
During the Cultural Revolution in China in the mid-1960s, a French diplomat falls in love with a singer in the Beijing Opera. Read More »
Tag Archives: Canada
Ticket to Heaven (1981) Ralph L. Thomas, Nick Mancuso, Saul Rubinek, Meg Foster

David is a young man seduced by a religious cult that uses starvation, exhaustion Read More »
Time of the Hunt AKA Le temps d’une chasse (1972) Francis Mankiewicz, Guy L’Ecuyer, Marcel Sabourin, Pierre Dufresne

Willy, Richard, and Lionel, three blue-collar friends from Montreal East, leave the city and travel to the countryside for a weekend of hunting. Read More »
Dreams of Dust AKA Rêves de poussière (2006) Laurent Salgues, Makena Diop, Adama Ouédraogo, Rasmané Ouédraogo

A Nigerian peasant comes looking for work in Essakane, a dusty gold mine in Northeast Burkina Faso, where he hopes to forget the past that haunts him. Read More »
Lost and Delirious (2001) Léa Pool, Piper Perabo, Jessica Paré, Mischa Barton

Lost and Delirious is the story of three adolescent girls’ first love, their discovery of sexual passion, and their search for identities. Read More »
Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (1961) Jack Couffer, Don Haldane, Jean Coutu, Émile Genest, Uriel Luft

A family film about Nikki, a half-wolf, half-dog raised in the Yukon during the gold rush era. Read More »
Death Nurse (1987) Nick Millard, Priscilla Alden, Albert Eskinazi, Royal Farros

Murderous, overweight nurse Edith and her brother run a medical clinic out of their suburban home Read More »
The Reflecting Skin (1990) Philip Ridley, Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Cooper

A young boy tries to cope with rural life circa 1950s and his fantasies become a way to interpret events. Read More »
Karmen Gei AKA Karmen Geï (2001) Joseph Gaï Ramaka, Djeïnaba Diop Gaï, Magaye Niang, Stephanie Biddle

Bizet’s Carmen gets a modern adaptation. Seducting, provocating, sensual. All the ingredients for a perfect drama. With her charm, Karmen gets out of many situations. Read More »
Running Brave (1983) Donald Shebib, Robby Benson, Pat Hingle, Claudia Cron

The story of Billy Mills, the American Indian that came from obscurity, to win the 10,000 meter long distance foot race in the Tokyo Olympics. Read More »