Month: September 2020
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News: FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting presents The Chesterfield
FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting presents The Chesterfield New Video Interview Series Hosted by iskwē and Ben Rayner Premieres October 6, 2020 FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting is pleased to announce The Chesterfield, a new video interview series about Canadian culture where notable Canadian artists reveal the Canadian art that inspires them. Hosted by songwriter and performance…
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The Cinephile on a Budget’s Guide to the Public Library
Did you know you can borrow Criterion films, among others, from the library? Blake talks about being a cinephile on a budget with the SPL. My university days were marked by the phrase 3 for $15. I would spend hours in HMV looking for the perfect combination of three, six, or nine stickered movies to…
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Comic Book Junkies
Comic Book Junkies is a comedy about fans and cosplayers who are thrown into a spin when the Coronavirus cancels San Diego Comic Con 2020. In the current pandemic crisis, has Zoom become the new artistic toolbox launch-pad, especially in the cinema field? Lenny Schwartz is a writer who has a history of presenting plays…
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Ron’s Picks – The Replacements, ‘Let It Be’
This week in Ron’s Picks, he looks at The Replacement’s album, ‘Let It Be.’ A ballsy move to name your record after a Beatles album! In 1981, a Minneapolis-based band by the name of The Replacements released an album of noisy, sloppy punk-flavored rock. They followed up their debut effort with an E.P. and then…
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The Shame of Greatest Hits Albums — And Five Exceptions
Dave looks at not only the idea of the oft-maligned greatest hits album, but also at five greatest hits compilations that may actually worth it. When I think of greatest hits albums, there’s a Kids In The Hall sketch that often comes to mind. A shopper who’s interested in discovering The Doors goes into a…
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Tenet
Christopher Nolan’s Tenet is as spellbinding as it is frustrating. And the theatres should be handing out hearing aids because we couldn’t hear a thing. The release of Christopher Nolan’s new film, Tenet, is an important one for filmmaking and the continued existence of the theatrical distribution model, even without the world being in the…
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Bill & Ted Face the Music
They talk for years about a sequel to a movie like Bill & Ted that you think will never happen, then blammo — one appears. I’ve always been an ardent fan of the Bill & Ted movies. I first came to them on late night cable when I was twelve or thirteen, and have been…