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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: #Vinyl (2000)!
25th anniversary special edition
Often discussed, but rarely understood, collectors are
...with contributions from Jay Cheel, Scott Cramer, Christopher Donaldson, August Dorney, Greg Klymkiw, Guy Maddin, Don McKellar, and @GeoffPevere, plus Zweig featured on every track. The disc also includes outtakes, an essay by filmmaker and executive producer Bruce McDonald, and more
Produced in close collaboration with Zweig, this 25th anniversary special edition includes new art by @studioralston.bsky.social and the feature-length companion film VINYL: THE ALTERNATE TAKE, plus no less than 6 commentary tracks...
Through conversations with dozens of devoted record collectors (including Guy Maddin, Don McKellar, and Harvey Pekar), Alan Zweig’s VINYL introduced his trademark idiosyncrasies and confessional approach fully formed. Preorder now: vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...
“‘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...
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.
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.
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
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,
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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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.
Poster for CANNIBAL GIRLS
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
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.
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
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
