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Author: Bryen Dunn

Dare – a teen triangle of discovery, starring queer icons Sandra Bernhard and Alan Cumming

posted Monday, February 28, 2022

by: in Film, Queer

The 10th Anniversary re-release of DARE, an iconic high school drama centered around three senior student – an aspiring actress, her misfit best friend, and a loner rich boy – who become engaged in an intimate and complicated relationship. It’s a roller coaster of emotion, betrayal, heartbreak, and sexual experimentation starring newcomers Emmy Rossum, Zach […]

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Mirvish Productions returns to the stage in Toronto

posted Friday, February 25, 2022

by: in Theatre

To say that the pandemic has made theatre impossible in Toronto is an understatement. In the last two years, only a handful of shows have been on the stages of the Mirvish theatres under very restrictive conditions. However, this spring holds the most promising opportunity for theatre to truly return to our city, albeit still […]

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The Runner – dark wave electronic music duo, Boy Harsher, delve into film production

posted Friday, February 25, 2022

by: in Film, Music, Toronto

The Runner follows a strange woman as she travels to a secluded, rural town where her violent compulsions are slowly revealed. The story intertwines with band Boy Harsher performing on a public access channel. Their music scores the strange woman’s descent deeper into the unknown. Featuring break-out performances by musician Kris Esfandiari (King Woman), performance artist […]

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Give or Take – upon his father’s death, a son and his father’s partner share memories

posted Tuesday, February 22, 2022

by: in Film

Give or Take tells the story of Martin(Jamie Effros), a pragmatist who’s checked the boxes of an acceptable life yet feels disconnected, especially from his father, Kenneth, a distant man Martin could never figure out. Their relationship got more complicated when Kenneth came out after his wife died. For the first time, he was able […]

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A Night In The Fields – a story of two youth discovering life, and each other

posted Monday, February 21, 2022

by: in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

A Night In The Fields takes place a working class town near the French border, Anthony and Dylan, two inseparable and fearless fourteen-year-olds, decide to crash an evening at a nightclub. Young hearts run free with exhilarating consequences for all involved in this roller coaster ride through French suburbia. This piercing debut, a ‘moyen métrage’ […]

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Help – two friends discover each other’s secrets while spending a weekend in the English countryside

posted Tuesday, February 15, 2022

by: in Film

HELP chronicles a painful break up that prompts Grace to visit her friend Liv who is living in the idyllic English countryside with her boyfriend Edward and his dog Polly. The trio start the weekend in high spirits but soon turns into chaos, as well-kept secrets are exposed and the friends come to see each […]

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Toronto Black Film Festival celebrates its 10 anniversary – Feb 16 to 21, 2022

posted Tuesday, February 15, 2022

by: in Film

Canada’s largest Black cultural event during Black History Month, the Toronto Black Film Festival (TBFF), is celebrating its 10th anniversary, February 16 – 21, with a bigger and stronger ONLINE programming! Created by the Fabienne Colas Foundation, presented by TD Bank Group (TD) in collaboration with Global News, TBFF commemorates this important milestone with a record number of 200 films from 30 countries. Part of the TD 2022 Black History Month Series, […]

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Worst To First: The True Story of Z100 New York Radio

posted Friday, February 11, 2022

by: in Film

WORST TO FIRST is a feature-length documentary that portrays the against-all-odds inspirational story of the launch of the iconic and most successful radio station in history, New York City’s Z100. In 1983, Z100 launched from the swamps of New Jersey, where no artist would venture, and the DJs had to buy their own records just to […]

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I Want You Back – comedy about how to get over the hump of getting dumped

posted Friday, February 11, 2022

by: in Uncategorized

Peter (Charlie Day) and Emma (Jenny Slate) are total strangers, but when they meet, one thing instantly bonds them: they were both unexpectedly dumped by their respective partners, Anne (Gina Rodriguez) and Noah (Scott Eastwood), on the same weekend. As the saying goes, “misery loves company,” but their commiseration turns into a mission when they see […]

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Available Light Film Festival (ALFF) goes online February 11 – 28, 2022

posted Wednesday, February 9, 2022

by: in Film, Streaming Online

The Yukon Film Society (YFS) announces it is shifting its 20th annual Available Light Film Festival (ALFF) to online and moving the dates to February 11- 28, 2022. The annual festival will feature 60+ films online, an online industry conference, and other virtual events over the 18 days of the festival. ALFF 2022 highlights Indigenous […]

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