Canada

I half expected "best" to be an extraneous word, as in there only are 51 Canadian films. Lucky for me, I like to to fact check before letting my mouth leak. As it turns out, we recently produced three times that within the span of one year, and the National Film Board of Canada takes credit for over 13,000 films since 1939.

That does come with a caveat, however, in that the NFB runs on subsidy to the tune of ~$70m per year and isn't really focused on mainstream, commercially successful entertainment. The numbers likely include "films" as short as 5 minutes, along with everything between that and feature length movies.

What's my point? I, uh, didn't get that far. Hopefully I've at least managed to pivot from parading my ignorance to acknowledging it.

Anyway, a few of the featured pique my curiosity (which I'm listing here for my own future reference):

• BlackBerry (2023, was already planning on watching at some point)
• Goon (2004)
• Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
• Seeds (2024)
• Strange Brew (1983, hoping it's more "Dumb and Dumber" and less "Dude, Where's My Car?")
• Movies that aren't really Canadian:
  • Navalny (2022)
  • Turning Red (2022)

Well now it feels like I'm parading my lack of culture. 🤷‍♂️