Adoration 2009  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Atom Egoyan
Cast: Scott Speedman, Rachel Blanchard, Arsinee Khanjian, Aaron Poole, Dominic Cuzzocrea, Katie Boland, Noam Jenkins, Kenneth Welsh, Geraldine O'Rawe, Duane Murray, Hailee Sisera, Devon Bostick, Soo Garay, Ieva Lucs, Maury Chaykin
High school French teacher Sabine (Arsinee Khanjian) assigns her class the project of translating a news story concerning airport security agents discovering a bomb that had been placed by a man into his pregnant girlfriend's luggage. One of the students, Simon (Devon Bostick), relates the story to his personal history in when his suicide-bomber father Sami (Noam Jenkins) wrecked a car, and he and Simon's mother Rachel (Rachel Blanchard) were killed, leaving Simon orphaned and now living with his Uncle Tom (Scott Speedman). Simon goes one step further and fashions the story by describing his father as a killer and posting the story on the Internet. The story now becomes an obsession provoking discussions about the difference between freedom fighters and terrorists.
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Ararat 2002  R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Atom Egoyan
Cast: David Alpay, Arsinee Khanjian, Christopher Plummer, Charles Aznavour, Marie-Josee Croze, Eric Bogosian, Brent Carver, Bruce Greenwood, Elias Koteas, Simon Abkarian
This movie within a movie–about filming the story of the Armenian holocaust, 1915-1918–features David Alpay as young Raffi. While carrying back sealed cans of movie film for the production company, a suspicious customs official (Christopher Plummer) begins questioning Raffi who reveals aspects of his own life as well as that of the Armenian people–including his own father who was an Armenian freedom fighter.
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 Family Viewing 1987 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Atom Egoyan
Cast: David Hemblen, Aidan Tierney, Gabrielle Rose, Arsinee Khanjian, Selma Keklikian, Jeanne Sabourin, Rose Sarkisyan, Vasag Baghboudarian, Johnnie Eisen, David MacKay, Harant Alianak, John Shafer
Teenager Van (Aidan Tierney) lives a dysfunctional homelife: his mother has left, he has a needy stepmother (Gabrielle Rose), his father (David Hemblen) is obsessed with phone sex and taping videos, and his grandmother lives in a run-down retirement home. In an attempt to feel closer to his absent mother, Van visits his grandmother regularly and seeks help from Aline (Arsinee Khanjian) to get grandmother out of the home and back into the family.
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Fat Girl 2001  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Catherine Breillat
Cast: Anais Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo, Arsinee Khanjian, Romain Goupil, Laura Betti, Albert Goldberg, Claude Sese, Marc Samuel, Frederick Bodin
While vacationing with their parents at a French beach resort, beautiful 15-year-old Elena (Roxane Mesquida) and her awkward, 12-year-old sister Anais (Anais Reboux) meet handsome law student Fernando (Libero De Rienzo). A romance blooms between Elena and Fernando during which Elena surrenders her virginity. All the while, Anais trails after the couple–an outcast but, perhaps, the only one who fully grasps the situation.
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 Felicia's Journey 1999 PG-13, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Atom Egoyan
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Elaine Cassidy, Arsinee Khanjian, Peter McDonald, Gerard McSorley, Brid Brennan, Claire Benedict, Danny Turner, Sheila Reed, Nizwar Karanj
Based on William Trevor's novel, this film revolves around the fate of an Irish girl, Felicia (Elaine Cassidy), who leaves her home to search for her boyfriend, Johnny Lysaght (Peter McDonald). Felicia arrives in Birmingham and soon falls into the clutches of the diabolical Joseph Ambrose Hilditch (Bob Hoskins) who has befriended and murdered many young women in the past and sees Felicia as his newest victim.
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Irma Vep 1996 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
Director: Olivier Assayas
Cast: Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Nathalie Richard, Antoine Basler, Nathalie Boutefeu, Alex Descas, Dominique Faysse, Arsinee Khanjian, Bernard Nissile, Olivier Torres, Bulle Ogier, Lou Castel
A former New-Wave director Rene Vidal (Jean-Pierre Leaud) has seen better times, and now he wants to remake the French film "Les Vampire." Actress Maggie Cheung (played by herself) has been signed to star in the film; however, there is much chaos on the set (all but the director are against his choice of Cheung as star). When both director and star are replaced, they set out for revenge.
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Late August, Early September 1999 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Olivier Assayas
Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Virginie Ledoyen, Francois Cluzet, Jeanne Balibar, Alex Descas, Arsinee Khanjian, Mia Hansen-Love, Nathalie Richard
Growing into maturity is the theme of this film about several friends making decisions about their future professional and personal lives. Decisions do not always come easily, and the longer the friends back away from commitment, the higher their discomfort level rises.
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 Next of Kin 1984 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Atom Egoyan
Cast: Patrick Tierney, Sirvart Fazlian, Arsinee Khanjian, Margaret Loveys, Thomas Tierney, Phil Rash, Paul Babiak, Berge Fazlian
Peter Foster (Patrick Tierney) is 23 years old and still living at home in a dysfunctional family setting. Seeking help, the family goes to a clinic and undergoes video-tape therapy. One day at the clinic, Peter views the tape of an Armenian couple who gave up their son for adoption many years ago. Peter decides to flee his past, visit them, and pretend to be their son, Bedros Deryan.
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The Sweet Hereafter 1997  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Atom Egoyan
Cast: Ian Holm, Maury Chaykin, Gabrielle Rose, Peter Donaldson, Bruce Greenwood, David Hemblen, Sarah Polley, Brooke Johnson, Arsinee Khanjian, Tom McCamus, Caerthan Banks, Alberta Watson, Stephanie Morgenstern, Kirsten Kieferle, Earl Pastko
Set in British Columbia, this mystery involves the stories of a tragic accident of a school bus filled with 14 children; the relationships of the residents of their town; and, particularly, the incestuous relationship of a father and his daughter. Attorney Mitchell Stephens (Ian Holm) has his work cut out for him in uncovering events leading to the disaster. Egoyan was nominated for a Best Director Oscar.
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| 1. Adoration (2009)
2. Ararat (2002)
3. Exotica (1994)
4. Family Viewing (1987)
5. Fat Girl (2001)
6. Felicia's Journey (1999)
7. Irma Vep (1996)
8. Late August, Early September (1999)
9. Next of Kin (1984)
10. The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
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