The Brood & Last Night at The Bloor this coming Sunday
The Wright Stuff continues this Sunday, 12th April… but is it the end?
David Cronenberg and Don McKellar might have you think so as i present a double-bill of my favourite films from them, The Brood and Last Night respectively.
Don McKellar is confirmed as a special guest… there may well be others.
So welcome to the end… starting at 7pm, The Bloor, Toronto.
Sunday, April 12
- 7:00 The Brood (David Cronenberg, 1979)
Cronenberg’s breakthrough body-horror.
- 9:00 Last Night (Don McKellar, 1998)
The end of the world, as experienced by Torontonians.
Edgar Says: Two of my very favorite Canadians films. David Cronenberg is the King Of Canada as far as I’m concerned. I was watching his films and seeing Toronto on screen, before I even knew where it was. His body of work and his journey from making genre films to being one of our most lauded international auteurs continues to amaze. “The Brood” is a cult classic and deserves to be seen more often. Cronenberg also appears in “Last Night”, an outstanding film about the apocalypse by the great Don McKellar. This bleak gem is one of the films that influenced “Shaun of the Dead”, so I’m very happy to present it at the Bloor. See you there.
So you will be hosting more Wright Stuff after April 12?
Don McKellar! I wish I could go! He was hilarious in Slings & Arrows.
What? No Twitch City? I Miss that show. Last Night feels like the last episode of it. sortof…
That show is full of awesome. And a cylon. Two statements that are also true of Last Night!!
Two awesome movies, ive got the Brood on DVD haven’t watched it in ages.
I really liked Last Night when i saw it, would be good to see it on the big screen, & ive got Roadkill but haven’t got round to watching yet.
Hope you have an ace time on Sunday Ed
This is the one I’ve been waiting for! Saving the best for (hopefully not the) last.
This makes me want to watch these great movies again. I will attend a wright stuff one day I promise you that! You know I will.
I LOVE SLINGS AND ARROWS.
Don. You’re my man.
Last Night is a fabulous movie. I love the line about the state of cars at the end of the world.
“there may well be others” Could this mean Cronenberg is actually in attendance?
“Last Night” really is an incredible flick. Such a beautiful and haunting ending. Always wished it had a better DVD than the one it got. Hope McKellar shows up. Danica McKellar. She can talk about math!
The link for totix…..it goes nowhere for tickets for this thing. The search doesn’t work either. I really want to be there. What do I doooooo????
Just show up in good time - you will be fine - it won’t be sold out on Easter Sunday so there’s no way you won’t get in.
Hot-cha!! See ya there!
Oh, LOVE Oliver Reed in ZPG, Zero Population Growth! One of my top favorites, so I put The Brood on my Netflix list, too.
Last Night is a wonderful film. The ‘early’ family dinner is one of my favourite scenes in any movie. Plus the grandmother’s speech on the young.
And hey, bonus points for David Cronenburg as a gas company man. Complete with ruler and pen.