R.H. Thomson Movies

  • 1997
    Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

    Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

    Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

    7.31997HD

    Interviews with Guy Maddin and his pals are included in this documentary about the Canadian film-maker's life and movies. Features clips from most of...

    Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
  • 1989
    Love & Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher

    Love & Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher

    Love & Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher

    7.71989HD

    Narcissistic Saskatchewan Tory politician Colin Thatcher is engaged in a bitter divorce from his wife Jo-Ann. When a series of court rulings over the...

    Love & Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher
  • 1997
    Twilight of the Ice Nymphs

    Twilight of the Ice Nymphs

    Twilight of the Ice Nymphs

    5.91997HD

    Set in a blazing land where the sun ceaselessly shines, this dramatic fantasy examines love’s darker aspects.

    Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
  • 1981
    Surfacing

    Surfacing

    Surfacing

    4.71981HD

    Following her father's puzzling disappearance, Kate and her city-bred companions brave the untamed backwoods in a desperate search for him. However,...

    Surfacing
  • 1993
    The Lotus Eaters

    The Lotus Eaters

    The Lotus Eaters

    8.51993HD

    Set off the West Coast of Canada in 1965, a hip new teacher with a miniskirt and lots of ideas turns a small town upside down. The soft autumn light...

    The Lotus Eaters
  • 2023
    The Last Curlew

    The Last Curlew

    The Last Curlew

    02023HD

    A grieving widower and his reluctant, teenage granddaughter embark on a pilgrimage of hope and faith that become a turning point in each of their...

    The Last Curlew
  • 1997
    Silent Cradle

    Silent Cradle

    Silent Cradle

    6.81997HD

    A woman has a miscarriage. After her grief becomes bearable, she attempts to adopt a baby, but discovers evidence that her baby might not have been...

    Silent Cradle
  • 1987
    Heaven On Earth

    Heaven On Earth

    Heaven On Earth

    81987HD

    An armful of destitute orphans transported to the New World at the turn of the century. This is the turbulent and moving story of four British...

    Heaven On Earth
  • 1970
    What We Have Left

    What We Have Left

    What We Have Left

    01970HD

    70-something Melanie invites her once young and idealistic hippie friends for a long-overdue reunion where everyone is told they have inherited the...

    What We Have Left
  • 1991
    The Quarrel

    The Quarrel

    The Quarrel

    6.31991HD

    In Montreal, on Rosh Hashanah, 1948, writer Chaim is forced to reflect on his religion when asked to be the tenth in a minyan. As he sits in the...

    The Quarrel
  • 1987
    Stranger in My Bed

    Stranger in My Bed

    Stranger in My Bed

    4.61987HD

    A woman gets amnesia after an accident, and doesn't remember her life, including her husband. While she tries to recall, she meets a man and begins a...

    Stranger in My Bed
  • 2007
    Hamlet {Solo}

    Hamlet {Solo}

    Hamlet {Solo}

    02007HD

    "Hamlet {Solo}" chronicles the six-year journey of actor Raoul Bhaneja as he mounts a one-man version of Shakespeare's Hamlet. The film includes a...

    Hamlet {Solo}
  • 1986
    The Marriage Bed

    The Marriage Bed

    The Marriage Bed

    8.51986HD

    Linda Griffiths stars as very pregnant Annie Graham, who's about to give birth to her third child in seven years. Annie looks back via flashbacks at...

    The Marriage Bed
  • 2015
    Five Stories

    Five Stories

    Five Stories

    02015HD

    In this inventive short, celebrated actor and director R.H. Thomson playfully deconstructs narrative, parting the curtain on the five central stories...

    Five Stories
  • 1985
    Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem

    Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem

    Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem

    91985HD

    One of a series of short, open-ended dramas designed to stimulate discussion of values and ethics in relation to modern medical technology. This film...

    Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem
  • 2001
    The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins

    The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins

    The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins

    6.42001HD

    This feature documentary is a portrait of Peter Watkins, an Oscar®-winning British filmmaker who, for the past 4 decades, has proved that films...

    The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins
  • 1989
    The First Season

    The First Season

    The First Season

    91989HD

    A British Columbia woman struggles to support herself and her daughter after the death of her husband. Nominated for achievements in editing and...

    The First Season
  • 2011
    Whirligig

    Whirligig

    Whirligig

    02011HD

    Floundering twenty-something Nicolas Sinclair attempts to win the heart of a married woman by befriending her 12-year-old son in this independent...

    Whirligig
  • 2015
    Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven

    Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven

    Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven

    9.52015HD

    Past meets present in a film that is evocative in approach, energized by breathtaking cinematography and an uplifting musical score, and offers a new...

    Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven
  • 1981
    Happy Memories

    Happy Memories

    Happy Memories

    5.31981HD

    A woman attempts to resume her place in the family that she abandoned years earlier.

    Happy Memories