John N. Smith

In 1969, a visiting geologist from Newfoundland arouses scandal in a small Irish village when he romances a local girl who’s destined for the convent.

Иногда необходимо потерять все, чтобы понять, что действительно имеет значение. Когда обаятельный адвокат (Винс Вон) попадает в середину романтического треугольника, он вынужден выбирать между женой (Моника Поттер), которая стала чужим человеком, но хочет удержать его рядом, и его молоденькой сексапильной подружкой (Джой Лоренс Адамс), которая, в свою очередь, хочет сделать его своей собственностью.

The true story of a love affair between mob boss Sam Giancana and singer Phyllis McGuire.

Покинув элитные части морской пехоты, Лу — Энн Джонсон выбирает для себя странную профессию: железная леди становится учительницей английского языка в колледже. Но навыки армейской службы сразу же пригодились ей на новом поприще. Ведь класс, в который попала Лу — Энн, мало чем отличался от поля боя, а ученики оказались очень уж похожи на головорезов. Учительнице специального назначения не оставалось ничего другого, как перейти в решительное наступление…

A dramatization of the failed World War II raid which became the most serious defeat of Canadian forces in the war.

Fifteen years after the events of The Boys of St. Vincent took place, the various boys involved are brought in to testify against the brothers, now finally standing trial, who assaulted them when they were children.

Fifteen years after the events of The Boys of St. Vincent took place, the various boys involved are brought in to testify against the brothers, now finally standing trial, who assaulted them when they were children.

Fifteen years after the events of The Boys of St. Vincent took place, the various boys involved are brought in to testify against the brothers, now finally standing trial, who assaulted them when they were children.

Действие происходит в 2 временных периода: первая половина фильма - середина 1970-х годов: католический приют для сирот, которым руководит брат Питер Лэйвин, который совершенно не заботится о мальчиках, он использует их чтобы удовлетворять свои сексуальные желания. И так поступает не он один, а целая группа священников. Далее действие переносится в 1990 год, когда один из выросших мальчиков -Кевин Рини - возвращается, чтобы обвинить Лэйвина и встретиться с ним в суде. Но Лэйвин теперь женат, отец двух детей - и церковь продолжает отрицать, что факты совращения детей имели место. Рини в первой части был сексуально совращен, несмотря на свои попытки избежать контакта с Лэйвином и даже сбежать из приюта. В отличие от многих фильмов, где педофилы показаны ужасными людьми, Питер Лэйвин - главный герой и главный обвиняемый фильма - симпатичный и харизматичный мужчина, вызывающий даже симпатию. Фактически, фильм дает возможность понять точку зрения Лэйвина, что конечно шокирует.

Действие происходит в 2 временных периода: первая половина фильма - середина 1970-х годов: католический приют для сирот, которым руководит брат Питер Лэйвин, который совершенно не заботится о мальчиках, он использует их чтобы удовлетворять свои сексуальные желания. И так поступает не он один, а целая группа священников. Далее действие переносится в 1990 год, когда один из выросших мальчиков -Кевин Рини - возвращается, чтобы обвинить Лэйвина и встретиться с ним в суде. Но Лэйвин теперь женат, отец двух детей - и церковь продолжает отрицать, что факты совращения детей имели место. Рини в первой части был сексуально совращен, несмотря на свои попытки избежать контакта с Лэйвином и даже сбежать из приюта. В отличие от многих фильмов, где педофилы показаны ужасными людьми, Питер Лэйвин - главный герой и главный обвиняемый фильма - симпатичный и харизматичный мужчина, вызывающий даже симпатию. Фактически, фильм дает возможность понять точку зрения Лэйвина, что конечно шокирует.

Newfoundlanders share their food, culture, and homes with a group of Tamil refugees found off the coast.

Newfoundlanders share their food, culture, and homes with a group of Tamil refugees found off the coast.

Newfoundlanders share their food, culture, and homes with a group of Tamil refugees found off the coast.

At 16, Tony is an English-speaking high-school drop-out in Montreal. In trouble with the law and at odds with his struggling single parent mother, Tony is sent to Juvie where he realizes that he's neither as tough or as disadvantaged as he thought. Then he comes home on a weekend pass only to find his younger brother following in his footsteps.

At 16, Tony is an English-speaking high-school drop-out in Montreal. In trouble with the law and at odds with his struggling single parent mother, Tony is sent to Juvie where he realizes that he's neither as tough or as disadvantaged as he thought. Then he comes home on a weekend pass only to find his younger brother following in his footsteps.

At 16, Tony is an English-speaking high-school drop-out in Montreal. In trouble with the law and at odds with his struggling single parent mother, Tony is sent to Juvie where he realizes that he's neither as tough or as disadvantaged as he thought. Then he comes home on a weekend pass only to find his younger brother following in his footsteps.

The National Film Board of Canada was one of the guiding forces behind Sitting in Limbo. Fabian Gibbs plays a black Montreal college student forced to leave school when his girlfriend Pat Dillon becomes pregnant. Gibbs resents this interruption in his plans, but he becomes a very good provider. The responsibilities of parenthood, alas, irreparably damage the boy-girl relationship. Filmed in a quasidocumentary manner, Sitting in Limbo seems predestined to win film festival awards--as indeed it has.

This feature-length drama explores the changing role of men in today's society by delving into the stories of 4 men and their relationships with women.

This feature-length drama explores the changing role of men in today's society by delving into the stories of 4 men and their relationships with women.

This feature-length drama explores the changing role of men in today's society by delving into the stories of 4 men and their relationships with women.

First Winter is a 1982 Canadian short film directed by John N. Smith. With the father away, an Irish immigrant family struggle to survive their first winter in the Canadian wild. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

This short documentary takes us to St. John's Cathedral Boys' School, at Selkirk, Manitoba, one of the most demanding outdoor schools in North America. As the school can’t accommodate every student wishing to enroll, boys of 13 to 15 years old are put through an initiation tougher than they have ever faced. They paddle canoes through some 500 kilometers of wilderness in 2 weeks, portaging and camping all the way, thereby learning vital outdoor lore, cooperation and self-confidence.

This short documentary takes us to St. John's Cathedral Boys' School, at Selkirk, Manitoba, one of the most demanding outdoor schools in North America. As the school can’t accommodate every student wishing to enroll, boys of 13 to 15 years old are put through an initiation tougher than they have ever faced. They paddle canoes through some 500 kilometers of wilderness in 2 weeks, portaging and camping all the way, thereby learning vital outdoor lore, cooperation and self-confidence.

This short documentary takes us to St. John's Cathedral Boys' School, at Selkirk, Manitoba, one of the most demanding outdoor schools in North America. As the school can’t accommodate every student wishing to enroll, boys of 13 to 15 years old are put through an initiation tougher than they have ever faced. They paddle canoes through some 500 kilometers of wilderness in 2 weeks, portaging and camping all the way, thereby learning vital outdoor lore, cooperation and self-confidence.

This short documentary zooms in on Churchill, Manitoba, on the western curve of Hudson Bay. The town boomed for a while after it became the railhead seaport for the shipment of Prairie grain. It also changed the way of life of the Native Indian and Inuit population.

The title of this Canadian documentary may have some relation to Canadian Marshall McLuhan's theories. It combines interview with famous U.S. militants of the '60s, such as Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman, with reenactments of their Chicago trials (i.e., the "Chicago Eight," etc.). Other figures of cultural interest from the time, including Alan Ginsberg and Buckminster Fuller, are interviewed or featured. The filmmaker indicates his belief that powerful forces in the U.S. government worked together to suppress American radicals. This view, widely disbelieved at the time, has since been confirmed.