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J'Ai Tue Ma Mere (I Killed My Mother)
Runtime: 100 min.
Rating: 14A
Dolan writes, directs and stars in this semi-autobiographical tale of a young gay man, Hubert, who bickers constantly with mom (Anne Dorval). Their fights, alternately hilarious and horrifying, escalate until mom sends him off to boarding school. Banishment to a mother-free zone simply leads to their ultimate standoff. Dolan and Dorval navigate through increasingly vicious tête-à-têtes with delicacy, evoking sympathy for both characters. With confident ...
   

Stepping Forward
Note - more details to be added soon.This excerpt from the extraordinary film, Stepping Forward, honored our corporate video department with the opportunity to explore the histories of numerous Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario residents who had previously been homeless. Beautiful footage. Careful editing. Incredible stories of courage and hope in the face of overwhelming odds. Every Canadian needs to watch this film.
   

DeUsynlige (Troubled Water)
Runtime: 120 min.
Rating: 14A
Follows Thomas who serves an eight year prison term for the murder of a young boy. We witness the halting, awkward steps Thomas takes to set his life back on track as an organist at a Catholic church. The woman he loves is not only the priest, but also the single mother of a young, blond son who eerily resembles the child Thomas killed.The switch from the narrative perspective of the perpetrator to that of the wronged party half way though the picture, establishes two distinctly ...
   

The Baby Formula
Runtime: 81 minutes
Rating: 14A
"In the beginning... sperm came from men." Two adventurous women in love are desperate to have their own biological child. They take a chance on an experimental scientific process and make sperm from their own stem cells. Pregnant with humour and unexpected twists, their journey tailspins out of control when their families discover there is no father
   
A Serious Man
Runtime: 105 min
Rating: 14A
"A Serious Man" is an ordinary man's search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and "F-Troop" is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. Larry's unemployable brother Arthur is sleeping on the couch, his son Danny is a discipline problem and a shirker at Hebrew school, and his daughter Sarah is filching money from his wallet in order ...
   
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