Young Leo Lauzon is torn between two worlds – the squalid Montreal tenement that he inhabits with his severely dysfunctional Read More »
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Keyhole (2011) Guy Maddin, Jason Patric, Isabella Rossellini, Udo Kier
In a house haunted with memories, gangster and father Ulysses Pick (Jason Patric) arrives home after a long absence Read More »
The Statement (2003) Norman Jewison, Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton, Alan Bates
Set in modern day France, the story of Pierre Brossard who, as a young man, was a Nazi executioner under the Vichy regime. Read More »
Murder by the Book (1987) Lawrence Gordon Clark, Peggy Ashcroft, Ian Holm, Richard Wilson
Agatha Christie’s agents propose that it’s time for her to publish the manuscript she wrote thirty-five years earlier Read More »
Joshua Then and Now (1985) Ted Kotcheff, James Woods, Gabrielle Lazure, Alan Arkin
The story of a Jewish writer, from his life as a young boy in Montreal to his more complicated grown-up life. Read More »
Careful (1992) Guy Maddin, Kyle McCulloch, Gosia Dobrowolska, Sarah Neville
In the Alpine village of Tolzbad in the 1800s, the townsfolk talk quietly Read More »
Tracks of a Killer (1996) Harvey Frost, Kelly LeBrock, Wolf Larson, James Brolin
A couple and their guests spend quality time at an isolated chalet. 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 »
Running (1979) Steven Hilliard Stern, Michael Douglas, Susan Anspach, Lawrence Dane
American marathon runner Michael Andropolis sets his heart on representing his country at the Olympic games. Read More »
A Delicate Balance (1973) Tony Richardson, Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick
In Connecticut, Agnes and Tobias are an upper-class married couple whose relationship has been uneasy for many years Read More »