Toronto, 2001. Three women in spiritual crisis. In secret from her dismissive husband, Olivia draws what she sees in dreams. Read More »
Tag Archives: Canada
Archipelago of Earthen Bones – To Bunya (2024) Malena Szlam
The film evokes the layered histories of Mount Beerwah to the titular Bunya Mountains Read More »
Merapi (2021) Malena Szlam
A circumlocutory study of Mount Merapi, Indonesia. Shifting back and forth around the volcano. Read More »
The Maiden (2022) Graham Foy, Jackson Sluiter, Marcel T. Jiménez, Hayley Ness
Best friends Colton and Kyle float the river and spray-paint in the local ravine. 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 »
3 Needles (2005) Thom Fitzgerald, Chloë Sevigny, Lucy Liu, Shawn Ashmore
A three-paneled look at the worldwide A.I.D.S. crisis. Three tragic stories taking place in South Africa, China, and Montréal. Read More »
Shopping for Fangs (1997) Quentin Lee, Justin Lin, Radmar Agana Jao, Jeanne Chinn, Clint Jung
A married woman, who’s been getting seductive phone calls from a lesbian, and a man, who believes he might be a werewolf Read More »
“The Sunday Drama” Silver Blaze (1977) John Davies, Christopher Plummer, Thorley Walters, Basil Henson
Sherlock Holmes investigates the disappearance of a champion racehorse and the murder of its trainer on a lonely moor. Read More »
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968) Charles Jarrott, Jack Palance, Denholm Elliott, Leo Genn
This made-for-television adaptation doesn’t waste time with preliminaries. Read More »
Atlantic City (1980) Louis Malle, Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Kate Reid
Dreams. Becoming an Atlantic City croupier will help Sally realize her dream of going to Monte Carlo Read More »