D. feature films

Alleyn, Jennifer, Manon Briand, and Marie-Julie, directors.  Cosmos.  Max Films Inc., 1996.

Arcand, Denys. Love and Human Remains. Culver, California: Columbia Tristar, 1995. (Laser Disc)

---. Jesus of Montreal.  Orion Picture Co., 1990.

---. Stardom.  Universal Home Video, 2000.

Biname, Charles.  El Dorado.  Coral Springs: Alliance Entertainment, 1996.

Bonoit, Jacques W.  How to Make Love to A Negro Without Getting Tired.  CHV Communication Inc., 1998.

Brault, Michel. A Paper Wedding. A Capitol Entertainment, 1991. 90 min.

Dale, Holly.  Blood & Donuts.  Artwork & Design Malofilm Distribution, 1995.

Egoyan, Atom.  Calendar.  Alliance, 1993
---.  Exotica.
---. The Sweet Hereafter.

---. Felicia's Journey. Alliance Atlantic. 1999. 116 min.

Forcier, Andre. Une Histoire Inventee (An Imaginary Tale). Canada (city unknown): Astral, 1991.

Fung, Richard. Chinese Characters. Toronto: V Tape, 1986.

Fung, Richard. My Mother's Place. Toronto: V Tape, 1990.

Gerard, Francois. Thirty-two Short Films about Glenn Gould. 1994.

Jutra, Claude. Mon Oncle Antione. NFB, 1980. 110 min

There was a time when the general store was the crossroads of life, a place where a boy could learn all he needed for the way ahead--especially when his uncle was the storekeeper, and also the undertaker, and the nephew often called upon to lend a hand. This film recalls such a store in a village in the asbestos mining area of Quebec in the early 1940s. The film presents a hundred-and-one vignettes of village life--all the bitter-sweet nostalgia with which a man might remember the events that thrust him into manhood. The action takes place on Christmas Eve--the one time of the year when the mine closed its doors, and the store bustled with humanity. For a few hours the villagers could forget their poverty and converge on the store for gossip and revelry. In the midst of it all was Uncle Antoine, customary ebullience and ribald humor whetted by occasional recourse to the gin bottle, and always somewhere in the background, his nephew Jacques taking it all in. But for Jacques this night was to bring sudden initiation into some of the harsher, cruder realities of life, even acquaintance with tragedy and death. Mon oncle Antoine is about a Quebec that makes no headlines but reflects the whole of life, the ebb and flow of hope and despair that might be in anyone's memory. In French with English subtitles. ~from National Film Board of Canada

Krishna, Srinivas. Masala. New York: Fox Lorber Video, 1993.
---.  Lulu.  Coral Springs: Alliance Entertainment, 1997.

Lauzon, Jean-Claude.  Night Zoo.  1987.

---.  Léolo.  Fine Line Features & Alliance Communication Co., 1993.

Lepage, Robert.  Le Confessional.  Coral Springs: Alliance Entertainment, 1996.

---. No. Alliance Atlantis, 1999. 1 hr. 25 min.
Cinema 3180 B. E. Inc. Entrevue avec Robert Lepage (The Seven Faces of Robert Lepage). Cinema 3180 B. E. Inc. 51 min 46 sec. Documentary.

Maddin, Guy. Tales from the Gimli Hotel. 1988.

Marjara, Eisha  Desperately Seeking Helen.   NFB: 1998    Length: 80 min 40 sec

Director Eisha Marjara's story takes us first to her childhood in snowbound small-town Quebec and then to Bombay, India, where she desperately tries to track down Helen, a famous movie star in the world's largest dream factory. Helen becomes a passage into Marjara's real world--her unsettling youth, life-threatening anorexia, and the devastating 1985 Air India bombing, which took the lives of her mother and sister. This video revisits the '70s pop culture of Marjara's youth and enters the fascinating world of the Bombay movie industry--"Bollywood."~ from National Film Board of Canada

McDonald, Bruce.  Dance Me Outside Alliance Atlantis: 1999

---.  Hard Core Logo.  Miramax Home Entertainment, 1996.

McKellar, Don. Last Night. Alliance Atlantis: 1998. MV 791.43 Md478 Ve

At the turn of the century, the end of the world is known to be coming to an end. This modest comedy-drama examines how the impending doom affects its cast. McKellar plays an architect who plans to meet the end alone at dinner. Others (Sandra Oh, David Cronenberg) make a suicide pact, but are caught apart and struggle to get together before the end. Another man (Callum Keith Rennie) pursues final sexual conquests and a milquetoast woman (Tracy Wright) strives to gain courage. Of course, the group ends up interacting. (from IMDB)

Mettler, Peter.  Tectonic Plates/Plagues Tectoniques.  Rhombus Media, 1992.

Podeswa, Jeremy. The Five Senses. Five Line Feature. 2000. 106 min.

Pool, Léa. The Savage Woman. Canada (city unknown): WBF, 1993.
---. Straight for the Heart.
---.  Set Me Free. (1999)

---. Lost and Delirious.  Lions Gate Films, 2001.

Rozema, Patricia.  I've Heard the Mermaid Singing.
---.  White Room.    Alliance Entertainment: 1991.

The Company of Strangers
Cynthia Scott    NFB: 1990     Length: 100 min 51 sec

A bus breaks down in the wilderness. Eight elderly women, average age 71, are stranded at a deserted farmhouse. The have only their wits, their memories, and eventually some roasted frogs' legs, to sustain them. Through the long days and nights this remarkable group of strangers share their life stories and exchange intimate thoughts; turning the crisis into a magical time of humour and spirit. Featuring non-professional actors and spontaneous dialogue, this memorable film dissolves the barrier between fiction and reality, weaving a heartwarming tale of friendship and courage. (Awards: Vancouver; Halifax; Mannheim; Indianapolis; Calgary; Durban; Banff; Figueira da Foz; Creteil; Montreal; Biarritz; Genie, Toronto.)

~ from National Film Board of Canada

---. Drive She Said. Behavior Distribution, 1997. 103 min

Simoneau, Yves. Perfectly Normal. Montreal, Quebec: Alliance, 1991.

Villeneuve, Denis.  Maelstorm.  Alliance Atlantis Max Films, 2000.

Virgo, Clement. Rude. Willowdale, Ontario: MCA, 1996.
---.  Junior's Groove. Image Entertainment, 1997. 92 min.

Lynn Whitfield stars in powerful movie about love, struggle and passion as the oveprotective mother of piano prodigy Junior Brown.

Wheeler, Anne. Loyalties. Jazz Bug: 1991.  MV 791.43 W562 Ve

Lily and her three youngest children join her husband David Sutton, a doctor in an isolated northern Alberta town. Their eleven-year-old son arrives later from boarding school. David conceals a dark secret which caused the family to leave England without telling anybody. They befriend a neighbor Rosanne, who throws out her boyfriend after he beats her up in a bar. Lily, who is very English and out of place in the town, hires the half-Native Rosanne as a housekeeper, and eventually the two women become good friends, until the secret emerges again. (from IMDB)