The Calgary Underground Film Festival & Calgary Cinematheque are excited to present the 50th anniversary screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show! This is the perfect lead in to Pride Week, featuring live performances from Fake Mustache and the evening hosted by Phil.
After almost 90 years, these classic cartoons have been restored from their original film elements by Fabulous Fleischer Cartoons Restored, an effort led by Max Fleischer's granddaughter Jane Reid. Calgary Cinematheque Society and Quickdraw Animation Society are proud to present six classic restored cartoons from the Fleischer catalogue, introduced by Kevin D.A. Kurytnik and featuring both a mini-documentary on the Fleischer Superman cartoons and a special Q&A after the show with Jane Reid herself, moderated by Kevin Kurytnik. Don't miss a wonderful evening of animation history!
The Surrealist artistic movement was born in the aftermath of World War I, as shell-shocked nations strove to rebuild and artists began to explore the unconscious mind, seeking to synthesize an expression of the illogical world of dreams with the cold reality they found themselves in.
