bats

I smuggle snacks in too

not2old

Makes you wonder if an Australian in OZ or Brit that has never been outside the UK has the same reaction when watching a real Canadian movie (not made in Hollywood flick)?

'Goin' down the road' movie must same so strange

Have you ever watched that one Bristol?

Goin' Down the Road (1970) - IMDb

A few years ago on late TV there was Nicole Kidman early 1980's movie, now that could have been a 'Canadian east coast' or New England movie.

Thoroughly enjoyed it.

plasticcanuck

Watched Hidden Figures. Good acting and entertaining. A true story. Another slant on racism in USA.
Watched Fences. Great acting from Denzel Washington and Viola Davis. Perhaps an Oscar for Washington.
Watched Manchester by the Sea. Good stuff and Affleck a solid candidate for the Oscar. It's about a broken man.
Watched Hacksaw Ridge. An inspiring movie (at least for me), somewhat brutal in warring scenes but overall a good watch.

magnumpi

I liked it too, watched Hacksaw Ridge last night too. Another 8/10 well put together film.

BristolUK

Or sequel?

I have it lined up. Not the sequel...watching it.

caretaker

This is very Canadian:

beckiwoo

There was also Pricilla, Queen of the Desert. I also watched Bangkok Hilton, which was a late 1980s movie with Nicole Kidman and Hugo Weaving about a women who gets framed with smuggling drugs and her time in a jail in Thailand (I don't think it was Bangkang - the real Bangkok Hilton as that's a male jail).

It was a good movie if very dated.

Big fan of these locked up abroad, prisons abroad stuff. Might explain why I visited 5 different old jails when I went to Australia in 2010 lol.

Paul_Shepherd

I saw the trailer for that and really wanted to see it.... now you have told me about the ending leaving you hanging.... not interested now....i REALLY hate movies with inconclusive endings!! lol I find them very annoying.....you sit there for over 2 hours....and then.....nothing.... hanging..... arrrrrrggggghhhh!!!!

Siouxie

It's concluded to a degree.. I just found it an unsatisfying ending when it had the potential for more. I did enjoy the majority of it though!

Go and see it - it has rave reviews..

BristolUK

I remember watching something from Newfoundland and it was all a bit grim - overly strict father - but it had a novelty value.

I'm fond of Jesus of Montreal and I've Heard the Mermaids Singing is another good one.

I either downloaded it but didn't see it yet or started it but didn't finish

Yes, BH was very good. As was the Aussie TV series Vietnam, also with Nicole Kidman.

The black comedy Carry Me Back was also very good, but was New Zealand.

So Midnight Express then
I remember watching a clip on local TV (the regionalised news slot just after 6.00pm - HTV) of the prison visit with the glass partition between Billy and girlfriend. I don't think whoever was responsible quite realised what was going on.

beckiwoo

That was a great movie!

I remember that scene lol

magnumpi

Not sure where they could go after the penultimate scene, I liked the way it matrixed it's way toward the ending myself. My son however did not understand any of it Lol

Teaandtoday5

No-one I mention it to ever remembers Bangkok Hilton! Was a series though, not a film.

beckiwoo

Oh well, either way it was still good and when I downloaded it, it didn't come as a series, it was all rolled into one.

Teaandtoday5

At least I'm not the only one who's heard of it! Mentioned it to friends when we were having a 'what has she done to her face' moment after that advert at Christmas. They'd never heard of it despite being (like me) old enough to have watched it when it was shown on telly!