Alamar

Pedro González-Rubio

Mexico

A charming, low-key story of a woman who sends her five-year-old son Natan (Natan Machado Palombini) to spend the summer with his father, Jorge (Jorge Machado), on Mexico’s Chinchorro coral reef so that the boy can learn about hi...

Alice’s Restaurant

Arthur Penn

USA

Hunted, jailed, and then drafted into the army to be shipped to Vietnam, a hapless hippie must rely on his community of often stoned friends to save him from the recruiting board.

Anvil: The Story of Anvil

Sacha Gervasi

Canada

One of the best music docs of recent years, Sacha Gervasi’s film about the Canadian heavy metal band Anvil is funny and heartbreaking in equal measure, poignantly depicting the thin line between what is and what could have been (...

Back to the Future

Robert Zemeckis

USA

Teenager Marty McFly accidentally time travels back into the 1950s to become a romantic distraction to his then-teenaged mother – which presents a problem if he ever wants to be born!

The Big Heat

Fritz Lang

USA

One of the great films of the fifties, about a homicide detective who gets suspended from the force when his obsessive pursuit of mob boss Mike Lagana threatens to uncover connections with the local constabulary.

Blue Rodeo: In Stereovision

Ron Mann

Canada

A 20th anniversary celebration of one of Canada’s most iconic rock ensembles. Introduced by Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor.

Bonnie and Clyde

Arthur Penn

USA

A landmark film about the exploits of famed Depression-era outlaws, Bonnie (Faye Dunaway) and Clyde (Warren Beatty).

Books on Film Club

Book Club meets Film Group as TIFF Bell Lightbox introduces “Books On Film Club”, a series of screenings and conversations about the art of adaptation. Hosted by CBC’s Eleanor Wachtel.

Books on Film: Breakfast at Tiffany's

Blake Edward

Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's and Blake Edwards’ Breakfast at Tiffany's with author Sam Wasson. Hosted by Eleanor Wachtel.

Books on Film: Double Indemnity

Billy Wilder

James M. Cain's Double Indemnity and Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity with Jonathan Rosenbaum, author of Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia: Film Culture in Transition. Hosted by Eleanor Wachtel.

Books on Film: Lolita

Stanley Kubrick

Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita and Stanley Kubrick's Lolita with David Thomson, author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film. Hosted by Eleanor Wachtel.

Books on Film: The English Patient

Anthony Minghella

Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient and Anthony Minghella's The English Patient with Michael Ondaatje. Hosted by Eleanor Wachtel.

Carcasses

Denis Côté

Canada

A group of teenagers with Downs Syndrome squat on the land of hermit Jean-Paul Colmor, who makes an unlikely living repairing and saving the abandoned cars and other discarded objects in Saint Amable, a hamlet near Montreal.

La Cérémonie

Claude Chabrol

France

One of the best films of the nineties and essential Chabrol, La Cérémonie unites Bonnaire with another of France’s greatest actresses, Isabelle Huppert (to whom we dedicated a series in 2005) in this adaptation of Ruth Rendell’s ...

The Chase

Arthur Penn

USA

When the news that “Bubber” Reeves (Robert Redford), a soulful renegade, has broken out of prison to head home to his wife (Jane Fonda), his backwater Texan town turns into a frenzy of accusation and mob violence.

Curling

Denis Côté

Canada

Set in a village in Quebec, Denis Côté’s Curling follows inveterate loner Jean-François, a single father, and his isolated 12-year-old daughter Julyvonne. Between his unremarkable jobs, Jean-François devotes an awkward energy to ...