We tackle the work of Hong Kong auteur Johnnie To and discuss his journeyman roots that evolved into his distinct cinematic style and the future of passionate film artist in the Mainland Chinese machine. Featuring, bullets, gangsters and a handful of romantic musical...
Read more from Chloë Brett>> *Content Warning for discussion of sexual abuse* The holiday season is upon us whether we like it or not and what better way to embrace the festive spirit then to curl up with a mug of hot chocolate and a Christmas themed home...
We visit the magical time of Poverty Row studios with a discussion of Hitler's Madman, The Scar, Macbeth, The Golden Stallion and The Ghost Chasers. For more information on the retrospective visit: newsite.theroyal.to/movies We have a PATREON! Join for five dollars a...
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 popping up in mind as I did it, one that I couldn't help but obsess over every time...
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 like the memoir by the director of Alien Thunder, the history of STUDIO D: the...
A Year in Film - 2017 Nicolas Cage Retrospective By Chloë Brett We all know James Franco is fast coming for Nicolas Cage’s throne but the king of “How Many Movies Did He Put Out This Year?” has yet to be knocked down. In the past 3 year Nicolas Cage has been in 13...
We talk writer/director John Waters with Richelle Charkot - The Programming Director at The Royal Cinema and the curator of the upcoming This Filthy John Waters Retrospective. For more information on the retrospective check out: newsite.theroyal.to/movies We have a...
Humongous isn’t that big. He's more on the large side, a little misshapen, but to call him humongous would be plain insensitive. He was brought up to believe that humanity was evil, so it's only logical that he brutally murders everyone that stumbles onto his island...
We talk about the films of master surrealist, dramatist and cineaste Louis Buñuel. We have a PATREON! Join for five dollars a month and get a brand new exclusive episode of The Important Cinema Club every week. This week's Patreon subscribers get an entire episode on...
We walk cinematographers. Specifically, the men behind THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (Christopher Doyle) and CHUNKING EXPRESS (James Wong Howe). We have a PATREON! Join for five dollars a month and get a brand new exclusive episode of The Important Cinema Club every...
