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Hot Docs 2019 Lineup Announced (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, March 20, 2019

by: in Activism, Celebrity, Drag, Events, Family, Featured Events, Film, Queer, Toronto

234 DOCUMENTARIES AND 18 INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS FROM 56 COUNTRIES FEATURED AT NORTH AMERICA’S LARGEST DOC FEST Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival has announced its full film lineup for the upcoming 26th edition, April 25–May 5, at a press conference this morning at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema. From 2951 film submissions, this year’s slate will […]

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“Captain Marvel” is full of action, 90’s nostalgia and girl power!

posted Friday, March 8, 2019

by: in Celebrity, Entertaining, Film

The wait is over! Disney/Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel (aka “Sparklefists” for all you comic fans) has officially crash-landed into a theatre near you! On International Women’s Day, no less! How fitting, considering this is the first MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) superhero movie starring a female lead. Academy Award-winning actress Brie Larson (Room) explodes onto the […]

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PUNK – docuseries on the history of punk music, debuts March 11, 2019

posted Friday, March 8, 2019

by: in Events, Featured Events, Film, Queer, Television, Trans

Punk, a four-part docuseries from executive producer John Varvatos.  Varvatos brings his passion and deep connection to the roots of the PUNK movement to the series, partnering with filmmaker Derik Murray’s Network Entertainment to produce the quintessential story of punk.  The series premieres on EPIX on March 11, 2019 at 10 PM.  Featuring original interviews with America’s punk pioneers […]

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“Greta” boasts an intriguing concept but delivers an absurd story

posted Wednesday, March 6, 2019

by: in Art, Celebrity, Entertaining, Film, New York City, Toronto

It’s March Madness at the movies and brand new motion pictures like How To Train Your Dragon: Hidden World and Tyler Perry’s A Madea’s Family Funeral are burning up the box office! But while the entire world awaits Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel, there’s a little movie called Greta that dares to compete with this month’s […]

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“Mapplethorpe” – the story behind the famed photographer – in theatres March 1, 2019

posted Wednesday, February 27, 2019

by: in Activism, Art, Celebrity, Film, New York City, Photography, Queer

Robert Mapplethorpe is arguably one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Mapplethorpe discovered himself both sexually and artistically in New York City throughout the 70’s and 80’s. The film depicts Mapplethorpe’s life from moments before he and Patti Smith moved into the famed Chelsea Hotel, home to a world of bohemian chic. […]

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“Velvet Buzzsaw” is artsy, bloody and disappointingly bad

posted Monday, February 11, 2019

by: in Art, Art Gallery, Celebrity, Comedy, Design, Entertaining, Film, Gallery, Lesbian, Queer

With few enticing options at the cinema and some frightful weather outside, many moviegoers are opting to stay home and stream their winter blues away, instead. And at the stroke of February, the Netflix original movie Velvet Buzzsaw was released to some hungry binge watchers! Shortly thereafter, a general online consensus points to the film’s despondent […]

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The Misandrists – Bruce LaBruce’s latest flick finally playing Toronto – Feb 1 to 3, 2019

posted Wednesday, January 30, 2019

by: in Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Film, Lesbian, Queer, Toronto

In Bruce LaBruce’s incisive comedy, The Misandrists, a member of a radical feminist terrorist group takes pity on an injured male leftist on the run and hides him, threatening to disrupt the group’s mission from within. For those who know LaBruce, his films are as far from the mainstream as one can get. As is […]

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The Drag Roast of Heklina – debuts on Revry, February 1, 2019

posted Tuesday, January 29, 2019

by: in Celebrity, Comedy, Drag, Film, Queer

Revry presents THE DRAG ROAST OF HEKLINA featuring a talented dais of roasters including noted LGBTQ celebrities, Alaska Thunderfuck, Jackie Beat, Jinkx Monsoon, Bob the Drag Queen, Sister Roma, Julie Brown, and Peaches Christ. Watch as a panel of iconic drag superstars and comedians grill drag legend Heklina. Heklina is an American actor, drag queen, and […]

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Pendance Film Festival – January 31 to February 3, 2019 (Toronto)

posted Monday, January 28, 2019

by: in Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Film

Toronto has yet another film festival on the scene. The Pendance Film Festival is an independent film festival supported by a bevy of great sponsors and key artists in the Canadian film community, with the goal to give a serious platform to innovative storytellers, and to spark a new love affair with cinema among modern audiences […]

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“Finding the A-Hole” – premieres January 25, 2019 on Vimeo

posted Friday, January 25, 2019

by: in Film

Finding The Asshole is a series of three short films that are a Lynchian romp through a playful yet scathing social critique that is absurd, haunting, and incredibly funny. The series explores the mundane minutiae of the human condition to show how we’re all assholes. Chapter 1 explores the assholes of boutique clothing, Chapter 2 explores all the […]

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