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Northumberland Film Sundays
Mission Statement
We are a group of film lovers dedicated to offering our community a broad range of movies not otherwise available on our local big screens.
We select films from a menu of contemporary "hot picks" offered by "The Circuit", a division of the Toronto International Film Festival.
We are a not-for-profit group and periodically we will make contributions to Northumberland County charities when a cash surplus permits.
Films are shown at the Rainbow Cinemas at the Northumberland Mall in Cobourg, Ontario at 4.00 pm on selected Sundays. We also produce a Film Festival on a weekend in January - at the same venue. More on the Festival here.
COVID-19 Announcement
16 February 2022
TIFF Film Circuit and Northumberland Film Sundays are currently on pause while Film Circuit is being re-established. Film Circuit is aiming to relaunch in 2022 based on exhibitor/venue availability and restrictions. Thank you for your patience.
January 2022 - Update
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TIFF Film Circuit and Northumberland Film Sundays are currently on pause while Film Circuit is being re-established. As you know, we get all our movies through Film Circuit - which is operated by the Toronto International Film Festival - so they need to be operating before Film Sundays can operate. It seems that there needs to be a degree of stability on when cinemas can operate before anything will get going. It would also help if cinemas across the country could operate at full capacity.
Given all this, Film Circuit has told us that they are "aiming to relaunch in 2022 based on exhibitor/venue availability and restrictions". Thank you for your patience. If you are on the mailing list, we will let you know as soon as we know.
John Draper
For Northumberland Film Sundays
Parasite
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Sunday, 8 March 2020, 4:00 pm
Rainbow Theatre, Northumberland Mall, Cobourg
Bong Joon Ho brings his work home to Korea in this pitch-black modern fairytale. Meet the Park Family: the picture of aspirational wealth. And the Kim Family, rich in street smarts but not much else. Be it chance or fate, these two houses are brought together and the Kims sense a golden opportunity. Masterminded by college-aged Ki-woo, the Kim children expediently install themselves as tutor and art therapist, to the Parks. Soon, a symbiotic relationship forms between the two families. The Kims provide "indispensable" luxury services while the Parks obliviously bankroll their entire household. When a parasitic interloper threatens the Kims' newfound comfort, a savage, underhanded battle for dominance breaks out, threatening to destroy the fragile ecosystem between the Kims and the Parks.
Cast: Song Kang Ho, Lee Sun Kyun, Yeo-Jeong Jo, Choi Woo-sik, Park So Dam, Lee Jung Eun, Chang Hyae Jin
Directed By: Bong Joon Ho
Written By: Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin-won
Rating: R (for language, some violence and sexual content)
Genre: Drama Language: Korean
Runtime: 132 minutes
Song of Names
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Sunday, 5 April 2020, 4:00 pm - Cancelled
Rainbow Theatre, Northumberland Mall, Cobourg
As Europe erupts into World War II, 9 year old Martin comes to love his new brother Dovidl, a highly gifted violin prodigy of the same age and recent Polish-Jewish refugee to London. But hours before Dovidl's debut concert performance at the age of 21 he vanishes without a trace, causing shame and ruin for their family. A lifetime later, a young violinist shows a 56 year old Martin a stylistic flourish that could only have been taught by Dovidl. This triggers Martin's odyssey overseas in search of his lost brother, one that will lead to surprising revelations for both men and for Helen, the woman who stood between them.
Cast: Tim Roth, Clive Owen, Catherine McCormack, Jonah Hauer-King, Gerran Howell, Luke Doyle
Directed By: François Girard
Written By: Jeffrey Caine
Rating: PG-13 (for some strong language, brief sexual material, thematic elements, and smoking)
Genre: Drama, Musical & Performing Arts
Runtime: 113 minutes Language: English
White Lie
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Sunday, 26 April 2020, 4:00 pm - Cancelled
Rainbow Theatre, Northumberland Mall, Cobourg
Katie, a dance major, makes everyone believe that she's fighting against cancer. When her eligibility for a university bursary is jeopardized unless she provides medical records within the week, she scrambles to forge them, begging her father for money to pay for them. He quickly sees through her façade and refuses to help, pleading with her to come clean before he reveals her crime to her crowd funders.
Cast: Kacey Rohl, Connor Jessup, Christine Horne, Darrin Baker, Zahra Bentham, Shanice Banton
Directed By: Yonah Lewis
Written By: Yonah Lewis
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama Language: English
Runtime: 96 minutes
Ordinary Love
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Sunday, 10 May 2020, 4:00 pm - Cancelled
Rainbow Theatre, Northumberland Mall, Cobourg
Joan and Tom (Academy Award (R) nominee Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson) have been married for many years. An everyday couple with a remarkable love, there is an ease to their relationship which only comes from spending a lifetime together. When Joan is diagnosed with breast cancer, the course of her treatment shines a light on their enduring devotion, as they must find the humour and grace to survive a year of adversity.
Cast: Liam Neeson, Lesley Manville, Amit Shah, David Wilmot
Directed By: Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn
Written By: Owen McCafferty
Rating: R (for brief sexuality/nudity)
Genre: Drama Language: English
Runtime: 91 minutes
The Climb
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Sunday, 31 May 2020, 4:00 pm - Cancelled
Rainbow Theatre, Northumberland Mall, Cobourg
Kyle and Mike are best friends who share a close bond -- until Mike sleeps with Kyle's fiancée. The Climb is about a tumultuous but enduring relationship between two men across many years of laughter, heartbreak and rage. It is also the story of real-life best friends who turn their profound connection into a rich, humane and frequently uproarious film about the boundaries (or lack thereof) in all close friendships.
Cast: Kyle Marvin, Michael Angelo Covino, Gayle Rankin, Talia Balsam, George Wendt, Judith Godrèche, Daniella Covino, Eden Malyn, Jason Baxter.
Directed By: Michael Angelo Covino
Written By: Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin
Genre: Comedy
Rating: R (for language, sexual content, some nudity and brief drug use)
Runtime: 94 minutes Language: English