Cancon Fun: Ryan’s Babe (2000)
It bums me out when someone says “Oh dude, that movie is worse than THE ROOM!” It’s a smug comparison that straightjackets and cheapens offbeat slices of cinema. What about the works…
Cancon Fun: Dreamland – A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939 (1974)
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…
The Best Canadian Films of 2017
It’s always frustrating to read a THE BEST FILMS OF ____ list, get excited about a film I’ve never heard of, and then discover that its only played at a few festivals…
The Complete List of Best Canadian Film Winners from the Canadian Film Awards, Genie Awards and Canadian Screen Awards
The Canadian Screen Awards (A.K.A “The Canadian Film Awards AKA “The Genies” AKA “The Canadian Oscars) are Canada’s most prestigious cinematic award ceremony. Because I like making lists, I’ve collected all the…
The Most Important Movie In The World – Heavy Metal with Shane
It’s issue #3 of the new series by Film Trap writer Chloë Brett: “The Most Important Movie In The World”! In her last article she talked with her friend Lee about his favourite…
Why The Hell Don’t We Watch Canadian Cinema?
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…
The Ultimate List of Canadian Film Books
You ready to experience the wild world of Canadian Cinema in the most exciting form of all?! Book form?! I don’t simply mean tomes about Cronenberg and Egoyan. I’m talking about stuff…
Canada’s Rip-Off (1971)
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…
ICC #57 – The Puzzle of Atom Egoyan
Will and Justin discuss the career of the Important Canadian Director – Atom Egoyan. They talk his breakthrough hit Exotica, his last film Remember, PLUS, A CONTEST: Advertise the podcast in the…
Sudden Fury is Great Forgotten Canuxploitation (1975) – Review
A compact Hitchcock thriller forgotten as a footnote in Canuxploitation history. Director Dan Hennessey stretches a simple cat and mouse premise to its utmost limits, at times bordering on BLOOD SIMPLE territory….
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