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From arthouse to Canuxploitation, CIP is devoted to resurrecting vital, distinctive, and overlooked triumphs of Canadian cinema. https://www.canadian-international.com/
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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/...
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/...
December 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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***ANNOUNCEMENT***

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,
December 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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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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Hookers on Davie
2025 Subscribers: This is NOT included in your Subscription. If you'd like to purchase it, you will need to login to view your special 50% off SRP pricing. This special limited edition spot gloss
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December 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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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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Epic Vinegar Syndrome Partner Label Blu-ray Haul! Canadian International Pictures, AGFA & More!
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November 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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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
October 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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The Canadian International Pictures #bluray release of Winter Kept us Warm reviewed! #cultfilms #blurayreviews #queercinema #bluaryreviews tinyurl.com/3n9ev44k
October 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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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.
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.
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September 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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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
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...
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September 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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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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September 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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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
September 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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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)
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...
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September 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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...
September 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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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 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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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
September 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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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!
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.
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September 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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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
September 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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My OCN preorder for the month. This looks amazing. #PhysicalMedia #filmsky
Martin Defalco’s COLD JOURNEY is a deeply empathetic and bracingly unsentimental portrait of Canada’s now-infamous residential school system and its devastating impact on First Nations youth. Now available in a deluxe 50th anniversary special edition. vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...
September 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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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.
Martin Defalco’s COLD JOURNEY is a deeply empathetic and bracingly unsentimental portrait of Canada’s now-infamous residential school system and its devastating impact on First Nations youth. Now available in a deluxe 50th anniversary special edition. vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...
September 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
You can watch the new trailer for COLD JOURNEY here: youtu.be/23g0wkMb4MI
September 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Martin Defalco’s COLD JOURNEY is a deeply empathetic and bracingly unsentimental portrait of Canada’s now-infamous residential school system and its devastating impact on First Nations youth. Now available in a deluxe 50th anniversary special edition. vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...
September 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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David Secter’s "Winter Kept Us Warm" Blu-ray - Henry Tarvainen, John Labow, Joy Fielding, Janet Amos @CIPicture
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Leaving his small town to attend the University of Toronto...
August 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Canuxploitation classic EAST END HUSTLE hits the big screen at LF3 / @amcinematheque.bsky.social on 9/15. This gritty 70s slice of streetwise cinema has been stunningly restored by @cipictures.bsky.social 🎟️: tinyurl.com/23ehhre7
August 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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FUN FACT: David Cronenberg called WINTER KEPT US WARM “the most influential movie of my life.” He was attending the University of Toronto and one of his classmates, David Secter, was writing and directing it. It was the first time Cronenberg realized that you can just go out and make your own movie.
Winter Kept Us Warm (1965), Canada's first gay film.

It was also Canada's first English language film to screen at Cannes.
July 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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9/15: catch @cipictures.bsky.social brand new restoration of the canuxploitation classic, EAST END HUSTLE when we screen it at LF3 / @amcinematheque.bsky.social 🎟️: tinyurl.com/23ehhre7
August 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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9/15: join us for EAST END HUSTLE. Newly restored by @cipictures.bsky.social & for fans of ANGEL, MS. 45, and gritty exploitation films. Catch at LF3 / @amcinematheque.bsky.social 🎟️: tinyurl.com/23ehhre7
August 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM