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- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) A turning point in the then-emerging Canadian film industry as a critical and domestic box office success, Ted Kotcheff directs this adaptation of Mordecai Richler’s novel about the endlessly hustling Duddy Kravitz.
- Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001) This first feature film made in the Inuit language of Inuktitut, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner is often compared to classic American Westerns in tone and storytelling.
- Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006) Bon Cop, Bad Cop refreshes the classic “mismatched cops” movie trope by teaming an uptight Toronto officer (Colm Feore) with a rogue Montreal cop (Patrick Huard) to solve a string of NHL-linked murders.
- C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) This coming-of-age story from future Oscar nominee Jean-Marc Vallée will ring true to anyone who has ever felt like a family outsider.
4. The Sweet Hereafter. A bus crash in a small town brings a lawyer to defend the families, but he discovers everything isn't what it seems. 5. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner. The telling of an Inuit legend of an evil spirit causing strife in the community and one warrior's endurance and battle of its menace.
- Special Mention: Sweet Movie
- Hobo with A Shotgun
- The Adjuster
- Roadkill
- Highway 61
- It’S All Gone Pete Tong
- Exotica
- Werewolf
- Tom at The Farm
- Last Night
After winning the “most virgin” contest, Miss Canada is married to a rich milk tycoon. But she quickly flees the marriage to experience the world around her, full of sweetness and anarchy.
Delivering justice, one shell at a time… A homeless vigilante blows away crooked cops, pedophile Santas, and other scumbags with his trusty pump-actionshotgun.
Sex… Power… Obsession. A reflection about what makes everyone’s life unique, through the story of Noah’s family. Noah is an adjuster, having sex with his customers. His wife Hera watches pornographic movies for the Board of Censors. They live with their son Simon and Hera’s sister in a show-flat. One day, they meet Bubba, who wants to make a movie ...
A rock’n’road movie about a girl who learns to drive. A music promoter sends a young woman on a road trip in search of a band who hasn’t been showing up for their gigs.
The most twisted part of this road is the people on it. A small-town barber goes on a road trip from Thunder Bay to New Orleans with an unpredictable woman and a coffin.
When you can’t hear, things look very different. A famous DJ in the Ibiza club scene finds the alcohol and drug-fueled party that is his life threatened by the progressive loss of his hearing.
In a world of temptation, obsession is the deadliest desire. A man plagued by neuroses frequents the club Exotica in an attempt to find solace, but even there his past is never far away.
Blaise and Nessa are outcast methadone users in their small town. Each day they push a rusty lawnmower door-to-door begging to cut grass. Nessa plots an escape, while Blaise lingers closer to collapse. Tethered to one another, their getaway dreams are kept on a suffocatingly short leash.
What you don’t know WILL hurt you. A grieving man meets his lover’s family, who were not aware of their son’s sexual orientation.
It’s your last night on earth. Go out in style. A group of very different individuals with different ideas of how to face the end come together as the world is expected to end in six hours at the turn of the century.
- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) The role of Duddy Kravitz was the first lead role for Richard Dreyfuss, marking the beginning of a long and successful career for this now famous actor.
- Enemy (2013) Loosely based on Jose Saramago’s book The Double, Denis Villenueve’s Enemy is a haunting, existentialist erotic thriller that takes a viewer on a contemplative psychological roller coaster ride.
- Les bons débarras/Good riddance (1980) Considered one of the classics of Canadian cinema and based on an original screenplay written by Quebecois novelist Réjean Ducharme, Les bons débarras/Good riddance is a dark, gothic tale of passion and obsession.
- Gabrielle (2013) Gabrielle is a French Canadian drama about the life of a young woman with Williams Syndrome, a fairly rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorder marked by delayed cognitive development, extreme friendliness and frequently, musical talent.
Directed by: Atom Egoyan. Atom Egoyan carefully weaves together seven fractured timelines to tell the story of a tragic bus crash in northern B.C. share link: Screening: Monday, July 24th, 2023 at ...
Apr 7, 2024 · Image via Universal Pictures. One of the best experimental horror movies of all time, Videodrome is David Cronenberg's masterpiece. The film tells a story about a Toronto TV station programmer who ...
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