Vancouver International Film Festival’s 40th Anniversary – Oct 1 to 10, 2021 (available digitally)

posted Friday, October 1, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Streaming Online

Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) celebrates its 40th edition with a vibrant festival program that includes more than 110 feature films, 77 shorts, and 20 events. All films will be presented in-cinema, in strict compliance with provincial COVID-19 health and safety protocols, and select titles will be available for streaming across the province and Canada-wide […]

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Implanted – Psychological Thriller Based on Artificial Intelligence Technology

posted Friday, October 1, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

Implanted is the story of Sarah, a struggling young woman living in Brooklyn, agrees to volunteer as an experimental test subject for a pharmaceutical company called Dynamic Health Cure and to be implanted with the LEXX nanochip. Sarah hopes that the money received for her participation will solve her financial troubles and help her to […]

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Vancouver International Film Festival presents VIFF Immersed – Oct 1 to 10, 2021 (available digitally)

posted Friday, October 1, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Streaming Online

The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) announced their 2021 lineup for VIFF Immersed, a showcase of the power of XR technology as a dynamic vehicle for storytelling — Immersed International Competition and Exhibition, Oct. 1–11 and Immersed XR Market, Oct. 4–5 — and VIFF AMP, an exploration of the essential role of music in film, Oct. 8–10. VIFF Immersed […]

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Toronto Food Film Fest – watch a movie from home, paired with a meal from a local restaurant – Oct 1 to 4, 2021

posted Thursday, September 30, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Toronto

The Toronto Food Film Fest has released its full lineup of screenings and talks for its third annual event, taking place October 1-4, 2021. Hosted at Spadina Museum’s Historic House & Gardens, the in-person portion of the festival will include a selection of movies, food, and talks. An exclusive screening of Peace by Chocolate by […]

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aluCine 2021 streams Latin films, including a Queer spotlight – Sept 29 to Oct 2, 2021

posted Wednesday, September 29, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

aluCine Latin Film + Media Arts Festival aims to provide an exclusive showcase for Latin-American directors of independent cinema. Designed to promote Latin-American cinema & media art, the festival’s focus will consist of panel discussions, workshops, and artists talks. The Queer Cinema Program, Quiéreme Como Soy, features four short films by queer, latinx filmmakers. It […]

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Language Arts – how one couple struggles to cope with their autistic child

posted Tuesday, September 28, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

A student project abruptly forces an emotionally stunted high school English teacher to confront his demons—past and present—taking him on a powerful journey of connection and redemption in Language Arts. A poignant family drama that connects us all in the universal need to love and be loved. High school English teacher Charles Marlow (Ashley Zukerman; Young Charles, Elliott […]

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Man In The Field: The Life and Art of Jim Denevan – multimedia artist and chef

posted Friday, September 24, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

Man in the Field profiles pioneering American multimedia artist and chef Jim Denevan, revealing the personal and circumstantial struggles behind his myriad and mysterious artistic gifts. As Jim battles to overcome an onswell of mental illness in his family, he creates a body of inimitable work. His canvases are twofold: he makes land art, epic geometric formations. […]

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The Eyes of Tammy Faye – behind the veil of the naive wife of a televangelist

posted Friday, September 24, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE is an intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker. In the 1970s and 80s, Tammy Faye and her husband, Jim Bakker, rose from humble beginnings to create the world’s largest religious broadcasting network and theme park, and were revered for their message of love, acceptance and prosperity. Tammy Faye was legendary for her indelible eyelashes, her idiosyncratic […]

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Dear Evan Hansen – Ben Platt reprises his stage role in new film adaptation

posted Friday, September 24, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

The breathtaking, generation-defining Broadway phenomenon becomes a soaring cinematic event as Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt reprises his role as an anxious, isolated high schooler aching for understanding and belonging amid the chaos and cruelty of the social-media age.   Based on: The stage musical by Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul. […]

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Toronto International Film Festival – what’s theBUZZ?

posted Monday, September 20, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

What’s all theBUZZ about? Here’s what we caught at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and recommending that you catch at at theatre or via a streaming service, in no particular order. Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11 This documentary collects accounts of 9/11, recorded in the months after the attacks, and present-day testimonials from the […]

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