Author Archives: James McNally

Inside Out 2011

Toronto’s Inside Out returns from May 19-29th, celebrating LGBT cinema in all its forms. This 21st edition of the festival is bigger and broader in focus than ever before. Some of the featured sections this year include: International Focus on … Continue reading

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Little White Lies (Les petits mouchoirs)

Little White Lies (Les petits mouchoirs) opens at the Varsity Cinema in Toronto on May 27th. Little White Lies (Les petits mouchoirs) (Director: Guillaume Canet): Let’s get this out of the way first. Nobody does character-driven summer vacation dramas like … Continue reading

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5 MDFF Shorts at the Royal Cinema

Earlier this spring I had the pleasure of meeting Kazik Radwanski (director) and Dan Montgomery (producer), the gentlemen behind Medium Density Fibreboard Films, or MDFF for short. Or shorts, as it happens, because short films are what they make. Kaz … Continue reading

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4th Annual Toronto Romanian Film Festival

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past five years or so, you’ll realize that Romanian cinema has been experiencing a creative renaissance. Directors with difficult-to-pronounce names like Porumboiu, Mungiu, Nemescu, Puiu, and Mitulescu have put Romania on … Continue reading

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Wiebo’s War

Wiebo’s War (Director: David York): David York opens his engaging film with an interesting scene. Wiebo Ludwig, the subject of the film, is sitting around a table with several of his sons and the film crew, and Wiebo is concerned … Continue reading

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