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Movie Mondays: Short Films, Punk Rock, and a Whole Lot of James Mason

By John Semley

The temperature’s been rising this past week, and every cinephile knows there’s no finer way to beat the heat then sitting in an air-conditioned movie house. So if you’re afraid of sunshine, this is the ideal week to set up camp in one the city’s many cinemas. The TIFF Cinematheque launches its summer program this week with a retrospective of the work of English actor James Mason (likely best known for his creepy-suave turn as literate perv Humbert Humbert in Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita), which sets the pace for a summer of looks at the work of other cinematic giants like Akira Kurosawa and Pier Paolo Pasolini. The Toronto Underground Cinema kicked off its regularly daily programming last Friday, and it continues this week. Films from Jacques Audiard and Michael Haneke this week are likely to assuage the fears of anyone who thought that all the initial Muppets and Jackie Chan meant the Underground was fated to be “that” kind of rep cinema. Of course that’s just a taste of what’s going on this week. Check out this (newly formatted!) edition of Movie Mondays for more details.

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  • http://www.torontoist.com David Topping

    A small mistake—not warranting a formal correction, it was caught before publication but mysteriously re-appeared in further edits—we said the protagonist (antagonist?) of Lolita was “Humber Humber.” That’s been corrected to read “Humbert Humbert.”

  • http://undefined chumptastic

    I much prefer the old format – this one seems to be optimized for pageviews, not for users. 5 clicks to read an article is never preferred.

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    The Toronto Underground Cinema is awesome. I checked it out recently for opening weekend. I highly recommend it to anyone that’s yet to go!!!

  • http://undefined MissOtis

    Really looking forward to the James Mason retrospective – I am glad he is being remembered. He was quite visionary in the filmmakers he chose to work with – Ophuls, Reed, Ray, Kubrick… He worked with them all before they were considered “auteurs._ Can’t wait to see the two Ophuls films – Caught and Reckless Moment – as well as Five Fingers and Pandora and the Flying Dutchman. And Carol Reed’s first feature film – Odd Man Out – what a magnificent film. The restored Star is Born should be a treat too!