posted Thursday, May 27, 2021
The 31st annual Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival, championing innovative 2SLGBTQ+ filmmakers from across the globe, will showcase 143 films including 33 feature films, and 5 episodic series, screening online from May 27 – June 6, 2021. The festival’s opening night film will be the Canadian premiere of Natalie Morales’ socially distant platonic love story […]
posted Friday, May 21, 2021
Over the last 23 years, Fairy Tales, Calgary’s Queer Film Festival, has grown from a fledgling, volunteer-run off-shoot of The Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers, to become one of Canada’s largest LGBTQ2A+ film festivals. Last year, the 22nd version happened digitally due to COVID, and this year it will again, from May 21 to 30, […]
posted Thursday, May 20, 2021
The Retreat is a horror/thriller that seeks to reframe how LGBT characters are portrayed in the genre. A couple at a crossroad in their relationship (Renee and Valerie) leave the city to spend the weekend at a remote cabin with friends, but when they arrive, their friends are nowhere to be found. As they stumble through […]
posted Saturday, May 15, 2021
Cities can mean connectivity and community, or boredom and loneliness. They are projections of dreams and disappointment, places of becoming or despair. The GOETHE FILMS series “Loneliness In the City” features three fresh cinematic perspectives with multiple angles on the interplay between our well-being and our physical environment. David Nawrath’s celebrated feature film debut “The […]
posted Thursday, May 13, 2021
Punk the Capital situates DC punk within the larger narratives of rock n’ roll, working as a powerful multi-layered story for both fans and non-fans of punk rock. When punk rock erupted in Washington DC, it was a mighty convergence of powerful music, friendships, and clear minds. This film is the first to explore the […]
posted Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Oh Mortal Kombat (2021) how much I hate thee. Let me count the ways (till the heat death of the universe and beyond). Or to put it another way, it’s one of those movies that makes me long for the true cinema of the Fast and the Furious movies. To it’s credit though (and it […]
posted Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Sometimes we just need a little escape, and for some that means turning down the lights and delving deep into a movie that awakens your senses, or just makes you forget about all the mundane moments that life throws at us. Below are two films that will do just that. In Antidote, a woman is […]
posted Saturday, May 8, 2021
HBO’s THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY, a two-part documentary directed by Emmy® and Academy Award® winner Alex Gibney (HBO’s “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley,” “Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief”), and presented in association with The Washington Post, is a searing indictment of Big Pharma and the political operatives and government regulations that enabled over-production, reckless distribution and abuse of synthetic opiates. Debuting MONDAY, MAY 10 (9:00-10:50 p.m. ET/PT), with […]
posted Thursday, May 6, 2021
Together Together is the story of a young loner Anna (Patti Harrison) who becomes the gestational surrogate for Matt (Ed Helms), a single man in his 40s, The two strangers come to realize this unexpected relationship will challenge their perceptions of connection, boundaries, and the particulars of love. SNAPSHOT REVIEW This is one of those […]
posted Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Crappy Mother’s Day is about three generations of women attempt to celebrate Mother’s Day, but things go sour from the start. We discover quickly that things are not quite right with this family. There is an unsuspecting daughter, a carefree mother, a domineering grandmother, whacky middle-aged uncles, and a grandpa who is buried in the back […]
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