“Equal” – four-part docuseries pays tribute to early LGBTQ+ pioneers, part of Hollywood Suite’s Queer Cinema collection

posted Sunday, June 6, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Queer, Streaming Online, Television

Hollywood Suite is proud to present the Canadian premiere of the four-part HBO Max Original docuseries Equal as the cornerstone of its Pride programming for the month of June. Available exclusively on Hollywood Suite in Canada, Equal will make its debut with episode one “The Birth of the Movement” on Monday, June 7 at 9pm ET. Subsequent episodes will premiere Mondays through June […]

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No Tickets at the Door – a look at how the pandemic affected Toronto musicians, promoters, and venues

posted Thursday, June 3, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Music, Streaming Online, Toronto

No Tickets At The Door examines the importance of music communities in the modern age, and what is at stake if a city is no longer hospitable towards them. One of the hardest hit industries by COVID-19, the live music scene has been delt a devastating blow, leaving our favourite concert venues—and the communities they […]

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Undine – modern interpretation of a titular myth

posted Thursday, June 3, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

In UNDINE, Chrstian Petzold reworks the ancient myth of the mysterious water spirit in the modern world. Set in Berlin, UNDINE works as a historian lecturing on Berlin’s urban development. She knows all about the Humboldt Forum, and has a knack for dressing. She is nonchalantly beautiful, and the way she imparts her knowledge about the city that was […]

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Toronto Jewish Film Festival includes several LGBT+ features – June 3 to 13, 2021

posted Wednesday, June 2, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

This year, the Toronto Jewish Film Festival (TJFF)  streams Ontario-wide from June 3 to 13, 2021. TJFF2021 offers a curated programme of 60+ films showcasing the best in Jewish-content film from Canada and around the world.  The Micki Moore Award for best narrative feature by a female director is awarded to Aviva Armour-Ostroff for LUNE. Armour-Ostroff co-directed, co-wrote, […]

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It’s Not a Burden – the humour and heartache of caring for aging parents

posted Tuesday, June 1, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

It’s Not A Burden is an intimate, humorous and heartfelt journey into the stories of adult children navigating the challenges and joys of caring for their aging parents. The film highlights several LGBTQ families and their trials and tribulations of caregiving for an aging loved one.  They spent much of their lives taking care of us, […]

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Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival – May 27 to June 6, 2021

posted Thursday, May 27, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Toronto

The 31st annual Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival, championing innovative 2SLGBTQ+ filmmakers from across the globe, will showcase 143 films including 33 feature films, and 5 episodic series, screening online from May 27 – June 6, 2021. The festival’s opening night film will be the Canadian premiere of Natalie Morales’ socially distant platonic love story […]

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Moby Doc – introspective on the man behind the music, up close and personal

posted Wednesday, May 26, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Celebrity, Music, Streaming Online, Toronto, Vancouver

Moby Doc is a surrealist biographical documentary narrated by Moby as he reflects on his turbulent personal life and iconic music from underground punk bands to chart-topping solo artist, and from struggling addict to vegan activist. Featuring interviews with David Lynch and David Bowie, along with extraordinary concert footage, utilizing a unique blend of re-enactments, interviews, and archival footage, […]

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Calgary’s “Fairy Tales Film Festival” streams virtually across Canada, May 21 to 30, 2021

posted Friday, May 21, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

Over the last 23 years, Fairy Tales, Calgary’s Queer Film Festival, has grown from a fledgling, volunteer-run off-shoot of The Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers, to become one of Canada’s largest LGBTQ2A+ film festivals. Last year, the 22nd version happened digitally due to COVID, and this year it will again, from May 21 to 30, […]

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“P!nk: All I Know So Far” – new music, and concert footage film

posted Friday, May 21, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Celebrity, Music

International Pop Icon P!NK  released her brand new single “All I Know So Far” on May 7th.  The Greg Kurstin produced track was written by P!NK and Oscar, Grammy, Tony, and Golden Globe Award-winning songwriters Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, and is featured on P!NK’s upcoming project, All I Know So Far: Setlist,  which is available on RCA Records as of May 21, 2021.   Along with the new single, All I Know So […]

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PRIDE – new FX series documents LGBTQ life through the decades

posted Thursday, May 20, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Streaming Online, Television

PRIDE, a six-part FX Network documentary series chronicling the struggle for LGBTQ+ civil rights in America from the 1950s through the 2000s. Seven renowned LGBTQ+ directors explore heroic and heartbreaking stories that define us as a nation. The limited series spans the FBI surveillance of homosexuals during the 1950s Lavender Scare to the “Culture Wars” […]

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