By Alan Hurst I’ve been looking for a reason to write about two of my favourite Douglas Sirk films and, with Valentine’s Day around the corner, the timing is perfect. When Sirk hit his prime in the mid 1950’s his films were major money makers for Universal but they were not critically well received, particularly…
By John H. Foote Love is a powerful emotion, capable of raising you higher than the heavens with the confidence one feels being loved, but equally able to take your heart and shatter it into a million pieces, taking you to the darkest, depths of despair. We have likely all been there. That is the…
By Craig Leask We’re all going to be looking at movies where we can link back to Valentine’s Day. To do that I had to step back and run through a mental inventory of all of the Romcoms, Chick Flicks and After School Specials I have ever seen in my small vision of what makes…
By Nick Maylor Following in Alan’s footsteps, I’ve decided to take a brief break from film to explore the world of television at Christmas. While I do not have any film bias towards specific subgenres, when it comes to television, I have a certain wheelhouse I generally stay in… I love cartoons. Animated sitcoms have…
By John H. Foote I was a child through the sixties, when boys asked for Tinker Toys, Fort Apache, the Big Jim Sports Camper or the old reliable hockey gear and sticks. The greatest gift I ever received as a child was a brand new set of goalie gloves, my God I can still smell…
By Craig Leask Like a lot of people, Christmas is and has always been a special time of year for me and nothing gets me more into the spirit of the season then settling down in front of some of my favorite Christmas movies. Several my favorites, as you will soon read, were not initially…
By Alan Hurst This is an exercise in pure nostalgia. Just like my favourite Christmas movies were primarily released or filled with a 1940s sensibility, my favourite TV episodes with a Christmas theme are primarily from the sixties and seventies, with a few more recent additions. Most of these are things my sisters and I…
By Melissa Houghton Whenever I’m asked what’s my favourite movie, song, or food, I always struggle to pare my response down to one go-to. With so many choices, I decide my top pick depending on my mood at the time. I know, it sounds bendy. However, when deciding what Christmas movies to watch I go…
By Alan Hurst The Editorial Team at Foote and Friends on Film have been asked to come up with their top five holiday-themed films before Christmas. As I started to pull my list together (hoping that it wouldn’t overlap too much with some of the other lists), I was challenged in getting my choices down…
November 11th is Remembrance Day here in Canada. For our American neighbours, it is Veterans Day and is also known as Armistice Day. We here at Foote & Friends On Film decided to offer a few recommendations for films that shine a spotlight on war times and those to whom we owe our freedom. Please…