Rip-Off is the lighthearted tale of a bunch of Toronto teens struggling with the reality of finishing high school. They pull pranks, they play in a band and they chase girls as they try to come to terms with the existential angst of the future. It's like a high minded...
ICC #61 – Mike Leigh Won’t Put Up With Your Shit
Justin and Will talk the cinema of British director Mike Leigh with a focus on his films SECRETS AND LIES (1996) and NAKED (1993). The Important Cinema Club has a PATREON and for five dollars a month you can get a brand new exclusive episode every week:...
Son of Kong (1933)
Son of Kong (1933) By Justin Decloux How do you follow up one most monumental pieces of entertainment in human history? You make a quickie seventy minute sequel and release it nine months later. Son of Kong has been forgotten to the sands of time. Its a footnote,...
ICC #60 – That’s Brucesploitation! Starring The Real Bruce Lee
BRUCESPLOITATION refers to the...
Knights (1993) – A Cyborg Swordsman Romp
Knights (1993) - A Cyborg Swordsman Romp By Justin Decloux Is this going to be Good Pyun or Bad Pyun? It's a question I ask myself every time I watch one of the films of writer/director Albert Pyun. The man worked furiously in the 90s to deliver all kinds of VHS ready...
The Important Cinema Club launches a Patreon!
Hey there avid listeners of The Important Cinema Club podcast! Have you been asking yourself, "how can I support my favourite film podcast?" and "what can I do to be bathed in the glorious favour of Will Sloan and Justin Decloux?" We've got the answer for you! The...
ICC #59 – Robert Altman: Mr. Anti-Hollywood
This week, Will and Justin discuss the career of Robert Altman with a focus on M.A.S.H, NASHVILLE and POPEYE. We have a PATREON! Join for five dollars a month and get a brand new exclusive episode of The Important Cinema Club every week. This week's Patreon episode is...
Take ‘A Cure For Wellness’
A Cure for Wellness is the best experience I've had watching someone play a 90s horror adventure video game on the big screen. I mean that as a compliment. A young man (Dane DeHaan) wanders around a giant 'wellness retreat' looking for his employer in. He asks the...
The Canadian ‘American Nightmare’ (1983)
Ah, Canuxploitation - the result of an insanely lucrative (and exploitable) tax break that gave the world a pile of Canadian horror films. Most of them are shit. Some of them are gold. Quite a few of them tried their hardest to come off ass pure USA grade product....
ICC #58 – I Prefer British Comedies
Will and Justin are joined by the Alexandra West (co-host of the FACULTY OF HORROR) to discuss British Comedies - specifically, A FISH CALLED WANDA and WITHNAIL & I. Check out Alexandra's podcast HERE Buy her book "Films of New French Extremity: Visceral Horror...