When I see stories like this one, I want to pack-up and move myself across the country. Why? As a film lover, living in Vancouver has some serious disadvantages and though I occasionally think about a move, as soon as I think about leaving the mountains and sea I start to feel green.

The First Weekend Club has posted some great news about a film series which kicked off in Toronto yesterday (apologies for not picking up on it sooner). Curated by Canadian film blogger Alan Bacchus in partnership with the Revue Cinema, Canadian Cinema in Revue is a screening series of great Canadian films. And we’re not talking your mother’s stuffy Canadian films; we’re talking celluloid awesomeness.

The series kicked off yesterday with a screening of Vincenzo Natali’s Cube as well as his short film Elevated and if that wasn’t great enough, they also arranged to have Natali on hand via Skype (gotta love technology!) to answer audience questions. If you ask me, this isn’t a shabby start to the series; not one bit! On the slate for the next few months:

July 13th: Fido with The Big Charade
August 10th: It’s All Gone Pete Tong with If I See Randy Again…
September 21st: Six Figures with Still Live

That’s a great line-up of Canadian film. For more information and to stay up to date with the series, be sure to check out The Review Cinema’s website.