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Tag Archives: Canada
Miraculum (2014) Daniel Grou, Robin Aubert, Marilyn Castonguay, Violette Chauveau
Sometimes, we’re just waiting for a miracle. A nurse who is a Jehovah’s Witness Read More »
The Hanging Garden (1997) Thom Fitzgerald, Chris Leavins, Kerry Fox, Ian Parsons
William, a once obese and troubled teen, goes back to his family’s home after being gone Read More »
The Sign of Four (2001) Rodney Gibbons, Matt Frewer, Kenneth Welsh, Sophie Lorain
Greed, betrayal and vengeance set the stage for this Sir Arthur Conan Doyle classic. Read More »
Nightwatching (2007) Peter Greenaway, Martin Freeman, Emily Holmes, Eva Birthistle
The year 1642 marks the turning point in the life of the famous Dutch painter, Rembrandt Read More »
Metal Messiah (1978) Tibor Takács, John Paul Young, Richard Ward Allen, David Jensen
An enigmatic metallic-skinned stranger is trying to stop society’s self-destructive obsession with rock and roll. Read More »
Broken Trail (2006) Walter Hill, Robert Duvall, Thomas Haden Church, Greta Scacchi
Set in 1898, Print Ritter and his estranged nephew Tom Harte become the reluctant Read More »
Candy Mountain (1988) Robert Frank, Rudy Wurlitzer, Kevin J. O’Connor, Eric Mitchell, Mary Joy
Julius (O’Connor) is a struggling musician who sets off to find Elmore Silk (Yulin) Read More »
Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (1992) Lynne Fernie, Aerlyn Weissman, Keely Moll, Stephanie Ozard, Ann Bannon
Ten women, most of them in Vancouver or Toronto, talk about being lesbian in the 1940s, 1950s Read More »
Monkey Warfare (2006) Reg Harkema, Don McKellar, Tracy Wright, Nadia Litz
Two stoners (Don McKellar, Tracy Wright) find a new marijuana Read More »
The Apprentice AKA Fleur bleue (1971) Larry Kent, Steve Fiset, Susan Sarandon, Céline Bernier
In Montréal (Canada), Jean-Pierre is fired on the set of a TV commercial where he’s an apprentice technician. Read More »
Thanatomorphose (2012) Éric Falardeau, Kayden Rose, Davyd Tousignant, Émile Beaudry
Inexplicably, a lively young woman is slowly dying. What started as a rash and a grotesque Read More »
Eve and the Fire Horse (2005) Julia Kwan, Phoebe Kut, Hollie Lo, Vivian Wu
Chinese-Canadian Eve Eng was born in 1966, in the year of the fire horse. Read More »
Under the Piano (1996) Stefan Scaini, Amanda Plummer, Megan Follows, Teresa Stratas
An autistic child growing up in the 1940’s and 50’s with a mother who is bitter because Read More »
The Moth Diaries (2011) Mary Harron, Sarah Bolger, Sarah Gadon, Lily Cole
A vulnerable student is filled with a sense of foreboding about a mysterious new arrival Read More »