ICC #148 – The Best Films of 2018
The title says it all: We pick the best films of 2018. You can check out our lists HERE. On this week’s Patreon episode, we discuss the documentary CINEMANIA and talk about…
RIP Ringo Lam: The Angriest Director in Hong Kong
If you’ve had a passing interest in Hong Kong cinema, you’ve run into the works of Director Ringo Lam. Tarantino ripped off the structure of Reservoir Dogs from Lam’s City on Fire, Lam made…
ICC #146 – Punk as Penelope Spheeris
We discuss the career of writer/director Penelope Spheeris, her amazing trilogy of music documentaries THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION 1-3, and her mainstream comedy work like WAYNE’S WORLD and THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES….
ICC #145 – The Problems of Bill Gunn
We discuss the work of writer/director Bill Gunn, his screenwriting work on THE LANDLORD and his two major directorial projects GANJA AND HESS and PERSONAL PROBLEMS. If you have any questions or…
Christmas Movie Mania: Money Train (1995)
My eyes lit up when I saw Money Train on the shelf of Bay Street Video’s Christmas section. “This takes place on Christmas?” I whispered excitedly under my breath. I had never seen…
You Don’t Know Me, But You Love Me: The Lives of Dick Miller (Book Review)
I love Dick Miller. Is it because I watched Gremlins so many times as a kid? Or The Terminator? Maybe. But that still doesn’t explain the other thousands of people that have fallen…
ICC #144 – Amitabh Bachchan: The Biggest Superstar in the Universe
We discuss the career of the super mega amazing Ultrastar Amitabh Bachchan and his films Zanjeer, Amar Akbar Anthony, Coolie and Mohabbatein. WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB If you have any questions or comments, feel free to…
The Brief and Glorious Existence of Canada’s First Rites Video Label
Back in ye olden days of the Video Store, Rogers Video was the place to be. Sure, Blockbuster often edged them out selection wise, but Rogers Video was CANADIAN. The big rental…
The Low-Fi Paranoid Insanity of Chris Shaw’s SPLIT (Blu-ray Review)
Split (1989) is the wild dream of a madman mainlining Philip K. Dick as he writes a thesis paper on chaos theory high on the invisible waves of the universe. It’s one…
Luc Moullet: The Poverty Row Filmmaker of The French New Wave
Luc Moullet deserves your respect! For years, he’s been elbowed into the gutter by Godard, Truffaut, Chabrol, and Rivette, even though he’s been…
