posted Thursday, November 26, 2020
Marry Me However tells the stories of Orthodox-Jewish LGBT men and women who, for religious reasons, decided to marry against their own sexual orientation/identity, to comply with Torah laws and be accepted into their families and religious communities. Choosing to raise a heteronormative family, and obeying the rules of their societies, while denying their own […]
posted Wednesday, November 25, 2020
The Italian Contemporary Film Festival has announced the line up for the 9th edition of its Festival taking place November 29 to Tuesday, December 8, 2020. The new ICFF at Home program brings together 50 expertly curated film and shorts, created in partnership with Toronto International Film Festival. Highlights include international and world premieres dedicated to Federico […]
posted Monday, November 23, 2020
With unfettered access to the Zappa family’s vault, Alex Winter’s Zappa explores the mammoth career of legendary Frank Zappa. He’s been called a rock iconoclast and a guitar god, but Frank Zappa was also a composer whose music defied categorization. With archival footage, Zappa explores the private life behind the mammoth musical career that never shied away […]
posted Friday, November 20, 2020
Part Pose and Paris is Burning, part RuPaul’s Drag Race and part Miss America, The Queens follows beauty queen hopefuls Tiffany, Gabby, Sunny and Naysha as they pursue their dreams of becoming the next Miss Continental. The international pageant is considered to be the most prestigious (and sometimes most cut-throat) of its kind. The Queens takes viewers inside this little-known subculture of glamour and illusion that […]
posted Friday, November 20, 2020
The TIFF 2019 favourite film, SOUND OF METAL, is about a heavy metal drummer whose life is upended when he loses his hearing. Ruben (Riz Ahmed) and Lou (Olivia Cooke) live together, two nomads traveling gig to gig on an endless American tour. Their music is loud, frenzied and passionate, until one day Ruben is overwhelmed […]
posted Tuesday, November 17, 2020
As with most other film festivals worldwide, the 23rd annual Cinéfranco festival of International and Canadian Francophone cinema will be held online from Saturday, November 20 – Saturday, November 28, 2020 with 17 features, two shorts programs, post-screening conversations and panels. Two new films will be added daily with 48 hr for a household to view […]
posted Wednesday, November 11, 2020
After her decision to end an unwanted pregnancy, 34-year-old Bridget reluctantly agrees to nanny the bright and rambunctious Frances, forming an unexpected bond with the girl and her parents. At the start of the summer, Bridget (Kelly O’Sullivan) has an abortion just as she lands a much-needed job in an affluent Chicago suburb – nannying […]
posted Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Set-in Ireland during the mid-90’s, ‘Eddie’ and ‘Amber’ are in the closet about their sexuality and decide to stage a relationship to stop everyone speculating. Eddie is determined to follow in his father’s footsteps and enlist in the military after graduation. Amber has her sights set on moving to London. Dreams are good, but dreams don’t help […]
posted Tuesday, November 10, 2020
The Climb is about a tumultuous but enduring platonic relationship between two men across many years of laughter, heartbreak and rage. It’s also the story of real-life best friends who turn their profound connection into a rich, humane and frequently LOL film about the boundaries (or lack thereof) in all close friendships. The story unfolds […]
posted Monday, November 9, 2020
The 2020 European Union Film Festival is moving online and it’s going Canada-wide, from November 13 to 29, 2020. Usually held in movie theatres in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver, due to the realities of COVID-19 the EUFF arrives this year as a virtual online event featuring not only 27 films from 27 European Union Member […]
