How nice to have been included as part of the “Toronto Film Legends That Made Us” in the latest episode of The Important Cinema Club‘s podcast. Hosts Justin Decloux and Will Sloan reminisce about the things in the Toronto film scene that made them who they are today, including screening venues, local publications etc.
One can’t help but get a rush of nostalgia upon hearing this episode. You might elicit sighs upon mention of a cinematic institution dear to your heart. Or, depending on your generation, you may also be filling in a scorecard of people and places that influenced your own cinephilia.
Once you’ve created something and released it into the world, you never whose lives it will touch. So hearing that your words made a difference to someone, well, that’s the most we can ever ask for. This post is rather timely while I make yet another attempt at turning the lights back on at ESR, after six years of life stuff getting in the way. Best I can say is: Keep on doing what you love. Peace.
Have a listen here. Thanks for the plug, guys!
Greg Woods
Greg Woods has been a film enthusiast since his teens, and began his writing "career" at the same time- prolific in capsule reviews of everything he had watched, first on index cards, then those hardcover dollar store black journals, then an old Mac IIsi. He founded The Eclectic Screening Room in 2001, as a portal to share his film love with the world, and find some like-minded enthusiasts along the way. In addition to having worked in the film industry for over two decades, he has been a co-programmer of films at Trash Palace, and a programmer/co-founder of the Toronto Film Noir Syndicate. He has also written for Broken Pencil, CU-Confidential, Micro-Film, and is currently working on his first novel. His secret desire is for someone to interview him for a podcast or a DVD extra.