The CineForum

“What I like about The CineForum and Reg Hartt and what makes him a valuable figure is his belief in cinema as a living, breathing thing, something to be enjoyed and argued about, not genuflected at or framed on a wall and revered at a respected distance. In his presentations he refutes the conventional wisdom that films like THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915), THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925), and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) are better appreciated as historical artifacts than entertainments. To see KID DRACULA, his show that pairs F. W. Murnau’s NOSFERATU (1922) with Radiohead to surprisingly effective results is to be reminded that the classics were made for the raw public before they were made for cinema studies syllabi. I have rarely felt a film’s greatness in a classroom but I have often felt it at Reg Hartt’s CineForum.”—a cinema studies student.

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David Huckvale: The Music of DRACULA, PRINCE OF DARKNESS(1966)

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April 24, 2026

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7pm Thursday, April 30, The CineForum, 463 Bathurst, Toronto, M5T 2S9. 416-603-6643.

It took Britain’s Hammer Films years to figure out how to bring back Count Dracula after reducing him to dust at the conclusion of their landmark 1958 film.

The result was a film everyone had to see. We loved it.

Part of the reason was James Bernard’s great score.