ll send out a list of 30 movies, and we’ll get a list back that they can get 12,” he said. “And now, how are we going to go from here to which movie we’re going to choose?”
The society is planning on showing one retro movie a month.
The fall season also includes showings of The Boy in the Woods, Spirited Away and Monster. Organizers are hopeful that there will be something for everyone.
“There are a lot of people who have different views on different movies, and this one might not be your cup of tea, but maybe the next movie will be,” said Charette.
On the weekend of Nov. 7, the society will be running its five-movie festival as well.
“Those movies, we’re going to be announcing very soon,” he said. “The past three that we’ve done, we’ve gotten very good feedback.”
Tickets for any of the film society’s presentations are available on the Imagine Theatre website, which has made the process a little easier for everyone, said Charette.
The love of the art form is at the core of what the society is doing and the full list of movies that will be coming in is available on the society’s Facebook page.
“In the end, we’re all volunteers, and we all love movies,” he said. “Who doesn’t want to go to the show, grab a popcorn, grab a pop, and just relax for two and a half hours?”
