A view of the life and works of the late Alex Colville, the celebrated Canadian painter. Shows the influence on his life and works of his experience as an artist during World War II, and of his relationship with his wife, Rhoda. Friends and critics speak of the construction and sense of menace in his work, and Colville comments on his sense of order, goodness, and contingency.
A house is visited by a clean, organized, well-mannered guest.
David Bono is a hitman hired to target Orshanabi Nazzar, a high-ranking priest-bureaucrat in a temple corporation in the fictional city of Babylonia (Brussels-based). The corporation has invented a way to avoid death by recording people's lives. While gathering information and preparing for the job, David meets Ellie, with whom they slept together. However, Ellie is a member of a cult called Children of Ishtar, and David's job would interrupt their life-recording ceremony. Facing an obsessive dilemma, David tries to find a way to do his mission without killing Ellie. First, he tries to convince Ellie not to attend the ceremony, and then he hires a local crook to kidnap her while he does the job. After the successful job, Ellie frees herself from the kidnapper, discovers the truth, and leaves for Akkadia. Meanwhile, David calls to receive the rest of his payment but gets ambushed by the contractor.
Ostatnie dni wojny w Korei. Sierżant Dennison (Robert Walker Jr.) dostaje polecenie zatankowania amerykańskiego frachtowca. Zajęty czynnością nie zauważa nadlatującego wrogiego bombowca. Podczas ataku ginie jeden z poruczników, a sierżant bierze do niewoli rannego pilota i więzi go na statku. Żołnierze dostają polecenia egzekucji wroga, ale Dennison niespodziewanie staje w jego obronie.
Głównym bohaterem filmu I Think We’re Alone Now jest Del, któremu wydaje się, że jest ostatnim człowiekiem na świecie. Po wyginięciu rasy ludzkiej Del żyje w swoim małym, pustym miasteczku i cieszy się samotnością. Pewnego dnia odnajduje go Grace, którą mężczyzna traktuje jak intruza o niejasnych motywacjach. Co gorsza, dziewczyna chce przy nim zostać. Film to podróż psychologiczna – produkcja bada ludzkie zachowania i pokazuje niezaprzeczalną potrzebę towarzystwa.