Winter 2006 

• Retrospectives: Sudden Rain: The Films of Japanese Master Mikio Naruse - Season II, The Apu Trilogy, Alexander Sokurov’s Men of Power Trilogy, FILM NOW: Tales of Cinema: The Films of Hong Sang-Soo, Three by Bresson.
• Guests: Robert Towne, Geoff Pevere, Allan King, Linda C. Ehrlich, Michael Gallagher, Eleanor Wachtel, Seoungho Cho, Rick Raxlen, Barbara Sternberg, Karl Kels, Jean-Marc Vallée, Atom Egoyan, Ricardo Trogi, Jean-Philipe Pearson, Patrice Robitaille, Bernard  mond, Patrick Drolet, Michael Mabbott, Natalie Radford and Aubrey Nealon, Deepa Mehta, Georgette Gagnon, Mike Bochenek, Anna Maria Tremonti, John Doyle, Dr. Luis Fornazzari, Evan Soloman and Marc Garlasco.
• Cinematheque Ontario Lecture Series: Robert Towne in conversation with Geoff Pevere followed by screening of ASK THE DUSK (2006), Linda C. Ehrlich on Victor Erice and SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE (1973), Michael Gallagher in conversation with Eleanor Wachtel with a screening of OMAGH (2004), Allan King on Freedom and Authority- on-stage interview with Steve Gravestock with screenings of SKIDROW (1956)and RICKSHAW(1960).
• Event: Canada’s Top Ten 2005 (screenings of all ten films plus three panel discussions): POP CULTURE AS HISTORY/HISTORY AS POP CULTURE, FILM PERFORMANCE and FIRST FEATURES/LOW BUDGETS. Canada’s Top Ten films of 2005 were C.R.A.Z.Y., WHERE THE TRUTH LIES, HORLOGE BIOLOGIQUE, MEMORY FOR MAX, CLAIRE, IDA AND COMPANY, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE,WATER, LA NEUVAINE, THE LIFE AND HARD TIMES OF GUY TERRIFICO, FAMILIA and A SIMPLE CURVE.
• Event: Human Rights Watch International Film Festival (six films from the Human Rights Watch Traveling Film Festival, plus Michael Gallagher in conversation with Eleanor Wachtel preceded by OMAGH).
• The Free Screen: Programme 1: Seoungho Cho in Person; Programme 2: Works Fred Frith: Step Across the Border; Programme 3: Rick Raxlen in Person: Carte Blanche; Programme 4: Barbara Sternberg in Person: Praise!: Recent Work by Barbara Sternberg; Programme 5: Karl Kels in Person.
• Limited Runs: Michelangelo Antonioni’s THE PASSENGER (1975), Jean Renoir’s LE RIVI RE (1951), Theo Angelopoulos’ TRILOGY: THE WEEPING MEADOW (2004), Victor Erice’s SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE (1973), Robert Bresson’s MOUCHETTE (1967), and Alexander Sokurov’s THE SUN (2005).
• Saturday Movie Matinees: François Truffaut’s LE 400 COUPS (1959) and LES MISTONS (1957), Jack Arnold’s THE MOUSE THAT ROARED (1959), Eliot Silverstein’s CAT BALLOU (1965), Rupert Julian’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) and Frank Capra’s LOST HORIZON (1937).
• Canadian Premiere: Andreas Horvath’s THE SILENCE OF GREEN (2002).
• Toronto Premiere: Seoungho Cho’s UNTITLED (2004), w.s.2 (2004), SHOW YOUR TONGUE (2005), Rick Raxlen’s FISH DON’T TALK (2004), ACADEMY STRIPPER (2005), RIX PIX NIX HIX (2004), Barbara Sternberg’s TABULA RASA (2003), PRAISE (2005), Leonard Retel Helmrich’s THE EYE OF DAY (2001), Hong Sang-Soo’s TALE OF CINEMA (2005), WOMAN IS THE FUTURE OF MAN (2004), Maria Ramos’ JUSTICE (2004).
• Critical Note: “Booze tends to figure prominently in the iconoclastic Korean director’s six features since 1996, all of which screen this week in the latest installment of Cinematheque Ontario’s Film Now series. Though it has rightly feted such emergent auteurs as Jia Zhang-ke and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the series has been sadly lacking in scenes of binge drinking, alleyway vomiting, fumbling sexual encounters and bar fights. This retrospective corrects that.” - Jason Anderson, Eye Weekly, Thursday, February 16, 2006.
• Highlight: Launch of two new ongoing series: The Free Screen (formerly The Independents) and Images of the World: Classic and Contemporary Documentaries.

Spring 2006 

• Retrospectives: Bring Me the Films of Sam Peckinpah, Françoise Doléac: Demoiselle on the Verge, Love and Death in Bucharest: The Films of Cristi Puiu, Work Done: The Films of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, New Argentine Cinema (A Sequel), Come and See Elem Klimov, Comedies of Love and Work- Luc Moullet: An Introduction, Lessons of Darkness: Five Films by Werner Herzog.
• Guests: Werner Herzog, Jim Kitses, David Gatten, Vincent Grenier, Steven Woloshen, Susan Lord.
• Cinematheque Ontario Lecture Series: Jim Kitses on Sam Peckinpah’s RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (1962), An Evening with Werner Herzog.
• The Free Screen: Programme 1: David Gatten in Person: Secret History of the Dividing Line; Programme 2: Lives of the Animals; Programme 3: Steven Woloshen in Person; Programme 4: Sharon Lockhart’s PINE FLAT; Programme 5: Vincent Grenier in Person: A Sort of Homecoming.
• Limited Runs: Hou Hsiao-hsien’s THREE TIMES (2005), Shinji Aoyama’s EUREKA (2000), Terence Malick’s DAYS OF HEAVEN (1978), Jean-Marie Straub & Dani le Huillet’s CHRONICLE OF ANNA MAGDALENA BACH (1968), Lisandro Alonso’s LOS MUERTOS (2004), THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU (2005).
• World Premiere: Steven Woloshen’s CHANGING EVAN (2006).
• Canadian Premiere: Sharon Lockhart’s PINE FLAT (2005).
• Toronto Premiere: Steven Woloshen’s THE CAVE (2001), REBUTTAL (2005), Cristi Puiu’s STUFF AND DOUGH (2001), CIGARETTES AND COFFEE (2003), Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardennes’ LORSQUE LE BATEAU DE LÉON M. DESCENDIT LA MEUSE POUR LA PREMI RE FOIS (1979), POUR QUE LA GUERRE S’ACH VE, LES MURS DEVAIENT S’ÉCROULER (LE JOURNAL) (1980), LEÇONS D’UNE UNIVERSITÉ VOLANTE (1981), R… NE RÉPOND PLUS (1982), REGARDE JONATHAN (JEAN LOUVET, SON OEUVRE) (1983), JE PENSE   VOUS (1992), FALSCH (1987).
• Critical Note: “As the Peckinpah retrospective kicking off at Cinematheque Ontario in Toronto this week demonstrates, behind the veil of gunsmoke lies a body of work that places the filmmaker beside Bob Dylan, Norman Mailer and Arthur Miller as one of the most significant American artists of the last 60 years.” - Joel McConvey, National Post, Friday, March 17, 2006