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Halloween Kills – Michael Myers is back, and so is Jamie Lee Curtis

posted Friday, October 15, 2021

by: in Film

Guess what? The Halloween night when Michael Myers returned isn’t over yet! In 2018, David Gordon Green’s Halloween, starring icon Jamie Lee Curtis, killed at the box office, earning more than $250 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing chapter in the four-decade franchise and setting a new record for the biggest opening weekend in history for […]

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The Velvet Underground are a thing again in 2021 – new documentary, and tribute album

posted Friday, October 15, 2021

by: in Music

The Velvet Underground created a new sound that changed the world of music, cementing its place as one of rock ‘n’ roll’s most revered bands. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Todd Haynes, “The Velvet Underground” shows just how the group became a cultural touchstone representing a range of contradictions: the band is both of their time, […]

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Night of the Living Drag – get spooky with RuPaul’s queens – Oct 16, 2021 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, October 14, 2021

by: in Drag, Toronto

Halloween is on the horizon, and you know what that means. Dragula is coming! This Halloween, the fabulous ghouls of RuPaul’s Drag Race will be in Toronto for their most spooktakular event ever: Voss Events’ 10th Anniversary Night of the Living Drag.    Violet Chachki guides unsuspecting guests through the untimely deaths of RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Alyssa Edwards, Aquaria, […]

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NewFest – NYC’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival – Oct 15 to 21, 2021

posted Thursday, October 14, 2021

by: in Film, Streaming Online

Founded in 1988, NewFest is New York’s largest presenter of LGBTQ+ film & media and the largest convener of LGBTQ+ audiences in the city. The 33rd edition Features 130+ new films, including 30 narrative features, 14 documentary features, one global episodic showcase, and 11 shorts program screenings. It will take place Oct 15 to 26, […]

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Deep Blues – a look at the history of blues music in Mississippi

posted Wednesday, October 13, 2021

by: in Film, Music

In 1990, commissioned by Dave Stewart of Eurythmics, veteran music film director Robert Mugge and renowned music scholar Robert Palmer ventured deep into the heart of the North Mississippi Hill Country and Mississippi Delta to seek out the best rural blues acts currently working. Starting on Beale Street in Memphis, they headed south to the juke joints, lounges, front […]

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Killing Eleanor – unexpected pairing between two troubled individuals who collaborate to help each other out

posted Tuesday, October 12, 2021

by: in Film

Recently out of another stint in rehab, Natalie (Annika Marks) is hiding her everlasting pain killer habit, while living back at home and working for her Mom (Jane Kaczmarek) on the condition she’s clean. When Eleanor (Jenny O’Hara), a terminally-ill old woman, sneaks out of her nursing home and surprises Natalie with a long- forgotten […]

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On The Fringe of Wild – growing up queer in small town Northern Ontario

posted Tuesday, October 12, 2021

by: in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

On the Fringe of Wild serves as an early 21st century snapshot of queer adolescent boys on the verge of growing up into men and discovering their authentic selves. The film was shot in rural regions of Northern Ontario, Canada, mostly outdoors amongst the beautiful, but cold, stark & melancholic winter landscapes. “My inspiration for this film […]

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The Old Ways – captivating story of sorcery, healing, and the devil

posted Tuesday, October 12, 2021

by: in Film

Cristina, a journalist of Mexican origin living in the United States, travels to her ancestral home in Veracruz to investigate a story of sorcery and healing. There, she is kidnapped by a group of locals who claim she’s the devil incarnated. There, she is kidnapped by a group of locals, including a bruja (a female practitioner of […]

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Live at Mister Kelly’s – story behind the legendary Chicago club that launched the careers of many entertainers

posted Tuesday, October 12, 2021

by: in Film

The iconic Mister Kelly’s, once called a “supernova in the local and national night life firmament,” illuminated legendary Chicago’s Rush Street, and the entire country, by launching talent like Barbra Streisand, Richard Pryor, Bob Newhart, Bette Midler and Steve Martin. Its visionary owners George and Oscar Marienthal smashed colour and gender barriers to put unknown, […]

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Emergence: Out of the Shadows – follows the journey of three queer South Asians

posted Monday, October 11, 2021

by: in Film, Queer

Sher Films announced today that director Vinay Giridhar’s feature documentary debut Emergence: Out of the Shadows, a film that started its international festival run this September in the US, will be heading home to BC for its Canadian premiere at KDocsFF and to the Reelworld Film Festival for it’s Ontario debut. Emergence: Out of the Shadows follows three queer South […]

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