There are over 150 films on offer at this year’s FIN Atlantic International Film Festival, on from September 16-23 both online and in-person at Cineplex Park Lane. Offerings range from box office blockbusters to indie documentaries, from stories about the precursors of punk rock to teenagers managing viral fame. But if the crush of available movies has you wondering what to watch first, we gotchu with daily list of flick picks, highlighting the movies we’re most excited about. Here’s the movies to catch Sep 18:
Wife of a Spy
In-person on Saturday Sep 18, 3:20pm at Cineplex Park Lane, tickets here. Set in 1940s Japan, this flick follows a wife’s white-knuckled grip on her marriage as, on the eve of World War Two, her husband prepares to share the things he witnessed in Manchuria (then a Japanese colony).
Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché
In-person on Saturday, Sep 18, 6pm at Cineplex Park Lane, tickets here. The frontperson of seminal ‘70s band X-Ray Spex, Poly Styrene is the godmother of riot grrrl and afropunk. In this 96-minute documentary, her musical legacy and personal demons unfold in tandem. Peep the trailer:
This article appears in Sep 1-30, 2021.
