The Arbor
Actors lip-synch to actual recordings of the people who played a significant role in the life and work of the late British playwright Andrea Dunbar. A captivating play-within-a-film.
Barney's Version
Based on the award-winning novel by Mordecai Richler. Starring Paul Giamatti as Barney Panofsky and Dustin Hoffman as his father.
Biutiful
Javier Bardem was honoured at Cannes for his role as a Barcelona lowlife coming face-to-face with his own mortality.
Certified Copy
Juliette Binoche was named best actress at Cannes for her role as an antique shop owner in Tuscany who strikes up a relationship with an English author.
A Film Unfinished
A haunting examination of the 1942 Nazi propaganda film Das Ghetto - which was never completed - including rare outtakes and interviews with survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto and an SS cameraman.
Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie
A 2009 lecture delivered by David Suzuki about his life and work is the centrepiece of this documentary.
Incendies
A couple from Montreal travel to the Middle East to fulfill their mother's last request. Named best Canadian film at TIFF and Canada's entry for the Best Foreign Language film category at the Academy Awards.
Leave Them Laughing
A film about a comedian dying from ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) may sound awfully dreary, but Carla Zilbersmith is such a delight, the documentary is anything but - despite its inevitable, tragic, end.
Of Gods and Men
Based on a true story, this docudrama tells the story of a French brotherhood of monks facing increasing threats from Islamic militants in the remote Algerian community where they're based. Winner of this year's Grand Prix at Cannes.
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
The winner of this year's Palme d'Or at Cannes follows a Thai farmer as he prepares for his own death.
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Marsha Lederman