The Atom Egoyan Collection (7-Disc Blu-ray Box Set)

Much-loved filmmaker Atom Egoyan specialises in films exploring the ways in which society and sexual relations are mediated through technology and beaurocracy, and the isolation that can result. Seven of the Canadian's key titles are collected in this essential Blu-ray box set.

The films:

In Exotica (1994), pet shop owner Thomas (Don McKellar) arrives in town with a secret cache of rare bird eggs. Sharing a cab from the airport, he ends up in Exotica, a local strip club. Fascinated by star stripper Christina (Mia Kirshner), he becomes drawn into her chaotic orbit along with the club DJ (Elias Koteas) and a troubled tax auditor (Bruce Greenwood).

The Adjuster (1991) also stars Elias Koteas, this time as Noah Render, an insurance adjuster whose attempts to help others mask a deeper malaise in his own life. His wife Hera (Arsinée Khanjian) is a disillusioned film censor who obsessively copies the most explicit scenes in the films she reviews. After Noah helps a rich young woman whose house has burned down, Hera invites a young film-maker into their home to shoot a movie, and as their elaborate sexual fantasies are acted out on video, they begin to explore a world consumed by voyeurism and exhibitionism.

In Family Viewing (1987), Van (Aidan Tierney) finds himself in a difficult situation when he realises that his father Stan (David Hemblen) is recording over the family's home movies with home-made pornography. Not only is Stan's lover Sandra (Gabrielle Rose) entangled in his dark fantasies, but she also expresses a sexual interest in Van. Dividing his time between the family home and a nearby nursing residence caring for his ageing grandmother Armen (Selma Keklikian), Van meets Aline (Khanjian), who works as a phone-sex operator, and the two concoct a plan to escape his emotionally cold father.

In The Sweet Hereafter (1997), powerful lawyer Mitchell Stephens (Ian Holm) arrives in a small town in British Columbia after 14 children die in a school bus crash. Promising that he will win compensation for the townsfolk, Stephens investigates the murky circumstances surrounding the accident, discovering various dark secrets lurking beneath the town's surface.

In Calendar (1993) a photographer (Egoyan) and his wife (Khanjian) travel to Armenia to photograph churches for use in a calendar, employing a native speaking driver (Ashot Adamyan) to escort them around the country. On their travels a relationship develops between the photographer's wife and the Armenian guide. Looking back on this time from his apartment in Toronto, the newly separated photographer contacts women through an escort agency and invites them to dinner, all while his estranged wife tries reconcile with him.

Next of Kin (1984) stars Patrick Tierney as Peter, a young man from a white family who is constantly under pressure to do something meaningful with his life. The family visit a therapist in the hopes of getting to the bottom of Peter's apparent laziness. When Peter visits the clinic alone, hoping to view the video recording of the family's last meeting last meeting, he is mistakenly shown a recording of an immigrant family who had given up their first son for adoption upon entering the country. Under the guise of 'taking a break', Peter then assumes the adoptees' identity...

In Speaking Parts (1989), struggling actor Lance (Michael McManus) works at a local hotel while bbetween acting gigs. When Lance learns that a scriptwriter, Clara (Rose), is staying at the hotel, he leaves his résumé in her room in the hope that she'll give him a part in her next film. Before long the two become romantically involved and Lance finds himself with his first lead role. But Clara becomes increasingly distressed when a series of changes are made to her story by the movie's producer.

• Documentary: Formulas for Seduction: The Cinema of Atom Egoyan