Hot Docs Cinema screens Music Docs on Neil Young, Paul McCartney, and John Lennon

posted Thursday, December 1, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Featured Events, Film, Music, Toronto

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 […]

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Adam in Fragments – the grit and grind of LA’s sex work industry

posted Tuesday, November 29, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

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, […]

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Whistler Film Festival – in person Nov 30 to Dec 4, and online Dec 5 to Jan 3, 2023

posted Monday, November 28, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

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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Neil Young: Harvest Time – unseen 1971 documentary chronicles the making of this classic album – in theatres Dec 1, 2022

posted Monday, November 28, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Film, Music

Neil Young: Harvest Time was created between January and September 1971, this docu-film takes us on an intimate journey to Young’s farm in Northern California for the ‘Harvest Barn’ sessions, to London for an iconic performance with the London Symphony Orchestra and to Nashville where the then 20 something Neil Young worked on various tracks […]

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Driving Mum – comedic tale of one man’s journey across Iceland, with his dead mother

posted Saturday, November 19, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

Diving Mum tells the story of Jon, a middles aged man who loses his mother, the single most dominant person in his life. When his anchor is gone, he is compelled to honour her last wish, and takes on a journey to bring the body across Iceland to her home village for the final rest. […]

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The Estate – comedy depicts a money hungry family all vying for the same fortune

posted Wednesday, November 16, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

In The Estate, several distant family members suddenly find themselves reunited over the (un)fortunate news that their very wealthy, and cranky, Aunt Hilda (Kathleen Turner) has just been diagnosed with a terminal illness. What ensues is a whole bunch of hilarity, as each member tries to outperform the other with whatever it takes to woo […]

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European Union Film Festival returns with a hybrid in-person/online program from 27 countries – Nov 17 to Dec 2, 2022 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, November 15, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Streaming Online, Toronto

The European Union Film Festival returns to Toronto with in-person audiences from November 17th to December 2nd, 2022, and will also continue to offer an online festival until December 10th, by releasing one film per day for viewing online. Each film will be available for a period of two days and accessible across Canada. The […]

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Love in Kilnerry – multi-award winning comedy about small town libido levels

posted Sunday, November 13, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

Love in Kilnerry is about the residents of a small remote town who panic when the EPA announces mandatory changes to their chemical plant could cause a dramatic increase to their libido. The sheriff, played by Daniel Keith, tries to maintain order and decency but mayhem ensues. The movie is in the vein of Waking […]

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Pomegranate Film Festival celebrates Armenian inspired films – until Nov 13, 2022 (Toronto)

posted Friday, November 11, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Streaming Online, Toronto

The Pomegranate Film Festival celebrates Armenian inspired film. Established in 2006 stems from the Toronto Chapter of the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society, a group of young Armenian professionals, bound by a passion for film and culture. Fresh, dynamic, prolific, and rich with culture, it depicts topics relevant Armenian culture through the medium of films […]

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Interview With The Vampire – a modern, historical queer fantasy love story

posted Thursday, November 10, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

It’s been nearly five decades since Anne Rice released Interview with the Vampire (1976) , the first of a series of novels that would garner her fans worldwide. It also was turned into a major Hollywood blockbuster movie, starring Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise in somewhat homoerotic roles. Those homoerotic illusions have now become a […]

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