Chris Alexander’s
FILM SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL!
presents
Jess Franco's BLOODY MOON
and
Otto Preminger's THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM
 
Film critic and radio personality Chris Alexander (Fangoria, AM 640 Toronto, Metro) presents a new screening and lecture series…
It's film school with a "B-Movie" twist.
 
Twice a month, every month, Toronto’s legendary Bloor Cinema plays host to a fun filled, educational and totally irreverent master class in cinema history, featuring many oddball motion pictures that rarely ever make the list of any higher education film syllabus. 
 
Coming in December.... 

JESS FRANCO’S BLOODY MOON (1981)
Wednesday, December 9th, 9:30pm

FILM SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL! is pleased to present this sick and twisted early 80’s German slasher shocker from notorious Eurotrash exploitation king Jess Franco (Vampyros Lesbos). The Spanish born Franco once studied under Orson Welles and was groomed to be a major force in cinema, but got lost in the 70’s European horror and porn underground, resulting in a less than savory reputation. BLOODY MOON is one of his nastiest efforts: an ultra gory, ultra goofy and completely fascinating “body count” film that was banned in the UK as part of the legendary “Video Nasty” witch hunt…and deservedly so. Film critic Chris Alexander will provide an in-depth, pre-screening lecture about both the film and the work of Jess Franco followed by a post-film discussion.

THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM (1955)
Thursday, December 17th, 9:30pm

FILM SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL! takes a break from analyzing “B movies” to bring you this classic 1955 Otto Preminger masterpiece, a bold and brave portrait of a man teetering on the edge of addiction. Frank Sinatra gives a shattering performance as Frankie Machine, an ex-junkie card dealer fresh from prison trying to go straight in a world that does everything in its power to drag him back into hell. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM was the first Hollywood film to deal with the horrors of heroin addiction and – although typically stylish and theatrical in true Preminger fashion – it pulls few punches, sucking the viewer into an urban nightmare full of desperate characters and broken dreams, all played out to the strains of Elmer Bernstein’s jazzy score. Film critic Chris Alexander will provide an in-depth, pre-screening lecture about the film followed by a post-film discussion.
 
Each screening features an in-depth, entertaining, informative and often humorous lecture from Alexander as well as post-film wrap up and discussion in the Bloor Cinema lounge.
 
Each screening costs $8 with your Bloor Cinema membership and $10 for non-members, with no commitment to attend any other screenings than the ones you wish to attend.
 
For more information go to www.bloorcinema.com and www.chris-alexander.ca
 
This series is kindly sponsored by Severin Films (www.severin-films.com), one of the leaders in eccentric, international exploitation films on DVD and the self professed “Criterion of Smut”. Prizes are provided upon a post screening quiz for the savvier students...
 
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Chris Alexander’s
Film School Confidential!
presents the legendary 1978 schlocker 
KISS MEETS THE PHANTOM OF THE PARK

On Wednesday, November 25th, 9:30pm, all the stops are pulled out as FILM SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL! unleashes a film that Gene Simmons himself has claimed is on par with - or worse than - Ed Wood’s PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE: the one, the only KISS MEETS THE PHANTOM OF THE PARK.
 
Produced by cartoon kingpins Hanna-Barbera in 1978, this utterly inept and bizarre one of a kind pulp fantasy features the legendary shock rockers KISS (who at the time were at the peak of their popularity) battling a mad scientist (THE OMEGA MAN's Anthony Zerbe) at an amusement park while rocking out with some of their signature tunes. Terrible special effects, worse acting, ridiculous action sequences and some vintage concert footage combine in this unbelievable motion picture that was actually directed by genre film producer and director Gordon Hessler (ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS, THE OBLONG BOX).
  
About Chris Alexander's FILM SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL:
 
Twice a month, every month, Toronto’s legendary Bloor Cinema plays host to a fun filled, educational and totally irreverent master class in cinema history, featuring many oddball motion pictures that rarely ever make the list of any higher education film syllabus.
 
Your instructor is Chris Alexander, the “Friday Film Guy” on radio station AM 640 Toronto’s The John Oakley Show, writer for Metro Canada, Canadian correspondent for legendary horror magazine Fangoria and film history teacher at the Toronto Media & Film College.
 
New screenings will be added each month. Special guests TBA.
 
Each screening features an in-depth, entertaining, informative and often humorous lecture from Alexander as well as post-film wrap up and discussion in the Bloor Cinema lounge.
 
Each screening costs $8 with your Bloor Cinema membership and $10 for non-members, with no commitment to attend any other screenings than the ones you wish to attend.
 
And best of all there are NO tests AND you can chew gum!
 
For more information go to www.bloorcinema.com and www.chris-alexander.ca
 
This series is kindly sponsored by Severin Films (www.severin-films.com), one of the leaders in eccentric, international exploitation films on DVD and the self professed “Criterion of Smut” and Anchor Bay Entertainment (www.anchorbayentertainment.com).

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I had the thrilling opportunity to talk to art house enfant terrible filmmaker Lars Von Trier about his gut wrenching new horror film ANTICHRIST.

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Film critic and radio personality Chris Alexander (Fangoria, AM 640 Toronto, Metro) presents a new screening series… It's film school with a B Movie twist.

Twice a month, every month, Toronto’s legendary Bloor Cinema plays host to a fun filled, educational and totally irreverent master class in cinema history, featuring many oddball motion pictures that rarely ever make the list of any higher education film syllabus.

Your instructor is Chris Alexander, the “Friday Film Guy” on radio station AM 640 Toronto’s The John Oakley Show, writer for Metro Canada, Canadian correspondent for legendary horror magazine Fangoria and film history teacher at the Toronto Media & Film College.



The series kicks off on Monday, November 9th with Eugenio Martino’s obscure 1972 Spanish/British cross-genre cult classic HORROR EXPRESS. Horror film icons Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing star as scientists running afoul of a murderous missing link on the Trans Siberian Express at the turn of the century. Telly Savalas also stars as a crazed Cossack as do a cavalcade of shambling zombies in this unhinged, expertly crafted bit of mayhem that plays like a Hammer Horror film fused with Agatha Christie’s MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS.



Then, on Wednesday, November 25th, all the stops are pulled out as Alexander unleashes a film that Gene Simmons himself has claimed is on par with - or worse than - Ed Wood’s PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE: the one, the only KISS MEETS THE PHANTOM OF THE PARK. Produced by cartoon kingpins Hanna-Barbera in 1978, this utterly inept and bizarre one of a kind pulp fantasy features the legendary shock rockers KISS (who at the time were at the peak of their popularity) battling a mad scientist (Anthony Zerbe) at an amusement park while rocking out with some of their signature tunes. Terrible special effects, worse acting, ridiculous action sequences and some vintage concert footage combine in this unbelievable motion picture that was actually directed by genre film producer and director Gordon Hessler (ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS, THE OBLONG BOX).

New screenings will be added each month. Special celebrity guest speakers TBA.

Each screening features an in-depth, entertaining, informative and often humorous lecture from Alexander as well as post-film wrap up and discussion in the Bloor Cinema lounge.

Each screening costs $8 with your Bloor Cinema membership and $10 for non-members, with no commitment to attend any other screenings than the ones you wish to attend.

And best of all there are NO tests AND you can chew gum!

The event is sponsored by:
SEVERIN FILMS and ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT

www.bloorcinema.com
www.chris-alexander.ca

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CHRIS ALEXANDER NOW BOOKING FOR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

I am currently making myself available for lectures at schools, film clubs, private functions and special screenings.
To discuss details and pricing contact me at blackglovekiller@gmail.com

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