Shangri-La Toronto offers special TIFF-themed Afternoon Tea, Cocktails, and Room Packages

posted Friday, September 8, 2023

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

Shangri-La Toronto, is the official hospitality partner of the Toronto International Film Festival. The hotel property hosted TIFF’s  opening party on September 7th, and has also curated several luxurious movie inspired experiences, such as a specialty TIFF-themed Afternoon Tea menu, instagramable cocktails, and exclusive room packages.If you’re looking for a little decadent downtime during TIFF, […]

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TIFF marks 40th anniversary of Talking Heads “Stop Making Sense” concert film with a 4K restoration IMAX live streamed screening and Q&A with band members – Sept 11, 2023

posted Friday, September 1, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Music, Toronto

The Toronto International Film Festival celebrates the 40th anniversary of Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense with a special event screening on Monday, September 11, at Cineplex’s Scotiabank IMAX Theatre in Toronto. The special IMAX Live 40th anniversary event will include a screening of the film followed by a Q&A, which will be live-streamed from TIFF to select […]

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Rotting In The Sun – Mexican dark comedy grapples with the woes of an indie filmmaker in a gay beach town

posted Wednesday, August 30, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Toronto

ROTTING IN THE SUN is a darkly funny and refreshingly audacious meta-comedy that skewers the business of filmmaking and our self-obsessed culture, when Chilean writer-director Sebastián Silva hilariously turns the camera on himself, as he thunders through Mexico’s city streets and nudist beaches. Depressed, doom-scrolling and downing absurd amounts of Ketamine, director Sebastián Silva takes […]

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Jules – comedy about an Alien accidentally landing on earth, and learning to adapt

posted Friday, August 18, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

Jules follows Milton (Kingsley) who lives a quiet life of routine in a small western Pennsylvania town, but finds his day upended when a UFO and its extra-terrestrial passenger crash land in his backyard. Before long, Milton develops a close relationship with the extra-terrestrial he calls “Jules.” Milton invites the alien (Jade Quon) in to his […]

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Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF) screens more than 90 films from 27 countries – Aug 10 to 20, 2023

posted Tuesday, August 8, 2023

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

The Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF) has announced the complete lineup for its 35th anniversary. From August 10 to 20, 2023 audiences can catch 92 films from 27 countries, with 24 features, 68 shorts, 10 World Premieres, 10 North American/International Premieres and 31 Canadian Premieres among the selections. In addition to in-person and BC province-wide […]

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HollyShorts Film Festival presents the best Oscar qualifying short films, many with queer content – Aug 10 – 17

posted Sunday, August 6, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

The Oscar® Qualifying HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL returns for its much-anticipated 19th edition from August 10- 20th, 2023, from an impressive 6000 entries, over 400 films form this year’s exciting program. This year, the Academy® granted the festival their 4th OSCAR®-qualifying award for Documentary short film, this accolade will join their other three top awards, Best […]

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North of Normal – quirky Canadian indie film tells tale of a strained but loving relationship between mother and daughter

posted Friday, July 28, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

Based on her riveting memoir, North of Normal follows Cea Sunrise Person’s unconventional childhood in the wilderness, her complicated relationship with her perpetually pot-smoking teen mom, and her incredible path to a version of normalcy on the runways of Paris. After six years spent in the Yukon wilderness with her grandparents, fourteen-year-old Cea Sunrise Person reunites with her mother, […]

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The Miracle Club – Irish tale of four women in search of a miracle, while confronting their past

posted Wednesday, July 26, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

The Miracle Club is set in 1967 in Dublin’s rough-lorn community of Ballygar, and follows a group of close friends, Lily (Maggie Smith), Eileen (Kathy Bates), and Dolly (Agnes O’Casey), who come to the ultimate realization that it takes more than time to heal old wounds. In desperate need of miracles, the group puts on […]

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“Every Body” documentary delves into the lives of three intersex individuals

posted Thursday, June 29, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

EVERY BODY is a revelatory investigation of the lives of intersex people. The film tells the stories of three individuals who have moved from childhoods marked by shame, secrecy, and non-consensual surgeries, to a thriving adulthood after each decided to set aside medical advice to keep their bodies a secret and instead came out as […]

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Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed- new HBO film delves into the actors not-so-secret life

posted Wednesday, June 28, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Celebrity, Film, Queer

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed tells the story of a man living a double life; while his public persona was carefully manufactured by his handlers, orchestrated by the studio system, and reinforced by a marriage of convenience, Hudson had to keep his private life shrouded in secrecy since the revelation of who he really […]

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