posted Wednesday, December 14, 2022
REVIVAL69: The Concert that Rocked the World, tells the incredible behind-the-scenes, story of how, against all odds, a life-changing concert came together. A story of passion and perseverance, this never-before documented story reveals a series of colourful characters, murky deals and broken promises, culminating in John Brower, a young renegade promoter, putting his life on […]
posted Monday, December 12, 2022
In Robert Livings and Randy Nundlall Jr.’s Christmas-Horror Anthology THE CHRISTMAS TAPES, a family’s movie night on Christmas Eve is interrupted by a stranger, insistent on making the next Christmas ‘classic’ film himself. It’s is a throwback to the anthology films of the 80’s and 90’s, but with a modern found-footage twist. Christmas Horror is a […]
posted Saturday, December 10, 2022
For the first time, a Hallmark holiday movie features a LGBTQ couple as the focus in The Holiday Sitter. Not only does it feature a queer focused cast, but also queer talent behind the scenes as well. Sam (Jonathan Bennett) is a workaholic bachelor who babysits his niece and nephew before the holidays when his […]
posted Saturday, December 10, 2022
Boulevard: A Hollywood Story, tells the real-life tale of Gloria Swanson, the iconic star of Sunset Boulevard, which both the movie and her character of Norma Desmond provided a renewed spotlight. Seeing in Norma a portal back to the stardom she once commanded as a silent screen superstar, Swanson began to envision a musical stage […]
posted Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Holiday cheer will be spread at Hot Docs Cinema’s Free Festive Favourites series screenings, featuring the Christmas slasher Black Christmas, the 1984 black comedy-horror Gremlins, the lavish Technicolor Irving Berlin musical White Christmas, the beloved Dickens’ adaptation and cult-classic The Muppet Christmas Carol; the nostalgic comedy A Christmas Story; the 1990 family blockbuster Home Alone; Frank Capra’s heartwarming classic It’s a Wonderful Life; Bruce […]
posted Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Homebody is a lighthearted, genderqueer comedy, expanded from Joseph Sackett’s 2018 short I Was in Your Blood. Young Johnny Colby Minifie, The Boys) discovers a YouTube video that teaches him how to send his spirit out of his body and into his beloved babysitter Melanie. He can see through her eyes and operate her from […]
posted Saturday, December 3, 2022
Waking Up Dead follows actor Danny Maldonado, who was once about to conquer Hollywood. but now, just a few years later, his career has flatlined. When he receives a call in to audition for the lead role in the most talked-about new series in Hollywood, Danny vows to clean up his act, but is it […]
posted Thursday, December 1, 2022
In December, Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema will screen a selection of the most acclaimed and awarded documentaries of 2022, premiere new films featuring music icons like Neil Young in Nashville, Paul McCartney in Abbey Road Studios, and John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band in Toronto’s Varsity Stadium. First-run films featuring music icons include Neil Young: Harvest Time, an intimate […]
posted Tuesday, November 29, 2022
After a prolonged disappearance, Adam (Beau Swartz) reluctantly returns to sex work. Following the urge to protect a young aspiring adult film star, Lucy (Keiva Bradley), from their terrorizing handler, Felix (Francisco Antonio), Adam’s actions trigger a series of events that send violent ripples through Los Angeles underground sex-trade. Featuring supporting performances from Jonathan Miller, […]
posted Monday, November 28, 2022
Whistler Film Festival (WFF) has announced the full lineup for its 22nd edition taking place in-person from November 30, to December 4 2022 in Whistler, BC, and online from December 5 to January 2, 2023. Selected from over 2,000 submissions, the lineup includes 86 bold and inspiring films curated into nine program strands. There are […]
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