Upcoming Screenings: December 2011
While many of us discovered Canuxploitation films through late night TV screenings and VHS rentals, there’s still something special about catching a locally produced B-movie classic in the theatre alongside other Canadian film fans. Here’s a selection of classic Canadian B-movie screenings happening soon.
DEATH WEEKEND – 35mm
Monday December 5, 7pm
Innis Hall, University of Toronto
Free screening! Bill Fruet’s rape revenge classic doesn’t screen very often, so make sure you check this one out! More info here.
JANIS — 35mm
Wednesday December 7, 7pm
Bytowne Cinema, Ottawa
The latest film in the Lost Dominion Screening Collective‘s Canadian Cult Revue season is this 1974 rock doc that features archival footage and performances by the iconic female rocker. More info here.
BLACK CHRISTMAS — 35mm
Friday December 9, 11:30pm
Metro Cinema at the Garneau, Edmonton
To me, nothing says Christmas in Canada more than Margot Kidder getting impaled on a glass unicorn. More info here.
A CHRISTMAS STORY & BLACK CHRISTMAS– 16mm
Friday December 9, 7pm & 9pm
Blue Sunshine, Montreal
Nothing will get you more in the holiday mood with this essential Bob Clark holiday double bill! More info here.
HIGH – 16mm
Saturday December 10, 8pm
Blue Sunshine, Montreal
Don’t forget to bring your patchouli for this Montreal-shot LSD art/exploitation movie. Director Larry Kent will be in attendance! More info here.
DOWN THE ROAD AGAIN & GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD– DV/35mm
Sunday December 11, 3:15pm & 5pm
Tuesday December 13, 7pm & 9pm
Mayfair Theatre, Ottawa
Christmas got you down? Wallow in your holiday funk with a double bill of Don Shebib’s original tale of Maritimer joblessness and its brand new follow up, released earlier this year! Two chances to catch it! More info here.
THE DOG WHO STOPPED THE WAR – 35mm
Wednesday December 28, 1pm
Mayfair Theatre, Ottawa
This klassic Montreal kiddie matinee hits the Lost Dominion Screening Collective‘s Canadian Cult Revue! Take the whole family! More info here.
Holiday DVD Giveaway: We Want Your CanFilm Five
GIVEAWAY TIME! Since we launched the Canuxploitation blog in July, we’ve posted more than a dozen top 5 lists by filmmakers, writers, programmers cult film know-it-alls and all around cool people. But now here’s your chance to let other Canadian film fans know your personalized picks and score some awesome DVD prizes while you’re at it!
Canuxploitation’s 2011 Holiday Gift Guide – Part 2
It’s a problem that has plagued holiday shoppers since the very beginning of time–what to get that fickle Canadian cult film fan on your list this holiday season? With only 26 more shopping days until Christmas (and even less until Hanukkah), Canuxploitation is once again here to help you come up with ideas. With Part 1′s CDs, DVDs and stocking stuffers behind us, this time out we’re looking at posters and other items for the home. Next week it’s clothing and big ticket items. So pour yourself a little holiday cheer and enjoy the real reason for the season: mindless, revenous consumerism!
Thanks to Canuxploitation contributors Lauren Oostveen and Allan Mott for their help compiling this guide.
POSTERS
PSYCHOTIC FOREST RANGER AUTOGRAPHED POSTER – $40
Created by The Dude Designs, this poster for recent indie horror comedy comes autographed by the filmmakers. [UPDATE: and the ranger himself!]
RABID POSTER – $45
You can’t go wrong with RUE MORGUE designer/artist Justin Erickson’s brilliantly illustrated poster re-do for David Cronenberg’s RABID.
Catching Up With the Restricted Cougar
We thought he was a goner, but he just couldn’t stay away. The “restricted cougar” logo, first introduced in the 1960s by the B.C. Film Classification Board to denote R-rated films, will be prowling back on to West coast screens soon. Beloved by Canadian exploitation fans for its iconic, simple design that served as a promise of lurid sex and violence to come, the cougar appeared in several animated bumpers (such as the one below) that played in theatres and became a cult figure of its own, even recently popping up in Tarantino and Rodriguez’s GRINDHOUSE collaboration.
Largely killed in 1997 due to a standardized “18A” rating system, the cat’s comeback is being engineered by Consumer Protection BC, the group that rates films in BC and Saskatchewan. To help the public get reacquainted with this sleazy symbol of our cultural heritage, they have created an interactive timeline and a YouTube channel that collects the cougar’s animated shorts.
Canuxploitation’s 2011 Holiday Gift Guide – Part 1
It’s a problem that has plagued holiday shoppers since the very beginning of time–what to get that fickle Canadian cult film fan on your list this holiday season? With only 33 more shopping days until Christmas (and even less until Hanukkah), Canuxploitation is here to help. We’ve dug deep into the dingiest corners of the internet to come up with a whole macramé stocking full of ideas to keep your holiday bright and your Christmas considerably less Black. As our guide threatened to burst with so much good cheer, we were forced to break it up into three separate instalments. This time out, we’re looking at stocking stuffers, CDs (people still buy those?) and DVDs. Next week it’s items for the home, and the following week spotlights clothing and big ticket items. Thanks to Canuxploitation contributors Lauren Oostveen and Allan Mott for their help compiling this guide.
STOCKING STUFFERS
ILSA SHE WOLF OF THE SS keychain – $3
Give the gift that will creep out your friend’s family, co-workers or anyone else who spots this plastic-enclosed ode to sexploitation dangling from their car ignition. Also makes for a very awkward Hanukkah gift.
