Alright Montreal, now is the time to support your local film scene. With so many of our best video stores and cinemas closing down, we need to support events like this. Grindhouse Wednesdays returns Tonight, April 11 2012 with the genre defining classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. When someone hears the title The Texas Chainsaw …
Grindhouse Wednesdays, an exploitation film & underground music event that happens in various locales throughout Montreal on (usually) the first Wednesday of the month, is doing something different this coming June. For their very special 12th event; and first outdoor event, and their first ever event on a Sunday, the crew is screening George A. …
Before Cinéma l’Amour started showing hardcore porn, 40 years ago, it opened as Le Pussycat and showed exploitation films. It was a time when Montreal’s movie palaces were struggling to stay in business due to the popularity of television and the emergence of conglomerate-owned multiplex chains. To stay afloat, dozens of theatres started showing grindhouse …