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Andy Warhol exhibition at the AGO runs July 21 to October 24, 2021 (includes review)

posted Tuesday, July 20, 2021

by: in Art, Art Gallery, Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Toronto

In 1964, Andy Warhol founded “The Factory,” his 47th Street Manhattan studio, where he surrounded himself with artists, musicians, writers and underground celebrities. This summer, to celebrate the blockbuster exhibition Andy Warhol opening on July 21, the AGO brings together a similar group of dynamic creatives to explore the artist’s legacy and the enduring appeal of Pop […]

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Diana’s Wedding – romantic comedy about one couple getting married on the same day as Prince Charles and Princess Diana

posted Monday, July 19, 2021

by: in Film

Diana’s Wedding is a romantic comedy about a girl observing her parents’ turbulent marriage and dealing with how their relationship has affected her own ability, as an adult, to love, or be loved. July 29, 1981. Lady Diana Spencer marries Charles, Prince of Wales, at St Paul’s Cathedral in London. On that same day, Liv […]

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Original Sin – short film explores the Seven Sins of Purgatory, featuring the songs and music of INXS

posted Friday, July 16, 2021

by: in Film, Music, Streaming Online

. Original Sin The 7 Sins featuring the songs and music of INXSis a modern-day love story about a broken-hearted heroine and her journey through the seven sins and the quest towards the virtue of Hope. The music of the legendary global rock band INXS seamlessly accompanies the film, and ultimately, the young heroine finds true […]

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The Man With The Answers, and, Carmen and Lola – two queer European road adventure films

posted Wednesday, July 14, 2021

by: in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

In THE MAN WITH THE ANSWERS you’re invited on the perfect summer road-trip with ex-championship diver Viktoras, and the handsome Mathias. Starting off in Greece, and continuing through the picturesque European landscapes to Bavaria, Germany. En-route there’s a stop off in Madrid where CARMEN & LOLA will be waiting. This is bound to be the trip of a […]

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Bone Cage – cryptic and captivating story of a troubled family

posted Thursday, July 8, 2021

by: in Film

Bone Cage is an incredible Canadian film about people trapped in jobs, relationships and lives. Directed and starring a major talent to watch, Taylor Olson, this performance-driven piece is a sensitive and skillful adaptation of Catherine Bank’s stage play. Bone Cage plays with the nuances of performative masculinity in rural Canada. Jamie’s desire to break free from this world is […]

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Transnational – new series with trans correspondents reporting on world news

posted Wednesday, June 30, 2021

by: in Streaming Online, Television, Trans

Vice World News is launching a news series about trans issues from around the world. It’s been over six years since TIME Magazine notoriously declared that America had reached the “Transgender Tipping Point” with a cover featuring Orange is the New Black star Laverne Cox. And yet, data compiled by the Human Rights Campaign shows that 2021 is on track to […]

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Summer of Soul – unseen footage of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, part music film, part historical record

posted Wednesday, June 30, 2021

by: in Film, Music

In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presents the powerful and transporting documentary, Summer of Soul—part music film, part historical record created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The […]

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Lydia Lunch documentary “The War is Never Over”

posted Tuesday, June 29, 2021

by: in Film, Music, New York City, Streaming Online

The War is Never Over, the first career-spanning documentary retrospective of the artist and spoken-word poet Lydia Lunch, will open June 30 in both theatres and virtual cinemas through KinoMarquee.com. Directed by prolific No Wave filmmaker Beth B, the film made its festival premiere last year to high acclaim as an official selection at the SXSW Film Festival, International […]

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Happy Pride Toronto! Here’s your guide to all that’s happening this weekend (June 25 to 27, 2021)

posted Friday, June 25, 2021

by: in Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, Music, Pride, Queer, Streaming Online, Toronto, Trans

Friday, June 25th 3:00 pm Trans Pride pridetoronto.com/watch Please enjoy Toronto’s Trans Rally and March, welcoming space for all Trans people, non-binary people, friends of, and allies who rally and march together. In a typical year, Trans women of colour and people with different abilities are encouraged to lead the march and set the pace for all […]

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Dawn, Her Dad, and Her Tractor – Canadian trans story of love and understanding

posted Friday, June 25, 2021

by: in Film, Queer, Toronto, Trans

In Dawn, Her Dad, and Her Tractor, a young woman with a startling resemblance to John Andrew’s wife Miranda appears days before her funeral, igniting an odyssey towards understanding. His son Donald is now Dawn, home to mourn her mother and repair the estrangement with her Dad. As Dawn reconnects with her sister Tammy and […]

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