A cat's supper of film screenings for FRIDAY JAN 15 through THURSDAY JAN 21.

However did you find film screenings last week without me? Surely you didn't skip the usual suspects of repertory cinema houses in lieu of Leap Year (the by-the-books romcom with blue/green-screen Irish scenery... location shooting is so last decade). Start off the week with the Maria de Medeiros film retrospective at Cinémathèque québécoise. She starred alongside Uma Thurman in the steamy Henry and June, they were then reunited (though in divergent storylines) in Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. Both films will be screened this week, as will Maddin's The Saddest Music in the World, Capitaines d'Avril, Babel, and L'homme de ma vie. Those unfamiliar with the Portugese actress may want to Google her over a plate of hot blueberry pancakes.

FRIDAY / LOS HEREDEROS (dir. Eugenio Polgovsky, 2008)
The title translates to "the inheritors". This Mexican documentary outlines how children in Mexican provinces mimic their parents in lifestyle. They till the fields and work ceaselessly to help the family monetarily. In a sense, the film shows a lack of the traditional parent-child family unit, but rather shows a co-dependence based on all members of the family working equally. Cinémathèque québecoise / 335 De Maisonneuve East / 7pm / $6-7 More info

FRIDAY / LET'S MAKE MONEY (dir. Erwin Wagenhofer, 2008) / 110 min.
A refreshing look at how the capitalist system exploits Third World countries through food and raw materials - refreshing in that neoliberalism and not neoconservatism is under fire for reliance on the imbalances created by free trade agreements. Casa Obscura / 4381 Papineau / 9pm / More info

FRIDAY-THURSDAY / (NOT SO) CLASSICS AT THE DOLLAR CINEMA
The #1 choice this week at the Two Dollar Cinema is Wait Until Dark, a 1967 thriller about a blind woman who is terrorized by three thugs searching for heroin they believe she is hiding. The #2 choice is Grease. The last resort choices are Jackass the Movie, Rock-a-Doodle (I don't know), and L'homme du train. And no, you can't argue with the order - not unless you have administrative power over me. Cinema Dollar / 6900 Décarie Blvd / $2 More Info

SATURDAY / GALAXY OF TERROR (dir. Bruce D. Clark, 1981) / 81 min.
The poster for Galaxy of Terror goes some ways as to explaining the point of the film. Produced by Roger Corman, the film is about a rescue space ship crew that begins living through their worst imaginings. Horror and B-movie sleeze ensues. Cinémathèque québecoise / 335 De Maisonneuve East / 7pm / $6-7 More info

SATURDAY-THURSDAY / LOFTSLAG (dir. Oskar Freyr Ericsson, 2008)
Not technically a film, this video art installation premieres in Saturday and runs through to February 20, 2010. If you're feeling bored of traditional narrative film, check it out. A little more about the exhibit from Oboro: "The Icelandic word "loftslag" means "climate" but could also be interpreted as "air song" from the words loft meaning air and lag which means song. Loftslag is an ode to the Icelandic coast and is presented as a three channel video installation. It tells a story of uncontrollable forces in three parts. Three videos are displayed with video projectors on three separate walls... With this exhibition, Icelandic artist Óskar Ericsson illustrates a vital source that has been a poetic inspiration to his home country for centuries." Oboro / 4001 rue Berri suite 301 / 5pm / More Info

SUNDAY / LES CARABINIERS (dir. Jean-Luc Godard, 1963) / 80 min.
This is one of Jean-Luc Godard's lesser known earlier works. Made during his most renowned period that began with À bout de souffle and ended (arguably) with Pierrot le fou, it is also one of his more traditional cinematic exploits. It eschews much of the spastic editing and quote-dropping of his livelier films and focuses instead on a straightforward telling of an imaginary war and its effect on the central characters. Cinémathèque québecoise / 335 De Maisonneuve East / 5pm / $6-7 More info

MONDAY / CAPITALISME: UNE HISTOIRE D'AMOUR (dir. Michael Moore, 2009) / 127 min
Michael Moore's latest with French subtitles and playing on beautiful Bernard Avenue. Hopefully his whiny microphone appeals to bankers and CEOs won't disturb passersby. Théâtre Outremont / 1248 Bernard Ave. West / 7:30pm / $5-6 More Info

FILM EVENT OF THE WEEK! THURSDAY / AVENUE ZERO (dir. Helene Choquette, 2009) Premiering on Thursday at the NFB, Avenue Zero is a local documentary revealing the realities of human trafficking within Canada - a problem stretching from the metros of Montreal to the port of Vancouver. While the film will be screening again later in the month, this particular night is special in that the filmmaker as well as experts on the subject will be present to respond to those attending. The screening is also gratis. NFB Cinerobotheque / 1564 St-Denis / 7pm / Free More info

Image of Uma Thurman and Maria de Medeiros from Henry and June.