John Paizs
Director · Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Paizs (born in 1957) is a director, writer and actor from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. In 1985 his much-celebrated independent comedy Crime Wave was presented at the Toronto International Film Festival. He was the male lead and also wrote and directed the film. He worked on several TV series, but has not made another feature film until 1999's Top of the Food Chain, a stylish, low-budget sendup of Golden Age '50s science fiction movies. John is currently the Director in Residence at the Canadian Film Centre. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Paizs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies8
Movie7.8ComedyDramaMichaela 'Traps' Sinclair is a trans sex worker trying to get by in Vancouver while also mentoring her recently-out friend Adeline and making an attempt at pursuing actual motherhood. Meanwhile, lowly production assistant Turner finds himself dangerously spiraling into inceldom as his current relationship implodes.
Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps
2024 · 11 votes
Movie7.3DocumentaryInterviews 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 Maddin's films up to Twilight of the Ice Nymphs, including Careful and Archangel.
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
1997 · 7 votes
Movie6.4ComedyCrimeA 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 quite figure out the middle. The daughter of his landlord, excited to have a real "movie person" living nearby, tries to help by putting him in touch with a man who wants to collaborate on a script--the strange "Dr. Jolly"
Crime Wave
1985 · 19 votes
Movie7.1Springtime in Greenland uses '50s cinematic conventions and attitudes to tell a story about the sophomoric inhabitants of a fictional utopia.
Springtime in Greenland
1981 · 9 votes
Movie6.5ComedyA recently-deposed Central American dictator re-locates to a small town in Northern Manitoba and starts a new repressive regime.
Smoked Lizard Lips
1991 · 2 votes
Movie7.5ComedyThe further adventure of Nick, Paizs' silent hero sets off to college where he meets Brock West (Winnipeg journalist and rocker Peter Jordon, aka Rocky Roletti). Unwittingly, Nick becomes involved in attempts to restore old campus hangout and the dirty political tricks swirling a hard fought student election. The film successfully weaves the tone of 40s college hijinx movies through the clever spoof of current electoral trends, suggesting how easily old fashioned ethics can turn into fashion.
Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms
1982 · 2 votes
- Movie8.5Comedy
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 multimillionaire Quinton Frost. Paizs pokes fun at the jet set, the Cold War and Jean-Paul Sartre.
The International Style
1983 · 2 votes
- Movie7.8
A young man meets his obsession, a ghostly '60's Playboy-bunny styled "Connie," and is never the same!
The Obsession of Billy Botski
1980 · 5 votes