RIP Ringo Lam: The Angriest Director in Hong Kong
If you've had a passing interest in Hong Kong cinema, you've run into the works of Director Ringo Lam. Tarantino ripped off the structure of Reservoir Dogs from Lam's City on Fire, Lam made the stone cold action classic Full Contact starring Chow Yun-Fat, and Lam also...
The Brief and Glorious Existence of Canada’s First Rites Video Label
Back in ye olden days of the Video Store, Rogers Video was the place to be. Sure, Blockbuster often edged them out selection wise, but Rogers Video was CANADIAN. The big rental chains had obliterated all the great mom and pop stores, so a loyal canuck might as well...
Luc Moullet: The Poverty Row Filmmaker of The French New Wave
Luc Moullet deserves your respect! For years, he’s been elbowed into the gutter by Godard, Truffaut, Chabrol, and Rivette, even though he's been making films since they have (with 1/100th of the resources)...
All Square (Movie Review)
I’ve been a fan of Director John Hyams work since his impressively mounted Universal Soldier: Regeneration. I was glad to see the world take notice with the release of his bonkers follow up Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, but instead of Hyams moving on to more...
Spirits of The Air, Gremlins of the Clouds (Blu-ray Review)
Honestly, this review should just be a series of screengrabs from the film. Soak in the beauty. The first feature by Director Alex Proyas (The Crow, Dark City, Gods of Egypt) Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds plays like a meditative riff on the works of...
SLEEPWALKERS (Blu-Ray Review)
SLEEPWALKERS is a blast of energetic 80's style creature feature - that came out in 1992. Tanya (Madchen Amick of TWIN PEAKS fame) has a meet-cute with the new boy in school Charlie (Charles Brady), but little does Tanya know that Charlie is a shape-shifting monster...
I Barely Survived All (Eight) Evil Bong Films
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...
ICC #133 – Did François Truffaut Become What He Despised?
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....
Hamilton’s Trash Cinema: You’ll Never See Anything Like It Ever Again
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 (Review)
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...
