3 Needles 2005  N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Cast: Lucy Liu, Shawn Ashmore, Stockard Channing, Chloe Sevigny, Olympia Dukakis, Sandra Oh, Tanabadee Chokpikultong, Sook-Yin Lee, Isabelle Cyr, Gary Farmer, Thierry Fargeau, Jessie Gabe
Three stories offer different perspectives on the AIDS crisis. In the first, Lucy Liu takes on the role of black-marketer Jin Ping who jeopardizes a village when she pretends to be a representative of the Provincial Health Office and sanctions an unsanitary drawing of villagers' blood. In the second story, HIV-positive porn star Denys (Shawn Ashmore) uses his own father's blood for required blood tests by his production company. In the final entry, a young nun, Sister Clara (Chloe Sevigny), works with missionaries (Olympia Dukakis and Sandra Oh) and makes personal sacrifices for the good of her village.
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Beefcake 1999   N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Cast: Daniel MacIvor, Joshua Peace, Carroll Godsman, Jonathan Torrens, Jack Griffin Mazeika, Jack LaLanne, Russ Warner, Jonathan Torrens, Thomas Cawood, Jaime Robertson
In the 1950s, a few photographers specialized in muscular young men in what were supposedly muscle men's magazines. One of those photographers, Bob Mizer (Daniel MacIvor), went on to produce 40-years worth of sexually explicit film. Both the magazines and films were directed at the homosexual community. This drama reflects Mizer's lifestyle through the fictional story of a popular Mizer model, Neil O'Hara (Joshua Peace), and culminates with the charge against Mizer of running a male prostitution ring.
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The Event 2003   R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Cast: Parker Posey, Don McKellar, Olympia Dukakis, Sarah Polley, Jane Leeves, Brent Carver, Joanna Adler, Rejean Cournoyer, Christina Zorich, Dick Latessa, Cynthia Preston, Gianna Marciante
AIDS patient Matt (Don McKellar) is found dead in his Chelsea apartment, and assistant D.A. Nicole "Nick" De Vivo (Parker Posey) is called on to investigate what looks like a suicide. Could it be that Matt participated in an Event: a farewell party that culminates in assisted suicide?
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The Hanging Garden 1997  R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Cast: Chris Leavins, Kerry Fox, Seana McKenna, Peter MacNeill, Christine Dunsworth, Troy Veinotte, Sarah Polley, Joel S. Keller, Ian Parsons, Mark Austin
Families are haunted by their history as seen through the eyes of 25-year-old Sweet William who returns to the family home in Halifax, Nova Scotia, after a 10-year absence. Although he has changed for the better, Sweet William's family remains the dysfunctional entity that he left years before.
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| 1. 3 Needles (2005)
2. Beefcake (1999)
3. The Event (2003)
4. The Hanging Garden (1997)
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