Kevin Smith interview

Nice little piece with filmmaker/raconteur Kevin Smith responding to some reader-submitted questions at Decider.com here. I went to three of the Bloor Cinema screenings ("Clerks", "Chasing Amy" and "Dogma") in Toronto that he references in the interview (I used to liveon Bloor St. right next door to the theatre, hence the name of this blog) and it's the only time in my life that I got a contact high in a movie theatre from all the people sparking up! 

And a month after the Smithfest, director Edgar Wright, in town shooting "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World", held his own film festival, dubbed "The Wright Stuff" - every Sunday for six weeks - showcasing some of his favourite flicks, including three of his own, "Shawn of the Dead", "Hot Fuzz" and a marathon screening of every single episode of his stone-cold geek classic TV series "Spaced". I got the pass for the entire festival, and finally got to see a movie I've wanted to see on the big screen since I was a kid, "The Warriors" - sweet! (And if you want to check out Wright's "Picture a Day" of his Scott Pilgrim shoot, check out his website.) 

So in other words, it was a great winter and spring for movie freeks at the Bloor!!!