posted Wednesday, June 30, 2021
In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presents the powerful and transporting documentary, Summer of Soul—part music film, part historical record created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The […]
posted Tuesday, June 29, 2021
The War is Never Over, the first career-spanning documentary retrospective of the artist and spoken-word poet Lydia Lunch, will open June 30 in both theatres and virtual cinemas through KinoMarquee.com. Directed by prolific No Wave filmmaker Beth B, the film made its festival premiere last year to high acclaim as an official selection at the SXSW Film Festival, International […]
posted Friday, June 25, 2021
In Dawn, Her Dad, and Her Tractor, a young woman with a startling resemblance to John Andrew’s wife Miranda appears days before her funeral, igniting an odyssey towards understanding. His son Donald is now Dawn, home to mourn her mother and repair the estrangement with her Dad. As Dawn reconnects with her sister Tammy and […]
posted Thursday, June 24, 2021
On September 9, 2021, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will kick off 10 days of exceptional international and Canadian cinema with over 100 films in its Official Selection, unparalleled events featuring acclaimed industry guests, and TIFF’s Industry Conference. Recognized as the world’s largest public film festival, TIFF is poised to bring the theatrical experience […]
posted Sunday, June 13, 2021
Under the Lantern Lit Sky is a Southern gothic tale of star-crossed lovers, told in the great tradition of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. This is the backstory of one of drama’s most fascinating characters, Blanche DuBois. Taken from a page in Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche’s backstory comes to life in this feature-length narrative […]
posted Sunday, June 13, 2021
a-ha’s hit Take On Me is still one of the most played songs of the last millennium. This documentary follows the band over a period of four years, sharing the full story of how three young men followed their impossible dream of making it big. When Take On Me reached number 1 on Billboard in […]
posted Thursday, June 3, 2021
No Tickets At The Door examines the importance of music communities in the modern age, and what is at stake if a city is no longer hospitable towards them. One of the hardest hit industries by COVID-19, the live music scene has been delt a devastating blow, leaving our favourite concert venues—and the communities they […]
posted Thursday, June 3, 2021
In UNDINE, Chrstian Petzold reworks the ancient myth of the mysterious water spirit in the modern world. Set in Berlin, UNDINE works as a historian lecturing on Berlin’s urban development. She knows all about the Humboldt Forum, and has a knack for dressing. She is nonchalantly beautiful, and the way she imparts her knowledge about the city that was […]
posted Wednesday, June 2, 2021
This year, the Toronto Jewish Film Festival (TJFF) streams Ontario-wide from June 3 to 13, 2021. TJFF2021 offers a curated programme of 60+ films showcasing the best in Jewish-content film from Canada and around the world. The Micki Moore Award for best narrative feature by a female director is awarded to Aviva Armour-Ostroff for LUNE. Armour-Ostroff co-directed, co-wrote, […]
posted Tuesday, June 1, 2021
It’s Not A Burden is an intimate, humorous and heartfelt journey into the stories of adult children navigating the challenges and joys of caring for their aging parents. The film highlights several LGBTQ families and their trials and tribulations of caregiving for an aging loved one. They spent much of their lives taking care of us, […]
