JUNO Awards Collection – three music documentaries available to stream free on CBC Gem as a lead up to the JUNO Awards on March 30, 2025

posted Saturday, March 29, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Music, Streaming Online

The 54th annual JUNO Awards will be hosted by Michael Bublé live from Vancouver on all CBC platforms Sunday, March 30, 2025. As a prelude to the Awards CBC has compiled three wonderful music documentaries that are free to stream on CBC Gem. The JUNO Awards Collection celebrates all things musical with documentaries including GODDESS […]

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Canadian Film Festival shines the spotlight on home-grown talent – March 24 to 29, 2025 (Toronto)

posted Saturday, March 22, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Festivals, Film

Canadian Film Fest (CFF), the indie-spirited festival dedicated to celebrating Canadian filmmakers, today announced its lineup for the 2025 edition of the festival. Now in its 19th year, CFF continues to champion and support our country’s creatives and homegrown talent, bringing Canadian stories to Canadian audiences. This year, the festival will be showcasing 16 features and […]

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F.L.Y. (First Love Yourself) is a comedic tale of ex’s, lovers, and outrageous outfits

posted Friday, December 27, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

F.L.Y is a comedy about two exes, Max and Rafael, who get stuck quarantined together at the onset of the COVID pandemic. They’ve not seen each other in five years, and Rafael just popped up on Max’s doorstep in LA with nowhere to stay, but having high hopes of becoming the next drag superstar. Meanwhile, Max has a […]

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The Binding – suspenseful queer Israeli drama about sins, saints, and sex

posted Monday, December 23, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer

The Binding tells the story of Binyamin, who just turned 21 and moved to Tel Aviv after coming out as gay, and also facing the trauma of his brother’s death in a car accident for which he feels responsible. Binyamin’s life takes a turn to the darker side when his relationship with the older Avinoam, […]

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You Are Not Me – holiday themed lesbian thriller with more twists than twinkles

posted Monday, December 23, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Lesbian, Queer

You Are Not Me is a dark and disturbing dispatch from the most irrational realm: family. Aitana returns home for the first time in three years, excited to introduce her wife and their adopted infant son to her extended family and celebrate Christmas together. The family villa in the Spanish countryside is exactly as she […]

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A Complete Unknown – Timothée Chalamet portrays Bob Dylan perfectly, both in character and in song

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Music

New York, 1961. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. He forges intimate relationships with music icons of Greenwich Village on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking and controversial […]

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Wildsound LGBTQ+ Film Festival – Thur. Nov. 28th – Carlton Cinemas (Toronto)

posted Thursday, November 28, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Festivals, Film, Queer, Toronto

WILDsound presents the best LGBTQ+ Films from Canada and around the world today. STIGMA, 8min., Canada, Dance Directed by Reilly Michael Saso Confronted by a heart-wrenching diagnosis and societal scorn in his youth, a young man grapples intensely with mortality and rejection. Three decades later, he embarks on a poignant odyssey through the evocative language […]

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Ekran Toronto Polish Film Festival – Nov 14 to 24, 2024 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, November 12, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Toronto

The 15th annual Ekran Toronto Polish Film Festival is set to screen the best of Polish cinema from November 14 to 24, 2024, showcasing an exciting lineup of films that highlight the rich tapestry of Polish cinema and culture. This year’s festival promises to bring together filmmakers, enthusiasts, and the community to celebrate creativity, storytelling, and […]

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Ukrainian punk band Gogol Bordello’s film screening of “Scream of My Blood” will be followed by a Q&A and live performance – Nov 4, 2024 (Toronto)

posted Friday, November 1, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Music, Toronto

Eugene Hütz and Sergey Ryabtsev from the international punk band, Gogol Bordello, will be hosting a Q&A session and spirited live performance here in Toronto on November 4, 2024 following the film screening of Scream of My Blood.  Gogol Bordello is a wild, visionary cadre of immigrant musicians, artists and outsiders, whose border-blasting message of inclusion and personal liberation, […]

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Cinefranco – catch the best in French film – Nov 1 to 10, 2024 (Toronto)

posted Friday, November 1, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Toronto

Cinefranco is Toronto’s French language film festival, providing an opportunity for Francophones and foreign film buffs to catch a variety of flicks that may be the only time they will be screened in a theatre here in the city.  Ricardo Trogi, a regular that Cinéfranco audiences love, opens the festival with his tremendous success, 1995, […]

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