Maurice Podbrey

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)

Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Rudolph
CAST:  Jennifer Jason Leigh  •  Campbell Scott  •  Matthew Broderick  •  Gwyneth Paltrow

Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Rudolph
CAST:  Jennifer Jason Leigh  •  Campbell Scott  •  Matthew Broderick  •  Gwyneth Paltrow

Love & Human Remains (1994)

In a Canadian metropolis, failed actor David shares a place with the bookish Candy, whom he dated before coming out as gay. While David, who now waits tables, pursues an aimless romance with a younger coworker, Candy dabbles in both same-sex and heterosexual ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denys Arcand
CAST:  Thomas Gibson  •  Ruth Marshall  •  Cameron Bancroft  •  Mia Kirshner

In a Canadian metropolis, failed actor David shares a place with the bookish Candy, whom he dated before coming out as gay. While David, who now waits tables, pursues an aimless romance with a younger coworker, Candy dabbles in both same-sex and heterosexual ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denys Arcand
CAST:  Thomas Gibson  •  Ruth Marshall  •  Cameron Bancroft  •  Mia Kirshner

The Emperor of Peru (1982)

Fast paced

Two children deal with the arrival of a foster brother, a Cambodian refugee. All three of them discover a hermetic retired railway engineer living in the woods. Then the children find an abandoned locomotive and, with the help of the engineer, bring it back to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Arrabal
CAST:  Mickey Rooney  •  Jonathan Starr  •  Ky Huot Uk  •  Monique Mercure

Two children deal with the arrival of a foster brother, a Cambodian refugee. All three of them discover a hermetic retired railway engineer living in the woods. Then the children find an abandoned locomotive and, with the help of the engineer, bring it back to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Arrabal
CAST:  Mickey Rooney  •  Jonathan Starr  •  Ky Huot Uk  •  Monique Mercure

Happy Birthday to Me (1981)

Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a gruesome set of murders take place and her friends are the ones who are falling prey. Could it be her? She suffers from blackouts due to a freak ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Lee Thompson
CAST:  Melissa Sue Anderson  •  Glenn Ford  •  Lawrence Dane  •  Sharon Acker

Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a gruesome set of murders take place and her friends are the ones who are falling prey. Could it be her? She suffers from blackouts due to a freak ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Lee Thompson
CAST:  Melissa Sue Anderson  •  Glenn Ford  •  Lawrence Dane  •  Sharon Acker

The Boys of St. Vincent (1992)

The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage, run by a religious community in Newfoundland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John N. Smith
CAST:  Henry Czerny  •  Johnny Morina  •  Brian Dooley  •  Philip Dinn

The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage, run by a religious community in Newfoundland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John N. Smith
CAST:  Henry Czerny  •  Johnny Morina  •  Brian Dooley  •  Philip Dinn

Aucassin and Nicolette (1975)

One of Lotte Reiniger's very last animated silhouette films, issued both in French and English versions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lotte Reiniger
CAST:  Maurice Podbrey

One of Lotte Reiniger's very last animated silhouette films, issued both in French and English versions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lotte Reiniger
CAST:  Maurice Podbrey