September spoils us with FIVE Tuesdays this year, which means FIVE opportunities to gather at Flix@C64 this month for a locally-picked film + some freshly popped popcorn & the chance to watch a movie with other people like they did in the not too distant past (all of which is totally worth leaving the couch/house for every now and again, don’t you agree?) 🍿
And there’s a little bit of everything in this month’s lineup: an all-time Hollywood classic (the oldest movie we’ve screened at Flix so far), a brand-new documentary on a quickly evolving topic of modern life, an intimate family drama, a hugely influential ‘90s favourite, and an award-winning Canadian coming-of-age story set in the 90s (during the Oka Crisis). Whether you’re discovering one of these films for the first time or looking forward to being able to see an old favourite in a theatre again, we hope you’ll join us!
So… here’s what’s coming up at Flix this September 👇
Tuesday, September 1st — Casablanca (1942)
We’re starting September with one of the most celebrated films in Hollywood history. Set against the backdrop of the Second World War, Casablanca stars Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine, an American expatriate running a nightclub in Morocco whose cooly detached life is disrupted when former love Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) unexpectedly walks back through his door.
Wartime romance, memorable characters, iconic poster art and some of the most quoted lines in movie history have helped Casablanca endure decade after decade. The film won three Academy Awards — including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay — and remains one of those classics that feels particularly suited to being rediscovered in a small mountain town theatre with an audience of friends & family and/or neighbours & strangers.
Random Letterboxd Review:
“It’s got legitimate anti-fascist politics, speedy pacing, a great score, and catches Bogart and Bergman at just the right moment of their early stardom, their cosmopolitan love contrasted with the grim reality of the spreading Nazi regime. Casablanca has all the romantic world-weariness you can ask for, inhabiting an exotic terminal dream space that exists everywhere and nowhere. Only in the movies.”
Fun fact: before stating that Casablanca will be the “oldest” film that Flix has ever screened, we had to verify this by going to Flix’s ongoing list of Films Screened So Far and sorting it by movie release date… so here is a picture for anyone else wondering what the 20 “oldest” films are that we’ve screened so far (with Casablanca soon to be at the top of this list, pushing out The Fugitive and making our Top 20 Oldest Films Screened entirely pre-1990s + there may be a bunch more ’80s, films coming for a weekend in the not-too-distant future 👀):
Tuesday, September 8th — The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (2026)
For something from more modern times, our second film of September takes on a subject that seems to be evolving exponentially: artificial intelligence.
In The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Daniel Roher (Navalny) sets out to understand what the rapid development of AI might mean for our future — a question that becomes more personal as he prepares to become a father. Co-directed with Charlie Tyrell, the documentary brings Roher into conversation with some of the researchers, technologists, critics, and thinkers at the centre of the AI debate, examining both the enormous possibilities of the technology and what could be at stake if we get it wrong.
Premiering at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, The AI Doc tackles an enormous and sometimes overwhelming subject through a digestible personal lens — and it should give everyone plenty to talk about after the credits roll (so maybe consider making use of that Hourglass discount that Flix viewers receive and go for a post-film bevy).
Random Letterboxd Review:
“Never before have I felt so seen by a movie. As someone who has been in AI policy for over a decade, The AI Doc captured what it’s felt to live in my brain for the past 11 years. I cried. A lot. Especially when Son Lux’s “Lost It To Trying” played during the end credits.”
Tuesday, September 15th — After All (2025)
Three generations of women confront old wounds, buried family secrets, and the difficult path toward forgiveness in After All, an intimate family indie drama directed by Kerstin Karlhuber.
Starring Erika Christensen, Penelope Ann Miller, and Kiara Muhammad, the film centres on a mother returning home to care for her own mother following a stroke, while also navigating a strained relationship with her teenage daughter. Bringing three generations of one family together, After All explores memory, reconciliation, and the complicated ties between mothers and daughters.
Random Letterboxd Review:
“Fantastic multigenerational family drama with outstanding performances from Penelope Ann Miller, Erika Christensen, and Kiara Muhammad.”
Tuesday, September 22nd — Pulp Fiction (1994)
More than 30 years after it first arrived in theatres, Quentin Tarantino’s sophomore feature Pulp Fiction remains one of the defining films of the 1990s (and continues into modern times with a strong 4.2 overall rating on Letterboxd). John Travolta (in a career revitalizing role), Samuel L. Jackson (in a career making role), Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames (all in iconic form), and an unforgettable ensemble cast of standout characters populate a collection of interconnected Los Angeles crime stories that unfold — which felt very revolutionary at the time — in anything but chronological order.
Blending pitch-black comedy, crime, pop culture, extremely memorable dialogue (which also felt quite revolutionary at the time), and an equally memorable soundtrack, Pulp Fiction won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival and earned seven Academy Award nominations, winning Best Original Screenplay for Tarantino and Roger Avary. Whether you’ve seen it countless times or somehow have never gotten around to it (or just missed the chance to see it in theatres back in ‘94 because you were too young and/or not born), this is a modern classic that deserves to be experienced with others on the silver screen (even if some of the rated-R Tarantino/90s stuff plays differently 32 years later).
Random Letterboxd Review:
“A film full of important life lessons about foot massage ethics, how to hide priceless heirlooms as a prisoner of war, what to do if someone at the party overdoses on heroin, and best practices for cleaning brain from car upholstery. Glad I saw this movie young so I learned all this stuff early.”
Tuesday, September 29th — Beans (2020)
We’re closing September with an acclaimed Canadian film from Mohawk filmmaker Tracey Deer. Screening on the day before Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Beans draws on Deer’s own childhood experiences during the 1990 Oka Crisis (which took place about 50 kms west of Montreal), following 12-year-old Tekehentahkhwa — nicknamed Beans — as she comes of age amid the 78-day armed standoff between Mohawk communities and Canadian authorities.
The film premiered at TIFF and went on to win Best Motion Picture and the John Dunning Best First Feature Award at the Canadian Screen Awards, along with the Crystal Bear for Best Film at the Berlin International Film Festival. It’s a powerful Indigenous and Canadian story to close out September at Flix@C64, especially with Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation taking place the very next day (ie. September 30th).
Random Letterboxd Review:
“Tracey Deer’s film is infused with both her history of working in documentary filmmaking and her own lived experiences of the Oka Crisis, making for an intimate portrayal of social, internal, and familial tensions. I laughed, I cried, and that final scene landed wonderfully. ”
And that’s everything coming up in September from Flix 🎬
Whether you’re joining us for an eight-decade-old Hollywood classic, a brand-new look at the rapidly changing world of AI, an intimate family drama, a ‘90s cult favourite, an award-winning Indigenous/Canadian story, or some combination of all of the above, we look forward to seeing you at Centre 64 this month!
As always, doors for our Tuesday screenings open at 6:30 pm, with films starting at 7 pm. Concessions (including freshly popped popcorn) are available before the show, and tickets can be purchased at the door or online at kimberleyarts.com/films. And don’t forget — Flix patrons can get 10% off their bill at Hourglass Kimberley before or after any Tuesday screening (y’know… for talking thoughts sparked by movies)!
And of course, if you have any hot takes or strong film opinions/recommendations of your own (or film-related thoughts of any kind), please share them with the rest of us over on our Instagram, Facebook, Letterboxd, or this very comments section below!
If there’s anything you’d like to see screened or have us write about OR if you’re interested in getting involved with what Flix does, shoot us a message or an email at flixatc64@gmail.com (or just talk to a Flix’r at a film night and/or anywhere else you run into them)!
Until next time… see you at the movies 🎞️
-The Flix@C64 Team