I love the holiday season, but December 25th has always been more of an ending than a climax in my mind. So to fill the time until that fateful day, I chase the Christmas dream by watching a Christmas movie every day during the month of December. It can be any genre,...
ICC #2 – Abel Ferrerra’s High on Movie Magic
Crazed. Passionate. Difficult. Psychotic. Dedicated. Nuts. All those adjectives describe director Abel Ferrera, but none of them explain how he's survived for so long and continued to helm projects that are personal and unique. Hosts Justin Decloux and Will Sloan may...
My Dear Killer (1972) – Terror Tuesday
As a film lover, I'm always chasing the hidden gems. The films that I've never heard anything about that will blow me away. I thought MY DEAR KILLER would do exactly that. I randomly stumbled upon the fact that it had screened on 16mm at Halloween marathon in...
Absolute Beginners (1983) – Musical Mondays
ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS has all the elements of my favorite musicals: It’s super artificial, the musical numbers happen in real time (as opposed to the imagination or on stage) and the story is simple and direct – a young man (Eddie O’ Connel) loses love, and out of spite,...
ICC #1 – Jerry Lewis is a Genius?
Is Jerry Lewis a Genius? In the first episode of the IMPORTANT CINEMA CLUB (A.K.A CLUB DU CINEMA IMPORTANT) hosts Justin Decloux (Laser Blast Film Society) and Will Sloan (Jerry Lewis Expert) dive into the work of an American legend through the prism of two of his...