Saturday, August 16, 2025

TIFF's film cancellation (now reversed) shows how wokeness can descend into immorality

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It’s a case of woke going too far. This week the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) pulled a documentary about the October 7, 2023 ...
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Finally, I'm watching Seinfeld - all nine seasons

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With the exception of three or four episodes, I had never watched the enormously popular 1990s era sitcom Seinfeld . Chalk that up to not ha...
Friday, July 4, 2025

This 'summer' film will haunt, and Arcand's prophetic 'Testament'

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There are few films that have haunted me as much as Frank Perry’s 1968  The Swimmer with Burt Lancaster. It’s now been more than a month si...
Wednesday, June 18, 2025

An early June at the cinemas (à Montréal)

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It's been a full couple weeks of movies since I arrived in Montreal earlier this month. Besides sampling films at my fave independent Mt...
Friday, June 6, 2025

More light-hearted fare at this year's Windsor Jewish Film Fest

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It’s a decided break from the past at this year’s Windsor Jewish Film Festival , June 16-19 at The Capitol downtown. For years the fest has ...
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

In Montreal, two iconic film palaces, each in their own way

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Walking around downtown Montreal over the last couple of days – my first extensive trip to the city in more than two years - I happened by t...
Monday, May 19, 2025

Yesterday I didn't finish watching more than a dozen films

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I must have gone through at least a dozen films yesterday trying to find something to watch. I’d started out renting on YouTube Francois Oz...