A break-in and sabotage attempt occurs at a top secret research institute and the culprit is cornered and captured. Read More »
Tag Archives: Canada
Missing Victor Pellerin AKA Rechercher Victor Pellerin (2006) Sophie Deraspe, Eudore Belzile, Anne-Catherine LeBeau
In the 90’s, Victor Pellerin, a young star of the Art scene, burns a fortune in paintings and leaves Montreal without a trace. Read More »
Ambrosia (2012) Baharak Saeid Monir, Sahar Biniaz, Camyar Chai, Heather Doerksen
A beautiful and talented fashion designer’s excitement in landing a dream job is complicated Read More »
A Quiet Day in Belfast (1974) Milad Bessada, Barry Foster, Margot Kidder, Sean McCann
A brutally realistic drama dealing with the conflict between northern Irish “patriots” and British soldiers. Read More »
The Ascent (1994) Donald Shebib, Vincent Spano, Ben Cross, Tony Lo Bianco
A highly fictionalized real-life adventure of an Italian soldier who escapes a British prisoner-of-war camp Read More »
Self Defense (1983) Paul Donovan, Maura O’Connell, Tom Nardini, Brenda Bazinet, Daryl Haney
A bunch of selfrighteous bullies want to set som “new rules” in town while the police in Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) are on strike. Read More »
Stander (2003) Bronwen Hughes, Thomas Jane, David O’Hara, Dexter Fletcher
In the early 1980’s, a white police officer (Andres Stander, played by Thomas Jane) in Johannesburg suffers a crisis Read More »
Set Me Free AKA Emporte-moi (1999) Léa Pool, Karine Vanasse, Pascale Bussières, Predrag ‘Miki’ Manojlovic
Canadian/Swiss/French production that tells the tale of Hannah, a tomboyish 13 year-old hitting puberty in 1963. Read More »
Nô (1998) Robert Lepage, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Alexis Martin, Marie Gignac
Robert Lepage directed this Canadian comedy, filmed in black and white and color and adapted from Lepage’s play The Seven Branches of the River Ota. Read More »
Street Smart (1987) Jerry Schatzberg, Christopher Reeve, Kathy Baker, Mimi Rogers
Magazine reporter Jonathan Fisher, in danger of losing his job, promises to write a factual hard-hitting story of prostitution. Read More »
Like Cattle Towards Glow (2015) Dennis Cooper, Zac Farley, Nicolas Hau, Gabriel Norman, E.D. Yang
Like Cattle Towards Glow is film consisting of five independent, thematically and emotionally interconnected scenes. Read More »
Salt on Our Skin (1992) Andrew Birkin, Greta Scacchi, Vincent D’Onofrio, Anaïs Jeanneret
A Scottish woman who attends school in Paris comes home for the summer and helps take in the straw Read More »
Decoys (2004) Matthew Hastings, Corey Sevier, Stefanie von Pfetten, Kim Poirier
In St. John College, freshmen and best friends Luke and Roger meet sexy Read More »
In Dark Places (1997) James C.E. Burke, Joan Severance, Bryan Kestner, John Vargas
Chapelle, a mysterious sexy painter is reunited with her half-brother, Chazz after a 15 year separation. Read More »
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) Ted Kotcheff, Richard Dreyfuss, Micheline Lanctôt, Jack Warden
The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. Read More »