Film Festivals

‘Lil Bub & Friendz’ wins Best Feature Online at Tribeca Film Festival
Posted on April 28, 2013 | No Comments
Online cat culture is an obsession uniting besotted fans from around the world who love cats. Cats have come out of the closet in recent years and so has our...
Hot Docs 2013 Preview Pt. 3: The Manor, ALIAS, and The Devil’s Lair
Posted on April 25, 2013 | No Comments
In the third part of our Hot Docs 2013 preview we take a look at The Manor, ALIAS, and The Devil’s Lair. The Manor Special Presentations Directors : Shawney Cohen...
Hot Docs 2013 Preview Pt. 2: Before the Revolution, In the Shadow of the Sun, and Tiny: A Story About Living Small
Posted on April 24, 2013 | No Comments
Hot Docs 2013 kicks off tomorrow, April 25, and with documentary fans eagerly awaiting some of the best that the world of documentary filmmaking has to offer, we take a...
Hot Docs 2013 Preview Pt. 1: The Women and the Passenger, Alcan Highway, and Furever
Posted on April 23, 2013 | No Comments
With the 20th edition of Hot Docs getting ready to take over the theatres and city streets of Toronto from April 25 through May 5, documentary fans are getting ready...
What’s hot this weekend at ReelWorld 2013
Posted on April 13, 2013 | No Comments
Toronto’s own Tonya Lee Williams, who many will recognize as Olivia from the Young and the Restless, founded the not-for-profit ReelWorld Film Festival in 1999, running this weekend at the Famous...
A look at TJFF 2013
Posted on April 11, 2013 | No Comments
The Toronto Jewish Film Festival is always an exceptional week in the city’s cultural calendar, with so much ante being upped that other fests have their work cut out for...
CFF 2013 Review: Skull World
Posted on March 21, 2013 | No Comments
With its world premiere at the Canadian Film Festival on Friday, March 22 the documentary Skull World introduces us to a man unique unto himself whose hobbies and creative outlets...
CFF 2013 Preview: The Storm Within, The Disappeared, and Mr. Viral
Posted on March 20, 2013 | No Comments
With the Canadian Film Festival (CFF) running at Toronto’s The Royal theatre from Wednesday, March 20 until Saturday, March 23, it felt like the right time to take a look...
Interview: Festival director Bern Euler talks Canadian Film Festival
Posted on March 18, 2013 | 1 Comment
Sometimes in life you need to step away from something for a little while and regroup before you can be truly successful at it. After a brief hiatus, the Canadian...
Helga Stephenson on the 10th Annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Posted on February 25, 2013 | No Comments
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival is a hell of a wake-up call. Watching well-chosen documentaries from our comfy seats, well fed and with friends, it’s hard to believe that...
Opening night at the Diaspora Film Fest
Posted on November 1, 2012 | No Comments
This Thursday night brings a unique cross-cultural celebration to Toronto’s arts calendar, a must-do for film, dance and live music fans alike. Join the Ashkenaz Foundation and the International Diaspora Film Fest...
TIFF 2012 Review: John Dies at the End
Posted on September 22, 2012 | 1 Comment
On a cold winter day, you’re in your backyard chopping at a zombie’s head, when the handle breaks. So you take the axe to the hardware store and replace the...
TIFF 2012 Review: Motorway
Posted on September 22, 2012 | No Comments
Motorway, directed by Soi Cheang, is a simple tale of a cop who wants to drive fast, and a thief who’s pulled back into the chase. Shawn Yue acts alongside...
Interview: Olivia Thirlby and Karl Urban talk ‘Dredd 3D’
Posted on September 21, 2012 | No Comments
As a childhood fan of the masked crime fighter known as Judge Dredd – making his second big screen appearance in a vastly more faithful adaptation from writer Alex Garland...
Interview: Anna Kendrick and Natalie Martinez talk ‘End of Watch’
Posted on September 20, 2012 | No Comments
Any relationship comes with a certain degree of difficulty, but being the wife of a police officer comes with a special brand of worry and wonder. In End of Watch,...