Based on D.H. Lawrence’s novella about two young women – sickly, chattering Jill Banford and quiet Read More »
Tag Archives: Canada
Jill Rips (2000) Anthony Hickox, Dolph Lundgren, Danielle Brett, Richard Fitzpatrick
Matt Sorenson (Dolph Lundgren), a former boxer and San Francisco cop Read More »
Martin’s Day (1985) Alan Gibson, Richard Harris, Lindsay Wagner, James Coburn
Threatened with recapture after a prison escape, Martin Stechert grabs a twelve-year-old as hostage. Read More »
Brakhage (1998) Jim Shedden, Jerry Aronson, Jane Brakhage, Marilyn Brakhage
Jim Sledden’s 1998 documentary Brakhage is an interesting, well-constructed portrait of avant-garde filmmaker Stan Brakhage Read More »
Malachi’s Cove (1973) Henry Herbert, John Barrett, David Bradley, Arthur English
A tough young girl lives with her aging grandfather near a cove on the coast of Cornwall. Read More »
Owning Mahowny (2003) Richard Kwietniowski, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, John Hurt
Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Read More »
The Necessities of Life (2008) Benoit Pilon, Natar Ungalaaq, Éveline Gélinas, Paul-André Brasseur
In 1952, an Inuit hunter named Tivii with tuberculosis leaves his northern home and family to go recuperate at a sanatorium in Quebec City. Read More »
War Witch (2012) Kim Nguyen, Rachel Mwanza, Alain Lino Mic Eli Bastien, Serge Kanyinda
Komona, a girl in Sub-Saharan Africa, tells the story to her unborn child about her kidnapping by rebels Read More »
Kill (2011) Chad Archibald, Gabriel Carrer, Ry Barrett, Jennifer De Lucia, Pete Soltesz
Six strangers wake up in a strange, empty house frilled with tropical decor. Read More »
I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987) Patricia Rozema, Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon, Ann-Marie MacDonald
Scatterbrained Polly gets a job as a secretary in Gabrielle’s art gallery. Read More »
Blackout (1985) Douglas Hickox, Keith Carradine, Kathleen Quinlan, Richard Widmark
A police officer suspects that a local husband and father who has recently undergone facial surgery Read More »
If You Could See What I Hear (1982) Eric Till, Marc Singer, R.H. Thomson, Sarah Torgov
Tom Sullivan is in many ways a typical student attending a Boston area college, he, showing his immaturity Read More »
Transgression (2011) Enric Alberich, Michael Ironside, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Fabio Fulco
Matthew and Elena are about to face the worst night of their lives when four burglars Read More »
Le party (1990) Pierre Falardeau, Charlotte Laurier, Benoît Dagenais, Julien Poulin
At a maximum security prison, there is preparation for the annual party where entertainers and strippers are scheduled to perform. Read More »
The Calling (2014) Jason Stone, Susan Sarandon, Gil Bellows, Ellen Burstyn
Detective Hazel Micallef hasn’t had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Fort Dundas Read More »