Movies: Peter MacNeill

A lonely woodcarver longs for a son, so he builds a wooden puppet and names it Spinnolio...

A sensitive and realistic portrayal of the families' grief after the devastating crash of Swissair flight 111, in which all 229 passengers and crew were killed. A woman whose daughter was among the victims meets a fisherman in Nova Scotia who took pa...

When Valerie returns home from prison years after killing her neighbour in an apparent drunk driving accident, she wants nothing more than to move on - until the deceased's son shows up at her door and it becomes clear that the past is not easily for...

Golf balls, watermelons and lawn furniture all play a role in one eventful evening for a suburban family in crisis. Of the adult Snack siblings - Lindsay, Angus and Katy - Angus is the only one to have "escaped" the repressed life with their parents...

A coming of age story for Del Jordan, growing up first on the outskirts, and later in the centre, of the small, southern Ontario town of Jubilee. Del is portrayed as something of an outsider, unsatisfied with small-town life though unwilling to ackno...

A man returns to his family home on the East Coast of Canada to say goodbye to his terminally ill mother....

A trio of children steal a fir tree for a Christmas tree from a grouchy neighbor and later resolve to make amends....

Lawyer, judge, and politician John Matheson looks at candidates for Canada's new flag....