Kanadian Korner

[hardweek]

Dance Me Outside is also worth checking out

[Sarah]

Got it.  Haven't watched it yet.  Finishing up season 1 of Twitch City.

[Sarah]

Last night, I watched Goin' Down the Road last night, which was good, followed by the SCTV spoof, which was hilarious.  Jayne Eastwood is a trouper (well, being Joe Flaherty's sister-in-law helped, I guess).  I recognized her voice instantly when she showed up onscreen in the movie.

After multiple failures this past summer, I've finally been able to register on The Empire, which opens up a whole new world of Canadian fare for me (not to mention the rest of the Commonwealth).  I guess my winter's set.

[Bryan]

I signed up for the Empire, but it seems like I got bounced off it because I didn't use it. There's not really much Canadian tv that I love these days anyway. We do some reasonably good children's programming, some good public affairs stuff on CBC, and once every 5 years or so, something funny and surprising will work its way through the system, but in general US and British tv is way, way better.

[Sarah]

Yeah, a not-very-lengthy browse yesterday did not impress too much.  The site just doesn't have a big catalog yet, 'cause it's so young, and, of course, much/most television is crap anyway.  Till recently, I had the CBC and CTV, so I'm pretty familiar with what they have to offer and know it ain't much.  So I'll get some SCTV and Trailer Park Boys, but The Box will still be the master of my heart. 

[hardweek]

I'm not huge on the bulk of Can-con, but I do enjoy some NFB docs, and of course the garbage I grew up on.

Links to childhood garbage another day; today, I give you Carts of Darkness, an excellent documentary on the North Shore bottle picker subculture of Vancouver, directed by a good pal of my brother-in-law (incidently!).

Highly recommended: http://films.nfb.ca/carts-of-darkness/