John Paizs Movies

  • 1985
    Crime Wave

    Crime Wave

    Crime Wave

    6.21985HD

    A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't...

    Crime Wave
  • 1999
    Top of the Food Chain

    Top of the Food Chain

    Top of the Food Chain

    5.51999HD

    An isolated Canadian town (populated by the weirdest group of people this side of Saturn) has seen its share of problems. First the nut factory...

    Top of the Food Chain
  • 2024
    Castration Movie

    Castration Movie

    Castration Movie

    02024HD

    A transsexual sex worker wants to have a child and faces obstacles at every turn.

    Castration Movie
  • 1991
    Smoked Lizard Lips

    Smoked Lizard Lips

    Smoked Lizard Lips

    41991HD

    A recently-deposed Central American dictator re-locates to a small town in Northern Manitoba and starts a new repressive regime.

    Smoked Lizard Lips
  • 1997
    Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

    Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

    Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

    7.21997HD

    Interviews with Guy Maddin and his pals are included in this documentary about the Canadian film-maker's life and movies. Features clips from most of...

    Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
  • 2005
    Marker

    Marker

    Marker

    3.72005HD

    In an isolated small town in the Pacific Northwest, Sylvia's teenaged life of juggling two boyfriends and an overprotective father is turned upside...

    Marker
  • 1982
    Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms

    Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms

    Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms

    81982HD

    The further adventure of Nick, Paizs' silent hero sets off to college where he meets Brock West (Winnipeg journalist and rocker Peter Jordon, aka...

    Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms
  • 1980
    The Obsession of Billy Botski

    The Obsession of Billy Botski

    The Obsession of Billy Botski

    7.21980HD

    A young man meets his obsession, a ghostly '60's Playboy-bunny styled "Connie," and is never the same!

    The Obsession of Billy Botski
  • 1976
    Ho Down

    Ho Down

    Ho Down

    61976HD

    An enjoyable animated film done by drawing directly on the film in the tradition of Norman McLaren. Two circles, one male and one female, bounce,...

    Ho Down
  • 1983
    The International Style

    The International Style

    The International Style

    81983HD

    An amusing melange of '60s spy thrillers and other classics. Super secret agent Nick attempts to liberate a top secret microchip from the clutches of...

    The International Style
  • 1981
    Springtime in Greenland

    Springtime in Greenland

    Springtime in Greenland

    6.81981HD

    Springtime in Greenland uses '50s cinematic conventions and attitudes to tell a story about the sophomoric inhabitants of a fictional utopia.

    Springtime in Greenland
  • 1977
    The Dreamer

    The Dreamer

    The Dreamer

    71977HD

    A little-known animated short about the hearty imagination of a young elephant.

    The Dreamer
  • 1979
    Ed Zorax of the Future City

    Ed Zorax of the Future City

    Ed Zorax of the Future City

    01979HD

    Suspicious goings-on have been happening in the ruins of the Old City, threatening the very foundations of society. Agent Ed Zorax, posing as an...

    Ed Zorax of the Future City
  • 1978
    Highway 61 Revisited

    Highway 61 Revisited

    Highway 61 Revisited

    01978HD

    A souped-up paean to sex, violence and all-around rowdy behavior.

    Highway 61 Revisited