Introduction to Canadian Cinema
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Highlights of Canadian Cinema
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner by Call Number: ATANPublication Date: 2001Winner of the Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, 2001
Mon oncle Antoine by Call Number: MONPublication Date: 1971Winner of Best Canadian Film at TIFF, 1984
The Sweet Hereafter by Call Number: SWEEPublication Date: 1997Winner of the Grand Prize of the Jury, the FIPRESCI Prize, and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Cannes Film Festival, 1997
Jesus of Montreal by Call Number: JESUPublication Date: 1989Winner of the Jury Prize and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Cannes Film Festival, 1989
Leolo by Call Number: LEOLPublication Date: 1992"The technical brilliance of the film is astonishing. Lauzon was filled with quirks and impulses, sudden inspirations and wild inventions. Some directors with such hyperactive imagination create movies that are elaborate and yet empty; Lauzon is so motivated by his resentments and desires that everything he creates is pressed into the cause and filled with passion." - Roger Ebert
C.R.A.Z.Y. by Call Number: CRAZPublication Date: 2005Winner of Best Canadian Film at TIFF, 2005
Dallas Buyers Club by Call Number: DALLPublication Date: 2013Winner of Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Make-up and Hairstyling at the 86th Academy Awards
Dead Ringers by Call Number: DEADPublication Date: 1988Favourite Cronenberg film of Korean director Park Chan-wook
Possessor by Call Number: POSSPublication Date: 2020"Like his father, Brandon Cronenberg seems concerned about technological overreach and expresses that fear through a particularly visceral brand of body horror. Possessor is one of the gnarliest movies I’ve seen in years, with moments of violence that drew audible yelps from me even as I watched it alone at home." - David Sims, The Atlantic
My Winnipeg by Call Number: MYPublication Date: 2007"This reviews section, you'll have noticed, operates a five-tier ratings system, but there are occasions when this just doesn't suffice. Once in a blue moon, you encounter a film so extraordinary that it's not enough to award the icon of a woman standing, hands raised in applause. You really need her to be levitating several feet above her armchair, body racked with the transcendental ecstasies of Saint Teresa. Such a film is My Winnipeg, by Canadian film-maker Guy Maddin." - Jonathan Romney, The Independent
The Corporation by Call Number: CORPPublication Date: 2003Winner of the World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival, 2004
Stories We Tell by Call Number: STORPublication Date: 2012Winner of Best Canadian Film, 2013
Human Highway by Call Number: HUMAPublication Date: 1982"Mr. Young's slapdash style, which suggests a Roger Corman movie crossed with dinner theater, extends to the clanking sound effects and flagrantly fake backdrops." - Ben Kenigsberg, NYT
Directors
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CrashCall Number: CRAS/1996Publication Date: 1996
The FlyCall Number: FLY/1986Publication Date: 1986
A History of ViolenceCall Number: HISTPublication Date: 2005
Eastern PromisesCall Number: EASTPublication Date: 2007
VideodromeCall Number: VIDEPublication Date: 1983
Dead RingersCall Number: DEADPublication Date: 1988
The Dead ZoneCall Number: DEADPublication Date: 1983
CosmopolisCall Number: COSMPublication Date: 2012
M. ButterflyCall Number: MPublication Date: 1993
SpiderCall Number: SPIDPublication Date: 2002
eXistenZCall Number: EXISPublication Date: 1999
Naked LunchCall Number: NAKEPublication Date: 1991
The BroodCall Number: BROOPublication Date: 1979
Fast CompanyCall Number: FASTPublication Date: 1979
ShiversCall Number: SHIVPublication Date: 1975
RabidCall Number: RABIPublication Date: 1977
Crimes of the FutureCall Number: STERPublication Date: 1970
StereoCall Number: STERPublication Date: 1969
A Dangerous MethodCall Number: DANGPublication Date: 2011
Maps to the StarsCall Number: MAPSPublication Date: 2014
DuneCall Number: DUNE/2021Publication Date: 2021
Blade Runner 2049Call Number: BLAD/2017Publication Date: 2017
ArrivalCall Number: ARRIPublication Date: 2016
EnemyCall Number: ENEMPublication Date: 2013
SicarioCall Number: SICA/2015Publication Date: 2015
PrisonersCall Number: PRISPublication Date: 2013
IncendiesCall Number: INCEPublication Date: 2010
PolytechniqueCall Number: POLYPublication Date: 2009
MaelstromCall Number: MAELPublication Date: 2000
TitanicCall Number: TITA/1997Publication Date: 1997
AliensCall Number: ALIE/1986Publication Date: 1986
Terminator 2: Judgement DayCall Number: TERM/1991Publication Date: 1991
The TerminatorCall Number: TERM/1984Publication Date: 1984
True LiesCall Number: TRUEPublication Date: 1994
AvatarCall Number: AVATPublication Date: 2009
The AbyssCall Number: ABYSPublication Date: 1989
Piranha II: The SpawningCall Number: PIRA/1981Publication Date: 1981
In the Heat of the NightCall Number: INPublication Date: 1967
MoonstruckCall Number: MOONPublication Date: 1987
The Thomas Crown AffairCall Number: THOM/1968Publication Date: 1968
The Cincinnati KidCall Number: CINCPublication Date: 1965
Fiddler on the RoofCall Number: FIDDPublication Date: 1971
Jesus Christ SuperstarCall Number: JESUPublication Date: 1973
RollerballCall Number: ROLLPublication Date: 1975
The HurricaneCall Number: HURRPublication Date: 1999
A Soldier's StoryCall Number: SOLDPublication Date: 1984
... And Justice for AllCall Number: ANDPublication Date: 1979
Agnes of GodCall Number: AGNEPublication Date: 1985
In CountryCall Number: INPublication Date: 1989
Dinner with FriendsCall Number: DINNPublication Date: 2001