As the wise soothsayer in William Shakespeare’s Caesar warned, “Beware the Ides of March”. In the case of Sean Garrity’s film Blood Pressure, beware the anonymous letter. However you want to look at it, Garrity’s psychological thriller will have you wondering the true development of this intriguing plot. The film which screens on, (you...
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John Singleton, the first black director nominated for an Academy Award, was in town to talk about his body of work at the TIFF Bell Lightbox Presented by TD and BAND (Black Artists’ Network in Dialogue) in association with Canadian filmmaker Clement Virgo. Garvia Bailey, the host of CBC radio’s “Big City, Small...
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This Valentine’s Day try something different as you immerse yourself in the excitement that is 360 Screenings. At each 360 Screening, theatre go-er becomes theatre participant, as you weave your way through scenes of the secret film that will be screened. Full of excitement and allure, the venue for the screening is only emailed...
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360 Screenings, an immersive film series combining cocktail party, live interactive theatre and traditional film viewing premieres their first ever Halloween edition on October 24th at 7pm. Tickets to this one night only production are 90% sold out. 360 Screenings is Canada’s only cinematic experience that fuses film and theatre into one. The...
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Well Sceners, it’s the final weekend for the Cinéfranco film festival so whether or not you’ve made it out, make sure to catch what is sure to be another fabulous few days of stellar francophone cinema. Last Friday saw another great opening to this annual festival, now celebrating their 15th season of delivering us...
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You always know that Spring is on its way when the annual Cinéfranco film festival comes back to town. Perhaps this year the weather has already alerted us to a change in season, but there is still reason to celebrate with the arrival of stellar Francophone films in town. The Cinéfranco general program runs...
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enRoute Film Festival, a festival for emerging filmmakers is back. This country has no end of young talent and the festival highlights this year’s best-of-the-best. The categories include Best Short Film, Achievement in Animation, Achievement in Direction, and Achievement in Cinematography. The 2011 Air Canada enRoute Film Festival finalists are: Miles Jay and Orlee-Rose...
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Miranda July has such a unique voice that you never quite know what to expect when seeing one of her films and that is reason enough to watch what she so masterfully brings to life on the screen. In her newest flick The Future, she once again does triple duty as she did in her...
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This summer, eOne Films is releasing The Future is Now! directed by Jim Brown and Gary Burns. The film explores the works of great thinkers like Marlene Dumas, Jean-Paul Sartre, Richard Dawkins and Christian Bok, just to name a few. The Future is Now! was a 2011 Official Selection at the Hot Docs film...
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Cinéfranco the International Francophone Film Festival of Toronto closed this weekend with some fabulous franco films. We were lucky enough to catch several of the films over the course of the festival and we weren’t disappointed by any of them. From the full theatre, it looks like Sceners weren’t disappointed either. From the Opening Night...
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