New David Cronenberg movie, Crimes of the Future, a tale about Accelerated Evolution Syndrome

posted Friday, April 30, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Celebrity, Film

Crimes of the Future has been announced as a new film project written and directed by Canada’s David Cronenberg (A History of Violence, Eastern Promises, Crash), and produced by Robert Lantos (Eastern Promises, eXistenZ, Crash), in their fourth collaboration. It’s Cronenberg’s first original screenplay since eXistenZ in 1999. Crimes of the Future  takes a deep dive into the […]

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FANNY: The Right to Rock – the first all-female band on a major record label are still rocking

posted Thursday, April 29, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Music, Streaming Online

FANNY: The Right to Rock, the story of ferocious female rockers Fanny who, after shattering glass ceilings in the ’70s and amassing fans worldwide, reunite with a new record deal and a chance to rewrite history. Sometime in the 1960s, in sunny Sacramento, two Filipina-American sisters got together to play music. Little did they know […]

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Hot Docs 2021 – over 200 films stream virtually April 29 to May 9, 2021

posted Thursday, April 29, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Streaming Online, Toronto

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2021 is being presented online from April 29-May 9 at hotdocs.ca, which will also be available across Canada for the first time. From 2,300 film submissions, this year’s slate presents 219 films from 66 countries in 12 programs. With such a wide spectrum to choose from, there’s something for […]

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Catching A Serial Killer: Bruce McArthur – behind the scenes investigative report

posted Thursday, April 29, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

Bruce McArthur was many things; friend, grandfather, mall Santa, landscaper, and a ruthless serial killer who buried body parts in the yards of his posh clientele. This is the true story of the race to catch Toronto’s most prolific serial killer. Catching a Serial Killer: Bruce McArthur unravels the twists and turns of the shocking […]

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The Sleepless – two insomniacs randomly meet, and explore late night New York City together

posted Wednesday, April 28, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

In The Sleepless, Sophia can’t sleep. Neither can Zach. Both have gotten far too used to it. When the pair meet each other randomly at 3AM, in the only spot nearby open for coffee, sparks don’t necessarily fly. With a gentle nudge from bodega owner Samir, and with nothing better to do, Zach and Sophia […]

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Hot Docs Review/Interview – Audible – April 29 to May 9, 2021

posted Monday, April 26, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Uncategorized

Audible is Director, Matt Ogens’ short documentary about Amaree McKenstry-Hall’s final year at Maryland School for the Deaf can only skim the surface of the complexity of the situations depicted in its nearly 40 minute runtime. Matt told me that he wanted his film to be many things to many people: “nuanced and complex and […]

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Bloodthirsty – female driven horror film, with lesbian lovers, hallucinations, and music

posted Friday, April 23, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Lesbian, Queer, Streaming Online

Bloodthirsty is about indie singer Grey (Lauren Beatty), who writes catchy songs, has been a vegan since age 6, and is inconsolable at the roadkill death of a rabbit. But she has recurring dreams of eating raw meat, and experiences waking hallucinations of turning into an animal. The psychiatric meds prescribed by Dr. Swan (Michael […]

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I Am Syd Stone – an actor navigates his dwindling career, while questioning his sexuality

posted Wednesday, April 21, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer

I Am Syd Stone is a six-part series written and directed by Denis Theriault and produced by Gharrett Patrick Paon. The series, which sprung from the 2014 Iris Prize-nominated short film of the same name, had its world premiere at Toronto’s Inside-Out LGBT Film Festival. It’s based on Theriault’s own experiences circumventing his sexuality within the film […]

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Off-Broadway Musical A LETTER TO HARVEY MILK streams April 22-25, 2021

posted Wednesday, April 21, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Queer, Streaming Online

San Francisco. 1986. What could Harry, an amiable but lonely retired kosher butcher, have in common with Barbara, his young lesbian writing teacher at the senior center? Is it enough to bridge the divide? When Harry fulfills a writing assignment to compose a letter to someone from his past who’s dead, he writes not to his late wife Frannie but Harvey Milk, the first […]

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Miss Persona children’s show airs two LGBTQ themed episodes

posted Friday, April 16, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Family, Streaming Online, Television

The hit Canadian preschool series Miss Persona is celebrating love and 2SLGBTQ+ communities with two new episodes airing on Treehouse. In “Love Every Moment” premiering Saturday, April 17 at 11:45 a.m. ET, Miss Persona’s mom (Jane McClelland) marries her partner, Lorna (Elvira Kurt). Then, in “I Wanna Wear” premiering Sunday, April 18 at 11:45 a.m. ET, Brandon Bear attends his […]

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