Henry Buchanan, an English schoolmaster, comes to teach in a small Canadian town. Read More »
Tag Archives: Canada
Le Déclin de l’empire américain / The Decline of the American Empire (1986) Denys Arcand, Dominique Michel, Dorothée Berryman, Louise Portal, Comedy, Drama
Four very different Montreal university teachers gather at a rambling country house to prepare a dinner. Read More »
Seul ou avec d’autres / Alone or With Others (1962) Denys Arcand, Denis Héroux, Michelle Boulizon, Nicole Braun, André Dubois, Drama
September 1961. It’s the start of a new academic year at the Université de Montréal. Nicole meets Pierre, a sophomore who shows her how to succeed in her courses without attending them. Read More »
American Dreams: Lost and Found (1984) James Benning, Documentary
American Dreams is chock full of concrete, discrete elements that comprise an American iconography of the past three decades. Read More »
Screamers (1995) Christian Duguay, Peter Weller, Roy Dupuis, Jennifer Rubin, Sci-Fi, Thriller
(SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078) On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding Read More »
Cadence (1990) Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, Jay Brazeau, Drama
As punishment for drunken, rebellious behavior, a young white soldier is thrown into a stockade populated entirely by black inmates. Read More »
The Grey Fox (1982) Phillip Borsos, Richard Farnsworth, Jackie Burroughs, Ken Pogue, Biography, Drama, Romance, Western
A Dogs Breakfast (2007) David Hewlett, Mars the Dog, Kate Hewlett, Comedy
Anne of Green Gables (1985) Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Richard Farnsworth, Drama, Family, TV-series
Kommissar X – Drei blaue Panther / Kill Panther Kill (1968) Gianfranco Parolini, Tony Kendall, Brad Harris, Corny Collins, Action, Crime
Russian Roulette (1975) Lou Lombardo, George Segal, Cristina Raines, Bo Brundin, Crime, Drama, Thriller
An RCMP officer is ordered to discreetly take a Russian immigrant into custody in advance of a state visit by the Soviet premier. Read More »
Julia Has Two Lovers (1990) Bashar Shbib, Daphna Kastner, David Duchovny, David Charles, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Julia gets a call to a wrong number, but stays on the phone with the man on the other end for the entire day. Read More »
Kangaroo (1986) Tim Burstall, Colin Friels, Judy Davis, John Walton, Drama
A mild-mannered English conscientious objector moves to what he feels will be the relative calm of Australia after World War I, but gets caught in the middle of violent battles between the rising trade unions and fascist groups. Read More »
Morvern Callar (2002) Lynne Ramsay, Samantha Morton, Kathleen McDermott, Linda McGuire, Drama
Following her boyfriend’s suicide, supermarket clerk Morvern Callar passes off his unpublished novel as her own. Read More »
Suzanne (1980) Robin Spry, Jennifer Dale, Gabriel Arcand, Winston Rekert, Drama
An unhappy married woman has an affair with a violent criminal. She gets pregnant with his baby, but he gets arrested and goes to prison. Now what? Read More »