Third Space is happy to revive Film Nights in 2023! Our film nights are a way to bring the community together through our love of the art world. From documentaries to biopics, Third Space Film Night is open to all those who are looking to fill up their Thursday evening with friendly faces, snacks, and screen time about any and all artists throughout our lifetimes.
All screenings will take place on every last Thursday of the month in the Tompkins Studio Hall, located on the first floor of the Saint John Arts Centre. Here’s what you need to know to secure a seat in front of the big screen:
- Entrance to the Saint John Arts Centre for Film Night will be through the basement doors (An elevator is available if needed)
- Start time for the movies will be at 6pm AST, most screenings will have a runtime of 1h30 to 2h
- Admission is Pay What You Can at the door, with recommendations of $10 per person, or $5 for members, seniors, and students. You can pay by cash, card, or e-transfer
- Complimentary Covid-friendly snacks (chips & carbonated beverages) will be available!
- Masks are encouraged
- Gender neutral and single stall washrooms are available
Mark the dates! Here’s when our film nights will take place:
- Thursday, February 23: Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows
- “Ghyslain Raza, better known as the “Star Wars Kid,” breaks his silence to reflect on our hunger for content and the right to be forgotten in the digital age.”
- 2022, directed by Mathieu Fournier
- Runtime: 1h 19mins
- Closed captioning available
- Thursday, March 30: Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
- “In the 1980s Keith Haring blazed a trail through the galleries and nightclubs of downtown New York’s art scene. This new feature documentary blends stunning archive and an edgy soundtrack, with tender and candid first-hand accounts of Haring. It tells the extraordinary story of an artist who lived and created with boundless energy, throughout the social, cultural and political counter-revolution of the 1980s.”
- 2020, directed by Ben Anthony
- Runtime: 1h 30mins
- No closed captioning
- Thursday, April 27: Finding Vivian Maier
- “This intriguing documentary shuttles from New York to France to Chicago as it traces the life story of the late Vivian Maier, a career nanny whose previously unknown cache of 100,000 photographs has earned her a posthumous reputation as one of America’s most accomplished and insightful street photographers.”
- 2013, directed by John Maloof & Charlie Siskel
- Runtime: 1h 23mins
- Closed captioning available
- Thursday, May 25: Loving Vincent
- “Loving Vincent is a experimental adult animated biographical drama film about the life of the painter Vincent Van Gogh, and, in particular, about the circumstances of his death.”
- 2017, directed by Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman
- Runtime: 1h 34mins
- Closed captioning available
- Thursday, June 29: The Price of Everything
- “With unprecedented access to pivotal artists and the white-hot market surrounding them, this film dives deep into the contemporary art world, holding a fun-house mirror up to our values and times.”
- 2018, directed by Nathaniel Kahn
- Runtime: 1h 45mins
- Closed captioning available
- Thursday, July 27: Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
- “Director Tamra Davis pays homage to her friend in this definitive documentary but also delves into Basquiat as an iconoclast. His dense, bebop-influenced neoexpressionist work emerged while minimalist, conceptual art was the fad; as a successful black artist, he was constantly confronted by racism and misconceptions. Much can be gleaned from insider interviews and archival footage, but it is Basquiat’s own words and work that powerfully convey the mystique and allure of both the artist and the man.”
- 2010, directed by Tamra Davis
- Runtime: 1h 33mins
- No closed captioning
- Thursday, August 24: There Are No Fakes
- “A painting, apparently the work of an iconic Native artist, leads the rockstar who buys it into the tragic, brutal world of an art forgery ring in Canada’s far north.”
- 2019, directed by Jamie Kastner
- Runtime: 1h 53mins
- Closed captioning available
- Thursday, September 28: Miss Hokusai
- “The life and works of Japanese artist and ukiyo-e painter Katsushika Hokusai, as seen from the eyes of his daughter, Katsushika O-Ei.”
- 2015, directed by Keiichi Hara, Stephanie Sheh, Michael Sinterniklaas
- Runtime: 1h 33mins
- Closed captioning available
- Thursday, October 26: Maudie
- “An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.”
- 2017, directed by Aisling Walsh
- Runtime: 1h 49mins
- Closed captioning available
- Thursday, November 23: Frida
- “Biopic of the bold and controversial life of artist Frida Kahlo. Set in Mexico City, this visually evocative film traces her lifelong, tempestuous relationship with her mentor, along with her illicit affairs with Trotsky and various women. Her forward-thinking artistic, political and sexual attitudes are explored as we witness a hard-drinking, passionate woman of the early 1900s, which earned an Oscar nomination for Salma Hayek.”
- 2002, directed by Julie Taymor
- Runtime: 1h 46mins
- Closed captioning available
… And more to come in the new year!