Week in widescreen: Picturing Mapplethorpe plus a musical movies mashup

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      Mapplethorpe

      Debbie Harry, Brooke Shields, and Fran Lebowitz are among those taking an unflinching look at the life and work of New York’s enfant terrible of photography, in this latest from master celeb documentarians Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato (The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Inside Deep Throat). Coinciding with the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, the Vancouver Queer Film Festival brings Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures to the Vancity on Tuesday (May 17).

      The projector: What to see and where to see it

      Friday the 13th
      Director Sean S. Cunningham’s seminal 1980 slasher isn’t any good or anything, but it had an impact all the same, and it’s still better than any of the sequels or the remake, right? Jason returns to the Rio Theatre on, yes, Friday (May 13).

      Numb
      We really liked this B.C.–set thriller when it opened here in early March. Here’s a chance to see it with stars Marie Avgeropoulos and Aleks Paunovic in attendance, along with director Jason R. Goode, when Numb comes to the Vancity on Monday (May 16).

      I Smile Back
      Stepping away from the mike, Sarah Silverman won huge raves for her performance as a mother with mental-health and addiction issues in this decidedly straight-faced indie drama from 2015, coming to the Cinematheque on Wednesday (May 18). 

      Moviehouse Rock

      We’re not sure what, exactly, local film scholar Michael van den Bos has assembled for this mashup of musical moments from the movies, but it looks at the very least like we’ll get a dose of the Yardbirds, ABBA, the Ramones, Spinal Tap, and Gary Busey playing the wrong guitar in The Buddy Holly Story. Obviously the best way to spend a hard day’s night, Moviehouse Rock comes to the Vancity on Wednesday (May 18).

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