Chad Rubel
@chadrubel.bsky.social
"Without love, where would you be now." Learning myself more at a somewhat advanced age. Film nerd, progressive, enlightened. Soft drinks occasionally with cane sugar. Pretty good cook. I enjoy trying.
If the temperature is about 100F (38C), you can still go outside. Maybe at dusk or evening. -35F wind chill (figure that -40 is the same F and C) means hiding out inside with several jackets.
January 23, 2026 at 3:27 AM
If the temperature is about 100F (38C), you can still go outside. Maybe at dusk or evening. -35F wind chill (figure that -40 is the same F and C) means hiding out inside with several jackets.
When you meet someone when you are young. Your birthdays are 4 days apart and that is pretty cool. I am thinking of that friend today who didn't have that many birthdays. She has had way more birthdays since she passed away at a young age. You are not forgotten.
January 22, 2026 at 3:13 PM
When you meet someone when you are young. Your birthdays are 4 days apart and that is pretty cool. I am thinking of that friend today who didn't have that many birthdays. She has had way more birthdays since she passed away at a young age. You are not forgotten.
Our look at the 2026 #Oscars race through the lens of Canada with a note to foreign films and documentaries.
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The Girl Who Cried Pearls has an Oscars nomination for Best Animated Short Film
The Girl Who Cried Pearls from Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski is in the Top 5 for the Academy Awards for Best Animated Short Film. The film, from the National Film Board of Canada, won the TIF…
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January 22, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Our look at the 2026 #Oscars race through the lens of Canada with a note to foreign films and documentaries.
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Sentimental Value, No Other Choice, It Was Just an Accident, Sirat, The Secret Agent. Is that going to be the list tomorrow? Sound of Falling? Oscars. @TheAcademy
January 22, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Sentimental Value, No Other Choice, It Was Just an Accident, Sirat, The Secret Agent. Is that going to be the list tomorrow? Sound of Falling? Oscars. @TheAcademy
I get that a lot of people of European descent ask me "why do you watch so many Indigenous documentaries." I've seen some bad ones but when you get a good one such as Wilfred Buck, you're glad for the experience. A well-told story. #CanadianFilm
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Canadian film review: Wilfred Buck
Wilfred Buck lost out in a 3-way battle for your humble narrator at the 2024 Windsor International Film Festival. I picked Ababooned | Ababouiné, a powerful Quebecois film I otherwise might have mi…
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January 20, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I get that a lot of people of European descent ask me "why do you watch so many Indigenous documentaries." I've seen some bad ones but when you get a good one such as Wilfred Buck, you're glad for the experience. A well-told story. #CanadianFilm
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Poor Buffalo Bills. Nice catch, Gord.
January 20, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Poor Buffalo Bills. Nice catch, Gord.
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Younger people may not remember how difficult it was to get a day to celebrate a person who wanted us all to be truly equal.
January 19, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Younger people may not remember how difficult it was to get a day to celebrate a person who wanted us all to be truly equal.
I marvel at the hitter who becomes a different beast with 2 strikes. #BarryLarkin on a long-ago era. In this era, #BoBichette was that person. Breathing easier when he had 2 strikes. A hitting machine in an era where .260 is great. Will be missed everywhere in @BlueJays world.
Bo Bichette and the New York Mets are in agreement on a three-year, $126 million contract, per @JeffPassan.
January 16, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I marvel at the hitter who becomes a different beast with 2 strikes. #BarryLarkin on a long-ago era. In this era, #BoBichette was that person. Breathing easier when he had 2 strikes. A hitting machine in an era where .260 is great. Will be missed everywhere in @BlueJays world.
#CanadianFilm needs a Top 10 to draw attention to underrated films. Logically, the Academy Awards entry should be in the Top 10. For most of the last decade, that has not happened.
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How the TIFF Top 10 list and Telefilm Canada Oscars entry have split over the last decade
Our cynicism of The Things You Kill making the TIFF Top 10 list is based on recent trends between Telefilm Canada (Academy Awards) and the Toronto International Film Festival. The TIFF Top 10 list …
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January 16, 2026 at 1:39 PM
#CanadianFilm needs a Top 10 to draw attention to underrated films. Logically, the Academy Awards entry should be in the Top 10. For most of the last decade, that has not happened.
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Reposted by Chad Rubel
Legault resigns to spend more time privately hounding minorities
Legault resigns to spend more time privately hounding minorities
QUEBEC CITY - Quebec Premier François Legault announced his resignation today, explaining that he plans to bring his famed enthusiasm for attacking basic human rights to the private sector.
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January 14, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Legault resigns to spend more time privately hounding minorities
Tired of the reboots done without careful consideration. My father and I bonded over little. Rockford Files was an exception. He wouldn't watch a reboot. I won't either.
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‘Rockford Files’ Reboot Gets NBC Pilot Order
NBC has given out a pilot order to a reboot of the classic series "The Rockford Files."
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January 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Tired of the reboots done without careful consideration. My father and I bonded over little. Rockford Files was an exception. He wouldn't watch a reboot. I won't either.
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A few things. Legault knows the CAQ is in deep trouble and hopes the successor can limit losses in the 2026 provincial election. This also means the election will likely happen before October. #qcpoli
January 14, 2026 at 4:55 PM
A few things. Legault knows the CAQ is in deep trouble and hopes the successor can limit losses in the 2026 provincial election. This also means the election will likely happen before October. #qcpoli
A Scream from Silence is several films within a film on s*xual assault. You might think this is a recent film. This #CanadianFilm came out in 1979. Powerful and well-told stories.
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Canadian film review: A Scream from Silence
A Scream from Silence | Mourir à tue-tête is a film that would seem highly relevant in modern times. A film that breaks down a rape from different vantage points. The Canadian film came out in 1979…
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January 14, 2026 at 4:18 PM
A Scream from Silence is several films within a film on s*xual assault. You might think this is a recent film. This #CanadianFilm came out in 1979. Powerful and well-told stories.
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Some pretty f&^%*ed up stuff right here.
January 13, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Some pretty f&^%*ed up stuff right here.
Why the #NFL is not real life. Lots of coaches getting fired but they will get paid for their contracts. In real life, fired people often don't get replaced. Each of those jobs will be filled. Sounds better than real life.
January 9, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Why the #NFL is not real life. Lots of coaches getting fired but they will get paid for their contracts. In real life, fired people often don't get replaced. Each of those jobs will be filled. Sounds better than real life.
#YoungWerther is a smartly written rom-com #CanadianFilm. Charlotte has the logical pick in Albert to spend the rest of her life. Werther wants to change that dynamic.
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Canadian film review: Young Werther
Young Werther gives us an intriguing challenge. Werther (English actor Douglas Booth) is eccentric, rich, and obnoxious. We are supposed to root for him in his chase of Charlotte (Alison Pill). Cha…
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January 9, 2026 at 2:03 PM
#YoungWerther is a smartly written rom-com #CanadianFilm. Charlotte has the logical pick in Albert to spend the rest of her life. Werther wants to change that dynamic.
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Do you think of January 8 as Elvis Presley's birthday? David Bowie's birthday? Do you ask a trusted adult about who either of them are? Happy birthday to them.
January 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Do you think of January 8 as Elvis Presley's birthday? David Bowie's birthday? Do you ask a trusted adult about who either of them are? Happy birthday to them.
Have been watching #Anne+ on Tubi. 10 minute vignettes on Anne, a Dutch lesbian who lives in Amsterdam. English subtitles. Not Heated Rivalry but a palate cleanser.
January 7, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Have been watching #Anne+ on Tubi. 10 minute vignettes on Anne, a Dutch lesbian who lives in Amsterdam. English subtitles. Not Heated Rivalry but a palate cleanser.
The Toronto International Film Festival released its list of Top 10 #CanadianFilm of 2025. A few surprises. The 2024 surprises were better films. Some obvious choices.
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TIFF selects Top 10 Canadian films of 2025
We are a little obsessed with Top 10 lists of Canadian films this week. The Toronto International Film Festival released its TIFF Top 10 Canadian films for 2025. Last year’s list of features …
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January 7, 2026 at 1:48 PM
The Toronto International Film Festival released its list of Top 10 #CanadianFilm of 2025. A few surprises. The 2024 surprises were better films. Some obvious choices.
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Raise your hand if your monthly premium went up this year 🙋🏻♀️
January 7, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Raise your hand if your monthly premium went up this year 🙋🏻♀️
While waiting for TIFF to give us its list of Top 10 #CanadianFilm of 2025, we start with Barry Hertz and the Globe and Mail. He has some adventurous titles and ones where we would concur.
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Our take on Barry Hertz’s 10 best Canadian films of 2025
Your humble narrator would love to do a Top 10 Canadian films of the year. Usually, I don’t have enough access to enough Canadian films within that calendar year. Barry Hertz of The Globe and…
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January 6, 2026 at 2:49 PM
While waiting for TIFF to give us its list of Top 10 #CanadianFilm of 2025, we start with Barry Hertz and the Globe and Mail. He has some adventurous titles and ones where we would concur.
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#HeatedRivalry, a #CanadianTV show, isn't eligible for the #Emmys. Tatiana Maslany of #OrphanBlack had 3 Emmy nominations and a Emmy win. #SchittsCreek won a bunch of Emmys, eventually. Plus, why Global had the story CBS refused to show on #60Minutes.
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Canadian TV notebook: No Emmys for Heated Rivalry
The big news last week is that Heated Rivalry is not eligible for the Emmys. The 2024-25 Emmy rules state that a “foreign television production is ineligible unless it is the result of a co-product…
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January 5, 2026 at 3:33 PM
#HeatedRivalry, a #CanadianTV show, isn't eligible for the #Emmys. Tatiana Maslany of #OrphanBlack had 3 Emmy nominations and a Emmy win. #SchittsCreek won a bunch of Emmys, eventually. Plus, why Global had the story CBS refused to show on #60Minutes.
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The CBC saves the better programs for the winter crumbs. Still, there are no new permanent shows. North of North and Son of a Critch are not on the winter schedule. #CanadianTV
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2026 CBC television winter preview
Happy New Year 2026. Not too early in the year to talk about the CBC winter schedule. Since we are now in an even year that isn’t a Summer Olympics year, the Winter Olympics make an impact on the C…
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January 2, 2026 at 1:10 PM
The CBC saves the better programs for the winter crumbs. Still, there are no new permanent shows. North of North and Son of a Critch are not on the winter schedule. #CanadianTV
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First #cooking conquest of 2026. #spaghetticarbonara
January 1, 2026 at 10:53 PM
First #cooking conquest of 2026. #spaghetticarbonara
I can't remember every New Year's Eve. I remember 1990 when I counted down the Top 95 songs of the year at a Top 40 station in Battle Creek, MI. I went to a local diner well after midnight. Got 3 hours sleep and did the morning show on 1/1/1991.
December 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I can't remember every New Year's Eve. I remember 1990 when I counted down the Top 95 songs of the year at a Top 40 station in Battle Creek, MI. I went to a local diner well after midnight. Got 3 hours sleep and did the morning show on 1/1/1991.