There are eight EVIL BONG movies. Let that sink in for a moment. Out there in the world, there was enough interest to generate eight ‘feature length’ motion pictures about a 'sassy' talking bong. How? To find the answer, I sat down with friend Andrew Barr, of ANDREW...
We discuss the career of the writer/director François Truffaut, the director of THE 400 BLOWS, DAY FOR NIGHT, and CONFIDENTIALLY YOURS. WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB On this week's Patreon episode, we discuss two classic films we watched for the first time....
I accidentally stumbled on the Hamilton's Trash Cinema page on Facebook years ago and assumed it was just a place where the admin could post photos of the rare VHS tapes he acquired - and I didn't recognize half of the movies that popped up! The ones I did recognize...
VICIOUS LIPS is a mess of a film. The poster promises the intergalactic rock’n’roll adventures of an all-women new-wave band, but the final result is a disorienting half-finished nightmare. It’s got a great premise: The up-and-coming rock band The Vicious Lips must...
Matt Farley should be famous. Listen to this In that one song, you can hear that Matt Farley crafts raw musical gems that reflect his place as a struggling artist, hopeless romantic, and lovable weirdo. And he's always introduced like this: Matt Farley has written...
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year! We talk about Gone with the Wind and Wizard of Oz. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop us a line at [email protected] WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB On this week's Patreon episodes, we...
We discuss the long take and what it means to cinematic style through the films I AM CUBA, HARD BOILED, TOUCH OF EVIL, GOODFELLAS and all of our other favorites. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop us a line at [email protected]
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 of The Kuchar Brothers? The passionate visions of Ed Wood? Can't we all think...
The Soldier is a John le Carré style cold-war spy story shot as a mood thick procedural punctuated by moments of hyper-violence (Featuring James Bond). It's as if Soderbergh made an action film in the early eighties and Sam Peckinpah shot the second unit. For a long...
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 during that time to warrant a whole documentary?" No, not really. Canada...
