It was David Cronenberg’s birthday, a national holiday in Canada, so we decided to catch up on our body horror from the past year.
I thought about A Different Man in comparison to The Substance, a film that would have worked as a 15-minute short (or better yet as a 5-minute parody of same) but stretched out over two hours and 20 minutes had us yelling, “We get it! Societal pressure, Hollywood beauty standards, the focus on youth, the male…
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A Different Man 2024
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The Quiet Man 1952
I sat down with a glass of Jameson's and watched this for a few minutes in honour of St. Patrick's Day. I recently picked up a dvd of it so I can watch it anytime I want, but yesterday it was on TCM so that's where I watched it. It's one of my favourite movies, despite its impenetrability for a modern audience. Ostensibly a romantic comedy, it's set in a fairytale neverwas version of Ireland and is sort of a…
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Drop the Needle 2022
Fascinating doc about the famous Toronto record store Play de Record, its owner Eugene Tam, and all the employees, djs, and hip-hop cultural figures associated with it since 1990. The film goes into some detail about the evolution of various scenes and the centrality of “Play D” to all of them, the weekly Thursday “event” of new record arrivals and the process of breaking new dance music through the store, clubs, radio, and mixtapes, and the importance of the 12-inch…
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Courage for Every Day 1965
Commie Goodness!
Existential Czech film about a young factory worker who is basically the only person in his world who still retains his revolutionary political ideals. He still goes to Party meetings and gives heartfelt little cliche speeches at local events and to journalists. Even though he’s smart and well educated, he refuses promotions and just wants to be a cog in the machine, doing his small part and trying to organize his fellow workers. His peers ridicule/ignore him and…Translated from by
