Atom Egoyan Movies
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- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsPatrick TierneyBerj FazlianSirvart FazlianUnhappy living with his loveless parents, a young man convinces a family of Armenian immigrants that he's their long-lost son and moves in with them, improving all of their lives in the process.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsDavid HemblenAidan TierneyGabrielle RoseVan's father, Stan, is fond of video, always taping scenes of daily family life. But he does not take care of Van's grandmother, Armen. Although he could afford having her at home, she is spending her days watching TV in an old people's home. Van often visits her. He meets Aline, whose mother is in the next bed. Van wants to get his grandma out of the old people's home. Aline will help. Actually, Van, whose mother left, years ago, is looking for a real family life.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsMichael McManusArsinée KhanjianGabrielle RoseA lonely woman stalks a co-worker by obsessively watching videos he appears in. He is an actor trying to get a part in a new TV movie, written by his lover. She has written about her brother's death, but is losing control of the project.Egoyan's cinema has always been one of emotional displacement.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsElias KoteasArsinée KhanjianMaury ChaykinA family with the lack of sincerity faces a crisis.What is interesting is how Egoyan creates this intensely personal universe while at the same time making a movie that is funny and challenging.
- DirectorDenys ArcandMichel BraultAtom EgoyanStarsJacques AllardDenys ArcandBarbara ArsenaultSix stories about Montreal. 1: A young housewife from Toronto samples the nightlife using basic French. 2: The tale of a painting of Montreal's first mayor, Jacques Viger. 3: During a hockey game, Madeleine tries to tell Roger she wants a divorce after forty years of marriage. 4: A visitor to a conference on pictographs arrives at the airport, where the female customs officer steals a momento from each person. 5: As she is being driven to the hospital in an ambulance after an auto accident, Sarah recalls her life. 6: At a diplomatic reception, an older woman reminisces about her grand love in Montreal.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsArsinée KhanjianAshot AdamyanAtom EgoyanA woman stays in Armenia after her photographer husband completes his assignment and returns home to Canada.Plays as a meditation on the meaning of finding one's roots and identity.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsBruce GreenwoodElias KoteasDon McKellarA man plagued by neuroses frequents the club Exotica in an attempt to find solace, but even there his past is never far away."Exotica" is Egoyan's best yet, a film in which the characters seem completely real even while they seem to be acting without any apparent explanation - and then seem even more real when we understand them.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsIan HolmSarah PolleyCaerthan BanksA bus crash in a small town brings a lawyer to defend the families, but he discovers everything isn't what it seems.Director Atom Egoyan examines tragedy and its aftermath with intelligence and empathy.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsLori SingerYo-Yo MaDon McKellarEgoyan's contribution to Inspired By Bach, a series of six films featuring cellist Yo-Yo Ma collaborating with different artists to explore new interpretations of six Bach Cello Suites.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsBob HoskinsArsinée KhanjianElaine CassidyA young woman leaves Ireland to find her boyfriend in England, and while there is helped by a man hiding unsettling secrets.This is a simpler and less layered film than other works from Egoyan, who seems unable to infuse the psychological thriller with his characteristic humor and irony.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsCharles AznavourBrent CarverEric BogosianInterrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.Though Ararat radiates intelligence, its impact is diminished by an overly intricate plot and cerebral style.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsKevin BaconColin FirthAlison LohmanKaren O'Connor, a young journalist known for her celebrity profiles, is consumed with discovering the truth behind a long-buried incident that affected the lives and careers of showbiz team Vince Collins and Lanny Morris.The belabored noir plotting feels unbelievable, thus removing any sense of suspense. Also, Lohman is badly miscast.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosOlivier AssayasBille AugustStarsIsabelle AdjaniPegah AhangaraniAnouk AiméeA collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feelings about Cinema.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsDevon BostickRachel BlanchardLouca TassoneFor his French-class assignment, a high school student weaves his family history in a news story involving terrorism, and goes on to invite an Internet audience in on the resulting controversy.A complex and thought-provoking work, Atom Egoyan's Adoration works well as both mystery and engaging drama.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsJulianne MooreAmanda SeyfriedLiam NeesonSuspecting her husband of infidelity, gynecologist Dr. Catherine Stewart hires an escort named Chloe in order to test his faithfulness. Soon, the relationships between all three intensify.Despite its promising pedigree and a titillating premise, Chloe ultimately fails to deliver the heat -- or the thrills -- expected of a sexual thriller.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosGian Vittorio BaldiMarco BechisStarsAshot AdamyanGian Vittorio BaldiSonia BragaAn anthology film following different stories around the theme of invisibility in the modern world.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsColin FirthReese WitherspoonAlessandro NivolaThe savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a Satanic ritual.Devil's Knot covers fact-based ground that's already been well-traveled with multiple (and far more compelling) documentaries.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsRyan ReynoldsScott SpeedmanRosario DawsonEight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she's still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.Wan and lugubrious, The Captive represents another atmospheric, beautifully filmed misfire from director Atom Egoyan.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsChristopher PlummerKim RobertsAmanda SmithWith the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person he believes to be responsible for the death of his family in the death camp to kill him himself.Remember risks wandering into exploitative territory, but it's bolstered by some of Egoyan's best latter-day directing and a typically stellar performance from Christopher Plummer.