Saturday March 8th, 9:15 PM
Imagine if Superbad were directed by a woman who didn’t allow the toxic masculinity and misogyny to go unchecked, while also giving her genuinely funny and moving characters the room for growth and empathy. I Like Movies does that. It’s the directorial debut of Chandler Levack, who studied screenwriting at the Canadian Film Centre (she also wrote the screenplay) The story follows Lawrence Kweller, a socially inept 17-year old cinephile, who gets a job at a video store where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager. Sweet without being saccharine, humorous while still having plenty of its heart, and painful without losing its playfulness, it is a quietly truthful triumph of independent film. It’s not just a tribute to movies, but a tribute to what the best movies can accomplish — encouraging us to look out as much as we look in.
Comedy / Drama / Coming of Age
Runtime 1 hour 39 minutes
Canada
2022
Rated 14A