European Union Film Festival features film screenings from 28 countries – Nov 13 to 27, 2025 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, November 13, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Toronto

The European Union Film Festival (EUFF) Toronto will present 28 outstanding films from 28 countries, screening at the Spadina Theatre from November 13 to 27, 2025. Taking audiences on a cinematic journey across Europe, this year’s selection features multiple awardwinning films, literary adaptations, directorial debuts and the largest representation of female filmmakers to date. The […]

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Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps – documentary about transitioning that was two-decades in the making gets a gallery film screening with post discussion – Nov 13, 2025 (Toronto)

posted Sunday, November 9, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Featured Events, Film, Queer, Toronto, Trans

The Women’s Art Association of Canada presents An Evening with Scott Turner Schofield, an Emmy-nominated actor, creator, and producer whose intimate, funny, and deeply human 60-minute film Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps screens in Toronto on Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 7:00pm. This exclusive, one-night-only event offers a rare chance to experience the film […]

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A Night Like This – two estranged strangers meet and spend the night roaming and divulging their stories about the complications of life, love, and loneliness

posted Monday, September 8, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

A Night Like This is a great story about complicated lives, love, and loneliness. It’s reflective of much of today’s society who have succumbed to living their social life virtually on social media, rather than through in-person interactions.  Two seemingly mismatched men, one gay/one straight, form an unexpected connection over the course of one cold […]

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Watch These Queer Flicks as part of TIFF’s 50th Anniversary Programming – Sept 4 to 15, 2025 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, September 3, 2025

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

TIFF is back, and celebrating its 50th anniversary! The Toronto Internation Film Festival has always been at the forefront of avantgarde programming, challenging the norm with provocative and disruptive film screenings, and that bold initiative continues through to today, which is why its one of the top international film festivals in the world. We’ve compiled […]

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Griffin in Summer – weird and wonderful film puts outsiders front and centre in one of the best films released this year

posted Friday, August 29, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

Griffin Nafly (Everett Blunck) is the most ambitious playwright of his generation. He’s also fourteen years old and living with his parents in a humdrum suburb while dreaming of moving to New York City. When his mom (Melanie Lynskey) hires a handsome 25-year-old handyman (Owen Teague), Griffin’s life and his new play take an inspired […]

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It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley – documentary on one of modern music’s most influential and enigmatic musicians

posted Friday, August 8, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley covers the life of the rising young star with an otherworldly voice and boundary-pushing artistry, who left the ’90s music world reeling when he died suddenly, at age 30, after the release of his critically acclaimed debut album “Grace.” Told through never-before-seen footage from Buckley’s archives and intimate accounts from […]

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“Salt Water” and “Baby” – two queer international films about intergenerational relationships

posted Wednesday, July 16, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

Salt Water is a quietly devastating meditation on identity, abuse, and unresolved emotion. It follows Jacobo (Luis Mario Jiménez), a young man confronting a shadowy past as he reconnects with José Luis (Óskar Salazar Ruiz), a Catholic priest facing abuse allegations and preparing to leave the clergy. As past wounds resurface, Jacobo must navigate the blurred lines between […]

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Rent Free – two best friends, one bi/one gay, must navigate the complexies of city living with low paying jobs and escalating rents

posted Friday, June 27, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

Rent Free follows best friends Ben and Jordan, who, after hitting emotional and financial rock bottom, come up with a scheme to spend an entire year living “rent free” with the help of friends, family and strangers. Best friends since childhood, Ben and Jordan are two young men living in a rapidly changing Austin, where […]

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I Don’t Understand You – comedy and mayhem erupt as a gay couple vacation in Italy before their baby adoption finalizes

posted Friday, June 6, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online, Theatre

I Don’t Understand You follows Dom (Nick Kroll) and Cole (Andrew Rannells) as they set out on the perfect Italian getaway, before returning home to become fathers to their newly adopted baby. However, after getting lost on the way to dinner, they end up stranded in a storm, offend the locals, and—whoops—accidentally kill a beloved […]

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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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