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Cheech
Canada, 2006, 105 min.
Neo-noir done Québecois style, Patrice Sauvé’s memorable feature debut is a stylish and darkly humorous tale that follows the destinies of six characters who are connected through a seedy Montréal escort agency. Glamorous Montréal’s dark side gets a rare showing on screen.... more
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Congorama
Canada, 2006, 105 min.
Michel, a Belgian inventor, learns he was adopted and heads off to Quebec to find his biological family. There he gets involved in an accident that has implications for the future of the automobile in this tangled comedy of hidden bloodlines and lost birthrights.... more
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End of the Line
Canada, 2006, 95 min.
Maurice Devereaux’s offers a new twist on a classic horror tale as a group of subway riders find themselves trapped in the underground by knife-wielding religious fanatics.... more
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Monkey Warfare
Canada, 2006, 75 min.
The counter-culture is alive and well—and living in Canada—according to writer-director Reginald Harkema. His trenchant, funny (and Godardian) third feature is about two former revolutionaries living under the radar in Toronto, whose lives are disrupted by the entrance of a sexy young radical.... more
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The Rocket
Canada, 2006, 125 min.
The Rocket is the story of Maurice ‘Rocket’ Richard, a Montreal hockey legend whose outrage at the lack of protection for himself and his French-speaking teammates sparked a national riot in 1955. Hockey fans will get shivers as they see the recreated matches from the game’s glory years.... more
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The Secret Life of Happy People
Canada, 2006, 102 min.
Thomas, an average Joe in a family of overachievers struggles to get by, until he meets a woman who inspires him to be all that he can be. Unfortunately his muse isn’t all that she says she is. The giddy comedy is both a searing satire of bourgeois values and touching ode to mediocrity. Awarded Bes... more
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Sharkwater
Canada, 2006, 89 min.
As the ocean’s top predator, sharks play a crucial role in the ocean’s ecosystem, but as much as 90 percent of them have been eradicated by poachers. With luminous imagery, this film offers a passionate plea to protect them.... more
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Unnatural and Accidental
Canada, 2006, 90 min.
Rebecca (Carmen Moore), an upwardly mobile, buttoned-down woman who returns to Vancouver to visit her dying father, finds herself drawn into a nightmarish odyssey when she pursues his wish to track down her long lost mother (Tantoo Cardinal), who had disappeared into the gritty, urban streets of Van... more
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An Unreasonable Man
Canada, 2006, 121 min.
From his 1966 attack on General Motors’ safety record, to his refusal to step out of the 2000 presidential election and throw his support to Al Gore, Ralph Nader, as this moving documentary demonstrates, has made being unreasonable a political credo.... more
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Water
Canada, 2006, 114 min.
The haunting finish to Deepa Mehta's “Elements” trilogy is a feast for the eyes and ears. In colonial India, eight-year-old Chuyia is sent to a home for Hindu widows. Her feisty presence has a particular effect on a young woman who falls for a Gandhian idealist.... more
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