this resonates... a worthwhile read for those who MAKE and CREATE things.

Some vintage Chow Yun-fat to brighten your day 😍

RIP Harris Yulin, another Always Great In Everything character actor. Scorsese told De Palma when he showed him SCARFACE "They're gonna hate you for this in Hollywood, because it's about them" and Yulin really oozed a certain type of venal showbiz exec as a dirty cop, didn't he? (he dies)

Fangtastic afternoon staying out of the sun with a Sammo Hung vampire movie at the Revue with @colingeddes.bsky.social and Brandon Lim! 🧛‍♂️

Sad to think of an entire generation growing up without The It Store.

Movie night with the kiddo. Monday night was “Monster Monday” and we watched the original Wolf Man. Tonight we decided it was “Frightful Friday” so we watched this fun one. Totally forgot it was Bela Lugosi playing Frankenstein! Fun was had.

When Clive Barker was working on the MUMMY remake for Universal in the early '90s, he had a trans character in the script, and when the studio vetoed it, he basically said "I really can't stress how much I don't need to fucking make THE MUMMY" and left.

This truly made my day getting a name check from @realgdt.bsky.social. We first met when he came to TIFF (aka The Festival of Festivals) for Cronos and we bonded over a love of Tsui Hark movies ❤️🎥

CanCon's Finest Hour. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nwz... Everything they did was good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K65W... Their Ontario Place concert emceed by Alex Trebek: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0RJ... Fact: Their nephew broke into my family's house when I was 12 and stole all our hockey cards.

My son, his pal, my wife and I, about to strike fear in the hearts and minds of anyone who crosses our path.

I'm sad this is happening, but glad countries are moving fast, and not being slowed down by the unreasonable hope that America is better than this. nymag.com/intelligence...

Executive Orders are not laws

Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

Comment from a friend - “coworker traveled to NYC this week and upon her return, the US border guard asked her if she'd learned the US anthem yet in preparation for becoming the 51st State, and not in a joking way. America is cooked for us.”

Optics.

related

Huge march in New York today protesting the illegal DOGE cuts

Trump signed an executive order to dismantle seven federal agencies: the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Institute of Museum and Library Services,

Dear Chuck, NATO, England, US Democrats, Et Al. Canada, Greenland and Panama shouldn't have to be looking for coded secret messages of support. When Cheeto Hilter talks about invading other countries, the only acceptable response is "Shut the fuck up about that, Cheeto Hitler."

So guess a good deal of my days to come will be spent learning about civil defence and to share useful information rather than wallowing in stress and despair. 😵‍💫 🤮🫶💪

Made my first Substack post, but based around someone else's work. I hope to follow with more optimistic stuff, but GD this is so stressful. If you are American, please read just to be aware. It doesn't have to be like this.

I was privileged to know Gene Hackman because he played tennis with another Gene—Gene Wilder. And that Gene told him about a little role called The Blind Hermit in our movie YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN…

On sale this very day in 1974, a mere 51 years ago, the very first edition of Marvel’s “Deadly Hands Of Kung Fu” with its Neal Adams cover featuring Bruce Lee.

What? Earlier they showed Mondo Cane at U of T and now this cult trash gem? Wowza! Wish I could go, but work and family calls this evening • @cinssu ⁉️WTF WED WTF WED⁉️ This weeks WTF Wednesday features a Q&A WITH LEAD ACTOR RAY SAGAR… 🪄THE WIZARD OF GORE dir. Herschell Gordon Lewis (1970)

Happy Birthday to George Romero who was truly one of a kind. So grateful to have been able to call him a friend. The kid who rolled pennies to buy a VHS copy of Night of the Living Dead can’t believe how life turned out. 🥰 🧟🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️

“EVERYONE IN EGYPT! YOU’RE NOT SAFE!” Something my 8 year old yelled out as he watched his first Wingard/Barrett joint, Godzilla X Kong. Then he and his mom broke into a couch dance party when “I was made for loving you” came on. 😍🎬

Gong hei fat choy 恭喜发财! Here is a little treat that was given out to Chinatown moviegoers who saw the Stephen Chow 周星馳 comedy Legend of the Dragon 龍的傳人 in 1991. And it was directed by actor Danny Lee 李修賢 who played the cop in The Killer 喋血雙雄 and also the titular role in The Super Infra-Man 中國超人!

Once again hipped a parent whose son is a big Godzilla X Kong fan that they should really check out A Horrible Way to Die. I also like to brag that we have an original Adam Wingard painting hung on our wall at home.

David Lynch and Billy Wilder.

If there's anything I hope young creatives take from David Lynch, it's to reject the modern IP-driven impulse to explicitly explain and cleanly categorize the logic behind every single event and decision inside and outside of a story at least some of the time.

Doing a yeoman's job, @indiefocus.bsky.social is collecting Lynch tributes from friends, collaborators and those who were deeply influenced by him. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

This is a beautiful tribute.

OMG, si tenéis media hora muchos vais a descubrir una de las piezas más perfectas y divertidas que Lynch nos regaló, el piloto de ON THE AIR. archive.org/details/on-t...

I remain profoundly disappointed in Trudeau for a lot of things he didn't do, but I honestly don't understand the degree to which people have failed to internalize a lot of the good things.

A sliver of good news from the fire in Altadena. www.blackenterprise.com/grave-octavi...

I can’t sing the praises enough of Craig Baldwin’s work. If you can, please help out. 🙏

I’m talking about my Hong Kong film obsessions and collections this Saturday at U of T! Come heckle me! #hongkongcinema

Got excited when I thought it said “TAPES” 😜😭📼

Curbside wisdom at Dundas and Spadina.

My wife @katarinag.bsky.social is out to make you cry! I love the writing she is doing on Substack. If it resonates with you, please subscribe or donate! 😁🙏❤️ open.substack.com/pub/katarina...

I feel like 2025 is off to good start when I stumble across a free copy of a MAD paperback from 1977 🤓😜

Happy New Year Everyone! Lots of great potential in the future year. Trying to open myself to new directions in my creative life for both me and my family. ❤️ Looking forward to seeing folks IRL. (thanks to Austin Kleon for the inspiration and motivation)

Favourite 90s band (I’ve gotten drunk a few times with one of them. Can you guess which one?)

Jimmy Carter's White House record collection included LPs by Fleetwood Mac, Donna Summer, the Clash, Funkadelic, Sex Pistols, Captain Beefheart, Gil Scott-Heron, Talking Heads and the Ramones. www.washingtonian.com/2022/05/03/t...

All I knew was that his name was Jimmy Carter, he was running for president & we got the day off from school to take a photo with him. I did not know that he would win the presidency, or live such a grand and giving life after his term -- an even greater victory. Rest well, President Carter.

Yuletide Gang

Pulling out the seasonal faves 3/3

Pulling out the seasonal faves 2/3