“Someone like Jean-Luc Godard is for me intellectual counterfeit money when compared to a good kung fu film” – Werner Herzog

Tonight at 11, as part of our ongoing Drunken Master’s Dojo screening series, the Mayfair presents Cynthia Rothrock in The Blonde Fury (aka the much-less-excitingly-titled Lady Reporter).

Our Dojo screenings are programmed with help from Toronto International Film Festival programmer Colin Geddes, who you’ve probably seen if you’ve ever attended a Midnight Madness screening at TIFF, or watched the festival coverage on Rogers.  If you don’t know Colin or his work, let this be an introduction.

In addition to Midnight Madness, Colin curates Toronto’s Kung Fu Fridays (here’s his post on The Blonde Fury), as well as Popcorn and Sticky Floors (often NSFW) and the Ultra 8 Bulletin (”information on cool alternative film screenings, music and cultural events in and around Toronto”).

If you’re a film lover planning on visiting the Big Smoke, stop wondering what to do – just check his blogs.

FIN.

At the end of August (and early in September), we’re showing one of my favourite films of all time, Sorcerer. We’re also showing one of my favourite Woody Allen films, The Purple Rose of Cairo.

Both were big international hits, and as movies open in different countries around the world, they need new ad campaigns to appeal to the different cultures and sensibilities. Which is why, in America, the posters for Sorcerer and The Purple Rose of Cairo look like this:

And in Poland they look like this:

Both the above come from one of my favourite time-wasting sites, Polishposter.com. You can spend hours scrolling through their inventory of 3000+  posters, both new and old. Start with a search on your favourite director or star and go from there. Guaranteed eye-opening.

FIN.