A few months ago, I was surprised to read there was a 1974 documentary called Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939. "Wow," I thought to myself "There was enough Canadian Cinema during that time to warrant a whole documentary?" No, not really. Canada...
I set out to make a list of important Canadian films that have never been properly released (which you can read below after this preamble), but there was one question that kept popping up in mind as I did it, one that I couldn't help but obsess over every time...
Rip-Off is the lighthearted tale of a bunch of Toronto teens struggling with the reality of finishing high school. They pull pranks, they play in a band and they chase girls as they try to come to terms with the existential angst of the future. It's like a high minded...
Ah, Canuxploitation - the result of an insanely lucrative (and exploitable) tax break that gave the world a pile of Canadian horror films. Most of them are shit. Some of them are gold. Quite a few of them tried their hardest to come off ass pure USA grade product....
The Important Cinema Club Episode #23 - What the hell is Canadian Cinema? Listen to more episodes of The Important Cinema Club>> Justin and Will tackle the eternal question through the work of Canada's golden boy director/writer/actor/country singer Paul Gross....
