Canada Days!
This past week marked Canada Day and what better occasion to celebrate the launch of a new microsite for Canadian film on Telescope: CANADA NOW! You’ll find a new selection curated monthly plus 20,000 other Canadian films and series!
French Exit
The story of an aging socialite, her directionless son, and a cat embodying the spirit of a dead loved one.
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- Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom • 2021
- Director Azazel Jacobs
- Cast Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Valerie Mahaffey, Susan Coyne, Imogen Poots
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
No Ordinary Man
A complex and empathetic portrait of late jazz musician and trans icon Billy Tipton.
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- Canada • 2020
- Director Aisling Chin-Yee
- Cast Billy Tipton, Susan Stryker, Kate Bornstein, Zackary Drucker, C. Riley Norton
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Night Flight Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla, Oscilloscope
Spinster
A break-up forces a 39-year-old woman to face her fear of becoming a spinster.
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- Canada • 2020
- Director Andrea Dorfman
- Cast Chelsea Peretti, Susan Kent, Amy Groening, Charlie Boyle, Nadia Tonen, Jonathan Watton
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Plex, Plex Channel
RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World
A documentary on the impacts of Native American musicians on the history of American music.
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- Canada • 2017
- Director Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana
- Cast Robbie Robertson, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Martin Scorsese, Tony Bennett, Steven Tyler, Iggy Pop
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla
Anne of Green Gables
A young girl is sent to a couple by mistake in this retelling of the story by L.M. Montgomery.
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- Canada • 2016
- Director John Kent Harrison
- Cast Ella Ballentine, Martin Sheen, Sara Botsford, Julia Lalonde, Kate Hennig, Stefani Kimber
- Genre Drama, Family, TV Movie
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Weirdos
Two Nova Scotian teens hit the road in July 1976, accompanied by the laconic ghost of (the still living) Andy Warhol.
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- Canada • 2016
- Director Bruce McDonald
- Cast Dylan Authors, Julia Sarah Stone, Molly Parker, Allan Hawco, Gary Levert, Rhys Bevan-John
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Gabrielle
A young woman with a genetic developmental disorder and extraordinary musical talent has something to prove.
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- Canada • 2013
- Director Louise Archambault
- Cast Gabrielle Marion-Rivard, Alexandre Landry, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Vincent-Guillaume Otis, Benoît Gouin, Sébastien Ricard
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla
The Grand Seduction
A small fishing village must find a local doctor in order to land a lucrative business contract.
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- Canada • 2013
- Director Don McKellar
- Cast Brendan Gleeson, Taylor Kitsch, Gordon Pinsent, Liane Balaban, Mark Critch, Peter Keleghan
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee
The Fruit Hunters
A fascinating portrait of the little-known history of the subculture of rare fruit hunters who obsessively travel the globe.
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- Canada • 2012
- Director Yung Chang
- Cast Bill Pullman
- Genre Documentary
- Available on IndieFlix, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Hoopla
Wild Flowers
(Les fleurs sauvages)
Three generations of family struggle to be open with each other during summer vacation at their country cottage.
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- Canada • 1982
- Director Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- Cast Marthe Nadeau, Michèle Magny, Pierre Curzi, Claudia Aubin, Eric Beauséjour, Raôul Duguay
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV
Scanners
Ten seconds: the pain begins. Fifteen seconds: you can't breathe. Twenty seconds: you explode.
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- Canada • 1981
- Director David Cronenberg
- Cast Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Ironside, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane, Robert A. Silverman
- Genre Horror, Science Fiction
- Available on Criterion Channel, IndieFlix, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
The Railrodder
Buster Keaton stars as an elderly Englishman who swims across the Atlantic Ocean in order to tour Canada.
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- Canada • 1965
- Director Buster Keaton, Gerald Potterton
- Cast Buster Keaton
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Filmzie, Freevee, Kanopy