Two friends leave the picturesque yet rural province of Nova Scotia for the nightlife and culture of Toronto. Read More »
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Godspell: A Musical Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew (1973) David Greene, Victor Garber, Lynne Thigpen, Katie Hanley
An adaption of the musical, in a modern-day song-and-dance Read More »
Bijou (1972) Wakefield Poole, Ronnie Shark, Cassandra Hart, Lydia Black
‘Bijou’: Wakefield Poole’s pioneering gay art film, a sensual and sensory experience. Read More »
The Devil Commands (1941) Edward Dmytryk, Boris Karloff, Anne Revere, Amanda Duff
Dr. Julian Blair is engaged in unconventional research on human brain waves Read More »
Alferd Packer: The Musical AKA Cannibal! The Musical (1993) Trey Parker, Dian Bachar, Stephen Blackpool
Alfred Packer was a mountain guide and sole survivor of a party of pioneers that got lost Read More »
Young Adam (2003) David Mackenzie, Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan
Joe, a rootless young drifter, finds work on a barge travelling between Glasgow and Edinburgh Read More »
Eskimo Nell (1975) Martin Campbell, Michael Armstrong, Terence Edmond, Christopher Timothy
Three young men, a scriptwriter, a producer and a director are called in by Benny U Murdoch Read More »
The Bad Seed (1956) Mervyn LeRoy, Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones
Christine Penmark seems to have it all: a lovely home, a loving husband and the most “perfect” daughter in the world. Read More »
The Three Faces of Eve (1957) Nunnally Johnson, Joanne Woodward, David Wayne, Lee J. Cobb
Eve White is a quiet, mousy, unassuming wife and mother who keeps suffering Read More »
The Story of Adele H. AKA L’histoire d’Adèle H. (1975) François Truffaut, Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott
Halifax, 1863. A young woman, Miss Lewly, comes to Halifax to search for Lt Pinson Read More »
The Gorgon (1964) Terence Fisher, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Richard Pasco
In the early twentieth century, a Gorgon takes human form and terrorizes a small European Read More »
Street Mobster AKA Gendai yakuza: Hito-kiri yota (1972) Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara, Noboru Andô, Mayumi Nagisa
A yakuza, who has an untamed rage and lack of respect for authority, finds himself Read More »
In the Shadow of the Vultures AKA A Sombra dos Abutres (1998) Leonel Vieira, Vítor Norte, Diogo Infante, José Eduardo
1962 in Tras-os-Montes, a miners’ strike begins to be repressed by the National Guard. Read More »
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004) Xan Cassavetes, Robert Altman, Vera Carlisle Anderson, C.L. Batten
A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Read More »
Black Legion (1937) Archie Mayo, Michael Curtiz, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Dick Foran
A hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker Read More »