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A pharmacologist walks into a coffee shop. Ever heard this one? I hadn't until now. I've been emailing back and forth with one Marc-Alexandre Emond-Boisjoly. A coffee roaster with a background in biochemistry (B.Sc.) and pharmacology (M.Sc.), Marc-Alex founded 94Celcius.
Due to a small snafu, I wasn't able to try his coffee. But reading about it makes my cute little millennial mouth water. Why?
Well, if you do your research, you'll learn that Marc-Alex chooses his coffee beans for their story as much as their taste. I quiver. You do too and if you aren't you're lying to yourself.
Single-origin coffee. OMFG OMFG OMFG.
Every bag ties back to a specific farm and person. ENOUGH. If I don't try his coffee, I'm an embarrassment to my entire generation. A good recommendation (whether it's a film or a coffee) comes from someone who already did the curating for you. Marc-Alex is like me, but instead of movies, he does coffee. And if credentials mean anything anymore, he's far more qualified to do it than I am. Order a bag with the TNMN-exclusive discount code and let me know what you think.
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What it is.
A mysterious all-you-can-eat restaurant expands as residents vanish; a satirical horror-comedy told entirely through fake local TV commercials.
If you like these things, then you'll like the film.
→ Analog horror. A subgenre of horror that pairs a fake, low fidelity appearance (glitchy VHS aesthetic, broadcast disruptions, etc.) with deeply unsettling imagery. Not far from Late Night with the Devil.
→ Midnight movies. As funny and bonkers as it is creepy, Buffet Infinity is a classic midnight movie. Destined to amass a cult following. Destined to split audiences, to be a love-it-or-hate-it flick.
→ Adult Swim. You know, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Informercials, etc. Told through fake infomercials, Buffet Infinity is an ambitious creative swing with inherent risks, and it mostly succeeds.
→ Pot brownies. Dig feeling a little weird? This is your kind of movie. It isn’t necessary, but I can confirm it watches nicely with a little boost.
What I think.
For months now, we’ve started to invite a few friends to watch our Tuesday night movies with us. These pals, they’ve become regulars at nearly every screening.
They’re troopers, if you think about it. Let me remind you, we watch every single film we recommend on TNMN. But we do not recommend everything we watch. So naturally, this group has sat through some genuine duds.
Without fail each week when the credits roll, we probe the group for their opinions. After Simon Glassman’s Buffet Infinity, we started with Steve.
And Steve, sweet Steve, our bald-and-bearded friend, he breathed deeply, as if he’d just come up from underwater. A sigh of relief, his first taste of oxygen in an hour and a half. He scratched his beard and answered us thoughtfully:
“For much of the movie, I imagined I was in some sort of Russian prison,” he replied. “This is the film they would force me to watch to get me to talk.”
It was obvious from the jump that this film would split audiences, and our little survey session was a case in point. Ross, he agreed with Steve. Drew, me, and Matt, we loved the film.
The point is: there is no in between. You are either going to love Simon Glassman’s Buffet Infinity, or wonder why the fuck you ever trusted us to recommend you films in the first place. It’s that kind of movie.
The premise is an ambitious, inventive exploration of the way big business snuffs out local mainstays. The humor is silly, uncomfortable, and off-putting. The imagery and sound design, strange and unsettling.
Inherent in a story told entirely through corny infomercials is obvious risk. You are going to alienate some viewers, like Steve. But for any of you readers who’ve felt a tingle of joy after reading “an inventive, psychedelic horror-comedy tale told entirely through fake local TV commercials,” get out of here and watch the damned movie. You, I just know it, are going to love Buffet Infinity.
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A fact or two about the production that makes you say "oh, neat."
→ An early cut of Buffet Infinity was made exclusively from stock footage (no actors). Director Simon Glassman’s words: “When I was making it initially there was a 22 minute cut of the film that was all stock footage. No actors at all. I wanted to see if I could make a whole horror film that was entirely based on only stock footage…”
→ It sold before it even premiered to audiences. The distributor, Yellow Veil Pictures claimed the film prior to its premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival in 2025.
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Every other edition, we conclude with an original work of fiction by Blake. Today, we have a very special treat. A fellow member of Tuesday Night Movie Night, Brian Potter, has agreed to publish their own original work of poetry with us. If you want to see more of Brian’s work, check out his blog, Potter’s Musings.
Salt Shaker.
By Brian Potter
Palsy and ice met
on my grandfather’s steps
while Morton sat
on the counter
mocking the flavor
I saw in the frozen pool
of red and tasted
in the warmth
flowing down my cheeks
when the last rites
were said
and the steps
could have been solid
with the bitter salt
but the priest only shook
his head and said
when it rains
it pours
and Grandpa
flavored the earth.
