Gary Farmer
Gary Dale Farmer (born June 12, 1953) is a versatile and esteemed Native-Canadian actor known for his compelling performances on screen. Born in Ohsweken, Ontario, Farmer has made significant contributions to film and television. He was nominated for an Independent Spirit... Read full bio →
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The Score
2001
Cowboys
Troy and his young transgender son Joe are on the run from his conservative mother in the Montana wilderness, with a detective in hot pursuit.
First Cow
In 1820, a cook travels to Oregon, where he meets a Chinese immigrant who is also looking to make his fortune. Soon, they team up in a dangerous scheme to steal milk from a prized local cow, the first and only in the territory.
Jimmy P.
At the end of WWII, Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot who fought in France, suffers from unexplainable symptoms and is admitted to a military hospital. When doctors suspect schizophrenia, an eccentric psychoanalyst takes up the case and starts a conversation with the veteran.
Good Neighbours
Takes place in 1995, the year of the second referendum on the separation of Quebec. In the dead of winter, a serial killer is on the loose in the small Montreal neighborhood of Notre Dame de Grace. The tenants of an old apartment house must figure out who they can trust and who they can't.
Swing Vote
In a remarkable turn of events, the result of the presidential election comes down to one man's vote.
Disappearances
Forced to smuggle whiskey in an attempt to save a family, Quebec Bill (Kris Kristofferson) and his son embark on an unforgettable trip through the vast reaches of the wilderness.
All Hat
After Ray serves his sentence, he seeks to find a new start in the world of thoroughbred racing, where romance and trouble are always present.
3 Needles
A three-paneled look at the worldwide A.I.D.S. crisis. Three tragic stories taking place in South Africa, China, and Montréal.
A Thief of Time
Officers Leaphorn and Chee search for a missing anthropologist suspected of stealing artifacts from a burial site.
The Big Empty
Struggling actor John Person agrees to drive a blue suitcase from Los Angeles to the small town of Baker, Calif., and hand it over to a mysterious cowboy in return for having his credit card debt of $27,000 paid off. Upon his arrival, John can't find the cowboy but receives an ominously head-shaped package he's supposed to hang onto.
Coyote Waits
A Navajo shaman is the prime suspect in a murder case in this drama from PBS. But as Officer Jim Chee investigates the case he discovers some unusual events that perplex the veteran lawman, leading to an intriguing climax.
Angels Don't Sleep Here
A man is accused of murder and manipulated into a web of deceit as his thought-to-be dead twin brother plots revenge on those who tried to kill him.
Adaptation.
Charlie Kaufman writes the way he lives... With Great Difficulty. His Twin Brother Donald Lives the way he writes... with foolish abandon. Susan writes about life... But can't live it. John's life is a book... Waiting to be adapted. One story... Four Lives... A million ways it can end.
The Score
An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.
Route 666
A federal witness runs away and a team of government agents track him down, but when they take a shortcut on the return trip, they're attacked by zombies.
Delivering Milo
A guardian angel has 24 hours to convince a soul that life on Earth is worth the effort.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
An African American mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
Smoke Signals
Arnold rescued Thomas from a fire when he was a child. Thomas thinks of Arnold as a hero, while Arnold's son Victor resents his father's alcoholism, violence and abandonment of his family.
Lilies - Les feluettes
1952: Bishop Bilodeau visits a prison to hear the confession of Simon, a boyhood friend jailed for murder 40 years ago. However, once there, Bilodeau finds himself forced to watch a play put on by Simon and the other inmates depicting the two men's youths. As the play progresses, the tragic truth of Simon's crime comes to light.
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
High-level demons collect low-level demons as warriors in attempt to obtain a key containing the blood of Christ. The key is guarded by immortal warriors called Demon Knights.
Dead Man
Dead Man is an American western film by Jim Jarmusch from 1995 starring Johnny Depp. This completely black and white film tells the story of the last few days of a young man’s life who moved into the Wild West at the end of the 19th century.
Ed and His Dead Mother
A mourning son makes a deal to reanimate his one year dead mother, however things turn into an unexpected direction.
Sparks: The Price of Passion
A female mayor of Albuquerque gets embroiled in a fight over the development of a new economic center. In the midst of this, she receives blackmail photos of an overnight fling she had with a stranger and threats of blackmail. On top of all this, the city is under siege by a serial killer who hunts powerful women.
Renegades
Buster McHenry is as an undercover agent for the police. His mission involves him in a robbery. Buster gets shot but Hank Storm, an Indian, helps Buster. Since Hank wants a spear in the possession of the criminals that Buster is after, they team up.
Powwow Highway
Two Northern Cheyenne men take a road trip from Montana to New Mexico to bail out the sister of one of them who has been framed and arrested in Santa Fe. On the way, they begin to reconnect to their spiritual heritage.
The Big Town
A dice roller falls in love with a talented dancer who happens to be the wife to a gangster.
The Believers
Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison (Martin Sheen) is reluctantly drawn into a series of grisly, ritualistic murders involving the immolation of two youths.
Police Academy
A group of good-hearted but incompotent misfits enter the police academy, but the instructors there are not going to put up with their pranks.