Parola chiave Vancouver

Dopo essere fuggito da una prigione del Michigan, un affascinante criminale in carriera assume una nuova identità in Canada e continua a rapinare la cifra record di 59 banche e gioiellerie mentre viene braccato da una task force canaglia. Basato sulla storia di The Flying Bandit.

David si mette sulle tracce della sua fidanzata scomparsa improvvisamente, con la consapevolezza che la ragazza non è mai stata chi diceva di essere

Dorothy è una biondina che fa la cameriera in una tavola calda. Paul è un imbroglioncello con l'hobby delle foto osée: convince Dorothy a posare per lui. Grazie alle foto, Dorothy vince la selezione per "Playboy". Quindi le si aprono le porte del cinema, ma la sua relazione con un regista fa impazzire di gelosia Paul, nel frattempo diventato suo marito, che la uccide prima di togliersi la vita. Il film è la storia vera di Dorothy Stratten, ex modella e attrice in E tutti risero cui Mariel Hemingway presta efficacemente il corpo. Fosse realizza un film permeato dall'idea della morte e caustico verso la società americana.

Un agente dell' FBI da la caccia a un rapinatore assassino. L'inseguimento si protrae sulle montagne al confine del Canada dove il ricercato prende in ostaggio una ragazza. Ma in Canada sarà raggiunto dal poliziotto, che gli salderà il conto con l'aiuto di una guida che ama la ragazza. Un bel giallo avventuroso, dove il regista trae ottimo partito dagli splendidi paesaggi delle "Rockies".

Olivier Assayas e' un regista discontinuo che alterna opere riuscite a tentativi sempre intelligenti ma a volte fuori dalle sue corde piu' intime. Questa volta e' riuscito a offrirci una storia in cui una protagonista dalla vita non proprio lineare sente il bisogno di ritrovare una propria pulizia interiore per potersi ripresentare a un figlio troppo a lungo trascurato. Il rischio della retorica e' in agguato ad ogni passo ma Assayas riesce ad evitarlo grazie alle prestazioni di Maggie Cheung e di un Nick Nolte che sa 'fare' il nonno in maniera assolutamente credibile nonostante la sua collocazione nell'immaginario collettivo.

Frances è una matura zitella che vive da sola in un appartamento vicino al parco. Un giorno offre riparo dalla pioggia a un uomo che sembra un vagabondo senza fissa dimora. Gradualmente le attenzioni di lei verso l'uomo si fanno sempre più pressanti, rivelando un malcelato interesse sessuale e scoprendo un mondo di repressioni e ipocrisie borghesi.

Primo lavoro cinematografico che si occupa in modo completo e globale del ruolo, innanzitutto politico e di appartenenza ad una comunità GLBT che è sempre più globale, che ha oggi il pride.

A team of Vancouver investigators, led by homicide detective Angie Flynn, sets out to uncover the motive of each puzzling murder by discovering the killer's connection to the victim. Viewers get a glimpse of the killer before and after the crime is committed.

Lawyer and recovering alcoholic Abigail Bianchi is struggling to put her career and family back together after hitting rock bottom. As a condition of her probation, Abby is forced to work at her estranged father’s firm, Svensson and Associates, and practice in family law for the first time while forging new relationships with the half-brother and half-sister whom she’s never met. The result is a dysfunctional family law firm operating to help other families with their own dysfunctions.

The lives of students at McKinley High School in Edgemont, a fictitious suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Cold Squad is a Canadian police procedural television series first broadcast in 1998 that followed the investigations of a part of the Vancouver Police Department Homicide Division tasked with solving cold cases, the titular Cold Squad, as led by Sergeant Ali McCormick. The cast of Cold Squad was diverse and changing, McCormick being the only character to appear in all 7 seasons. Some notable series regulars include Detective Tony Logozzo in seasons 1-2, Sgt. Frank Coscarella in seasons 3-4, Sgt. Len Harper in seasons 5-7, Insp. Vince Schneider season 1, Insp. Simon Ross season 2, Insp. Andrew Pawlachuk seasons 3-7, Det. Mickey Kollander seasons 3-6, Det. Nicco Sevallis seasons 3-6, Christine Wren seasons 4-7, as well as Det. Samantha Walters and Const. Ray Chase in season 7. Between the second and third seasons, almost the entire on-screen cast other than Julie Stewart were replaced. This along with the new sets, a significant revamp of the credits and theme music, and even having McCormick's hair change from auburn to dirty-blonde all contributed to a considerable reworking of the series.

The series centers on the conflict between a group of rebels from the year 2077 who time-travel to Vancouver, BC, in 2012, and a police officer who accidentally accompanies them. In spite of being many years early, the rebel group decides to continue its violent campaign to stop corporations of the future from replacing governments, while the police officer endeavours to stop them without revealing to anyone that she and the rebels are from the future.

Sunshine is an American comedy/drama television series that aired from March 6 until June 12, 1975.

Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. While never a ratings blockbuster, seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes. The show, set and filmed in Vancouver, stars Nicholas Campbell as Dominic Da Vinci, once an undercover officer for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but now a crusading coroner who seeks justice in the cases he investigates. The cast also includes Gwynyth Walsh as Da Vinci's ex-wife and chief pathologist Patricia Da Vinci, Donnelly Rhodes as detective Leo Shannon, and Ian Tracey as detective Mick Leary.

A rookie Homicide detective's negligence in a fellow officer's death has her searching for redemption in her investigations.

Robson Arms follows the lives of the tenants in a once-grand low-rise in Vancouver's eclectic West End. The building is home to an unlikely collection of characters who live under one roof, yet occupy different worlds. One thing is certain, you'll never see your neighbours the same way again.

When a risk-averse, straight-arrowed, female procurement manager at an Amazon-like distribution center falls in love with a free-spirited man who lives life to the fullest because he believes the apocalypse is imminent, they embark on a quest together to fulfill their individual bucket lists, with comedic and poignant results.

Shattered is a Canadian police procedural series. The main character is a tough, smart homicide detective in Vancouver who suffers from dissociative identity disorder, also known as multiple personality disorder. In the first moments of the series, Ben is bonded in blood to his determined friend. While they work to solve the murder cases that cross their desk daily, Ben copes with the fascinating complexities of his secret disorder, and the uncertainty of never knowing which alternate personality will surface, or when.

Follows the dangerous work of logger and sawmill owner Kevin Wenstob as he and his crew go to extremes to keep the family sawmill, and their way of life, alive.

Knowledge Original series that follows the heroic members of Canada's busiest volunteer search and rescue team as they set off by foot and helicopter to rescue people from the rugged wilderness of North Vancouver. (NSR)

This Space for Rent is a Canadian dramedy on CBC starring Dov Tiefenbach that premiered on January 4, 2006 as a 'special' CBC pilot as part of its "Comedy Week". Tiefenbach plays Lucky Carroway, a recent university graduate and writer who finds that life after university is not as perfect as it might seem. The show begins shortly after his valedictorian speech, when his world comes crashing down after his first book is rejected by his literary agent. His life becomes worse as his arch-nemesis becomes a published author who appears in "Vancouver Magazine's" top 10 writers list. He becomes a recluse who constantly wears his graduation robe and plays video games all day. However, he quickly recovers by writing a vicious 'letter to the editor' to Vancouver Magazine where he decries the selection of his arch-nemesis as a top 10 writer. This letter angers so many readers of the magazine that they offer him a job as an anonymous "Hate Male" article writer. He lives in downtown Vancouver in a flat with several friends. Emily Hampshire plays a recent law school graduate named Iona Goldenthal, a binge drinker who must deal with the chauvinistic world of law. Rainbow Sun Francks plays a recent graduate named Barnaby Sharpe who majored in economics and Russian literature. He fails his first audition and ends up working at a Jar Heads, a Starbucks parody, as a "coffee jerk". Kea Wong plays Rumour Wong, a medical intern and Lucky's girlfriend, who must deal with Lucky's mental breakdown and reclusive nature. Jason Bryden plays Elliot Hayden, a mutual gay friend who speaks Mandarin and frequents Chinatown. He teaches English to immigrant children and acts as a foil to the rest of the characters.