Family Pictures 1993  TV, 185 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Saville
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Sam Neill, Kyra Sedgwick, Dermot Mulroney, Jamie Harrold, Torri Higginson, Simon Reynolds, David Fox, Corey Sevier, Michael Rhoades, Sean Ryan, Gordon Michael Woolvett
On a trip home to visit her now-divorced parents (Anjelica Huston and Sam Neill), Nina (Kyra Sedgwick) looks at family photographs and, through flashbacks, remembers events concerning her brother's autism and how his illness drove apart the family.
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Grey Owl 1999  PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Annie Galipeau, Nathaniel Arcand, Vlasta Vrana, Graham Greene, David Fox, Charles Edwin Powell, Renee Asherson, Stewart Bick, Stephanie Cole
Based on a true story of trapper Archibald Belaney (Pierce Brosnan), who took on the persona of Grey Owl and became a noted conservationist, this film centers on Belaney's romance with Pony (Annie Galipeau). She taught him to respect nature, but his ensuing fame made him vulnerable to those who would uncover his true identity.
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Prince Charming 2001 TV, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Allan Arkush
Cast: Martin Short, Sean Maguire, Christina Applegate, Andrea Martin, Billy Connolly, Bernadette Peters, Colin Fox, Carly Street, Marcia Bennett, Colm Magner, David Fox
When Prince John (Sean Maguire) was caught kissing another on his wedding day, he and his squire, Rodney (Martin Short), were turned into frogs. Now, 500 years later, the Broadway diva Margo (Bernadette Peters) kissed frog John, and John and Rodney are once again human in form. But, in order to remain humans, John must marry Margo–an act neither wants. Will John be able to conjure up one last bit of magic to save the situation?
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The Saddest Music in the World 2004  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Maddin
Cast: Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, Ross McMillan, David Fox, Claude Dorge, Erik J. Berg, Darcy Fehr, Brent Neal
During the Great Depression, the Canadian owner and operator of the Muskeg Brewery, Lady Port-Huntley (Isabella Rossellini), promotes her beer by offering a $25,000 prize for the country that comes up with the saddest music. Her reasoning: as a double amputee, she knows that the sadder a person is the more he or she will drink.
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Silence of the North 1981 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Allan Winton King
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Tom Skerritt, Gordon Pinsent, Jennifer McKinney, Colin Fox, Donna Dobrijevic, Jeff Banks, David Fox, Richard W. Farrell, Larry Reynolds
Based on the life of Olive Frederickson, this is the story of her unusual existence during the early 1900s in the Canadian wilderness.
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Snow Cake 2006 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marc Evans
Cast: Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss, David Fox, Jayne Eastwood, Emily Hampshire, James Allodi, Callum Keith Rennie, Mark McKinney, Selina Cadell, Julie Stewart, Jackie Brown, Nia Roberts, John Bayliss
Linda (Sigourney Weaver) is an autistic, but high-functioning woman whose personality conflicts with that of Alex Hughes (Alan Rickman) when he visits her to return her deceased daughter's personal effects. A comedy of manners ensues as an uneasy friendship forms between these two very different people.
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| 1. Family Pictures (1993)
2. Grey Owl (1999)
3. Prince Charming (2001)
4. The Saddest Music in the World (2004)
5. Silence of the North (1981)
6. Snow Cake (2006)
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