Arts writer & producer | Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, CBC Arts, Severin Films | Writing a book about going to the movies (“In the Dark,” ECW Press, 2027)
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The amazing BURNT OFFERINGS premiered at the Uptown Theatre 50
Years ago — see it tonight courtesy @NathAt at the @RevueCinema.
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This was a fun chat, and we were happy to be included among a great group of people keeping physical media alive!
Meet the purveyors and collectors who are carrying the torch for physical media in the age of streaming. thestar.com/entertainment/mo…
I wrote this. Was fun to talk to fellow lovers of obsolete tech & learn that @BayStreetVideo has seen a boost in new rental memberships in 2026. Their top-ten rentals of the year may surprise you.
Meet the purveyors and collectors who are carrying the torch for physical media in the age of streaming. thestar.com/entertainment/mo…
It’s the first anniversary of The Downtown Theatre newsletter! This week: a look at George Romero’s Toronto visits in 1979, the year Martin & Dawn of the Dead premiered here.
Martin had a pretty limited release. Opening night took place at the @Fox_Theatre on June 1 1979. Here’s the Fox in 1977.
This week's Downtown Theatre article revisits the history of the Parkdale Theatre, soon to be the new home of the @thephoenixtdot.
Earlier this year I reported on the closure of the Capitol Theatre in Yellowknife for CBC Arts. Its shuttering left only three operating theatres in all of Canada’s Territories. According to @CabinRadio it appears the Capitol will soon reopen: cabinradio.ca/306730/news/ar…
Here's my CBC Arts story from April: cbc.ca/arts/only-three-movie…
Wildest fact ever.
insane philly lore i just learned: Paulie's robot from ROCKY IV was a dancing robot named Pulsar leased from Pulsations, a futuristic-themed philadephia night club owned by no less than BAR RESCUE's @jontaffer. build the Pulsar statue! youtube.com/watch?v=2aJN0Cty…
My latest for the Star: an oral history of the Ramones first Toronto concerts, 50 years ago this month!
The New Yorker Theatre on Yonge Street hosted the New York City punk rockers, whose fiery performances inspired a new generation of musicians in the city. thestar.com/entertainment/mu…
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Stan Laurel with his Oscar for his creative pioneering in the field of cinema comedy. 33rd Academy Awards® in 1961.
#LaurelAndHardy #StanAndOllie
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Norman Mailer on men like George Chuvalo: "They have a code – it is to fight until they are licked, and if they have to take a punch for every punch they give, well, they figure they can win. They have more guts.”
My obit on the great Canadian heavyweight.
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