posted Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Lonesome is a new feature film by Award Winning Australian director, Craig Boreham, exploring sexuality, loneliness and isolation in a world that has never been more connected. Casey, a country lad running from a small-town scandal, finds himself down and out in the big smoke of Sydney. When he meets Tib, a young city lad, […]
posted Monday, March 6, 2023
The 20th Annual Human Rights Watch Canada Film Festival (HRWFF) in partnership with Hot Docs Cinema will be held from March 8 to 19, 2023; March 8-12 in-person at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, and March 13-19 on Hot Docs digital platform. Following the tradition of past festivals, all tickets for both in-person and digital screenings are […]
posted Monday, March 6, 2023
Love is love… across genders and geography, communities and conflict, as five young films prove with verve and wonder – and a lot of (coming-of-age) love. Between Grindr dates and raves, No Hard Feelings, Faraz Shariat’s Berlinale feature debut, delves into the queer Iranian-German underground. In the award-winning documentary Zuhur’s Daughters, Laurentia Genske and Robin […]
posted Friday, March 3, 2023
There’s Always Hope tells the story of successful author, Jonathan Stack has been so obsessed with trying to pen his magnum opus. He’s let his marriage to Samantha, who is also his agent and editor, break down to the point where she announces she’s leaving him for her business partner Luke, a hapless OCD control […]
posted Friday, March 3, 2023
Inspired by Lizzy Goodman’s bestselling book, Meet Me In The Bathroom, this film is a archival journey about a new generation who kick-started a musical rebirth for New York City that reverberated around the world.. Set against the backdrop of 9/11 and a world unaware of the seismic political, technological and cultural shifts about to […]
posted Friday, March 3, 2023
Shriver (Michael Shannon), a down-on-his-luck handyman who has never read a book in his life, is mistaken for an infamous writer that has been in hiding for over 20 years. With nothing to lose, he accepts an invitation to attend a college literary festival and finds himself surrounded by adoring fans, an English professor (Kate […]
posted Thursday, March 2, 2023
Splice the spiritual DNA of John Waters with martial arts, gore and rude, run-amok mayhem, and you have Enter the Drag Dragon, Lee Demarbre’s antic celebration of high camp. Ottawa’s Mayfair Theatre, which Demarbre owns and runs, is the home of Enter the Drag Dragon’s Crazy Dragon Detective agency, which consists of the drag queen Crunch (variously […]
posted Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody is a powerful and triumphant celebration of the incomparable Whitney Houston. The film is a no-holds-barred portrait of the complex and multifaceted woman. From New Jersey choir girl to one of the best-selling and most awarded recording artists of all time, audiences are taken on an inspirational, poignant—and […]
posted Sunday, February 26, 2023
Principal photography has started on the queer-led, highly anticipated BACKSPOT, marking the feature film debut of creator/director D.W. Waterson (That’s My DJ), and starring award-winning actor Devery Jacobs (Reservation Dogs, Marvel’s Echo), and newcomer Kudakwashe Rutendo in lead roles. The film’s title derives from a backspotter, or someone who lifts and throws a flyer, or top girl, in the air […]
posted Saturday, February 25, 2023
While staying at an isolated island resort, James (Alexander Skarsgärd) and Em (Cleopatra Coleman) are enjoying a perfect vacation of pristine beaches, exceptional staff, and soaking up the sun. But guided by the seductive and mysterious Gabi (Mia Goth), they venture outside the resort grounds and find themselves in a culture filled with violence, hedonism, […]
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