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These Toronto archivists are preserving rare and classic films for generations to come: ‘Why do all the work if nobody gets to see it?’ Christina Stewart and Rachel Beattie help maintain the University of Toronto's film library. The school's Pop-Up Cinematheque will be screening a 16-mm print of 'Singin' in the Rain' on Jan.

“‘Why do all the work if nobody gets to see it?’ In today’s Toronto Star, I chat with the film archivists responsible for the Pop Up Cinematheque series at U of T www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

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Happy New Year!!

If you're looking to start the year off right, why not grab a copy of GHOSTKEEPER from @cipictures.bsky.social and featuring a track from us and @yasminavhs.bsky.social!

Grab one while you still can!

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Now available to order on the @vinsyn.bsky.social website and shipping later this month on Blu-ray in the US from #OCNDistribution #PartnerLabel @cipictures.bsky.social: #Ghostkeeper (1981)!

Who next becomes the keeper of the beast that lives on human flesh?

So stoked to have an essay in this incredibly atmospheric & majorly underrepresented Canadian Horror Film that's been needing a restoration forever!

So excited to be on this release, alongside @thc-podcast.bsky.social. We provide one of the commentaries, and this release is PACKED with amazing extras. It's such a good film, so happy to see this coming to us with so much care and love.

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Watch the new trailer for Jim Makichuk’s GHOSTKEEPER now: youtu.be/W5rCFZ9Gu9U

...new interviews with Chris Alexander, Paul Lynch, Dave Makichuk, David Winning, and Paul Zaza, plus a festival Q&A from CUFF, archival interviews, an alternate opening, the Kickstarter video for Ghostkeeper 2, an early Jim Makichuk short, a new essay by @yasminavhs.bsky.social, and more!

In addition to our new 4K restoration, this disc includes new art by Tony Stella, a new commentary featuring Riva Spier, Murray Ord, and Doug MacLeod, a second commentary with The Hysteria Continues! and @madefortvmayhem.bsky.social, a new episode of The New World Pictures Podcast...

Long regarded as the Canadian answer to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, Jim Makichuk’s GHOSTKEEPER is an essential entry in the New Year’s Eve horror canon, a slasher staple, and one of the enduring highlights of the tax shelter era. Preorder now: vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...

In the first pressing, there was a shot near the end of the film that briefly froze on some players. That has been corrected on the replacement disc you received.

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An unforgettable dissection of record collector culture, Alan Zweig’s VINYL turns 25 this year. In honor of that milestone, we’re currently taking theatrical bookings and our Blu-ray – produced in close collaboration with Zweig – is coming in early 2026. New trailer here: youtu.be/3peQsJCCkhs

YouTube video by Brian Saur My Favorite Blu-rays of 2025!

Today on my @justthediscs.bsky.social, I’m talking about my favorite Discs of the year!
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A new limited edition slipcover for EAST END HUSTLE is available now! Taking inspiration from the theatrical poster, Colin Murdoch created art for this slip, which is being paired with our previously released 4K UHD/Blu-ray combo pack. Preorder now: vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...

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Now available to order on the @vinsyn.bsky.social website on #4K in the US from #OCNDistribution #PartnerLabel @cipictures.bsky.social: #EastEndHustle with a new variant slipcover (1976)!

Note: this is a brand new Limited Edition Slipcover Variant of EAST END HUSTLE,

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One of my favorite Film Discoveries of the year came from @cipictures.bsky.social - as mentioned on our latest Episode of @purecinemapod.bsky.social - HOOKERS ON DAVIE the amazing Canadian Documentary is on sale for 50% off as part of the @vinsyn.bsky.social Sale:
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YouTube video by Brian Saur Epic Vinegar Syndrome Partner Label Blu-ray Haul! Canadian International Pictures, AGFA & More!

Today on my @justthediscs.bsky.social channel, I’m talking about a bunch of @vinsyn.bsky.social Partner label discs from @cipictures.bsky.social, AGFA, @saturnscore.bsky.social, @utopia, @musicboxfilms.com & more:
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Title screen for CANNIBAL GIRLS

Blu-ray for CANNIBAL GIRLS, pictured with a "Pastime Pilsner" from Cameron Brewing, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr at bat during Game 2 of the World Series in the background.

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CANNIBAL GIRLS (1973): Back-to-back '73 flicks. Finally watched this early #canuxploitation debut from Ivan Reitman. Starring SCTV legends Eugene Levy & Andrea Martin. Good low-budget fun. Ideal viewing on game day for the Blue Jays in the WS. Via @cipictures.bsky.social Blu-ray #HHype2025 Pt XXVII

The Canadian International Pictures #bluray release of Winter Kept us Warm reviewed! #cultfilms #blurayreviews #queercinema #bluaryreviews tinyurl.com/3n9ev44k

No Way Home In which Norm marks Canada's Indigenous People's Day by spinning up Canadian International Pictures' new Blu-ray of COLD JOURNEY.

In the latest edition of SHINY THINGS, I look at the new @cipictures.bsky.social Blu-ray of COLD JOURNEY -- a forgotten film that more than deserves this level of consideration.

Toronto On Screen for Mon Sep 29, 2025 A daily compendium of repertory, one-off and festival screenings happening in Toronto plus selected films in release at the city's independent cinemas. Click Read Notes for further details on each mov...

Today - Toronto landmark WINTER KEPT US WARM at Paradise via Queer Cinema Club, residential school doc SUGARCANE at Innis, parenting doc SEEN at Yonge & Dundas, SHIN GODZILLA 4K at Revue, Greek FF continues at Carlton, more! Rundown: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toRep

On Tuesday Sept 30 there's going to be a showing of "Cold Journey" (1975) at the Revue Cinema on Roncesvalles Ave, followed by a Q&A session about residential schools, the NFB, and Indigenous film-making in 1960s and 1970s Canada.
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On Deck at Paradise - WINTER KEPT US WARM via Queer Cinema Club, Working Class Hero NORMA RAE, WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR restored. #toRep

Winter Kept us Warm - NEW RESTORATION Leaving his small town to attend the University of Toronto, introspective freshman Peter (Henry Tarvainen) finds a campus steeped in tradition waking up to the radical politics of the 1960s. Following...

David Secter's nearly forgotten first feature film WINTER KEPT US WARM incorporates LGBTQ+ themes into a college campus coming of age tale — one of the first Canadian films to do so. It has also been noted as the film that inspired David Cronenberg to become a filmmaker. Screening Wednesday (9/24)

Tuesday at 7, Gallery 44 and VTape present INTO THE NIGHT: YONGE STREET SHORTS (1975 – 1978) at Toronto's Bachir/Yerex Presentation Space. This event includes Janis Cole and Holly Dale’s early shorts and a panel with Cole, Jordan King, and Sameen Mahboubi. vtape.org/event/into-t...

9/15 EAST END HUSTLE hits the screen at LF3 / @amcinematheque.bsky.social for our September Sleaze series. Brand new restoration by @cipictures.bsky.social 🎟️: tinyurl.com/23ehhre7

September Sleaze at LF3 / @amcinematheque.bsky.social continues on 9/15 with @cipictures.bsky.social’s beautiful restoration of the Canuxploitation classics EAST END HUSTLE. 🎟️: tinyurl.com/23ehhre7

Men, Alone In which Norm spins up Canadian International Pictures' restoration of the landmark queer drama WINTER KEPT US WARM, and Imprint's Blu-ray of Martin Ritt's HUD.

New SHINY THINGS just landed, reviewing the exquisite new @cipictures.bsky.social Blu-ray of WINTER KEPT US WARM and the @imprintfilms.bsky.social release of HUD. Wanna read? Of course you do!

Catch @cipictures.bsky.social’s brand new restoration of EAST END HUSTLE 9/15 at LF3 / @amcinematheque.bsky.social. Part of our September Sleaze series. 🎟️: tinyurl.com/23ehhre7

My OCN preorder for the month. This looks amazing. #PhysicalMedia #filmsky

Phenomenal news. These extras that will deliver a sense of Defalco's wider filmography. In a world where CBC licensing wasn't impossible this could have the landmark 1st episode of Wojeck with Johnny Yesno as well. But while we wait for the CBC to loosen up, buy this and watch it front to back.