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Sarah Polley

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Road to Avonlea (TV Series)Road to Avonlea (TV Series) (1990)
Dir. Paul Shapiro, Dick Benner
Feat. Colleen Dewhurst, Frank Converse, Sarah Polley
A must see for those who appreciated ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, this is another enchanting country tale of childhood intrigue and mischief.
Sweet Hereafter, TheSweet Hereafter, The (1997) Recommended
Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Ian Holm, Tom McCamus, Sarah Polley
A piercingly intelligent adaptation of Russell Banks' novel about a lawyer's earnest meddling in the aftermath of a school bus tragedy in…
Last NightLast Night (1998) Aro Favourite
Dir. Don McKellar
Feat. Don McKellar, Callum Keith Rennie, Sandra Oh
Ingeniously crafted drama from actor Don McKellar, who stars here too, as one of six people spending the last six hours before the end of the world…
ExistenzExistenz (1998) Aro Favourite
Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Ian Holm
Dir. David Cronenberg bestows his customary intelligence on the 'Virtual Reality' genre, yet this time complements his visceral obsessions and mad…
GoGo (1999)
Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Sarah Polley, Katie Holmes, Jay Mohr
The director of SWINGERS switches focus to the reckless chic of LA's twentysomething rave scene, brandishing a slew of racy taboos, an impossibly…
Life Before This, TheLife Before This, The (1999)
Dir. Jerry Ciccoritti
Feat. Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea, Joe Pantoliano
Based loosely on a real–life shootout in Toronto, this ambitious drama postulates life as a mosaic of interconnected actions, where often…
Claim, TheClaim, The (2000)
Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Peter Mullan, Nastassja Kinski, Sarah Polley
On the mountainous frontier of the 1860s California goldrush, dir. Winterbottom (JUDE, WONDERLAND) reimagines Thomas Hardy’s ‘The Mayor of…
Weight of Water, TheWeight of Water, The (2000)
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Feat. Elizabeth Hurley, Catherine McCormack, Sean Penn
Time–twist thriller, that intercuts a gothic murder–mystery of the late 19th century with present–day marital intrigue. Set on…
GuinevereGuinevere (2001)
Dir. Audrey Wells
Feat. Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea
Sarah Polley (GO) headlines in this Sundance–winning indie, as a directionless Harvard graduate who falls under the spell of…
My Life Without MeMy Life Without Me (2003) Recommended
Dir. Isabel Coixet
Feat. Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Deborah Harry
This award–winning vignette concerns a young woman (Polley), told by her doctor she has only a short time to live, who strives to secretly…
Event, TheEvent, The (2003)
Dir. Thom Fitzgerald
Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Don McKellar, Sarah Polley
The taboo of assisted suicide is broached in this measured Canadian ensemble drama about an AIDS–afflicted musician (McKellar) who takes his…
I Inside, The I Inside, The (2003)
Dir. Roland Suso Richter
Feat. Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Polley, Piper Perabo
Head–scratching psychological thriller centred on an amnesiac (Phillippe) who cannot recall the last two years of his life and begins to travel…
Dawn of the DeadDawn of the Dead (2004) Recommended
Dir. Zack Snyder
Feat. Jake Weber, Kevin Zegers, Mekhi Phifer
Tight–edged remake of George Romero's original zombie–fest, again reprising a tense battle between a small posse of post–apocalypse…
Don't Come KnockingDon't Come Knocking (2005)
Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth
Desultry tale of a washed–out actor who goes missing from a film production and, with the insurance company on his tail, ends up uncovering…
Beowulf and GrendelBeowulf and Grendel (2005)
Dir. Sturla Gunnarsson
Feat. Gerard Butler, Stellan Skarsgard, Sarah Polley
A rousing medieval adaptation of the Anglo–Saxon epic poem in sweeping fantasy tones. Filled with constant action in a strange, otherworldly…
Secret Life of Words, TheSecret Life of Words, The (2005) Recommended
Dir. Isabel Coixet
Feat. Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Julie Christie
Intense character–driven drama set on an isolated oil rig that explores the relationship between a hearing–impaired factory worker…
John AdamsJohn Adams (2008) Recommended
Dir. Tom Hooper
Feat. Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Sarah Polley
Acclaimed miniseries on the life of America's second president and founding father John Adams. Simultaneously epic and intimate this is compulsory…
SpliceSplice (2009)
Dir. Vincenzo Natali
Feat. Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley
The director of cult hit CUBE ups the ante in hybrid horror with this story of geneticists who, after recombining DNA from different species, give…

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