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Rock! Shock! Pop! @rockshockpop.bsky.social · 1d

The Canadian International Pictures #bluray release of Winter Kept us Warm reviewed! #cultfilms #blurayreviews #queercinema #bluaryreviews tinyurl.com/3n9ev44k

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 20d

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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Torontoplex @torontoplex.bsky.social · 21d

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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ben bradley @benbradleyca.bsky.social · 22d

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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Torontoplex @torontoplex.bsky.social · 26d

On Deck at Paradise - WINTER KEPT US WARM via Queer Cinema Club, Working Class Hero NORMA RAE, WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR restored. #toRep

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Lightbox Film Center @lightboxfilmcenter.bsky.social · 28d

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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Canadian International Pictures @cipictures.bsky.social · 28d

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...

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Cinematic Void @cinematicvoid.bsky.social · Sep 12

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

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Cinematic Void @cinematicvoid.bsky.social · Sep 8

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

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · Sep 4

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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Cinematic Void @cinematicvoid.bsky.social · Sep 2

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

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Roni 🇮🇱🏳️‍🌈 @roni1133.bsky.social · Sep 1

My OCN preorder for the month. This looks amazing. #PhysicalMedia #filmsky

Canadian International Pictures @cipictures.bsky.social · Sep 1

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/...

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Andrew Burke @aaburke.bsky.social · Sep 1

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.

Canadian International Pictures @cipictures.bsky.social · Sep 1

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/...

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Canadian International Pictures @cipictures.bsky.social · Sep 1

You can watch the new trailer for COLD JOURNEY here: youtu.be/23g0wkMb4MI

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Canadian International Pictures @cipictures.bsky.social · Sep 1

…Willie Dunn, whose legacy is also highlighted in THE BALLAD OF CROWFOOT and new interviews/commentary featuring his son Lawrence Dunn and Kevin Howes, producers of Light in the Attic's Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology.

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Canadian International Pictures @cipictures.bsky.social · Sep 1

In addition to a restoration by the NFB, this disc includes new art by Gord Hill, a new interview with Jesse Wente, an alternate cut of the film created for children by Alanis Obomsawin, 5 short films directed by Defalco, including THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LEDGER, co-directed by…

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Canadian International Pictures @cipictures.bsky.social · Sep 1

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/...

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DVDBeaver @dvdbeaver.bsky.social · Aug 29

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...

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Cinematic Void @cinematicvoid.bsky.social · Aug 21

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

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William Bibbiani: Re-Animator @williambibbiani.bsky.social · Jul 12

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.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · Jul 12

Winter Kept Us Warm (1965), Canada's first gay film.

It was also Canada's first English language film to screen at Cannes.

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Cinematic Void @cinematicvoid.bsky.social · Aug 14

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

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Cinematic Void @cinematicvoid.bsky.social · Aug 8

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

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Marco de Blois @marcodeb.bsky.social · Aug 6

Nicolas Ménard a conçu et réalisé le logo animé de l'ONF (la vignette qui apparait au début des films). Ce diplômé de l'UQAM aujourd'hui établi à Londres nous fait le plaisir de partager deux photos de tournage. 1/2

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · Aug 6

NFB logo, star of the show (2018)

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · Aug 1

Just announced from @cipictures.bsky.social via @vinsyn.bsky.social: A first-ever Blu-ray edition of David Secter's landmark queer drama WINTER KEPT US WARM. I screened this restoration in TIFF's See the North series last year, and it's beautiful. Order yours ASAP.

Winter Kept Us Warm

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 slipcover

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Canadian International Pictures @cipictures.bsky.social · Aug 1

…and composer Paul Hoffert, outtakes, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes footage, Secter’s first short, Joel Secter’s career-spanning documentary about David Secter, a new essay by Chris Dupuis, and more.

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