I really need to spend some more time with Varda's works, everything I've seen of hers has been really impressive.

Model Shop, like many of Demy's films, is such a fantastical mesh of colors and sounds that it sometimes seems like a weird half-remembered dream. But I think what really sells Demy's films for me is his connection to human emotion - whether he's shooting a closeup or an arty wide shot, he's always focused on the…

He says on one of the commentaries that his Nixon started out as a mockery of Anthony Hopkins' Nixon, who apparently always sounded like he was about to turn into a werewolf.

I saw a comment or two of yours! My comments aren't getting approved, but that's obviously because mine are all terrible.

The Last Action Hero spoofed The Seventh Seal, if I recall correctly. Honestly, that whole movie is somewhat of a fever dream.

"Holy Motors > Cosmopolis

Law and Order's first eight seasons are consistently good, and occasional episodes veer into excellent territory. And of course, Homicide: Life on the Streets was an absolutely fantastic procedural.

Well, I've been meaning to take the train out to Hamilton for a while anyway…

There's a Buzz Beer in Ontario that's made from hemp. It's…not very good.

TWOP used to be absolutely hilarious. I read their Buffy, West Wing and Twin Peaks reviews and laughed and laughed. Or maybe they weren't funny then and I had terrible taste, but I'll always remember them fondly.

I don't know if Duke can really be blamed for SCTV's decline, though. She's still pretty funny (Less funny than Catherine O'Hara, but in my eyes so are most people), and the main reason for the decline was the fact that the cast in the later seasons just didn't gel. And the writing. And Tony Rosato.

I know most people think of training montages from cheesy 80s movies, but for me montages are the domain of TV producers - think of those episode-ending montages from Homicide, season-ending montages in The Wire or…those ones in Boardwalk Empire.

It really is. The spin-off TV show, which was a staple of Canadian after-school TV long after its relevance had faded, was also quite funny. I think. I was pretty young.

Robin Duke teaches at the Second City in Toronto right now as well, if memory serves me correctly. Hilarious woman, she was completely underused on SNL.

Ri-yut!

That one joke essentially is the basis for every "Get Me Hennimore!' sketch in That Mitchell and Webb look.

Where Terriers runs free.

A cheerful counterpoint: I loved Cosmopolis! It really spoke to me as a bored, sexually frustrated millionaire.

It's been a rough week (boyfriend offered a job in NYC, friend passed away suddenly and shockingly), but at least I get to be surrounded by awesome friends and family for this holiday season.

It's been a rough week (boyfriend offered a job in NYC, friend passed away suddenly and shockingly), but at least I get to be surrounded by awesome friends and family for this holiday season.