The Jalamari Helender-directed Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale confirms what we’ve always suspected: That Santa Claus is a cantakerous vengeful Yuletide goon that’s been buried for centuries in mountains of Finland. (Not to mention sweet relief for those who’ve worn out their copies of A Peanuts Christmas and It’s a Wonderful Life ) Check the quasi-depraved shorts that spawned it:
Head to the Plaza tonight for a one-off 11:30 p.m. screening of Rare Exports — it’s also the Calgary Underground Film Festival’s Christmas bash too — but if you miss that it opens proper on Wednesday December 22. Expect a full review in the December 23 edition of Fast Forward but for now we’ll let the trailer above do that talking.
Who are we kidding though "Linus and Lucy" never gets old:
