The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre’s 6th annual Toronto Japanese Film Festival will be held from June 8 to 28 and features over 20 films including many International, North American and Canadian premieres. READ MORE
Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival, the largest event of its kind in Canada, has a great selection of films in two of its most popular programming streams: Special Presentations and Icons. Toronto audiences can experience the best in queer cinema featuring immersive documentaries spotlighting real and remarkable LGBT figures. READ MORE
Hard to believe we are now at the last days of Hot Docs. As always, it has been an excellent festival thus far. In case you need more reasons to catch a documentary or two, here are five of my faves at this year’s festival. READ MORE
Writer, director and producer Toru Tokikawa’s film is the story of how a Canadian craftsman and an American designer collaborate across the world to revive the ancient Japanese woodcut (Ukiyo-e) using pop-culture icons from video game characters and franchises like Super Mario and Pokémon, just to name two. READ MORE
Director Charles Officer‘s Unarmed Verses follows Francine Valentine, an intelligent and very observant 12-year-old who lives in Villaways, one of Toronto’s Community Housing complexes. READ MORE
Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival is a few days away. Hot Docs is North America’s largest documentary festival, conference and market, will present its 24th annual edition from April 27-May 7, 2017. READ MORE
Every year thousands of people travel to Spain to embark on a pilgrimage across the trail of El Camino de Santiago to the shrine of the apostle St. James. Director Tristan Cook, along with his crew and cellist Dane Johansen, invite us to join them on El Camino in Strangers on the Earth.
Alicia Fletcher is a media archivist and film programmer dedicated to promoting and advocating for moving image preservation. Her expertise in early cinema makes her the ideal curator and host of Silent Revue, Toronto’s on-going examination of silent film held at the historic Revue Cinema.
She is also the curator of the Ladies of Burlesque program at The Royal Cinema. And top it all off, she teaches a seminar in the History of Film at Ryerson University. READ MORE
The Secret Sessions: The Movie Experience (TSS) took us to the grand, golden days of Hollywood for their second edition this past week. The Secret Sessions… offers a unique dabbling in a fictional world from all genres, from cult classics to drama to comedy. The film’s title is kept secret until the night-of, with the only the dress code and location revealed in advance.
I missed TSS’ first instalment which debuted in Toronto in November of 2016 by inviting guests into the world of Ron Burgundy and Anchorman. I was sure not miss out on the opportunity this time around! My thoughts on the evening below… READ MORE
