Desert Reels

05/17/2026

Desert Reels' next film, THE SECRET AGENT, won Best Actor and Best Director at this year's Cannes Film Festival. On screen at the Oliver Theatre this coming Wednesday May 20th, the film is a visually rich and ambitious political thriller.
THE SECRET AGENT is set amid political turmoil in Brazil during the late 1970s. Surrounded by the repressive military dictatorship, award winning actor, Wagner Moura plays a technology expert forced into hiding while seeking help from the underground resistance to try to flee the country with his young son.
The film is described as “a thrillingly unpredictable, playfully shape-shifting epic steeped in history even as it feels remarkably contemporary.”
Wednesday May 20
Tickets $10, cash at the door
The Oliver Theatre, 6387 Main Street
Doors open at 6:00, show time 6:30pm
Watch the trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UfrzDKrhEc

05/06/2026

This week the Oliver Theatre is presenting THE SHEEP DETECTIVES, a great 'feel good" movie with a stellar cast. The movie stars Hugh Jackman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Emma Thompson, amongst other, though the Globe and Mail reviewer writes that the Sheep steal the show!
The movie is on this weekend, playing Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 8-10. 7pm nightly with a matinee at 2 on Sat.
Oliver Theatre, 6387 Main Street

04/19/2026

Desert Reels' next film, The Secret Agent coming Wednesday May 20th, won Best Actor and Best Director at Cannes Film Festival.

A visually rich and ambitious political thriller, The Secret Agent is set amid political turmoil in Brazil during the late 1970s. Surrounded by the repressive military dictatorship, award winning actor, Wagner Moura plays a technology expert forced into hiding while seeking help from the underground resistance to try to flee the country with his young son.

The film is described as “a thrillingly unpredictable, playfully shape-shifting epic steeped in history even as it feels remarkably contemporary.”

Wednesday May 20
Tickets $10, cash at the door
The Oliver Theatre, 6387 Main Street
Doors open at 6:00, show time 6:30pm

Watch the trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UfrzDKrhEc

04/09/2026

HOLY DAYS
Wednesday April 15 – at the Oliver Theatre
Doors open at 6pm, Showtime is 6:30
Tickets: $10 cash only
When the eccentric sisters of St. Suzanne’s convent are threatened with forced retirement, they hit the road in a stolen car bound for New Zealand’s remote South Island. This Canadian/New Zealand coproduction stars Judy Davis, Miriam Margolyes, and Jacki Weaver in a heartfelt, riotous comedy about rebellion, faith, and found family.
Trailer for the film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSiACjgELyM

03/20/2026

Coming next!
HOLY DAYS
Wednesday April 15 – at the Oliver Theatre, showtime 6:30

When the eccentric sisters of St. Suzanne’s convent are threatened with forced retirement, they hit the road in a stolen car bound for New Zealand’s remote South Island. This Canadian/New Zealand coproduction stars Judy Davis, Miriam Margolyes, and Jacki Weaver in a heartfelt, riotous comedy about rebellion, faith, and found family.

Trailer for the film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSiACjgELyM

03/18/2026

Sharing again as this film won an Oscar.

Watch at home with your family

02/16/2026

Coming Feb 25
At the Oliver Theatre, doors open 6pm show at 6:30pm
Admission: $10 cash or use your pass.

In Inuit Law, A Promise is a Promise.Igloolik region, 2000 BCE. Kaujak and Sapa were promised to each other at birth. After the sudden death of Kaujak’s fath...

02/16/2026

Coming March 11
At the Oliver Theatre, doors open 6pm show at 6:30pm
Admission: $10 cash or use your pass.

1916. As war rages on the Western Front, the Choral Society in Ramsden, Yorkshire has lost most of its men to the army. The Choral’s ambitious committee, det...

01/30/2026

Next movie: Feb 11, 2026
At the Oliver Theatre, doors open 6pm, movie at 6:30pm. Run time - check your email...

Fresh out of grad-school, fledgling writer Ashish (Saamer Usmani) finds that life as an adult isn’t quite what he expected. Grappling with his parent’s recen...

01/25/2026

Movie this week! Sentimental Value, has been winning awards. Wednesday Jan 28 at the Oliver Theatre. Doors open 6pm, tickets $10.00 cash at the door. 5 admission passes at the door or at Oliver Eats $40.00 cash.
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxMq00tx4-k

More to see in the series:
Feb 11 - Shook (Canadian - English & Hindi) [113 min]
Feb 25 - Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) (Canada - Inuktitut -subtitles) [100 min]
Mar 11 - The Choral (UK - English) [113 min]

Thank you to Film Circuit and the Oliver Theatre.

Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he ...