Street Trash

The so-called Disneyfication of New York had just begun when Jim Muro made the gloriously tasteless Street Trash, in which NYC’s homeless population falls victim, in cartoonishly gory fashion, to some extremely bad liquor. Muro’s paean to a grittier Big Apple comes to this year’s Northwest Horror Show—at the Vancity Theatre from April 22 to 24—with Zombie, Cannibal Ferox, and Maniac among the other selections on offer from the boom years of grindhouse, with the latter followed by a Skype Q & A with indie auteur Bill Lustig.

The Projector: What to see and where to see it

Kung Fu Hustle
Anyone dazzled by Stephen Chow’s megablockbuster The Mermaid might want to catch an earlier hit from the prodigiously inventive Chinese filmmaker. Behold the world’s most dangerous landlady at the Rio Theatre on Friday (April 22).

Michael Collins
Neil Jordan’s film biography of the Irish revolutionary leader was a high point for both the director and his star, Liam Neeson. Screening as part of its Ireland 2016 program, the 1996 release comes to the Cinematheque on Sunday (April 24).

Hadwin’s Judgement
It’s a fundraiser for the Ancient Forest Alliance, but we’ll take any chance we can get to promo Sasha Snow’s challenging environmental doc about the felling of Haida Gwaii’s storied golden spruce. Screening at the Rio Theatre on Tuesday (April 26).

Ryan’s Daughter

The production on this 1970 film was fraught with problems and critics panned it upon release, but David Lean’s epic love story is still a wonder to behold on the big screen. Sarah Miles, Robert Mitchum, and John Mills—unrecognizable beneath punishing makeup—are the stars in front of the camera; cinematographer Freddie Young is the genius behind it. Ryan’s Daughter comes to the Cinematheque on Saturday (April 23) as part of its Ireland 2016: Centenary Film Programme.