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Tales of Cinema No. 5 – Troma’s Exploding Car

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

One of the founders of the mav­er­ick movie stu­dio tells the sto­ry behind its famous trademark.
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Tales of Cinema No. 4 – The Porno Restoration

by Nick Pinkerton

With the pro­lif­er­a­tion of X‑rated inter­net mate­r­i­al, will adult films ever redis­cov­er their artis­tic side?
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Tales of Cinema No. 3 – The Paper Trail

by Ethan Vestby

How a punk fly poster cam­paign became an unlike­ly sym­bol of Toronto’s alter­na­tive cin­e­ma scene.
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Tales of Cinema No. 2 – The Hottie and the Nottie

by David Jenkins

Is this fascis­tic Paris Hilton vehi­cle the ulti­mate exam­ple of a so-bad-it’s‑good movie?
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Tales of Cinema No. 1 – Chris Hemsworth’s Abs

by Mark Asch

Intim­i­dat­ing and oth­er­world­ly, the Aus­tralian actor’s impec­ca­ble physique has earned him the title of Man­li­est Man in Hollywood.