Film Dictionary

Story of an Hindu bank teller who gets involved in a murky money laundering scheme.

A house party takes place only in the kitchen, because the host's anal-retentive parents worry about their new carpet. But soon enough, ...

Police officers are interrogating a suspect. Then, they find themselves investigated by Internal Affairs. Australian drama starring Hugo Wea...

Robert Carlyle ("Riff Raff", "Priest", "The Full Monty", "Trainspotting") stars as a young man suffe...

Slow-paced Australian road movie/film noir about a young girl taken hostage during a botched bank robbery. One of her captors falls in love ...

A farmer's wife from Alberta finds out she can't have children, because she was forcibly sterilized in a mental institution. A power...

Fairly entertaining British pic starring Kate Beckinsale (looking gorgeous in a Seberg hairdo) as a young secretary working for two con arti...

This is an original, memorable film from New Zealand about a love affair between two young people.

A Canadian woman tries to adopt a little boy from India, only to find out his birth mother wants him back. A low-budget flop made by complet...

A young executive thinks he's a murder suspect and tries to elude the cops who aren't even looking for him. This ineptly made comedy...

Nice comedy about crafty Irish villagers defrauding a lottery.

Weak horror movie about a serial killer. Made in New Zealand.

A young actor cheats on his girlfriend, they break up and he's miserable. Finding a way to go back in time, he avoids all the mistakes, ...

People scramble about during the last day before the end of the world.

Three young English girls come to help a farmer during World War II.

After surviving a horrible car crash, a young woman (Pascale Bussiere) decides to have child with a friend (Alexis Martin). He already has a...

Pretentious artsy flick set in Montreal.

A documentary about Quebec's Jewish community and its relationship with the Francophone majority.

Lolita's Humbert Humbert would have loved this bizarre kidpic about 13-year-old nymphets wearing skimpy bathing suits and thick makeup. ...

Charlotte Laurier plays a mountain-bike racer who retires from that sport to work for a messenger service in downtown Montreal. In a particu...

Cavemen from Villendorf used to worship them as fertility goddesses. They inspired artists like Rubens and Botero. But unfortunately, in pre...

I've prepared a whole litany of abusive adjectives (arranged alphabetically from abominable to wretched) to heap upon this sorry-ass exc...

A young woman, feeling lonely, offers herself to complete strangers. This Quebec film is well directed and superbly acted (especially by Mon...

A depressing documentary about juvenile delinquents in Montreal. A well-meaning effort, but seriously misguided. By offering no solutions ...

Quebec film about an Italian-Canadian businessman and his relationship with his daughter.

Set in a small Canadian village in 1920, it's a story of a young boy who befriends a wild dog. Not really a family film; younger childre...

Tomassini is excellent as a young woman trying to reconcile with her prodigal father (Lanoux) and falling in love with her stalker. It's...

An old aviator, grounded for 15 years, wants to fly once again. But while fixing his antique airplane, he's visited by his prodigal fath...

A young man finds it difficult to confront his father.

A Madonna music video directed by Jonas Akerlund.

An entire family is obsessed with television.

Britney Spears at her best.

Bizarre short film by Jean-Luc Godard.

An Australian cartoon ridiculing everything from the Bible to "Star Wars". It uses 2-D computer animation.

A Japanese cartoon directed by Katsushi Bowda.

Probably the only film ever made showing a carrot having sex with a grater. Computer animation.

Fascinating portrait of the life in China under Mao, as seen through the eyes of the author, a young boy during the Cultural Revolution an...

A sad midwinter tale about a young girl and her cat. Narrated by Maureen Stapleton, the film uses a new finger-paint technique of animation.

A powerful indictment against the landmine industry. Animation technique: computer-coloured drawings on paper.

A very funny cartoon about a smart rabbit.

An animated film about Portuguese explorers arriving in Japan in the 16th century. The film uses computer animation of old Japanese prints...

An very old tree witnesses many insignificant historical events.

Very funny cartoon about pirates. Nominated for an Oscar.

A claymation extravaganza about a billboard cowboy trying to prevent a suicide. Directed by René Castillo and Antonio Urrutia.

Amusing cartoon about Darwinian survival.

Weird, Oscar-winning (and rather unpleasant) cartoon about an old female rabbit, a moth and a baking oven.

An abstract animated film. The camera zooms towards an abstract pattern, revealing an ever-changing maze of curved lines.

A guy tries to open a door.

Confusing and incoherent Japanese cartoon directed by Koji Morimoto,.

A one-joke animated vignette about King Arthur and a snake.

Boring NFB's cartoon.

Piosenki: "Idzie dziewczyna" *  "Jedna wielka rodzina" **   "Powiedzmy sobie taka roza" * "Plaga egipska...

Piosenki: "Reforma reformy" ** "Ja tez jestem gospodarzem" * "Nie mamy drygu do maszerowania" * "Pomnik ...

An animated TV series, consisting of two episodes. Nominated for an Oscar.

Piosenki: "Wedrowni muzykanci" * "Nasz rzad" * "Zeby jaja byly swieze" * "O tesknocie" ** "Cyn...

Impressive scenery (temples and monuments and statues), but a very dull story.

Stylish, quite intriguing film about a mathematician trying to solve the mystery of the universe.

Directed by James Moll. This Oscar-winning documentary about Holocaust deliberately avoids any voice-over narration, letting its five protag...

A documentary about the founding fathers of Hollywood - Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, who invented the American Dream, brought it a...

Hollywood apologizes for the racism in Lethal Weapon 4 with this amusing interracial/buddy/comedy/action/kung-fu coctail. Chan plays a Hong ...

The National Security Agency plays a cat-and-mouse game with a resourceful lawyer (Will Smith). Taut, exciting chase thriller with plenty of...

Plotless film set in Club 54, Manhattan's trendiest disco in 1979.

Fine little film about a Cherokee family in eastern Tennessee. **

Black comedy about a young stud (Joaquim Phoenix) suspected of being a serial killer. He doesn't actually murder anyone, but bizarre cir...

John Travolta plays a crusading lawyer going after two companies polluting water supplies.

Pre-school critters get stranded in a forest, fighting off wolves and Russian circus monkeys as they try to reunite with their parents. A fa...

Don't expect any pumpkins in this version of the Cinderella tale. Instead of fairy godmothers waving their magic wands or little mice kn...

Matt Damon plays poker.

Unless they return to Malaysia and face three years in jail for drug possession, two young American will see their friend executed. Flawed a...

Romantic misadventures of horny teenagers during an all-night party. Unlike most such comedies, this one actually tries to be clever (with r...

Vincent Gallo and Christina Ricci star in this bizarre, but uplifting film about family and love.

Chucky gets lucky and the rest is child's play. His new girlfriend, Tiffany, is a doll. Together, they slash and carve themselves throug...

A bunch of redneck gun-and-bible salesman gather for a convention in Las Vegas. An award-winning satire about fascism in America. The script...

After what she had suffered at the hands of an evil stepfather in "Bastard Out Of Carolina", adorable Jena Malone would be predict...