posted Thursday, November 18, 2021
BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN is the eighth full length feature film by celebrated Romanian auteur Rady Jude. A three-part satire that follows a schoolteacher named Emi (Katia Pascariu) who must face the consequences of a personal sex tape being leaked on the internet. The three loosely connected parts include a walk in the […]
posted Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Isaac is based on the Spanish stage play “El día que nació Isaac” by Antonio Hernández, that follows two old friends, Denis and Nacho, who meet again – both with their respective partners – years after having an intense relationship as teenagers. Nacho and his wife Marta are attempting to get pregnant without success, while […]
posted Wednesday, November 10, 2021
The European Union Film Festival (EUFF) returns online, from November 12 to 28, 2021, offering access to some of the best films Europe has to offer, including a number of women and BIPOC directors, documentaries, and LGBTQ2+ films. This year’s festival provides cinephiles across Canada with access to works from some of Europe’s top talent, including a […]
posted Wednesday, November 10, 2021
The Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) connects the global outdoor community with international filmmakers, creators and speakers, so that mountain adventures can be brought into the homes of viewers. The Festival offers mountain film screenings, live multimedia presentations, photography exhibitions, workshops, seminars & other special events. In February, they host an annual international 10-day […]
posted Tuesday, November 9, 2021
The Acid King is a documentary on Ricky Kasso, the young American who murdered his friend, Gary Lauwers, in an alleged “Satanic sacrifice” in 1984, available for review in advance of the release. Dan Jones and Jesse Pollack production. On Demand November 9 from Wild Eye Releasing.
posted Monday, November 1, 2021
A year after her daughter’s disappearance, another girl from Elrod, Georgia, goes missing. Convinced there is a connection, Charlie (Robyn Lively) won’t stop searching until she discovers the truth. Disappearance At Lake Elrod will be available to download or stream from AppleTV, Sky Store, Virgin Media, Amazon and Google Play, and available on DVD from Morrisons, Amazon and HMV […]
posted Friday, October 29, 2021
PASSING Limited Theatrical Release: NOW PLAYING: Toronto (TIFF Bell Lightbox) October 29: Vancouver (VIFF Centre), Montreal (La Cinémathèque québécoise) November 3: Kingston (Screening Room), Guelph (Bookshelf Cinema), Winnipeg (Landmark Towne), Edmonton (Landmark City Centre) November 4: Montreal (Cinéma Moderne) November 5: London (Hyland Cinema), Waterloo (Princess Original), Ottawa (Mayfair Theatre), Calgary (Canyon Meadows Cinemas) Global Launch on Netflix: November 10, 2021 Directed […]
posted Friday, October 29, 2021
In Cicada, young bisexual Ben comes out to the world and develops an intense relationship with Sam, a man of colour struggling with deep wounds of his own. As the summer progresses and their intimacy grows, Ben’s past crawls to the surface. New York City, 2013. Some things are worth waiting seventeen years for, others […]
posted Friday, October 29, 2021
Beginning in the 1920s, Black singers across the country took to the highways as the new technology of radio and records made it possible to reach a wider audience. Intense competition brought new ways to entertain, first with guitars, later with full bands, then with a performance style that would inspire Mick Jagger and a […]
posted Friday, October 29, 2021
While filming a documentary about an agoraphobic woman, a celebrity psychologist is drawn into supernatural events. The film is presented as a documentary focused on an unaired episode of the YouTube show Psychology-Inside/Out, where celebrity psychologist Max Spencer diagnoses and treats patients with various mental illnesses. After filming the episode he and his girlfriend Nicole, who […]
