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The 3 Little Pigs
Canada, 2007, 124 min.
In his directorial debut, Patrick Huard shows remarkable assurance in this story about three sex-obsessed brothers and their heated consideration of the pros and cons of infidelity. Inventive, bawdy, politically incorrect, and frequently hilarious.... more
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The Bodybuilder and I
Canada, 2007, 86 min.
Bryan Friedman’s account of his distant father’s obsessive training for a “Grandmaster” bodybuilding title is a confessional and amusing documentary about re-establishing bonds.... more
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Breakfast With Scot
Canada, 2007, 95 min.
Sam and Ed are a pretty buttoned-down gay couple. Sam, a former pro-hockey player, is a straight-acting sports broadcaster. When Ed’s nephew, Scot—who wears make-up, knits and adores show tunes—enters their lives, things have to change in this charming comedy. ... more
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Continental, A Film Without Guns
Canada, 2007, 103 min.
This quiet and affecting ensemble piece traces the lives of four struggling characters whose lives are intertwined after a man’s disappearance; its title is taken from a line dance which is performed without touching.... more
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Days of Darkness
Canada, 2007, 104 min.
Final part of a trilogy that began with Decline of the American Empire and The Barbarian Invasions. Everyman Jean-Marc escapes his Kafkaesque office and arid home life into a fantasy world of glamour and power in this witty dissection of the malaise of contemporary life.... more
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Numb
Canada, 2007, 93 min.
Hudson Milbank (Matthew Perry) is a screenwriter who smokes a too-strong joint that sends him over the edge into what is diagnosed as “depersonalization disorder,” the sense that everything around him is unreal. He meets the girl of his dreams, making his race to recovery imperative, and he seeks ou... more
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A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman
Canada, 2007, 92 min.
Peter Raymont’s documentary follows author Ariel Dorfman—the pre-eminent English-language chronicler of Chilean injustice in the wake of Pinochet’s 1973 coup—as he returns to Santiago after years in exile. A trenchant and long-overdue look at the artist as a man of principle.... more
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Shake Hands with the Devil
Canada, 2007, 112 min.
Shackled by an inadequate mandate, a U.N. general fights to prevent the seemingly inevitable violence as civil war threatens to break out in Rwanda in this devastating drama—an indictment of the global community’s failure to respond to humanitarian crisis.... more
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She's a Boy I Knew
Canada, 2007, 70 min.
When Gwen Haworth decided to be true to her identity, her loved ones lost someone—their son, brother and husband—Steven. This sensitive documentary examines the emotional impact of her successful gender transformation on her nearest and dearest... more
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The Stone Angel
Canada, 2007, 110 min.
Ellen Burstyn shines as the strong-willed 90-year-old Hagar Shipley who’s not ready for the nursing home just yet, thank you, and takes off north through Manitoba on a journey of remembrance. The film masterfully brings her memories to life—with the father/son duo Wings and Cole Hauser playing her h... more
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You
Canada, 2007, 87 min.
You warns us to be careful what you wish for. Michèle (Anne-Marie Cadieux) leaves her husband and child for her musician boyfriend Thomas, only to find her life flying out of control. Director François Delisle calls it, “A love story seen from the beginning and end at once.”... more
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