Rumours

Friday, October 18 - Monday, October 21, 2024

Thursday, October 17 at 7:00: Sneak Preview + Q&A with directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson moderated by Owen Kline (FUNNY PAGES)

Friday, October 18: Opening Night Q&A with directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson moderated by filmmaker Ari Aster, at 7:00 show; Extended intro by directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson at 9:30 show

 Please note that there are additional showtimes of RUMOURS that screen with open captions (on-screen display of dialogue and sounds). For those showtimes, click here.

Ricocheting between comedy, apocalyptic horror, and swooning soap opera, Rumours follows the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies at the annual G7 summit, where they attempt to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis. With unexpected, uproarious performances from a brilliant ensemble cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander, and Charles Dance, these so-called leaders become spectacles of incompetence, contending with increasingly surreal obstacles in the misty woods as night falls and they realize they are suddenly alone.

A genre-hopping satire of political ineptitude, the latest film from incomparable directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson is a journey into the absurd heart of power and institutional failure in a slowly burning world.

A Bleecker Street Media release.

Official Selection: Cannes, TIFF, New York Film Festival

“A laugh-out-loud political satire. Cate Blanchett is impishly funny.” – Variety

Additional showtimes for October 18-24 will be availalbe on October 7.

Preceded by our Guy Maddin retrospective Forbidden Rooms: The Films of Guy Maddin 

  • Country Canada, Germany
  • Running Time 104 minutes
  • Format DCP
  • Distributor Bleecker Street Media
  • Director Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson
  • Cast Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander, Takehiro Hira, Charles Dance, Roy Dupuis, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Denis Menochet, Rolando Ravello, Zlatko Buric
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil, Closed Captioning, Descriptive Audio

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