Film Society: The Life of Chuck

Name: Film Society: The Life of Chuck
Start: 2025-09-29T19:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-09-29T21:00:00-06:00
Location: Landmark Cinemas Sylvan Lake

Schedule

Mon Sep 29 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Landmark Cinemas Sylvan Lake | Sylvan Lake, AB

Film Society is back!
The Sylvan Lake Film Society, a Sylvan Lake Municipal Library program, provides transformative film experiences to filmgoers in the community. They are very proud of the variety of movies shown in the past and hope to continue the experience in the years ahead.
Films screen the last Monday of the month January, February, March, April, September, and October at Landmark Cinemas in Sylvan Lake.
This month's film is The Life of Chuck starring Tom Hiddleston, Jacob Tremblay, and Benjamin Pajek.
Film begins at 7:00 p.m., doors open at 6:00 p.m.
Tickets $10.50 (including GST), available at the Library for presale, or at the theatre the night of. *Please note, we can only take cash at the door for ticket sales.
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"With The Life of Chuck, Mike Flanagan takes a detour from the macabre to explore one of Stephen King’s alternate sensibilities in an adaptation that carries the spirit of his most optimistic work. The world feels like it’s ending and everybody’s saying goodbye to Chuck. Wherever Marty (Chiwetel Ejiofor) goes, he can’t get away from Charles Krantz (Tom Hiddleston). His face is showing up on billboards, window signs — even TV commercials. What’s so special about this seemingly ordinary accountant and why does he warrant such a sendoff?

Their connection includes Marty’s ex-wife (Karen Gillan), her co-worker, his neighbour, and just about everyone else they know. Chuck’s life story soon begins to unravel in front of us, going back to a childhood with grandfather Albie (Mark Hamill), who teaches him about accounting and passes on a love for dancing, all the while keeping him from a prophetic secret in the attic.

The Life of Chuck starts grand and ends intimate, like a setting sun. It’s a Stand By Me for the multiple lives within each of us, pulled between our dreams and down-to-earth pragmatism. Fans of Flanagan’s skillful storytelling in The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass, and Doctor Sleep will easily see why he gravitated towards the unorthodox structure of this King novella. Coupled with his impressive knack for elevating simple conversations and interactions into memorable set pieces, Flanagan manages a rare feat: finding warmth in melancholy." - https://tiff.net/events/the-life-of-chuck