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1ST BITE
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A genre-bending Canadian film about a chef (David La Haye) who accidentally poisons a patron and runs away to a Thai island where he hopes to learn the Zen of cooking. A beautiful local (Napakpapha Nakprasitte) offers to share her ancient cooking secrets, and she entrances (or imprisons) him from the first bite. With Michael Ironside. Hunt Hoe---Canada---2006---117 mins.
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7 DAYS (GROU)
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In this French Canadian revenge thriller, the daughter of a respectable surgeon is raped and murdered. When the police finally track down the perpetrator, the vengeful father swoops in, kidnaps the creep, and tortures him for aboot seven days. "While it's a remarkably harsh and brutal film, it's also very smart, very engrossing, and very insightful...doles out some sequences of torture that make Saw look like kid's stuff" (FearNET). Starring Remy Girard. In French with English subtitles.
Daniel Grou---Canada---2010---115 mins.
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7 TIMES LUCKY
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Kevin Pollak stars as a grifter who meets a beautiful hustler (Liane Balaban) in this story of con artists in a seedy world. Gary Yates---Canada---2004---85 mins.
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75 DEGREES
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Filmmaker Hyatt Bass makes his debut with this cross-generational family drama, set against the backdrop of the sweltering Texas countryside. When Letty (Karen Silas) returns home from her posh, insular world in New York, she upsets her family's fragile emotional balance by causing her sister (Heidi Swedberg) to revisit old jealousies, and her parents (Harris Yulin and Shirley Knight) to add fuel to their bitter rivalry. With William Moses. Hyatt Bass---Canada---2000---86 mins.
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AMERICAN VENUS
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In this bi-polar indie thriller, Rebecca De Mornay plays the obsessive mother of a world-class figure skater. Her daughter (Jane McGregor) decides to shrug off an international competition and runs away to attend college. Spurned and slightly mad, De Mornay is not finished rocking the cradle.
Bruce Sweeney---Canada---2007---81 mins.
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AMNESIA (LANGLOIS)
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Inspired by a true story, this French Canadian film from writer-director Denis Langlois (Danny in the Sky) begins when a young man (Dusan Dukic) is beaten, stripped, and left for dead in Montreal. When he awakes, he is taken in by police, handed over to a psychiatric ward, and diagnosed with amnesia. There, he is able to piece together two details of his mysterious life--his name is James Brighton, and he is gay. In French and English with English Denis Langlois---Canada---2005---90 mins.
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ANNE OF GREEN GABLES: A NEW BEGINNING
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Barbara Hershey, Shirley MacLaine and Rachel Blanchard appear in this television prequel to Kevin Sullivan's Emmy Award-winning classic.
Kevin Sullivan---Canada---2008---144 mins.
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ANNE OF GREEN GABLES: THE COMPLETE FOUR-PART COLLECTION
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Follow the adventures of Anne Shirley (Megan Follows) as she grows from girlhood to young adult to devoted wife in this 4-DVD collection of the popular TV series based on the novels by L. M. Montgomery. Included in this box set are the titles Anne of Green Gables (Kevin Sullivan, 1985, 197 mins.), Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (Sullivan, 1987, 230 mins.), Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (Stefan Scaini, 2000, 185 mins.) and the prequel, Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning) (Sullivan, 2008, 144 mins.).
Kevin Sullivan/Stefan Scaini---Canada---1985-2008---960 mins.
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ANOTHER PLANET
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Young Cassandra Jones signs up for an exchange program in order to learn more about her cultural heritage, but she must first work at a pig farm in Quebec before leaving for Africa. Director Christene Browne uses the plethora of humorous and heartwarming situations that Cassandra faces on the farm to address issues regarding race relations, religion, nationality and sexual politics. In English and French with English subtitles. Christene Browne---Canada---1999---93 mins.
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ANTLERS/ PANACHE
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A sensitive documentary about the big game hunters of the forests of Northern Quebec. Filmmaker Andre-Line Beauparlant travels with six hunters on long nights in the woods, capturing footage that will be combined with candid interviews, touching on death, religion, and political correctness. Retitled Antlers for DVD release. In French with English subtitles. Andre-Line Beauparlant---Canada---2007---90 mins.
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APPRENTICE, THE
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One of Susan Sarandon's first roles was in this sexy French Canadian film about a bank robbery and playful love affairs. The question is, who's the teacher and who's the apprentice in these matters? The Apprentice certainly has novelty value, what with Sarandon's full-frontal nudity and all, but the film's message about Quebecois culture clashing with the rest of Canada is also worth noting. With Steve Fiset. In French and English with Larry Kent---Canada---1971---81 mins.
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ASSISTANT, THE
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In this powerful drama, based on the novel by Bernard Malamud, a desperate man robs a grocery store during the Great Depression. When his partner in crime attacks the store owner in a fit of anti-Semitic rage, he is plagued with remorse. To redeem himself, he goes to work for the store owner while he recovers from his injuries, without letting the owner or anyone else know that he was involved in the robbery. Gil Bellows, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Joan Daniel Petrie---Canada---1997---105 mins.
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AUTUMN HEARTS
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Originally titled Emotional Arithmetic, this star-studded ensemble drama about a reunion of Holocaust survivors at a quiet country farmhouse that stirs up suppressed memories and old feelings for Susan Sarandon, Christopher Plummer, Gabriel Byrne, Roy Dupuis, and Max von Sydow. Based on a novel by Paolo Barzman---Canada---2007---79 mins.
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AWAY FROM HER
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The first feature film from actress-turned-director Sarah Polley is a mature and graceful story about the long, imperfect marriage of Fiona and Grant (Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsent) that's being broken apart by Alzheimer's. When he makes the tough decision to put her in an assisted living facility, she takes an interest (whether confused or not) in another man (Michael Murphy). Based on a short story by Alice Munro, Away from Her is "sharp and somber, alive to the lacerations of ordinary experience and quietly attentive to grand absurdities and small instances of grace" (A.O. Scott, New York Times). With Olympia Dukakis. Sarah Polley---Canada---2006---110 mins.
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BABY FORMULA, THE
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Filmed in mock documentary style, Alison Reid's comedy introduces a lesbian couple (Angela Vint and Megan Fahlenbock) who aren't content adopting a child. Instead, they take part in an experimental study that would make sperm out of their own stem cells. Well, the process works--on both the young women. Lucky for us, the predicament of having two pregnant partners under one roof proves hilarious and heartwarming.
Alison Reid---Canada---2008---82 mins.
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BAIT
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On a deserted highway, Jack Blake rescues a stranded mother and daughter - and takes his first step in a sinister plot. To Pam and her daughter, Stef, Jack is their Good Samaritan. However, Jack is not who he appears to be and Stef is about to become an unwitting pawn in his deadly game. Nicholas Renton---Canada---2004---98 mins.
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BARNEY'S VERSION (BLU-RAY & DVD)
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Once again, Paul Giamatti makes you root for an almost irredeemable bastard. With Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver, Rachelle Lefevre, and Dustin Hoffman.
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BATTLE IN SEATTLE
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Actor Stuart Townsend (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) makes his writing and directing debut with this gritty, earnest film about the clash between once-peaceful protesters and unprepared police during the 1999 World Trade Organization summit in Seattle. The panoramic cast includes Andre Benjamin, Michelle Rodriguez, Woody Harrelson, Ray Liotta, Jennifer Carpenter, and Charlize Theron. "...uses the approach of Haskell Wexler's Medium Cool...The result is not quite a documentary and not quite a drama, but interesting all the same" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times).
Stuart Townsend---USA/Canada---2007---100 mins.
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BATTLE OF THE BRAVE
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As England and France battle over control of Canada during the mid-18th century, an epic romance is brewing between a peasant girl and a trapper. Their passions intensify with each battle, but the fate of their love is inexorably tied to the war and France's retreat. Standout cast includes Noemie Godin-Vigneau, David La Haye, Gerard Depardieu, Irene Jacob, and Tim Roth. Also known as Nouvell-France. In English and French with English Jean Beaudin---Canada/France/Great Britain---2004---143 mins.
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BECAUSE WHY
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Aimless traveler Alex finally returns home to Montreal, only to find that his best friend is moving away and a former girlfriend is married with children. Feeling a sudden need to settle down, he strikes up a couple of romantic relationships that turn out to be far less than perfect. "...its understated wit and warm humor are winning, and the hilarious and absolutely deadpan performance by Michael Riley as Alex is just right" (Frank Scheck, The Art Paragamian---Canada---1992---104 mins.
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