Movies: Peter MacNeill

A group of terrorists take a radio disk jockey and his wife and child hostage in order to get their manifesto out to the world....

CBC's dramatic account of the tragedy of Yellowknife's Giant Mine, in which 9 miners were killed during a bitter labour dispute....

A man returns to his family home on the East Coast of Canada to say goodbye to his terminally ill mother....

It seems like everyone in Violet’s family dies at age 55. Her mother did, her father did, and as this movie opens Violet, played by Mary Walsh, learns that her brother, Leonard has also died. He too was 55, an age she is now fast approaching herself....

A sensitive and realistic portrayal of the families' grief after the devastating crash of Swissair flight 111, in which all 229 passengers and crew were killed. A woman whose daughter was among the victims meets a fisherman in Nova Scotia who took pa...

A man tries to solve the mystery of his girlfriend's disappearance in this dreamlike, erotic tale of love, betrayal, and obsession inspired by the Brothers Grimm fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel"....

A lonely woodcarver longs for a son, so he builds a wooden puppet and names it Spinnolio...

Lawyer, judge, and politician John Matheson looks at candidates for Canada's new flag....

Golf balls, watermelons and lawn furniture all play a role in one eventful evening for a suburban family in crisis. Of the adult Snack siblings - Lindsay, Angus and Katy - Angus is the only one to have "escaped" the repressed life with their parents...

A trio of children steal a fir tree for a Christmas tree from a grouchy neighbor and later resolve to make amends....

Maura Mackenzie believes the world is hers to conquer. With her career as a concert pianist gaining momentum, it seems her beauty and talent will be strong enough to mask the demons that threaten to engulf her. But with an absent husband and two youn...