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It's National Canadian Film Day, motherfuckers, so bask in the glory of Canadian film! That's right, bitches, Canada has a film industry and it's time you respected it. If you want charming, oddball Canadiana mainlined straight into your veins, then look no further than the films of actor/director Don McKellar. Think Canada is, basically, quaint and non-threatening? Then THE GRAND SEDUCTION is for you! Marvel as Brendon Gleeson affects a fakey Newfie accent and tries to convince doctor (and hunk of back-bacon) Taylor Kitsch to move his practice to their pleasant fishing village by--get this!--pretending that they are all nuts for Dr Dreamy's favourite sport, cricket! Enough old-timey charm make even the hardest among you all warm and flaccid! But if you want more of Canada's weirdo stuff then McKellar has you covered there as well. Witness his 1998 film LAST NIGHT, in which a bunch of Canadians have to decide what to do with their time after learning that the end of the world is inevitable. Do you try every sex position possible, like McKellar's friend Craig? Or celebrate Christmas every day, like McKellar's parents? This film features David Cronenberg as a dude at a power company who decides to phone every one of his clients to assure them that they power will stay on, and even as a nice guy he's David Cronenberg and creepy as fuck. Also features the always-magical Sandra Oh: Speaking of David Cronenberg: David Cronenberg is Canadian. Almost all of his films are Canadian, but the typical rule is the earlier you go in a Canadian director's filmography, the more Canadian the film. I'm a big fan of VIDEODROME, but James Woods' douche-baggery is so profound that that film may be ruined for you. Instead, try SCANNERS, and see Canadian TV legend Louis del Grande do some of the finest head-exploding acting ever put to celluloid: And if you are thinking to yourself "Dude I have seen all these movies, Canadian film has nothing for me" then perhaps you need to witness that most Canadian of all films, HIGHWAY 61, a road trip film involving the devil playing bingo! Of course, if rural surrealism tinged with Kids in the Hall quirkiness isn't your thing, you should know that Canada isn't all white folks and Canadians come from all over the fucking place. Wild! Canada can offer not only it's kinda homogeneous, CBC-esque, dominant culture, but a more heterogeneous, international view. Observe: Post about Canadian film here! No excuses: you're on lockdown!