Hollywood Suite is proud to announce the return of their original documentary series A Year in Film. Premiering Thursday, May 25, 2023 the fourth season will shine a cinematic spotlight on the years 1973, 1985, 1999 and 2010. Archival material, film clips and interviews with industry insiders and critics will immerse viewers in film history and pop culture.
This season’s episodes include:
🎬 A Year in Film: 1973
Discusses The Exorcist, Serpico, Enter the Dragon, Mean Streets, Paper Moon, American Graffiti, Coffy and more.
Premieres May 25 at 9pm ET on HS70
Available on Demand May 25
🎬 A Year in Film: 1985
Discusses Back to the Future, The Breakfast Club, The Goonies, PeeWee’s Big Adventure, Blood Simple, The Peanut Butter Solution, Rocky IV and more.
Premieres May 26 at 9pm ET on HS80
Available on Demand May 26
🎬 A Year in Film: 1999
Discusses The Matrix, Cruel Intentions, Fight Club, American Beauty, The Blair Witch Project, The Sixth Sense and more.
Premieres May 27 at 9pm ET on HS90
Available on Demand May 27
🎬 A Year in Film: 2010
Discusses The Social Network, The King’s Speech, Inception, Black Swan, Boy, Winter’s Bone, True Grit and more.
Premieres May 28 at 9pm ET on HS00
Available on Demand May 28
Meticulously restored Canadian cult classic The Peanut Butter Solution will also receive its broadcast premiere on Hollywood Suite on Friday, May 26 at 9:40 pm ET, immediately following the premiere of the 1985 episode of A Year in Film. The film is also discussed in depth in an episode of the A Year in Film Podcast featuring guest Jay Baruchel.
“While it’s a children’s film, The Peanut Butter Solution is one of the most notorious films ever produced in Canada,” says Alicia Fletcher, writer and producer of A Year In Film. “I frequently encounter children of the 80s who saw this film growing up and it marked them deeply. It was made with love and frankness by legendary producer Roque Demers and director Michael Rubbo, and what makes it great is that it never shies away from the surreal hellishness of childhood. The Peanut Butter Solution is a quintessential 80s gem and Hollywood Suite is the perfect home for its recent restoration.”.
It’s the Holidays at Hollywood Suite and to celebrate, you will be getting a free preview December 1, 2021 through January 5, 2022! They’ve got an amazing line-up of Movies and Series for you to enjoy so you’ll be plenty busy this Holiday Season. All you need to do is tune-in!
As announced previously HBO Max‘s GOMORRAH will be coming soon to to Hollywood Suite, but they also have a great mix of original programming and classics as well!
GOMORRAH
Based on Roberto Saviano’s bestselling book, the gritty Naples-set crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra. More popular than Game of Thrones in its native Italy, the award-winning series set a new standard for Italian television following its debut in 2014, and has gone on to receive widespread acclaim from both viewers and critics alike. To date, the series has been shown in over 190 territories worldwide, with The New York Times rating it in the top five of the top 30 international shows of the past decade.
Seasons 1–3 will premiere On Demand December 1 with 36 episodes, followed by the Gomorrah feature film The Immortal, and seasons 4 and 5 in the new year.
WHO MADE THE LIST?
The holidays wouldn’t be the same without Hollywood Suite gifting viewers with a little bit of sugar and spice. Much like a box of chocolates, there’s something for everyone on the Naughty and Nice Lists! Available on Hollywood Suite this December:
The Nice List … fun for the whole family!
The Bad News Bears (1976)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
Legend (1985)
Teen Wolf (1985)
Babes in Toyland (1986)
Prancer (1989)
Uncle Buck (1989)
A League of Their Own (1992)
The Baby-Sitters Club (1995)
Jumanji (1995)
Harriet the Spy (1996)
Mousehunt (1997)
Men in Black (1997)
Men in Black II (2002)
Small Soldiers (1998)
Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
Love Actually (2003)
Surviving Christmas (2004)
The Holiday (2006)
Son of Rambow (2007)
The Flight Before Christmas (2008)
Four Christmases (2008)
Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage (2008)
The Green Hornet (2011)
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Men in Black 3 (2012)
About Time (2014)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
The Little Prince (2015)
Wonder (2017)
The Naughty List … for the love of the anti-hero!
Citizen Kane (1941)
Ocean’s 11 (1960)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The Italian Job (1969)
Dirty Harry (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1972)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
California Split (1974)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Great Train Robbery (1978)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Falling Down (1993)
American Psycho (2000)
Kill Bill, Vol. 1 (2003)
Kill Bill, Vol. 2 (2004)
In Bruges (2008)
Drive (2012)
Looper (2012)
Nightcrawler (2014)
A YEAR IN FILM SEASON 3
The Hollywood Suite original documentary series A Year in Film explores how movies reflect the events, mood, politics, and culture of their time. This latest season covers the years 1971, 1980, 1997 and 2005 and features appearances by filmmakers and experts, including Atom Egoyan, Norm Wilner, Andrea Subissati, Eastern Yoo, Robyn Citizen, Emily Gagne, Becky Shrimpton, Adam Nayman, Radheyan Simonpillai, and Charlotte Mickie.
Episodes will be released on Sundays at 9pm ET kicking off on December 5. After you watch the new episodes, listen to A Year in Film podcast to learn about the years featured in the series.
A Year in Film: 1971 – Premiering December 5, 2021 at 9pm ET
Henry and Henrietta. Harry Callahan. Popeye Doyle. John Shaft. Bree Daniels. The year was 1971 and two up-and-coming auteurs named George Lucas (THX-1138) and Steven Spielberg (Duel) burst onto the scene with their first feature films.
Films featured: Duel, THX-1138, A New Leaf, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Klute, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Mon Oncle Antoine, Dirty Harry, The French Connection, Shaft, A Clockwork Orange, and The Last Picture Show.
A Year in Film: 1980 – Premiering December 12, 2021 at 9pm ET
John Merrick. Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker. Jack Lamotta. Jason Voorhees. This was not only a year of some of the most memorable characters in film, it was also the year when Post-It Notes were invented. A pretty great year.
Films featured: The Empire Strikes Back, Raging Bull, The Elephant Man, The Shining, Friday the 13th, The Changeling, Atlantic City, Airplane, 9 to 5, Little Darlings, Popeye, Heaven’s Gate, and Ordinary People.
A Year in Film: 1997 – Premiering December 19, 2021 at 9pm ET
Jack and Rose. Rollergirl. Dirk Diggler. Jay and Kay. Austin Powers. So many iconic characters, all in one epic year of cinema.
Films featured: Jackie Brown, Eve’s Bayou, Boogie Nights, Men in Black. Starship Troopers, Selena, Anaconda, U-Turn, Lost Highway, LA Confidential, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Cube, The Sweet Hereafter, and Titanic.
A Year in Film: 2005 – Premiering December 26, 2021 at 9pm ET
Shug and Dejay. Bruce Wayne. Mamma Mia and The Lion King lit up Broadway, YouTube and Reddit were born, and we definitely did NOT wish we could quit this exceptional year of movies.
Films featured: Batman Begins, Sin City, A History of Violence, Brokeback Mountain, C.R.A.Z.Y., Water, Where the Truth Lies, Junebug, The Squid and the Whale, Hustle & Flow, Munich, and War of the Worlds.
Great news for the Holidays! Hollywood Suite will be available as a free preview for you from December 1, 2020 to January 5, 2021! Among the exciting things they have lined-up are a tribute to Keanu Reeves, a KEANUSSANCE and the second season of their series A YEAR IN FILM. As announced previously, HBO MAX series VALLEY OF TEARS also is coming to Hollywood Suite exclusively.
VALLEY OF TEARS
Hollywood Suite is the exclusive Canadian home of the all-new HBO Max Original 10-part war drama, Valley of Tears. The biggest budget Israeli TV series of all time, Valley of Tears comes to Hollywood Suite following the smashing success of its debut in its home country and on HBO Max in the US.
The series is inspired by the true events of the 1973 Yom Kippur War in Israel.
Episodes 1 and 2 of Valley of Tears will premiere back-to-back Saturday, December 19 on HS00, with a new episode airing each following Saturday. Each episode will be available On Demand immediately following their air date. The series will be broadcast in the original Hebrew with English subtitles. Subtitled and English-dubbed versions will be available On Demand.
A YEAR IN FILM – SEASON TWO
The Hollywood Suite original documentary series A Year in Film explores how movies reflect the events, mood, politics, and culture of their time. A Year in Film immerses you in film history and pop culture with insights and movie memories from filmmakers, industry insiders, and critics. Season two dives into the films that shaped the years 1975, 1986, 1994 and 2000.
A Year in Film: 1975
With Watergate and the fall of Saigon dominating the news, people were looking for an escape.
Premiering December 6, 2020 at 9:00pm ET on Hollywood Suite 70s Movies (HS70)
Films featured in A Year in Film: 1975 airing or On Demand in December : Dog Day Afternoon, Barry Lyndon, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles.
A Year in Film: 1986
Celebrations like Vancouver’s Expo 86, Hands Across America and the passing of Halley’s Comet were tempered by the sadness of tragedies like Chernobyl, the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and the uncovering of the Iran-Contra affair.
Premiering December 13, 2020 at 9:00pm ET on Hollywood Suite 80s Movies (HS80)
Films featured in A Year in Film: 1986 airing or On Demand in December:The Fly, Aliens, Top Gun, Platoon, Chopping Mall, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, River’s Edge, The Decline of the American Empire, and Stand by Me.
A Year in Film: 1994
Gen X controlled the narrative in a big way. While Hollywood struggled with the generation gap, independent films connected with mainstream audiences more than ever.
Premiering December 20, 2020 at 9:00pm ET on Hollywood Suite 90s Movies (HS90)
Films featured in A Year in Film: 1994 airing or On Demand in December: Forrest Gump, Double Happiness, Pulp Fiction, Reality Bites, Dumb and Dumber, Clifford, Speed, The Crow, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, and Eat Drink Man Woman.
A Year in Film: 2000
The dawn of the new millennium saw a mix of frustrations over a contested U.S. election and relief after Y2K fears fizzled. The film landscape seemed wide open for new and exciting voices to emerge.
Premiering December 27, 2020 at 9:00pm ET on Hollywood Suite 2000s Movies (HS00)
Films featured in A Year in Film: 2000 airing or On Demand in December:Erin Brockovich, Traffic, Yi Yi, American Psycho, Ginger Snaps, In the Mood for Love, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
KEANUSSANCE
December is all Keanu, all the time. His name means “cool breeze over the mountains,” and he’s a well-rounded, well-loved, low-key Canadian guy who kicks ass and has serious acting chops. Raised in Toronto, his three-decade long filmography is prolific and filled with an alarming amount of Hollywood’s biggest blockbuster franchises. The cinematic homage to The One includes:
Hollywood Suite 80s Movies Channel (HS80)
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989) – December 5, 9:00 pm ET
River’s Edge (1986) – December 6, 9:00 pm ET
Hollywood Suite 90s Movies Channel (HS90)
Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991) – December 5, 10:35 pm ET
Speed (1994) – December 5, 12:10 am ET
My Own Private Idaho (1991) – December 6, 10:45
Chain Reaction (1996) – December 6, 12:30 am
The Matrix (1999) – December 12, 9:00 pm
Johnny Mnemonic (1995) – December 12, 11:20 pm
Point Break (1991) – December 13, 9:00 pm
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) – December 13, 11:10 pm
Hollywood Suite 2000s Movies Channel (HS00)
The Replacements (2000) – December 20, 9:00 pm
The Matrix Reloaded (2003) – December 12, 11:20 pm
The Matrix Revolutions (2003) – December 12, 1:40 am
Something’s Gotta Give (2003) – December 20, 11:00 pm
John Wick (2014) – December 30, 9:00 pm
John Wick 2 (2014) – December 30, 10:45 pm
Constantine (2005) – December 31, 9:00 pm
FAMILY FAVOURITES
These family films are like your favourite PJs and a weighted blanket. Here’s a list of Hollywood Suite comfort films to ease your mind: The Holiday (2006), Grease (1978), Labyrinth (1986), Little Women (1994), The Karate Kid (1984), Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Nights (2002), Ella Enchanted (2004), Grown Ups (2010), Pitch Perfect (2012) and The Princess Bride (1987).
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