Richard Ciupka

A documentary on the making of Curtains

Six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious masked murderer.

While waiting in vain for a call from a producer, a young screenwriter sinks into a sort of paranoid delirium. Undoubtedly one of the most striking Quebec experimental films of the 1970s. This work with its expressionist aesthetic has been aptly described as Kafkaesque, the adjective emphasizing the ability of the two filmmakers to evoke anguish and madness, the feeling of confinement and withdrawal into oneself. Important detail: the screenplay written by the character is called The Basement, which is also the title of another Cholakian film made in 1974. (Marcel Jean, Dictionnaire des films québécois)

Toronto cartoonist Joe Shuster describes the comic book hero he created.

A Montreal police officer goes to Arkansas to solve the murder of his brother.

Based on a true story, a veteran narcotics officer takes on a case that could cost him his life.

Feminist, politician, and social activist Nellie McClung demands the right to vote in Manitoba.

Three men from Pine Street in Winnipeg win the Victoria Cross in World War I, and the street's name is changed to Valour Road in their honour.

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

The explorer's first meeting with Iroquoian peoples provides one story of how Canada got its name.

An eccentric teacher (Marie-Chantal Perron) causes children at her elementary school to change the way they look at themselves.

Story of a wild first love that takes place at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River between the refineries at Pointe-Au-Trembles and the rock culture of Montreal.

Story of a wild first love that takes place at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River between the refineries at Pointe-Au-Trembles and the rock culture of Montreal.

A romantic comedy about Pascale, an agent for musicians, who is betrayed by Lewis Carl, her fiance and most important client.

The first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada faces prejudice in the classroom.

In this sequel to the popular adventures of Mademoiselle C, the strange Mademoiselle Charlotte began a new life as a postwoman in Saint-Gérard where she encounters a particularly dishonest businessman.

Lawyer and politician Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine build inter-lingual cooperation.

Canadian peacekeepers are stationed in Cyprus to help diffuse tension between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.

Train dispatcher Vince Coleman sacrifices his own life to save a train from the Halifax Explosion.

An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

French Canadian families adopt Irish orphans in the 1850s while allowing them to maintain part of their Irish heritage.

Queen Victoria decides to grant Canada responsible government after the crushing of the Rebellions of 1837.

Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL player to wear a goaltender mask in regular play.

Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL player to wear a goaltender mask in regular play.