www.insidehalton.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, September 8, 2017 | 22 Marta Marychuk Reporter mmarychuk@oakvillebeaver.com Artscene "Connected to your Community" Monday Night at the Movies brings films from around world Monday Night at the Movies, Oakville's own international film series, unveils the first six titles of its fall/winter schedule, with Canada's delightful gem, Maudie opening the season on Sept.11. Academy Award nominees Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke star in the true story of Maud Lewis, who overcame the physical challenge of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis to become one of Canada's premier folk artists. The movie comes from Canada/Ireland. Through its partnership with the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Monday Night at the Movies offers a special selection of films on select Mondays from September to April at the Cineplex Cinemas Winston Churchill. The independent film series provides Oakville audiences with unique access to some of the world's finest films, not usually in wide distribution. Film screenings start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 per person, cash only, and can be purchased at the Monday Night at the Movies' table in the lobby of the theatre at 6:45 p.m. prior to the show. Each feature film screening starts with an animation short showcasing the talents of the graduating class from Sheridan College's Computer Animation and Bachelor of Animation programs. The fall schedule includes: Sept. 25: The Commune Set in 1970s Copenhagen, the new film from lauded director Thomas Vinterberg focuses on a well-off professional couple (Trine Dyrholm and Ulrich Thomsen) that, upon inheriting a large house, decide to experiment with communal living. Energized by the era's relaxed taboos, the couple assembles a diverse, rather motley crew of cohabitants and embarks on their adventure. The movie comes from Denmark/ Sweden/Netherlands. Oct. 2: Their Finest Danish filmmaker Lone Scherfig directs a sterling British cast -- including Gemma Arterton, Bill Nighy, Jack Huston and Richard E. Grant -- in this comedy-drama about a group of filmmakers struggling to make an inspirational film to boost morale during the Blitz of London in World War II. The movie comes from the United Kingdom. Oct. 16: Frantz Director François Ozon's haunting tale of love and remembrance is set in a small German town in the aftermath of World War I, where a young woman mourning the death of her fiancé forms a bond with a mysterious Frenchman who has arrived to lay flowers on her beloved's grave. The movie comes from France/Germany. Oct. 30: 78/52 The infamous shower sequence in Hitchcock's masterpiece, Psycho, has been seared in the heads of moviegoers for generations. Alexandre O. Philippe's 78/52 seeks to understand just what made that scene so legendary, deconstructing it to explore what each stab of the knife meant for cinema and Monday Night at the Movies, Oakville's own international film series, unveils the first six titles of its fall/winter schedule, with Canada's delightful gem, Maudie, opening the season on Sept.11. Academy Award nominees Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke star in the true story of Maud Lewis, who overcame the physical challenge of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis to become one of Canada's premier folk artists. | submitted photo culture. Sure to delight anyone who still gets a little nervous when they hear a strange sound in the shower. Thanks to Mr. Hitchcock, that is essentially everyone in the known universe. The movie comes from U.S.A. Nov. 13: Lost in Paris Replete with the amazing antics and intricately choreographed slapstick that has come to define Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon's work, Lost in Paris is a wondrously fun and hectic tale of peculiar people finding love while lost in the City of Lights. The movie is from France/Belgium. Monday Night at the Movies is a volunteer-driven, not-for-profit organization. Any surplus of funds at the end of the programming year is donated to a variety of local charities and community groups. More dates and titles will be announced later in the fall. To receive movie alerts email mondaynightatthemovies@gmail. com. For more information visit mondaynightatthemovies.blogspot.ca.