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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Director Alexandre Rockwell collection now available to stream, including his most recent, Sweet Thing

posted Friday, September 17, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Streaming Online

Film Movement Plus invites home audiences back to school – film school, that is – with a curated selection of works from the award-winning filmography of one of the forefathers of the American independent film movement with THE ALEXANDRE ROCKWELL COLLECTION. Coming on the heels of his latest acclaimed theatrical release, SWEET THING, the collection, launching on […]

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Saint-Narcisse – psychosexual thriller about a young man with a fetish for himself (Ticket Giveaway)

posted Friday, September 17, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer

Saint-Narcisse is the latest film from Bruce LaBruce, Canada’s reigning “King of Kink.” It follows Dominic, a young man with a fetish… for himself. Nothing turns him on more than his reflection, with much of his time spent taking Polaroid selfies. When his loving grandmother dies, he discovers a deep family secret: his lesbian mother […]

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Apartment 413 – Home Isn’t Always Safe

posted Friday, September 17, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

Marco spends his days applying for jobs online and waiting for Dana, his pregnant girlfriend, to get home. Strange post-it notes mysteriously appear around the apartment with cryptic warnings. A mechanic texts and calls him with menacing messages from an old non-functioning cell phone. The walls close in and tensions build between Marco and Dana’s […]

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Death Drop Gorgeous – dejected bartender, aging drag queen, and a masked maniac

posted Friday, September 10, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

Death Drop Gorgeous is a story about a dejected bartender and an aging drag queen who fight to survive the eccentric and hostile nightlife of a corrupt city, as a masked maniac slaughters young gay men and drains them of blood. An ode to the wicked work of John Waters, and festival fave – Seattle Queer, […]

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A Wake – family drama with secrets, lies, religion, and queer love

posted Tuesday, August 31, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Streaming Online

A Wake is a riveting family drama from Director Scott Boswell (The Stranger in Us) that’s centered around secrets, lies, and true love. Driven by a desperate need to understand their loss, the children in a religious family clash with their parents as they prepare for the wake of their brother, Mitchel. Teenage Mason desperately tries […]

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Black Conflux – teenage angst and alienation in 1980s Newfoundland

posted Friday, August 27, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Streaming Online

Black Conflux is a dreamy account of two converging lives. The seemingly separate lives of an anxious, disillusioned teen girl and a troubled, alienated man converge fatefully in this haunting exploration of womanhood, isolation, and toxic masculinity, set in 1980s Newfoundland. The film stars Ella Ballentine as Jackie, a teenage girl whose quest for independence leads her […]

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The Pebble And The Boy – story about British Mod culture, with a twist

posted Friday, August 27, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Streaming Online

The Pebble And The Boy is a story inspired by Mod-culture, about a boy, his Dad’s ashes and a Lambretta scooter. John embarks on a journey from Manchester to Brighton, the spiritual home of the Mods, to scatter his late father’s ashes. The film was written and directed by Chris Green (Me, Myself and Di) and stars Patrick […]

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