Greg Beer

Jackie Rogers Jr. and Goldmember could be cousins

Good point about giving new comics and writers a break, that's important - but man, as a devotee of Goons, Fringe, Python, Blackadder etc. etc. this is kind of a bummer.

Not mentioning the Revue - at the very least - is absurd!

portrait of Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda

a woman holds her hand across the mouth of a man in a scene from Andrzej Wajda's Kanal (1957)

Robespierre in 18th century wig has his makeup applied in Andrzej Wajda's Danton (1983)

A man and a woman in the ruins of a church in a scene from Andrzej Wajda's Ashes and Diamonds (1958)

Remembering the great Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda #botd #filmsky
Wish we had his POV today: thrilling movies that grappled with memory, myth, and moral responsibility.

I don't have Mubi. That's very kind of you! (I'm truly amazed by Sandra Hüller, always great).

Wow ... Missed this when it came out. Now on my list.

Carole Lombard presenting Clark Gable with a ham with his picture on it, at the wrap party for No Man Of Her Own (1932).

I also (sorta) lived through this and was curious. It is, in fact, "a glamorizing portrait of a boring subject."

A fun debate to be had about his body of work - but I just saw The American Friend for the first time and, respectfully, I have to call that one great too.

Catherine O'Hara standing indoors in front of a patterned metallic wall with round lights. She is shown from the waist up, wearing a long-sleeved red textured top. Her shoulder-length blonde hair is parted near the center, and she is smiling slightly while facing the camera. The background features repeating rectangular metal tiles with warm reflections and two visible round light fixtures on the right side.

On this day in 1954, Catherine O'Hara was born in Toronto. A Canadian comedy icon, she received two Emmys, a Golden Globe, a Governor General's Performing Arts Award, the Order of Canada and a star on Canada's Walk of Fame. She died on Jan. 30, 2026.

And the loud 'clunk' as you turn the dial, ardently hoping you'll land on a clear picture and not just snow.

time for the monthly bath

Carrington (which is a good movie) was my gateway to Strachey. Amazing writer.

Book cover for David Niven’s memoirs, The Moons a Balloon and Bring on the Empty Horses

You won’t find a warmer, funnier, or more insightful chronicler of life inside the golden age of Hollywood.
David Niven #botd #filmsky

David Niven #botd #filmsky

Toronto’s beloved repertory cinemas are thriving with classic and cult films, singalongs and burlesque From the Revue in Roncesvalles to the Fox in the east end, the city’s specialty screens are thriving, thanks to audacious programming and a community of movie lovers.

Toronto’s beloved repertory cinemas are thriving with classic and cult films, singalongs and burlesque

Hunt for Red October!

candidate for greatest courtroom drama ever

Excellent interview. Bravo. I've been chewing on this fascinating, thorny film ever since I saw it in theatres, wondering about its many messages and ideas, especially over the last couple years. Your piece provides me with profound new insight. Thank you.

One I always remember: Split Second (1992) starring Rutger Hauer -

"He's seen the future ... Now he has to kill it ... He'll need bigger guns."

The young Renoir sits on the porch with his father.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir with his son Jean, who became a great film director. Another Pierre Bonnard photograph from the same shoot.

With Julie Christie during filming of ‘Doctor Zhivago’ (1965)

Tom Courtenay, Actor, #BornOnThisDay in 1937, in Hull, England

An awesome, exuberant, sweet and hilarious movie! (And it is profoundly Toronto - iykyk).

Here to help with footnotes on "The Wonderful World of Phlegm"

I know it's all kinds of inappropriate but Jackie Rogers Jr. might be the funniest damn thing I've ever seen in my life.

"mealy shit" bingo!

Respectfully: picked fresh, at the height of summer, from the right patch of soil, nothing - not a Brazilian papaya, a Spanish orange, or a Malaysian mango - can touch a raspberry or a blueberry.
(The correct answer is the Red Delicious apple!)

In ‘Le notti di Cabiria’ (1957)

Giulietta Masina, Actress, #BornOnThisDay in 1921, in San Giorgio di Piano, Bologna, Italy

The Searchers (1956), directed by John Ford

Twin Peaks (1990-91), created by David Lynch & Mark Frost