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 […]
posted Monday, November 28, 2022
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 […]
posted Saturday, November 19, 2022
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. […]
posted Wednesday, November 16, 2022
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 […]
posted Tuesday, November 15, 2022
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 […]
posted Sunday, November 13, 2022
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 […]
