The Canadian Film Fest has a double feature this evening at the Royal Cinema on College St, the late show, screening at 9:30, is a horror comedy, preceded by the dark, moody and secretive short, Burn the Tapes from Nick and Brit Kewin. I was a little dubious about Late Night Double Feature, neither…
Category: Film Festivals
Relative Happiness (2014) – Deanne Foley
The Canadian Film Fest continues this evening, beginning at 7pm at the Royal Cinema on College St. Deanne Foley directs the rom-com feature, Relative Happiness, which this evening is preceded by the beautifully shot short, Speak Now, directed by Raj Ramnauth, which is about a relationship leading up to the big day… Relative Happiness…
The Cocksure Lads Movie (2014) – Murray Foster
From the 25 to the 28th, The Royal Cinema on College St is playing host to The Canadian Film Fest. A festival intent on showcasing and promoting Canadian film. It starts off this evening at 6:45, with a delightfully retro-pop confection; a musical comedy from Great Big Sea’s Murray Foster. The Cocksure Lads, Dusty (Lyndon…
Guidance (2014) – Pat Mills
Having its premiere at TIFF today, is this delightful Canadian film that definitely enjoys itself. Pat Mills is a triple threat in the film, writing, directing and starring as David Gold, a former child star, with a drinking problem, a rent problem, an employment problem, and a little denial about his sexuality. With no…
Like the Wind (2013) – Marco S. Puccioni
Having its Canadian Premiere screening this evening at the Italian Contemporary Film Festival, is this drama featuring a strong performance by Valeria Golino as Armida Misere, and of Italy’s first female prison governors. Told through a series of flashbacks, the film starts with a tragedy, and shows how it impacts the rest of Misere’s life,…
Italian Contemporary Film Festival 2014: The First Snowfall (Andrea Segre)
Screening this evening at 6:30 at the Lightbox is this gentle drama filmed on location in gorgeous Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. Dani (Jean-Christope Folly) is a refugee from Togo, flawed and broken, he is trying to hold his own life together, and cannot even bear to look at his baby daughter, because all he sees…
Italian Contemporary Film Festival 2014: The Best Offer – Giuseppe Tornatore
The Italian Contemporary Film Festival got underway on Thursday with the latest effort from Italian maestro, Giuseppe Tornatore, known for the beautiful works Malena, Cinema Paradiso, Legend of 1900. Each film enchants, and enthralls, taking you into their world, and wrapping you up in not only in the beauty the of the world, but in…
ICFF – Italian Contemporary Film Festival 2014
Toronto is a truly fortunate when it comes to the film industry. There are times when it seems you can’t turn around in this city without striding onto a film location, or finding out there is a film festival of some for or another being held. I LOVE IT! Starting today and running through to…
Hot Docs 2014: The Condemned (Nick Read)
Screening one final time today, is this harrowing look inside a Russian maximum security prison, housing 260 murderers. Set in a forest the size of Germany (!), that takes seven hours to reach from the nearest city, this prison, Penal Colony No. 56, is the modern gulag, and for the first time, a documentary crew…
Hot Docs 2014: An Honest Liar (Justin Weinstein & Tyler Measom)
Put this one at the top of your list of films to check out today! With one last screening at the Lightbox at 6:30 this brilliant film is nothing short of engaging, powerful, funny, and heartfelt. I went into this one almost blind, knowing that it was about a former stage magician and escape artist,…
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