Dec 25, 2018

It's Christmas Day, and writer-director Justin McConnell -- whose new movie Lifechanger opens in Toronto, Ottawa and Calgary this Friday, December 28th, before coming to VOD on New Year's Day -- is here to jingle the bells for Christmas Evil (aka You Better Watch Out), Lewis Jackson's 1980 Yuletide psychodrama....

Dec 18, 2018

Programmer, producer and occasional actor Peter Kuplowsky has long been a champion of outsider cinema, and that's why he's flying the flag for Charles Roxburgh and Matt Farley's idiosyncratic 2012 creature feature Don't Let the Riverbeast Get You! Also, he's presenting Dial Code Santa Claus with Justin Decloux this...

Dec 11, 2018

Actor Stuart Hughes, whom you may have seen in Orphan Black, Murdoch Mysteries, Republic of Doyle and It, and whom you should see in The Drawer Boy, now streaming on Highball.tv, celebrates the 40th anniversary of Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven by delving into its impressionistic depths. Your genial host Norm Wilner...

Dec 3, 2018

Prem Singh and Michael Pugliese -- who co-wrote and co-star in the true-life boxing drama Tiger, in theatres now -- throw down for Rocky, the movie that made Sylvester Stallone a star, won a few Oscars and launched a franchise that continues to this very day. Your genial host Norm Wilner, on the other hand, is famous...

Nov 27, 2018

This episode isn't really about The Swimmer, Frank and Eleanor Perry's 1968 drama about the death of the American dream. It's just the hook for singer-songwriter Ensign Broderick -- whose new album Bloodcrush is in stores and online, and whose song "Accidence" powers the new short by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen...